Just an update

It has been a while since last posted here.

so, let's see...

The two Romaines...

The Amaranths...

They don't seem to grow much.... I wonder why?

Perhaps they need to be fed with fertilizers? 

Unfortunately, I'm novice, I don't know what kind - Organic / artificial, how frequent to put, where is the best place with best pricing to get ...

I also notice most "green finger" bloggers do not detail this ... may be I'm not looking hard enough.

This one seems like it's budding ... if it is, it's a failed effort.

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Looky look, it's the third one....

I meant the third leaf....

It's amazingly fast how this romaine is growing....

Hopefully it's not shooting for the sky too soon.

Aren't they just adorable...

KL vegetable garden's 2 hairy little baby romaine !

Looking strong!

Look closer, do you recall the romaine lettuce that you eat has hair? haha

3 days ago

Today

Romaine Lettuce - Seeds

Since there are no takers in the post to guess which picture is showing the seed of Romaine Lettuce,

think I'll just share my favourite shot of it...

Do they look like seed of some weeds? haha...

KL vegetable garden's first lettuce seedling !

The romaine lettuce seedling

of the

experimental "plug it in the soil and grow"

The power of Mother Nature

Guess I have to bid an early fond farewell to the 1 & only surviving Romaine Lettuce experimental plant of mine.

Never underestimate the power of mother nature, the wind, in this case.

In just one windy strong storm, it did the below....

but some of the flower buds are showing me they are not surrendering...

And that, my friend, is Nature's Instinct!

Everything, good or bad, will come to an end

Everything will come to an end, except those non-natural, artificial stuffs such as plastic we consume and throw to the land fill.

Well, today we don't have to worry about that as it's the romaine lettuce we are talking about.

It is showing sign of shrivel as it has done its job of propagation through seeding.

and... when something ends, there's always a new beginning somewhere... haha.

 seed from the lettuce above, germinating, 2-day old.

we shall see if this will grow into those with the familiar look we buy from market.

Take a guess, win a blog post dedication !

Romaine Lettuce Seed - Which One? A or B ?

The first comment with the correct answer will win my next blog post dedication.

A

B

The flower - Romaine Lettuce

Aren't they lovely ?

But anywhere you touch the stalk, you'll be greeted with sticky milk that smells "GREEN" !

Romaine Lettuce - Up up and away !

Shuttle Discovery, this is base, you are clear for take off to the moon !

haha.... well, not exactly the case here but shooting for the sky is...

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Budding Romaine Lettuce

My earlier suspicion is correct. 

The only surviving romaine lettuce plant I bought and grew by just sticking it into the pot with soil is now showing signs of flowering.

*exciting* can't wait to see if it'll have seeds for me... hee hee...

Romaine Lettuce as of 16 May 2010

It's not sure to me now if the leaves of this Romaine Lettuce is still edible....

It seems like it has been triggered to shoot for the sky (flower then seed).

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Our only hope... - Part 2

It's happily growing...

*very delighted!

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Our only hope...

You are our only hope...

Grow baby , GROW.

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It's the end.

kl vegetable garden log 07052010, the live of the remaining 2 transplanted romaine lettuce plants have come to an end. It is doubtful they will ever live pass another week.

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Experiment falling apart

Warning: DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE SEEING PHOTOS OF BUGS DURING MEAL TIME.

It's a sad news.

As soon as I reached home today, I noticed one of the transplanted Romaine Lettuce has "collapsed" !

 The "collapsed" crop after uprooted by me

I've actually transplanted all some 1.5 weeks ago. This was one that had not grown any roots aquaponically (I believe this is the correct term to use instead of hydroponic).

The transplantation as of 1.5 weeks ago. The collapsed one today is on the right.

Ironically, the one that was transplanted very early on, even before the appearance of roots as in earlier post, is showing the best of signs.

  At the same time I started this experiment, I also tinkered with composting using a small container and organic soil (the same soil as used in above photos). The organic scraps were of those Romaine Leave plucked off from the lower stem.

  When I was digging in to add in some fresh carrot peels leftover today (some 3 weeks since start), I noticed the bugs below. No wonder the cabbage scraps I added in some two days ago got chewed up so fast. I recalled during the start, the Romaine leaves remained intact even after 3 days....

  A search on the internet did not help me identifying it, so hopefully some of you who stops by here can .... Hope I'm not rearing some pests here...( I did kept the compost soil very moist most of the time )

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