Basil - Papaya - Tomato Seedlings

And after more than 2 weeks of sowing, here are the results: (drum roll....)

Basil

Sadly this time, the outcome is not as good as before. I only have 1 seedling that sprouted. Oh well, hopefully it thrives and matures this time. Although, it doesn't look that impressive.

Believe it or not, that's a baby basil.

It rained last night, that's why it looks faint.

Papaya

Another average result, my 1 papaya seedling. Similar with the basil, I didn't have the same success as before. But I guess it's better to have one than nothing. I hope this one thrives too.

Here it is, one seedling sprouted out of many seeds from a papaya fruit.

Do you think that using an egg carton is not such a good idea?

Or I just happen to have a bad amount of seeds?

Tomato

Although those 2 were a flop, to my surprise, my tomatoes are not. It is my first time to sow tomatoes, and remember, I directly sow them from the fruit. So to have more than 10 seedlings, I think is not bad at all. Thanks to these little darlings, they definitely made my day.

Look! This is exciting!

Guess I have better luck in using milk cartons than the egg cartons.

1 milk carton for some reason has 1 seedling only.

As of today, there are 14 tomato seedlings.

It'd be great if could say "I have 14 tomato plants" too... someday.

Happy sowing!

"The future - others think it's frightening, but I think it's exciting."

Moving on

Spoiler alert!

     If you're a plant-lover, I won't suggest you to read this post.


For the first time in more than 5 years, I experienced heavy rainfall in Malaysia every single day.
Usually, I wouldn't be so concerned about it. But not anymore. For I had to watch my plants drown in water each day. And this plus no sunlight equals dying plants. And to make the story short, at the end, all of them died. *sob

My balsam, basil, chervil, mint,... all of them. Now, I only have my aloe vera left, and they don't look so good either. And 1 basil seedling that looks pretty well. It took more me than a month to get over that.

This used to be a healthy calamansi seedling.

The only surviving basil seedling. How it survived? Beats me.

My not so good-looking aloe vera.

I'm trying to put them back to life. Hopefully, they'll get healthy.

Now, I finally moved on, and had the guts to start all over again. Starting with:

OREGANO

A friend gave it to me yesterday. I just immediately put them into soil when I got them.

Please, Mother Nature, let it thrive.

PAPAYA

As you can see, I'm using an egg carton. 

I've got a bunch of them, and finally found a way to recycle them. 

I've been storing the papaya seeds for more than a month. Let's see if I'll succeed again. 

*fingers crossed*

CHILI PEPPER AND CALAMANSI

I had plenty of them in the fridge. Some are dried up.

Instead of throwing them away, I thought, why not sow the seeds? And so, here they are.

TOMATO

Removed the seeds, and put them straight to these used milk cartons.

I'm experimenting whether they will thrive this way. What do you think?

Once again, I'll have my fingers crossed and hope that Mother Nature does her miracle. There's been no rainfall lately, so I guess it's been great so far. Wish me luck! And I do wish you luck too. ;)

I'll update you with the results next time. Till then. Happy Gardening!

"Just because you've failed doesn't make you a failure.

Failure only defines those who don't try again."