It's been a little while since I wrote an update on my Bonsai, it's actually doing really well. I did however loose the little cedar tree I had growing with it.
I'm not quite sure what happened to it but it started to slowly dye and then it just lost all its needles. I thought maybe I had let it dry out to much but the lemon tree was thriving.
I did find some spider mites in my lemon tree so I'm not sure if that had something to do with it. Because of the spider mites I did have to give the lemon tree a huge haircut and I really cut the bulk of it out.
You know what they say is true about confidence when you are pruning a tree, you really do just need to go for it. So I did.
I'm liking the shape much better now and hoping for new growth, I think the topmost branch is almost long enough so I can trim it off. I'm not quite sure about the lowest branch but for now I'm going to keep it where it is.
I like how quickly the lemon tree grows so if you make a mistake it's not really that bad and will just grow back. I think it's a great beginner plant for anyone who would like to get into the art of Bonsai.
I'm a total newb and I enjoy working with the lemon tree, also it doesn't hurt that the tree didn't cost me anything because I started it from a grocery store seed.
It will never produce fruit (I don't think anyway) but it's still pretty and a good way to learn. All the branches are now wired except for one on the back of the tree, it was just to small for the wire at the time. I will wire it soon however or cut it off, I haven't decided yet.
On a side not, all my spring catalogs have been coming in and I'm drooling and really ready for spring. Especially with this unusually warm weather we have been having, but I know the worst is yet to come because it always does :)
Happy indoor gardening!
My herbs are doing great, I have three batches on the go all about a month apart.
One batch is in my kitchen window, one batch is in my Aqua Farm and my last batch is in my light garden downstairs.
I think I may have to seed them a little thicker next time, I'm not sure why but I tend to spread out the seeds to much. I'm kinda following the sowing instructions on the package but because they are not going into the garden and I will be harvesting them fairly young I think I can sow them a lot closer together.
The only one that's not doing fantastic is my parsley, it's in the light garden and it seems a little sad. I started fertilizing it a bit and it was suggested to me that it might be to warm in there for it so I may move it into a window.
I can't wait to start eating my own herbs again. I'm already just itching for spring, unfortunately I have another 4 months to wait but I'm hanging in there. I think it's time to take my weekly trip with my friend to the local nursery again soon!
Happy indoor gardening!
As I've said before I really love the Aqua Farm, so I thought I would give you an update on how things were going.
So far so good, Perseus is happy and the water is very clean. I haven't cleaned the tank yet and the plants are doing well except that I didn't have enough light for the herbs.
They became very leggy as you can see in the picture. So I added a little light over top of the tank to hopefully help with that problem.
My wheat grass is also looking a little sparse but that's because my cat Zeus (yes I have a thing for Greek gods, lol ) helped himself to it and ate most of it.
I have noticed that since I put the light up the plants have straightened out.
I have planted some strawberry seeds, we will see if they make an appearance :)
I also have been oogling over all the new seed catalogues! I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING!!!
Happy indoor gardening!
Happy 2015 everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season! Mine was very relaxing and I actually found time to play in my light garden a bit.
I transplanted my baby tomato plants that I started from seed at the end of November yesterday. For my soil mix I used organic potting soil, perlite, sand and worm castings. I'm trying this mixture because I have found that in the past my soil for my plants in the light garden has been a little dense so I'm hoping this will lighten it up a bit and provide good drainage. Because we all know that tomatoes hate wet feet :)
I also bought some organic seaweed liquid fetilizer because I found that after a month or so my plants in the light garden seem to get a little stunted, so I'm hoping this will help. It's a very light fertilizer that can be used every time you water, 5-1-1 I believe. I still haven't perfected my lightgarden growing technique so if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them.
I really just would love to grow food all year around and not just in our short summer growing season.
Happy gardening!
