Gardening in Summer

This being only the second year of my balcony gardening in Dubai's hot climate, I am still on a learning curve. A part of the garden is still lush green, the other part is not doing so well. I made a mistake with the tomato planting season and also I think with the salvias. The salvias all have buds but they are much smaller than one would expect. I think that too probably should have been planted in winter. Well, summer here is sure no time for growing plants.

Compost ideas.

After a lot of reseach I have come tothe conclusion that the tye of vegetables that I want to grow here on my balcony can be done only in Dubai's winter. So I am formally abandoning my lush geen, huge tomato plant and many be turn it into compost. Well so much for tomatoes.
My aparagus plant is growing well, as are the zinnias.
A succulent I bought from jadaf was wilting, no amount of care revived it and in the end I put the plant out on the balcony and now it is thriving, doing so well that I have half the mind to call up the jadaf saleman who sold it to me as an indoor plant, saying if I place it outside the plant will die.

The tragedy of the tomato plant

Well, it’s official!!! My tomato plants aren’t going to bear fruits.
You see, for tomatoes flowers to be pollinated, the temperature should not go below 12 degree Celsius at night nor go above 32 degree Celsius during day. Well, Dubai the current temperature are constantly above 40 degrees Celsius and all my efforts at collecting pollen have failed. It seems at these temperatures the pollen becomes unviable. Well so much for fresh organic tomatoes on the table.
Maybe next time I will start the seeds in October.