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Yesterday, when I went out to the balcony to hang the laundry, I was surprisedð

Just about ten days ago, I had posted that the leaves of my Albuca were growing straight. But now, they have started to curl.

Last year and the year before, when they were growing in the summer, the leaves stayed straight. They would eventually wither in the fall, and then from the following spring to early summer, they would sprout and grow while curling⊠That was the cycle, so I had arbitrarily assumed thatâs how it worked. In other words, I thought the leaves curled only in spring and not in summer.
However, this time, after looking away for just a day or two, the leaves had curled like this, leaving me completely confused.
When I looked it up online again, it seems that the reasons Albuca leaves donât curl are insufficient sunlight, water, or fertilizer. Since I kept it on the balcony all summer, it should have had plenty of sunlight. That must mean it was lacking water or fertilizer. I had read somewhere before that itâs better to limit watering in the summer, so I followed that advice⊠Sorry about that ð¢

As expected, seeing the Albuca curl makes me happy. Hereâs a photo from when I first bought it, and I remember falling in love with those curls at first sight. The leaf tips were curled like coils, and they were very cute ð¥°
This time, perhaps because the leaves had grown quite a bit before curling, the curls arenât very neat. I want to look into tips for making them curl more beautifully.

As for my other plantsâPachira, Dracaena, and AmanatsuâI gave them fertilizer for houseplants about three days ago. According to the instructions on the back of the fertilizer bag, itâs necessary to give them about one teaspoon of fertilizer once a month. Come to think of it, I might not have given them any fertilizer since repottingâŠð

As I wrote in my previous post, the fact that some of the Pachiraâs leaves have withered or turned pale might be due to a lack of fertilizer. I sprinkled one teaspoon of fertilizer in each plantâs pot and watered them. Amanatsu isnât a houseplant, but this fertilizer should be okay for now, right?

I hope the Pachira regains its vigor, but when I checked today, new leaves were starting to grow, so Iâm hopeful.
When I started growing a few plants, I couldnât help but want to grow something edible as well. In the past, I tried growing tomatoes on the same balcony, but it required a huge amount of soil, and the preparation was quite a hassle. The first year, I somehow managed to reach the harvest, but after that, perhaps because itâs been getting hotter and hotter, it didnât go well at all. The medium-sized tomatoes ended up with blossom-end rot due to a lack of nutrients. The radishes were attacked by aphids and ended up failing. Maybe Iâll try starting with indoor hydroponics? ð€ No, maybe I should hold off...
My mother's side of the family were tea farmers, and my father's side were part-time rice farmers, each with their own vegetable gardens for personal use. I grew up eating vegetables like napa cabbage, daikon radish, corn, eggplant, cucumbers, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes that my grandparents grew, taking it all for granted. Looking back now, I realize how amazing that was.
For a while from now, itâs not the season for plants to grow, so I want to focus on helping my houseplant friends safely get through the winter.
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