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Thank you Scotty, temperature here does not change very much, and it has not rained for past 2 months,
I still have 2 more melons which are doing fine ,lets hope it grows sweet and good. Will keep posting pictures.

Planted. 3 papaya saplings and onions togay in the GB.
Melons are growing too.
Celery plant has mealy bugs ,should I spray some chili garlic spray on it?

Picked these onions today.

Hi Nasrin,

Glad everything is going well. I've always wanted to grow a papaya but it's too cold here

I'm not sure about the mealy bugs but I would try the chili garlic spray it might work. The only time I've ever had to deal with Mealy bugs was not in an AP setup and we used a horticultural oil spray which wouldn't be appropriate for AP (It also isn't so good if you breathe it). Basically oil smothers them and they can't breathe. Mealy bugs can sometimes get down in the soil (or in our case rocks) so if your first attempt with the chili garlic spray gets rid of most but they come back, that may be why. Might have to pull the plants and spray or perhaps flooding the bed might work.

Hope this helps

Thank you Scotty.

Took out more onions today,it has a very sweet taste and is white from inside.

My sweet melon from my GB.Very sweet and crunchy.

1 1/2 kg weight.

Looks good

It tasted good too scotty.

My grow bed.
Papaya,turmeric ,oregano,onions
Hoya and neem tree.
Took out the maize plant.

Your system looks great. You've done a wonderful job with it Nasrin

Looking really good Nasrin. My system is still new but growing well. Hope it looks as good as yours in the future. Keep up the good work.

This is my GB
Papaya and okra plants have grown huge.
Waiting for the flowers to grow.
Oregano on one side is also doing well,onion is hiding below papaya.
Still some place left to put in other plants
What should I put in now?

Hi Nasrin,

Probably should try planting something that can take some shade judging by those trees. If you like greens they would be a good choice or maybe something that grows fast and will be taken out before the papaya gets much larger. Normally I'd put something like lettuce there but I think your temps will be too high to get the seeds started. Maybe Kale, Chard (what the Aussies call silverbeet?), Bok choi or some type of Radish. Regular beets might work as well but maybe only for the tops. I'm not certain these will work for you and of course you have to actually like eating them

Cheers