Hello and goodevening to all hivers out there and at the same time a gardener. Another day is about to end again and I hope that everyone became productive this Monday.
I have said that we've been flooded before and with that flood, there's a lot of things that can be use again just like the pail we got in the middle of our San Francisco plants. Luckily it got stucked there and today I recycled it and turned it into a pot for my tomato seedlings.
My grandma asked and got some seedling from my aunt. It's state was it's already okay to be planted but the problem is that I don't have any sacks anymore then I saw this pale so without a second thought I get it and do my things. I asked my grandma if she have something to do with the pail, she said nothing and it made me happy really because I can plant the seedlings she got atlast.
After getting her approval, I immediately checked it for some pest and other stuffs. I saw little snails hiding inside it so I removed them and threw them beside the road. While I was checking it, there's sonething moving at the bottom. I took a closer look and it's just a kind centipede. I took it into my palms because I want to take a picture of it. Since it was very alive and moving fast I can't get a clear photo of it. So I tried it many times until I get this one.
Since I will make it into a pot, there gonna be holes below it for the excess water to be drained properly. Because if not, too much water in the soil will just kill our plants especially those plants that only needs a little bit of water.
I can use a hot rod to make a hole in it but I get the pointed knife instead to use since there's no fire already and I don't have any rod, I can used nail but I didn't and proceed with the knife. I just exerted a little bit of force to drill a hole because despite the looks of the pail, still it's sturdy. So I hold the knife and drilled. I want to include myself in the photo but my cousin who's often taking picture of me have school that's why I just took that.
After a little bit of effort, I made 9 holes on the pail. Enough number of hole already for the excess water to be drained properly. You can see the photo below, I took it inside of the pail. Like those stars that shines in the darkness.
My cat, Amanda joined me again while I was about to check the soil that I will be using. As you can see, she's busy playing on the sacks of organic soil. It seems like she's looking at something on the wall and when I checked it, it's the lizard. She inherited the habit of her mother that whenever she sees a lizard on the wall or on the curtain or wherever in the house, she will hunt and eat it. Poor lizards. Because of that you can't hear any of their sound anymore here in our house. Maybe they are there but afraid to make a noise lol.
I transfered it to a separate sack and examined it by hands for me to make sure that there's nothing in it. After checking it, I found nothing and I'm happy about it.
After that I poured all the organic soil into the pail already. As you can see in the photo below I didn't make it full for the my tomatoes to have a little bit of space inside it. Also incase if there's a strong wind, it will not damage it since they are not yet matured so their stem is not that sturdy at all.
When I finished preparing the pot, I watered the seedlings already to be transplanted immediately. Why would I water it before pulling the up? For the soil to loosen up and will not cause a huge damage to the roots when I pull it. Then I pulled it and as you can see from the photo below that they're already tall and really ready to be transplanted.
And without further a do, I made 5 hole within the soil and planted them already.
I didn't watered them yet because there's still enough moisture in the soil plus I watered them before pulling. As you can see from the photo below, it's just so easy to plant tomatoes.
You just need to prepare a container, fill it with your desired soil, dig a hole then plant a seedling. Take care of it as it grows and wait for it to bear fruits. And when the time comes you will harvest your own tomato.
This is the final product and if you read this far friends, thank you for reading.
Plant, plant and you'll survive.
-Jhero