Morning Glory Pruning?

[GardenGeisha]

I accidentally uprooted a morning glory plant that was growing up a basket handle in my garden. When I realized what I had done, I stuck the root inside dirt in the basket and kept it well watered. At first the leaves looked good, but then a few of them shriveled up, and the vine now appears to have a kink in it and more of the leaves are looking sketchy. The big leaf at the base of the plant and one little leaf above it still look good. They are below the kink. Do you think the plant might make it and go on to branch and thrive if I cut the vine right below the kink?

 

[GardenGeisha]

It's probably a Grandpa Ott or hot pink or white morning glory. I do not think it is a heavenly blue variety.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'd try it. What do you have to lose? As long as it has a leaf where a bud can start I think you have a pretty good chance. Can you see any buds at those leaf nodes?

 

[so lucky]

In my experience, morning glories are pretty hard to kill. I would go ahead and prune it.

 

[GardenGeisha]

Ridgerunner and solucky, somehow it perked back up on its own. The poor looking leaves came back to life... Fingers crossed...

 

[Ridgerunner]

Ridgerunner and solucky, somehow it perked back up on its own. The poor looking leaves came back to life... Fingers crossed...