Can you guess what this is? Of course you can. The title gave it away. That's a Gotu Kola sapling. Yey! After weeks of just doing cameos in my mango posts, something finally happened. And I'm very glad to say that I now have first hand experience of a Gotu Kola plant spreading. Remember, that's why I bought it: so that it will spread and make me look like a capable gardener. My ego says thank you. That Gotu Kola is good for gout is only an unplanned benefit. Those light brown spots you see there are siling labuyo seeds. Yep, I got them straight from the ref. I hope they're easy to grow. I spread the sili flesh around the plot just in case an erring kitten decides to mess with my plants again.
Here's my mango plant today. As you can see, the leaves are already green and upright. It looks like it's well on it's way to becoming a big happy plant. I hope it has totally put the experience of being attacked by cats behind it. Yey! Of course, that's still a 10% success rate for me, but hey, I'll take it. As long as this one grows up to become a super mango tree.
A new day brings with it a new hope that my plants will survive. As I've said in a prior post, I will succeed by increasing the sample size. If I have a 1% survival rate, then I'll plant 100 times. In case you haven't noticed yet, I have a bias for flowering plants. I bought an Aster and a Mums plant a few weeks ago. The Aster has since moved on to a "better place"; the Mums is now "sporting a skinhead". Oh well. But these two caught my eye. One is purple and the other one is red and white. According to the tindero, petunias bloom all year round (unlike Poinsettias which just show red blooms once a year). Since they're also supposed to get indirect sunlight, I placed them in the side yard where my Poinsettia is located as well. Hopefully they thrive in that low sun environment. 
In the last episode, curiosity got the best of me and I dug around my mango seeds to see if there was anything going on. There was! Despite the lack of activity above ground, my seeds had grown roots. It scared me a bit because the poking might have shocked the mango seeds into oblivion. Imagine my surprise today when I saw small leaves sprouting from the ground. The pictures are not crystal clear, but there's no mistaking it. That's not a grasshopper. Those are not blades of grass. Those are small mango leaves! Yey. So that means I have around a 15% survival rate because I planed a good number of seeds. Oh well, now they're just accidental compost. I can't wait until it looks like an actual plant! All I can say is that all hope is not yet lost. By the way, my Gotu Kola's doing a cameo on this picture.
Just an update everyone. In my past post regarding earning on-line opportunities, Paid2YouTube was one of sites I said I was trying out. Well as of today, I'm officially dropping it from my list. For the past week or so, it has had zero (0) earning opportunities (no videos to watch). I suspect that site will close soon. Don't sign up for it. 
As you may have read, I have grown quite plant crazy again in the past weeks. It's me reliving my teenage days when I had over a dozen rose plants with different colors (red, white, peach, pink & yellow). With too many attempts to root and loosen the soil and to water, they died. Sigh. 
It's also me trying to start my dream mango orchard. Naturally, I have to know how to take care of them first right. About a week ago, I published a picture of my mango seed. It still looks like that, but at least it's still green. There is hope yet. The poinsettias that I moved from indoors to our greenhouse like corridor outside the house look healthy enough but are still devoid of the big red leaves. 
