Hi guys, good (and quite surprised!) to find a gardening thread here in LYN
It is kind of sad that gardening is not that popular with the younger generation 
Anyways, I am picking up some gardening skills as well, I understand how soothing and satisfying it can be looking at the plants grow and fruit. Perhaps we can learn from one another

I think chilly and aloe vera will require quite alot of direct sunlight to grow properly 

Cili is kind of tricky, I have 2 purple ones from India. Sometimes they grow very well, sometimes they die off and then recover and flower again  :confused:
As long as your balcony is exposed to the sun for more then 4-5 hours per day I think many plants that love sun will be able to adapt accordingly. Yeah, aloe vera should grow, but have to make sure it gets as much sunlight as possible, and not too much water lo, a very useful plant to have 

Would love to plant ladies fingers someday hehe, please do keep us updated~ All the best

Sharing my Coleus (known as Hati-hati in BM) plants 

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This plant is hugely popular because of their colorful foliage which will  give your garden that extra WOW factor! Some more they are quite easy to take care of and don't cost much~

I'm trying to start a Coleus collection but I've made a big mistake- I forgot to make sure I get all the varieties with the same leaf sizes! XD

Thanks man!
Currently its just a very simple garden, hope to size it up when there's more space 
I also plan to start growing some vegetables as well haha 

Wah, good to know got gardening kaki here. I am starting on herbs  plants and recently bought Sweet Basil plant.  I already have Indian Borage which is growing so fast and super easy to take care of. Gonna buy mint, rosemary and maybe oregano next. 

My aloe plant is thriving though at one point when it was first given to me, it nearly died that week.  I have not much luck with succulents...so many have died on me.  I am now very motivated to start my own vegetable pot garden.

I live in highrise so space is limited at balcony.  Hope to get some gardening tips and photos sharing from fellow gardening enthusiasts here.

You can give away your mints to family and friends   

I have tomato plants., gotten a few batches of fruits already and looking to plant new ones. The pollinating will be slower....sometimes I will just shake it with my hands to help it along 

Actually when my young tomato plant was growing, I put them under direct sunlight.  Then suddenly as they grew taller, they seem to not be able to handle direct heat anymore. Now I put the plants in a shaded area but it's bright enough. The leaves are looking dry each time when I get home from work. I also planted some cili from seeds...they have sprouted but their growth seem to be stunted at 5-6 inches...maybe cos they are in the same pot as the tomatoes. I am going to repot them this weekend and hopefully they will start growing again. Same goes to my lemon.

Welcome welcome
Are you still planting? I plan to grow lime too~

I noticed that one of the most important things in starting out at gardening is ensuring that the soil is well drained
I made a terrible mistake in using soil found on the ground for my first few plants and needless to say many plants died because the soil became too soggy haha 
Nowadays I just buy all-purpose planting-ready soil which is pretty convenient to use. The chances of plants dying are also lower since the soil are properly mixed with different components that strike a balance in nutrients, water retention, weight etc. I know some experts who like to mix their own individual components  for that added specificity since different plants may require slightly different growing conditions. I hope I will be good as them some day haha

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From left to right, 1st and 2nd is chili. 3rd is lime

i want to grow those easy and fast like spring onion, herbs for cooking use. 
Next i want to try is spring onion which is look easy but the green stop at 1cm and never grow taller anymore.

Wow your pots are really deep  .  Good idea to use that for planting tomatoes.  I tried planting spring onion too before too since it is said to be easy but like yours, the growth was super slow so I threw it away.

My current project is planting veggies on a planter box  . I started a "sawi" seedling pot over the weekend.  Will see how that turns out.

You will need to put stake for your cucumber plant to climb so a deep container will be good. I made a  mistake with my tomato using those rectangle small planter box...they grew to about 5 ft and my planter box wasn't deep enough to support the stick so I had to tie the stick to my balcony railing...but the stem is still falling here and there...looking very messy.

Hello everyone

Im just starting my small organic garden on my yard area, and there is few of flowers and green plants.
I ve googled that good organic source of nitrogen is alfafa meal and blood meal, and bone meal can supply good amount of phosphorus. Ive tried alfafa meal before but my plants got burnt cause its fast composing process. 
I tried googling around for blood meal and bone meal near klang valley but canot find lor.. 

Anybody got any idea where can i find em?
Thanks.

Fingercross... the chili grow so much crowded. Hope it won't die easily.
My diy pot enough big? no need to transfer?
izzit 2 months time expect to see chili ?

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Hello fellow gardeners! Never think of LYN has gardening thread before but somehow today I casually search for "Gardening" and found out this thread!

Still new to gardening myself.. so far I have snake plant.. hawthornia.. okra.. guava.. lemon.. gonna start on mulberry..

Decide to grow some herbs as me myself love to use herbs in cooking.. but I have no idea where to get seeds of herbs..