Wednesday, February 24, 2010

FIGHTFIGHT

Wow.. the peas I took from the classroom are growing way faster than the ones in my pot I think.
15.5cm vs. 21! They were relatively the same height as the ones in the pot when I initially brought them in.

Another weird thing: There are two sprouts from one bud--can that really happen? There were only four planted but 5 are growing in the pot. And no it's not the seed I murdered cos that one was dead for sure OKAY.

The radishes just look like giant sprouts. ); You can only stand upright for so long with such a thin stem--they're drooping awkwardly, especially Charles Christopher--he's 10cm now haha.
I wanna dig em up and see how long the roots are so baddddd. D:

The peas have had a slow start but once they get going they are speedin' faster than radishes.

Since there are no more incoming challengers (sprouts haha) the lowest ones as of yet are [peas]3cm and [radishes] 2cm and [corn], 0cm.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Popcorn


I, uh.. planted a couple of popcorn seeds. I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT WOULD ACTUALLY GROW. I mean, Matt told me to just look it up and see if it was possible to grow popcorn kernels but wouldn't that just suck the mystery out of life? );

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Uh oh, accidental abortion

13 Radishes - 9cm
3 Peas - 9cm

Wow.. the peas have certainly caught up to radishes in terms of height. I had planted 5 peas and the third one is just beginning to germinate.. but the fifth pea, I was wondering what the hell was up with it. I, UH, SORT OF DUG AROUND. I found it eventually and it juuuustttt baaaaaarely started germinating. Then the shell around the seed slipped out of my fingers, and the seed split in half. I don't know if I want to bother planting a fifth one again but I buried it back into the dirt anyway. D: I'll let the soil swallow it into nothingness.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Oh hi more pictures

COLOR COMPOSITION OH-HO.

Hahah I turn the pots around each day. They lean in one direction and try to reach for the sunlight but end up hula-dancing instead.
Bamboo fever. ); No no no, not that kind of fever.

This last image describes the second to last image pretty well.


...I didn't make it to chinatown in time to buy those vases at the giftshop. In fact, I woke up far too late to do anything yesterday.

Friday, February 19, 2010

12 Radishes - 8cm
3 Peas - 4cm

I think.. we're going to cut the bamboo. The stem is dying. D: Also it was PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE IT TAP WATER. Be right back, goin' to china town to buy appropriate vases for them, haha.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

A casual genocide

11 Radishes - Tallest 6cm
2 Peas - Tallest 1.5cm

I just realized that measuring in cm is the standard rule(r HAHA.) Makes more sense when you think about it, I guess.

Today we had a massacre in the classroom. Since their little marvel pea world was about to be blown up and washed away, I created a small escape pod for five of them.
;A; FFFFFFF IT WAS SO PAINFUL they had so much potential /sobbb

I think they're little marvel peas. Uh, I am certain that the ones I were already growing were alaskan green peas.

..RIGHT?

William's mom came over and seemed interested in the plants. I gave her some seeds for radishes and peas, since those are the easiest ones to grow I think.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Charles Christopher

Now there are twooo peaaaaas. And niiinneeeee radishes. And that's TUBULAR.

Peas are much slower in growth, but the radish sprouts have reached 200% in height compared to yesterday. William named the tallest one [2in] Charles Christopher.

As for the bamboo, it looks like it is doing better, but I'm not sure? I recently discovered what scales are (plant pests), but that doesn't seem to be the problem in this case. I think the bamboo is actually trying to start to grow new roots. I almost feel tempted to cut it off and let it continue take root. Wouldn't it be cool if it still grew, leaving it there? Bamboo with aerial roots! But, it is not humid enough for that kind of thing. Unless I leave it next to my humidifier?