how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?
 

Hello,

For the last three years I have grown orange thunbergia (sometimes
called black-eyed Susan VINE) in a hanging pot. The first year, it
bloomed like crazy. The last two years, it barely blooms at all. The
leaves look healthy, and it climbs well, but very few flowers. It gets
sun, water, fertilizer, etc. I even bought them from the same place.
The ONLY differences are the year (2004 vs 2006) and the soil. The
year they bloomed, it was Miracle-Gro. This year, it's Dollar Store
Brand. Okay, so next year I need to buy Miracle-Gro or something
comparable. But this year I have used a lot of fertilizer, including
all three "main" nutrients (N, P, K) and several micronutrients.

How can I get *this* year's plant to bloom? I don't think I can
re-soil it without destroying the roots.

Thank you!

Ted Shoemaker, certified Gray Thumb

Madison, Wisconsin, US

USDA zone 4/5
AHS heat zone 4/5
Sunset zone 43

how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?
 

Ted, try moving it out of direct sun. I fried the first ones I planted but
for the past three years I have them under the overhang on my driveway and
they cover the underside of the covering with flowers. You have to remember
to water it liberally.

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Betsy
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Hello,

For the last three years I have grown orange thunbergia (sometimes
called black-eyed Susan VINE) in a hanging pot. The first year, it
bloomed like crazy. The last two years, it barely blooms at all. The
leaves look healthy, and it climbs well, but very few flowers. It gets
sun, water, fertilizer, etc. I even bought them from the same place.
The ONLY differences are the year (2004 vs 2006) and the soil. The
year they bloomed, it was Miracle-Gro. This year, it's Dollar Store
Brand. Okay, so next year I need to buy Miracle-Gro or something
comparable. But this year I have used a lot of fertilizer, including
all three "main" nutrients (N, P, K) and several micronutrients.

How can I get *this* year's plant to bloom? I don't think I can
re-soil it without destroying the roots.

Thank you!

Ted Shoemaker, certified Gray Thumb

Madison, Wisconsin, US

USDA zone 4/5
AHS heat zone 4/5
Sunset zone 43

how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?
 

how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?
 

This is the second year on this plant. Last fall I trimmed it back and
dragged it inside for the winter. Came back very nicely and fuler this year.

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Betsy
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Hello,

For the last three years I have grown orange thunbergia (sometimes
called black-eyed Susan VINE) in a hanging pot. The first year, it
bloomed like crazy. The last two years, it barely blooms at all. The
leaves look healthy, and it climbs well, but very few flowers. It gets
sun, water, fertilizer, etc. I even bought them from the same place.
The ONLY differences are the year (2004 vs 2006) and the soil. The
year they bloomed, it was Miracle-Gro. This year, it's Dollar Store
Brand. Okay, so next year I need to buy Miracle-Gro or something
comparable. But this year I have used a lot of fertilizer, including
all three "main" nutrients (N, P, K) and several micronutrients.

How can I get *this* year's plant to bloom? I don't think I can
re-soil it without destroying the roots.

Thank you!

Ted Shoemaker, certified Gray Thumb

Madison, Wisconsin, US

USDA zone 4/5
AHS heat zone 4/5
Sunset zone 43

how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?
 

wrote in message
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Hello,

For the last three years I have grown orange thunbergia (sometimes
called black-eyed Susan VINE) in a hanging pot. The first year, it
bloomed like crazy. The last two years, it barely blooms at all. The
leaves look healthy, and it climbs well, but very few flowers. It gets
sun, water, fertilizer, etc. I even bought them from the same place.
The ONLY differences are the year (2004 vs 2006) and the soil. The
year they bloomed, it was Miracle-Gro. This year, it's Dollar Store
Brand. Okay, so next year I need to buy Miracle-Gro or something
comparable. But this year I have used a lot of fertilizer, including
all three "main" nutrients (N, P, K) and several micronutrients.

How can I get *this* year's plant to bloom? I don't think I can
re-soil it without destroying the roots.

Thank you!

Ted Shoemaker, certified Gray Thumb

Madison, Wisconsin, US

I've had success with this, particularly with roses that don't bloom as long
as I want them to. Might work for your thunbergia. It helps if you can fake
an Eastern European accent while threatening the plant.
http://www.springfield-armory.com/pr...1911-trp.shtml

how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?
 

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

I've had success with this,
. . . .
It helps if you can fake
an Eastern European accent while threatening the plant.
http://www.springfield-armory.com/pr...1911-trp.shtml

Looks like something I'd want to use on uncooperative computers, too.
:)

Ted Shoemaker


I've come so close... :-) If hammers worked as badly as computers, there'd
be riots in the streets.