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This plant is a recent addition and have been researching about its pruning for a bit. Got conflicting ideas about the ideal time to prune online.

Decided to go ahead with the pruning anyhow today (mid-May as opposed to the majority views being Feb/March) as the leaves were quite small and the plant needed a good chance at flowering around August.

There's around a fortnight for new shoots to kick in before it starts raining and then around two months for the growth to settle in.

Pl share your experience with growing harsingar in pots for balconies.

Saw multiple videos and read articles before doing this and passing on the summary :-)

Soil mix

Sand : Compost : Perlite : Cocopeat (used whatever the pot from the nursery had) = 1: 1/2 :1/2 : 1/4

Added one stick of charcoal as well. Added a small spoon of NPK for adenium.

New pot for adenium was around 1.5 inch larger in circumference and around 3 inch deeper. Apparently the depth is less important.

Pushed the caudex (thick part of the stem) up by ~2 inches while repotting. Can notice the faint marking on the stem if looked at closely.

Kept the succulent tray in a corner where I don't need to water other plants frequently.

An update from Mahabali Animal Ashram, Pernem, Goa that melted my heart. The little cutie I had posted about some days back is having a roll. Sharing a recent video. The pup I am talking about is brown with white marks on his face. The other two, especially the white one, are so damn cute too. Kudos to the work Nicola is doing ❤️

So! I put a stone on my heart and accepted that I won't quite read (a majority of these) book. A friend just loved these though and took them all in. She is a voracious reader so my tsundoku guilt is ebbing. 😅

Which book/s from your shelf have you delayed reading so far?

*Tsundoku (Japanese) - Collecting books without reading them

Recently got some fabrics hand printed for hand embroidery. Had a tough time finding this artisan. He had a huge and well-worn collection of butter papers punctured with beautiful designs ❤️

Got to know about this dish during my stay in Kolkata. Have been a fan since.

Fit some recent finds in this space.

So my friend was suggesting I take a sapling from her Gunja plant for a long time. I wasn't that keen as the seeds are poisonous.

But she asked me again and I couldn't refuse and she sent a nice sapling over yesterday. Just planted it in a big pot (for my Ylang-Yalng which flowered once in 12 years lol) where it can easily lean on and climb.

Was reading up a bit about this plant. It is called Chanothi in Gujarati. While seeds are toxic, leaves are medicinal. As a kid I remember some pan shops using these dried leaves too.

The seeds are a sign of auspiciousness and a rosary is offered to Mahalaxmi in particular.

Hoping this one grows well and my balcony garden gets revived in due time.

Btw I also had a major nursery haul yesterday and got sooo many other plants. Will post about that separately soon.

PS- Second pic of the seeds picked from net for reference only.

So my friend was suggesting I take a sapling from her Gunja plant for a long time. I wasn't that keen as the seeds are poisonous.

But she asked me again and I couldn't refuse and she sent a nice sapling over yesterday. Just planted it in a big pot (for my Ylang-Yalng which flowered once in 12 years lol) where it can easily lean on and climb.

Was reading up a bit about this plant. It is called Chanothi in Gujarati. While seeds are toxic, leaves are medicinal. As a kid I remember some pan shops using these dried leaves too.

The seeds are a sign of auspiciousness and a rosary is offered to Mahalaxmi in particular.

Hoping this one grows well and my balcony garden gets revived in due time.

Btw I also had a major nursery haul yesterday and got sooo many other plants. Will post about that separately soon.

PS- Second pic of the seeds picked from net for reference only.

Misha was a monthly children's magazine published by the Soviet Union (founded 1983) to promote Soviet culture globally.

I found these copies while clearing the store room today. As posted in a previous thread, this is again something that my father subscribed to for us and of which I have vague memories.

My buoy was at his best. ❤️

Recollected my father's persistence to follow his interests when I was going through his collection of books today. Felt so warm and appreciative.

These are not big names and not fancy titles but reflect a simple man's effort to find his way through at a time when information was not easily accessible.

The Urdu book, Ahang Aur Urooz, that I found is on learning meters. There's one more on meters called Kitaab-Ul-Arooz. One, he got from Kundan Lal Kundan that I cannot currently find.

Rest speak for themselves. Made me realize that there was a time when people relied on "physical" books to learn almost anything under the sun.

I can't help but admire how Baba tried to find his way around topics of his interest when YouTube and net resources in general were not as prolific as they are now.

He used to correspond with authors, sometimes even meet them in person.

Other assorted finds were Gita Press Gorakhpur copies, of which I am keeping the Shiv Puraan :-)