I hadn't done any real gardening for a few weeks, for various reasons. Since I was about to go on vacation, I couldn't leave anything undone, and I also had some things to take care of at home, such as painting the window bars, cleaning the walls, and other things.
But one day, when I went downstairs, I decided to take care of some pending tasks with some of my plants.
For example, I have a fern; I thought it was what they call a staghorn fern, but it's not, although it's quite similar. I had noticed for days that although it has green leaves, there were also a lot of dead leaves; to be honest, it didn't seem to be very happy in that pot, so I took advantage of the fact that my son was there and took it out. Its roots had almost no substrate left, so I got to work and also placed it in a spot where it could be watered more easily.
Likewise, one of my Monstera plants, as I believe it is, a plant I inherited from a neighbor who passed away, used to be in water and in a spot where it received direct light. I placed it in soil and in a place where it receives indirect light; its leaves look better and it has grown so much that I had to cut it and plant it in another pot; also, the stick I had placed as a support broke and I had to put in a new one, but I need to think about a permanent solution and a larger pot.
On the other hand, the rains have decreased, so I have had to be attentive to watering plants that need water more often, such as coleus, and speaking of coleus, I discovered that the one that had died out of nowhere was because a neighborhood kitten had taken the pot as a litter box; I found this out when I planted a new cutting, so I decided to move the pot until the cuttings I planted take root and grow.
As for my houseplants, I'm worried about my zamioculcas; it's just stunned, it's not growing. I was talking about it with a neighbor and she gave me a recipe that she uses on hers, so I'll try it and see what results I get, because I really want to see this plant grow to a large size; I've seen some huge ones in different places and they look simply beautiful.
I hadn't mentioned some new plants to you; one is a fuchsia-colored Bella a las Once and the other I don't know what variety it is, but it also has orange flowers. That one is very funny, because as soon as the sun goes down, it closes its flowers and leaves. It took a while to fill the Bella a las Once pot, but now it's lovely to see it in bloom, so I plan to plant some cuttings from the gardens, since it's better to see these flowers than weeds, especially because I've noticed that they hinder their growth, so it would be a great partnership. I know it will take time, but I also know it will look great.
In short, that's how my gardening activities are going, and with these lines my participation in The Last Garden Journal Challenge! comes to an end.
Versi贸n Espa帽ol (Pulse aqu铆)
Ten铆a algunas semanas sin hacer verdadera jardiner铆a, las razones fueron varias, al estar por salir de vacaciones no pod铆a dejar nada pendiente, y, por otra parte, estoy atendiendo algunas cosas en casa como pintar las rejas de las ventanas, limpiar las paredes, y otras cosas.
Pero un d铆a sin mas al bajar decid铆 atender algunos pendientes con algunas de mis plantas.
Por ejemplo, tengo un helecho; cre铆 que era el que llaman cacho de venado, pero no lo es, pero es bastante similar. Ten铆a d铆as notando que aunque tiene hojas verdes, tambi茅n hab铆a una gran cantidad de hojas muertas; la verdad, parec铆a ya no estar muy a gusto en esa maceta, as铆 que aprovech茅 que mi hijo estaba all铆 y la saqu茅. Sus ra铆ces ya no ten铆an casi nada de sustrato, as铆 que puse manos a la obra y adem谩s la coloqu茅 en un lugar en el que pudo regarla m谩s f谩cilmente.
As铆 mismo, una de mis Monstera, ya que creo que lo es, una planta que hered茅 de una vecina que falleci贸, sol铆a estar en agua y en un lugar donde recib铆a luz directa; yo la coloqu茅 en sustrato y en un lugar donde recibe luz indirecta; sus hojas se ven de mejor tonalidad y ha crecido much铆simo, al punto que tuve que cortar y sembrar en otra maceta; adem谩s, el palo que le hab铆a colocado como soporte se rompi贸 y tuve que colocar uno nuevo, pero debo ir pensando en una soluci贸n definitiva y en una maceta m谩s grande.
Por otro lado, las lluvias han mermado, por lo que he tenido que estar atenta al riego de plantas que necesitan agua mas seguido, como por ejemplo las c贸leos, y hablando de c贸leos, descubr铆 que la que se hab铆a muerto de la nada, fue porque alg煤n gatito comunitario tomo la maceta de arenero; lo descubr铆 al sembrar un esqueje nuevo, por lo que decid铆 cambiar la maceta de lugar hasta que los esquejes que sembr茅 den ra铆ces y crezcan.
En cuanto a mis plantas caseras, me preocupa mi zamioculca; simplemente est谩 pasmada, no crece. Estuve conversando del tema con una vecina y me dio una receta que uso en las suyas, as铆 que intentar茅 a ver que resultados me da, porque la verdad anhelo ver crecer esta planta a grandes proporciones; he visto unas enormes en diversos lugares y lucen simplemente hermosas.
No les hab铆a comentado de unas plantas nuevas; una es una Bella a las Once color fucsia y la otra no s茅 que variedad ser谩, pero tambi茅n es de flores naranja. Esa es muy graciosa, pues en cuanto el sol baja, ella cierra sus flores y sus hojas. Cost贸 un poco lograr que la maceta de la Bella a las Once se llenara, pero ahora es encantador verla con flores, as铆 que tengo planes de ir sembrando en algunos esquejes de los jardines, ya que es mejor ver estas flores que la mala hierba y m谩s porque he notado que impide su crecimiento, as铆 que ser铆a una gran alianza. S茅 que tomar谩 tiempo, pero tambi茅n s茅 que se ver谩 muy bien.
En resumen, as铆 van mis actividades de jardiner铆a, y con estas l铆neas termina mi participaci贸n en 隆El 煤ltimo desaf铆o del diario del jard铆n!
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