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I planted a melon on the 5th floor window of the apartment building in the middle of the concrete jungle where I live. I was in constant angst about how on eart
by lofaszvanitt 2y ago
I planted a melon on the 5th floor window of the apartment building in the middle of the concrete jungle where I live. I was in constant angst about how on earth would I pollinate the small flowers. I even bought a small paintbrush, just in case.
And then small, black, solitary bees and other unknown insects started to swarm the yellow flowers. Later on spiders weaved their nets around the flowers, so a small ecosystem started to form. In the end it successfully grew three very tasty melons weighing around 2kg each.
So, it's quite interesting that in the middle of a city, where you rarely even see insects, just by planting an expansive fruit plant, brings in a lot of visitors from the insect world.
As an added plus the family living on the 4th floor started complaining that the plant started to grow around their windows and I should do something with it...