Urban Gardening - Another Update

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Remember that I started building our small urban vegetable garden at home just before the Enhanced Community Quarantine took effect.

Since then, I harvested lots of veggies like string beans, tomatoes, and eggplants. Here is a short update on our urban garden.

Eggplants

Before, I only have two pots of eggplants.

Eggplants in large pails.

I added four more pots and now they are matured and started flowering. Growing eggplants is simple using indirect seeding.  

Eggplants' flower

 Lettuce

Lettuce: Ready to harvest.

After several tries, I finally succeed in growing lettuce. 

Harvested lettuce.

Instead of harvesting by pulling the entire plant, I do pruning matured leaves and let it grow continuously until next harvest. I already harvested 3 times.

Lettuce after prunning

Okra

There are pots of okra plants.

Okra plants

They are starting to bear flower. After a few weeks, I will be picking the fruits from them.

Okra: Starting to bloom.

Ampalaya

The ampalaya is getting better now and starting bearing fruits. 

Ampalaya, continuously growing.

Aside from the fruits, leaves were also collected.

Ampalaya: Waiting to be harvested. 

Aside from using it in ginisang munggo, pruning the leaves makes the plant healthier and bear more fruits.

Corn

I had difficulty in growing corn. Once the sprout comes out of the soil, something is burrowing it getting the cotyledon.

Instead of growing it directly, I used the indirect seeding method. After two months, I noticed flowers on one of them. The ears will soon appear on the stem.

Corn's flower

I planted more corn and they are starting to grow.

Corn

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Tomatoes do not last long and need to be replaced. Before the first batch started to wilt, I started germinating seeds collected from the kitchen and now they are growing in soil mixed with papers.

Tomatoes growing in soil mixed with paper.

I am also germinating cherry tomatoes. Once ready for transplanting, they will be joining with the other tomatoes too.

Bell Peppers

Bell peppers

Like the tomatoes, bell peppers are already transplanted and started to grow healthy on soil mixed with paper.

1 week after transplanting bell peppers.

Squash

There are only two squash in the garden and they are crawling on the floor.

Squash with kankong growing using old tires.

Cucumber

The cucumber is already growing in the old tires.

Cucumber seedlings.

Sweet Potato or Kamote and Kangkong

Growing these plants is easy. 

Sweet potato or kamote.

Just insert the cutting into the soil and sprouts will be observed growing after a few days.  

Kankong in old tires.

I am collecting the taps every week and cook it directly in the kitchen.

Calamansi and Lemon

I have one calamansi and two lemons grown in a large pail separately.

Lemon

Calamansi with corn.

These are all grafted and hopefully bear fruits soon.

By the way, here is my new garden buddy.

That’s all for now and I will keep updating about urban gardening.