camote shoots
ok, so marlene thinks i’m funny for writing about my camote plant. and for counting all the leaves every day! hahahah… i guess that is funny, but still, i’m so excited that a plant of mine is finally growing!
it finally fell over, since it is supposed to be a vine. i don’t have any pictures of it sprawled on the table, since it didn’t fit in the windowsill anymore now that it was growing horizontally. i knew it was about time to make some cuttings and see if i could grow any roots on them. i really wasn’t gutsy enough to cut my only growing plant, and when my dad came over to visit on friday, he did the honors. he cut 12 of the leaves off and soaked them in water so they could grow roots.
here is what the plant looks like now, more bushy than tall. those are all the smaller sprouts still left on it. and right next to it, you can see the ramekin with all the leaves soaking.
wanna see the new roots growing on some of the cuttings? i’m sure you do. and yes, i do check each cutting for roots every day. i dunno if i’m obsessive about this plant or if i’m just excited that things are growing in my care =)
anyways, here’s a pic of one of the shoots with the tiny roots growing out of it
what? you can’t see it, you say? oh, lemme try to zoom in:
and an even better close-up:
i think these will make some good plants some day =)
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