Week 14 lamma rooftop garden
As this is my first attempt at container gardening, I was curious how many plants I could fit into each pot. To conduct the experiment, i planted a pot with 2 chillies, and one with 4 chillies to see if they could produce. Up to week 12, neither the 2 plant or 4 plant chillies had produced any fruit, they just kept dropping the small amount of flowers they had.
So, at week 12 i trimmed each of the pots down to a single plant per pot, and within 2 weeks there was a massive burst of flowering growth, even fruit set! This pretty conclusively settles the issue as far as I am concerned - and I will be limiting 1 plant per pot from now on.
The thai basil and genovese basil are growing steadily, and I noticed they were bolting to seed, so I pruned them back. I also had 8 chillies turn red on me this week, and its great to have a steady supply of fresh heat to add to dishes. I harvest another eggplant, and have at least 2 up and coming that will be ready next week or the week after. Each plant is producing 1-2. I feel that the pot size I used was a bit small, next year i will try with a larger size.
The loofah grew in size marginally, mostly getting thicker rather than longer this week. To date, my loofahs have not been very productive. after 14 weeks, I am just now getting my first harvestable fruit, out of 6 vines. Granted, Typhoon nesat claimed 3 of them, but loofah is proving the most difficult to grow. The structure I built is only around 5 feet off the ground from the distance of the pot to the roof, and the loofah requires a much higher structure to flourish.
Lastly, the tiny tims are growing steadily.
The cold weather brought some pests. I noticed and increase in aphids and scale insect, which required a few hours of manual removal.
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loofah nov 12, week 14.JPG [ 162 KiB | Viewed 3182 times ]
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