Feb 2020 Farmer Dairy

Sixth Aunt told us to transfer the Peanut to Long Pot after 13 days, she told us the plant need a lot of sunshine to grow. The flower will wither and drop into the soil to become the fruit. The first Mulberry Fruit had been eaten by my mom and two new fruit start to grow after 13 days. It took another 22 days for the Mulberry Fruit to ripe, we find it a bit sour on taste. The leave of the Mulberry Plant also make healthy tea, it is a very worthwhile plant to grow as it require less effort and provide good health benefit.

6th Feb 2020 Peanut transfer to Long Pot

6th Feb 2020 Mulberry Fruit

My wife told me that Sixth Aunt had given us two more long pot, some soil and fertilizer and even Earthworm for Vermicompost. I had to order two Hanging Rack for the two new Long Pot, at the same time I also order some Support Rack for future planning of vine type plant like Passion Fruit and Bean and also PH Meter for checking the soil.

As the Corona Virus start to spread, the Singapore Government declare Dorscon Orange on 7th Feb 2020. Panic buying of food and provision at the supermarket since the announcement went public, I think it is a good time to start our mini farm expansion to ensure we are self sufficient for our food supply focusing on the vegetables and fruits. Cousin Ronnie also started his small scale vegetables farm after he saw my expansion project.

We decided to try planting new crop from the seed we remove from the fruit and vegetable we brought from the supermarket. So far only Cherry Tomato seem successful with sprout after 5 days of planting. Still observing the Strawberry, Cucumber, Potato, Ginger, Garlic, Onion, we also get Carrot Seed from supermarket and Aloe Vera and Pandan from Key Smith Uncle. 

Strawberry
Sprout 10-21 Days Harvest 140-200 Days
Partial Sun Moist Soil 5.0-7.0 PH

Cucumber
Sprout 5-10 Days Harvest 35-70 Days
Partial Sun Wet Soil 5.5-8.0 PH
2-3-6 NPK

Potato
Sprout 14-28 Days Harvest 45-100 Days
Partial Sun Moist Soil 4.5-6.5 PH
6-24-24 NPK

Ginger
Harvest 120-300 Days
Partial Sun Moist Soil 6.5 PH

Garlic
Harvest 90-240 Days
Partial Sun Dry Soil 5.5-7.0 PH

Onion
Sprout 5-10 Days Harvest 80-150 Days
Partial Sun Dry Soil 6.0-7.0 PH
16-6-4 NPK

Carrot
Sprout 10-21 Days Harvest 56-100 Days
Partial Sun Dry Soil 5.5-8.0 PH
0-10-10 NPK

25th Feb 2020 Expansion with Hanging Rack and Hanging Support

28th Feb 2020 New Tomato had Sprout after 5 days

 28th Feb 2020 Mulberry had Ripe after 22 days

 

Sixth Aunt provide training on Fertilizer

 

 

Details of the Training Course

Jan 2020 Farmer Diary

Sheng Siong Supermarket had opened on 1st Jan 2020 after Giant Supermarket had close for a month last year in Dec 2019. We use to plant Cherry Tomato long time back when they are selling seed at the Shop N Save Supermarket, but the plant never survive the storm after bearing fruit three months later. So now we decided to start with Pearl Tomato and Capsicum again since the Supermarket had start selling seed once more.

Cherry Tomato
Sprout 5-21 Days Harvest 55-100 Days
Partial Sun Wet Soil 5.5-7.5 PH

Chilli Pepper
Sprout 12-21 Days Harvest 60-120 Days
Full Sun Wet Soil 5.5-7.0 PH
5-10-10 NPK

My Wife wanted to try Wheat Grass too as she heard it is very easy to grow and had good nutritious value, so we brought the seed, soil and pot to start our little farm. We never expect the farm to turn into so big from the start, my Sixth Aunt try to encourage us by giving us a lot of stuffs which help to expansion it into a large scale agriculture project.

We put the whole packet of Tomato and Capsicum seed into the pot with soil directly, but for the Wheat Grass my Wife wanted to let it sprout by using the proper procedure. The Wheat Grass sprout just after one night of soaking in water but my wife decide to let it sprout more for another night before she transfer into pot.

5th Jan 2020 Wheat Grass had Sprout after 2 days

Tomato sprout earlier than expected in just 3 days, the packaging instruction indicate a period of about 14 to 21 days. The Capsicum sprout much later after 8 days, but it is still much early than the expected 14 to 21 days period which they indicate on the packaging. Wheat Grass grow well in just 8 days, much faster than the 10 days which the packaging indicated.

The Wheat Grass were much less than expected, so it is not enough for juice which we had planned before. So I order 1 Kg of Wheat Grass Seed from Everything Green for the second planting, the delivery was faster than expected and we were able to sprout it in just one night by directly planting it into the pot of soil.

6th Jan 2020 Tomato had Sprout after 3 days

11th Jan 2020 Capsicum had Sprout after 8 days

11th Jan 2020 Wheat Grass is much less than expected

12th Jan 2020 New Wheat Grass had Sprout in just 1 day

1 Kg of Wheat Grass Seed purchased from Everything Green

Sixth Aunt had given us a small pot of Peppermint, she told us it is very easy to grow by removing the bottom leaf on the stem and buried it in soil for it to sprout new plant. She also give us Peanut,  Mulberry, Sweet Potato and Hyacinths with Long Pot and Hanging Rack, I also order a Bamboo Rack from Qoo10 for the bigger pot and future expansion.

Peanut
Harvest 110-120 Days
Full Sun Moist Soil 5.0-6.0 PH

Sweet Potato
Sprout 21 Days Harvest 90-130 Days
Full Sun Wet Soil 6.0-7.0 PH
5-10-10 NPK

23rd Jan 2020 Peppermint from Sixth Aunt

23rd Jan 2020 Peanut and Mulberry from Sixth Aunt

23rd Jan 2020 Sweet Potato from Sixth Aunt on New Rack

 23rd Jan 2020 New Wheat Grass grow well after 14 days

 

 

 29th Jan 2020 Hyacinths Full Bloom after 6 days