Peach seed

I'm growing a peach seed that I got from a peach I ate on Sunday. I'm using all the methods I learned from Youtube. Like the avocado plants, it'll take at least 2-3 months before the seed starts to germinate. You know what? If I can go through waiting for my avocado seeds to germinate, then I can wait for this peach seed too! I'll post an update when right when I see any signs of germination.

RIP tomatoes

The seedlings were all too unhealthy for me to continue this series. I think they didn't do so well because of the chemicals of the paper towel (my guess) and the seeds weren't stored correctly after the first time I used them. Better luck next time. :(

These photos were taken on July 11th

This is something that really freaked me out. I have no idea why t looks like this but it loots shriveled and in no good shape.

AVOCADO UPDATE: 2 Avocado plants left

I am more than upset with the results of Avacado, but I feel like it wasn't a good start for her anyway.

Her life wasn't going so well from the start. I raised her in a cup, gave her too much water and space to grow, and little to no sunlight at all. Now that I'm reflecting I feel like I tortured the poor creature. During Avacado's last moments, I pruned all her leaves off, repotted her and left her outside for nature to take its course. The next day, a heavy storm came through town and absolutely destroyed the plant. It was practically a ball of roots at that point. It continues to sit out there today and a little part of me hopes that it will spring back to life after being baptized from the past thunderstorms.

If it wasn't for Avacado, I wouldn't have started this plant journey. I don't know I mentioned this earlier, but I literally did not try to be careful when Avacado first germinated. I felt like it was a miracle when it happened, and thus started my seed-growing high. I'm trying extra careful to meet my avocado plants' needs right now, even if they're not in good shape right now. Basically, all of the leaves except a few fell off all of my plants, BUT THEY'RE RECOVERING! They are still healthy enough to have some new growth, which is a very good sign. The only problem I have is that it's taking forever. But that's a good sign too!

The more I grow plants, the more I'm patient with myself

Here are some recent photos:

These all were taken on 7/2/19

THAT BIG O LEAF FELL RIGHT OFF!

Maybe this will grow as big as the old one

Still my favorite plant ❤️💚

This is my Uncle's peace lily plant her got a long time ago. We're taking care of it for the summer while they're on vacation.

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