Lithops Family

My lithop has new family members now.  Decorated them with blink blink stones ..

I am looking forward to see some changes in the living stones. Very curious to know how they will progress in a humid and hot country without season change.

Lithop salicola, 6 pieces approx 0.7cm × 1cm.

Transplanting Capsicum

Over half of the capcicum seeds germinated on the 4th day.

I have moved 4 of the strongest plant to a bigger pot.

Potting media I used:
- 50% of lumy soil
- 50% of potting soil
+ 3 tablespoons of crushed egg shells
+ 2 tablespoon of organic fertiliser

It is always very windy in my apartment and raining season is approaching so I gotta give the baby capsicum plant extra protection against strong wind and heavy rain.. The recycled bottles came in handy.

Moving my lithop outdoor

I have made a little "hut" for my lithop to protect it against direct rain drop before moving it outdoor.

My lithop sitting happily outside the window for a week ++.

Starting Capsicum Plant in Recycled Egg Tray

I read online that it is possible to grow Capsicum from freshly harvested seeds. I decide to give it a try and bought a yellow Capsicum.

To harvest the seeds, I remove the stem from the pepper and gave it a good shake to remove the seeds. Wow.. Didn't manage this many seeds!

I took a dozen for immediate growing and the rest I left them on the plant and put them under the sun for drying. I read that it will take a week to two to dry them properly.

I am using recycled egg tray to grow germinate the Capsicum.

First, make a few holes using a pin

Fill the tray with loamy soil.Followed by some potting soil. The 2 holes on the top are loamy soil, and the remaining holes have been topped with potting soil.

Place the seed into the tray. You can place 2-3 seeds in each tray as it is not 100% germination. For me, I will just place 1 in each hole as there are 12 holes and I only need 2-3 plants.

Then I cover them with another thin layer of potting soil followed by some loamy soil.

Water them and close the tray. Leave them in a warm spot.

Happy Waiting!