I was out of town for 9 days and look what happened to my snake beans.
I’ve been trying to “encourage” them to grow around their trellis but I guess they had a mind of their own. This means I can’t lower that portion of the blind anymore. Not that I really mind since their leaves create a nice silhouette too, just that I am amused by their progress.
I swear they looked triumphant. Like “Har! We did it! We made it to the blinds before she came back!”
Continued to check on the progress of my other plants and GASP! What is it that I see?
My first flower!
It’s from one of the cherry tomato plants and it looks like there are 2 more smaller flower buds in fact. Fantastic! Didn’t knew it could be so exhilarating discovering your first flower. It’s like you’re not growing just stems and leaves anymore. SWEET!
This first flower hasn’t bloom fully yet. I know successful germination of the flower to bear fruits is another hurdle but I’m basking in happiness for now cos this means that I am one step closer to tasting red, juicy & delicious home-grown cherry tomatoes.
This Disney tune popped up in my head suddenly while I was admiring my first flower…
“Skippity Do Dar, Skippity Day… My O My, It’s A Wonderful Day!”
It sure is a wonderful day!
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March 14, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Kate
Teresa I am glad you are back! I would have been looking after your snake beans every day for you if you had only turned on the video camera !All I could see was the same old still photo at the top of your blog!
I can’t believe you said skippity doo because if you look back to probably before you started reading my blog you will see I say that all the time when I feel really good about how my garden is going too!
Since you are on a balcony you may not get the best pollination of some things. I wonder how high up you are?
March 14, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Teresa
Kate! Glad to see you too! Was reading thru your posts over the 9 days when I got back yesterday to check out what I missed.
Kekeke, you make me laugh! Yes, I should have thought of the video cam idea, then you can “mentally will” my snake beans to leave my blind alone.
Is that right? We both hummed the same tune! Yes, it’s just the right song to hum while skipping happily through your beautiful & big garden. It’s got just the right notes, the lyrics and the “happy skippy” factor in it. Oh, you know what I mean.
I am on the seventh floor. I see no bees. But I read on blogs about brushing, vibration & blowing methods. Guess it’ll come down to manual germination for me. How should I do it? Hmm…
March 14, 2008 at 11:06 pm
rowena
This is such an encouraging post to read and see–I’m just amazed at those snake beans! A couple of fava beans and kabocha pumpkin seeds recently pushed out from the dirt, which was such a thrill given that it seemed like forever for them to come out!
Looking forward to more updates on your balcony!
March 15, 2008 at 5:19 am
Christina
Hooray!! Look at how mighty they are! I see beans and tomatoes in your future . . ..
March 16, 2008 at 5:43 am
Kristi
I think that’s so cool, those must be some happy plants to keep growing like that.
I get excited too when I see the first flower or fruit appear. You’ll have yummy tomatoes in no time.
March 17, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Teresa
Hi Rowena! Sounds like alot of action on your side too! Keep them coming and growing!
Hi Christina! Thanks, I hope so too man. Keeping my fingers crossed. Oh yee of little faith. Chuckles.
Hi Kristi! Hope the happy snake bean plants are planning to flower too man. They seemed to be just wanting to creep for now. I hope so too on the cherry tomatoes, preparing for the worst just in case. Thanks!
March 31, 2008 at 6:38 am
Wilson Wong
Hi Teresa,
Since your snake beans are there, just let them be. They just need to grow that little bit longer before they flower. Let those vines that are behind the blind be taken out to where there is sun. They need that.
If you can, next time try to use a thin bamboo stake as a climbing support. At present is your flower raised up and put just before the parapet of your balcony? If that is so, when the bean vines hit the ceiling, lower your pot to the floor and that at least will leave you another meter or so of height for your beans to climb.
But let me know if you wanna try growing beans again. I can give you some Yin Yang beans to grow since they are bush beans and surely can fruit for you easily in containers.
Wilson
April 1, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Teresa
Hi Wilson! Noted. But I’m not sure how to ease the vines that are behind the blinds out for some sun. They are very inter-twined with the blinds now. And the beans pot is right on the floor to answer your questions, cannot lower pot already. Sigh.
Yin Yang beans! Really! Wow! Will I kill them? Are they easy to grow? I’ll love to try! I’ll email you and send you a SASE so that you can mail me some yin yang beans! Thanks for the kind offer!