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By Sandy, on March 19th, 2009
I bought these two Echeverias in December last year for my tabletop garden – Merry Christmas. In these three months, the stems of these Echeverias have kept stretching longer and longer, and now, they are like a Yao Ming of their genus.
Continue reading My Echeveria is Growing Way Too Tall!
By Sandy, on March 17th, 2009
 When planting magic beans with crystal soil during the beans’ seedling stage, it seems that the size and shape of the container matter much. I have grown my magic beans in four containers of different sizes and shapes. While three of these containers are smaller pots with a big flat bottom, one of them is a relatively bigger, fishbowl shaped one.
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 13 – Container Size Matters
By Sandy, on March 14th, 2009
My magic beans are growing fast. They grow so fast that I literally can see some differences within hours.
  
I checked the magic beans in the morning around 11:40am. Since the dried up seed coat on their tips were just loosely hanging there, I could easily take them away.
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 12 – First True Leaves
By Sandy, on March 11th, 2009
 Finally, my magic beans have emerged from the crystal soil. And now I can see their faces 🙂 No matter how many beautiful flowers and potted plants I have, somehow, I just feel very exciting and magical whenever I witness the process of a seed growing into a baby plant.
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 10 – My Magic Beans Are Growing!
By Sandy, on March 8th, 2009
 Today when I checked my magic beans, I found that the crystal soil had turned even more brownish than before, despite that I had rinsed and cleaned them two days ago. So again, I took them out for another wash. And when I poured everything from the container into the drainer and saw my magic beans, I knew I had done something wrong.
 
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 6 – Some New Colors for My Crystal Soil
By Sandy, on March 5th, 2009
On Day 4, I finally could see some of the magic beans had their roots break-opened the red seed coat and got ready for more actions. And, the color of the crystal soil has changed. Some of these crystal beads have a brownish tone now. I am guessing that they are probably colored by the red seed coat of the magic beans.
 
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 4 – I See Some Roots!
By Sandy, on March 4th, 2009
 I bought some beans that have engraved words and pattern on the internet earlier. I think these beans are a great gift idea for kids, for parties, wedding favors, home decor, and such. While some call it the message bean, some others call it the magic bean. Anyways, beans are beans, and I just couldn’t wait to grow them when I got the beans in the mail a few days ago. And I wanted to try this with crystal soil too! 😀
Continue reading I’ve Got Some Magic Beans!
By Sandy, on March 2nd, 2009
My African violet, fantasy gold, isn’t growing much since I bought it in November last year. After some research that I have done and getting advices from other gardeners, I believe that the problem is due to overwatering and wrong size of container. African violet hates soggy soil. And with a container that is too large, the soil can be kept soggy for a very long period of time.
Continue reading Why My African Violet Isn’t Growing Much?
By Sandy, on February 24th, 2009
This is my tabletop garden – Bento Box, filled with sweet orchids, mini fittonia, caladium, kalanchoes … a total of 8 pots of flowers and foliage.
As the photo here shows, I think this tabletop garden needs 2 more little plants to be called as completed. Probably some type of white flowers or some green foliage plants would make a nice match.
What do you think?
Continue reading Tabletop Garden – My Bento is Almost Ready!
By Sandy, on February 13th, 2009
 Different plants have different watering needs and light requirements. And placing my beet and golden spikemoss next to my african violets, cactus, and succulents sometimes makes me forget to water them as frequent as I should (excuse, excuse…)
 
A few days ago, I found the leaves of my beet were all weak and sad. At first, I guessed that it might be due to insufficient sunlight. Continue reading They Just Want More Water!
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