Population Explosion

Did a bit o the ol research with the internet and found some guy talking about how he's had success growing Aloe Vera from leaf cuttings. So IT IS POSSIBLE! Tough nugget to swallow is that you have to wait 3 weeks for it to callous and before there's any chance of roots showing up, so Aloenzo is off the hook for now. John's beginning to straighten out because of the light position change, so he's off the hook for now as well..

So, hold on to your hats, because a lot happened last night. The Brussels sprout that had previously turned into paper mache because of poor moisture conditions (caused by evil dehumidifying elves who snuck in whilst I slept and vampired them) sprung back into life, leaving in its wake seven stout little Germans! Now you know why they call them "Brussels" sprout and not "French layabout" sprout. So they were good to go onward to the next phase of life along with the Chinese Cabbage... But what else? Oh, the spinach! Hell if a couple of those screwballs weren't showing promise themselves. Decided to stick the two crapping out roots and a couple other prospects in jiffy peat discs along with their vegetable kindred. The jiffy was a lucky grab from a local store after I'd stuck three Brussels and three Chinese in miracle gro potting mix/plastic cups. Now there's some side experiment race happening between Jiffy & Miracle Gro for quickest seedling formator. Who will win? Only time decide...

The picture above shows a collage of processes. Starting in the upper left hand corner, that's the stuff I snagged from the local plant place to facillitate my Frankenstonian experiments. Upper right shows how you jiffy those peat discs into peat masterpieces. I used my secret formula of a giant mixing bowl and water (don't tell it's secret). Lower-left is the post-planted spinach and Chinese Germans side-by-side but the labels are unreadable so really that could be anything growing there. Maybe it's all a big lie?! But, alas, it's not. And finally, home to many a German is the Deutschland with Führer Aloenzo at the helm.

So that's the news for now. Seeds are growing great. John's straightening out and Aloenzo is less misunderstood.

~Grow Monkey