Grow Chili Grow!

So happy that my chilies finally appeared last week! And I never knew they grew so fast! Too bad it only bared 4 chilies at the moment maybe because my chili plant isn't big enough? But who cares! I GOT CHILIES!

So let's talk about some plant updates for this week:

Remember my coriander seeds? Well, 4 seeds (out of 50 seeds -.-) germinated but died soon after that. I'll sow them once more but this time I'll try to use another sowing technique.

The tomato plant is still growing strong and bushier! I believe I have to trim it down a bit as my tomatoes are still not here.

Cosmos little plants are growing strong. This is probably on their 2nd week of life or so.

Cosmos

And here are my Zinnias! Growing taller and taller and I have no idea when they reach their mature age or when they start flowering.. It still looks like a seedling to me! This is on their 91 day ( 3 months) of life :)

Zinnia Lilliput

Plant updates

I love trying out new seeds ( even sometimes they don't germinate)! This time I wanted to try out sowing Coriander since Fair Price Extra had new batches of seeds in!

Having this herb at home is just so essential and "a must have" kinda herb. How many times I found my self buying a handful of them and only ending up using a teaspoon for my recipe? Numerous times! And I hate when my herbs end up spoiling in my fridge because I didn't need them...waste of food and waste of money.

So why not growing them in your garden and take the amount you need without wasting the rest.

I followed some steps from Youtube of how to grow your very own Coriander and all I did was scatter all the seeds into the soil ( no need to cover them) and sprinkle with a good amount of water. I have no idea if It's gonna work but people who followed this method seemed to have good results. So I decided to give it a try! These seeds are predicted to germinate in a couple of weeks so let's wait and see :)

And I got the surprise of the day! My chilies are flowering! 

Beautiful tiny purple flowers started to bloom all over my chili plant and believe me I never noticed!! I remember buying this plant way back months ago when It had some fat yellow chilies on. The chillies fell off very quickly and the plant nearly died because of too much watering (regular watering was recommended by the nursery shop staff!). After doing on some research I started watering my chili plant just once a week.. watering it when the soil is completely dry, not deeply watering until it flows out of the pot but a small amount of water right on the base of the plant and surprisingly It grew more and more ever since...beautiful dark green leaves with no visible dead/yellow leaves on sight!

Chili plants looooove the heat! They love the sun!!! And they tolerate drought very well! These plants are survivals in hot weather so don't water them everyday! And just because the nursery staff told you so, doesn't mean his always right or he's experienced... all you have to do is do some homework, go online and do some research and sometimes going with your instincts also helps.