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- Q.Ipomoea Calonyction - My vine is about 5 foot tall. It is in a container. It gets full sun. The blooms come out ...
- Q.Moon Flower Or Datura We Have Smells Nice And Sweet. But It Is Not Vining It Grows A Very Big - Moon flower or datura? It’s not a vine it’s a plant . Will grow very large. Plants seem to open ...
- Q.When Should I Take The Moonflower Seedpods Indoors — As It Gets Wetter And Colder Outside? - I just read your article about harvesting moonflower seeds from my plants (https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/moonflower/moonflower-seed-harvesting.htm) and I understand that I should wait ...
- Q.My Moon Flower Seeds Have Grown To About 3” And Stopped. 2nd Year This Has Happened. What’s My Issue? - year in a row this has happened. What’s my issue?.
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Anonymous on
July 26, 2021Q.Ipomoea Calonyction
My vine is about 5 foot tall. It is in a container. It gets full sun. The blooms come out but do not open fully. I don’t know why I need your help.
Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 17, 2021
Certified ExpertA.It looks like it has opened, and finished its cycle by being pollinated. They usually won't last more than a day or so, anyway.
If it is not pollinated, it will close back up during the day to open at night, since these are a night blooming species due to the type of insects that pollinate this flower.
Just make sure to keep the soil nutrients at a moderate level. Too much nutrients will halt flowering for this plant. In fact, they prefer poor soils to nutrient rich soils. Alternatively, just a boost of phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur can help with flowering.
Here is an article that will help you to care for this plant:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/moonflower/growing-moonflowers.htm
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- Asked by
Anonymous on
September 29, 2021Q.Moon Flower Or Datura We Have Smells Nice And Sweet. But It Is Not Vining It Grows A Very Big
Moon flower or datura? It’s not a vine it’s a plant . Will grow very large. Plants seem to open in the evening or night. Sometimes open during day. Your article says the toxins ones smell bad. These don’t. They smell lovely. Will they poison the other plants around them? The plants around them are big concern! I’m already keeping people and pets out. Like sunflowers and black walnut trees can make soil bad for other plants? Are they toxic in the variety I have to touch or dogs to be around?
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
October 12, 2021
Certified ExpertA.Yours sounds like it is the Moonflower Datura and it is a bushy plant. All parts of the plant are extremely toxic although I didn't find anything that said the toxins migrated in the soil. The article below is rather sobering if you have inquisitive kids.
https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/in-the-garden/reference-desk/vines/moonflower.aspx
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/datura/
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Anonymous on
September 30, 2021Q.When Should I Take The Moonflower Seedpods Indoors — As It Gets Wetter And Colder Outside?
I just read your article about harvesting moonflower seeds from my plants (https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/moonflower/moonflower-seed-harvesting.htm) and I understand that I should wait until the seedpods turn brown in color. I have been doing this incorrectly (and having no success with the seeds), because I have never left them on the vine long enough for them to turn brown, due to the increasingly wet, cold Mid Atlantic Autumn weather where I live (Long Island, NY). At what point is it safe for me to take cuttings of the vines with the seedpods attached and bring them inside to turn brown and fully dry? Or must the seedpods stay attached to the living vine until it has turned brown, no matter what the weather does?
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
October 12, 2021
Certified ExpertA.It's best to leave them attached to the living vine until they turn brown, regardless of weather.
https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/in-the-garden/reference-desk/vines/moonflower.aspx
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Rmdallas on
July 11, 2022
75208Q.My Moon Flower Seeds Have Grown To About 3” And Stopped. 2nd Year This Has Happened. What’s My Issue?
year in a row this has happened. What’s my issue?.
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
July 12, 2022
Certified ExpertA.This could be due to three main factors. Too little light, too much water, or too little nutrients.
Potting them up to larger pots with substantial soil will likely mitigate the issue.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/moonflower/growing-moonflowers.htm
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