I haven't posted anything for the whole of February, huft.. I feel kind of bad. Last month, my poor red pear tomato plant died after being peed by one of my mom's little monsters cats. I tried re-potting it with new potting soil, but all the leaves started turning brown and falling off one-by-one. It couldn't be saved.
I don't want it to happen twice, so I have my seedlings & remaining plants in hanging containers to keep that jerks from peeing on them. By the way, these below are the only ones that germinated from dozens of seeds I sowed outdoors three weeks ago. February has been a little more trouble. We have had frequent rain showers with overcast days in the month and as I write this post, the rain is pouring down heavily. I guess the lack of sun has caused my seedlings look pale and leggy. They have been doing pretty good so far, well, at least some of them already have their first true leaves.
I planted about six varieties of cherry tomatoes in three containers, including red pear, garden pearl, gardeners delight, mini tomato, and red cherry tomatoes. Thanks to my stupidity, I don't know which one is which because I didn't label any of them.
This is my first attempt at growing okra / lady's fingers (in Bahasa we call it bendi). I never tried it, so I don't know what it tastes like. Okra is not that popular here and people often misinterpret it as oyong, but actually the two plants are from different genus. Did you know that okra has such beautiful flowers? It is said that Cleopatra loved to eat okra for its health benefits. I am growing both green and red okra together. Whooaa can't wait!
My second experience with growing Japanese cucumber. Last time was a complete fail. It was once a healthy cucumber vines until the cat knocked it off...wait, what is that tiny basil doing there? ㅡ.ㅡ"
Basil is easy - most people would say extremely easy - to grow from seed, and it took only a day to sprout! I never knew that the seedlings would be so cute. Even though I don't know how to use basil in cooking, it is good to fight acne and we can make our DIY soothing basil mask from fresh basil.
I've never had any luck with chili peppers of any kind, they never seem to get big (even the easiest one like cabe rawit). Due to the season, I've had to deal with rain and whiteflies ㅠ.ㅠ However, I'm verrrrry curious about rainbow peppers and currently trying to grow Razzamatazz variety. The seedlings have purple stems and leaves. Cool!
By the way, I previously have planted two containers of Bolivian Rainbow. And yet here they are: two dwarf pepper plants. Yup, they are nearly three months old and seem to be growing really slooow. Surprisingly, they started flowering last week but the buds kept falling off. Is the cold weather to blame for it?
I love rain and dark cloudy days, but this time I do yearn for the sun to come out. I hope we get some sun soon! I know my luck is usually pretty low on growing plants, however I hope all of them survive and thrive!
