Basic Techniques in Gardening: Basic Techniques in Gardening: Proper Care of Plants

Basic Techniques in Gardening: Basic Techniques in Gardening: Proper Care of Plants

Basic Techniques in Gardening: Proper Care of Plants

Basic Techniques in Gardening: Proper Care of Plants
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Basic Techniques in Gardening: Proper Care of Plants

Basic Techniques in Gardening: Proper Care of Plants
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Proper Application of Fertilizer

Fertilizers are needed by the plants in order for them to get the right nutrients and to grow well. It will also ensure the best result of your plants. Fertilizer aid in replenishing and maintaining long-term soil fertility by providing optimal conditions for soil biological activity. Proper applying of the fertilizer should be observed because too much fertilizer will cause abnormalities in your plants. Here are some general tips to be followed:

1. All fertilizers should preferably be applied before sowing.
2. Fertilizer should preferably be broadcast uniformly and harrowed in.
3. All fertilizers that contain soluble phosphates should preferably be applied in wide bands of between 2.5 and 5 cm on each side of thee rows of seeds at a depth of 10 to 15 cm.
4. The super phosphate fertilizer should preferably be mixed with farmyard manure (in particular organic manure from dairy farms works excellent.)
5. Fertilizer types that include sulphate of ammonia can be used as a top dressing, but do not apply this type of fertilizer when the leaves of the plants are wet.
6. The application of fertilizer should preferably be followed by watering when applied to irrigated crops.
7. When fertilizing fruit trees, the fertilizer should preferably be applied to the soil under the crown. The crown is the area about a few meters away from the trunk. As the tree grows this crown area expands and then fertilizer should also be applied as per the crown of the fruit tree.


*****"If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today"
~ Joyce Chapman

Raised - Bed Gardening

Raised bed gardening is a garden built on top of your native soil. It can be contained with soil amendments merely piled several inches high. It is also the savior of gardeners with poor soil. The basic idea of a raised bed is that instead of battling against poor soil conditions, you build above ground, where you have absolute control over the soil texture and ingredients.

Steps in making raised bed gardening:
1 Select the proper site of the garden in accordance of the variety of plants you are planting.
2 Decide the size and the shape of the garden you are planning.
3 Once you know the size and shape of your bed, you can get to work prepping the site.
4 Using rot-resistant lumber such as cedar or one of the newer composite lumbers, construct your bed.
5 Using a level, make sure your frame is level in all directions. This is a necessary step because if your bed is not level, you will have a situation where water runs off of one part of the garden and sits in another. If part of your frame is high, just remove some of the soil beneath it until you have a level frame.
6 The whole point of a raised bed garden is that it gives you the opportunity to garden in perfect soil. Take this opportunity to fill your bed with a good mixture of quality topsoil, compost, and rotted manure. Once they're filled and raked level, you're ready to plant or sow seeds.

Proper Way of Cultivating the Garden

When you have already a garden it should be cared through following the proper cultivation of the soil. Cultivating a garden is removing the weeds and rearranging the crust of the soil to promote nutrition, water and air penetration to the plant but most of the gardener consider as an unpleasant task in gardening. It is needed in order for the plant to grow well and healthy.
To control the spreading of the weeds that can cause the death of the plants proper cultivating should be applied. Instructions to be followed are given:
1 When working in the garden you should wear something that can protect you from the sun and dirt. Put on sunblock, a hat, long clothing, and gloves on before you go to the garden.
2 Use fork for smaller areas.
3 Use hoe when the area is bigger. Hold the hoe with sharp side on opposite side of you. Place your stronger hand on the middle of the hoe and the other hand on the top of the pole. Lift the hoe high in the air and swing it downwards.
4 You can also use claw in small garden. First, push the claw directly over the spot that you are cultivating. Take your hands and place them on the handle. Apply pressure. Twist from side to side until the soil becomes loose and the weeds uproot. Bend down and with your hands pick up the weeds.
5 The rake is a great way to just loosen the soil up around the areas. This cultivating tool is great with gardens that are in rows. Place the sharp side of the rake at the edge part of the garden. Stand 45 degrees to the rake with your stronger hand in the middle and the other hand near the top of the pole. Walk backwards with the rake. Move the rake in a backwards, forwards motion. Do this until you get to the exact opposite side of the garden. Repeat in next row. Repeat until you have done all the rows. This will promote better health for the plant and the absence of weeds.
6 An easy way of cultivating your slightly bigger gardens is with a mini garden tiller. The tillers come in gas and electric. These are very useful for cultivating an area that was once a garden. Check for gas and oil or if it was charged. Start the mini tiller. Proceed to push the garden cultivator over the desire areas, such as rows, that need to be cultivated. Usually they come with wheels so it will be easy to make sure that it doesn't double dig. Double dig is deeper then the top soil. Take the wheels off if you would like for the tiller to go deeper in the ground.

Lawn Maintenance

Lawn is a necessary part of garden. It is an area of land planted between gardens covered with grass and other low lying plants. It's usage should be understood before doing something. Select a tough kind of grass if you are planning to use your lawn for your kids and pet amusement but if you are going to use it as a decoration you should use a tender kind or grass.

There's also a need for maintenance of your lawn in order to maintain its nice appearance. The following lists will serve as a guide to maintain your healthy lawn:

1 Before planting any lawn grass in your lawn make sure that your lawn grass suits the season in which you are planting it as some grasses are meant for cool seasons and some are meant for warm season.
2 Keep proper care of the watering your lawns. Apart from regular sprinkles, make sure you properly water your lawns once in a week. Also make sure that you water your garden lawns when your lawn grass is dry enough to leave your footprints as you walk across it.
3 Early morning or late evening is the best time to irrigate your lawns.
4 Many lawn grasses are prone to pests and insects like chinch bugs, army worms and sod webworms. Make sure you use lawn fertilizers to keep them away. However avoid frequent usage of lawn fertilizer though. It is best to use organic fertilizer. Avoid using pesticides, insecticides or fungicides because they also kill the beneficial elements in the soil.
5 You should also frequently mow the grasses to keep them in shape. However make sure you do it with a sharp mower. Dull mowing leads to browning of grasses.

Recommended Indoor Plants

Indoor garden is a way of having garden when there's no enough space in your yard. It will also change a stale room into a vibrant living room. In this type of gardening you will not only enjoy it but you will also gain benefits out of it.

In having indoor gardening there are also plants that are recommended because there are varieties of plants that are suitable for indoor gardening; some require less attention than others, so take your schedule and commitment level into consideration when selecting your indoor plants. Recommended plants are as follows:

* low maintenance plants -examples are pothos, spider plant, snake plant
* bromeliad -it's bright bloom will last longer
* wire vine
* braided ficus tree -easy to care
* cactus combo bonsai -unusual plant forms
* Chinese evergreen -low lightlover
* Christmas cactus
* Rex begonia -textured leaves are able to thrive in indoor conditions
* Shamrock plant -prefer dappled or filtered sunlight to direct bright light
* Norfolk Island pine -can grow indoor
* Areca palm -thrives in indirect light near a sliding door or window
* Kimberly queen -adapts to drier climates more easily than other ferns
* Poinsettias -bracts are showy and colorful; while the blooms are yellow colored and inconspicuous
* Peace lilies -require warm temperature, high humidity level and shade condition for optimal growth
* Moth orchid -care level is easy and it blooms for about three months
* Philodendrons - best for air purification, philodendron is available in different types, which differ in their foliage shape but a poisonous plant and care should be taken while handling them

Tree Planting

Trees are very important not just because of the benefits it can give but what it can do to the environment and to the society. In fact trees are very essential to life and people have to admit that we will not exist without trees. Instead of destroying them we should learn to protect them.

Planting trees is one way of preserving them. Planting trees is an easy way to beautify our environment and it will also produce a favorable impression to people. The simple tips in planting trees are listed below:

* Dig a shallow, broad planting hole and make the hole wide.
* Know where the roots spread at the base of the tree.
* For seedlings with bare roots, spread the roots out well and never roll them up in the soil.
* Before putting the tree in the planting hole prune the dead and broken branches.
* Place the seedling as upright as possible, even on hills.
* Don't plant seedlings near water holes, stumps, or rocks.
* Plant the seedlings at the right depth. For bare root seedlings, the root collars should be at ground level.
* If your tree is in container, don't remove it until just before planting.
* Roots should not be exposed in the air.
* Never bury the branches.
* Do not trim roots.
* If you're planting more than one tree, don't put them too close together.

*****I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today. *****

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Proper Care of Plants

In making a garden the needs of plants should be supplied in order for them to grow well. The basic needs of plant for them to grow healthy are enough amount of sunlight, water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature, air and sufficient nutrients that includes the fertilizer, should also be provided.
It is important to have a proper handling and protection of your plants to preserve the kind of the plants. Taking care of plants will not take much attention as long as their needs are supplied to them.The things to be remembered are listed below:
*The cleanliness of the garden should be maintained.
*The plants should be watered everyday and it should be enough.
*Expose the plants under the heat of the sun.
*The soil used should be moist or well drained.
*Keep the plants away from any insects, animals and especially disease.
*Weeds should be avoided because it choke out plants.
*Dried leaves or debris should not be collected on top of the soil because it might cause the increase of pests.
*Monthly fertilizing should be done from April through November.
*Generally the darker the leaves, the less light is needed. The more colorful the plant, the more light and direct sunshine is needed.

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
Liberty Hyde Bailey
A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
Alexander Smith

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Proper Selection of Plants

One way of having a successful landscaping or even flower gardening is the proper selection of plants. Proper selection of plants will not only vary the kind of plants the gardener wants to choose but also gardener should consider the climate he or she lives in. With it the gardener will not only save money from expenses but also enjoy the garden he or she has.
Before choosing the plant one should bare in mind that plants and its colors will bring life to ones garden. But it doesn't mean that you should not consider other factors which can affect the plants in your garden. This only serves as a guide to enlighten your mind and to give you a clue on what plant to choose.
In choosing a plant consider the following as your basis:
*climate of the place
*location or area of the garden
*lifestyle of the gardener
*availability of water
*exposure of sunlight
*type of the soil
What is listed above are just some of the factors that you should looked into when selecting a plants but
no matter the size of the garden plot you have to work with, your time and budget constraints, or your personality, you can design a flower garden that allows you to expressive your creativity, to get closer to nature, and to further enjoy being human.
Planning and setting up a flower garden may initially seem like a daunting task, but learning a few basics will set you firmly on the path to joy and beauty.

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Pot or Container Gardening

One way of gardening is container gardening or pot gardening. Container gardening is a process of carrying out an idea of growing plants in container instead of planting in the ground. This kind of gardening is more easier than those with the other ways of gardening. It's because you can grow almost anything in a container. Gardening in pots and containers gives you the ability to insure great soil, experiment with color, move your garden with the sun and raise your garden to a comfortable working height.

In container gardening it is important to choose properly the kind of container that you should use in order for your plant to grow well and the kind of container you will use will also affect the growth of your plants. The following lists will help you in choosing the appropriate container or pot to be used:

*You should make sure that there is enough space in the pot for the plant and the soil.

*Avoid containers with small width openings.

*Set pots on bricks or blocks to allow free drainage of water from the pot.

*You should remember that clay is permeable and water is drain from the sides of the pots when you choose a clay pot.

*It is better that the plants in clay pots is monitored closely for loss of moisture.

*During hot climates use light-colored containers to lessen heat absorption and discourage uneven root growth.

*The size of the container is also significant. The size of the container will depend on the size of the plants you have.

*******My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Dale*****

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Basic Techniques in Gardening

Gardening is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable activities that we can be involved with. People who want to start gardening should be aware and knowledgeable of the things to be done.The tools used for gardening are spades, forks, rakes, trowels, secatuar, chippers, and trimmers.The soil used in gardening should be moist or well drained and border sunlight levels because soil with poor structure is less able to hold water but there's still a remedy in this kind of soil through adding organic materials such as rooted manure, compost or coconut fiberfill help to hold moisture in the soil. In designing plants it should be arrange in contrasting forms and texture. In choosing color that best fit to your garden, you should bare in mind that masses of one color or the same shades of color have more impact than a variety of color in one place. Watering the plants is needed to establish healthy roots to cope in the following days and in drought conditions it is important to give the plant a thorough soaking to encourage the roots to grow deep by following this water into the soil.To keep your lawn healthy and attractive, annual maintenance may include fertilizing, topdressing, aerating, moss control and weeding.Feeding your plant is also needed because feeding your plant will result to a healthier and stronger specimen who will have lower maintenance in the future.In short important minerals such as Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium are needed by the plants.

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