Are you Green Thumb person?
Preoccupying yourself in a hobby like gardening has grown to be a feel good hobby, that involves a considerable amount of work but at the end of the day, it can be satisfying and rewarding.
Developing Green thumb
Some people indulge in it as a personal therapy and others it is the time to bond with their family but one thing is sure that each hour spent on your garden will be paid back with moments of personal delight. Want to literally develop your green thumb, herewith, are some stress free gardening tips which could be your guide:
If you think you are not gifted with a green thumb and don't know anything about growing exotic hedge plants or rare orchids, leave them to the horticultural experts. Instead, focus on basic flowering plants or put up a small herbal garden in an area in your patio or any vacant lot.
- Expand your knowledge by reading about specific temperature, soil and proper care pertinent for your plants. You can ask your friends and relatives, who can share tips about plant care. Garden shows abound during the summer and its good time to visit, learn and be inspired.
- Like any hobby, turn gardening into a passion by constantly and consistently doing it. Some consider mornings as the best times to enjoy gardening since everything is relaxed and refreshed, while others love to do it after work when they are not hurried and also to relieve stress. Set a specific schedule when you can spend a considerable amount of time and stick to it.
- The ingredients required for healthy plants include sunlight, soil and steady supply of water. While some plants require watering everyday, most plants need minimal requirements. When it comes to watering the general rule is that the soil needs to be kept lightly moist to prevent it from drying out.
- You don't need state of the art garden equipment just the basics for opening and improving, weeding and cultivating the soil. Look for spading forks, hoes, trowels, rakes, shovels and shears or clippers.
- Wash your tools before putting them away to avoid corrosion and rust. Keep your tools with cutting edges in top shape and sharpen grass cutters and keep clean always your shovels, hoes and rakes before keeping them in the storage.
Green Thumb means
-An extraordinary ability to make plants grow well.
-A person is said to have a 'green thumb' when almost any plant he/she plants will turn out to thrive well under his/her care.
Bonsai for Beginners
Bonsai for beginners is a complete introductory guide to this beautiful and fascinating art, with advice and suggestions on all aspects of bonsai, including choosing, planting, growing, shaping and maintenance, together with a directory of popular varieti
Growing bonsai is an enjoyable and rewarding pastime, and one that is popular throughout the world. Bonsai for Beginners is a complete guide to starting this fascinating hobby, and chapters cover every aspect of your bonsai, from selecting suitable plants for your climate, through healthcare, styling, potting and troubleshooting to long-term development. A range of useful case studies take you through important techniques throughout the book, and a special chapter, The Bonsai School, looks at styling and development techniques in more detail, as well as providing species information on some of the major bonsai varieties.
How to care Bonsai
The bonsai trees are the miniature trees which are grown in pots or trays. Bonsai literally means bon (tray) and sai (plant). Growing bonsai trees has been an ancient art that is becoming increasingly popular with every passing day throughout the whole Wo
Bonsai must be placed in an area where enough light is available. If a bonsai fails to have enough UV rays, it dries. The bonsai needs warmth in the daytime - at least 60 degree Fahrenheit and the humidity to flourish. Regular spraying on the leaves with water is mandatory. However, bonsai can never be placed in a saucer or tray filled with water, as this can rot the roots. At night what the bonsai needs most is cooling down as it occurs in the nature as well.
Repotting of the bonsai once every two years or so is very crucial and this should be done in the spring. When the re-potting is made the roots should be pruned. Depending on the size of the roots, 1/3 to 2/3 should be removed from the tips. Repotting in a similar type of container as the original is necessary to create the same kind of effect. Drainage holes for the water must be cared of. If the roots come in close contact of much damp they will rot gradually.
Bonsai containers should be shallower than normal indoor pots used for plants. So if fertilizer is added dilution is to be accordingly otherwise the fertilizer will burn the roots. Bonsai should be fed this fertilizer about once every three weeks - but it should not be fed in winter.
Bonsai needs to be "pruned" and "pinched back" at a regular interval to keep it at the desired shape. Actually, this should be done in the spring before the season's growth begins, and then regularly throughout the season. Actually everything depends on perfect pruning .It must be taken care of what kind of tree was got before this pruning - for example, if a ficus is taken all the leaves should be cut back.
Take Care of the Bonsai to be amused
As the bonsai is kept in a shallow container, it can attract pets and prone to be diseased. Bonsai requires more care. Even more than any other plant we generally see at hand
1. The bonsai should be cleaned with a small brush on a regular basis. Any plant debris on the soil is not allowed after the finishing of pruning the bonsai.. It will decompose and hamper the growth with fungal diseases or moss.
There is a common idea that moss is decorative and is not removed. If this is the case it should be kept away it form the trunk and branches of the tree - using a special spatula, or a hard nylon toothbrush just scraping away . A pair of tweezers is needed to remove any weed and it must be remembered that any grass can steal nutrients away from the tree.
2. Pests always should be kept away. As bonsai is watered often to keep it humid, this attract
pests such as aphids (aka greenfly), caterpillars, ants and red spider mites.
Diseases to combat
Diseases like Powdery mildew are the most widespread fungus disease. If a white, floury layer on
the shoots and leaves of the tree is seen it is nothing but powdery mildew. Rust may appear as orange or brown patches on the leaves. You may be using too much potassium in the soil, if this begins to occur.
Iron deficiency will cause yellowing of the trees. The leaves or needles will turn yellow - while the veins will remain green. This usually takes place in chalky or lime soil, which "locks up" the iron.
Repot and changes in the potting compost should be done.
The four seasons to notice
Special treatments for the outdoor bonsai will need special treatment in each of the four seasons, but even the indoor bonsai needs special treatment at times, for the biological necessities, rather
than environmental ones.
There's no need to give fertilizer during the winter, for example Pruning for shape should be done in early spring, and, as stated earlier, repotting should take place in the spring of every second year, and the roots trimmed.
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