Greetings!

A few days ago I finally had the time to plant some vegetables (in customized pots). It will be my first vegetable crop since I diverted all my time to managing our rice farm in November last year. This blog is about the development of the aforementioned vegetables that I planted which I also blogged, check it out by visiting Garden Journal: Vegetable Seed Sowing for Summer. Aside from my newly planted vegetable I also rehabilitated my old Jicama crops from last year. And I will be introducing the Bananas that I relocated to a nearby bund just beside our rice field more than a year ago.

# Updates on my newly planted vegetables # Okra - Day 5 (sprouted out of the soil)

To clearly show the dramatic development of my crops I took some photos of them randomly (days apart). Once they come out of the soil they are quite fast in growing. One of my crops is Okra, it germinated in just five days and then developed a leaf on day 6, quite fast if you ask me (see photos below).

![Okra - Day 5.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23vi5wPiovNyn8zt3fnn2dqPbuw2rKcRKZoHRu4iKEAgg7CZJqgGggT1iVaXfyBgpLcGT.jpg) # Okra - Day 6 ![20230414_123626.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23y8wp3SYjmqDcW8Fe6CjnjQtp1TCThnYzjdb4bFE4N4UAXPSYHS2s2Lka1tUVPuTDfs6.jpg) # Okra - Day 12 ![Okra.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23y8oLoxhtYuZ9kG8DWpHVL6hfCymLwtSTJVZMYeq8Mbb2FtiKtTRkDJitxAtY2Y1x3BW.jpg) # String Beans - Day 5 (sprouted out of the soil)

Aside from okra my string beans also sprouted out of the soil on day 5 and on the twelfth day, it already has multiple leaves. String beans are probably one of the most vigorous vegetables when it comes to growing. I think it grows faster than Okra. Check out the photos of my string beans below.

![String Beans - Day 5.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23wX1dHTaRuwBzigMRYtojXAjZSBdaCkFe1c5vaSDVRnS92cQ97eyDeiv8aSjTHBhFNnX.jpg) # String Beans - Day 12 ![Sitaw.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23wC9ZLHirC6CuK2z9ZZ8hRsFw8P6V5XRKoaqodR2chFxfQgEJqTdgxHpanAe7whzHHnx.jpg) # Bottle Gourd Day 8

I noticed that bottle gourd is the slowest to germinate of all the vegetables that I planted. Sad to say my Snow Cabbage hasn't germinated yet (I am still patiently that they will eventually germinate). Bottle gourd just sprouted out of the soil on day 8, Bottle Gourd was quite slow to germinate compared to Okra and String Beans (string beans and okra only took 5 days to germinate. Check out the photos of my bottle gourd below.

![20230415_081856.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23wgRuZujvBCW1egFqWjuRyAL9ixapYWXfyVLTr9Bwq1fXhRWy6LKVyD3HGhGuSoamxRV.jpg) # Bottle Gournd - Day 12 ![Upo.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23xKrQFkq86eFxDVcLRATcX8SKhR3xxdKtUShPSpNeBFvTPWZjD3Amsa1c5WF2wcWJPD9.jpg) # Cutting Banana Leaves

This will be the first time that I am going to cut the leaves of my bananas outside our house. These bananas were relocated last year (which I took from one of my relatives who has a lot of bananas that are not taken care of). One of them already bears fruit (which I forgot to take a photo of). I cut the leaves of my bananas to promote growth a little faster and also to make them more sturdy in case gusts of winds comes this rainy season (month of May), which is only a couple of day away. Check out the before and after photos of my bananas below. There is also a photo of them in which my bananas can be seen in a straight line.

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And here they are in a single line, the last one is the one with fruit. And my son can be seen on the right side.

![20230423_181649.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23rBLPexvyKFqMmgSvAtsgyb3JictmrcDPeGU6sBjeF8gUsSgeSgEbcoSJX53rXQDjLyn.jpg) # Rehabilitating my old Jicama Crops

One of the most sturdy root crops that I knew is Jicame, they can survive a few months without water. A few days after I planted my first vegetables this summer season an idea popped up in my mind, "why not rehabilitate the Jicamas", so, I did. I am happy to know that I was able to get two of my Jicamas for rehabilitation, I could not get the others because my vegetable garden right now is very bushy, some grasses are even taller than me and it is dangerous just to go in there with rain boots. Check out the before and after photos of two of my Jicamas below.

![20230415_083233.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23wqkiNQtJKahv3gkHr5rNwD6XymrXDxb6bJke5Vfuw3V47s2bxKfmVGQatdV7sMxF69M.jpg) ![20230415_084924.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23wMaXDW6DzLqYp252xXSi46TmLkdutHKxncAvbUrmw42QERN6FmNTgQtir9umQbaK17j.jpg) ![20230415_083241.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23xKxMKpHJ2YbvhxjSxyB45tG4U2hNrp5kGREKPYCZFrt8fW2vtoDHK7TCcdTi3Vc3wDM.jpg) ![20230415_084935.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/afterglow/23wqdoDdDRsL6QZHGPYHkEBim1oDWXEV8qzShDEcQyYwRFW4UrJ3UDyNr7T9TVQ1j7KFq.jpg)

That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.

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