Home Garden and Organic Farming

Any potting media for growing plants will generally consist of 2-3 types of components. The first is organic plant-derived materials like peat moss, leaf mold, bark these are absorbing the water very well, and also nutrient holding capacity will be great. The second component is called the coarse aggregates like sand, perlite, vermiculite, charcoal these are improving the drainage of the medium because of the shape of each particle creates large pore spaces it makes easier the flow of air. A third component is soil it is used to hold and supply the nutrients, such as loamy soil, clay soil, sandy soil are most commonly used in many potting media. Organic plant-derived materials:   Peat moss is the main ingredient for many potting mixtures for houseplants. Sometimes it is used alone for air layering and rooting, cuttings. Having very good water holding capacity proving an ideal combination of moisture and air. Leaf mold is the second possible component after peat moss in man...

Black Spot disease of rose plant:  Circular black spots appear generally on the upper sides of the leaves. These black spots are surrounded by a yellow halo, then affected leaves are turning yellow in color. These black spots are spread by splashing water on leaves. Infection occurs after leaves are wet for several hours, seen most commonly during the rainy days. How to Control black spots on a rose?   Begin with a thorough cleanup in the fall. Diseased leaves on the ground should be raked and destroyed and all the disease canes should be pruned off by several inches into good wood. Black spot disease in rose plant Affected leaves Powdery Mildew disease of rose plant:   This can cause young leaves to curl and turn purple. The white fuzzy growth seen on the surface of the leaves, this fuzzy growth contains thousand of fungal spores. The wind carries these spores to young leaves, causing more infection. Powdery mildew disease in rose plant ...

Commercial Building Plan Commercial Property plan Residential Plan Bubble Diagram In the Bubble diagram each bubble should represent a specific part of your garden design. Also, make the bubbles or blocks different colors to show their different characteristics. Eg: Use blue for the pool, pond, green for grass..etc.

Ficus Bonsai Tree: Fig tree species are very popular for bonsai making.   Several characteristics like  fast growth, ability to grow indoors, and very tolerant of overwatering make fig so popular in bonsai use.  It grows a dense canopy, and it has thick, shiny, evergreen leaves. Figs all have in common a habit of producing aerial roots from branches and the upper trunk.  In nature, the aerial roots growing from the branches eventually become strong enough to support the parent branch, structurally and nutritionally. Those emerging from the trunk tend to self-graft to the trunk as they grow downwards. This causes the trunk to thicken rapidly and adopt a deeply fluted appearance. Large specimen bonsai figs use this natural process to good effect.  Most fig trees grow "banyan" roots naturally; this feature is often showcased by styling Ficus bonsai trees in dramatic air-root and  root-over-rock styles . Ficus Bonsai (Source:  Bonsai Empire ) How to car...

Bougainvillea is semi-evergreen climbers, originated from South America. Their colorful bracts, often mistaken for flowers, vary from white, through all shades of pink to rich crimson, and are borne in late summer to early autumn. The tiny flowers are nestled in the center in these bracts. How to produce a large mature Bonsai?   To produce a large bonsai, the plant has to be grown in open ground for many years until a thick trunk base develops, whereupon all growth is removed and the new branch structure can be grown and trained. Where to keep Bougainvillea? Light and Temperature:      Bougainvillea   is a tropical plant that thrives in areas outdoors with low rainfall and intense heat. It prefers warmer climates and it will able to grow anywhere that has sunlight. For maximum blooming, they need maximum sunlight for at least 5 hrs per day. If all the leaves fall, the plant has become too cold or been overwatered. Move to a better position and moderat...

Adenium Obesum or Desert Rose Bonsai It is a South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall. It's a popular ornamental plant in tropical regions. It is excellent in pots especially for people who kill everything as the adenium lives with little care. Adenium Bonsai Flowers:  The plant flowers during the warm months and the flowers are 2-inch pink open-trumpet shaped flowers. The flowers are in the shade of pink, rose white or white. If a plant not getting enough sunlight, flowering will not happen. Temperature: It prefers warm conditions, it needs more water the temperature rise to over 40 degrees Celcius. During winter reduce the water for adeniums and temperature below 4c it kills the plants. Adenium is a drought-tolerant plant. Adenium Bonsai plants Soil: Adeniums require a gritty,well-drained soil like coarse river sand for quick draining and add farmyard manure or compost in the ratio of 1:1.Beca...

In recent years the art of making arrangements with dried flowers and leaves is a trend to fragrance a mixture of flowers for keeping in rooms, kitchens..etc.The materials used for dry flower arrangements are any cultivated flowers and vegetables including seed, pods, vines, grains, and also we can use any flowers, weeds, grasses, fern leaves, berries. Dry flower arrangements make our living environment more fragmented with natural items. Preservation of planting materials like flowers and foliage is important in a dry flower arrangement. There are different methods used to preserve the plant materials like a Hanging upside down, Burying in the sand, Glycerin method, and pressing. Hanging upside-down is the best method for dry flower arrangement. It is preferable to those materials which keep their shape and do not fall apart while drying. Materials intended for drying are tied and allowed to hang upside-down from a string without touching each other. Burying in sand ...