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Hey,

Sorry I’ve been gone for a couple days. I’ve received some mean anonymous chats and I was going to talk about it, but I don’t think it’s fair to bring that here. Anyways, I just needed to step away for a second, but now I’m back 🙂

~ On Another Note~ I was kinda planning to grow a little garden this year. I’ve always had one and I love growing plants so I have some things lined up. I know this is technically a BTS account, but would anybody be interested in seeing gardening updates and such? I thought about making another blog for it but I don’t really want to do that and I just thought it would be cute to give little updates here. Please let me know if you’re interested in that 😊

That’s all I have for now. I’ll be around more, sorry I was gone again. Please take care and let’s be happy 💜 Spring is about to be in full bloom 🌹🌷

I come to you with my first gardening update!!!!

I planted my non-root seeds on Thursday March 24th

I planted them in a peat moss, compost, soil mixture (if you know anything about gardening, most people don’t recommend you plant seeds in this kind of mixture. But at the same time it’s a seed so it really doesn’t matter as long as it’s moist and not drowning) I had to soak the hot pepper seeds, that’s why there’s a bowl of water. I also plan on planting carrots, radishes, strawberries, onions and a tomato plant. The Farmer’s Almanac recommends that things should be planted outside between mid-April and mid-May, in my area. So it’ll still be a while before I plant the root produce.

This morning when I checked my seedlings I found this.

🤩 A Bok Choy sprout 🤩

Bok Choy has the shortest germination time of all my seeds I’ve planted so far. There’s actually a few other sprouts too, but this one is the biggest.

I’ll be back when more exciting things happen.

Gardening Update #2

I noticed one yesterday and then this morning…

🤩 Basil Sprouts 🤩 !!!!

I’ve grown slightly impatient and worried because the Bok Choy sprouted so fast, it feels like it’s taking too long for the other sprouts. But it’s only just been over a week so… I must work on my patients a bit.

The Bok choys are doing well. They’re about 2 inches tall now and I have to turn them everyday bc they’re thirsty bitches for that sun. Whores, they love it 😛 I’m going to have to thin them out a bit so they can develop better, but I’m waiting a few more day so they have a bit more strength.

I took these pictures before I watered them btw. They’re well hydrated now 😊

I also wanted to show you my airplane plant

Idk if that’s what it’s actually called but that’s what my family always called it. This was a gift from my grandma because she has one that she’s had forever and it’s huge. They’re really easy to grow and replant. This one was outside last summer, but it got eaten off my rabbits or ground squirrels or something 😔 it also got pretty beat up by a derecho 2 years ago 😔 but as you can see, it’s grown back from literally nothing and it’s doing very well 🙂 It’ll go back outside when the weather is right, but it literally snowed here yesterday so it’ll still be a while.

Thank you for coming to my presentation. I’ll be back with more exciting news. Take care now 💜😊

Garden Update #3

Guess what?

🤩 Cilantro Sprouts 🤩

I spy!!! I think it’s very interesting that they sprouted up in loops with the top bent over. I thought they were growing wrong at first and couldn’t figure out how I messed up. Turns out, that’s just how they grow. It’s cute or whateva 😏

However, 😔 problems arose 😔

The bottoms of a lot of the cups became moldy. I had a feeling the paper cups would have an effect and be effected somehow, but I didn’t anticipate mold 😔 Some of the cups were worse than others and I think it effected the grow of some of the seeds. Only 3 of 4 cilantros sprouted and only 1 of 3 bell peppers sprouted, however, the pepper sprouts didn’t even surface yet and the top of the dirt was covered with mold. ☹️

I think what happened was, I didn’t give the cups big enough holes for drainage and circulation. When I would water the seeds, because the roots were still not developed or very small, the dirt was over-watered at the bottom of the cups and then it would absorb into the paper. There was also no airflow under the cups, so there was no way for them to dry and they would just be sitting in their own moisture. It was a combination of things going on.

It happens. I’ve never started seeds like this and I knew there was going to be problems eventually. I just knew that I needed to get the seedlings out of those cups before they started feeding off of the mold and get diseases. They wouldn’t be edible at that point.

✨ My Solution ✨

I don’t know if it’s gonna work for sure, but I used a whole punch to make bigger holes near the bottom and on the bottom of the cups. All I had was a heart hole punch so… that’s cute 😛

I replanted them yesterday

As you can see, I’ve placed the cups on cooking racks this time around so hopefully that’ll help the bottoms to air out.

I cut the old cups open and carefully removed the sprouts. Because the bottom of the cups were moldy, the bottom of the dirt was moldy and I needed to get rid of it. I carefully pulled the bottom of the dirt off, trying not to disturb the roots too much because non of the sprouts are strong enough for a full transplant yet. Then I put them in the new cups with new dirt on the bottom.

I have a feeling I may have stunted the growth of some of the sprouts, but I have more seeds if that’s the case. The cilantro roots were the biggest and strongest. Bok Choy roots were kinda long, but they were really delicate and broke easily. The basil didn’t hardly have any roots.

These are the sprouts this morning:

They haven’t been too happy because it’s been really cloudy around here, but they’re doing well still 🤩 The cilantro shot up really fast and it’s taller than the Bok Choy already. They were all a little limp yesterday, but they’re standing tall today 🤩 Hopefully the new dirt on the bottom of the cups will give them a little boost of nutrients to survive.

Anyways, this update was pretty big but a lot happened. I’ll let you know if anything else happens.

I’ll be back. Wait for me 💜😊

Garden Update #4

I apologize for it having been almost a month sense I’ve updated you on my seedlings. But I’m here now so it’s okay 😊

Since it has been so long I’ll just give quick summaries of each seedling type.

Cilantro

The cilantros grew the most in height and new growth. There was a moment when they were flopping over and I realized it was because they weren’t getting enough sunlight. I ended up purchasing a grow light and I’m so glad I did because not only did it help my other seedlings, the sun hardly came back for the rest of April. Even today it is very cloudy around here.

If you want more info on the grow light let me know bc it genuinely works really well.

Bok Choy

Unfortunately, I ended up loosing 4 of 5 Bok choys. I still don’t know whether the cause was overwatering, underwayering, dampening-off, shock, lack of sunlight, I truly don’t know. It was saddening, but it’s something that happens while gardening. Your bound to loose some plants here and there. I planted 4 new cups of Bok Choy and they sprouted up really nice and full.

Basil

Honestly, not much happened with the basil. It’s just been growing and doing it’s thang or whateva. I lost a couple sprouts, but I didn’t have to plant anymore to that’s good.

Spicy and Bell peppers

I don’t know if you noticed before but I’ve hardly talked about my peppers. Truly because nothing happened until recently. My first round of pepper got moldy and I ended up starting some new cups. I almost lost hope on those too because nothing was happening. It had been 15 days and I hadn’t seen anything yet. Just as I was about to start those again when I found sprouts. I was so excited and so interested to see that they also grew up in loops like the cilantro.

I will also mention that the new hole-punched cups are working very well. They drain like they’re supposed to and they haven’t gotten moldy yet.

May 5th

Now we can get current.

✨Cilantro✨

As you can see, they have very defined cilantro leaf growth. It’s very exciting to see and they also smell like cilantro too 🤩 The only thing is, they have very weak stems. I can’t figure out why for sure, but it does make me a bit worried. I have them supported with kabob sticks, but it’s still really sad when they fall off and flop over. I may need to transplant them into a different container, but I don’t know for sure.

The basil is still quite small, but it’s got some new growth in the middle so it is still alive and growing. She just takes her sweet time 😊

I’m so glad Bok choys grow so fast because it’s fun to see it happen. I planted a bunch of new seeds. I had to thin out the ones that were short, had different sized leaves, discolored, and ones that didn’t look completely healthy. Some of the new seeds are already getting some new growth too, which is always exciting 😛

This is the only original Bok Choy seedling from the first batch and as you can see, it’s got some Bok Choy leaves. It’s does need a little toothpick support, buts she’s a trooper 😊 She’s doing well.

I think the pepper sprouts are so pretty. Something about the leaf shape and color is just.. mwuah 😚 chefs kiss. I’m really glad that they finally sprout but bc I thought I was going to abandon them completely. I knew before going into this that pepper, even if you buy matured seedlings, are a bit hard to grow. I was so excited to see them pop up.

Well, that’s all I have for now. Sorry again it’s been so long, but it also takes a while for some things to happen. So far everything is growing the best it can and so it’s still exciting.

Thank you for sticking around 😊

I’ll be back with more soon, wait for me 💜