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Posted by tomatozilla 10 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 21, 07 at 11:42
| Atop a steep hill with homes and driveways cut into hillsides leaving UGLY graffitiable walls I want to GROW DOWN! I plan to try training beans down our driveway wall using jute and fishing sinkers. The light gets in there so it shouldn't be an impossible fight with photopropism. Anybody grow DOWN out there? |
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| That's an interesting idea... May want to consider melons and squash, things that sprawl out. They might be more amenable to hanging/growing down, than a very active climber. Please post updates when you get it started! |
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One of the easiest vines to grow down (since most insist on growing UP) are the various types of ornamental sweet potato vines. They will cascade down from a height and grow to fill in anywhere if given some water and a little long acting fertilizer. When ours get out of bounds we either just mow or weed eat the boogers! If you want more, just pick a young stem and plant it. It will grow quite nicely.
Betsy |
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| I am also looking for a vine to grow DOWN a new wall. If planted at the bottom to grow up there would be an issue with the lawn mower. I would like to plant at the top and not have it go up the bank above the wall where I have other things planted, I would like it to go down to soften the look of the wall. Zone 5/6 but gets strong winter wind. Ideas? Any sweet potato types that are hardy up here? I was thinking of some of the ornamental honey suckels that attract butter fies and hummingbirds. Would they go DOWN? Perfer no thorns (mowing next to it). Thanks |
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| myrtl59: "I was thinking of some of the ornamental honey suckels that attract butter fies and hummingbirds. Would they go DOWN? Perfer no thorns (mowing next to it). Thanks" If you send me a SASE (regular size w/first class postage) I will send you a nice package of Cypress Vine seeds (Ipomoea Quamclit) which are also known as Hummingbird vine. e-mail me for address at nanchugh@grm.net. Hugh |
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