Tag: talk

4 Nov 2023

Cucumber and coffee grinds.

Today wandered over to our local nursery and purchased some basil seeds, marigolds, as well as oregano and continental cucumber seedlings. It’s a beautiful sunny day, and I will be pottering around with my pots and tomatoes…

A couple of hours later …

I planted the basil seeds in the leftover tomato containers, mixed in some mulch, coffee grounds, and placed them in the miniature greenhouses. These greenhouses were a surprise present from my wife – she knows me well. I’m growing all sorts of things in these greenhouses and even had some leftover wood cuttings, which I fashioned into a greenhouse holder – very easy to pick up when they need extra sun or need to be moved. I planted the marigolds and the oregano in the pots, no bending whatsoever; my back is very grateful.

The tomato plants have doubled in size, and I trimmed some of the lower leaves and pinched out some of the smaller growth to give the plants more energy. As my dad or “nonno” says: “always pinch the small growth and give your plants a talking to, sing to them; they can hear and feel you.”

I laughed when he told me this, and then he grew a tomato that weighed 951 grams and 9 others that were over 550 grams each!!! So, if Nonno says talk and sing to the tomatoes and your plants, then just do it!