Tomatoes day 3

Sorry for the poopy photos but here's a 4 day update. Today is 7/8/19

here are 3 seeds with visible roots

I took these pictures on the dining room table because the room had the best lighting. I'll try to fix that next time.

probably the best photo I have of these seeds haha

[observations]
So far I am pleased to get these results for the first 4 days of growing tomato seeds. My passed-down knowledge has once again proved successful. If you want to grow anything, use the paper towel method. I learned this in second grade and it has never failed me (except once because I forgot about it). The results showed 70% germination so far, which is a big deal. I noticed some of the roots turned a little brown, which means (at last I think it means), the roots are getting a little too much air, but it won't kill the seedling. Because of this, I'm going to make my weekly checkups every 4 days just so I can monitor that browning. I'll leave a comment to tell you what it actually means when I do a little research.

[measurements]
No measurements until the stem sprouts

[Anything interesting]
I need to do a better job taking pictures because I don't want to look back on this report and cringe over how bad and useless the pictures are. I'll find some lighting and everything to get the best quality documentation. I hope you were able to read through my grammar issues ..... 🙂

Now starting my tomato growing series

Thanks to the Sustainable Food Center and Youtube, I am now inspired to grow some tomato plants this summer. I thought it was too late to grow anything at this point, but apparently, tomatoes are a good crop to grow during the mid-summer in Texas. Since I have been binge watching other plant time-lapses and have been on a plant growing high, I'm going to try documenting the growth of a few tomatoes. Plus, it's summertime and I have a lot more free time on my hands right now, so why not start a tomato garden?!

I bought some seeds from the dollar store a few months ago before school ended. I made a little greenhouse for them to germinate quicker, and immediately I began to see results. I was so happy to see that I was about to be the mother of 5 little tomato plants. Alas, my joy was short lives. When the seedlings began to sprout leaves after a few weeks of germinating, I moved them to a larger DIY greenhouse. I kept them in there for a week and noticed that the plants weren't growing at all. They all died. I was upset with this result but not too upset because even though I wasted some tomato seeds, I glad it was only 5. I still have plenty of opportunities to keep trying to grow tomatoes. I now know that tomatoes can't grow in moist climates and they need a lot of sunlight.

So with that said, I will now be this documentation!

Look @ my tomato page for day one.

In each blog post, you will see the following:

• A minimum of 3 photos of the plant's growth
• A paragraph of observations
• A measurement of the seedling's length
• The date and time of the photos taken
• Anything else I find interesting that I might share

R.I.P. Avacado

BUSY BUSY BUSY

The title couldn't have explained my situation any better. Ever since I went on my junior Internship ended in February, this year has been all flip-flopped.

This summer, I plan to fill up space between the last avocado update and my future plans for them.

Right now I only have a week of school left, so I'm going to finish that before I do anything else right now.

Egg

Egg

I pruned avocadee

AVOCADO UPDATE

Avacado and Avocadee chilling

Avocadoes new growth is sprouting very quickly. Almost just as fast as my 3rd plant, Egg.

Avacado is still looking limp and petite. That lower leaf is continuing to wither away and brown. There are no signs of browning on the other leaves, so that's good. I heard this is a deconstruction thing avocado plants do when they're getting rid of old leaves.

I have a feeling Avocadees height with soar once those new leaves grow. Still thinking about pruning.

Egg

More of Egg. IT'S SO TALL! Almost taller than Avocadee!

New Hat (ARS Intersession)

For my school's 2019 Intersession, I joined the Getting Cozy one where all we did was watch movies and knit or crochet. I had an amazing time touching up on my knitting and crochet at the time. I even made 2 new friends. I started this blue hat with some yarn I bought from hobby lobby. I used a ribbed hat pattern I learned last year and I think it looks pretty nice.

Happy New Year!

Woot woot! It's been 1 year since the first post of this blog!

YAAAAAY!!