There seems to be a debate about whether or not to fertlize morning glories. But my question is about morning glories in containers. The leaves are beginning to show either chlorosis or some kind of deficiency, and I'm thinking it's because the water is leaching nutrients. They get watered at least once a day, sometimes twice on a day like today where it's 105. So what do you all think I should do? BTW, they haven't flowered and no signs of buds.
Joseph, good to hear the Bloom Booster is working. What is your routine for applying the fertilizer? Daily, weekly, monthly or just one good shot and then no more fertilizer?
Perry L. Williams
Thaks for the info, Joseph. With the temperature always running 95 to 100+ degrees the MG's ain't too anxious to take off. Like a new bride's biscuits, they've mostly just squatted to rise and stayed there! Maybe a shot or two of Bloom Booster will get 'em off dead center.
All I'd used was Osmocote for the clematis that's under the morning glory vines. Nothing else. And I think the Osmocote is 14-14-14. I think I'll start using a blossom booster. I have Peter's, which is 10-50-10, and Algoflash for flowers, 5-9-14. Maybe the Peter's would be best right now.
I don`t make recommendations because I have only had a few years growing JMGs...but I`ll tell you what I have done so far.
I feed mine a dilute plant fertilizer when they are setting seed and it has helped keep them from looking poorly and continue to grow and flower.
I feed a small ammount just enough to moisten the soil around the roots right when they begin to climb and again when seed pods just begin to form and always diluted 1/2 what the package says...that is it.
Roughing it a bit and not too much pampering will help with flowers but then you want to try for a balance and have the leaves looking nice too.
I still get the leaves I have to pull off and the stinking bugs like to eat them.suck the juice out of them and lay eggs on the leaves keeping me busy with pest control. I pull the ugly leaves off,spray for the bugs or fungus whatever and watch the new leaves grow out.
