What is easy for someone may be otherwise for another or at least for me.
It was so easy to get the seedlings to sprout and I mean really easy. I had underestimated and seedlings spilled over the small clay pot, each fighting with the other for a place. There were just too many shoots that I didn't know which to choose and as an excuse to grow them all (as I always do!), I said to myself "everyone should be given a chance."
It was so easy to get the seedlings to sprout and I mean really easy. I had underestimated and seedlings spilled over the small clay pot, each fighting with the other for a place. There were just too many shoots that I didn't know which to choose and as an excuse to grow them all (as I always do!), I said to myself "everyone should be given a chance."
First attempt at growing rock melon saw a less than encouraging start. Half way through even before it started to bloom the vines got hijacked by the bugs. So it was premature goodbye. Certainly no morale booster.
Second attempt at growing butternut squash was slightly more encouraging giving hope of having the real deal . The vines reached the flowering stage and there were even blooms. Yes plenty of blooms but unfortunately no females in sight (sigh... sigh... sigh) and then the vines got swallowed by the bugs again gnawing at the leaves and flowers. Everybody was raving about the tastiness of squash blooms and I just had to tried and I was eating blooms that have already been gnarled by bugs.
Second attempt at growing butternut squash was slightly more encouraging giving hope of having the real deal . The vines reached the flowering stage and there were even blooms. Yes plenty of blooms but unfortunately no females in sight (sigh... sigh... sigh) and then the vines got swallowed by the bugs again gnawing at the leaves and flowers. Everybody was raving about the tastiness of squash blooms and I just had to tried and I was eating blooms that have already been gnarled by bugs.
Third attempt to grow kabocha this time got eaten by the snails as soon as I re-potted the new shoots.
I have however not given up. Bags of seeds just waiting for the right opportunity to sow but first to find a little space and lots of courage to start all over again!
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