Turning off the radiator

Today I put my precious Amazon lilies (which I have named, I tend to do that with my potted plants, only two of the three lilies are named, Roberto Carlos, he’s the oldest and then Santiago Solari who’s a few years younger. If you know football you might see a pattern :p) and two pelargonium which I’m trying to store for the winter. The Amazon lilies need a cold period to bloom.

I turned down the radiator to one in my bedroom, it’s already pretty chili in my room and now I guess it will be cold. I should get a thermometer so I can see just how cold it gets. But if the pelargonim will live until spring and my lilies will bloom I’m okay with wearing hat and scarf indoors.

I bought a new orchid the other day

I used to be really good with orchids but something happened but what I don’t know. All of a sudden my babies started to die. After doing some research it looks as if they died because of water still left in the pot and that might be the cause. I think I started water them differently. In the beginning I was always watering them over the sink where I would make sure there were no water left in the pot but then I got lazy and just water them a little standing on the windowsill. So, due to this I bought a new orchid and I’ll do better with the watering and see if it will do the trick.

Disappointing day…

Went to Plantagen to get some tulips bulbs and some garlic but no… Maybe it’s a little late? September is almost over. Have to go to Weibulls, they are the best store in my opinion. Plantagen is one of those places that go for quantity instead of quality. I ended up with two ferns for my window instead, one kind that I really like because I can totally abuse it and it still survives and the other one is a kind I haven’t tried before.

Shopping list for Weibulls
Tulip “Marilyn”
Parrot tulips red and white I think
Late and early red tulips
Yellow and purple tulips
Garlic (not sure if it’s because of the garlic I planted with the tulips last year but I like to believe I found a way to keep deer away)