Well, my herbs survived. I just never used them to cook with. I got rid of the chives and thyme. The dill did die, but I have heard that dill is really challenging to grow. The tomatoes did very well except that I crowded them into one pot. They grew and produced fruit anyway. The Jasmine is doing wonderfully as were the gladiolas I planted. They bloomed and are now dormant I think. The lupins never produced blooms and I had some sweet peas and morning glories that were victims to the intense heat in the central valley and the fact that I went to Japan and left my dad in charge of watering. The gardinia is iffy. It blooms, but its leaves yellow and it looks like it is not getting enough water. I water it regularly and it looks worse. I don’t know if I am drowning it or if it got overfertalized??? I also planted pumpkins. They seem to be doing well, but with school I sometimes forget to water them.
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I have been growing some herbs on the window in my kitchen for about two weeks and they are looking good. I have used them in a couple of dishes already! Today I bought yellow pear tomatoes, star jasmine, lupins and gardinas. I have planted all the jasmine and tomatoes and re-planted an aloe vera plant. The lupin seeds are soaking and I am a little afraid of the gardina. I bought it before I knew much about it and it said morning sun and shade. This does not seem to be the case from what i have read, but I am going to research more.
The things I planted in the fall did fine, and several even made it through the winter, despite the fact that they were in a coconut mat planter and thus were not very well protected from the elements. I put fresh soil in the planters and planted some more stuff about 1.5-2 mos ago, and it’s looking terrific! I’ve gotten in the habit of watering the plants in the morning, which probably helps.
The full-sun plants are in place & soaking up the light! Here’s hoping they survive—at least now that it’s cooler, I don’t have to worry about them drying out quite as quickly…
Today, now that summer’s worst heat is past and we’re heading towards autumn, I decided that looking at all my dead plants (seriously, only the VERY strong survived) was a downer but that I didn’t want to take down the planters on my balcony.
So I bought some plants that were marked “full sun” (my major mistake this spring was thinking that the balcony was shaded enough to protect the plants), and I’m looking forward to planting them later this weekend. Will put perforated plastic in between the soil and the coconut matting this time, though, so it’s a little easier to keep them moist.
It struck me the other day that one good way to avoid killing my plants by not-watering them (my most habitual error) was to plant succulents! So I bought some starters at the botanical garden shop, and I look forward to neglecting them for days at a time.
My morning glory look like they’re dying already. HELP! I don’t know what the heck happened
My plants are growing like crazy. Okay, they are the dollar seed kits from Target, but I am proud of myself for not killing them yet. See my picture?
They are all dead. The two lavendars (a gift from Guita! shame on me) and the rosemary died, and that left the jasmine, which I sort of “forgot about” since everything else is dead. I am going to plant just cilantro and basil and maybe one other herb soon, though—I need those, and that’ll be it until spring, when I will decide if I’ll ever try to have plants again.
