fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) (07/19/85)
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Here in Arizona, my neighbors are growing these, with flowers to the point
of bending a branch to the ground. The 3-yr old plants in my backyard, however,
hardly ever deign to put forth a flower. Moreover, they croak in winter
and the vines never recover and flourish in the spring (although the
surviving root system seems to be able to put out new shoots).
I'm getting a little tired of nothing but green. I want some of those
hot-pink flowers. Any ideas? Thx.
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Fred Christiansen ("Canajun, eh?") @ Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ
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ARPA: oakhill!mot!fred@ut-sally.ARPA AT&T: 602-438-3472rfc@calmasd.UUCP (Robert Clayton) (07/30/85)
> Here in Arizona, my neighbors are growing [Bougainvillea], with flowers > to the point of bending a branch to the ground. The 3-yr old plants in > my backyard, however, hardly ever deign to put forth a flower. > -- > Fred Christiansen ("Canajun, eh?") @ Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ Bv do not like heavy watering. The first year in my garden, I had to water every day. No flowers. I fertilized, but just got bigger vines. The next year, I put in an automatic sprinkler and continued watering daily. Again, I fertilized, and the vines went to the roof, but no flowers. This year, I set the sprinklers for every other day and haven't fertilized. Beautiful flowers! Try watering less often. You may need some fertilizer for awhile to get some strength in the plant, but I suspect overwatering is the culprit. Bob Clayton Calma San Diego R&D The opinions are those of my Bougainvillea.
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (08/01/85)
> > Here in Arizona, my neighbors are growing [Bougainvillea], with flowers > > to the point of bending a branch to the ground. The 3-yr old plants in > > my backyard, however, hardly ever deign to put forth a flower. > > -- > > Fred Christiansen ("Canajun, eh?") @ Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ > > The first year in my garden, ...I fertilized, but just got bigger vines. > Next year ... again, I fertilized, and the vines > went to the roof, but no flowers. This year, I set > the sprinklers for every other day and haven't fertilized. Beautiful > flowers! > Bob Clayton > Calma San Diego R&D > > The opinions are those of my Bougainvillea. Maybe bougainvillea is like peppers, tomatoes, peas, etc. who will produce lush foliage without flowers if they have too much fertilizer (ie: not in the sense of unhealthy, but in the sense that they are too dam happy with their lot to go and produce progeny). You might try giving it fertilizer only well after it has started blooming (say, fall) and/or early spring (and not too much). These gorgeous vines bloom profusely in Florida where they get 70+ inches of rain a year, but the "soil" is more like sand. Nemo -- Internet: nemo@rochester.arpa UUCP: {decvax, allegra, seismo, cmcl2}!rochester!nemo Phone: [USA] (716) 275-5766 work, 232-4690 home USMail: 104 Tremont Circle; Rochester, NY 14608 School: Department of Computer Science; University of Rochester; Rochester, NY 14627
augustc@zeus.UUCP (Augustine T. Chan) (08/04/85)
It is generally true in the plant kingdom that a high nitrogen/phosphorus ratio in the nutrient suppresses sexual reproduction while a high phosphorus/nitrogen ratio stimulates it. So the fertilizer should be high in nitrogen if one wants to promote vegetative growth, or high in phosphorus if flowering is desired. Augustine C.