Project: Botanic Endeavour... Part II

A little while ago, I decided I'd try my hand at growing some plants, as in my previous blog post: Project: Botanic Endeavour - Part 1

This will be an update as to where I am now, The initial post was made on the 7th July 2013, so just a few weeks ago.

As of right now, All i have been doing is watering the plants each day, nothing particularly meticulous or scheduled, and they are still sitting in the same pot with the same home made compost as they were planted in, sitting in the same window.

We've had unusually good weather, it's been sunny and bright, only in recent days has it became stormy and a bit more rainy and overcast, the sun was great however while it lasted, but it seems not just for me but for the plants also.

The Tomato plants have grown very quickly, and even the citrus plant has done well, although considerably slower growing than the tomato plants. I may change this to it's own pot very soon.

Here is a before and after comparison shot:

Before. (07/07/2013)

After, (now) 08/08/2013

bad angle but this is a close up of the Citrus plant

 

 

 

The tomato plants have Grown like erm.. something that grows very fast.. And the citrus plant has grown, although much slower, but still alive and developing, which is great. As I said above I will probably move the citrus plant to it's own pot soon. 

All in all not bad I think for someone who has no clue regarding these things, helped out i think by the great weather we have had and the awesome home made compost.

Home Made Compost: How To 

As it worked so well, I thought I'd add this at the end although it's all common sense, obvious and as simple as simple gets, here's how to stockpile your own home made compost. it helps if you have a garden, yard, shed or garage.

What you will need is a container to put your compost in for it to do it's thing and become erm.. compost... anything will do really you could even skip this and just have a heap in a corner or your yard or garden, but a container is just easier and more tidy.

you can get specially designed compost bins, or just use any old plastic bin / container or whatever you like, i have some compost bins for the job. 

Basically what you want to do is anything decomposable waste from your day to day activities collect instead of binning, it helps to have a small container you can use throughout the day or week and then empty it into the compost bin when full. 

Obviously be sensible with what you put in try and stick to vegetable / fruit waste, e.g. peelings, cores any parts you don't use, you can also throw in things like used tea bags, egg shells, garden waste also paper can be put in too. basically use your common sense.

what you also want is worms getting into the compost to do their thing and help it along, some things may need to be shredded before putting in like wood eg branches, also you don't want to add anything that will grow like seeds. but grass trimmings are fine. 

once you've build up a fair amount just leave it for a few months to do it's thing normally about 3-4 months is fine. plenty of in depth tutorials online. 

And that's all for now.