Saturday, 30 May 2020: Gardening
One of the reason I was reluctant to move out of my house on Lombard Street was because I wouldn't have a garden in an apartment. I loved taking care of my tiny garden and watching my tree, my grasses, and my perennials grow and mature over the years.
I hope they are all thriving with the new owners, but I don't miss them like I thought I would. The trees and plantings here are a lovely substitute and all I have to do is enjoy them.
Dogwood in bloom.
In 2018 at Hanukkah, I gave everybody a little potted plant as a memento. I bought them in batches and ended up with more than a dozen extra which I still have and some of which now need repotting. I went on line and ordered a nest of white, plastic pots; I must also have mentioned to my son, John, that I needed a pot, and he got me a nice terracotta one.
People, I am repotting succulents! What was I thinking?
Fortunately, when I got my gardening supplies down from their high shelf, I remembered I had four small white pots on hand, perfect for succulents. I was in business.
First I repotted this little aloe vera:
This little guy was so pot-bound that the dirt in the pot stayed fixed when I tapped the plant out of its pot, held in place by a root system occupying every nano-meter of dirt. I could practically feel it stretching out its roots once I had snugged into the next largest pot.
Next I wanted to replant all the straggly succulents in this container.
When I got my gardening supplies down from their high shelf, I realized I had enough small, succulent-sized pots to replant all of them.
The plants in the two middle pots need to grow into their new surroundings, but the one farthest to the left was just happy happy happy in its new container:
On the other hand, the poor guys on the right end were never happy sharing with the echeveria.
Don't know what they are called...don't think they are succulents at all...but they needed to be watered much more frequently than the echeveria. Somehow, I doubt they will spread out and fill in their little pot, but at least they'll have a chance to try.
Now what do I do with this left-over container?
No, I am not going to buy larger houseplants for it. I'm thinking of filling it with ornamental balls. It's 14.4" by 3.5": that would be a lot of ornamental balls.
Suggestions are welcome. FanSee
I hope they are all thriving with the new owners, but I don't miss them like I thought I would. The trees and plantings here are a lovely substitute and all I have to do is enjoy them.
Dogwood in bloom.
In 2018 at Hanukkah, I gave everybody a little potted plant as a memento. I bought them in batches and ended up with more than a dozen extra which I still have and some of which now need repotting. I went on line and ordered a nest of white, plastic pots; I must also have mentioned to my son, John, that I needed a pot, and he got me a nice terracotta one.
People, I am repotting succulents! What was I thinking?
Fortunately, when I got my gardening supplies down from their high shelf, I remembered I had four small white pots on hand, perfect for succulents. I was in business.
First I repotted this little aloe vera:
This little guy was so pot-bound that the dirt in the pot stayed fixed when I tapped the plant out of its pot, held in place by a root system occupying every nano-meter of dirt. I could practically feel it stretching out its roots once I had snugged into the next largest pot.
Next I wanted to replant all the straggly succulents in this container.
When I got my gardening supplies down from their high shelf, I realized I had enough small, succulent-sized pots to replant all of them.
The plants in the two middle pots need to grow into their new surroundings, but the one farthest to the left was just happy happy happy in its new container:
On the other hand, the poor guys on the right end were never happy sharing with the echeveria.
Don't know what they are called...don't think they are succulents at all...but they needed to be watered much more frequently than the echeveria. Somehow, I doubt they will spread out and fill in their little pot, but at least they'll have a chance to try.
Now what do I do with this left-over container?
No, I am not going to buy larger houseplants for it. I'm thinking of filling it with ornamental balls. It's 14.4" by 3.5": that would be a lot of ornamental balls.
Suggestions are welcome. FanSee