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Oh O!!! Trouble!!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:10 am I'm now at my wits end as to what to do with my toms except to keep my fingers crossed. 
???? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The healthiest plant was that on the right and it produced the first bloom, now it is just trying to keep alive. 
Curly or Rolly??? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The other 2 plants with the tomatoes are also doing the curly rolly thing, wanted to try treating them with epsom salt suggested by Mart but it seems impossible to get that highly evasive item here. Now my mind is playing tricks on me and is starting to blame it on the air pollution .......... Last edited: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:13 am This blog entry has been viewed 724 times
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It's Here! It's Here! My very first tomato.
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:55 pm 
Very first tom! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This evening I discovered that my very first tom had formed, it was not from the very first flowers but from another bunch of another plant. 
Leaf Miner scar ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The plant that flower first had a couple of it's leaves attacked by leaf miners and is suffering from leaves curl. The leaf miners matter was easily solved by pinching where the leaf miners track is and for the curling leaves I'll be trying Mart's epsom salt remedy. Tomorrow is supermart day so I'll be looking for epsom salt, hope they have it. 
2 good, 1-? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) All three plants is having the curling syndrome and the one which is most severe, the flowers are not forming. Now to keep my fingers and toes crossed that I will at least get one tomato to maturity! Last edited: Thu May 24, 2012 3:07 pm This blog entry has been viewed 501 times
It's Flowering!!! YIPEE!!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:15 pm 
Toms very first flowers. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I can now officially claim these are the very first sets of tomatoes flowers in my mini farm! YAHOO!!! This blog entry has been viewed 381 times
Poles or Cage?
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:30 pm First a little update ..... I guess there will only be 3 surviving at the end .... I hope. 
50:50 ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Right now I can see only 3 plants are healthy while 2 are unhealthy with their leaves having yellow spots and curving upwards and one dead. 
Unhealthy ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) 
Hmmm!!!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) 
RIP ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) For the 3 healthy ones, I have decided to go with bamboo cage which I think they will do better in this kind of extreme weather. 
Cage ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Should the unhealthy plants recover, maybe I'll go with poles. This blog entry has been viewed 848 times
Ouch!!! It's Not Smooth Sailing!!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:02 pm After just 3 days of planting my baby toms, I was just about to relax when one of them was curled up dying. 
First Casualty ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I just couldn't believe because it was fine in the morning and now!?!!?? The only thing I can think off is a careless bird landed on it causing it to break at the soil level. It was sad, very sad!!! 
Investigation ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Luckily I still have a pot of baby toms which I kept as insurance should the need arises. 
Assurance!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The healthiest of the lot was chosen and was planted in the excat same spot. 
Shorty ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I wonder .... what's next!!!! This blog entry has been viewed 321 times
The Growing Begins!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:26 am 
Ze Bed!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Finally the bed was done the day before yesterday 
Mulched ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) and the fiery sun reappeared while it was mulched. Those whitish spots are where the toms are going to go in and they were put there so that the soil would be exposed when they are removed. With the crazy weather, the mini farm is more of a mini jungle!! 
The Chosen Ones ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Yesterday was planting day and the specially selected seedlings was a sight for sore eyes .... they were severely attacked by leaf miners. 
Reserves ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Luckily I kept the extras after selecting the best 6 seedlings to be planted. They too were attacked by leaf miners but they are doing much better than those selected ones. I guess the attack rate per plant was much less because there were much more plants here. Anyway I got rid of the part of the leaves that was attacked. 
Pot Removed ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I had the whole pot submerged in water to loosen up the growing media before lifting the seedlings out of the pot. The media I used was 100% compost. I wanted all the seedlings out of the pot so that I can easily seperate them. 
Plant them deep!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Plant them deep is very clear in my mind after having two very diappointing attempt to grow toms, but then again how deep!! With the seedlings in my palm I had to make a quick decision and I decided on up to the first leaves. Having already dug the hole I dropped the seedling in to check if the depth is OK ....... like as though I already knew the depth I wanted, it was just perfect. Guess it must be the thought of "Plant them deep" in my mind that made me dug a deeper hole than normal. Thanks for that one very important point to those who had commented on my 2 earlier attempts at toms. 
All in a row. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Looking at the toms all in a row makes me very pleased with myself! It was a pleasing moment to see that that part is done and now it's time to decide how to grow them .....trellis, cage, poles....... Last edited: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:26 am This blog entry has been viewed 365 times
Yikes!! I'm Behind Time!!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:39 am 
Growing Well! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The young toms are growing well and I think they need to be transplanted to their growing beds very soon. 
The Mess!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The old farmer .. me :P ... is finding it difficult to get the bed done because of wanting to remove as much stones as possible from the bed. 
The scapegoat! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Actually the stones is not the real problem, the nutgrass is..... 
The grass that drives me nuts!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Having not used this bed for about 6 months, it was once again invaded by the very notorious nutgrass....arrgghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Crazy weather!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) With the crazy suddenly very hot and rainy weather, it does not help at all ..grrr!! What normally takes me about 3~4 days to do is now taking me err.... no idea how much longer it is going to be! More than a week had passed and only a third is completed ....hmmm.................... This blog entry has been viewed 329 times
Doing It Again!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:33 am Just a few days ago, the wife cooked curry and tomatoe is one of the ingrident. 
Yuckie eh!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I quickly grab a container from my very messy all purpose table and saved the seeds. 
Seed on Comopost ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Since the seeds are clumpy and eckie, I decided to just have it all planted in my favourite starting media - compost. 
Done!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) And the waiting begin!! 
Toms Seedling ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Yippee!!! they sprouted a couple of days ago. 
Toms Seedlings ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Yesterday I picked out the best 6 and had them potted in my own kind of starter pots and still in compost hoping that their roots will develop better if they have their own space. Having failed in the first 2 attempts with just single plant, I guess it is time to go with numbers. Morever there is a competition going on with bragging rights as a price! :D This blog entry has been viewed 676 times
It's Time To Decide!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:29 am 
No Growth :( ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Almost a month had passed and there is no sign of any growth from this fella and I had to make a decision. 
Retarded! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I decided to yank it out to see what was happening below ground level. It was easy to pull it out and the roots looks retarded. Guess that is why there is no growth, just struggling to keep alive....... is there some problem with the bed to retard the root growth? ..... I wonder!! This blog entry has been viewed 778 times
With the rain comes trouble!!!
Category: Tomatoes | Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:55 am It rained for a couple of days last week and it is hot again. The rain did not help my tomato but it brought trouble. 
Septoria? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I noticed some of the leaves started to have dried brown spot all over and I googled it to find out what is going on. My deduction is that it is attack by septoria fungus. Errr .... is my conclusion correct? 
After Treatment ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I wanted to save the plant because it is my only plant so I opted to just remove the infected leaves. Hope that this hot sunny weather will help the poor plant recover real fast. This blog entry has been viewed 993 times
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