Scotch bonnet pruning.

Last night I watched a video on how to prune pepper plants, which gave me inspiration on pruning my scotch bonnet plant as it was very tall.  Hopefully it will encourage more growth towards the bottom of the stem.  The middle was looking a little bit bald.

Here are some pictures of all stages of my scotch bonnet plant grown from seed.  Some of these pictures are from 2013.

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Before I pruned it.

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After i pruned it.

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The top bit I have put into a glass of water, maybe it will grow roots!

..love..

Starters and more.

Although I started this blog yesterday I have been taking photos of some of sown seeds before that.  

On the 9th of February I started by sowing chives, spring onions, coriander and putting lemon and papaya seeds in a jar with a moist tissue for germinating.  By the 16th of February the chives, spring onions, and coriander seeds had started sprouting!  The lemon seeds and papaya seeds had started going fuzzy and growing a small layer of mould on them so I wiped the seeds and changed the tissue.

On the 22nd of February I sowed some more seeds.  I sowed cherry tomatoes, kumato tomatoes (seed saved from a store bought kumato), yellow pear tomatoes (seed saved from tomato plant bought in 2013), and salad cucumbers.  These little pots I made from toilet rolls I put into a tupperware box next to some seeds I put in for germinating.  On the moist tissue bed I put bush beans, peas, and sweet pea flowers for germinating.  I put the tupperware box into a really sunny spot in my room and now have to wait to see what happens.  The tupperware box technique has been a success for many years so this will hopefully also be a WIN!

I took a photo of my non-edible plants as well.  (That's a lie, my scotch bonnet is hidden in there)  Look how sunny it is!!!!

To finish off this blog post here is a picture of some leaves from succulents which I collected.  I went to a plant shop and noticed all of these leaves lying on the soil in their plant pots, since I recently learned that one can propagate succulents from their leaves, I decided to take them with me and see if propagation works for me.  I am now letting the ends dry out for a couple of days before I lay them on a soil bed.

I have been reading up about succulent propagation on these two websites, if you're interested you should check them out, they are really wonderful.
http://needlesandleaves.net/blog/2013/5/31/propagating-leggy-succulents
and
http://www.succulentsandsunshine.com/ 

OK then, that's enough for today!

..love..

Here's to a new gardening season!

Welcome to my new blog.  Dedicated to all things green and growing.  I had a successful bedroom gardening season last year (2013) and decided that this year (2014) I would document my growth.  I'd like to throw in that I am really really lucky to live in a 4th floor apartment with south facing bedroom windows which is a definite plus on any gardening venture.

My 2013 Berlin bedroom garden looked like this:

lots of tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, and scotch bonnet peppers

Hopefully 2014 will similarly bring magical bedroom edibles.  This year I will try growing vegetables that I have never grown before such as beans, peas, lemons, and papayas.  Tomatoes are on the list again.  Cherry, Yellow Pear, Kumato, etc.  I am going to try to keep my tomatoes in check this time round, growing short and bushy instead of having to try and find space and direction for my loooooong tomato stems.  Cucumbers, basil, coriander, and chives are on the list.  Maybe I will have a go at carrots, kohl rabi, and kale for the winter.

I have also got a new found love for succulents, so we'll see what happens there.

Anyway, I cannot promise that all of my conquests will be successful this year, but here goes to trying!  We'll see what happens!

 ..love..