A gardener cannot take thing for granted

We planted the seeds of bok choy, (a kind of Chinese cabbage) in these two same rectangular areas at the same time, using the same batch of seeds.  The results are quite different: One has a healthy and lush growth; and only a few emerged on the other.

We never figure out what had happened.

The same thing happened while germinating the luffa seeds in early March.  The first batch of seeds failed, losing the precious three weeks.  A gardener never gives up; we tried again, using the same batch of seeds and succeeded, although the success rate was not as high as it used to be.

Luffa is a tropical vine, requiring 150-200 warm to hot days to produce.  We lost the precious three weeks in the beginning and then the fall came a few weeks earlier this year; cool days are not conducive for luffa to blossom and produce.

“Bok choy” is actually spoken Cantonese, meaning white vegetable, we usually call it 小白菜.  They are winter hardy.  They greet the early cool days with no complaint.

Nothing is guaranteed for success in gardening; we gardeners never take things for granted.