The purpurea in the yogurt cup make me chuckle. Nice flowers, Gerris! 2 of the purpurea varieties I ordered arrived, and I just finished labeling and storing them. I'm so excited to plant them, but I want to get some hydrogen peroxide first to prepare them. I also ordered 5 more varieties since someone offered to buy me them for my birthday, but those will probably be a while until I plant them. 😊

For what reason do you use h2o2?

Gerris2 said: For what reason do you use h2o2?

I read that i should the knicked seeds in a 50/50 mix of it with water for some hours until it bloats before planting to practically guarantee a sprout.

In other news, it very suddenly and very heavily started raining, so I had to run out in the rain to rescue the cuttings I planted, and in the few seconds I was out, I got completely drenched

In all my years of germinating seeds I have never used hydrogen peroxide. I guess it could control microbial growth.

Gerris2 said: In all my years of germinating seeds I have never used hydrogen peroxide. I guess it could control microbial growth.

What's your routine when you germinate a seed?

I'm thinking about taking a cutting from the morning glory growing in the pot with massive leaves to see if I can make an entire plant with leaves that big. Do you think I could selectively grow bigger leaves by taking a cutting of each subsequent plant that grows from them?

Gerris2 said: Happy purp day. Note that the plant is happily growing in an 8 ounce yogurt cup.

Beautiful! What do you have growing behind that purp? It looks interesting :smily:

I use H202 to soak Ipomoea & other large or hard seeds instead of knicking them because I have a hard time knicking seeds. But I use a way less than 50/50. I use roughly one part H202 to 10 parts water.

antsinmypants said: Beautiful! What do you have growing behind that purp? It looks interesting :smily:

It's a recovering gesneriad called Primulina dryas 'Hisako'. I bought it at Philadelphia Flower Show probably over 10 years ago. It's definitely one for variegated leaf lovers.



Flowers are nice too

Rowyts said: What's your routine when you germinate a seed?

For Ipomoea purpurea, I just the seeds in a clean yogurt cup and put enough water in just to cover the seeds. Need oxygen access. Let it sit out of the sun in a warm place and wait for them to enlarge, which is a sign that imbibation has occurred. You should see seed roots quickly. Once that happens, install in a shallow hole in your growing container no deeper than say 1/4". You should see cotyledons in less than a week.

Gerris2 said: It's a recovering gesneriad called Primulina dryas 'Hisako'. I bought it at Philadelphia Flower Show probably over 10 years ago. It's definitely one for variegated leaf lovers.



Flowers are nice too

Wow! Those leaves are so beautiful!

I almost lost it due to overwatering it. Fortunately the last leaves struck roots and I am now a happy camper.

I found Ipomoea setifera seeds!! It was rainy today, so they're moist, but I'll check again in a few days when it's dry and there should be more since I only picked a couple. Also, the Distimake tuberosus began to produce flowers too, so I'll snap a pic of that when the weather is nicer.

Rowyts said: I found Ipomoea setifera seeds!! It was rainy today, so they're moist, but I'll check again in a few days when it's dry and there should be more since I only picked a couple. Also, the Distimake tuberosus began to produce flowers too, so I'll snap a pic of that when the weather is nicer.

Do they look ripe? Seed color should not be on the green side.

OMG wanna trade? Haha I am serious - collect a pile of seeds. If you like Ipomoea purpurea I have a number of cultivars you might like to grow.

Gerris2 said: Do they look ripe? Seed color should not be on the green side.

OMG wanna trade? Haha I am serious - collect a pile of seeds. If you like Ipomoea purpurea I have a number of cultivars you might like to grow.

I would love to trade for purpurea! The seeds are ripe and black. The seed pod looked like a small chestnut and i just rolled them between my hands to separate them, it's pretty fun. I only picked the ones that were ready, and I separated the perfect seeds from ones that were damaged, probably from being wet when I oppened them. I'll go again on a dry day to get some seeds that are dried on their own- a whole handful! They're slightly smaller than ipomoea alba moonflower seeds.

Picture of some seeds


Picture of seed pods

Holy moly, I love it! What a discovery you made. I'm so excited! See what growing morning glories does to you? Hahaha

I used to have Ipomoea setosa and it froze out one fall before I could bring it in (was away on a business trip). I'd love to have that species growing again in my little garden.

That's great, and I share your excitement!
Setosa looks very similar to setifera, but the leaves are different. The stems and flowers look identical, but the leaves are very different. It's very pretty.

Uh, I meant setifera. Oy vey!

Gerris2 said: Uh, I meant setifera. Oy vey!

Hahaha. That happens. 😆

Some things I've done the past few days but haven't recorded yet. I tried scoring and soaking some seeds to to figure things out as my first time doing it, and I put those in some cups.
I took a cutting of the massive leaved morning glory to see if I can produce a plant with all the leaves that large. Kt is currently in a cup of water.
I found some moss and felt like playing with that, so I put some in a small cup with some soil as well in a dim place.

I found I rarely have to score purpurea seeds.

Moss would look pretty on a container but does it like open sun? PR sun was kinda brutal from what I gather.