Introduction to Ipomoea Tricolor
Ipomoea Tricolor is a morning glory vine; it is from the family of Convolvulaceae. It is a twining (Perennial Climber) plant that grows 2-4 meters in height, the leaves are 3-7 cm long and the flowers are a trumpet shape with a size of 4-9 cm. Its flowering period is from June to September. This plant loves full sun and is only half-hardy (Zone 9). This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.
How To Grow From Seed
Things you will need
Pots
Ipomoea Tricolor Seeds
Perlite
Miracle Grow Potting Mix
Humidity Tent (This time I used a mini greenhouse)
Moisten your prepared growing medium but not too much. Use a stick like object to make a hole 5mm deep, drop the seed in the hole and bury it lightly. Now place the pots in a humidity chamber/tent (Mini greenhouse). Now place your humidity chamber/tent in to partial shade. Once in a while open the chamber to let in fresh air, to prevent any rot. Keep the chamber warm, around 18C - 22C. The seeds should germinate within the week of planting them.
Here is one of my seedlings, it germinated very quickly, and it took 3 days. When this happens it is now OK to put them in full sun and let them grow.
This picture is 2 days later in full sun.
Once it grows up a bit more put a stick in the middle to help it twine up the stick. The second picture shows the first heart shaped leaf. When it grows more add more stick to support it and it will grow healthy.
1 month of growing in full sun.
Growing even more.
Watering and Fertilizing
Watering should be done when the top layer of the soil dries up. Water quite a bit, as these plants love water. This plant also loves being fertilized, fertilize once every 2-3 weeks but only fertilize when the plant has grown for a minimum of 3 weeks.
