It’s been so hot recently, so when I woke up to the rain this morning I felt really happy for my vegetables. The last few weeks have been so hot and humid here and it’s not really the right temperature to grow anything. Luckily I have harvested most of my baby vegetables before I went to Italy. Here are some pictures.
They were just so fresh and delicious. My favorites were the lettuce but my husband loved the radish as they reminded him of little red radish he used to have when he was a child.
Here are pictures of Korean Zucchinis I planted before I left to Italy.
When I returned from my trip, the two zucchinis have grown so much. Some of the leaves were bigger than my hand.
It must be the heat and humidity. There are lots of flower buds but none of them are opening up! I might have to put them in an air-con room. 😉
While I was in Italy, I bought lots of tomato and zucchini seeds so this is my first attempt to grow the Italian zucchinis. These are for zucchini flowers more than the vegetables themselves. Have you tried fried zucchini flowers with stuffing? They are really hard to find in Singapore so I am going to be growing them myself. Wish me luck!
I am using plastic containers that I recycle from the groceries. They are great for my seedlings. Once the third or fourth leaves are growing, I will transplant them to a bigger pot.
The next new members of the garden are different tomato seeds I bought from Tuscany. They are growing really well.
Florentine ribbed tomato seedlings – they are supposed to be big and ribbed around tomatoes. I have never tasted them before so I am really looking forward to it.
Italian Roma tomato seedlings– we bought some Roma tomatoes from a fruit shop when we were in Sienna and they were just heaven. I am hoping I can have some of those for myself. Very juicy and sweet!
At our friends wedding in Italy, they handed out sweet basil seeds and I am hoping to grow them and give a few plants back to our friends as a present. Basil seem to be the only plants that really don’t mind Singapore’s heat and humidiy. I have basil bushes all over my balcony garden. I used empty milk carton for the seedlings. Just wash the bottle and cut in half and there is your pot!
Lastly, I adopted a Korean chilli seedling when I visited a Korean farm in March and finally I have a chilli growing.This Korean chilli is known to be deadly so this one will be incredibly spicy.
I forgot to pick the chilli last week. Look how big it has grown over 5 days. The chilli was so heavy that it was leaning like the leaning tower of Pisa we saw in Italy. I am going to use this chilli in Den jang jji ge (Korean miso soup -된장찌게) tonight.
I just received two photos from my mother-in-law in Australia showing off their veggie garden. As you can see, it looks luscious! My in-laws are waiting for the delivery of about 60 fruit trees, camellias and gardenias as well as 40 + roses. I can’t wait to visit their farm soon. 🙂 Happy gardening!
Wow – I wish I had green fingers like yours. They are all so lush, so healthy and green.
Hi Jess, it’s called years of practice. It took me nearly 6 years to finally get all these going. You should try at home. It’s so satisfying when you eat your home grown vegetable! ^_^
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Do you have any idea where you can find zucchini flowers in SG?
Hi Wendy, unfortunately I have not seen anywhere in Singapore. There are some vegetable suppliers who might be able to import but not sure how long they will last in transportation. Hopely I will have some growing soon and can share some photos with you. ^_^
Hi Nicky,
May I know the type of soil you used to grow all these vegies?
Thanks.
Doreen
Hi Doreen, I normally buy a potting mix from a local gardening shop as well as organic compost and mix. I also add organic fertilizer regularly to add extra nutrients. Are you growing anything on your balcony? I am happy to share seeds or seedlings!! Cheers
Nicky
Hi Nicky,
Thks for the info, I don’t have a balcony. I have grown a tomato plant at the corridor but the tomatoes were very tiny, abt 1 cm, and stop growing any bigger and turned red abt 2 mths ago. Not sure
what went wrong, any idea?
Doreen
Hi Doreen, thanks for your message. Answer to your question: either your tomato plant was a cherry tomato hence they were small. What I think is your pot might have been too small for the tomato plant or not enough nutrients. Your pot should be at least 30cm deep and I recommend feeding either fertiliser or tomato feed once in a while… hope this helps!!
Hi Nicky, i think so. what type of fertilizer you would recommend, how often to feed and where can i get it? My tomato is not a cherry tomato, i saved the seed from a abt 2″ tomato i ate in australia last november. thks.
Hi Doreen, best to ask the nursery near you. Not sure what they have but generally I feed liquid seaweed fertiliser and tomato feed. I have not seen tomato feed in SG but in KL hardware shop. I think your tomato seeds from Australia might not be suitable for Singapore weather. I brought back a lot of Australian seeds too but not much luck, they are turn out to be a little ones. Adding compost to your soil is also good as well…. ^_^
Hi Nicky, thanks for everything!
Hi Nicky, just to share with you my feeling now; i hv placed my small new tomato plant (abt 10cm,looks good) downstair this morning for some sunlight as my corridor do not hv sunlight this half year, 4 hrs later went down to bring it back but was stolen even though i pasted a sign with 3 languages `pls do not take away`, very angry and sad now, cannot understand why these ppl so greedy and hungry, a pot of plant also wanted to steal, few months ago my 2 2cm tomatoes also stolen (thereafter my tomato plant die) when it turned red at my corridor 🙁
Dear Doreen, Sorry to hear the sad news. I have had my eggplants stolen a few times from my garden. It’s upsetting when you spend so much time looking after them. Hopely I can share some tomato seedling soon. Cheer up!!