My Peace Lilly

Salam,

I had a very large peace lily plant with great big green leaves, and it hasn't flowered in almost a whole year now. A few months ago, I thought to split the plant in half and make two plants out of one. I did so, successfully, and bought nice looking indoor pots to put them in. Since then, the leaves have been getting brown and crunchy. They're not dying off or anything, just looking like someone put a match to the edges. New leaves come in nice and green, then turn brown at the tips later on.

Well, I did a search on this and learned that peace lily's like to be slightly root bound! I figured that when I separted the large plant into two smaller ones that the new pots were way too big for the roots. So this weekend I put the two smaller plants into smaller pots in an effort to make the roots nice and cozy.

I'll report back in a few weeks with an update. I'm hoping the leaves will stay healthy and that I'll get some nice white flowers out of them!

Here's a picture of a plant.

After the freeze

Assalamu alaikom

The average last freeze date for this city is March 15. Wouldn't ya know on March 20 we got a record 8 inches of snow in Plano! My tulips seemed to come out ok, but the little radish seedlings are all yellow now. I will see how they do this week, and either way, i will plant another row b/c it's been two weeks since the first planting.

I brought into the garage the little lettuce seedlings that just recently popped out of the dirt, and they are fine now. My onions are already well established (and almost ready to be pulled), so they're good to go.

In a couple of weeks once it's a bit warmer I will check around the nursery for my tomatoes, peppers, and cukes.

The compost bin is almost done turning. I have quit adding to it for a week or so now to give it a chance to finish up. Once I take out the current compost and distribute it in my yard I will reconsider if I want to have a pile going during the hot months (smell, fruitflies, etc..)

garden update

Assalamu alaikom

Two days ago I planted some seeds. I usually garden using transplants (the plant has already been grown to a healthy 6 inches tall), but this year I want to try a few of my items from seed. I planted basil and lettuce from seed. It's so funny b/c the seed is the size of half a crumb, and it just disappears into the dirt. Insha'Allah they'll grow!

I will probably buy the rest of my garden items as transplants: tomato, pepper, cucumber. Oh yes, I have seeds for parsley and radishes, but that's it.

The daffodils are so pretty, and the tulip greens are starting to come up too. I'll try to get some pictures together.