I planted the Kangkong 
that were already rooting into three pots that didn’t have drainage holes, so they’ll grow in a bog-like environment. Can’t wait to harvest leaves from them.
Category Archives: Gardening
Begonia Leaf + Things I Didn’t Know About Begonias…
I took a broken leaf from my Auntie’s Begonia. It’s from a tuberous-type Begonia with double white and red flowers. I’m hoping that I can grow a baby plant from this leaf.
As I was searching Flickr and YouTube for information on how to propagate a Begonia from a leaf cutting, I discovered that some (or maybe all) Wax and Tuberous Begonias are edible. Now I have to try the one’s we have.
Below is a YouTube video from EatTheWeeds that explains how to eat them.
Kang Kong…
I had a craving for Sinigang (a Filipino dish) and one of the ingredients I purchased to cook it was Kangkong (aka Ong Choy, Water Spinach, etc.). I just used the tips and leaves and saved the bottom stems. I then cut the bottom about .5 inch from a node so the stem can easily soak up water. I’m planning on trying to plant this if it roots.
The next day, I was really surprised to see some of the stems already rooting, just one day after I placed them in water.
Rebutia Cactus…
Orange Rebutia Cactus flowering in late June.
Gardening August 9, 2011…
My Haemanthus albiflos has been surviving and growing very very slowly. I think it may be due to it’s small pot and maybe lack of light. It’s also potted in Cactus Mix because I thought it grew like a succulent when I purchased it back in 2007. Since it’s starting to get bigger, I decided to pot it up into a 1-gallon pot and use more potting soil and compost. I’ll also give it a little more sun and hope that it grow bigger and maybe bloom next year.
Does Superthrive Expire?
I stumbled onto a page on Amazon.com for Superthrive, the plant vitamin and hormone supplement… and remembered that I have a small bottle (from maybe 3 years ago) somewhere that I hardly used.
Does anyone know if Superthrive expire?… and do you think it’ll be worth it to dig it up and use it again?
Purple Potato Harvest!!!
My Purple Potato plants started dying back about a month ago, but I just left them be… until today when I saw this video on YouTube of a man in Sparks, NV harvesting his Potatoes… and I was inspired to harvest mine.
My Mom and I dug up the plants and were really pleased to see the amount of Potatoes we got. I really wasn’t expecting so much.
Lots of Gardening Done Today…
Went to a couple nurseries and big-box home improvement stores looking for 1/4 inch drip irrigation tubing with emitters spaced 6 inches apart. I didn’t find any but got a couple of plants.
I got the following from Mid City Nursery:
– Celery 6 cell-pack (I’ve never grown Celery, except for the Asian Leaf types)
– Red Russian Kale 6 cell-pack
– Tree Collard 4 inch pot with 2 plants which I later divided into two pots 
– Coleus ‘Dark Star’
– Coleus ‘Big Chief’
I also bought a bag of Bonsai Mix which I will try making some String Balls planters with.
As I putting things away in the patio, I found a box that contained Gladiolus, Dahlia and Asiatic Lily bulb/tuber/corms that my brother bought at clearance a month or two ago. They were not in good condition, but I thought I would go ahead and plant them just incase I can save them.
The plants included:
– Asiatic Lily ‘Stargazer’
– Dahlia ‘Heat Wave’
– Gladiolus ‘Wigs Sensation’
– Gladiolus ‘Pastel Mixed’