Mini beans

Cutest thing ever.

Beans flowering

I didn't expect bean flowers to be so white and delicate. I love them!

Garden under attack!

My leaves have holes on them! They are on the bean plants, tomato plants, sunflowers, even in the mint! Evidently I'm facing an enemy with a big appetite!



This is the main suspect at the time. I found 5 of them hiding under bean and tomato plants leaves (needless to say, I helped them move on to their next life).


I'll keep on checking on the plants to catch these little buggers before they do too much damage or become bigger. Any advice?

Potted beans

The beans have grown 3 new sets of leaves since I potted them (this picture is actually from 2 days ago). They are a little over 15 cm (6 inches) tall, so I'm supposed to "earth them up". I'm just gonna add some soil to the pots and hope that's what "earthing up" means.

Potting

This is what my beans and lentils looked like yesterday morning. Poor things were really crowded! (You can't see the lentils on the right so clearly, but believe, it was getting bad).


The thing is I've been so busy with college that I didn't have time or energy to go get some small stones to put on the bottom of the pots to help with the drainage. I kept saying "I'll do it tomorrow". Yesterday I finally did it!

I only potted 3 of the beans (the healthiest looking) because our balcony is getting really crowded and we need to save space for other things too!


Using the space left from the beans, I let the lentils have more space. I also had to throw some of the lentils. I figure is better to have 4 comfy lentils than 8 overcrowded ones... But I felt so guilty throwing them away!
They are not looking very healthy... A little pale. But I hope this new space will make them feel better.

7 beans

7 beans have come out and they are huge!
I think I have to move them to a bigger pot this weekend, but I don't know how big of a pot, how deep should it be?


(9 days since sowed, 3 days since they came out)

Magic beans

As promised, here's some visual evidence.

This morning, one bean was starting to show. Sadly my cam had no battery, so I took a picture with my phone.

But then when I got home in the afternoon I found this!

I just can't bring myself to believe how much it's grown in no time!
Now it's 4 beans!

Magic seeds

It's been 6 days since I planted the seeds and 3 of them have already come out! I'm so excited!

• Two out of two sunflowers
• One of the beans (I think I must have planted 6)

Ill post the visual evidence at night ;)

Beans

I planted dwarf French beans next to the lentils. They should be planted May to July, 5 cm apart, 2.5 cm deep in soil.

Germination takes 10 to 20 days. Afterwards they should be transplanted somewhere with 40 cm distance.

When the plants have grown to a height of 15 to 20 cm, they are earthed up.

The crop should be ready in 45 days.