Etc Etc Etc

I made a new macramé for Gus the cactus leaf fern (for whatever reason, this one is very masculine to me, thus a male name) and planning to hang Dundee the crocodile fern next to it, I just need to look for the right macramé pattern for it.

Well, well, well, look who's leafing again.

Rainbow carrots have germinated -  I was a little doubtful as the seeds were a little old.

Ali's root gets longer and it appears she might grew a couple of new ones. It also appears she has another node which I'm wondering if I should cut and propagate when it's more stable since the variegation is not as prominent and also as a safety.

Cute LWS flowers.

 The sprout of Stephania was very likely burnt as I left it open under the sun the other day and the other is just rotting I sliced it half trying to salvage it.

(Long-stemmed) Red roses from husband on Valentine's Day. They wilt so quickly!

A decapitated daffodil from the yard. Am I going to see blooms at all??

I planted some garlics that sprouted the other day just for the heck of it.

White onion that has sprouted grew beautiful roots but the bulb is rotting. I'm keeping this for the greens as it sprouted.

I chopped the larger leaves because it just looked so messy.

New acquisition: Philodendron gloriosum. Currently in Malaysia.

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.

The Second Great Pruning

Had a second great Plumeria pruning. Many of them were infested by the annoying whiteflies, mealybugs and scale insects. 

It turned out be a pleasant surprise - the pruning unveiled an inflo for Bali Hai Gold. 

The second avocado pit shows a greater growth speed compared to the first one.

The tomato seedlings show weird growth rate. Should I remove the smaller ones?

The Amaryllis has finished its bloom so I cut the stems off and repotted it. That's a brand new leaf. 

Sad to report that the older garlic and one of the potato seedlings died. Yes, by overwatering. -_-

Weekend Task

Saturday morning saw me visiting my usual nurseries at Tropicana to get more soil. Dropped by at the first nursery, Kohortica to say hi to the friendly staff. They are well-stocked with roses and beautiful red lilies this time that it is such a shame I have just a balcony! Katsura has the best gardening soil by Gafri and it is so cheap - a pack of 28 litre for MYR10. I got myself 3 packs of them and 2 Baba Planters with the wrought iron window planter box.

Finally planted 3 of the chitted potatoes - 2 in a plastic woven sack I found at work and 1 in the gardening soil bag. 

An update on the seedlings - Arugula has sprouted. The rest are growing but I kind of worry about the kohlrabi - they haven't sprout so I put new seeds into the pots again today.

Successful Start

I harvested some seeds from two mini plum tomatoes which I bought from the store on last week  and left them for fermentation. I let the seeds fermented longer (recommended was 3 days I did it for almost one week).  Seed drying took 3 days and I had 8 seeds germinated on a wet paper towel and guess what? 75% of them started to grow root. 

Germinated seeds today. So happy to see those tiny root.

Seeds being dried out on baking paper.

The two garlics have sprouted.

 The brown 'root' turned out to be the sprout. Interesting that it grew upright from the bottom.

The third avocado pit has split and you can see the sprout already. The second one showed a slight split.

Potatoes chitted rather nicely. The sprouts should be in green with purple base. The potato at 5 o'clock wasn't meant be chitted but it sprouted in the kitchen and the shoots are pale - not really a good one but I will try it anyway.

Happiness is Seeing Them Grow and Healthy

Finally cut my first two hydrangea blooms and vased them. I didn't cut them immediately as I wanted to find out how long can the bloom last and let me tell you - it can last more than a month on the plant!

The third bloom and possibly the largest head - it was shocking pink when it's at its peak.

I've been hooked on hortchannels on YT especially this and it inspired me even more to work on my own kitchen garden.

The tomato seeds and poppy seeds that I tried germinating failed. I gave up on poppies but I'm trying another technique for the tomatoes - seed saving by fermenting tomato seeds from fresh ripe tomatoes that I bought from the local supermarket (I chose mini plum variety).

I'm also chitting some Aussie potatoes. A quick Google tells me it's a white variety - could be a Nadine or a Coliban (probably the latter, I have no idea!). I chose the potatoes that already have little shoots but some of them are black, I hope the potatoes were no treated.

My single garlic plant is doing pretty well and I'm looking forward to harvest it next June. I've also planted two more garlic cloves today. I should start to find out on how to cure them since I've already know how to plait them. 

I'm so impressed by elephant garlic but I don't think I have ever seen any here. One bulb can feed the whole village!

Happy National Day

This is only blooming plumeria I have right now. The color has turned lighter than the mother plant. I suppose it doesn't have as much sun exposure.

My edibles. I included shallots (middle) this time, found some shallots that sprouted shoots in the kitchen. Probably won't last.

Another new addition for edibles is ginger. I also have Portulaca (pointy-leaf) and Purslane (round-leaf) that I picked from my building's lobby.

My inedible lemongrass/citronella has grown after a drastic prune early this month.

Went to the nursery to exchange the size of the pot plates I bought 2 weeks ago. Came back with a cutting and he gave me another cutting that's rotted during rooting. Why not.

Such a gorgeous cutting. It's a yellow variety with an amazing citrus-y scent.

The free cutting I received. Such a lovely inflo of red bloom. I hope this thrives.

The blooms of the cuttings.

Penang Peach bloom that I collected while walking with Coco this morning.