It's already July. Two months have past since I started working on this small balcony garden.
Plants are slowly slowly into production mode. Almost all the tomato plants have fruits on them, cucumber grows by some centimeters everyday. I found scarlet runner beans' flower buds from other side of the balcony.
I didn't expect much from newly bought soil but I notice my soil needs some more power. Even soil that is rocky and I didn't take care much is good bed for plants. Good things take time.
Currently I only compost coffee grounds and tea mostly as I don't have enough space but I'll think about adding some things such as banana skins, egg shells etc. I look forward to make experiments and seeing the improvement of the soil.
This week I had a chance to see a tomato plant I gave to my daughter. She offered her teacher our spare tomato plants to grow with other kids. One of them turns to be a jumbo tomato plant. I wonder how come it got that big!
The variety is called "Barry's Crazy Cherry". It's one of our favorite tomatoes. It makes tons of small yellow fruits. We take and keep seeds by ourselves.
Deaflora - Tomate Barrys Crazy Cherry
So I'm really happy to see my tomato plants are doing good at outside of our small balcony. Even if you have only a small space, you can spread your plants or ask others to share spaces.
That's my garden log of the week. It's one day earlier as tomorrow my daughter and I go out to help my friends raise money to make a forest for their kindergarten.
Happy gardening and nice weekend to all!
もう7月、1日早いガーデンログです。この小さなバルコニーの庭に取り組み始めてからもう2ヶ月が過ぎました。
トマトはほぼすべての植物に実がついて、キュウリは毎日数センチずつ伸びています。ベランダの反対側から見ると紅花インゲンに花がついていました。これ、20cm超のさやができて、バターとニンニクで炒めるとおいしいのです。
毎度新しく買った土にはあまり期待しないのですが、やっぱり今使っている土にももう少しパワーが必要なようです。あまり手をかけていない石がゴロゴロした土でも、数年植物を育てていると、植物が育ちやすいいいベッドになるんですよね。
今はコーヒーかすとお茶しか堆肥にしていませんが、もうちょっとならコンポストするものを増やせるかもしれず、バナナの皮や卵の殻なども混ぜてみようかなと思っています。土や肥料が高くなる、もうすでに高くなっているという話も聞きますし。小さなスペースでどうコンポストできるか実験して土壌が改善されるか楽しみです。
そうそう、今週は、子どもに託したトマトの苗と再会する機会がありました。数週間前に子どもがうちの余っている苗を他の子と一緒に育てたいと先生に相談して持っていったのです。そのうちの一株が巨大になっていました。「バリーズ・クレイジー・チェリー」というアメリカで交配された有名な品種で、薄い皮の甘い小さな黄色い実をたくさんつけます。交配種ですがブリーダーや愛好家のおかげで今はもう安定して種をとれるようになっていて、私たちも毎年自家採種しています。
うちの小さなバルコニーから旅立ったトマトが元気に育っているのを見ると、とてもうれしいです。狭い場所でも、植物を共有したり、他の人に場所を借りたりいろいろできることがあるんだなあと実感します。
以上、今週のガーデンログでした。明日はお友達一家が幼稚園の横に森を作るためのお金を集めるので子どもとそのお手伝いに行ってきます。
それではよい週末を😊
Hi @akipponn... I sometimes use the water I used for boiling potatoes,let it cool down to water the tomatoes...Also I often save eggshells that I wash, dry and ground and simply scatter them around the tomato plant. it will surely boost your potted ones. I do this every two weeks.
Potato water is a super idea! I regret that I flushed it away ... I'll keep boiled egg shells. Boiled eggs are my daughter's favorite 😁
Oh sorry, It´s a raw egg shell I was meaning, perhaps I made it not so clear. When you fried an egg, do not throw the shell, wash the inside of the shells to remove the egg white film that is clinging to it as this migh develop molds and attrack insects. Then, with a mortar and pestle or a blender, you can blend the shell to make a powder. Or you can simply crash the shells and distribute these to the plant.
Btw, you live in Germany? Do you speak German?
Your explanation was perfect. Just I felt lazy to wash the egg shell and thought about using those of boiled eggs 🥚
Yes yes, I'm in Germany. Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut. Aber ich kann Bücher über Garten und Brotbacken lesen 😁
Hallo @akipponn, das macht nichts wenn dein Deutsch nich perfect ist, es wird schon. Ich bin ursprünglich aus Manila und lebe seit 39 Jahren in Wien.
Ah so, du bist aus Manila. Ich hat in Linz gewohnen :)
Aw schön dass du in Linz gewohnt hast. Schön dich hier kennenzulernen. Ich lebe in Wien . Warst Du schon Mal in Wien?
Have you heard of bokashi compost bins? Could be useful in a small space?
Thank you for the good hint! Yes, it sounds like Japanese and I often hear about it. I watched through some videos about Bokashi and the way I make my compost is Bokashi-ish. I use wheat bran instead of rice bran here in Germany though. I will read more about Bokashi and happy to improve my compost and soil :)
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