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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast. Hello.Um, I have a question about, uh, plants.
Plants, yes. Yeah, plants. My niece. Okay. Um, is,uh, um, growing, uh, an 朝顔 for school.
Yeah, I did it too. Oh, you did it too? I guesslike most of the people in Japan.
Oh, is that a thing? It's very common thing. Oh, Ididn't know that. Yeah, that you have your own,
like a bowl. Okay. Okay. And yeah, you do it. Iunderstand. Okay. Okay. And, and then so, um,
my, uh, family, her family, my sister and husbandis, uh, is, they're going to vacation. Oh, okay.
For like a week. Yes. And they've asked me tolike, hey, can you take, can you water the 朝顔
for me? It's gotta be like a week or so. It'sokay. And they'll be like, oh, no problem. I got
you. Um, and, um, it's not working well right now.It's not working well. They're away now.
They're away. Um, so I, um, when I received them,they were very healthy. Okay. Yes. The
leaves were very healthy. They were intact. Theywere very green. Yes. They were very moist. Oh,
a third of the leaves are kind of brown. Oh no.
I need your help, man. Definitely. You have to doit for your niece. I gotta, I can't,
I keep imagining my niece, like when I give it toher, like she's not the type of girl who would
be like, oh, why is this all like ruined? She's a,she's a quiet girl. She's a good girl. So I
can imagine her like just quietly disappointed.Like, oh, this is my, I was like, oh, okay.
Thank you though. Thank you for taking care of mysweetheart. Oh my God. I can't, I can't,
I can't, I cannot let this happen. I need yourhelp, man. Oh no. Man.
I'm, I'm watering them every morning. Everymorning. Okay. 400 milliliters. Okay. How big
is the, the ball, the, the, the plant? Um, thebase. So I would say, what's a good way todescribe
this? It's got, it's like, isn't it like blueplastic? Ah, no, something like that. No, it
wasn't. I don't think it was. Okay. It was like,man, how can I, it's like a size of a basketball.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. I thinkit's the same. Oh, is it the same one foreverybody?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. It's same size foreverybody. Yeah. I think so. It's the very
common thing that you, especially during thesummer vacation, they do it at school and, you
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know, grow them and then bring it back to yourhouse and you, you water them, you grow them
every day and you write, write like a diary. Okay.Okay. Okay. Like you do it. Oh shit. Okay.
That's very common thing. Still doing that. Yeah.Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let me search about
Asagao. Okay. Because every plant, every plant haslike a different, you know, amount. Like
needs. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Hmm. Where do you putthat plant? Veranda. Veranda. Yeah. Do you,
do you have like plenty of sun rays? My verandahardly ever gets sunlight. Okay. Okay.
Hmm. Hmm. Okay. So the only problem is the leavesgetting brown. That's what it looks like to me.
Okay. I took a video. Oh, so I'll show it to you.Yeah. Yeah. Please. I'm gonna show it to you now.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I took this two days ago. Soit's better than what it is now.
It's gotten a little bit worse.
Okay. Oh,
I see. Hmm. Yeah. Hmm. You see how like 10 to 20%of the leaves are kind of like, like, like rotten.
Yeah. Like, uh, like those. Yeah. It's like, yeah,it's like,
yeah. The tip of the leave. Right. So I thinkthree tips, I guess. Okay. Maybe four. Um,
one is this sun ray, obviously. Okay.Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis. Yes.Photosynthesis.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Kogose. Yes. Yeah. Asagawa lovesthe sun. Oh, okay. So if you have any other
place where you have like a plenty of sun rays, Idon't have any. Okay. Well, so I think then
veranda is like probably the best idea to put inbecause at least it's outside and it looks like it
has somehow some sun rays. No, it doesn't havedirect sunlight. It's just have,
it has an indirect sunlight. Okay. Okay. Bouncesoff from the next building. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I think better than the inside. Okay. So, allright. And the second is, is it the wind?
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Do you have wind? It is very windy. Oh, okay. It'svery windy. I see. So here's, so yeah,
go ahead. Go ahead. Um, where do you, okay. You,you moved to the new place, right? Yes. This is
a new place. This is a new place. Okay. Okay.Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. But if you have wind,
it's good. Oh, is that good? Too strong. It isvery strong.
So, okay. Okay. So the reason why I took thisvideo is that morning, morning of this day,
it was too windy. It was, it was knocked over andI woke up and I was like, oh shit,
it's knocked over. Okay. Right. And then I, youknow, okay. I, I put it back up and I took the
video and yeah. And right now I'm placing, sobefore that I was placing it like right in the
middle of a random balcony, but like I put it, Iput, I placed it right next to the uh, of the AC
so that even if the wind comes, it's not going to,you know, it'll be protected by the, um,
just the AC. Okay. But I made sure that the hotair from the sky doesn't hit. That's better. Yeah.
Okay. Okay. So I think that's better placement.Yeah. Okay. Uh, water, third thing, water. Yeah.
Um, I say all loves water. Okay. And if it's liketoo hot, you can do it like twice a day.
Okay. He says like you, you, you touch the soiland then if it's dried up, you can water. Okay.
So maybe you say you do it like every morning,right? Every morning. Maybe that's not enough
to that guy. Maybe. Okay. Okay. Maybe. How muchwater should I, um, as much as you can. Yeah.
It goes down. Like, what do you, what is thoselike plastic thing? I, I don't know. I didn't
check. Okay. I don't know. It's like, what is it?I don't know. Maybe it's something that sort
of drips down water. If there's too much you'retalking to, you're saying, is that what you're?
Yes. Yes. It should be. Oh, okay. And then, oh, soit doesn't like, you don't get like a pool of
water. That's bad. Okay. Okay. So you're sayingthat the container. Yeah. You should be a way of
the water. Every, every time you water them, you,I don't know, you do like, and then most of the
water will like, it would like drip down. Yeah.Got it. Got it. And then that's how it should
be. Like if he's like, if he becomes like a poolor something, that's bad for the roots. Okay.Okay.
Okay. It's going to be like a rotten. Okay. Rightnow it doesn't. Okay. Good. Good. Good. Good.
Your assumption is that this container is made ina way where the bottom is sort of leveled up
so that excess water flows down and it doesn'tlike pool is your assumption.
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Yeah. That's, that's how it should be. Got it. Gotit. Okay. So, so, so like technically there's no
like too much water then if it's in this containerbecause it all drips down.
Yes, yes. But you have to water if only if it'slike a dried, the soil are dried.
What do you mean dry? You're talking about like,like I, I, I touched it one night,
right? Okay. Like it was like, it was like, it wasa little bit wet.
That's wet. Okay. Yeah. So if it's dry, like I'llknow it's dry. Like, oh, it's dry, dry.
No sand will, will, like a, you know, you know, I,I see. I see. It's like, it's like,
it's like touching the sand in, in a, in a, in abeach area where it's dry. Yes. You know,
it doesn't stick. Yeah. It doesn't stick to yourfingers. Got it. Yeah. All right. Well,
it was wet. Yeah. It was wet. Yeah. It says youcan do it twice if you, if it, if it's like
dried up. Okay. Morning and evening. Okay. Becausethe daytime it's too hot. The water
becomes like very hot. Oh, that's not good. Soyou're doing like cooler timing. Okay. Like
morning and evening. All right. Okay. Okay. I see.And the fourth, um, have you done that?
No, you can do it. What is, what's he do? It'slike a sand. It's like an energy booster.
Oh shit. Like an energy drink. Like, like, ohshit. Like a chemical chemical thing and not
chemical thing. Um, you have plenty of them likesteroids. Yeah. You put them on drugs. Exactly.
Shit. Let's do it. Don't do it too much. You will,you will, you will kill the plant.
Overdose it. Okay. All right. What is, what isthat? What is that? What do you do? You have
many, plenty of varieties. You have like a, haveyou ever seen like a green, like a little bottle?
I think I have. Yeah. I think I've seen thatbefore. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's one. I've
always wondered what those are. Yeah. Those aresteroid shots. That's a steroid. That's like,
that's a special liquid inside. Okay. Okay. Alsoyou have like a soil version,
like a white, like this sized, like a small soilparticles you put on the soil that they have right
now. That's one. Okay. Um, yeah. Let me searchwhat's the best for the Asagao. So there's like
the best, better version. I think so. There's likethe more suitable ones. Yeah. I see. But
you can find it in like any, any place, even likethose. Oh really? Yeah. Okay. And the
qualities are just the same. Um, I prefer like non-chemical ones. Okay. So cheaper ones are
chemical. Yeah. Okay. Maybe you have to see insidecarefully. Uh, yeah. Hi Vonix. Yes. I
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have it too in my house. Oh, you use it too? Yes.Okay. All right. I'll buy that. Yeah. It's like
a bottle of, of thing. Okay. And you, you stab it.It's like a, like a, this big bottle. Well,
at least I have one at my house. It's like thisbig bottle, like a blue liquid inside.
Scary stuff. Yeah. You, when you water them, you,what do you use when you water them? Like a
protein shaker. Oh yeah. Good, good, good. Yeah.Um, you put it, you put some amount, like very
small amount of HiVonix Geniki. Oh really? Yeah.Interesting. Yeah. And then you water them.
How, how many, like a few drops? Yeah. A fewdrops. I think it's like a, it's, it's written
on the, on this. Oh, got it. Got it. It's like 100times or something like that. Wow. Yeah.
That's some strong, strong steroid. Yeah. Okay.Okay. Okay. But it's not chemical, chemical.
It's the, um, yeah. All right. So that bad, butyou have to wash it carefully. Oh really? Because
for you, like you're going to drink it. Oh, it'sbad for me? I don't, I don't know. I'll use like
a paper cup then and throw it away. Maybe that'sbetter. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Okay. All right.
Or maybe you want like a, you're going to be big.
I got to talk to you about that too. I started mymembership with Gold Gym. Oh really? I'll talk
to you about that later. But like, yeah, I do, Ido need to solve this Asagel problem first. Yeah.
Yeah. That's better for your knees. Yeah.Obviously. All right. So how, how often should
I do the, uh, the steroids? Steroid shots? I thinklike once a three days. One, three days. Gotcha.
Yeah. Gotcha. All right. What do I do with theleaves that are like broken? You can cut them.
Do I cut just the, you know, shiwa shiwa part ordo I cut the whole leaf? Um, I would cut the
shiwa shiwa part. Only the shiwa shiwa part? Yes.Got it. All right. Yeah. Got it. But yeah,
if it's like damaged, the whole, like a stem isdamaged, you can cut that stem. Yeah.
All right. Because he will eat the, the water. Oh,I see. I see. I see. It's going to take the
nutrients away from the other healthier ones. Soyou have to cut it and just distribute it
to like a fresh and newborn. Newborn babies. Yeah.Gotcha. All right. All right. All right.
What do I do with the, um, you know how the, uh,the, uh, the arms they get, they grow
like the ropes. They, they grow, they go longerand longer. Right. Right. Right. Do I, do I,
do I wrap that around the, um, the buildingstructure? What do I do with it? You mean the
building? You mean your house? No, no, no. I'mtalking about, you know how the Asagao,
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they have like a three-story, you know, skeletonbuilding. Right. Right. Do I wrap that around the,
the bone structures or? Um, you can help them.What do you mean? They, they, they'll do it.
Oh, they'll do it on their own? They can find it.They can. Really? Yeah. They can search places
and they can, they will find the best place forthem, but you can, you can help them too. I can
help them. Okay. But, so there's like one or twoarms that are like flinging around, like just
dangling just randomly. It's like, I want to helpthem. Okay. So should I rock, should I just sort
of like guide them to the right position? Exactly.Exactly. And you can, you can tie them. Oh, do I,
oh, do I do that? Into the frame. Okay. Oh, okay.Temporary. You can, you know, I understand.
Okay. All right. Not too tight. Not too tightthough. Not too tight though. Gotta be careful.
Got it. Gotcha. All right. All right. Don't, don'ttry to, um, um, grow them through your
building's wall. Okay. Okay. Because you won't,like, it cannot be, you know, detached anymore.
Oh, okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Like,you know how there's some buildings that are like,
exactly, like the walls are filled with the, it'sgoing to be like that. Yes. All right. Gotcha.
I will not do that. All right. Okay. I'll, I'll,I'll make sure. Yeah. So, you know, the edge ofmy,
um, my Beranda gets a little bit of sunlight, butthere are no walls to prevent them from
collapsing. If, uh, the strong wind comes, whichone do you think is a better option?
Like which one's better, uh, not getting sunlightor not being knocked over?
It's a tough question. Um, but I think knockedover is very bad. Very bad. So got it. Yeah. So
maybe keep it like a safer place, even if it's notlike very, very sound blind of sunlight thing.
But, but, but sunlight is just as really importanttoo. You're saying, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Maybe
I'll tie a rope to like the wall so that it won'tfall over. Maybe that's better. Yeah. Yeah. If you
can do that, that's better. Okay. Sun sunlight andnot fall down. Okay. Got it. Got it. I'll do that.
Is there like a artificial sunlight you can sortof produce? Yes. How do you do that? You have a
light, like a special light for, for the plantsbecause, um, some of them are, but maybe you can
find cheaper ones. Maybe you think they sell atDaiso? I don't think so. You can, um,
like these. Wow. It's not bad. 1500 yen. Yeah. Notbad. Pretty small by the way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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Is that enough? So we used, we used them likethis, like every sunlight. Oh, got it. Like this.
It's like a, it's like a medium sized plant. Yeah.So maybe, maybe not for big asagos. Not
very enough, but I think better than nothing.Better than nothing? Obviously. Okay. All right.
Yeah. Got it. I got to consider that. Yeah. Imean, I can't, I can't risking looking at herface,
you know, I don't think I can be there. I don'tthink I can be there when I give it to her.
Yeah, man. The thing is like every students, theyhave their own asago, bringing back to the house
and they do it. And then the very first day of thereturning school day, they bring it to the school
and then, and then everybody can see like howeveryone's like, oh my God. Oh my God. I can't.
I can't. You're like, oh, you're dead. Oh, Ican't. Oh no. Yeah. That's a, that's a nightmare.
Yeah. I can't, I can't. Yeah. I mean, you should,you, you, you'd better. I mean, man,
I think I'm going to go buy a new one. Right. I'lldo my best. Yeah. I hope we can,
I hope you can do it. How long do you think it'sgoing to take to recover?
It's got, before you answer, it's got to happen.It has to happen in like three or four days.
I need you to make that happen. How long do youthink it's going to take?
You need at least a week. Shit.
Yeah. But maybe, you know. Yeah. Steroids.
Yeah. Tomorrow morning, as soon as possible. Getsome steroid shots.
Yes. Get that artificial sunlight.
Yes. Cut the dead ones.
Yeah. Gotcha.
Yeah. Yeah. Let's go.
Do it. Let's go.
Yeah. Do it.
Big surgery day. Yeah.
Big surgery day. Yes.
Surgery brothers. All right.
Oh yeah. All right. I'll update you.
Yeah. Thank you.
Hope you can make it. On her reaction.
For your, for your. Yeah. Big day.
Yeah. Okay. All right.
Thanks for sitting guys. Thank you.
Bye-bye.
