climbing nastursiums

Well, maybe I smothered mine with love last year. They wouldn't do a thing and I thought maybe if I started them early in doors they would have a better chance... maybe I'll use the 'tough love' approach with them this year and just throw some seeds out...

Didn't take time to read this entire thread so the answer may already be here.

I always grow nasturtiums. They are on all of the seed rounders at any big box, hardware store, nursery, etc. Two kinds. Bush and trailing. Think that may be your problem in finding them. They are called "trailing" not "climbing".

Direct sow after last frost. Usually are up in less than 10 days. When it gets really hot (as it sure does in Texas) they tend to go dormant. Just now starting to trail. Put them in the new addition, raised veggie garden, to companion plant and help with bugs and also to help hide that tacky wall.

LouC

Yeah, but once they start drooping down, that wall will be "charming", lol!

I just put my seeds in ground yesterday - can't wait!

By the way, nasturtiums repel squash bug, cuke beetle, whiteflies and woolly aphids. They are a "trap crop" for aphids, but I wonder what would be a trap crop to keep aphids off the nasty's?

Roses.

Gotta love it!

See? Each purchase makes sense in the end....

How far apart does everyone space their nastursiums? I'm not sure how big one plant will get. I like the full look. DM

They bush out pretty good, but I don't space mine more than 6" in the ground. If they were perennials I'd be more careful, but they ain't.

BTW, I'm talking about "normal" nasturtiums, not the climbers. I don't know how thick they get.

Don't make a big deal. Pitch like feeding the chickens. Works just as well.

LouC