Anyway, as stated before, I planted my third test plant. It was going to be cauliflower (remember from previous posts?), but the Flower Power shop didn't have any already-grown plants and so I gave up on that. Interesting fact: The last cauliflower plant was apparently bought merely hours before I came in to the plant shop, and the plant had apparently been a tall, healthy, yummy-looking cauliflower. Damn.
Seems like the world is working against me, huh? So I decided to plant some watercress because they're also sensitive to allelochemicals, if I mentioned in posts from last month or so. But on to the planting part - the watercress I used was a herb of the "culinary" style...that's what it said on the tag. I'm not sure of the significance of that, but what the hey. Now you know. :)
I planted it on the right side of the sweet potato - the empty space from before, you know?
And here's a photo, because this time I actually uploaded it and it took way long. =="
Okay. Then I sprayed the sunflowers and carrots in Box 1 and in the smaller pot - because those are the ones that have been eaten by insects - with "Sharp Shooter Natural Pyrethrum Insect Spray". It's the insecticide that the man in Flower Power recommended to me. So yeah. The insect spray is an extract from the pyrethrum daisy, so I suppose it shouldn't affect the plants too badly. I'm supposed to spray the plants once a week until it appears that the insects aren't eating the plants any more.
Oh yeah - I also discovered that the sunflower in the left-hand top corner had been "pushed over" by an insect eating at its stem. The insect ate almost half-way through the stem, and the flower subsequently fell over. Stupid insects. So that's why I sprayed the insecticide on it.
The sweet potatoes in Box 2 look fine - here's an uploaded photo of it:
There haven't been any major developments in their growth lately, though.
The sunflowers in the small pot are also fine - as you can see here:
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