Posting this a day early while I remember.
Spring. A good time for vegetables. According to some table it’s a bit late now to sow tomatoes from seed? But you could still buy seedlings.
In the warming weather what do you have planned for your landscape, pots, patch, window box - or even the lone houseplant/cactus in your apartment?
The zucchini seedlings are going great but the oldest leaves (the initial baby leaves) are turning yellow. I don’t know if I’m underwatering, overwatering, under/over fertilising…
They’re still in the paper cups so dry out quickly and I just water every couple of days/a few times a week to top them up. The brown drops are the second lot of diluted Powerfeed I just gave. The first was maybe 2 weeks ago, not sure.
(I know a lot don’t like to be transplanted but I don’t use snail bait, so keep them more portable to more easily cover them at night while vulnerable. I have large pots for when they get bigger.)
Next time if you use jiffy pots or pellets they don’t need to be removed / roots disturbed and you can just place them in the pot :)
I’ve never grown zucchinis but I know the first set of sprouted leaves on chillis always die off. Good luck and enjoy!
CrI have a “what should I do?” question. I’ve had this happen:
I’m not sure how it happened, whether the plant got too heavy and fell over or a possum or visiting dog jumped on it, but it’s kind of fallen over without breaking. As you can tell from the second picture, it’s trunk is about as thick as my wrist. Should I attempt to rite it? Should I just chop the fallen over bits off? Should I replace it with a younger bit of itself? I don’t even know what it is, but what should I do with it?
It looks like a jade plant. Apparently they’re prone to drooping or flopping over?
From what I can see it could be caused by overwatering, underwatering, low light, or putting out new growth.
Maybe take a look at some guides and try to troubleshoot. You could try supporting it, pruning it, changing the amount of water, anything a more experienced gardener suggests. What I see also says cuttings from jade plants are easy to grow.
Here in Carlton my main concern at the moment is all the dry weather.
Jobs for this month are moving the orchids into a shadier area and putting all the succulents on the balcony .
The manzano chillies already have flowers. This is their third year, I pruned them a bit in late winter and they have put out lots of lovely new growth. 🐱
My zucchini seedlings are growing bigger and stronger. Some got eaten so there’s fewer now - but that’s possibly a good thing as I didn’t have as many pots as plants.
I also sowed some more Paris Market carrots and spinach for baby spinach. I won’t get much because the window boxes are tiny. But I have the seeds and it’s something to do.
The sunflowers I planted don’t seem to be doing much. As far as I can see one has sprouted.
I think sunflowers need a really strong start, lots and lots of food and water to get going or they don’t seem to do much at all.
The annual battle with spring weeds has commenced. Pulling out in garden beds and spraying in paved areas. I feel terrible about the spraying but it’s the most effective. Pulling out between pavers often leaves the roots and regrowth. If I ever move house, I’m gonna make sure that any hard surfaces are concrete and not paving.
