It's alive! *goooooaaaarrrr...*
Apr. 8th, 2008 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akabanaThey're alive and green, so obviously they're sprouts, right? Not something crawling out from the back of the fridge (although it could happen one of these days...)
The tiny green bits are freshly sprouted flowering tobacco. It's a Nicotiana x sanderae F1-hybrid 'Perfume Mix' for those of you who care for such labels. Basically, it's a red and white mix, quite compact and it's actually supposed to have the scent that's missing from most modern-day flowering tobacco strains. I've previously grown the original scented tobacco, Nicotiana alata, with pleasant results. I'm quite looking forward to seeing how these will turn out.
And I'm hating the inadequate zoom of my camera >_<.
Well, this is a group shot: the bigger ones at the back are chili shoots (a mix of red, orange and yellow chilis). I've never grown chili before and honestly I was slightly surprised by the fact that they actually sprouted. The one pot in the middle is eucalyptus. I tried it last year with mixed success: while it would sprout easily, the shoots only grew to about 10 cm height and then mysteriously died one by one. The last one lasted until January before giving up the ghost. O_o
And then there's some more microscopic tobacco...
The tiny green bits are freshly sprouted flowering tobacco. It's a Nicotiana x sanderae F1-hybrid 'Perfume Mix' for those of you who care for such labels. Basically, it's a red and white mix, quite compact and it's actually supposed to have the scent that's missing from most modern-day flowering tobacco strains. I've previously grown the original scented tobacco, Nicotiana alata, with pleasant results. I'm quite looking forward to seeing how these will turn out.And I'm hating the inadequate zoom of my camera >_<.
Well, this is a group shot: the bigger ones at the back are chili shoots (a mix of red, orange and yellow chilis). I've never grown chili before and honestly I was slightly surprised by the fact that they actually sprouted. The one pot in the middle is eucalyptus. I tried it last year with mixed success: while it would sprout easily, the shoots only grew to about 10 cm height and then mysteriously died one by one. The last one lasted until January before giving up the ghost. O_oAnd then there's some more microscopic tobacco...
