tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9669728073548040682024-03-08T17:18:15.368+08:00My Little Potted Gardenkitchen flavourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556865191279476910noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966972807354804068.post-58554112516095152302018-11-21T14:19:00.001+08:002018-11-21T14:21:52.318+08:00Hi friends,<br />
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It has been almost a year since I last did any update on my potted garden blog. But nevertheless, I have been busy in my potted garden! For updates and to see what I have been growing, please visit my facebook page :<br />
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Thank you!kitchen flavourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556865191279476910noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966972807354804068.post-15599769383316966482017-12-08T21:48:00.001+08:002017-12-08T22:33:05.279+08:00Long BeansMy harvest of long beans, from two plants, which are not producing anymore, so I have pulled them out, and replace with 8 new seedlings! Two plants are not enough, to get more harvest, grow more plants! 😉<br />
I am looking forward to the next harvest, hoping for more long beans!<br />
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<br />kitchen flavourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556865191279476910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966972807354804068.post-73546440388319575752017-11-18T00:31:00.000+08:002017-11-18T00:46:58.061+08:00Hello again!<div style="text-align: justify;">
It has been eight months since my last post! On most part, I have been lazy at updating my blog, since I sometimes post some photos over at my Little Potted Garden facebook page. Here are some photos of what I have been growing and harvesting for the past few months.</div>
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Kale, the last few leaves, plant died after many harvests! I have no success in growing this wonderful veggie again, still trying though!<br />
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More daikons...and leaves are excellent in soups, love it!<br />
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My 15 plus year-old belimbing tree, fruiting heavily. Fruits are especially big during this rainy season.</div>
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My seedless guava. They were crisp, juicy and sweet! I managed to get about 8 fruits. Just noticed that the plant is flowering again. Yay!<br />
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Petola/Ridged Gourd...we love these. The plant has since died and it's place is taken over by long beans. Will update on the long beans plant soon.<br />
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These are water chestnuts! Yes, we can grow them in our home garden. I actually grew them last year but did not get around to post it up. It took about 9 months to finally harvest them. It is a good experience, but one that I would not want to repeat again. Much easier to just buy them from the market. I grew them because I was really curious and wanted to see whether can they be grown in our home garden. Well, they can! I'm so glad that I gave a go at growing them! </div>
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Hi everyone, it has been quite awhile since I last post anything on my blog! There's nothing much going on in my garden at the moment, as the last few months, I have been slacking in my gardening due to various reasons. Hope to get back on track soon.</div>
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Here's my ginger harvest from my potted garden, which I harvested yesterday. Ginger is one of the easiest to grow in a pot. I did not really take care of it, except to water the plant so that the soil do not dry out...after about 8-9 months, when the leaves begin to turn yellow and wilt, it is time to harvest the whole lot. You can however cut what you need when the rhizomes have grown to a substantial size. I did cut a knob of the rhizomes, on two occasions at the earlier months, for my cooking. Just cut what you did from one end, cover the cut area with soil, water as usual.</div>
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I went to Sg. Buloh more than month ago, and bought a Seedless Guava plant, which is suitable to grow in a container. It has grown so much since then. I did not expect it to grow so fast! According to the person I bought this from, this is a fast fruiting variety and should bear fruit in about a year. And happy to say that I have spotted more than a dozen flowers a few days ago. I wonder how many of the flowers will make it to fruit! Finger crossed!</div>
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The majestic and proud looking flower of the Okra</div>
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The tiny delicate white flowers of the Chives plants</div>
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Gerbera...the last bloom was ages ago!</div>
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The pretty purple bloom of the Brinjal</div>
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Small and pretty Blue Daze. Bought this plant from the nursery months ago and has never stopped flowering since then.</div>
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Tecoma Stans; yellow, bell-like shape, very pretty flowers, blooms in clusters. These sunny yellow flowers will brighten up any garden!</div>
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The long bitter gourd...the first fruit</div>
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Petola is one of our favourite in my house. It is sweet, and delicious in stir-fries, omelettes and soups.</div>
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I have grown these a few times. Since I have limited gardening space, and lots of other veggies on my list of "to-plant", petola will only make an appearance again after a rotation of a few other plants. </div>
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Some of the harvest. For young tender fruits, best harvested about 12 days after pollination.</div>
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Total petola fruits harvested was 11 fruits, from one single plant. The plant has already done its part, and that space is now occupied by another variety of gourd. Will update on that in another post.</div>
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Harvested Pak Choy today!</div>
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I started this pepper with some seeds which I bought from <a href="http://www.mylestaryseeds.com.my/">My Lestary Seeds</a>. After 5 months from date of sowing the seeds, there's only three fruits on the plant. There are dozens of flowers, except for these three, the rest dropped off after blooming their pretty white petals. Perhaps because of the heat wave which we are experiencing the last few months. The high temperature stresses the plant and it quit fruiting!. Even though in general, peppers are warm weather loving plants, but overly high temperature is not good too. </div>
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More Heizi Bitter Gourd... just love it!</div>
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Kai Choy (Heading Mustard) </div>
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My project : First time growing Water Chestnut... I wonder is there any chestnut at all. Will know in a few months time. </div>
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<br />kitchen flavourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556865191279476910noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966972807354804068.post-78406558147519572402016-04-07T00:01:00.000+08:002016-04-07T00:32:10.245+08:00Kale<span style="text-align: justify;">I have a Kale plant growing in my garden pot, and the leaves are getting big, it's time for harvest. Kale is a veggie that is not easily available here in Malaysia, so I have not eaten Kale before! I was lucky, I guess, that out of the many little seeds that I sowed, at least one seedling survived, taking into consideration that our weather is really hot and Kale is a cool weather plant. </span><br />
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I have come across so many recipes using Kale that I was really curious about this nutritious veggie. I was so glad to see that <a href="http://www.mylestaryseeds.com.my/">My Lestary Seeds</a> has a few variety of Kale seeds available. The variety I bought is Red Russian Kale, but it looks different from the ones in their photo, which is very curly and reddish in colour. The one in my pot has large green leaves with little curls, though the stems do have a tinge of purplish red. Kale is a cool weather plant, but according to their website, this Red Russian Kale variety is suitable to grow in our hot climate.</div>
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I planted the only surviving seedling in a container sharing with other veggies, and place the container where it can get about one to two hours of morning sun, then shaded for the rest of the day. It was growing really slow at first, then it started to grow at a steady rate. </div>
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And then it's time to harvest! Look at the beautiful green leaves. I just can't believe it that I'm growing Kale! Feel happy each time I see the plant! I cut a few of the leaves for a stir-fry dish, pictured below. I love this veggie, and I'll be sowing more seeds soon. </div>
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Kale, Chilli and Squid Stir-Fry, get the recipe <a href="http://mycookinggallery.blogspot.my/2016/04/kale-chilli-squid-stir-fry.html">here</a>.</div>
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When I received Heading Mustard seeds from My Lestary Seeds, I thought that this veggie would not be an easy one to grow as the ones I've seen from the morning market are huge! I sowed six seeds and all seeds germinated. Transferred the seedlings to a container, and they grow quite quickly. Happy to see that Heading Mustard are easy to grow. They need full sun, though with our extremely hot scorching sun especially, in the afternoon, best to shade them during the afternoon when the sun is at its "peak"!</div>
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I've stir-fried these with slices of meat and ginger. If you have eaten Heading Mustard before, you would know of their slightly pungent and bitter taste. This veggie can be stir-fried, use in soups and braised with meat. I especially love it in a sour and spicy braised dish, where these veggies are braised till they are soft and tender, with roasted or leftover meat, dried chillies and dried tamarind slices. Delish!</div>
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<br />kitchen flavourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556865191279476910noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966972807354804068.post-13807329705377182212016-02-25T23:54:00.001+08:002016-02-25T23:54:04.977+08:00Canton Pak Choy<div style="text-align: justify;">
Harvested some Canton Pak Choy (seeds from <a href="http://www.mylestaryseeds.com.my/">My Lestary Seeds</a>). These are easy to grow. Some of my plants are eaten up by snails, but managed to harvest enough for a stir-fry. Very nice, crunchy and fresh. </div>
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More Chinese Spinach (Amaranth). Love this veggie! This goes into our noodle soup for dinner.</div>
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More cucumber. One of the plants dried up after I came back from CNY holidays. Am left with one plant. I sowed some seeds and now there are two new seedlings.</div>
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Heizi Bitter Gourd is easy to grow in containers. I bought the seeds from <a href="http://www.mylestaryseeds.com.my/">My Lestary Seed</a>s and according to their information on their website, <i>"<span style="text-align: justify;">This hybrid bitter gourd produce pale green cone type of fruits with glossy, tubercles and thick meat than the average. The top are much bigger, bitter and thicker. The size is about 6" with wide and flat shoulder, general fruit weight about 400 grams, up to 600 grams or more. Sweet, slightly bitter flavour."</span></i></div>
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Young bittergourd seedling. Prepare the stakes for the plant to creep on as it gets bigger.</div>
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The plant starts to produce the first set of flowers and there are many, at about 45-50 days from date of transplanting the seedlings. This is the male flower.<br />
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The female flowers comes very soon after. Notice the undeveloped bitter gourd at the base, the flower has yet to open.</div>
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I hand-pollinated all the female flowers. This is about two days after a successful pollination.</div>
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The fruit has a rounded top with a pointed end. Cute!</div>
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The Heizi Bitter Gourd Plant growing in a container, supported by stakes all around.</div>
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Another fruit, I like the shape of this one. This is just about right for picking. About 5-1/5 inches in length. <br />
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The second plant, it's vines are supported by an old recycle TV aerial.</div>
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One of the many harvests. </div>
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I have been enjoying bitter gourd melons for a few months now. So far, I have harvested more than 20 fruits and there are a few more which should be ready for harvest in about a week's time. One of the plant was infested by beetles and I have since discarded it and have replaced with a new seedling,. This is one variety that I would grow again. It is easy to grow, and the seeds takes just 3-4 days to germinate. </div>
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<br />kitchen flavourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556865191279476910noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966972807354804068.post-71308397890661257852015-11-22T14:48:00.000+08:002015-11-22T14:48:05.711+08:00Mini Five Cucumber<div style="text-align: justify;">
This is the second variety of small cucumbers that I'm growing. The first one was <a href="http://mypottedgarden.blogspot.my/search/label/Cucumber%20%28Spacemaster%29">Spacemaster Cucumber,</a> which I have posted before, <a href="http://mypottedgarden.blogspot.my/search/label/Cucumber%20%28Spacemaster%29">here</a>. </div>
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The Mini Five Cucumber seed germinated on the 3rd day of sowing the seeds.<br />
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Slightly more than five week old seedling, it grows quite quickly. Prepare the stakes for support when the seedling is still small. I did not prepare enough stakes and have to further placed new stakes and do up the trellis when the plant is growing. Try to avoid that as it may disturb the growing roots. </div>
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During the growing period, watch out for cucumber beetles and squash bugs. (I have a squash plant next to the cucumber, but that will be a post for another day). They love squash and cucumber plants. I got rid of them by spraying neem oil spray solution. The solution would not kill them immediately, but it will leave them weaken and most of the time, they would not fly off immediately, so it will be easier to catch them when they are weaken. If they are left on the plant, they will feed on the leaves, make the plant weaker and eventually the plant will die. Also keep a look out for small tiny yellow eggs under the leaves. Get rid of them by spraying with organic spray.</div>
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I feed the plant with organic fertilizer which has a higher content of phosphorous and potassium for root growth and flower development. I also use a non-toxic fertilizer spray to encourage flowering and fruiting, as soon as the plant starts to flower, about once in every 10 days.</div>
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Most importantly, do not allow the plant to dry out. Growing them in pots, the soil will dry out quite fast in our hot humid blazing weather. I water the plant at least twice a day, sometimes three or four times, depending on the day's heat. The cucumber plant is rather fragile and the leaves would be wilting and sleeping on hot afternoons if exposed under the intense heat for many hours. So on most afternoons, I move the pot under shade (yes, tedious work, but worth it!). On one afternoon, I left the plant under the hot sun as I was not around that afternoon. When I came back, to my horror, found the plant with the leaves all "sleeping". Some of the leaves are already damaged by the hot scorching heat. I watered the plant immediately, watered again a few more times after that, and when the plant has "awaken", I cut off the dead leaves a few days later, already brittle by then. Took extra care of it since then, and now it seems to be doing OK.<br />
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Even though cucumber plants love the sun, our weather has been really hot lately, and it was just too much for it. Unlike bitter gourd plants which are more hardy and can withstand hot weather much better, the cucumber plant is more fragile to hot conditions. Best grow them in areas where they can get a few hours of morning sun, and shaded for the rest of the day. This is what I observed from my experience, and it might be different in the area where you live, depending on the temperature and climate.<br />
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The first plant : At two months from date of sowing the seeds.<br />
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This Mini Five Cucumber plant is a fast grower. Make a simple trellis with some bamboo stakes so that the tendrils of the plants have something to cling to for support. And you may need to help the plant along by steering the stems and tendrils along the support as the plant grows. </div>
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The plant starts to produce flowers at about 6 weeks old. Initially, only the male flowers appear, dozens of flowers! Male flower is attached to the stem at the base of the flower.<br />
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About a week later, the female flowers appear. Female flowers can be distinguished by the little cucumber attached to the flower. It needs the pollen from the male flower for pollination to occur so that the cucumbers can be fully formed. Otherwise the flowers will wilt and the small immature cucumber will simply turned yellow and eventually dried off. In my potted garden, there are some ants around, but not enough of bees to do the pollination job nature's way, so I have to do it manually by hand pollination, in order to get as many cucumbers as I can!</div>
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Lately, the flowers are not blooming as they should. There are dozens of female buds, both male and female, but for some reason or other, they do not go to full bloom. Could it be the reason being the weather is just too hot? Where I placed the pot at my front porch, it receives full direct sun, maybe it is just too hot, and it is stressful for the plant? On the other hand, my second plant, which I placed at my back yard is enjoying the sun in the morning for about 2-3 hours or so, and is shaded the rest of the day. This plant is doing much better, it is half the size of the first plant and the flowers are blooming so nicely, which makes pollinating work so much easier. For the first plant, I have to gently tear open the petals of the unopened female flower (making sure that it is mature enough to be pollinated before doing that) to expose the stigma, and I plucked one full bloomed male flower from my second plant, gently remove all the petals, and rub the stamen (where the pollen produces) gently onto the stigma of the female flower. The flowers are very fragile, so handle them gently. I should be getting more cucumbers from the first plant if not for these reasons. Some of the pollinations done are not successful. But I'm expecting more cucumbers from my second plant, which appears to be doing fine.</div>
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These two pictures are spaced only by a difference of three days. The first picture shows the cucumber is forming along very nicely, about 4-5 days after pollination. Once the pollination occurs successfully, the cucumber will start to form it's fruit and it grows quite fast after that. Makes me happy each day looking at the cucumbers! The second picture was taken on harvest day, about 7 days from date of pollination.</div>
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The second cucumber. This was harvested a day later than the one above.<br />
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Mini Five Cucumbers are mini cucumbers, as the name implies. They can be harvested when they have grown to about 4" to 5" in length or even smaller if preferred. These two cucumbers were harvested at about 8-1/2 weeks from date of sowing the seeds. Sizes for these two, one is about 4-1/2" and the other almost 5".</div>
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There's not much seeds insides which makes them really great for eating raw. These mini cucumbers are juicy, crisp and succulent! You don't have to peel them. Growing your own without the use of any pesticides, you will be happy to serve your family such healthy fresh produce from your own garden.<br />
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The second Mini Five Cucumber plant of which I've sowed the seeds about 10 days later than the plant above, is blooming with lots of both male and female flowers right now. I have pollinated a few flowers the last two days (five to be exact), and looking forward to more mini cucumber harvest in the next week or so, hopefully! Planning to grow more of these Mini Five Cucumber plants, I really like this variety, the cucumbers are excellent for eating raw.</div>
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If you have not tried growing Mini Five Cucumbers before, you should give it a go! They do not need much space, great for growing in pots and containers. What you will need is a medium to large pot, some stakes for support and your TLC! When you harvest your first cucumbers, you would be smiling, like I did! Now that I have tried growing two varieties of mini cucumbers, I'm looking into growing the bigger ones.<br />
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In case you are wondering where I got the seeds from, I bought these Mini Five Cucumber Seeds from :<br />
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I started with one pot of basil from the nursery many, many years ago, and have not bought anymore Thai Basil plants since then. When the plant starts to flower and producing seeds, little seedlings will sprout in some of the pots in my potted garden (thanks to the wind and probably some bees that transports the seeds everywhere!). Sometimes I have to discard the little seedlings, keeping two or three of the healthiest looking ones, as there were simply too many! They are easy to grow and very aromatic. In order for the plant to grow more leaves, trim the flowers as soon as they start to appear. By cutting off the flowers, the plant would concentrate on growing more stems and leaves.</div>
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This plant started off from a little seedling I found growing in one of my veggie pots. I replanted the seedling to this container and it is growing really well. </div>
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The flower buds are already forming at the tips of the stems. If you want more leaves for your cooking pots, trim off those flowers. This will encourage new growth of stems and leaves. How to trim off the flowers? Cut the stem, below the second or third set of leaves under the flower buds. To collect some seeds, allow a stem or two with flower buds to grow to full maturity. When the flowers have bloomed and dried off, the seeds are ready to be collected.</div>
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I bought a pack of sweet baby corn seeds, a variety that specially produce baby corns that are usually used in stir-fries and for salads.</div>
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I sowed 6 seeds and all germinated. The seedlings grew at a rather fast rate. This is the first time I'm growing baby corns, so I'm pretty ignorant about its growing habits and such. They were growing really well and when the tassels grew, I was so excited! It was a pretty sight! Then, when the baby corns starts to appear, that was when I get pretty confused! Read on to find out why.</div>
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5 weeks old, they grew pretty fast!</div>
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Tassel getting bigger separating into individual long "stems"<br />
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At seven weeks, the tassel (the male flowers) has grown into dangling anthers. And the plant stands at more than 5 feet tall. This is the tallest among the 6 plants, the rest are in various heights. Since this is a baby sweet corn variety, the tassels are not important in pollinating the silks of the corn, as the baby corn will be harvested at the baby stage. But I did shake the plant gently, and I can actually see the golden pollen falling off like fine gold dust! I tried taking the photos but the camera could not capture the golden dust! Too bad, so you will just have to imagine that yourself! :)</div>
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Spotted the first ears of corn at seven weeks.</div>
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At about two weeks later, the cob is visible with the silks but without the husks covering it! See the last pic on the right, the husks are opened exposing the corn inside. Is this normal? The cobs are green in colour though from the photo above the cobs looks yellow, but it is green, only the tip is light creamy yellow in colour. Should I wait until the cob baby kernels turn yellow? I am baffled and confused! A freak corn? I google for information from the internet and could not find anything on this. All of the pictures I've seen are corn with the husks on when harvested. So I decided to wait a little longer.</div>
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A few days later I decided to harvest it at this point, as it is getting hard and tough, and not turning yellow! Obviously it is beyond the harvesting time!<br />
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See the green cobs? Another one! There are about 4 or 5 of these growing, which was pretty disappointing! Anyone knows why they grow without the husks covering them? My only guess is that the ears are already growing inside, hidden by the leaf of the corn plant, and by the time they actually emerge from the leaf node of the plant, they have already matured and past the stage of harvesting. But why was it not enclosed in the husks. Strange! Even the silks are not turning brown or red. Does anyone know why? </div>
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Fortunately, there are a few good ones! There, this looks more like what a baby corn should be! They are best harvested at this stage, about 4" to 6" long, and when the silks are beginning to grow.</div>
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Overall, from the six plants, the harvest are pretty disappointing, due to those corns that grew without the husks which turned out hard and tough. I managed to get about 10 good ones. There are a few which I harvested maybe a little too late, as I was unsure of the right time to harvest, but they were OK to eat, still tender but not as sweet as the ones I harvested much smaller in size. They are cream coloured instead of yellow, which we usually buy from the market. I ate one small corn raw, right after harvesting and they are very tender and sweet! So I ate another one! Very sweet! The rest goes into a dish of stir-fries with broccoli and carrots. </div>
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Would I grow these Sweet Baby Corns again? At the moment no, but I would, if only I have the extra space and preferably to grow them in the ground or if using pots, make sure the pot is really, really deep. I grew them in large styrofoam containers and the roots grew out of the holes at the bottom and are all over the floor (see the photo below).</div>
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See the outline shapes of the two bricks I placed under another container which was placed next to it. The roots found their way under the bricks and they are really compact, I could pull them out and the whole piece looks like a piece of thick carpet! They have a very big root system. At the end of the growing period, the tallest corn plant stands at 7 feet high, which is not what I expected, as I thought that growing them in containers would somehow be a little shorter than that. </div>
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<u>How I grow the sweet baby corn in my potted garden :</u><br />
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I direct seeded them in the containers. Soil medium I used was a mixture of organic veggie gardening soil, added some organic compost and fertilized with organic humus fertilizer which is rich in nitrogen, as I've read that corn plants are heavy feeders of nitrogen. I fed them with more fertilizer during their growing period, about once in two to three weeks. Corn plants need frequent watering, do not allow the soil to dry out. Our weather is extremely hot, so I water them twice a day. Corn plants needs full sun to grow, so best position them in the area where they can receive full sun as much as possible. With enough of moisture and fertilizer, they grow very fast.</div>
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Each corn plant can yield about 3 to 5 baby corns. So in order to enjoy more baby corns, you would need to grow at least about 10 plants. I harvested the first baby corn at about 65 to 70 days (as what the packet indicates) from date of sowing the seeds. </div>
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It has been a learning experience growing baby corn, watching the progress from the seed to seedling, see how fast they grew, excited at the sight of the first tassel (and beautiful golden dusts!), waiting for the ears of corn to form, and the sweet harvest in the end, even though I was expecting more. I'm glad that I did give a go at growing sweet baby corns! Have you grown corn plants before?<br />
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Cilantro, my favourite, I have two containers of these fragrant herb.</div>
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Sweet Baby Corn</div>
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Clemson Spineless Green Okra, just beginning to flower.</div>
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French Breakfast Radish...only one seed germinated, out the 6 seeds I sowed. I transplanted the little seedling in the same pot with the Okra, and it is growing really well, the Okra too. These two seems to be very good companions.<br />
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Raab Rapini Broccoli. Despite its name, it is actually the same family of turnips. It will grow many small florets with long stems. First time I'm growing these and is curious whether it can grow in our hot weather. So far the plants look healthy, but I have not seen any florets yet.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sharing today, my experiences in growing Ridged Luffa Gourd, known as Petola (in Malay). This common veggie can be found in the market whole year round. A popular veggie that is great in stir-fries, soups and the skin can be mashed and cooked in a sambal dish, as I was told by an Indian friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> This is the female flower. It is distinguished from the male flower by the little gourd that is attached to the flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I pollinated the above female gourd manually, and it has grown in size, in just two days after the pollination. Notice the drying male flower still attached at the end of the female gourd. I've left it there when I pollinated the flowers, but the petals of the female flower has dried and fallen off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If it is a successful pollination, the gourd would remain green and it will grow in size in a day or two. On the other hand, if the gourd starts to turn yellow, than the pollination is not successful or no pollination has occur. And I did have a few unsuccessful ones!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I harvested both the luffa gourds yesterday, the one on top, at 14 days from date of pollination. The odd-shaped one, 20 days from date of pollination, as I was unsure whether to harvest this earlier because of its shape and size, a good thing it was still tender.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When to harvest the gourds? This is the question that I have been asking myself. Should I harvest now or should I wait? This is not the first time I've grown these gourds. The first time was a few months ago. I was pretty excited when there are two lovely long gourds growing really well. My mistake was, I allow them to grow for about 3 weeks, thinking that they would be bigger and juicier! They did grow bigger, but not any juicier, only drier! And when I harvested the gourds, they have turned fibrous and hard. I did not expect the gourds to be old and hard after only three weeks! So now, I know that the best time to harvest the gourds would be at about 12-14 days from date of pollination. I would not go beyond 14 days! The best time would be about 12 days when they are young and tender, which is what you are looking for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Look at the tender luffa, simply lovely! I'm pretty happy with this round of harvest, though it is only two gourds. From garden to table, what a good feeling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Harvest of Bayam (Chinese Spinach,on the left), and Pak Choy (on the right), more than a week ago.</span></div>
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Okra plant is very easy to grow. I have grown them a number of times before. The okra can be harvested in less than 3 months from date of sowing. I sowed six okra seeds on 13th March, and now I have six plants growing in my potted garden, all the seeds germinated and now are producing okras daily. I harvested the first okra about a week ago, and have been harvesting about 2 okra everyday. </div>
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The flower is really lovely, hard to imagine that okras are from these flowers! </div>
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The growing okra, see the drying petal of the flower still on the tip.</div>
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Lovely healthy okra, homegrown with no pesticide whatsoever. The plants are really hardy and so far I have no problem of any bugs or plant pests.</div>
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Harvested 5 okras from this plant alone! Note : Okras are best harvested at 3-4 days. Yup, 3-4 days old. Once the flowers start to produce the okra, they grow really quick, in a matter of a few days! So it is advisable to harvest them when they are 3 to 4 days old. This is the time when they are at their best, tender and delicious. They turned hard and old really quickly, and this could happen overnight!</div>
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More okras, this will be perfect to be harvested in two days time.</div>
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My okra harvest.</div>
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I have been harvesting about 2 okras daily and I kept them in a zip lock bag, store them in the fridge for about a week, until I have enough to make a dish.</div>
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Harvested some belimbings too! </div>
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Sambal Belimbing Chicken and Stir-Fry Okra with Dried Prawns. </div>
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The okras are young and tender, and tasted delicious!</div>
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A basketful of Nai Pak.</div>
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Harvesting day!</div>
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Some close-up shots before I pulled them out!</div>
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I stir-fry them with lots of garlic, stems are crispy and fresh, leaves are tender!<br />
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The last of my Kai Lan harvest. I have harvested 5 times from my two containers of Kai Lan since I sowed the seeds six months ago. Very happy with the harvests! The main stems are very hardy and seems to grow in awkward directions, so I have decided to use the containers to grow other veggies. </div>
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These kangkung was harvested a few weeks ago. I grew these Kangkung from seeds and they are really fast growing veggie. Harvested them in less than 60 days from date of sowing. Really easy to grow, as long as the soil is always damp, they will be happy.</div>
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Quite a fair amount from one pot of container! And I thought that growing them in one container would not be enough! </div>
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