This weekend I have a few visitors who decide to join my okras neighborhood.
These little guys start popping out of the ground Friday night after the evening rain shower. This morning, tiny white mushrooms were already blooming. I was getting a bit worried that these mushroom will hurt my young plant and did some research over the web.
Luckily, what I found was that 1) it's an indication that my soil is very rich with organic material, 2) the soil have good aeration, and 3) these fungi not only doesn't harm the plant but help to break down the soil organic material to be easily absorb by the plant root. Now that's the good news.
The bad news is...it's also an indication that the soil is too damp! Well, that is to be expected, as there haven't been much sunny days this whole week since its been raining continuously every single day. For now, I'll just work these little guy back into the soil but I guess I'll be seeing them again if the weather doesn't improve.
Some of my plants are already showing sign of stress from the over-watering (not by Adele since she haven't been watering the plants due to the rain).
One of the chilli plant leaves are starting to turn yellow, and the cherry tomato plant growth seems to be stunted.
At least the rest of the plants seems to be surviving.
The okra leaves are getting bigger and I'm seeing new leaves sprouting for each plant. The other chillis are showing healthy green leaves.
In addition to the okra and chilli plants, the 2nd batch of cherry tomatoes seedlings are doing well. But it would probably take another week or so before I can decide if I should move it out of the planter.
No sign of life from the carrots and long beans pots; high chances the seeds might have already rotted away due to the dampness of the soil.
Maybe I should wait until the rainy season have passed before I sow any new seeds. Hmm... maybe not... :D
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