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Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
June 2009 Vegetable and flower Pictures
Coreopsis
Dahlia
I have learned from a colleague of mine that if you pinch zinnia when young they branch out and you get more flowers. I felt pretty bad to pinch it but now I have several shoots from one plant and they all are flowering now.
Bell Pepper
Sweet Bannana Pepper
This is our 2nd Snake Gourd growing. We already harvested one and made curry with it.
They are not growing very long as I expected. I am getting long bottle gourds and short snake gourds.
They are not growing very long as I expected. I am getting long bottle gourds and short snake gourds.
Bottle gourds under the stairs. As you can see there is one big one growing which is about a week old. May be harvest it next week.Usually it takes 2 weeks for the fruit to mature.There are 3-4 small ones also but I have to watch and see how many will grow.
I observed that usually only one gourd on a vine is growing even though others got pollinated.
If they are on different vines, its good and all may grow.
There are still some more coming. We may be able to harvest these two next week.
Waiting for them to turn yellow.
Friday, June 5, 2009
GardenPictures2009 - Part5(Tomatoes,Peppers and EggPlants)
1. Peppers: Green Peppers and Sweet Bannana Peppers. None of them bloomed yet.
I couldn't get green pepper germinate at home even with zip lock method. I gave seed to friend of mine who got them germinated and gave me the plants. Sweet Bannan Peppers germinated very fast. I soaked them in water for a day and got them germinated on top of my cable box.
I couldn't get green pepper germinate at home even with zip lock method. I gave seed to friend of mine who got them germinated and gave me the plants. Sweet Bannan Peppers germinated very fast. I soaked them in water for a day and got them germinated on top of my cable box.
GardenPictures2009-Part4(Leafy vegetables)
GardenPictures2009 - Part3(Gourds,Beans & cucumbers)
1. Dosakai: They are in full bloom now. Nice yellow male flowers. No female flowers yet. We have all boys at home. So my husband teases 'no female flowers in the garden also' :)
If they show up I will get some dosakai.
If they show up I will get some dosakai.
GardenPictures 2009 - Part 2(Flower garden)
1. Tulips & Daffodils: We love the tulips. They bloom for a short time (2 weeks) every year but are very pretty to welcome spring.
2.Shrub Roses ,Hostas and Ice Plant:
We got Shrub Roses for the first time this year and we are very happy to see the full bloom.
Hope they continue. Ice Plant is perrineal and its been continuing to bloom every spring for teh past 2 years.
Hostas have come back big this year and may have to thin them for next year in fall.
We got Shrub Roses for the first time this year and we are very happy to see the full bloom.
Hope they continue. Ice Plant is perrineal and its been continuing to bloom every spring for teh past 2 years.
Hostas have come back big this year and may have to thin them for next year in fall.
GardenPictures 2009 - Part1
Got inspired by GoGreen and Finally uploaded pictures.
1. This is the picture of my cable box with foam cups where I got all of my seeds germinated.
I didn't take pictures of my seeds in ziplock. I used that method to get Egg plant seeds germinated. For gourds, I used the foam cups with seed started mix soil.
1. This is the picture of my cable box with foam cups where I got all of my seeds germinated.
I didn't take pictures of my seeds in ziplock. I used that method to get Egg plant seeds germinated. For gourds, I used the foam cups with seed started mix soil.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
A bright and sunny deck
It is June now, sunny and bright and the plants are thriving. This is what I have - green leafy vegetables - methi, Gongura and thotakura - all started from seeds. 4 sorakaya plants sprouted from seeds and 2 kakarakaya. Put in seeds for bachhali today - should wait and see how they come up. Also bought 4 each of tomato, bell pepper and egg plants from a nearby plant nursery. All in all, my deck is quite a garden at this time - here are some pictures.
My vegetable patch on the deck
I just have a 10 X 10 deck that I can use for my 'gardening' - or 'container gardening' !! But I love seeing a plant grow and simply enjoy a home-grown leaf/vegetable and so I have been trying to grow what ever I can in the little space.
This year, picking on dreamgardener's lead and seeds (yes I got seeds thru post from dg as well), tried some coffee filter/zip lock germination method and also soaking seeds in room temperature water. Both gave good results for sorakaya/ bottle gourd, dosakaya, beans. For some reason only sorakaya survived the trasplantation into bigger pots. Could be the erratic weather conditions and that I had to leave the plants outside through 30-40 temps and terrible rain a couple of weekends..or my black thumb !! That was beginning April.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Continuing on Garden Blog 2009..
I thought of taking pictures and posting them but as usual weekends are too short.
I will try to take some pictures sometime soon.
So far..
Spring colors started in our front yard with beautiful Daffodils. Tulips are up but no flower yet.
Vegetable garden:
Started mint and methi in the empty beds outdoor this weekend. Is it too early?
Indoor(started these from seeds):
I have few (4 or 5) egg plants
5 or 6 bottle gourds(sorakai)
5 or 6 Marigold,
8 Zinnia,
all my dosakai baby plants died(why? too much water?) very sad. need to start them again.
Waiting on
bell pepper,bannana pepper,snake gourd seeds to germinate.
I was able to germinate egg plant seeds using coffee filter/zip lock method. But soaking seeds in room temp water also seems to have same effect. Soak them in water for 24 hrs and sow them in soil less mix. They will sprout in 7 days.
Failed to germinate bell pepper seeds using the above. So now trying the soaking methods
The last batch I soaked them in water for 24 hrs and have sowed in soil less seed mix. Hope this works! Its been 4 days. Same thing with bannan pepper. But I sowed bannana Pepper seeds in regular potting mix. Does it make any difference? I have to wait and see.
Dosakai seeds germinated very fast and the baby plants died very fast too! . I am still sad about them. What did I do wrong? I soaked the seeds in water for 24 hours and sowed them in regular potting mix. Sprouted in 2-3 days. I was very happy to see them. Then they started dying in 1 week time? Planning to start new batch of dosakai tonight. I will post how they will do.
My snake gourd seeds are not yet germinating? Why? Its been 16 days so far. I read online they take upto 21 days to germinate and need warm temp upto 80 degree. I moved two of my snake gourd pots to the top of cable box this morning to see if it helps. Planning to start one more batch tomorrow as I really want to grow them this year.
More later..
I will try to take some pictures sometime soon.
So far..
Spring colors started in our front yard with beautiful Daffodils. Tulips are up but no flower yet.
Vegetable garden:
Started mint and methi in the empty beds outdoor this weekend. Is it too early?
Indoor(started these from seeds):
I have few (4 or 5) egg plants
5 or 6 bottle gourds(sorakai)
5 or 6 Marigold,
8 Zinnia,
all my dosakai baby plants died(why? too much water?) very sad. need to start them again.
Waiting on
bell pepper,bannana pepper,snake gourd seeds to germinate.
I was able to germinate egg plant seeds using coffee filter/zip lock method. But soaking seeds in room temp water also seems to have same effect. Soak them in water for 24 hrs and sow them in soil less mix. They will sprout in 7 days.
Failed to germinate bell pepper seeds using the above. So now trying the soaking methods
The last batch I soaked them in water for 24 hrs and have sowed in soil less seed mix. Hope this works! Its been 4 days. Same thing with bannan pepper. But I sowed bannana Pepper seeds in regular potting mix. Does it make any difference? I have to wait and see.
Dosakai seeds germinated very fast and the baby plants died very fast too! . I am still sad about them. What did I do wrong? I soaked the seeds in water for 24 hours and sowed them in regular potting mix. Sprouted in 2-3 days. I was very happy to see them. Then they started dying in 1 week time? Planning to start new batch of dosakai tonight. I will post how they will do.
My snake gourd seeds are not yet germinating? Why? Its been 16 days so far. I read online they take upto 21 days to germinate and need warm temp upto 80 degree. I moved two of my snake gourd pots to the top of cable box this morning to see if it helps. Planning to start one more batch tomorrow as I really want to grow them this year.
More later..
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Garden Blog 2009
Spring is almost here and its time to start gardening. I love to grow vegetables in our back yard.
This year I am planning to do Peppers,Egg Plant,Bottle gourd,snake gourd,cucumber and other leafy vegetables. I will use this blog to post my success/failure.
This year I am planning to do Peppers,Egg Plant,Bottle gourd,snake gourd,cucumber and other leafy vegetables. I will use this blog to post my success/failure.
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