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From: rfc@calmasd.UUCP (Robert Clayton)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Bougainvillea
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 16:25:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30 16:25:26 1985
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> 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.