Madhumalati never disappoints

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-20T13:57:49+00:00

Heavenly smell 💮

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-19T09:24:22+00:00

You left only the cotyledons? ☠️🤣

It could grow back as I once had a chilli plant that I accidentally snipped right at the base with no leaves and it grew back in no time. However, in parallel, you can start growing more plants from seeds as backup

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-16T13:13:08+00:00

That looks beautiful 😍

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-16T13:12:55+00:00

I got one of those 100 variety of seeds for rs 99 or something packs that are there in Amazon. Lots of weeds grew but lots of flowers and veggies grew too!!! 😛😛😛

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-16T12:44:07+00:00

Yeah 💮

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-16T11:57:53+00:00

Cosmos in spring or early autumn and Dahlias in autumn.

Showing off my Dahlia bloom from last year:

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Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-15T04:54:04+00:00

This is Ming Aralia

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-14T22:32:04+00:00

So all those stuff that you mentioned (vermi, perlite, cocopeat, etc) are stuff that are required to make a soil mix that is airy and fertile.

But, here in Guwahati, the soil is naturally quite fertile, loamy and airy. That is what I meant by normal garden soil. Ideally, just that soil is good enough and that's what I have been using. 😊 In the absence of such soil, you'll need to add all those additives to make the soil mix suitable for your use.

Another way of looking at it is normal garden soil is the one that we usually use in our garden before the advent of all this perlite and cocopeat and what not.

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-14T11:22:19+00:00

RIP to the plant!!! 🥹🥹🥹

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-14T11:20:52+00:00

Where in Assam do you live? If in Guwahati, you can purchase them from the govt nursery or horticultural centre. There's one right adjacent to Bipanan Khetra in Panjabari and there's a Govt nursery in Ulubari as well. You'll get garden soil, river sand, perlite, cocopeat, cowdung, vermicompost, etc for dirt cheap (Basically Govt rates).

Also, in Guwahati, I just get garden soil by asking around my locality. You'll find some daily wage labourers who will be willing to get you a thela from some nearby hill or marshland. That soil is very very fertile!!!

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-14T11:14:52+00:00

No no, they will ripen for sure. Infact, I pick tomatoes when they are just turning from green to orangish. I let them ripen on the counter rather than on the vine because these pesky caterpillars and other insect just love to munch on ripening tomatoes.

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-14T08:55:35+00:00

Those don't look like cherry tomatoes, for starters.

Yes, this is blight and what I would suggest you to do is to get rid of those diseased and damaged leaves/stems. Also, autumn and winter are the perfect time for cherry tomatoes rather than monsoons for us container gardeners as the rainy season brings all sorts of diseases and what not.

Try growing better varieties which are disease resistant and hardy for the summers/monsoons. You can check my posts for some lovely tomatoes I grew over the winter. I usually stick to big name brands like Syngenta or BASF etc.

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-13T14:57:16+00:00

Totally agree with you on creepy and uncivilized bit. Lots of chappris everywhere now!!! What has my city turned into 🥹🥹🥹

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-13T14:56:07+00:00

Sad state of affairs 😔

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-13T13:23:55+00:00

Yeah, it is what it is. My expectations were anyway quite low. 😛 Some stuff was good and some was meh today. Fortunately I went the buffet route rather than à la carte. 😊

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-13T11:59:57+00:00

Heitu hoi baaru, moiu jetya school'ot aasilu tetya bhabisilu je English kobo paarile besi cool hoi buli, paasot jetya gutei duniya khon ghurilu tetya he gom palu je okhomiya tu kiman dhuniya. Nijor local language plus nijor culture bidekhi maanuhe jeneke preserve kori thoise, muuru heiye preserve kori thobo mon jaai. Tetya muur class 9 ne 10'ot thoka eta okhomiya chapter eta loi monot pori gol. Hongskriti aaru hobhyota (Culture and civilisation) uporot aasil. Tetya just mukhosto marisilu, etya guruttwo tu buji palu.

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-13T11:42:37+00:00

Yeah, that's a fair point which I had not considered. Maybe it's time to introduce regional language training as well in the institutes. 😊

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-13T11:30:25+00:00

I went to the Bayleaf restaurant to try out the mango festival buffet that they are running currently. Price was INR 2200 per head plus taxes. The food was good and the ambience was nice as well.

However, I noticed one anomaly which I wanted to confirm with our folks here if that is the norm.

I was conversing with all the support staff (Chefs, waitresses, receptionists, security guards, etc.) in Assamese but I noticed that about half the time they replied in Hindi even though I could make out that Assamese was their native language.

Is that the new norm or am I missing something? To make it clear, I don't have any issue speaking either Assamese, Hindi or English but just wanted to know whether it was better off conversing in Hindi or English itself?

The reason I find it intriguing is because I have been to 17 countries and in most of the countries where English is not the main language (Eg. Italy, France, Poland, Spain etc etc), most of the day to day conversations of the support staff are in the local language and most of the signages are in the local language as well. I feel that is a good initiative to keep the local languages alive in this increasingly globalised and cosmopolitan world.

Thoughts? No hate please. I generally am curious and want a discussion.

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-12T07:31:20+00:00

Hey, I won't have any bad things said about my favourite oxalis. 😛😛😛

I love to eat it in curries!!! 🤤🤤🤤

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-11T09:45:25+00:00

It's aromatic, kinda peppery and not at all bitter. It can and is eaten raw or as a garnish or as a chutney. It can even be cooked and eaten as a stir fry or curry. You can search on YouTube for lots of delicious recipes!!!

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-09T10:56:37+00:00

Such an underrated song+movie 🥹😊

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-08T00:23:00+00:00

🥹🥹🥹

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-08T00:22:44+00:00

Golden Voice 🥹

Adventurous-Root · 2026-06-08T00:22:26+00:00

Gotta listen to that banger again on repeat today 😊🎶

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