Grow - A - Plant - Progress

TheCypherNine

Please post discussions related to this event including progress pictures here.

Mount Seymour

The first use of the event tag just makes me happy ?

Uan-aa-Boa

Is this open to Forest only, to embassy regions or to everyone ? If it's not Forest only are we cleared to share your dispatch with embassy regions?

TheCypherNine

Anyone can join, I don't have any issues with that. The more the merrier. And of course, events should generally always be interregional so we spread the cause as it were.

Areulder

\o/ I'll take photos... tomorrow.

Areulder

First photo, blurry because it was rainy and I rushed it because I was getting rained on.
My peppers are no longer seedlings. and are growing like gonzo thanks to sunny days and wet evenings.

mandatory description is mandatory this is a pepper plant

Janu

Well. I'm going to plant a bonsai just to be contrary. Oak preferably. Pics if it actually sprouts and when I can get a camera.

Mount Seymour

Janu What’s your nation, by the way? ?

Malphe

Prepare for a dump of plants! I'm not new to gardening but I'm not particularly experienced either.

Pepper seedlings. Really slow growers at first but I'm optimistic that they'll get big. I'll put them into bigger pots soon, I've got this big rectangular-shaped one, just need to drill some holes in the bottom to prevent root rot and I could plant them in there.

Lettuce, I've forgotten what variety it was. I've eaten most of the Lettuce I planted, but I've kept a few pots of the stuff alive just to see how big it gets ^- I'd definitely recommend it for a beginner, it's really easy to grow.

Shallots, grown from sets. I planted them a little deep.

Tomatoes! Yeah, I know I should've pruned them but it would take me ages now that these three plants have grown into a huge bush. These ones were grown from plants about a foot high, the tomatoes haven't ripened quite yet but I'm sure they'll be delicious once they do.

This one was planted from seed. Also got a few of these planted in grow bags, one of them is flowering already.

Bonus apples.

Any recommendations for stuff to grow? I'm avoiding big indoor plants right now because the dog ate the last ones we had. Only one survived, and barely.

Turbeaux

Malphe Dogs would not be able to eat anything inside a terrarium or spiky plants (thorny things, cacti, agave, aloe, etc.). I wish that I could grow lettuce right now!

Malphe

Turbeaux You underestimate the tenacity of my dog ?
I do have a couple of closed native terrariums and a few succulents, including an Aloe Vera and a Winter Cactus though, it's only really indoor trees that are the problem. Maybe if I kept a room as far away from the dog as possible I could grow something, been thinking of a dwarf lemon tree, I do use lemons a lot in my cooking.

Turbeaux

Malphe Lemons are wonderful!

Malphe

More plants!

Some of the tomatoes have had better luck than others. These were both planted at the same time, but one is bigger and healthier than the other. Probably due to size of their pots and sunlight, but it's also likely that the bigger one was a healthier seed and got a head start that way.

More tomatoes.

Shallots are growing well.

Repotted most of the peppers, I'm fairly sure they should be able to mature in these pots.

Planted some runner beans, I'll update when they begin to sprout.

Bonus monkey puzzle. This was planted last year and it's still tiny.

Areulder

Malphe Bonus monkey puzzle. This was planted last year and it's still tiny.

Adorable!

Turbeaux

Malphe I love monkey puzzles! I have never seen such a young one before.

TheCypherNine

How is everyones plants coming along?!

I know we had a couple of signups and I was excited to see more activity!

Lammas

Can I still join.... way late? This may be a dumb idea, not sure, as I won't be planting anything new until October (all my planting was done in late May/early June, season's short enough as is), so if not I'd be happy to just show you guys pictures of my garden!

Malphe

Lammas Go ahead! Most of the stuff I'm posting was planted before the event started,
Speaking of which,

Tomatoes. A good amount are ripe now, I'm just picking them where I need them.

Peppers (I've got more than in the picture) are growing well, the flowers are starting to develop. I think I could even spot a tiny fruit on one of them.

The lettuce! I've still got it, I picked it bare a few weeks ago but it's regrowing well. Wonder how long it'll last.

Carrot seedlings, still tiny. I don't think the roots have developed at all yet. The pot is very deep. this variant isn't too long and the compost is well draining, so these should grow well.

The runner beans I planted, going to have to see how these turn out. I suspect the pots and the supports are too small.

Aaand a little seedling I collected from it's papa as a seed,

I actually don't know what plant this is. I collected the seed that I'm growing from in between the bases of the tough, sharp leaves but IDK what it is >->

Turbeaux

Malphe That looks like some sort of Dracena to me.

Lammas

I'll gladly participate, in that case.

I would agree with you on the beans... Those supports look a little short to me! With beans I always aim higher thanI think is necessary, because anything less leads to frantic re-staking halfway through the season. It can get a little out of hand (photos tomorrow).