Thanks to Wlad (US7IGN) from Ukraine for getting in touch this week with some pics of his germinating dill seeds and sprouting garlic and potatoes that are all looking healthy. For some reason the old trick of cutting up seed potatoes in two so you can have two potato plants instead of one just came to mind. We are sure it was a reader of the blog who sent us that tip many moons ago.
His good friend Sergiy (UT3UFD) has now started off a date palm and he’s also got that great looking banana plant and the both are growing well. Brilliant stuff and good to hear from you Wlad, keep us up to date how the plants are getting on!
Weeds up to me knees 
Thanks for that Pete. Serjiy, can you please tell us what is in the spray bottle? Is it just water? And what is the measuring instrument on the banana plant? Does it measure the ph of the soil, is it a thermometer, or what?
Yes, shure!
In bottle it’s just a water for spraying leafs of my palms and bananas. They like it everyday!
Ph of soil is same with palm trees soil near 5.5 – 6.0 !
You right, this is thermometer! I need near 20 degrees by Celsius by the winter.
Cheers Serhii for getting in touch with the information for Debby. The bananas and the date palm are looking great by the way! All the best Pete
Thanks Serhil. Very useful information.