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Hyacinth Vine/pots/room
Hi Tyra:
Thank you for your prompt reply and valuable information. My balcony is 10' high, 3' wide and 6' long. I plan to have the vines grow on each 3' side along the rail (5') with cords for support up the remaining 5' and keep the long side free for my other plants. I get full sun from sunrise to about noon. Due to the cold winter and Spring, I only got the seeds in the ground at the end of May. We are now in July and they are only 12-18" tall. Do these vine grow quickly once the get started? How big should a pot be and when/how do I harvest the seeds for next years use. Cheers, Geraldine "Tyra Trevellyn" wrote in message ... From: "G. B. Gaal" Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2003 8:39 PM Message-id: Hello: I am trying for the first time to grow hyacinth vine on my New York City apartment balcony. I have planted one per 5.5" dia/6" high clay pot and three in a 10" dia/6" high plastic container. They are sprouting nicely, 12"-18" tall, but now I'm wondering if the pots are too small. Can anybody advise me, should I repot them before they get bigger? Thank you, Geraldine Geraldine: These get to be humongous plants, no kidding. I'm not sure if the root space they need will overtake the size of the pots you've got them in (most likely they will), but the vines themselves may overtake your balcony setup. How much space have you allowed for them to climb and spread? I had maybe about four plants in the ground in one area (more in others) last summer, climbing bean tepees and then more bean tepees, and there were stil lots of heavy flowering, fruiting vines I had to accommodate on even more cords so the vines could grab onto poles and lord-knows-what. And yes, repot them (they transplant easily, in my experience) into larger pots, and think about growing two, not four. Seriously. (They are wonderful plants, but are monsters when they get going.) Best, Tyra nNJ usa z7 |
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Hyacinth Vine/pots/room
Tyra:
Thank you for all the advice. Have a wonderful, safe 4th of July, Geraldine "Tyra Trevellyn" wrote in message ... From: "G. B. Gaal" Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2003 11:55 PM Message-id: "Tyra Trevellyn" wrote in message ... From: "G. B. Gaal" Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2003 8:39 PM Message-id: Hello: I am trying for the first time to grow hyacinth vine on my New York City apartment balcony. I have planted one per 5.5" dia/6" high clay pot and three in a 10" dia/6" high plastic container. They are sprouting nicely, 12"-18" tall, but now I'm wondering if the pots are too small. Can anybody advise me, should I repot them before they get bigger? Thank you, Geraldine Geraldine: These get to be humongous plants, no kidding. I'm not sure if the root space they need will overtake the size of the pots you've got them in (most likely they will), but the vines themselves may overtake your balcony setup. How much space have you allowed for them to climb and spread? I had maybe about four plants in the ground in one area (more in others) last summer, climbing bean tepees and then more bean tepees, and there were stil lots of heavy flowering, fruiting vines I had to accommodate on even more cords so the vines could grab onto poles and lord-knows-what. And yes, repot them (they transplant easily, in my experience) into larger pots, and think about growing two, not four. Seriously. (They are wonderful plants, but are monsters when they get going.) Best, Tyra nNJ usa z7 Hi Tyra: Thank you for your prompt reply and valuable information. My balcony is 10' high, 3' wide and 6' long. I plan to have the vines grow on each 3' side along the rail (5') with cords for support up the remaining 5' and keep the long side free for my other plants. I get full sun from sunrise to about noon. Due to the cold winter and Spring, I only got the seeds in the ground at the end of May. We are now in July and they are only 12-18" tall. Do these vine grow quickly once the get started? How big should a pot be and when/how do I harvest the seeds for next years use. Cheers, Geraldine You're doing fine with the size of the plants. They start slow (they need consistently warm temps and enough sunshine.....and that just started in our area). Mine aren't much more than that. But they do take off and there's no stopping them. If you're prepared to cut them back from time to time to keep them within bounds as they grow, you should be ok. It would be good to use the largest pots you can manage, but make sure they're light in weight. The plants aren't water guzzlers but on a balcony they face drying out more rapidly, so keep well watered but not wet. I'm concerned that you may not have enough direct sun, but since there's nothing you can do about that, treat the plants well and enjoy whatever you get.... they're worth growing for their beautiful foliage alone. If they're happy they'll bloom with beautiful lilac flowers. Assuming decent pollination (self or insect), when the flowers drop off you should see tiny pods which elongate into big shiny purple pods. Late in summer the pods will begin to shrivel and within will be your seeds for next year. (When they're ready they'll look just like the ones you planted and will store nicely.) The plants can be very productive and bloom well into fall, producing a huge harvest of seeds for everyone you know. Best, Tyra nNJ usa z7 |
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