Back from Bali

 Back from Bali...

Dragonfly in Bali

Eggplant/Aubergine Seedlings

Could not believe the size that the aubergine plants had grown to in 2 weeks away, guessing that keeping them in such a small pot for so long was not doing them any good, but also guessing that the addition of some compost helped! 

Sweet Chilies

Ginger Plants

 These plants were also doing really well, was nervous that 2 weeks away would mean that they would all be dead, but at least the sweet chilies did ok.











The Ginger is going from strength to strength and the re potting with compost seems to have really helped.

Mango and Ginger

Tomatoes and Sweet Chilies

Unfortunately the one casualty from my trip away was the mango :(  I did dig it up and found that the pod was overrun with tiny white mites, not sure where they came from or the best course of action, but due to the crazy amount of mangoes here, I will try again, at least the ginger plant seems to be doing well.






Tomatoes and Sweet chilies still all doing well, just wondering how long it will take before they start producing flowers and then fruit!

Before our Jaunt to Bali...

Before our Jaunt to Bali...

A quick update of how the plants looked before I abandoned them to go to Bali for 10 days, it was fingers crossed to hope that it would rain enough whilst I was gone and would not kill them all.

Ginger Plants

Mango Plant, accompanied by a small ginger plant

Aubergine, repotted before I went away

Tomatoes and Sweet Chilies

Capsicums

Sweet Chilies and Garlic

Lemon Seedling

After the House Move

After the House Move

Koh Tao Snake who tried to gate crash our Barbecue

Just another Quick up date on how the plants were doing once we moved house.

Sweet Chili and Capsicum

Capsicum and Garlic

Pretty Flowers

The capsicums are doing well, and growing up and outwards.













These were from Seed bought from Aukotan, but since we lost the packet, I have no idea what they are, but thought it was nice to post something in bloom!

Tomato Plants

So the tomatoes are doing well, and the sweet chilis in the bamboo have exploded into action!

Re-potting Madness

Re-potting Madness

Ok, so a little behind in the updates, but a few more postings to follow shortly...

Here are so pictures of me re-potting before we moved house.

Lizard Sunbathing in Koh Tao

Garlic, Capsicum and Sweet Chili

Tomatoes and Sweet Chili

Mango Seedling

Adding together the Garlic, some capsicums and sweet chili plants, lets see how they all grow together.












So I separated out the tomato plants to help them grow a little bit better, and added some more sweet chili seeds to the bamboo container.










And here is another shot of the mango seedling.

Before the Monsoon Hits

The Sun is Shining before Monsoon begins.....

Sairee Beach Palm Tree with Long Tail Boats

Garlic just keeps on growing

Ginger, now with two sprouts

Was amazed at how quickly the Garlic is taking, and how quickly it is shooting up, not to mention lots of roots. One of the benefits with the plastic containers is you get to see the root system growing.

Citrus Trees, note the couple of new sprouts

Lemon Tree Sprouts

The Ginger on the right seemed to die and wither away, but then burst back into life with a new shoot. Guess the message is that even if it looks like your ginger is dying, it is likely to bounce back, may just take some time.







The citrus trees are doing well, and was happy that some extra lemon seeds that I planted about a week before started to burst into life. These do not grow very quickly, but it is nice to see how far they have come.











These are definitely lemon sprouts, think the above ones are too, but planted a mixture of lemon and lime seeds, so will probably never know..

Just won't stop Growing

Just Won't Stop Growing

Thunderbolt and Lightning Koh Tao

Ok, so this isn't a picture of plants, was just extremely happy to actually capture a lightening bolt!

Ginger Sprouting and romping ahead

So the ginger is going through a real growth spurt, and I'm so glad that i have managed not to kill it yet!

Spring Onions grown from offcuts

Capsicum seedlings in their new pot

So these were grown from the offcuts of spring onions, was amazed at how quickly the roots took and how quickly they start shooting up.











The capsicum bell pepper seedlings took very well to their new bigger pot.

Garlic Sprout after 5 days

After our garlic seemed to be growing a life of it's own in our fridge, I decided to pop some cloves into soil and see what happened, and it sprouted and shot up really quickly.

Mango, Mango, Mango!

Mango, Mango, Mango!

Mango Seedling at Sunset

This entry is being devoted to that of the mango seedling that I never expected to start growing. After following advice on soaking the pod for a week, changing the water every day, I actually ended up soaking it for 2 weeks and changing the water about 3 times. I planted the pit and there is sat, seemingly dormant for another 3 weeks. I then noticed something green start to become visible through the plastic bottle I planted it in. I then decided it was probably time to repot it into something a little roomier, and was then not sure if I had killed it, or willed it to live?

So below are the pictures that show the succession of events that lead to the final shot today (1st Nov) that is at the top basking in a lovely sunset.   

Mango Sprouting 17/10/13

So after the drama of re-potting  around 2 days later I saw this purple thing coming out of it, and was a little excited that I had managed not to kill it! This was taken on the 17th October.

Mango starting to show it's leaves 18/10/13

This shot was taken the next day (18th) and I was really excited to see what looked like a leaf starting to sprout.

Mango Seedling 22/10/13

This sprout grew impressively in four days, this shot was taken on the 22nd October

Mango Seedling 25/10/13

This Sprout grew a phenomenal amount in just 3 days, this one was taken on the 25th October

Mango Seedling 30/10/13

This was taken on the 30th October, and now the leaves seem to be growing in size rather than in number