My vegetable garden

Hi tulasi,

Your garden is very beautiful. I lov gardening too.
Im so happy to see ur plants snaps. keep up the good work :2thumbsup: .


bye,

Padma.

 

Dear Blondie
Very nice pictures . I am not able to identify the plants so please if you have time just let me know the names. Also I was impressed by your grocery bag idea to water. I have been gardening for so many years never thought of this idea and its great because its so simple, yet works. thanks thanks.
I'll get around to taking pictures of my rose garden and post sometime.
regards
chitra

 

Dear Chithra,

the posted pictures are of banana tree, curryleaf,crepe myrtle, basil (tulasi of puple leaves kind) jasmine and the regular tomatos. By moving the cursor over the images (not clicking on it ) windows will display the file name which I have named accordingly.

I am perticularly proud of my crepe myrtle because it is sitting on < 10 inches of soil. Deeper than that all there is concrete pebbles which the builder did not remove while laying the sod carpet (lawn). I wanted to have my crape myrtle there at any cost and it did cost me more than thrice i paid for the bush at the garden store to have it planted. It was while digging that we realised what the builder did. For four years after planting the bush never flowered. After further research to adjust soil ph and adding more top soil that finally since last two years i am able to make it flower :yes:

the self watering planters available now are good for those type of plants that can tolerate continuous moisture around the roots (flowering annuals) for perennials and tomato plants the bags seem to work the best. (most of my planters are self watering)

 

Dear Blondie
Yes I saw the names. thanks. The crepe myrtle looks cute in that size and the flowers look great. interesting story behind it. The hibiscus color is unusual too and nice. curry leaf tree has grown so good. mine is probably half the size but i need to replant it to a bigger pot.
what are self planters? are they available in homedepot etc? do we need to water the plant in this or not?
Thanks again
regards
chitra:-D

 

Chithra,

self watering planters are those that have double bottoms. You still have to water them ( what a misnomer) but the excess water instead of running off like in regular planter gets collected in the bottom compartment. there are holes in the dividing diaphragm through which the water seeps back into the soil. You can always place a wide receptacle under the regular planters but some of the water gets evaporated.

Yes they are available in any of the home and garden centers.

have fun gardening....

 

Wow Tulasi and Blondie - you both have very nice vegetable gardens..!

How do you guys manage indoor plants? The jasmine fragrance is sure great - we used to have one plant indoor a couple years back and once saw bugs in the soil. Since we were expecting a baby then, left it outdoors.

-Gayathri.

 

Dear Blondie,

your garden too looks great and karevepaaku is my favourite and i can sense the smell :tongue which i am missing when i buy it in the grocery store.

keep posting the pics

cheers
sreelatha