Morning Glory

For the first time ever, I have sown a tray of Morning Glory, and didn't really expect anything of them. Now, however, I have a tray full of really healthy looking wee seedlings, and am not sure how they should be dealt with.

I assume that I am best to move them on to individual pots to grow on in the greenhouse for a wee while? How deep to put them in the next pots - do they want to have some of the stem sunk, or do they want planted at the same level they have germinated at? What about pinching the tips out as they get going? And finally, planting them out - will they scramble up a fence, and are they fussy about location?

 

We don't bother pinching out our MG. They'll grow plenty of side runners without your help. If you were after short ones then you would have been better getting the variety that grows more as a bush form - but most people are after the fast climbers, which I guess you are as well.

Potting on: we usually put them at the same depth but a little deeper won't harm.

Although they are climbers they prefer something to help them climb such as the green plastic trellis that comes in rolls and you can attach it to a fence or wall.

Location: they're not very fussy but prefer a warmer spot in well drained soil.

Be aware that they can grow like mad and will grow through nearby plants the moment you turn your back

 

Exactly what I am hoping it will do - it can even scramble over neighbouring trees if it feels like it

Thanks @shiney

 

They can get quite profuse. What is on this fence is mainly MG with just a few others. That was the bed that less than six months earlier was 22 giant conifers. They were planted in soil that was a mix of depleted conifer soil, garden compost and horse manure. It gave good drainage, protection from any cold East wind (fence is East) and was watered regularly.



Depending on the time of day they either have very little bloom (above) or lots of bloom.











They didn't start blooming well until mid to late summer but we had lots of leaf earlier and some flowers.

 

Ours don't survive the winter, either.

 

They're definitely annuals said so on the packet