プランター菜園の
枝豆の調子が悪いです。
The edamame in the planter vegetable garden are not doing well.
なかなか育たず、
葉も枯れてきました。
It is not growing well and the leaves are dying.
目次
いつまでたっても大きくならない Never gets bigger
植えてから数日は
順調に育っているように見えました。
It seemed to be growing well for the first few days after planting.
途中からあまり成長しなくなり
最近では
葉っぱまで枯れてきてしまいました。
It hasn’t grown much since the middle of the year.
Lately, even the leaves have been dying.
豆も小さいです。
The beans are also small.
詳しい方に相談すると・・・ Consult with someone in the know…
苗を買ったお店で確認すると
肥料が少ないからではないか
ということでした。
I consulted at the store where I bought the seedlings.
The reason was that there was not enough fertilizer.
植える前の土に
しっかり肥料をやっていれば
何もしなくても
大きくなるはずとのことでした。
He said that as long as the soil was well fertilized before planting, it should grow large without doing anything.
なに！植える前の土に肥料だと？？？
What! Fertilizer in the soil before planting?
原因は肥料 Caused by lack of fertilizer
植える前の土に肥料をいれることを
元肥というそうです。
Fertilizer is added to the soil before planting.
モトゴエと読みます。
It is called motogoe in Japanese.
野菜を育てるときは
常識だとのことです。
He said it is a common sense when growing vegetables.
全く知りませんでした。
I had no idea.
プランターで植物を育てているときは
土だけだったので
野菜の場合も
いらないと思っていました。
When I was growing plants in planters, I didn’t add fertilizer.
So I thought I didn’t need it for vegetables either.
今回もリサーチ不足です。
Again, lack of research.
来年こそは
土に肥料を入れてから
枝豆頑張ります。
Next year I will put fertilizer in the soil and then go for edamame.
I am ashamed to expose my ignorance.
It is not easy to ask people.
I hear that junior staff members immediately ask if they don’t understand something.
He says it is because he is more embarrassed by what he doesn’t know.
I thought that was true.
The reason I don’t ask what I don’t know is pride, stubbornness, or laziness.
I will further investigate the cause.
After all, I thought it is because I am ashamed to let people know what I don’t know.
There may be a desire to look good about oneself.
But what happens if I fail at that, or if more people do something about me that I don’t know?
I would be even more embarrassed.
Think of the effort and risk.
I feel it is more worth it to ask what you don’t know.
I will do my best to ask.
I will improve little by little.
