Namaste to all #Hive gardeners and #Nature lovers.๐
Hope you remember my blog about 2 months ago in which I shared the journey from sowing radish seeds to growing seedlings in my home terrace garden.
In today's blog, I will take you on the further journey of those radish plants. A journey where I learned some important lessons that I'm sure will be useful to you too.
So as you saw in my previous blog, after 100% germination of the seeds, I separated and sowed them in some other pots, which you can remember by looking at the image above.
After then, I just had to water them on time, which I did. But because I had sown these seeds a little late and by then winters had already set in, I did not have to water these plants more than once or twice a week.
After a few days passed, I noticed that the plants grown in the same pots in which the seeds had germinated were growing properly, but the plants I had taken out from their original place of germination and sown in a separate bigger pot, had almost stopped growing.
Initially, I thought that due to a change of place, these plants would take some time and then they would start growing properly. I have not done anything different because many farmers also germinate the seeds in one place and then sow them separately on their farms.
But even after a lot of time had passed, there was little to no growth in the plants I had taken out from their original place of germination and sown in a separate bigger pot.
And then I started thinking because the plants that had not been moved were growing so well, the problem was only with these plants. And after paying a little attention, I came to know about a few of my mistakes. One of which is visible to you but perhaps you too were not aware of it.
I will tell you with examples, and believe me, you will learn something.
The big pot in which I planted the separated plants was just an empty pot in which I had opened a packet of cocopeat. Actually, wherever I needed coco peat in my home garden, I took it from that pot, which was nothing more than an open storage of cocopeat. Meaning, that there were no necessary nutrients for those plants to grow in that pot. I knew this to some extent, but because I did not have any other pot available at that time, I planted the seedlings in this cocopeat pot when I should have given them better soil than the soil they germinated in.
I have learned from personal experience that separating newborn plants from their native soil slows down and sometimes stops their growth/life completely.
Because, usually the first one or two leaves, called cotyledon or seed leaves, represent the first growth of a seed. These leaves provide the initial nourishment to the seedling. After which, as the seedling grows, "real" leaves begin to grow. The real/true leaves completely resemble the leaves of the mature plant. Then similar leaves work in the further life journey of the plant.
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The mistake I made was that I separated the seedlings from their mother soil as soon as the 'seed leaves' grew. Instead, I should have shifted them to other pots only after they had grown at least 4 to 8 'true leaves'. Only then will the plant get the strength to stand strong and grow in its further life journey.
This time I made a mistake so this was the only solution, but for the future, I learned another important lesson.
- Especially the vegetables growing under the ground should be planted by direct seed method. That is, sow the seeds at the same place where the plant is to be planted because uprooting the plants causes great damage to their finely tiny roots.
Well, due to a few of my mistakes, some plants got spoiled but plants which remained in their mother soil were growing nicely.
And then within a few days I started seeing radishes under its leaves. By now about 45-50 days had passed since the seeds were sown.
Also you can see, how the real leaves of the radish plant have grown dense.
I took these 2 pictures on January 29, meaning 65 days after sowing the seeds. If the seeds had been sown in the ground or in a bigger pot, perhaps the growth would have been better and a little faster.
But that's the thing, growing something is better than growing nothing. ;)
Although I have experienced this feeling many times before, every time I see the fruits of a plant planted by me, a different kind of excitement, happiness and intense wave of positivity flows within me, I feel like I won a medal. ๐ผ
Neither am I a farmer nor from such a family background. I just love greenery. Plants give me a feeling of freshness, peace and inner happiness, and growing them myself strengthens my confidence in myself. That if I can grow fruits from a tiny seed then I can do anything, I just have to work smart and be patient.
Thank you for visiting my blog and reading it. Generally, I keep writing blogs on financial markets, nature, gardening, and travel.
If you like any of these topics then you can also follow me. I deeply appreciate your comments and votes. ๐
Here are all my green blogs
#3 | Growing Carrot From Seeds
#2 | Growing Radish From Seeds
#1 | Growing dessert rose from seeds
Have you ever grown a plant from its seed?
Note:
- English is not my first language. So sometimes I use 'Google Translate'. Please don't think that anything I have written in this blog has been copied from somewhere or is AI-generated.
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- All the other content images and words are mine unless otherwise stated.
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Have a Happy and Blessed day!
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I do all of my gardening in pots on my back deck so it was interesting to read about your results growing these radishes. My outdoor growing season does not begin until the middle of May, but I can't wait to begin planting again.
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Until I did it myself, I thought all this was nonsense, what could be grown in a few pots in small spaces. But now after doing it successfully myself, I feel that if we nurture them with a little care and love like our kids, they return to us many times more than what we invest, and that return is not only in the form of their fruits but also in the form of positivity and freshness. ๐ผ
Hope we too will get a chance to see you gardening soon. ๐
Thank You so much for your support and encouragement sir/ma'am ๐
It really means to me! ๐
So great! Really a wonderful journey with mother nature. Radish is looking so mice, fresh from garden. Here we dont get this in vegetable market. But I have seen this in Lulu Hyper market, in the capital city. Hard work really gives immense result.
Thank you so much for appreciating my efforts๐๐ผ You were the one following this series and I remember you asked me to share the result of radish plants, and now that you're appreciating it I feel even happier๐
Its is really nice to see you in farming. Me too I have a garden where we have Brinjals, tomatoes, chillies, long beans and ladies fingers. My husband is the one who does this but I assist him.
It was nice to see the step by step growth of radish. That too from terrace garden.
You assist him, meaning you also have a lot of knowledge. That's nice!
Hope we also get a chance to see you gardening someday. :)
Ha..ha..I do a little bit but he likes to grow veggies and fruits. I like flowering plants. But daily we spend some time in garden nurturing them. Here are some red spinach and brinjal plants from my garden. But this was taken may be a month before. My son helping me with harvesting.
@untilwelearn, Friend, you have made a very beautiful effort. You have sown radish well, and it has come well. But since you planted them in another place, they have not been able to grow properly. Being the son of a farmer, I tell you this. Friend, you are right; farmers do this, but it is only for some special vegetables, which grow again in other places. There are some types of vegetables in it, like onion, chilli, brinjal, tomato, and rice, which grow in other places. Friend, your love for plants is very important in doing all this, and that is why your radish has come out very beautiful.Thanks for sharing.
Yes, when I was worried about those plants, I read about them and came to know that some types of plants are planted by direct method and some are not but by then I already made a mistake so I could not save those plants. But I've noted this in my mind for next time. Thank you for your guidance friend๐
are wah bhai sahaab kya baat hai, is baar hum logo ne bhe, dhanya or palak lagya tha.
apne to badiya organic khete kre hai.
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Dhanyawad Bhai, aur 15-20 din mein gajar ki bhi harvest karni hai. Phir mooli gajar aur nimbu main le aunga aur namak dhaniya aap le aana Badhiya chaat ready ho jayegi๐
Waise Bhai aapne abhi tak aapke setup ke detail post nahi bheji.. ek post kiya tha aapne drip irrigation ke setup ka but installation ke baad ka post nahi kiya ya shayaad miss ho gaya..
ha haa ,wo abhe bhe setup nahi kra hai. plumber ka wait chal raha hai abhe bhe ๐
Namaste Bhai..
Mujhe laga risk appetite ki baat hogi but yahan to doosre appetite ki baatein chal rahi.
Mein bhi apne ek plastic ke daabe wale pot mein paudha lagaya tha but I think transplant shock ke karan wo mar gaya.. but koi nahi koshish ka naam hi zindagi hain ek baar phir se try karenge.
Aapke posts ke images dekh kar sach mein asia lagta hain ki kaash mere paas bhi aise plants hote..โฎ๏ธโค๏ธ
Hum honge kamiyaab
Aapki ummid par khara nahi uatarne ke liye maafi chahta hoon.๐ ๐ Wo kehte hain na pahle pet pooja phir kaam duja๐ Jaldi hi risk appetite ki bhi charcha hogi, uske liye bas stay connected!
Paudhe ke liye.. bhai bacchon ki tarah hi hote hain ye bhi apne bachpan mein. jara sa badlaav bhi sahen nahi hota inse, aur adjust karna toh jaise aata hi na ho. Par thodi care aur pyar se dhyan rakho toh jitna hum invest karte hain inpar usse kahi jyada ye lauta dete hain hume..
Galtiyon se seekh lo aur koshish karte raho Aapke pass bhi wo sab plants honge jo aap chahoge๐ผ
Ye wali philosophy aachi hain.
Haan, I think I was bit harsh when was handling the plant. Next wale se mein zaroor progress dikahunga.. aur share bhi karunga..
Aur aapke Risk wale post ka intezaar rahega.
No rush. Aaram se jab time mile detail mein bataiye ki assessments kaise karte hain.
Bilkul bhai, thode din toh lagenge usme par ummid karunga aapke sare sawalon ke jawaab ho usme wo bhi as simple as possible examples ke sath.
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.๐ฅ
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