The last one week I was away in the city - getting out of the comfort zone (my garden) ! My ever kind and obliging nephew took us to see the Secret Garden at 1 Utama.....a unique garden and a source of inspiration indeed. Photography will not do justice to this very special garden. I felt almost at home there because I spied some of the plants I have there......! We also checked out the Amazonian Waterlily at the ponds - spectacular ! Unfortunately there were no blooms then, but many buds. Do take a minute to read about this amazing waterlily at this link : -http://www.squidoo.com/Amazonwaterlily.
Oh dear, I just got distracted.... ah yes, in gardening there is always the bright and dark sides as well....On one hand we love nature - the beauty it often portrays, but now and then the ugly side will rear its head. Check out these gruesome creatures I dug out from two of my pots......!
How did I know they were there? My plants ( the Cardwell Lily posted : 28th aug 2010 and the Mosquito Plant posted : 26th Aug 2010 ) were looking yellow and unhealthy. Then I spied one of these horrible creatures when I dig around to check out what was wrong......! I am not sure if my mosquito plant will survive as its roots seemed to be in really bad shape, but the Cardwell Lily will survive, I think. I re-pot the two plants with fresh soil. I am currently inspecting the other pots as well.......!
What are these horrible creatures? I think they are some sort of beetle bugs as I noticed that some were about to hatch....!
Well the bright side of gardening.....I was overjoyed when I noticed the numerous buds on my garlic vine (posted 24 October)......! Check these out ....TO BE CONTINUED......! (continuation posted on 21st Nov 2010)
2 comments:
Looks like worms!
They are grubs actually --- worms are friendly and harmless, but these grubs are veracious eater of roots, very destructive. They will eventually turn into beetles....
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