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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Process of Learning & A Little Update

My Cameron Hydrangea died the same way as my first hydrangea; shoots dying after another, blackened branch and white fungus at the surface of the soil. After a little online research, I figured out how they died; root rot. The soil that I have used, Baba lazy soil isn't as well-drained as I thought it would be and I was so stupid I reused the same soil as my first hydrangea. So sad.


On another hand, the BF bought a huge bloom of mophead hydrangea with a long stem for me the other day so I had it propagated. It started to shoot just the next day, amazing. I vow not to buy Baba lazy soil anymore - instead I would buy the loose soil I got from the nursery at Sg Buloh.


The bloom the BF bought.

My Malaysian Red plumeria is doing great except the flowers now have orange-colour throat and lighter-coloured petals compared to the first round of blooms.

New leaf! Looks like its giving a middle finger. LOL

Two shoots appearing .

BF's monkey cup grew 2 pitchers.

My balsams are growing turning to the direction of the sun.

MY acclimatized hydrangea is doing pretty good too albeit slow-growing shoots.

Can't say about my pale pink plumeria, the branches are rather soft I shouldn't have watered it so much when I repotted it. The flowers buds dropped. Have stop watering since.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

DIY: Pesticide

I learned about homemade pesticide when I googled about pesticide soap. I posted my acclimatized hydrangea's issue on a gardening forum and one suggested to use pesticide soap. When I googled it, one YouTube video should how to make pesticide yourself; cayenne + garlic + onion boiled in water. So far, I've sprayed on it and since the pesticide is non-evasive and 'organic', I also sprayed on my fiddleleaf fig as few of the leaves are spotty.
How cool is that there's such a thing! I will definitely share that with my dad. Here's an article of homemade pesticides that you may consider if your plants needs SOS. 
Another poster suggested that it could the start of powdery mildew infestation. He suggested some chemical stuff but I'm keen to try on the homemade ones: milk:water 1:4 ratio and another is 1 gallon water + baking soda+1 drop liquid soap. 
On another note, I plucked a pod of red balsam when I was at one of the nurseries (I'm naughty, I know) and I forgot it in the car. It popped so I chucked them into a pot yesterday, oh sweet they are sprouting.