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08 Apr 2009Made Omlette with my spring onions 2Cloudy 32°C / 90°F
it was time to pull out my spring onions! After the last storm had destroyed my container along with the tomatoes in it – i decided to restart all over again
there were a couple of spring onion in the pot – i don’t know why they grew very thin (unlike the supermarket’s thi...
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02 Apr 2009The Hail ripping my floss flower leaves Floss Flower and Deep Rectangle Pot of Goodies gardenand who could expect this to happen in Saudi? I’d say these are the signs of Global Warming.. Hail? In Saudi? In April? The little diamonds were razor sharp, they tore the leaves of my plants, amongst which were my new floss flower leaves. it’s my first time trying out planting floss ...Hail
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20 Mar 2009HELP!!! How do i thin my little strawberry seedlings 3 Strawberry Sprouting and Propagator gardenOvercast 35°C / 95°F
I am not one for thinning!! I can’t! don’t have the heart for it! HELP!!!
Please take a look at my strawberry sprouts (in the Styrofoam container: 2nd row, 1st square from the right)
do i snip with a manicure scissor? what is the ideal distance between each seedling and another? 1 inch?
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20 Mar 2009What is wrong with the leaves? Habanero Showing True Leaves and Deep Rectangle Pot of Goodies gardenOvercast 35°C / 95°F
I am looking forward to shiny and toxic-hot habanero chilies, but what i am seeing are marking of an unwelcome caterpillar..
i checked the leaves for caterpillar eggs.. nothing.. but the leaves aren’t smooth.. they’re punched with holes..
i administer a mixture of milk, baking soda, a...
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20 Mar 2009The shape of leaves are very exotic! 3 Verbena Showing True LeavesOvercast 35°C / 95°F
I honestly do not know how verbenas will look like, actually i am going to do a search now..
for exotic names like “verbena” i am guessing it comes from a climate very different from mine. i will look after it as much as i could.. and I’ll try not to be sad if it gives in to the...
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20 Mar 2009little leaves emerging Floss Flower Showing True LeavesOvercast 35°C / 95°F
It is growing beautifully, do i need to snip a few leaves to allow it to grow better at this point?
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20 Mar 2009Blossom end rot 2 Tomato 'Roma'Overcast 35°C / 95°F
The first occurrence.. can’t explain why!!
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20 Mar 2009Fruiting! Tomato 'Roma' Fruiting and Tomato gardenOvercast 35°C / 95°F
Awwww, very beautiful!!
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20 Mar 2009Harvested Tomato 'Costoluto di Marmande' Harvesting and Tomato gardenOvercast 35°C / 95°F
Although they had a very weird shape – and looked like they were about to explode.. they have the best taste out of all the tomatoes i tried to grow so far..
i was never faithful on feeding. i missed feeding all my plants in general, but for this particular hydroponic pot i tried to feed wi...
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20 Mar 2009Harvested! Bahraini Parsely Harvesting and Herb Tower gardenOvercast 35°C / 95°F
I was glad those turned bushy, as the first set of seeds i sowed were very long and thin!
I guess it depends on the deepness of the pot. shallow pots are good for herbs as they turn bushier!
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