Twenty-two and nursing a gardening addiction in a little apartment while I figure out life. I prefer succulents and other weirdos of the plant world, but all plants are beautiful. Questions and comments are welcome. Suggestions are welcome if you have thought them through.
Tangerines
Inspired by @gardenscience’s Growing Lemons experiment, I took three big, plump seeds out of the tangerine I was eating and stuck them in containers of dirt. (It just seemed like a shame to waste them!)
The internet told me I should rinse them in bleach water first, but that seemed rather extreme to me. Instead, I thoroughly rinsed them all with clean water, and washed one with dish soap and one with hand soap.
Now they are in some nice damp soil in chopped-up water bottles on the shelf over the heater, we’re they’ll be nice and warm. When/if they germinate, I’ll move them to the windowsill for more light.
I must have patience.
Let’s see how this goes!
Baby pineapple! (Taken at the Huntington Museum of Art)
Pomegranate flower and fruit, conservatory at Huntington Museum of Art.
I wonder if pomegranates fruit and flower at the same time in the wild? Isn’t there a special word for that?
I liked the effect of the fruit that had split open on the vine, making visible the tasty seeds within.
