Starting Anew

I gave up on the florence fennel seedlings for they are stunted so I pulled all of them out and re-sowed 3 seeds. My salad planter (Arugula, bok choy & cress) suffered a bit from my absence so many turned brown.  I might be losing another kaffir lime seedling - lacked of water too.

A pleasant surprise - the adenium/desert rose is going to bloom again. :)

New Amaryllis

BF's sister brought another amaryllis from Germany. Wonder what colour is this. It seems to have 3 blooming stems. I have clue what the colour is.

My french beans are growing pretty ok.

Some peppermints that I got from the supermarket. Three survived and grew roots, I cleared the lemongrass and planted the mint here. I also have no clue what variety is this. It's my first time trying this mint.

Also cleared the hopeless florence fennel for raap rapini.

Morning Post

The amaryllis is at least 2 feet tall it's scaring me. But then again, it shows it's loving here.

Hydrangea head is getting smaller. I'm back to feeding her Yates. Miracle-gro changed her to blue. 

-_-

That aside, this post is more of an seedling update.

Tomato growing steadily but still leggy.

More raap rapini germinated.

The bigger raap rapini seedling.

Carrot.

French bean seedling! Success after 2 attempts in different methods (straight into sowing pot and wet towel in ziplock bag). This time I did the basic wet cotton pad and removed the husk once it's soft. Success rate is 75%. One rotted. 

Hydrangea seedling - finally grew a shoot.

 Not really a seedling anymore - ginger.

Lavender & kaffir lime.

Lost 1 florence fennel seedling yesterday.

The newer florence fennel seedlings. 

I'm quite convinced that those are weeds. I should only have 3 aster seedlings - one is a little too small to confirm.

 Bok choy didn't look so good. Didn't water yesterday.

 Threw in more seeds into the arugula/bok choy planter. Seeds my BF bought when he was in still Zurich. On a second thought, I should have done sowed them in a more shallow tray since they are microgreens. Last check this morning, 2 germinated.

Gave 2 kaffir lime seedlings away to colleague and the cleaner at workplace. Lost the first kaffir lime (don't know why). Will be giving out one more to my colleague.

Avocados.

Arugula.

Seedlings & A Couple of Blooms Update

Tomato.

Lavender.

Carrot.

Florence Fennel & garlic. Transplanted the rest of the seedlings to the new planter.

Bok Choy.

Arugula. Notice the new seedlings? Threw in more seeds.

Aster, with possibly weeds.

Raap rapini.

Back to blue hydrangea.

Bali Hai Gold still going strong.

PS - Pulled out the potatoes, they were a failure.

For What it's Worth

So I believe that I've been storing my seeds wrongly - I kept them in the Ikea stainless steel cabinet which I placed at the balcony. I totally disregarded that it would be too hot. Anyway, it's no wonder that my seeds now won't germinate.

Sowed 4 dwarf french beans (v. Stanley) but have not germinated. Kaffir lime seedlings doing great. I still have about 6 Florence Fennel seedlings here.

Pruned my hydrangea after it went wild and some of the leaves were sun-burned. I also rotated it. The heat has been increasing lately, my blooms are wilting quicker than usual so I cut them and put them in a vase. Notice that my blooms now have both blue and pink.

Aster seedlings! Another seedling grew so now I have 7!

Avocado plants are doing fine. You can see both are different varieties.

Bali Hai Gold Plumeria loves me! Her scent is very subtle.

Basil, shallots and hydrangea that I'm planting from a cut bloom that rooted in the vase.

My purslane is infected by fluffy white insects but here's a cute bloom.

 Arugula seedlings transferred to our bedroom balcony which has better sun exposure. It seems that they are started to grow again.

 Sowed more seeds today - French beans, Raap rapini and Nai You Bok Choy (v. Baby White).

Seedlings Update

The solo lavender seedling now has a buddy :). Threw in more seeds in few days before.

 Tomato seedlings.

Arugula, fennel and carrot seedlings.

The self-watering system for the hydrangea. It seems to be somewhat working as I haven't watered it for the last 2 days and it still looks ok. I will add another one or two more to be on the safe side.

Hello avocado!

 The basil seedlings dried out suddenly. -_-

Took out the kaffir lime seeds and voila! They grew! Will choose the strongest one and then will give the rest of the seedlings to FTS.