Post Aw3FstToRtrJJOJIC8 by wasamasa@lonely.town
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(DIR) Post #Aw3FstToRtrJJOJIC8 by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-05-19T18:32:20Z
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Gardening updates:- The 5 sunflower seeds all germinated, with one of them rooting itself to the very bottom of the starter pot and forming the first leaf pair. I put all of them into separate pots and waited for them to recover. Pictured is seed that had a head start, with the shell fully shedded- 5 chili seeds have been planted today in that starter pot. I remembered reading about this technique of using a stick to gently push them down until the suggested depth. Here's hoping they will germinate...
(DIR) Post #Aw3Fsv8yGMNMTKZfzE by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-05-26T10:46:47Z
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Gardening updates:-Nothing new on the chilis front, but give that only one out of five sunflower seeds germinated and fully rooted, I put them all in dedicated tiny pots to transplant each when its ready- Sunflower is spreading its second leaf pair and seems to be growing every day- I've transplanted two tomato plants and one mint plant into fresh soil. My only mistake was doing that while they were still freshly watered, so the block of soil fell apart and trying to split the mint plant one into multiple parts for more horizontal growth only made things worse. Let's see whether any of the parts survive...- Spread out basil and poppy seeds on compostable paper pots to be transplanted into dedicated soil later. Said pots are incompatible with "dehydrated soil" or whatever else these pressed discs made from coco coir are called
(DIR) Post #Aw3FswGS61xDwp5AHo by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-06-07T14:50:20Z
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More gardening updates:- Sunflower kinda stopped growing as rapidly. May be the several days of rain in a row...- There is a lavender bush now. I put it into a round pot without a self-watering system for now. Not only did it recover fine, but started unfolding tiny flowers.- Completely overlooked tomato plants growing a lot. Had to prop them up and noticed that even lacking fruit, they smell very much of tomatoes.- The mint plants have recovered fine after making cuttings and putting them in soil. However, the plant started producing leaves towards the sides rather than on the very top, so it will grow bushier I suppose.
(DIR) Post #Aw3FsxIyE9YxAvGgqm by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-06-18T10:06:21Z
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Gardening updates:- Cactus is growing yet another offshoot- Tomatoes have reached 50cm height. There seem to be attempts at sprouting flowers/fruit, but also the first pests showing up.- Speaking of which, the reason for the sun flower growing slowly was a lot of bugs sucking it dry, so after repotting I sprayed nettle juice all over it and hope for the best.- Found a drip watering system for kitchen plants, let's see how well it works. Probably meant to work for plants demanding little water.- Repotted raspberry into huge pots and consciously looked into mixing dry soil in there to prevent excess water being a problem
(DIR) Post #Aw3Fsy4TNXYnYFUctM by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-06-27T10:42:59Z
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On gardening:- Prepared two long pots sprinkled with random seeds and kinda overdid it. Months later, the first flower popped up- Tomatoes keep growing and falling over, so I propped them up with metal- Chocolate flower has been added to the collection. Smells tasty, but inedible.- Kitchen herbs are growing remarkably well, particularly the basil. Much better survival rates than without a watering system.
(DIR) Post #Aw3FsywM9Cf6FMhesa by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-07-03T18:02:04Z
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Just a bunch of flowers. Turns out if you expose a basil plant to lots of sun/water, it produces tiny white flowers. Therefore, chances are most basil plants are malnourished :blobcatnervous:
(DIR) Post #Aw3FszxSMb8VP4E3EW by wasamasa@lonely.town
2025-07-12T08:13:42Z
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Temperatures have relaxed a bit and I had to rehydrate everything after a weekend of absence. Somehow, the tomato plants overtook the sunflower in terms of overall length, which kinda shows the power of adding fertilizer. Yet, I think the sunflower is in a good spot as well because the leaf density has increased and the new ones look healthier than the old ones. Cactus should soon be ready for propagation as well, kinda curious how long until the offshoot outsizes the main plant.