Tuesday, January 17, 2012

I have globe amaranth seedlings, officially

Globe amaranth, or Gomphrena globosa, has always been a fascination for me. I have tried to grow it from seeds but to no avail. Feeling rather depressed, I took to growing the plant with cuttings. Fortunately, it worked! With the success of the cutting, roots were established and before I knew it, flowers have appeared profusely. This particular cutting that I am talking about is grown in my community garden plot. My other cutting grown outside my house did not have this privilege though. Its growth was seen to be more retarded and just recently, I decided to make another cutting, only this time, I have located this new cutting in a new pot of soil. I hope the new cutting can put out roots and just flourish. However, in the meantime, I have my seedlings to anticipate and look at, thanks to the flowering cutting in the community plot. More updates about the cutting and seedlings to come. I just hope the seedlings would harden out and grow as healthily as possible.