How to grow healthy morning glory in the tropics?

15 years ago

Hi. I am a new member. Can anyone advise me on growing morning glory in a tropical country?

Unlike many of the participants here, I live in the South East Asia, in a small country call Malaysia. Anyone heard of us before? In my country, it is tropics all year round with ample sunshine and average temperature of 28 degree Celsius, well, perhaps 30 Celsius nowadays due to global warming. We get lots of rain throughout the year too.

I got some MG seeds from an ebay seller who is from a neighboring country. I planted them in my front yard. I expected them to grow bushy with leaves & vines & flowers but what I get is only few small, thin vines and about 30 blooms for the 1st month.

Most of the heavenly blue MG dies in their seedling stage, some die in adult stage before bloom. They look healthy & thriving in the morning before I leave for work, when I got home in the evening, the whole plant withered & die. I feel so sad & yet have no idea what went wrong.

The Grandpa Ott MG seems to be doing much better but after about a month of continuous blossoms, they seem to stop blooming and the older leaves at the bottom yellowed.

I also noticed that my MG leaves which are so lively in the early morning will become lifeless when it gets warmer throughout the day. They regained energy again in the cooler evening when the sun fades.

I suspect that the tropics may be just way too warm, wet and humid to grow a healthy MG. I have bought more seeds & will plant my second batch in a much shaded, less water area.

Or is there anyone here who can give me some good advice?

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A photo of my front yard, I use bamboo torch as support for the MG

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They were doing well in the first 2 weeks

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One die later, it was a Heavenly Blue type

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The most productive Grandpa Ott

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My very fist Heavenly Blue bloom

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Not doing well

Here is a link that might be useful: http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568218304lWCQoW

Comments (4)

emmagrace2
15 years ago
Hi redyoyo,
Welcome to Gardenweb all the way from Malaysia.

I would like to share a lot of information with you as well as offer to share some of my many Morning Glory seeds with you that should do well for you in your country, however, you do not have your email address enabled.

Please contact me at my email
emma.grace@suddenlink.net

Emma
East-Texas USA
ron_convolvulaceae
15 years ago
redyoyo - The situation you describe is typical and although the vines often wilt during the day,the intensity of the heat and sun in your area will require that you make certain that the vines have sufficient water during the hottest part of the day...

You can hook up some type of automatic watering system on a timer to water the vines during the day...otherwise growing the vines in a large container with a large water resevoir under the container will be required to maintain proper hydration during the intense heat of your days...

You can also choose to grow some of the tropical prennial species that have a large perennial root system which will help to maintain adequate hydration during the hottest part of the day there in Malaysia...

Consider enabling the GardenWeb members to send you a private email...via the GardenWeb...you can do this by:

1)Going into your profile and scroll to near the bottom of the page and place a check in the box that states:

Allow other users to send you email via forms at our site.
If you want to be a part of GardenWeb's zone buddies network this needs to be "checked".

and perhaps

Show my email address to other Members

Hope that helps...

Ron
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redyoyo
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks Emma & Ron.

Will email you soon Emma. Eager to learn from your experience.

Read in other posting that Ron is a morning glory guru. It's an honour to hear from you.

I updated my profile as advised. I also inserted this link which shows the photos of my front yard with the MGs.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568218304lWCQoW?vhost=good-times
emmagrace2
15 years ago
Hi redyoyo,

I will look forward to hearing from you.

Your plants on your album look very healthy, thanks for sharing.

Yes, Ron is our 'Morning Glory Blessing' with much experience and many answers to questions.

Emma