Gardening update

The current state of my container garden is doing good.

We added a cucumber plant and a zucchini plant and will see how it does in a container pot. My tomato plant which I bought as a small seedling is now pretty tall and has some leaves. It seems to be doing good so far but no fruits yet.

 My tomato plant

 My cucumber plant

 My zucchini plant 

Mint:

I did one semi-big harvest of mint and another small harvest a few days ago where I plucked quite a few leaves. Before I harvested the mint, I had cut two sprigs of mint and kept them in water. They grew roots in the water and then I transplanted them onto 2 pots. At first, I wasn't sure if they would grow but now, looks like they're growing well.

This is my original plant and it's still looking good. I think that I should add some fertilizer soon though.

Here are my two sprigs of mint which have grown.

Coriander:

With my coriander plants, the original plant had to chopped, used and the base of the plant thrown away. I planted some coriander seed in some starter seedling pots and have been waiting for them to germinate. Today, I saw 2 of them germinate - still need to wait for them to grow a little taller. I planted some more seeds today in another pot.

Another gardening update

We just recently bought some zucchini and cucumber plants and I plan to grown them in containers. I made mistakes with my coriander plant, I did not pluck it earlier and it grew very tall and bolted.

I had a really good mint harvest and even re-planted to sprigs which I had soaked in water and once they developed roots.

I came across this really useful article on how to grow cucumbers in a container.

And here's another article on how to grow zucchini in a container.

There are a lot of similarities between growing the two. Both of them require large containers, full sun and moist soil with fertilizers added every month or so. And they need to be picked at the right time otherwise they don't taste good.

Gardening resources

I've always wanted to grow my own food but my last few attempts at it have been unsuccessful for the most part.

So, this year, I've decided to try again. I'm going to be blogging about status every week or so at my personal blog Adventures in the Suburbs.

For now, here are the resources I've been reading recently:

Growing your own mint plant - One of the plants I'm trying to grow again this year is Sweet Mint. I bought a plant from Home Depot and just transplanted it into a bigger pot.

Growing Mint

How to grow lemon tree from seed

Recognizing tomato problems

Common Mistakes Growing Tomatoes in Containers :- I think over-watering and wrong pot may be the reason my big tomato plant's leaves are turning yellow. I'll have to wait and see and check to see if the soil is try before watering every day. I may need to put a hole in the pot at the bottom.