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Little chillies 65 Days old after transplanted

2 days old Long Bean from black seeds after transplanted

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Tips for Watering Tomato Plants

Water slowly, water deeply – The number 1 rule of watering tomatoes is to make sure that you go slow and easy. Never rush watering tomato plants. Use a drip hose or other forms of drip irrigation to deliver water to your tomato plants slowly.

Water regularly - How often should you water tomato plants? There is no hard and fast rule to this. It depends on how hot it is and if the plant is actively growing. A good rule of thumb is to supply water once every 2 – 3 days at the height of summer. Remember that water supplied by Mother Nature counts towards watering tomato plants in the garden. Once the weather cools and fruit has set, scale back watering to once a week.

Water at the roots – When watering tomatoes, make sure you get the water straight to the roots. Do not water from above as this can cause disease and pests to attack the plants. Watering tomato plants from above also encourages premature evaporation and unnecessarily wastes water.

Mulch – Using mulch help to keep water where the plants need it. Use mulch to slow down evaporation.
Problems related to improper watering tomatoes

Improper watering can lead to the following issues:

Blossom end rot
Stunted growth
Reduced fruit production
Susceptibility to pests
Root loss
Sub-quality fruit

Now that you know how often should you water tomato plants and how much water tomato plants need, you can water tomatoes in your garden with confidence and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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How Much Sun Do Tomato Plants Need?

Light requirements for tomatoes to grow

The simple answer to questions on light requirements for tomatoes is that you need a minimum of 6 hours to produce fruit, but 8 or more hours of sun will produce the best results in terms of how many tomatoes you get.

The reason that light for a tomato plant is so important is that tomato plants convert sunlight into energy. Tomato plants need energy to make their fruit. Therefore, the more sunshine they get, the more energy they have and the more fruit they can produce.

Light requirements for tomatoes to ripen

So now that you know the light requirements for tomatoes to grow, you may be wondering how much sun do tomato plants need in order to ripen their fruit.

Growing tomatoes and sun is necessary, but the fruit themselves do not need sunlight to ripen.

Tomato fruit actually ripen fastest in the absence of sunlight. Tomatoes ripen because of heat and ethylene gas, not because of sun light.

So remember, the answer to the question how much sun do tomato plants need is simple. They need as much as you can give them. If you make sure that there is enough light for a tomato plant, the tomato plant will make sure there is enough tasty tomatoes for you.

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Last Episode of Cucumber Story

Today is the last episode for cucumber, all the leafs turn to yellowish color means there is no more cucumber fruits from the plant. So late evening I did replace the cucumber with long bean from black seeds. 6 long bean plants have been transplanted into 3 polibags. I still have a five days seedlings long bean from white seeds in the media tray. In Malaysia the white seed market is more demand.

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Pelleted Chicken Manure Organic Fertilizer

Pelleted Chicken Manure (PCM) organic fertilizer (4-1-1)is a decent source of nitrogen (2-4%) and 100% organic. It also has small amounts of phosphorus and potassium. Making PCM entails composting the manure until the manure is completely sterilized, which kills pathogens, viable weed seeds, salmonella, etc, at temperatures above 158°F (70°C).

I did water my little chilly with dilution of Pelleted Chicken Manure once a day to make sure its have a good compost of nutrient balance. The result is I have a very good health chilly plant in my garden.

This manure is the richest source of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium of the animal manures.

PCM Use

* Used to increase green leaf growth
* Adds organic matter that creates humus
* Soils with high pH can be brought closer to neutral
* Can be used as a compost decomposition activator
* Improves soil structure
* Do not use around seedlings
* When adding to your garden as a nitrogen source, always blend it into the soil (be aware of the strong smell)

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3rd Harvest the Chinese Water Spinach

Today I did harvest the 'kangkung' or Chinese Water Spinach in English from my Hydroponic case. Those who are seedings the Chinese Water Spinach in the hydroponic can follow my tips not to remove all the roots from hydroponic case. You can repeat harvest them by cutting them a little bit higher from the roots (about 2 fingers higher from first branch) then u can see a new branch will grow up from there.

I ask my wife to fried with sambal and dried prawns or 'kangkung belacan' in Malaysia. Sambal is a malaysian chilli made by pounding chillies with a bit of lime and belacan. Belacan is fermented shrimp paste usually sold in a solidly packed rectangular block.




Hurmm..yummi..yummmi...its very delicious but regretly I have a bad ulcer in my mouth and my tounge got ulcer too. So pity...I can't move my tounge so much...:(

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