Showing posts with label Papaya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Papaya. Show all posts

Monday, November 15, 2010

Papaya Leaves

At last, the long awaited post! I said I'd show you close up pictures of my papaya leaves. Here they are finally!
Papaya Leaves

Papaya Leaves

I don't know about you, but I think they're beautiful! Hopefully my next posts will be a little closer together. ;) Thank you everyone for your kind sentiments. Check back soon!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Papaya Again!

I thought you might be interested to know that my Papaya grove put up a few more seedlings again. Have I mentioned that this is an amazing plant before? Here's a picture:
Papaya Again

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Papaya Grove Strikes Again!

I keep being amazed by my Papaya grove. Every once in a while another one sprouts! It's seriously been 7 months since I first planted the seeds. It took about 4 months for them to first spout. I took this picture of another newcomer yesterday:
Papaya Grove Newcomer

Isn't that amazing? These are some of the most fascinating plants I've ever grown from seed. I love growing things from seed, by the way. It's so rewarding, but when they die... :( it makes me SO sad. I'm worried about this little Papaya grove I have. It has white powdery mold and I can't get rid of it. I'll be taking home some spray to see if I can help that today. Let me know if you know of any other ways to get rid of the dreadful stuff.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Spiffing-Up the Plant Shelf

When you walk in your bedroom and see something as beautiful as this lovely African Violet...
Purple African Violet in Bloom

...on your lovely plant shelf...
Lighted Plant Shelf

...you probably won't notice that it's incomplete. This "Papaya Grove" as I like to call it, needs repotted:
Papaya Grove

I grew that from seed. We got a papaya and I planted all the seeds from it thinking maybe a few would come up. I think they all came up...it just took about 4 months for them to sprout! This Impatiens plant also needs re-potted:
Impatiens needs Re-potted

But I think the last thing you're going to notice is how dirty the shelf is:
Dirty Shelf

It's amazing how much dust we collect in our homes without noticing. Well, I went ahead and re-potted the Papaya Grove:
Re-Potted Papaya Grove

And I re-potted the Impatiens:
Re-Potted Impatiens

I really like Black Gold brand Water Hold Cocoblend Potting Soil. If I buy it, that's what I get and nothing else. I have used other kinds that people have given me, but I never like them as well. I taped the bag shut after I got through potting up those plants. I don't want to imagine what my "Hermanita" (Pronounced like air-mon-eat-ah - It's the Spanish version of "Sis") would do when she found a whole big bag of dirt here nice and handy in my bedroom!
Black Gold Potting Soil Taped Shut

Next I piled all my plants around the room while I cleaned the shelf:
Cleaning the Plant Shelf

This on the wall is where the tomato seed package got wet and stuck to the wall when I was sprouting them this spring:
Tomato Package Stuck to the Wall

It was really stuck on there good too:
Tomato Package Stuck to the Wall Good

Look how nice the shelf looks now:
Clean Shelf

Isn't this most lovely now?
Plant Shelf all Spiffed Up

That plant on the left hand side is a few of the Papaya seedlings I re-potted for one of my co-workers who asked me for some. I think you'll agree that this shelf looks much more appealing to the eye than it's sister shelf across the room:
Gardening Supplies Shelf

One of these days I'm going to come up with some fancy way to make those dark black cords not stand out so much against the bright white of the rest of the room. Feel free to drop me some ideas on that one!
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