Aussies call it the banana bell, but locally, we refer to the bud on the flowering stalk of the banana plant as the heart, or “jantung” in Malay. Calling it the heart of the plant makes sense, because it is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Growth & development
I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since the Weed family gave us a banana sucker to plant. “This is a miniature banana plant,” I was told. That put visions of a cute little 4 to 5 foot high banana … Continue reading
Finally! I’ve been watching the red flat bean plants for more developments and finally spotted flower buds this week. There were a couple of bunches of them – tiny things, as opposed to long beans and winged beans. I expected … Continue reading
After discussing the situation about the white patches on the pumpkins with Novice Gardener, I decided to brave it and cut open the pumpkin that had the biggest white patch. I say “brave” because in Novice Gardener’s similar experience, there … Continue reading