Progress Pineapple in a Bottle

1. Started to produce fruit
2. A week later, Putting organic fertilizer

3. A week later, Measuring
4. A week later, New color!

Berkebun Dalam Bandar Tanpa Tanah yang Luas

Rumah saya merupakan sebuah rumah di sudut tepi atau corner lot. Tapi tanahnya tidak subur disebabkan pelbagai sisa bahan binaan ditanam di dalamnya. Tanahnya juga mudah air bertakung apabila hujan turun walaupun seketika. Ia menyebabkan banyak tanaman saya mati seperti durian manthong, durian belanda, nenas Sarawak, nenas MD2, pokok pisang terbantut dan sebagainya.

Selepas berusaha menanam pelbagai tanaman, akhirnya saya berusaha menanam pelbagai tanaman di dalam botol minyak 5L, 3L dan botol air 1.5L. Berikut hasilnya:

1. nenas MD2 sudah berbuah pokok ke 4,

    Sudah dua minggu nenas berbuah di dalam botol 5L.

2. bendi berbuah + nenas MD2,

3. Apple mint,

Daun dan batang lebih sihat apabila ditanam dalam bekas 5L. 

4. kunyit

Keluarga saya gemar mencampurkan daun kunyit ke dalam pelbagai masakan. Sangat sedap. 

5. Bendi

5. halia dll.

Saya juga tidak perlu kuathir jika saya tiada di rumah selama 5 hari atau lebih. Selamat mencuba berkebun dalam bandar.

Rose Apple First Blossoms

I planted a rose apple tree more than three years ago at the front of my house. I bought the hybrid plant from a nursery. Well, to be more accurate, I bought the plant during Universiti Teknologi Malaysia convocation in 2017. During the convocation, there were many sellers renting stalls to sell  various products.

Yesterday, Wednesday, 4th March 2020, I found out the rose apple tree is blossoming for the first time. The tree height is about six feet tall. I rarely put much nutrient in the ground. There were a few times, I planted chicken and coffee waste under the tree.

I suspect the tree is blossoming due to the hot weather. There was no rain for almost two weeks. It is usually very hot as high as 42 degree Celsius at noon.

Due to the hot weather, I pour water to all my plants outside of my home such as pineapples, lady finger, banana trees, star fruit, mulberry, and others. It was during the moment I saw the tree is blossoming. However, when I bought the tree, I was promised it is red rose apples, not white.

In total, there are three groups of blossoms for the moment. I am hoping more blossoms will appear soon. The blossoming give me more motivation to spray organic pesticide to the tree and plant more organic nutrient in the ground.

Reference:
1. http://www.raw-food-health.net/Rose-Apple.html
2. https://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/plant_wk/rose_apple.htm

Seeding and Planting Grape Trees

My first attempt to plant grape trees was a failure. I planted about eight seeds but none manage to survive. About a month ago, I managed to get another batch of grape seeds. The seeding was done using grape tree's branches.

As usual, I plant or seed using bottles. Since I anticipate, grape trees will grow for a long time, I prepare several 5L bottles and soil. Each bottle, I planted three to four grape branches. Originally, I got several grape branches for about 30 cm to 40 cm. So, I broke the branches into 15 cm to 20 cm each. Before I planted the branches, I have to make sure the direction of each branch is correct. I planted the branches on the 2nd day of January 2020.

I showered each bottle and the branches with water and a special ingredient once on every morning. On 7 January 2020, I shifted the bottles from under the poach onto an open area. I want to make sure the branches receives enough sun light even though there is no leave yet.

I was surprised shoots started to grow on the 9th January 2020! 

Two of the branches already had a couple of shoots.

I did my best to plant the branches at the center of the bottle evenly. If all the branches successfully grown, I may shift them into different containers with only a single branch in each container.

More branches had grown their own shoots and leaves on 11 January 2020.

The first branch has already have two leaves.

Second branch...a shoot already came out.

Third branch...was also growing.

Fourth and fifth branches were also growing.

On 13 January 2020, the leaves are still healthy. I never miss spraying the branches and leaves with water with special ingredient.

Next is to prepare a long term based for growth

Ripe Pineapple for Harvest

Previously, I shown my first pineapple has bear fruit, click here. I planted the tree about two years ago. After moving the pineapple into different container, the pineapple finally bear fruit, click here. Another pineapple in a 5L bottle has also bear fruit, click here. This proves I can use 5L bottle to plant pineapples. Now, it is time to harvest the first pineapple at my home.

The progress of the fruit is here. The pictures of pineapple in December 2019 are below. They looks beautiful. The pictures were taken on 4th December 2019. At closer look, you can see the edges are red.

The pineapple pictures taken on 11 January 2020. From red color, the fruit has become yellow.

I am planning to harvest the fruit during this weekend. Hopefully, I can preserve the fruit until Chinese holiday, so that my son can also taste the fruit when he came home.

Once I plucked a pineapple fruit, I don't know how long the fruit can last. Do you?