Jardinerong Sunog (the Burnt Gardener)

In a bid to rekindle the lost fire between myself and aquatic plants, I recently placed an order for some bucephalandras- a perfect choice I reckon, given my interest in both aroids and aquatic plants. Now, despite experience in maintaining a wide range of aquatics, admit I must that I have never yet tried my hands on any Bucephalandra . That changes today. Bucephalandra 'S Blue' Now, I know I said 'aquatic plants' and all, but maybe I should establish at the onset that I intend to maintain the plants in an emersed state. I do have tanks, but I am not yet willing to take the full aquatic gardening plunge, so to speak. That will come much later. Potting up the plants is straightforward and done exactly with the same methods as outlined in a previous post about Cryptocoryne . But for the lazy, I only used repurposed containers with gravel beneath, topped by filter wool and overlaid with a layer of activated carbon, then topped again by filter wool.  The deepest layer con...

I have been wanting to write down my mind since four days ago, but could not even begin to find the words to pave it all up. Then just this morning, one of my followers on my Facebook page- Jardinerong Sunog Blogs- sent me a message informing me that in just a few days, my followers have jumped from 495 to 710. The page was started two years and a month ago as the Facebook arm of this blog where I can write short pieces about plants. And as far as pages go, the following is tiny. Facebook has been pressuring me into boosting my posts so I can have more Likes and followers. I don't need those. They will come in their own time, I thought. Because I have always thought that gardening and all things that revolve around it, take time. Gardeners and the plants they nurture are children of time, and peace, and solitude. At least that is what I thought it was. The global pandemic has spawned new gardeners, but many do not want time to take its course. Thus, the inner peace that gardening i...