水遣り以外、軒下でほとんど放置状態だったキンカンライムの苗を引っ張り出してびっくり。枝が左右に伸び放題で、こんなに樹形が乱れていました。
This is Limequat growing in a pot. Apart from watering, I have been neglecting it by placing it under the balcony. When I pulled it out into the open, I was shocked to see how the branches had grown - they looked out of control.
世話しなくても良く実がなる品種で、しかも粒揃いです。
This plant produces lots of fruits even with little care by me. Also, the fruits' sizes are quite uniform.
One of the fruits seems to be maturing.
もう使えそう。料理やお茶など、ほんの少しだけ香酸類が欲しいとき、使い切りサイズなので便利です。
It looks ready to be used. When I need only drops of citrus juice in cooking or for tea, I find this very handy by using the whole fruit.
今年は早めにユリ球根の植え替え作業をしました。うちには紅筋山百合がありますが、その中で２つのタイプに分かれています。
こちらは去年の夏に練馬の渋谷園芸本店で買ったほうで、比較的安価でした。去年の冬の植え替え時に肥料をたっぷりやっておいたので、今年の開花は去年買った時の花よりも大輪。
This year, I am repotting the lily bulbs earlier than usual, while it is warm and pleasant to work outside. I grow Red Yamayuri and they are grouped into two types as below.
These are the ones I bought in summer last year, from a shop in Nerima, and they were inexpensive. The flowers were small then, but after giving the bulbs plenty of fertiliser when I repotted them last winter, this year's flowers were much larger.
大きい球根のすぐ横に支柱を立てて越冬です。来年の春、だいたいどのあたりから芽が出るか、予想がつきやすくなります。
これ↓が今日 掘り起こしたときの球根で、それぞれの上根に１個ずつ子球ができていました。
When I dug them out today, I found each original bulb had a baby bulb among the upper roots.
こちらはヤフオクで買った球根からの花。球根は高かったけど、本格的な紅筋山百合です。
These are the flowers from one of the bulbs I bought on an auction site. The bulbs were expensive, but the flowers are authentic Red Yamayuri, and different from Dizzy Oriental Lily.
今年花をつけたのは右の大きいほうの球根だけでしたが、今日の状態を見ると左の小さいほうも来年は咲きそうです。右の球根は買ったときよりかなり大きくなっていて、上根も沢山出ていました。
This year, only the bulb on the right produced flowers. However, looking at the smaller one, I think it has grown mature enough for flowering next year - it has grown much larger than when I bought it, as well as having lots of upper roots.
この２個の球根には上根に子球ができていませんでしたが、まるで球根が分裂しそうな箇所はありました。ユリ栽培に慣れた人なら、うまく子球として取り外すことができるでしょうが、私は自信ないので、そのまま植えておきました。
Although these bulbs had no baby ones among the upper roots, each of them has a potential baby that seems ready to be detached. A person with enough experience might be able to separate the baby and make it an independent one, but I am too scared to do it. So, I simply repotted them as they were.
大きい球根のすぐ横に支柱を立てて越冬です。来年の春、だいたいどのあたりから芽が出るか、予想がつきやすくなります。
I placed a prop next to each of the large bulb, ready for winter. This way, I would know where to look for the new buds in spring next year.
最初に着果した下のほうの実と
売れ残り苗を買ってきたパッションフルーツは、８月下旬のこの状態から
The leftover passion fruit plant that I bought in late August has grown from this state
いまは２個の実をつけています。
to this currently, with two fruits growing on it.
Of the 3 flowers that appeared, the lower fruit is from the 2nd flower.
次に結実した上のほうの実は、だんだんと同じサイズに近づいてきています。明日の朝の最低気温は15℃の予想で、来週の後半には15℃を下回るようなので、そろそろ２階の南向き部屋に取り込む時期になりました。
The upper fruit is from the 3rd flower, and its size is getting close to the lower fruit. Now, the expected lowest temperature for tomorrow morning is 15℃, and the lowest temp is forecast to fall below 15℃ in late next week. I will be taking this pot to a south-facing room upstairs soon.
同時に買ったビラフランカレモンも順調に育っていて、大きいほうの実が若干黄色くなってきました。
The leftover Villa Franca lemon that I bought at the same time has also been doing well. The larger fruit has grown a lot, and it is starting to turn yellow.
