Latitude and longitude info for Frank

Becky that's what grandchildren are for all the love and then you give them back!!

Touching photo Frank!! I have 2 sons and am thankful my daughter-in-law also had that look in her eye!! Looks like you did a good job!!

Morning Glory growing survey, 2007

Please feel free to participate in this survey by first posting, your forum name, and your years of experience, 1. your rounded off latittude, 2. growing zone, and so on. This could be very informational for our new people this year.

1. rough latittude
2. zone
3. last frost in spring
4. first frost in fall
5. varieties you need to start inside.
6. When do you start them inside?
7. What do you grow in pots all summer?
8. What do you direct sow in the ground?
9. Month of first blooms?
10. When do you collect seeds?
11. Name some you start inside. Nhils, I.tricolor, I.purpurea
12.. Earliest blooming when sown outside?
13. Most floriferous of each specie group?
14. Longest lasting flowers
15. Shortest lived flowers.
16. Most reliable bloomers, of the Nhil group.
17. Most tricky you have succeded with.
18. Foreign species you have bloomed.
19. Your luck with winter sowing
20. Of the three most popular specie groups, Nhil, I. tricolor, I.
purpurea, how long is it from flower closing to dry ripe seed pod?
21. What tuber types have you successfully bloomed?
22. What African caudiciforms have you successfully bloomed?
23. What unique bit of info, would you share with beginners?
24. What do you want that you can't find?

Some of us will not be able to answer some of these questions because they may not apply. Just put in and NA (not applicable).
Thank you for taking the time to participate. Frank

To print a copy of the questions, go above to file,then down to print preview, then find the page, maybe page 10, then put that in in the tool bar/print/page #/ /this page/print........... I have a Lexmark 1100 and it makes this very simple to choose the page of a multiple of pages and print the one page. As far behind in technology as I am, you guys are probably laughing at me. Nonetheless, to print off the list of questions, would make it easy on every body. Frank

Latitude: N 32.23616
N 32° 14' 10.2"
Longitude: W 80.8369
W 80° 50' 12.9"
elavation 22 ft.

I'm so sorry, Frank, I just don't write down all that information. I guess I should get my act together as a gardener.

This is going to be a home work assignment for me. I might get the kids to check this out. I`ll do my best and answer the best of my ability which some of this will be guestimates, foggy memory recollections and questions like ,"Honey,do you remember the last time we dragged 100 pots back inside the house to avoid a frost?"

Yes, I haven't kept track of that kind of information, but will do my best.

1. rough latitude N44.7
2. zone 8
3. last frost in spring Late April
4. first frost in fall second week of October
5. varieties you need to start inside. None I NEED to
6. When do you start them inside? NA
7. What do you grow in pots all summer? All varieties
8. What do you direct sow in the ground? purpurea
9. Month of first blooms? Inside? all winter
10. When do you collect seeds? starting August 1st outdoors
11. Name some you start inside. grow some inside all winter, nils, purpurea
12.. Earliest blooming when sown outside? June
13. Most floriferous of each specie group? Sunrise Serenade, Kohkan
14. Longest lasting flowers Gypsy Bride
15. Shortest lived flowers. pink, purple purpurea
16. Most reliable bloomers, of the Nhil group. Kohkan
17. Most tricky you have succeded with. bolusiana
18. Foreign species you have bloomed. bolusiana
19. Your luck with winter sowing Have not tried outdoor WS
20. Of the three most popular specie groups, Nhil, I. tricolor, I.
purpurea, how long is it from flower closing to dry ripe seed pod? (Purpurea, 1 month) (Nil, 6 weeks summer….12 weeks winter indoors)
21. What tuber types have you successfully bloomed? platensis,
22. What African caudiciforms have you successfully bloomed? wrightii, bolusiana
23. What unique bit of info, would you share with beginners? plant in pots!
24. What do you want that you can't find? Feathered shibori, Ipomoea purga

Frank one year now
1. 46 degrees N
2. zone 9b
3. Last frost, Mid May
4. First frost ,last week Sept
5. all nhils get started inside, for an earlier start
6. Starting them in late march early april
7. all the nhils in pots for summer so far.
8. direct sow purpureas and I tricolors without nicking
9. First blooms come on in mid july
10. collect seeds after first frost in fall, and then dry them
11. Nhils, get started early inside because they take longer to bloom.
12. purpureas in mid July
13. most floriferous for me has been star of yelta and sibori flaked.
14. both sibori flaked and star of yelta have lasted well into the afternoon, and star of yelta into evening. If that is the correct name for it.
15. not applicable at this time
16. sibori flaked so far this year has outbloomed 10 other nhils
17. not applicable to me at this time
18 .nhils only
19. I haven't winter sowed, because of invasive grasses
20. I have only collected seed from star of yelta, it seems like about 3 months to ripe dry seeds.
21. None
22. None
23. Start out expecting that not all your seeds will germinate ..
24. A greenhouse in my yard to protect my oddballs during winter.

There are some questions here fore every one, but generally, not all questions apply to everyone. Frank

This message was edited Aug 7, 2007 12:02 PM