Trying to Revive my Dying Plants

Today was a busy day for me. I have spent over an hour in my balcony garden. Tried my best to revitalize old potting soils, cut the infected plants, sort root rots, and so on.

A few days ago I have shared that my pumpkin and local spinach plants are dying. I found the reason behind it was waterlogging in the roots and the roots were rotting.

It's really hard to ensure the best health of plants on a small balcony. Fortunately, they get enough sunlight but maintaining them sometimes becomes especially because of the busy schedule. Also, I think it was not a clever idea to plant pumpkin and local spinach at this time of the year. They grow best during summer.

But as a plant lover, I couldn't pull them off but tried my best to give them a chance. Let me share the process I followed.

• The first thing I did was sort the dying plants out. They became yellowish a long ago. It's better to pull them off.

• Three pumpkins and all the spinach plants seemed like they have no hope left. When I pulled them I saw the roots were totally rotting.

• Tried to revitalize the soils.

• This time I pulled off all the plants from one side, weed the soil, added some blended eggshells and some water.

This is how they look now.

The top looks almost fine though, no?

This is my hope!

This pot is getting enough sunlight so from now on I promised myself to give them good care. This was my first attempt to grow pumpkin plants and I don't want to fail myself. Though I know it's hard to maintain bushy plants on a small balcony. But not impossible.

Moreover, you can see how this piece of green is the only good sight around here. In this concrete jungle, it sometimes feels hard to breathe. That's why I don't want to lose even a plant. This is my breathing space.

Let's be hopeful...