Prefer the morning glory in the house

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• Prefer the morning glory in the house
• The windowsill as the perfect place to grow the morning glory
• Save time and effort when planting
• With the right care to numerous flowers
• Tips

Since the morning glory in our latitudes thrives only one year, a preference is advisable to have more enjoyment of the climbing plant

Prefer the morning glory in the house

The Mexican Morning Glory (Ipomoea) is a short-lived plant that grows here once a year and is reared annually from seed. So that unsightly corners and trellises in the garden can already be covered with the colorful funnel blossoms of the morning glory in early summer, the young plants should be brought forward in time in the house.

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The windowsill as the perfect place to grow the morning glory

Since it can often come in this country in May to light night frosts in the field, morning glories should be planted in the open air at the end of May at the earliest. In a cool spring, it can also be problematic that the seeds of the morning glory need a relatively stable germination temperature between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius during the germination phase of about two weeks. The pasen conditions prevail in general anyway on a windowsill in the room, so that morning glories are usually preferred in the house. Once the weather permits and the tender plantlets are about 10 centimeters high, they can be planted out to their destination in the garden.

Save time and effort when planting

Consider the following factors when advancing the morning glory on your windowsill:

If the early seedlings are intended for the greening of the balcony, then the direct cultivation of the seeds in the later planter offers itself. Otherwise, always three or four seeds can be sown together in a compostable pot, so that when planting the delicate roots must not be injured.An identification of the sowing pots allows the specific combination of different colored varieties when planting in the garden for particularly beautiful color effects.

With the right care to numerous flowers

When it comes to fertilization, the more is not automatically equated with an increase in flowers in the morning glory. Although well-fertilized morning glory grow faster and stronger in height, too nutrient-rich substrate can also lead to poor flower. So that many flowers form, you should therefore fertilize only very targeted and provide with a pruning for a stronger branching.

Tips

The Vorzuschziehen in the house is recommended in the morning glory only for the corresponding time advantage in the spring. If you want to sow morning glory as a screen or as an uncomplicated climbing plant later in the year, it is better to bring the seed directly into place.