Re-organised bottled plants

I am sure you've seen this before on Pinterest on bottled garden.

Pix courtesy of http://ranchodelicioso.com/recycled-bottle-gardens/

Influenced, I tried to plant some using recycled plastic bottles.

Of course I never got it right and just hung them randomly.

They are all over the place on the staircase.

So today, I decided to line them up..

Saves water too, now that I only have to water the top and let it drizzle down to the other plants.

Mint in water - results after 2 weeks

2 weeks ago I started a small experiment to find out if mint can live in water.

Here's the results :-

This bottle did fine.. all the leaves are healthy and some root growth.

This one had the best results

A close up of the roots. It has the most root growth compared to the rest of the mint.

This one didn't do so well. Many dried up and died leaving the pitiful few on top.

This one is ok but with one of the three stems totally drying up and wilted.

Conclusion:

Mint can leave in water but looks like only 60% of mine is okay. I guess I will return those wilting back to soil and only keep the successful/strong ones in water. 

I still don't know why some did better than others. Perhaps like the one with lots of root growth it was because only half of the root was in water? The other half could "breathe" exposed to air? Just an assumption.

My combo herbs for tea

Bought another one of those small RM 2 pots from Giant supermarket to make this herb combo pot.

Mints + Indian Borage + Pegaga Gajah.

All three can be used in my tea. :)

Benefits for each herb:

Indian Borage : cures cough and wind.

Mint: Relieves sore throat, high in Vitamin A and antioxidants.

Pegaga gajah: Good for memory, skin and anti viral properties.

Won't be taking the pegaga gajah for some time because it only has 3 tiny leaves!

Staying in an apartment I don't have a garden, so potted herbs like these is quite attractive for me.

Durian Tree - 3 weeks old

Durian tree is now 3 weeks old. You can see pictures of it a week earlier here.

What a difference. The shoots is straigthening itself upwards.

Small leaves are forming.

Some growth in the middle..

Ulam Raja omellette

Ulam Raja from the garden.

Usually I eat it raw but here it's added to egg omellette. Ok but all the leaves should be young if you like me like this soft and not  that hard and chewy bits. :)

Mint rooted

Some leaves are yellowing after being in water for over 2 weeks. So I guess better move them to soil.

Look at the roots !

Mosquito repellent

Indian Borage (bangun-bangun) + Mint = mosquito repellent.

Not sure if this is true or not but I will be rooting this two plants in water. I know Indian Borage (Plectranthus barbatus) is better to be planted straight to ground (as adviced by many in the Malaysian Gardeners Facebook group) but I just like to see it in water for a while.

According to one blog, the Indian Borage is an effective cure for cough and even recommended by her doctor friend.