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Last month one of my elder sisters brought home a Cherry Blossom and Rambutan seedlings for planting around the house. While I was looking for a location in planting the seedlings I noticed that there was no extra space aside from my vegetable garden.
With that being said, I have no choice but to plant the Cherry Blossom and the Rambutan seedlings in my vegetable garden.
Since the Cherry Blossom is a beautiful tree when bearing flowers I decided to plant it at the left-center corner of my vegetable (between my additional squash crops).
In the case of the Rambutan seedlings, I decided to plant at the location of my water spinach.
Below are photographs of the Cherry Blossom and Rambutan seedlings that I am going to transplant in my vegetable garden.
Cherry Blossom
First Rambutan tree
Second Rambutan tree
Preparing the Soil for Transplanting Cherry Blossom and Rambutan Trees
After I decided on the transplanting location of the Cherry Blossom tree I dug a hole on the ground (photo below). The hole may look shallow but it is actually about 1 foot deep.
Hole for transplanting Cherry Blossom
In the case of the Rambutan trees, I need to make an elevated transplanting location because it is frequently flooded by rising water coming from nearby rice fields.
The two photos below can be seen the elevated soil that I made for transplanting the Rambutan trees.
First elevated soil for transplanting Rambutan tree
Second elevated soil for transplanting Rambutan tree
Transplanting the Rambutan Trees
After I prepared the soil for transplanting the Rambutan trees it is now time to transplant.
Below is a short video of me while I am transplanting the Rambutan tree.
Transplanting the Rambutan tree
And here's how it looks like after I transplanted the two Rambutan trees.
Newly transplanted Rambutan tree (first)
Newly transplanted Rambutan Tree (second)
Transplanting the Cherry Blossom Tree
Next up is transplanting the Cherry Blossom tree and below is a short video of me while adding some black soil and transplanting the Cherry Blossom tree.
Transplanting the Cherry Blossom tree
Below is a look at the newly transplanted Cherry Blossom tree.
Newly transplanted Cherry Blossom tree
Planting Sweet Potato Vines
After transplanting the Cherry Blossom tree and the two Rambutan trees I now proceed in planting sweet potato vines in other parts of my vegetable garden.
Below is a photo of the sweet potato vines that I am going to plant.
Sweet vines for planting
Below is a short video of me while I am cutting the sweet potato vines that I am going to plant.
Cutting the sweet potato vines for planting
And here's how it looks like after cutting them for planting.
Newly cut sweet potato vines for planting
Since the sweet potato vines are a very resilient vegetable, most of the time it is a "plant and forgets" vegetable.
And since sweet potato vines crawl, I decided to plant them beside the concrete wall of my vegetable garden.
Here is where I am going to plant the sweet potato vines
Below is a short video of me while I am planting the sweet potato vines
Planting sweet potato vines
Below are two photographs of the sweet potato vines after I planted them
That is all for now, until next time.
I am a Computer Engineer, blogger, farmer, father, and husband. I love countryside living, nature, farming (rice/vegetables), and has two decades of experience as an I.T. professional
