My Planter boxes are ready!!!!Took a day off to do up the planter boxes and.... Dah Tah! They are done! Now I just have to ensure that the plants live and flourish!
1st Picture: The standing planter which is made of old teak.
2nd Picture: The planter which is in my wet kitchen. Original plan was to plant some edibles but as I do not have sunlight in that area, I can only make do with indoor plants. Nonetheless, seeing all these greenery already makes me very happy.
3rd Picture: The outdoor planter that is along my corridor. The monster fern doesn't seem that big in the picture because I've trimmed almost 40% of its leaves.
4th Picture: The "Before" picture of wet kitchen planter.
5th Picture: The "Before" picture of the corridor planter.
5 comments:
They look great! And your apartment looks great! Very tastefully done up.
Thanks Petunia! Hopefully the plants will survive... Frangipani is showing some signs of stress. Dropped quite a number of leaves. And hopefully in times to come, it will eventually flower! But right now, I'm just asking the Pani to have the will to live!
What kind of soil did you pot it in? Frangipani likes dry-ish soils that don't hold much water. It likes alkaline potassium rich soil. It needs A LOT of sun.
I used 50% burnt soil, 25% garden soil and 25% compost. The soil drains well and I make sure that I water carefully. Seems that the Pani is slowly getting climatised. Leaves have more or less stopped dropping. I understand that Frangipanis need a lot of sun to flower, so I've come to terms that mine might never ever get to flower cos I only get a few hours of partial sun a day. Im happy as long as the leaves are green and the plant is healthy! But I'll still add some potassium fertilizers to give it a shot. ;)
I love your planters! I have 2 frangipani plants in my patio too. They don't get enough sun, so they don't flower at all. From time to time, the leaves will and become blemished and the branches get straggly, I just cut down the tree and soon new leaves will grow from the stumps.
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