watch them grow!!
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Yalor, this soil is only good for plants that need well-drained soil...texture is hoo-hoo type. There is also another pack meant for "succulents" and cacti.Originally posted by a_splash:paisay....i meant like those soil in the pots of plant i buy from the nursery..
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how much is that??
so far what i bought was those $2/ pack and once S$3 per pack (don't know the wt ) its about a full scap paper size pack..
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It's about the foolscap size you've described, at $2.80. I dunno where else I can find it, coz Japan Home tends to be a little more costlier, but for convenience's sake, $2.80 is acceptable.Originally posted by a_splash:how much is that??
so far what i bought was those $2/ pack and once S$3 per pack (don't know the wt ) its about a full scap paper size pack..
and mix with moss...then add fertilizer once in a while..(from NTUC, mixed bits of pink, blue etc etc )
Where to find moss? You mean mossy soil?
Do you know what type of soil is good for pomegranate (sia liu)? Mine is on-and-off, sometimes healthy, sometimes botak, and then back to ok condition, but still surviving....and grew very tall. -
paisay ley, i didn't really go 'yan jiu' what type of plant suit what soil...just use the same for all.........Originally posted by Wanda:Yalor, this soil is only good for plants that need well-drained soil...texture is hoo-hoo type. There is also another pack meant for "succulents" and cacti.
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Then either you're very good or very lucky....that you haven't had plants die on you yet.Originally posted by a_splash:paisay ley, i didn't really go 'yan jiu' what type of plant suit what soil...just use the same for all......... (lazy) -
that one i hv to go ask the nanny....she has a sia liu that bear quite big fruit...i learn some planting tips from her de....Originally posted by Wanda:It's about the foolscap size you've described, at $2.80. I dunno where else I can find it, coz Japan Home tends to be a little more costlier, but for convenience's sake, $2.80 is acceptable.
Where to find moss? You mean mossy soil?
Do you know what type of soil is good for pomegranate (sia liu)? Mine is on-and-off, sometimes healthy, sometimes botak, and then back to ok condition, but still surviving....and grew very tall.
but she is more on green plants....LOTS OF THEM...very very green and lush...
don't know if she mind me take pix to put here hahaha....umm better not... -
have lah....Originally posted by Wanda:Then either you're very good or very lucky....that you haven't had plants die on you yet.
that 'african daisy' this is the second pot...finally bud growing le!!! but looks very small compare to when it was bought....
and some others.....and also err fu kui hua?? no sure if that's the name....i water until it died, the one i hv is the fourth le i think...finally growing...but trunk too thin, cos the nanny cut from her plant de....
can't rem wat else....
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My sia liu did bear fruit during the last CNY....all 8 of them, but I didn't eat.
At that time I added "sheep's dropping" fertiliser....a lot.
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How you all know which plant can cut from stems for propagation har? I tried to find a book on this but not much I can find.Originally posted by a_splash:have lah....
that 'african daisy' this is the second pot...finally bud growing le!!! but looks very small compare to when it was bought....
and some others.....and also err fu kui hua?? no sure if that's the name....i water until it died, the one i hv is the fourth le i think...finally growing...but trunk too thin, cos the nanny cut from her plant de....
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i don't know....learn from nanny de....Originally posted by Wanda:How you all know which plant can cut from stems for propagation har? I tried to find a book on this but not much I can find.
then now all the plants i buy i realised all can grow from stems, including hibiscus....and i learnt from the nursery sales ppl, cut in the evening so that the plant can settle in during the nite's cooling weather......and it works beautifully....i have quite a few growing now....
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Hmm....next time u do stem cutting, can take step by step photos to demo...pls? Thank you hor!Originally posted by a_splash:i don't know....learn from nanny de....
then now all the plants i buy i realised all can grow from stems, including hibiscus....and i learnt from the nursery sales ppl, cut in the evening so that the plant can settle in during the nite's cooling weather......and it works beautifully....i have quite a few growing now....
how to know which one can use stem cutting?? try lor.... -
I go eat lunch w colleagues....cya later!
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Enjoy your lunch!!!!Originally posted by Wanda:I go eat lunch w colleagues....cya later! 
huh?? step by step demo??
just cut and pop into the soil only
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Must say:Originally posted by a_splash:Enjoy your lunch!!!!
huh?? step by step demo??
just cut and pop into the soil only
ok ok i will be doing it with the new hibicus...but that one must wait till it grow bigger got enugh branches first for me to test it....
- what plants can cut
- when to cut
- which part/branch to cut
- cut at what angle
- cut liao must soak in water or not? For long long?
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found this for you
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8702.html
i no need to take picture liao....
but i will show u those i have cut and survived (most of them survived except rose which i only tried once cos not enugh to cut..., cos its really quite easily done)
haven't read the link yet but i think more or less a bit similar....
i just cut the tip about more than five cm and push it into the soil then water it everyday...at first some of them their leaves look like dying...i just continue watering...till one day i see them survived, all the leave suddenly come alive lor...that's all....
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Firstly i want to ask how to use paintbrush to resize pictures . Then to the question you all have to the best of my knowledge , actually stem cutting is also called narcotting . Its is where you use a knife to scrape off the bark of the plant then you wrap some damp soil ard the cutting using either plastic bag or coconut husk . If you use coconut husk to wrap then u need to water it more frequently because water will flow out of it . And i will advise you to water the narcotting part untill you can see roots ard the soil if you use clear plastic bag to wrap it . Or maybe about 1 month then you cut the stem beneath the wrapping then open up the wrapping very carefully so as to ensure not to break the roots inside . Then you plant the whole thing into another pot with the roots intact of course so that it is able to suck water from the roots to maintain itself . The plant may wilt off but it doesn't mean it has diead , let it stay in the pot and continue to water it for a month . If you are lucky , it may grow a new shoot from its stem and behold you have a very healthy new plant . At least that happen to my cotton . It was actually broken by my sister kids while they were playing ard it . I cut it off , trim it by cutting it 45 degrees then put it into a cut bottle to let it suck water the same way as you would put flower into a vase . For my cotton plant i soak it for about 4 months before the roots grow out . When i plant it into my pot , it struggle to survive pathetically before growing a new stem grow out of the old crooked n bent stem , then now is a very beautifull bloming cotton plant better then its first sprout from the seed. The fertilizer that you say got many different colour in pellet form is actually quick release agent for your soil to release its nutrient faster . And of course you must replenish the actual fertilizers into the soil more often . And the type of " shit " best for soil is actually 1st chicken , 2nd goat then i thnk is cow . Chicken " shit " is the best . It is not advisable to use carnivore shit . because it may still have chunks of meat inside which take a long time to decompose and will attract alot of pest .
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haro TWE,
Thank you for your info.
but my kind of stem cutting is not the one you have there....
its just a very simple form and more for small plants and busy ppl .. its just CUT and POKE INTO the soil, wait for a few weeks, they will all grow fine, if not then try again....
and besides it will be inconvenient to get the chicken poo and not to say others?? also it will be too stinko...i don't want to 'kill' my neighbours when they walk pass.... i think the fertilizer from NTUC are doing great for our HDB 'sky garden'....
for me....most importantly hassle free......
By the way
for Wanda and all interested....
when you cut the stem, the part you cut will grow into a split at the point u cut out (like a Y) (this i learnt from the nanny too) so if you want your plant to look 'fat' cut them here and there as the plant grow, u will see them growing more and more branch, hence looking lush...
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I did try TWE's method before - sliced off the bark and wrap wet soil about, but it didn't work...no roots grew.
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then u must yan chiu more with TWE le.....Originally posted by Wanda:I did try TWE's method before - sliced off the bark and wrap wet soil about, but it didn't work...no roots grew.
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That one over already..i din take pix.Originally posted by a_splash:then u must yan chiu more with TWE le.....
take pix take pix.....
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TWE please take note!Originally posted by Wanda:That one over already..i din take pix.
I find TWE's post ...one big chuck of text very difficult to read.
too bad we still cannot have yan fu to see TWE's vegetable garden....
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many a times, growing and nurturing plants is like growing and nurturing our own kids...
we shower them with all the love and care...
the moment we are most proud of is when we see that the plants blossom, same as the time when we see our kids succeed in their life -
wah say.....deep tots....Originally posted by Mospeada:many a times, growing and nurturing plants is like growing and nurturing our own kids...
we shower them with all the love and care...
the moment we are most proud of is when we see that the plants blossom, same as the time when we see our kids succeed in their life
errr i don't really hv all these feeling lah....depends on how u look at success i think......
err i grow them cos the corridor is toooooo boring.......when they bloom i feel its ying kai de (supposed to be this way)....so don't really hv very 'high' emotion lor.... -
Wah lao dun like that say like vege garden . What i can show you all is just past n present pictures nia . Me recently very busy with work lar . no time to try things yet . I do agree that some plants are hard to do narcotting as i have also failed before . Don't give up , try and try agn after all you don't go to jail for killing a plant do you ? Even i myself also failed a few times .
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Heee this is the cotton almost ready for picking . Lol .