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mr_bill_m

Question for you Hoyaholics

4 years ago

I was wondering how each of you manages your collection. For instance, I have a number of hoyas, most are no ID's (although I'm working on ID'g them) but they grow well. Too well in fact. Some of the trailing ones, like lacanosa, and bella are in small hanging pots I made by stringing wire through some 4" pots. These are relatively easy to manage, except I always need to find a space to hang them. Fortunately, they are rather small and don't trail a lot yet. Some of the thin leaved ones, like odorata and multiflora I let grow as tall as they like, however the multiflora had to be chopped and propped due to root mealies. The top I propagated and it has rooted and is again producing blooms.


That being said, some of the others have very long vines. I hate to cut them, in fact I don't. What I can train on a makeshift trellis I do, but a number of them are just growing wild. They bloom, and because of that, I don't cut them down.


My question is what do all of you do in regards to training your plants and keeping the collection in check? I should cut them up I guess, but for some personal reasons I can't bring myself to do it. What is the consensus? Cut to keep manageable or just let nature take it's course?


Thoughts and or ideas? Thanks....

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  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    This is very helpful video about trellising your hoyas. https://youtu.be/tvvlCIpa0vg from UPT and this one from Doug https://youtu.be/ddx1hqKG5O4

    Comments (13)

    • 4 years ago

      Tika - excellent video on the first link. I am going to have to trellis a number of my hoyas. Off to HD I go trying to find some bamboo sticks! Right now my vines are growing wild all over the place. Boy are they going to be surprised when they find out they have something to climb!

      Thanks for the links....

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    • 4 years ago

      Please post some pics when you finish. I found some good priced ones on Amazon too. Good luck!

    • 4 years ago

      Tika, I'll post a video tomorrow after I take it. What I did was break off some hydrangea stalks from last year and used them similar to bamboo stalks. I'll check HD tomorrow to see if they have bamboo, but the hydrangeas seem to be working fine. It's certainly not pretty, but it works.

    • 4 years ago

      Back by popular demand! Since Tika asked me to post a video of my trellising, I made one this morning. I used old hydrangea stalks from last years growth. It's certainly not pretty, but for now it will work. Once I get to the store I'll p/u some more appropriate stakes and do it right. I don't think the plants will mind either way, but for purely aesthetic reasons, it will look better when they're brought inside in another few months. hope you enjoy the video. BTW - there's a shot of another noid at the end, maybe a guess on the name?

      Get your popcorn, Good & Plentys, sit back and enjoy,,,, https://youtube.com/shorts/xULHvJQP3sA?feature=share

    • 4 years ago
      last modified: 4 years ago

      Great job, Bill. Good use of the hydrangeas stems. The last one might be a quinquenervia? Here is what mine looks like


      Or a Merrillii?

    • 4 years ago

      Tika, I originally thought it was a merrillii, but after looking them up I'm convinced it's a quinquenervia. Great, now that I know who he is, I just need to take a class on how to pronounce and spell quinquenervia! It really took off this year and is pushing out some strong vines. I've been feeding all my hoyas much more often now and it shows in both growth and blooms.

    • 4 years ago

      Oh great!! What do you feed them??

    • 4 years ago

      I think your hydrangea stems are a great idea. Won't you be surprised when one of them starts producing leaves because it actually roots in the pot! I've seen it happen.


      If you have any old orchid wires, you know the coated metal wire, you can bend it easily into a hoop shape to use as a trellis.

    • 4 years ago

      Popmama, yes, that would be surprising. I can only hope.


      Tika, I use either dyna-gro foliage pro or miracle grow orchid door. Dyna is a liquid and miracle is a powder. I mix then at 1/2 the recommended dosage. Sometimes I use one and other times the other. No set routine. They are watered at least 2x per week, and some of the pots, because they dry out so quickly, are watered literally every day unless it's overcast, then I'll skip that day.

    • 4 years ago

      I found a great link detailing the differences betweem merrillii and quinquenervia. The flowers are very different.

      https://vermonthoyas.com/2020/10/13/hoya-merrillii-and-hoya-quinquenervia-are-very-similar/

    • 4 years ago

      Thanks for sharing. So I guess we will know when it blooms.

    • 4 years ago

      These things sure do grow strange! I tried to trellis this one but as you can see, it's a challenge!



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