As trite as it may sound, I'd still love to quote it. "Where there's a will, there's a way."
My little green patch in the small balconies, more than proved this adage. And since I started off in my ground patch, a year back, I've had learning opportunities at every step. And yet again, this chirpy little cherry tomato plant throws a lesson in grit and determination right in my face.
I have volunteer tomatoes springing up here there and everywhere, all the time. Most of the time, if they have sprung up in inappropriate places, or in small pots/containers, I uproot them and add them to the compost pot. But this little volunteer, somehow escaped my keen eye and went on to grow and bear (Absolutely normal sized) cherry tomatoes. You may say, "What's so special about that ?" Well, this one decided to pop up in one of those really small (4"/4") plastic containers that is hooked to the mesh. Now, this container already had an old (One and a half yeas) alternanthera plant, that's growing wild and tumbling all over the mesh ! I noticed it only when it had crept out of the mesh towards the inside of the patch and trailing down like a mini tomato vine and was already sporting teeny weeny bright yellow flowers. It looked pretty and I just didn't feel like uprooting it. And lo, a fortnight later, it is sporting sweet little cherry tomatoes, that look like they've just not been affected by the size of the container, or the amount of nutrition (Zero nutrition in this case. Because, these small containers with alternanthera got a dose of compost only when they were planted as cuttings the first time. Absolutely nothing after that ! And that was a year and a half back !) they've received. The plant may not have grown to the size of the ones growing in larger pots or in the ground, but quite surprisingly, it has produced cherry tomatoes of the same size. And my observation says, if it had got a little more sunlight (This particular spot hardly gets any direct sunlight. It's filtered/indirect sunlight all day) and nourishment, it would have shown even better results... That apart, the fact that it grew so well in such adverse conditions, is what's amazing !
Hmmm... now any guesses why I ended up saying, where there's a will, there's a way... eh?
The little cherry tomato vine having crept through the mesh into the patch...
Pleasantly surprised to see it sport normal sized cherry tomatoes...
Pleasantly surprised to see it sport normal sized cherry tomatoes...
It's crept out of the small container and grown into a miniature vine...
Peeping through the mesh...
And here it is, the small (4"/4") container
These are my cherry tomatoes growing in the ground.
And these are the ones harvested from the plants growing in the ground. The ones growing the small container, undoubtedly match these in size and quality !
My little green patch in the small balconies, more than proved this adage. And since I started off in my ground patch, a year back, I've had learning opportunities at every step. And yet again, this chirpy little cherry tomato plant throws a lesson in grit and determination right in my face.
I have volunteer tomatoes springing up here there and everywhere, all the time. Most of the time, if they have sprung up in inappropriate places, or in small pots/containers, I uproot them and add them to the compost pot. But this little volunteer, somehow escaped my keen eye and went on to grow and bear (Absolutely normal sized) cherry tomatoes. You may say, "What's so special about that ?" Well, this one decided to pop up in one of those really small (4"/4") plastic containers that is hooked to the mesh. Now, this container already had an old (One and a half yeas) alternanthera plant, that's growing wild and tumbling all over the mesh ! I noticed it only when it had crept out of the mesh towards the inside of the patch and trailing down like a mini tomato vine and was already sporting teeny weeny bright yellow flowers. It looked pretty and I just didn't feel like uprooting it. And lo, a fortnight later, it is sporting sweet little cherry tomatoes, that look like they've just not been affected by the size of the container, or the amount of nutrition (Zero nutrition in this case. Because, these small containers with alternanthera got a dose of compost only when they were planted as cuttings the first time. Absolutely nothing after that ! And that was a year and a half back !) they've received. The plant may not have grown to the size of the ones growing in larger pots or in the ground, but quite surprisingly, it has produced cherry tomatoes of the same size. And my observation says, if it had got a little more sunlight (This particular spot hardly gets any direct sunlight. It's filtered/indirect sunlight all day) and nourishment, it would have shown even better results... That apart, the fact that it grew so well in such adverse conditions, is what's amazing !
Hmmm... now any guesses why I ended up saying, where there's a will, there's a way... eh?
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