Garden Chronicles of James David
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Keep up with articles from James Missier. In this blog, he focuses on cultivating unique and colorful plants ranging from rare to common plants all around the tropical belt across the world. Check out the latest posts illustrating exotic varieties of tropical plants supplemented with name and images.
Garden Chronicles of James David
5M ago
What a Long Break : June 2023 - July 2024 From Blogging
I'm so surprised that time just few just like that.
A lot had happened during these time frame.
Firstly, I had started working and work really took all of my time that by the time I just remembered time stopped it was already August 2023.
By that time,
A lot of Gardening stuff - catching up to do that require attention.
A lot of my plants started dying due to lack of care - mainly my fault due that negligence.
How I tried my best to maintain my YouTube Channel as it was the easiest to maintain:
Sort of my Video Dairy - better easy vie ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This is my Step by Step Method of Growing Begonia using Mopwick system. I have shown here my method and style on how I arrange them in my set-up. The Material required:
1) Mopwick- washed, soaked and rinsed for few days to a week - water changed daily.
2) Water Container to hold the water - also raring fish to control mosquito from breeding
3) Plastic Basket to hold the mopwick and Begonia root ball
4) A Slab or a Support pieced to hold the Basket
5) A Begonia Plant - Soil medium removed & washed root ball Basically I roll the root ball with the mopwick and ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This video is basically an Introduction to a Begonia species named:
Iron Cross Begonia
which I find the most difficult to cultivate and grow.
I had killed it many times in my trials and error and so I would like to share my experience based on what I did wrong.
Here - I show how I cultivate and maintain them: My Tips for the Day:
1) When purchasing the Iron Cross Begonia - Look out the foliage which is the least damaged. When it is very light green - it means that it is exposed to too much sunlight and the center dark area will appear to shrink and fade.  ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This is my July 2020 Update on my Cane Begonia Collection.
What I’m showcasing here are the few types of Cane Begonias which I currently cultivating:
Cane Begonia Collection: Begonia ‘Aya’, Cane Begonia ‘Maculata wightii’, Cane Begonia Hybrid ' Mrs Hashimoto X Maculata wightii, Cane Begonia 'Albo-picta', Cane Begonia ‘Lucerna’ & Cane Begonia ‘Torch’.
My focus here is to show their Polka Dot features on their Foliage Structure. I had just repot them today just before taking this video. As they are too small and the roots are coming out from their drainage holes. These ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This is my June 2020 Update.
These are clearer pictures of my Begonias where I had labelled them according to their ID Most of the begonias in my collection are slowly regenerating back to their former glory - the ones that survived from last month update:
Following from the Collection that the ones that growing in the Mop Wick System: The ones on the Water Pot (Aquaponic Mop-wick system) Here in this set-up are :
Begonia - U578, Begonia Chivalry, Begonia - Luzonensis, Begonia Black Knight, Begonia Hugh Mc. Laughin, Begonia Aquamarine, Begonia Fireworks, Begonia Silver L ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
My first experiment using mop-wick system.
Here in this set-up are :
Begonia Chivalry, Begonia Tiger Paws, Begonia Black Knight, Begonia Fireworks,Begonia Five N Dime, Begonia Fire Flush, Begonia Silver Limbo, Begonia Jolly Silver & Begonia 'Lalomie'
I would say some of these begonias are fussy and may not able to handle stress well if there are changes in the system. Recently I had a rodent infestation that had badly damaged most of my begonias. It had caused great damage to other plants as well and some of it had died out of stress. Needless to say, some types I hav ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
My first experiment using mop-wick system.
Here in this set-up are :
Begonia Chivalry, Begonia Tiger Paws, Begonia Black Knight, Begonia Fireworks,Begonia Five N Dime, Begonia Fire Flush, Begonia Silver Limbo, Begonia Jolly Silver & Begonia 'Lalomie'
I would say some of these begonias are fussy and may not able to handle stress well if there are changes in the system. Recently I had a rodent infestation that had badly damaged most of my begonias. It had caused great damage to other plants as well and some of it had died out of stress. Needless to say, some types I hav ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This was commonly known as Flame Violets which is much hardier than violets itself, both share the same genes - Gesneriaceae. I was ambitious to start a collection on this genes as I thought Episcias were easy and perhaps level up my challenge to another level.
To my disappointment - it was not as easy as I thought. Regardless, I'm sharing my years of experience with this plant - truly my love-hate relationship plant as they appear to almost to die and revert back to healthy again and at times, the reverse happens like in a cycle ..read more
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This was commonly known as Flame Violets which is much hardier than violets itself, both share the same genes - Gesneriaceae. I was ambitious to start a collection on this genes as I thought Episcias were easy and perhaps level up my challenge to another level.
To my disappointment - it was not as easy as I thought. Regardless, I'm sharing my years of experience with this plant - truly my love-hate relationship plant as they appear to almost to die and revert back to healthy again and at times, the reverse happens like in a cycle ..read more
Growing Epsicias Using Water Pot for Best Humidity Factor - .Unconventional & Effective Garden Style
Garden Chronicles of James David
1y ago
This was commonly known as Flame Violets which is much hardier than violets itself, both share the same genes - Gesneriaceae. I was ambitious to start a collection on this genes as I thought Episcias were easy and perhaps level up my challenge to another level. To my disappointment - it was not as easy as I thought.
Regardless, I'm sharing my years of experience with this plant - truly my love-hate relationship plant as they appear to almost to die and revert back to healthy again and at times, the reverse happens like in a cycle ..read more