When Should I Water My Indoor Plants? -
Lifting a pot gives a good clue: light weight means that water is lacking. Tapping the pot (if it is made of clay) provides another test: a ringing so...
Potted Roses -
Rose-bushes, growing in various kinds of containers, are sometimes available during late spring and summer. These plants are useful in filling bare sp...
Scale and Perspective in a Japanese Garden -
The mountains, hills, lakes, streams, waterfalls and seashores of Japan have inspired its traditional gardens. Scale and proportion are very important...
Pumpkin Beetle -
The life history of this beetle under natural conditions has not been studied. Eggs have been laid on moist soil and the larva have been found on the ...
Flowering Shrubs and Trees -
Blossom should always be cut when the buds are tight, and either early in the morning or in the evening. If it is cut early in the spring before there...
Green Manure -
In a large garden a good plan is to rest one seventh of the area devoted to vegetables and cut flowers every year, and to sow this seventh with a gree...
Cleaning your Plants -
Happy, healthy and bushy green leaves tell the world that you really care about your plants. Dust is one of their biggest ene mies. A layer of dust cl...
Temperature and Humidity -
One reason foliage plants get along so well with people is that they like just about the same temperature levels - 15 to 29 C degrees. Extremes above ...
Making acid soil alkaline -
If your soil is sandy, distribute kg sulphur over 9 square metres and turn it in. On heavy soils use 1 kg sulphur. Then mix 225 grams manganese sulpha...
