My donated #avocado tree is now over 2 years old.

Hopefully I will have a yard soon so I can grow it to be a full tree
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This Swiss chard on my balcony planter is more than 2 years old.

I have harvested #leaves from it at least 9 times and it's time to cut more leaves again to make #vegetable #soup.

It is absolutely delicious & the highest ROI of my #balcony #garden. #SwissChard
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I love surprises. This #plant was almost dead when I got it from the lady who gave me the 2 rectangular #planters last year and said she had problem keeping it alive.

I changed the pot, added some home made #compost to it last summer and now she is full of pretty #flowers.

Trying to sell my hydroponic system. Don't have the heart to take it down

It has
- 1 Jalapeno pepper
- 1 Habanero pepper
- 1 serrano pepper
&
- 1 flower

2x12L dutch bucket systems and a 40L water reservoir, with 2 timers, one for the light and one for the pump.

The 17W LED light is from discontinued IKEA Växer system.

It's now full of pepper flowers and fruits.

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Cleaning up the balcony and found a bunch of #strawberries.

Ate the 2 that were big and juicy and saving these until they are ready.

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Sunbeams on the aloe plant. This one used to live outside on the deck. I brought it inside for the winter, and it liked it in here so much, I let it stay. It's medicinal and decorative!

Last habanero peppers before closing my balcony garden, selling pr giving away all my plants.

Need to sell this apartment and buy a small house in central #France where I can afford one.

I have a few of these plants trying to give away.

As I'm going to sell the apartment and move before summer, been trying to clean up my plants and giving away or selling them.

It's not worth moving them because I maybe homeless for a time (going to rent for a time) and don't want to have anything that can be regrown.

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Not all habaneros created equal!

The difference in size from the same plant is amazing.

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One of my pineapple plants is growing a new center! It grew an actual pineapple last year, which was exciting - and delicious! But that left a drying stalk in the middle of the plant. The plant has now re-centered itself, literally, and is growing a new clump of leaves just to the side of where the old center was.

I love my indoor hydroponic.

I just found out that it's not a cross pollination, but a different plant growing on the side of the #Serrano #pepper.

I believe it's from the seeds of peppers I bought at little Africa in #Paris many years ago. It's probably some kind of #habanero, but I'm not sure what.

I am worried it's going to be really hard to move them when I finally manage to buy a little house!

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My only indoor flower in dutch bucket hydroponic is blooming again. With such beautiful colors.

I honestly have no idea how I can pack it and move when I leave this place.

But I'm sure it will survive.

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It was time to change my indoor hydroponic a little. It was getting too big and with the girls coming to visit, it was time to lift up the light a little.

Used a small pallet and wood from a full size one to build a small table plus 2 Pilar's to hold the light up.

Right now the light is just sitting there, but have to find a way to secure it. And fix the plants so they are bot just hanging there.

I have 3 pepper plants abs one flower plant in 2 dutch buckets there connected to an analog timer to circulate the water 3 times per day.

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3 types of pepper from the balcony

Almost done with #Jalapeno poppers and the #Habaneros have just a few more fruits to pick, but indoor hydroponic #Serrano and Ghanaian #Chilli are full of small #peppers and #flowers.

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#Habaneros getting ready to harvest.

Going to freeze most of them.

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Sorry not a very good picture, but I think I have managed to cross pollinate my Habanero and Serrano peppers.

I have a hydroponic set-up in the dining room by the window since 2021, it is pretty big with 3 peppers and one flower plants.

The only problem os that is have to hand pollinate it.

I usually use a dedicated qtils for each plant, but I think I used one on the #habanero plant on the #balcony and suddenly I have a habanero looking pepper on my indoor #Serranoe hydroponic pepper plant.

It will be interesting to see how it grows and how spicy ot will get.

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Removed the #mint from the #strawberry #planter because it was choking them and was amazed how long and deep the roots were in there. I think I removed all the roots, now going to plant it in a pot isolated from everything else with a plastic bottom to prevent it from spreading.

This is a plant that started a couple of month ago after the other cucumber plant died. I'm not sure if it's the same plant or the second seed I planted in there.

But it's getting bigger every day, now it is over 2m tall and has lots of flowers. And to my surprise, quiet a few cucumbers as well.

I just hope it stays alive and produces until my kids come for the visit during the holidays.

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Found an uninvited guest on my Iranian basil plant. Have to look for others because it's my only surviving plants from the summer

(It's called Reyhan, ریحان it's a special, very aromatic type of basil used in west Asia, mostly with Kebab). It als can be used as easing the itchiness of mosquito bites.

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