Garden Progresses
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Acerola (Malpighia glabra) seedling is reacting a little strange in my garden. The plant seems to take its own sweet time to grow. While I like slow-growers, this one proves to test my patience. Never knew that it would grow so, so slow. The mother plant though (which I have been keeping as a bonsai) does grow faster than this seedling. Hmm... perhaps a little more fertiliser?
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Little lemon tree is cute and pretty. Love watching it grow. After it has grown its true leaves, I can literally see it growing bigger each day. But hope it will not outgrown the little pot too fast.
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Due to the haze and hot weather, I resorted to garden more at my kitchen window for more pleasure. My recent purchase is a Strawberry Saxifraga (Saxifraga stolonifera). I have grown this plant for a few times before already. Each time it was without success and still this time another failure... it seems to be dying slowly :( Good thing it was not that expensive and I used its plantlets for my terrarium :-)
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Spot an Azalea bloom? Well, I think that Agave makes a better flower, haha... This is probably why we so love succulents. They are pretty enough even without any blooms.
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) grows rather fast, I mean its roots... I could either harvest some of its roots or re-pot it into a bigger pot. Well, I decided to just repot it...
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A weed popped up suddenly after a plant died in this same pot. Not sure what's the ID but it does look like little palm leaves. Don't you think so? But, errr... I do not wish for another palm...
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A flower from my mini hot pepper (Capsicum frutescens)... wow! I am looking forward to another good harvest, yay!
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I wish there will rain again soon. It's getting pretty hot. The two times it rained was last week and that's not enough!
Nonetheless, have a wonderful day!
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Your seedlings are doing well I think.It is that time for humid hot weather although we have been having some cool ones here. Crazy. LOL! Hope you get some rain soon.
ReplyDeleteHello Lona! Really? the seedlings ok? Oh I am so glad. Looks like it is a happy day for me today. It rained non-stop last night!. I am enjoying the cooler temperature today :-D Thank God :-D
DeleteMy Acerola flowers always fallen down to the ground after their bloom. I don't know how many time since their first bloom.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love succulent too. Just need a little handling, and have beautiful shapes. We still have rain through the week, it should be on dry season. Hope you have a wonderful week and happy gardening.
ooops, you mentioned before about the acerola flower. I wonder if the plant is getting enough water...hmm... Same same on weather. The weather forecast says dry season tilll Sept if I am not wrong. Let's hope differently! You have a wonderful week too yeah, yes happy gardening and enjoy the raya month.
DeleteHi Steph!
ReplyDeleteYour tumeric look so lush and healthy even in the small pot. Mine always attacked by caterpillars which roll the leaves and eat all out.
Hi Normala, mine will have many holes on the leaves. Maybe a bug or probably grasshoppers love the leaves... anyway, I hope you have lots of turmeric roots to use for cooking :-)
DeleteI can understand why you so admire the agave: one wrong word from you and you will be poked, again. haha. But it's really beautiful. So geometrically correct.
ReplyDeleteHaha... that's right. The plant can really hurt the hand!! Glad to hear from Shailaja. Happy gardening :-D
DeleteHi Steph!:) I think it's great that you are growing a lemon tree from such a small shoot!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy weekend.
Hi Breathtaking, yup that little lemon is really cute. But I am not sure where I can settle it after it grows big hehe...
Deletethat's great progress on lemon tree! You plant look awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Malar! You have lots of kind words every time. These two days it looks like it has not grown. I think this is due to the cooler temperature after the rain a day ago :-)
DeleteHi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteIt rained yesterday and today! Yay!
Hope it rained over at your side too.
Your turmeric and chilli plant are doing great, mine too! :)
Hi Joyce,
DeleteYes it rained at my place as well. I am enjoying the cooler weather, yay! Now I wish it will continue to rain forever haha... Next week I plan to re-arrange my garden. Big task for me to accomplish. A few of the pots are way too heavy! Anyway, it is great to know that your turmeric and chilli is doing well. I guess they react to weather too yeah. You have the most
... you have the most energy... garden and cook (and blog!). Love all your recipes too :-)
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