No green thumb

I've said it before that I have no green thumb... I still maintain that!

My terrarium sphere had a pinkish succulent that... died (I think I over-watered it) and since then there has been that empty space. I always wanted to have a green-pumpkin lookalike succulent and decided to get one to fill up that spot, but alas, I can't measure anything by my naked eye and and I also did not think about roots... so pseudo-pumpkin was too big to go into the terrarium.

On the other hand, my nerve plant has been scaring me. Parts of it are getting white, I suspect those are dying, but the green ones are sprouting like crazy. I guess I have to re-pot it soon, but then I'll have nothing for the Little Prince pot. And I don't want to get yet another plant...

But! I learn something new everyday! So I was walking past one of the new trendy plant-stores in town and saw these pumpkin lookalike plants! Solanum Pumpkins as it says on the tag, but after a bit of searching it's also called "Pumpkin on a Stick", "Pumpkin Tree", "Pepper Pumpkin", or for those partial to the Latin name, Solanum integrifolium. Fruits between September through November, so I chose one that still had a green fruit and a flower (in hopes to see it turn into fruit).

It's more a tomato or eggplant than a pumpkin, but very nice for decorative purposes. I just need to remember not to put it in the air con room as they prefer a warmer environment.

Just trying the app

It feels weird to have to do the subject and body separately. Though the friend’s list seems to be easier to navigate than from the web browser when on a mobile device.

Let’s try a photo placement!

I think I can’t control where the photo goes. I don’t even think I can control the size and which side it aligns to...

Probably good for when I do my Wordless Wednesdays, not so much when I do a long, multi-photo post.

I have no idea what’s going on after I chose to add a photo.....

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(Second edit) The cut was added automatically from the app (maybe when you have more than 2 "sections" the cut will be applied automatically). I had to resize the photos from the webpage version, and switch it back to the legacy editor, coz the new editor is still a bit too new and confusing to me. Not sure what resizing the photos will do to the whole format. It looked OK before, but I really dislike the super-large photos.

(Third edit) just to say that using the app to read the entries look really cool. It uses your first photo to make an enlarged background. But, LJ is always LJ and not Instagram or whatever. I think I prefer it all in a blog/journal format more.