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Just today I noticed that some of my vegetables have lots of huge leaves and some have old leaves that are turning yellow. In the case of the huge leaves, my Okras and my Eggplants are the ones who have huge leaves. The okras have fewer huge leaves compared to the eggplants which have lots of huge leaves. Tomatoes are the ones that have leaves that are turning yellow. Today, I decided to prune them all so that all of their nutrients will be focused on producing fruits and growing more branches and twigs.
Pruning eggplants
Pruning the eggplants is actually very satisfying because it seems that their stems are being suffocated by their huge leaves. I used a scissor to cut the old leaves from the bottom until I reached a satisfactory look.
You can see below the images of one of my eggplants before pruning and after pruning the leaves. It leaves much better now than before.
| Before pruning | After pruning |
Pruning tomatoes
In the case of tomatoes, I only removed the leaves that have yellowish leaves, brownish leaves, and some old leaves until I reached a satisfactory look. As far as I remember, I tried pruning my tomatoes last year and the result was positive.
As you can see below, the tomato also looks much better now without its yellowish and brownish leaves. This is actually the first time that I am going to prune my vegetables. I was not able to Prune my first Okra this year and they were ravaged by caterpillars.
| Before pruning | After pruning |
Pruning Okra
And here is my Okra before and after pruning them. I hope that they will not be ravaged by caterpillars this time.
| Before pruning | After pruning |
Tomato seedlings update
Do you remember the tomatoes that I planted less than two weeks ago? Here it is now. See the comparison photos below.
| October 3, 2023 | October 16, 2023 |
Building more fences for my Calamansi
This week, I was able to buy two more rolls of Hog Wires in addition to the one that I bought a few weeks ago. All in all, I already installed three rolls of hog wires and I need three more to cover a distance of 148 meters (surrounding my Calamansi crops). I need to surround my Calamansi with fences because if I don't the goat of my relatives may come and eat the leaves of my Calamansi.
The only downside of installing the hot wire is that they are so tangled and it is quite hard to untangle adding up the fact that it is a little bit heavy. But that's what we gardeners do, sacrifices.
That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.
i nearly killed our eggplant over winter... my husband thought it was dead and pulled it out and threw it in the compost... I retrieved it... planted it.. and this week will be the first time i get fruit of it again.
Wire is a pain to deal with i always get cut
great progress
BLINGIT
It is nice to hear about reviving your eggplant. Eggplant is such a resilient vegetable it can thrive and live longer, especially when being pruned.
Yes, I got cuts too (on my palm and fingers while installing the wire). I thought it would be an easy task but it is not. And it is actually not completed yet. I need three more rolls of wire to finish the fences.
Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day ahead.
Pruning is the best way para hindi duon sa leaves napupunta ang mga vitamins and minerals ng halaman and iwas din ito sa mga peste na kakapit dun sa mga dahon nito.
Tama kabayan, nakakaganda di ng itsura ng gulay kapag pinuprune.
true yan kabayan
Speaking of pruning, I plan to start removing the excess leaves from my eggplant plant later. It's quite remarkable because that eggplant didn't perish. It was a small sprout last year that I simply allowed to grow, and now it has grown quite large and has started to produce flowers.
Nice to hear that your eggplant started to produce flowers. Soon, the fruit will start to grow.
Yes, bro! I am happy to know that you are so active here! ^_^
Wow, an interesting method of planting tomato rings in the ground. In our country, the seeds are first planted on wet paper, then in glasses with soil so that the seedlings appear. And then the seedling into the ground. How fast everything is in your way😊
I actually can't remember how fast they germinated this time, but my guess is 5 days to 7 days.
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You are doing a great job of keeping the garden plants tidy. It really helps them to put more strength into fruiting.
Thank you. I hope I can do more.