Today's topic of 'Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants'
is foliar feeding which is a fertilizing technique of applying
liquid fertilizer to the leaves of plants.
Along plant leaves are pores, called Stomata, through which
the fertilizer is absorbed and made immediately available to
the plant. These Stomata are located on both sides of the
leaves. It's therefore important to spray both sides of the leaves
when foliar feeding.
Foliar feeding benefits plants tremendously, especially container
grown plants because of root growth filling the container with
roots quickly.
The roots are not able to absorb enough nutrients anymore
and the plants may develop nutrient deficiencies.
But the principle of foliar feeding applies to all your plants,
including tropical house plants, flowers, and vegetables resulting in
lush foliage, vibrant colored flowers, and an increase in vegetable crop.
Adding a surfactant, like Coco Wet, prevents the fertilizer
solution from running off the leaves.
Use about 1/4 to 1/2 of the recommended dosage of fertilizer
listed on the bottle or container.
More gardeners, including myself, add sea-based nutrients
to their fertilizer solution as they contain many of the
fifty trace nutrients. As the plant and the roots grow,
the need for trace elements increases. The soil itself is
unable to provide all these element anymore.
For years I've tested different seaweed brand names.
Finally, I've found one which produces phenomenal results.
This seaweed not only provides your plants with essential
nutrients, but also enhances the effect of the liquid fertilizer
you add to it.
This special strand of seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, is
available as Sea Magic from several internet stores.
Ascophyllum nodosum grows naturally in the cold waters
of the Atlantic Ocean. After being harvested, it is quickly dried
through a special process to keep its natural qualities intact.
To use properly, dissolve the content of the package of seaweed
in a 2-liter bottle and keep this concentrate in your refrigerator.
Each time you foliar feed, add 2 - 3 tablespoons of the concentrate,
per 32oz. spray bottle, to your spray mix.
Now add your liquid fertilizer plus the surfactant and you're ready
to foliar feed your plants.
Every couple of months add 1/4 cup of the seaweed
concentrate (which you already mixed), per 3-gallon
watering can, when watering your plants.
This powerhouse nutrient, Ascophyllum nodosum, is
also very cost efficient.
Once you use it and see its effect on your plants,
you'll never garden without it.
Next topic of 'Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants'
is Organic Disease Control.
Next, for your FREE Tropical Plant Guide, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes many useful tips how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants.
Bob Walsh
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants Vol. 3 - Organic Fertilizers
Today's issue of 'Successful Guide To Growing
Tropical Plants' deals with one of my favorite
topics, organic fertilizers.
The subject of organic fertilizers is so broad that
I'm only focusing on a few products no gardener
should be without.
These products may be used on everything you
grow, including tropical plants, annuals, perennials,
vegetables, and more.
You may use these organic soil additives and fertilizers
alone or in combination with synthetic fertilizers.
Organic fertilizers are animal or plant products, or
by-products which are available in granular and liquid
forms.
Blood Meal....
• Dried, powdered blood
• One of the highest organic sources of Nitrogen
• Follow package instructions
• Too much can burn plants with excessive Ammonia
• Completely soluble
• Can be mixed with water and applied as liquid fertilizer
• Deters animals in your garden, like rabbits, as well
• Can be used as composting activator
• Sprinkle it around roots at planting time, or
• Top-dress by working into soil around plants already planted
Symptoms of Nitrogen deficiency....
• Overall poor plant growth
• Yellowing leaves due to reduced Chlorophyll
• Lower leaves more affected
• Rest of plant is often light green
Bone Meal....
• Slow release fertilizer made from crushed bones
• Provides Phosphorus and Calcium
• Finely ground bone meal provides fast release of nutrients
• Sprinkle it around roots at planting time, or
• Top-dress by working into soil around plants already planted
Symptoms of Phosphorus deficiency....
• Lack of, or poor, flowering
• Leaf tips turn brown or black
• This is followed by lower leaves turning dark-green or reddish-purple
Fish Emulsion....
• Organic fertilizer high in Nitrogen
• Typical N-P-K analysis is 5-2-2
• Can be applied as soil drench or foliar feed
• Look for fish emulsion that has been deodorized
• Any "after-scent" is short lived
Blood meal, bone meal, and fish emulsion are the three gardening
products widely used by many gardeners, including myself.
Another widely used product is....
Guano....
• Excrement of seabirds and bats
• Contains high levels of Phosphorus and Nitrogen
• Added to soil deficient in organic matter
The topic of organic fertilizers can be covered in hundreds
of Ezine articles being such an extensive subject.
The above mentioned soil additives and fertilizers, blood meal, bone meal, fish emulsion, and guano will make your tropical plants look their best and reward you with lush foliage and
colorful, vibrant inflorescenses (flowers).
In the next Ezine the subject is the use of Seaweed.
This powerhouse Seaweed gives your plants an
"Adrenaline Rush" resulting in picturesque
tropical plants you usually see only in
gardening magazines and catalogs.
Next, for your FREE tropical plants guide, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes many useful tips on how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants.
Copyright © Bob Walsh Enterprises 2010
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
Tropical Plants' deals with one of my favorite
topics, organic fertilizers.
The subject of organic fertilizers is so broad that
I'm only focusing on a few products no gardener
should be without.
These products may be used on everything you
grow, including tropical plants, annuals, perennials,
vegetables, and more.
You may use these organic soil additives and fertilizers
alone or in combination with synthetic fertilizers.
Organic fertilizers are animal or plant products, or
by-products which are available in granular and liquid
forms.
Blood Meal....
• Dried, powdered blood
• One of the highest organic sources of Nitrogen
• Follow package instructions
• Too much can burn plants with excessive Ammonia
• Completely soluble
• Can be mixed with water and applied as liquid fertilizer
• Deters animals in your garden, like rabbits, as well
• Can be used as composting activator
• Sprinkle it around roots at planting time, or
• Top-dress by working into soil around plants already planted
Symptoms of Nitrogen deficiency....
• Overall poor plant growth
• Yellowing leaves due to reduced Chlorophyll
• Lower leaves more affected
• Rest of plant is often light green
Bone Meal....
• Slow release fertilizer made from crushed bones
• Provides Phosphorus and Calcium
• Finely ground bone meal provides fast release of nutrients
• Sprinkle it around roots at planting time, or
• Top-dress by working into soil around plants already planted
Symptoms of Phosphorus deficiency....
• Lack of, or poor, flowering
• Leaf tips turn brown or black
• This is followed by lower leaves turning dark-green or reddish-purple
Fish Emulsion....
• Organic fertilizer high in Nitrogen
• Typical N-P-K analysis is 5-2-2
• Can be applied as soil drench or foliar feed
• Look for fish emulsion that has been deodorized
• Any "after-scent" is short lived
Blood meal, bone meal, and fish emulsion are the three gardening
products widely used by many gardeners, including myself.
Another widely used product is....
Guano....
• Excrement of seabirds and bats
• Contains high levels of Phosphorus and Nitrogen
• Added to soil deficient in organic matter
The topic of organic fertilizers can be covered in hundreds
of Ezine articles being such an extensive subject.
The above mentioned soil additives and fertilizers, blood meal, bone meal, fish emulsion, and guano will make your tropical plants look their best and reward you with lush foliage and
colorful, vibrant inflorescenses (flowers).
In the next Ezine the subject is the use of Seaweed.
This powerhouse Seaweed gives your plants an
"Adrenaline Rush" resulting in picturesque
tropical plants you usually see only in
gardening magazines and catalogs.
Next, for your FREE tropical plants guide, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes many useful tips on how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants.
Copyright © Bob Walsh Enterprises 2010
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
Sunday, August 15, 2010
YouTube Video - Growing Hawaiian Hibiscus Plants & Hibiscus Flowers
This YouTube video explains how to grow the best hibiscus plant.
In addition, the Hawaiian origin of Hibiscus flowers is explained.
Next, for your FREE Tropical Plants Guide, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, visit Tropical House Plants.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Growing Hawaiian Hibiscus Plants and Flowers
Most of us are familiar with hibiscus flowers that range in colors from red, yellow, pink, blue, and everything in between. The flowers are quite large ranging in size from two to ten inches compared to other tropicals.
Hibiscus plants are members of the Malva family, Malvaceae. This plant family includes more than 200 species of annual and perennial plants.
The Hibiscus, in all colors and varieties, was the State Flower of Hawaii until the 1920s. It was not until 1988 that the yellow Hibiscus, Hibiscus brackenridgei, which is native to Hawaii, was officially adopted as the State Flower of Hawaii.
Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands think that all the beautiful hibiscus flowers which they observe on the Islands are native to Hawaii. But this is not the case.
Chinese Hibiscus, also called Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, is the hibiscus plant most commonly grown as ornamental plant on the Islands. This is the one so often associated with Hawaiian flowers.
In addition to the yellow Hibiscus, here is a list of hibiscus plants native to the Hawaiian Islands....
Hibiscus arnottianus produces white flowers. Hibiscus arnottianus is closely related to Hibiscus waimeae. Both produce fragrant flowers, which is a unique characteristic of hibiscus flowers.
Hibiscus brackenridgei produces showy, bright yellow flowers. This yellow hibiscus can grow to be over 30 feet in height; this is tall for the hibiscus family. Hibiscus brackenridgei is closely related to Hibiscus divaricatus.
Hibiscus clayi is a small tree found in its natural habitat on the Island of Kauai. It produces bright red flowers.
Hibiscus furcellatus, a pink flowered hibiscus plant, is found in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and on Hawaii. On Hawaiian Islands it is known as akiohala, hau hele, and hau hele wai.
Hibiscus kokio can grow up to 20 feet or more with red and orange flowers.
Hibiscus tiliaceus, common to the tropics, may be native to Hawaii or was brought to Hawaii by early Polynesians.
Hibiscus waimeae grows up to 30 feet tall producing white flowers.
Hibiscus plants we grow on the mainland produce gorgeous flowers, either monochromatic (one color) or polychromatic (many colors) on each plant.
Hibiscus hybrids include 'All Aglow', 'Black Beauty', 'Bon Temps', 'Cajun Blue', 'Kona', 'Norman Lee', 'Peggy Hendri', and countless more.
Hibiscus plants can be grown in the ground year round in areas with little or no frost, such as plant hardiness zones 9 and 10.
When brought home from the nursery the hibiscus should be placed in a partial sunny area and gradually moved to sunnier exposures until it's exposed to full sun.
It is essential for hibiscus plants to have a very well draining soil. Otherwise the roots may rot.
Do not to use any fertilizer high in nitrogen when fertilizing. This results in lots of vegetation growth, but hardly any flowers. Your plants will benefit tremendously from regular foliar feeding. It is important to spray both sides of the leaves. It is also very helpful to add a surfactant to your spraying solution. This will prevent the solution from running off the leaves.
When your hibiscus plant grows out of shape, it can be pruned to the desired shape. You need to be careful that all danger of frost has passed. New growth can be easily damaged by a late frost.
Unfortunately, insects like to feast on hibiscus leaves. The insects include aphids, mealy bugs, scales, thrips, and whiteflies. If this is the case a good spraying with insecticidal soap a few times or one application of a systemic insecticide should take care of the problem.
Grown indoors, hibiscus likes sunny windows or be put under grow lights.
Hibiscus is just one of many tropical plants that reward you with colorful flowers all year long when you give them the proper care they need.
Next, for your FREE Gift, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes many useful tips on how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants
Article Source: http://ezinearticles.com/ezinepublisher/?id=4834379
Hibiscus plants are members of the Malva family, Malvaceae. This plant family includes more than 200 species of annual and perennial plants.
The Hibiscus, in all colors and varieties, was the State Flower of Hawaii until the 1920s. It was not until 1988 that the yellow Hibiscus, Hibiscus brackenridgei, which is native to Hawaii, was officially adopted as the State Flower of Hawaii.
Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands think that all the beautiful hibiscus flowers which they observe on the Islands are native to Hawaii. But this is not the case.
Chinese Hibiscus, also called Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, is the hibiscus plant most commonly grown as ornamental plant on the Islands. This is the one so often associated with Hawaiian flowers.
In addition to the yellow Hibiscus, here is a list of hibiscus plants native to the Hawaiian Islands....
Hibiscus arnottianus produces white flowers. Hibiscus arnottianus is closely related to Hibiscus waimeae. Both produce fragrant flowers, which is a unique characteristic of hibiscus flowers.
Hibiscus brackenridgei produces showy, bright yellow flowers. This yellow hibiscus can grow to be over 30 feet in height; this is tall for the hibiscus family. Hibiscus brackenridgei is closely related to Hibiscus divaricatus.
Hibiscus clayi is a small tree found in its natural habitat on the Island of Kauai. It produces bright red flowers.
Hibiscus furcellatus, a pink flowered hibiscus plant, is found in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and on Hawaii. On Hawaiian Islands it is known as akiohala, hau hele, and hau hele wai.
Hibiscus kokio can grow up to 20 feet or more with red and orange flowers.
Hibiscus tiliaceus, common to the tropics, may be native to Hawaii or was brought to Hawaii by early Polynesians.
Hibiscus waimeae grows up to 30 feet tall producing white flowers.
Hibiscus plants we grow on the mainland produce gorgeous flowers, either monochromatic (one color) or polychromatic (many colors) on each plant.
Hibiscus hybrids include 'All Aglow', 'Black Beauty', 'Bon Temps', 'Cajun Blue', 'Kona', 'Norman Lee', 'Peggy Hendri', and countless more.
Hibiscus plants can be grown in the ground year round in areas with little or no frost, such as plant hardiness zones 9 and 10.
When brought home from the nursery the hibiscus should be placed in a partial sunny area and gradually moved to sunnier exposures until it's exposed to full sun.
It is essential for hibiscus plants to have a very well draining soil. Otherwise the roots may rot.
Do not to use any fertilizer high in nitrogen when fertilizing. This results in lots of vegetation growth, but hardly any flowers. Your plants will benefit tremendously from regular foliar feeding. It is important to spray both sides of the leaves. It is also very helpful to add a surfactant to your spraying solution. This will prevent the solution from running off the leaves.
When your hibiscus plant grows out of shape, it can be pruned to the desired shape. You need to be careful that all danger of frost has passed. New growth can be easily damaged by a late frost.
Unfortunately, insects like to feast on hibiscus leaves. The insects include aphids, mealy bugs, scales, thrips, and whiteflies. If this is the case a good spraying with insecticidal soap a few times or one application of a systemic insecticide should take care of the problem.
Grown indoors, hibiscus likes sunny windows or be put under grow lights.
Hibiscus is just one of many tropical plants that reward you with colorful flowers all year long when you give them the proper care they need.
Next, for your FREE Gift, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes many useful tips on how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants
Article Source: http://ezinearticles.com/ezinepublisher/?id=4834379
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants Vol. 2 - Fertilizers
Now that you potted your new tropical plants,
let them adjust in their new pots for about
2 weeks, it's time to talk about fertilizers.
Fertilizers are sold as....
•Granular
•Liquid
•Organic
•Synthetic
Granular fertilizers are usually slow release
fertilizers meaning that they release the nutrients
to the plant over a period of time.
Liquid fertilizers are added to water and are
immediately available to your plants by absorption
through the roots.
Organic fertilizers are derived from animal or
vegetable waste, or contain minerals which
organically exist in nature already.
Synthetic fertilizers are inorganic, or man-made
fertilizers.
All fertilizers have 3 numbers on their packaging
representing the percentage of each nutrient present.
These 3 elements are called Primary Macronutrients
because they are consumed in larger quantities by plants.
•The first number represents Nitrogen (N)
•The second number represents Phosphorus (P)
•The third number represents Potassium (K)
Any fertilizer labeled 15-9-12, for instance, contains....
•15% Nitrogen
•9% Phosporus
•12% Potassium
The 3 Secondary Macronutrients include....
•Calcium (Ca)
•Sulfur (S)
•Magnesium (Mg)
But any good fertilizer also contains Micronutrients.
They are called Micronutrients because they are
required by plants in much smaller amounts than
Macronutrients.
Micronutrients include....
•Boron (B)
•Copper (Cu)
•Iron (Fe)
•Manganese (Mn)
•Molybdenum (Mo)
•Zinc (Zn)
•Chloride (Cl)
Sometimes we look at plants and think they are
sick because they show yellowing leaves or other
signs which disturb the appearance of the plant.
But all your plants need is a change in their
"diet and menu" you are giving them,
namely fertilizers.
This Ezine was a trip back memory lane visiting
chemistry class.
In the next Ezine I want to talk about organic
fertilizers and organic soil additives which benefit
your tropical plants tremendously.
Next, for your FREE Gift, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes useful tips on how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants.
Copyright © Bob Walsh Enterprises 2010
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
let them adjust in their new pots for about
2 weeks, it's time to talk about fertilizers.
Fertilizers are sold as....
•Granular
•Liquid
•Organic
•Synthetic
Granular fertilizers are usually slow release
fertilizers meaning that they release the nutrients
to the plant over a period of time.
Liquid fertilizers are added to water and are
immediately available to your plants by absorption
through the roots.
Organic fertilizers are derived from animal or
vegetable waste, or contain minerals which
organically exist in nature already.
Synthetic fertilizers are inorganic, or man-made
fertilizers.
All fertilizers have 3 numbers on their packaging
representing the percentage of each nutrient present.
These 3 elements are called Primary Macronutrients
because they are consumed in larger quantities by plants.
•The first number represents Nitrogen (N)
•The second number represents Phosphorus (P)
•The third number represents Potassium (K)
Any fertilizer labeled 15-9-12, for instance, contains....
•15% Nitrogen
•9% Phosporus
•12% Potassium
The 3 Secondary Macronutrients include....
•Calcium (Ca)
•Sulfur (S)
•Magnesium (Mg)
But any good fertilizer also contains Micronutrients.
They are called Micronutrients because they are
required by plants in much smaller amounts than
Macronutrients.
Micronutrients include....
•Boron (B)
•Copper (Cu)
•Iron (Fe)
•Manganese (Mn)
•Molybdenum (Mo)
•Zinc (Zn)
•Chloride (Cl)
Sometimes we look at plants and think they are
sick because they show yellowing leaves or other
signs which disturb the appearance of the plant.
But all your plants need is a change in their
"diet and menu" you are giving them,
namely fertilizers.
This Ezine was a trip back memory lane visiting
chemistry class.
In the next Ezine I want to talk about organic
fertilizers and organic soil additives which benefit
your tropical plants tremendously.
Next, for your FREE Gift, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, which includes useful tips on how to grow tropical plants in any climate, visit Tropical House Plants.
Copyright © Bob Walsh Enterprises 2010
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tropical Plants - Grow Your Own Tropical Garden
Love at first sight. You hear the stories of two people meeting for the first time, and they "fall in love at first sight". It's a very magical experience, and it is happening over and over again with more and more frequency all over the world involving more and more people.
People from all over the world are seeing tropical plants in their natural habitat, and they are falling in love with them. More people are traveling to the tropical and subtropical regions of our world discovering for themselves the myriad of tropical flowers. They travel to various Caribbean Islands in the West Indies, to Hawaii and the Polynesian Islands such as Tahiti, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Bali, and the jungles of Central and South America.
The modern international travelers, like the explorers centuries before them, discover the precious gems called tropical plants and flowers, often for the first time. Their bright exquisite colors, rich intoxicating fragrances are like gold in the senses of the modern day explorers.
Like their predecessors, they, too, want to bring these newly found treasures home with them. These treasures include heliconias, gingers, bananas, costus, bromeliads, hibiscus, bird of paradise and other tropical plants with variegated foliage.
With love and for love they want to create a bit of the tropics and a bouquet of tropical blossoms right in their own backyard gardens, green houses, porches, and in every room and window available in their homes savoring the very sensuous experience of the tropical paradise they just visited.
Many of these international travelers live in temperate zones that would prevent these subtropical and tropical plant species from surviving and/or growing. In the past this would have been the end of the story. Like a disappointed teary-eyed child, they would have returned home and lived with a broken heart for the rest of their lives.
But over the years with new modern day equipment of indoor lighting, better techniques and improved growing methods, the dream of creating one's own tropical garden of visual beauty and intoxicating fragrances can become a part of their reality.
More and more books are being written for the passionate tropical plant lover. More and more nurseries and garden centers each year are introducing and offering more and more varieties from more and more destinations around the world.
Both locally and on the internet interest in tropical plants is growing by leaps and bounds every year. With more and more books being written on the subject describing in details how to grow your own tropical garden and how to care for your tropical plants, more and more tropical plant lovers can live out their dreams.
Even if you live outside the subtropical and tropical hardiness zones of 9, 10, or 11 hope springs eternal for tropical plant lovers worldwide. You, too, equipped with the right book with good solid information and a good and reputable nursery or plant store, can create your own tropical garden both indoors and outdoors, in greenhouses, garden rooms, and on window sills throughout the house.
Even if you can't afford to travel to a tropical paradise every year, you will have a bit right there in your own home with all of the beauty and fragrances of these exotic flowers.
Next, for your FREE Gift, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, visit Tropical Garden.
Article Source: http://ezinearticles.com/ezinepublisher/?id=4778959
People from all over the world are seeing tropical plants in their natural habitat, and they are falling in love with them. More people are traveling to the tropical and subtropical regions of our world discovering for themselves the myriad of tropical flowers. They travel to various Caribbean Islands in the West Indies, to Hawaii and the Polynesian Islands such as Tahiti, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Bali, and the jungles of Central and South America.
The modern international travelers, like the explorers centuries before them, discover the precious gems called tropical plants and flowers, often for the first time. Their bright exquisite colors, rich intoxicating fragrances are like gold in the senses of the modern day explorers.
Like their predecessors, they, too, want to bring these newly found treasures home with them. These treasures include heliconias, gingers, bananas, costus, bromeliads, hibiscus, bird of paradise and other tropical plants with variegated foliage.
With love and for love they want to create a bit of the tropics and a bouquet of tropical blossoms right in their own backyard gardens, green houses, porches, and in every room and window available in their homes savoring the very sensuous experience of the tropical paradise they just visited.
Many of these international travelers live in temperate zones that would prevent these subtropical and tropical plant species from surviving and/or growing. In the past this would have been the end of the story. Like a disappointed teary-eyed child, they would have returned home and lived with a broken heart for the rest of their lives.
But over the years with new modern day equipment of indoor lighting, better techniques and improved growing methods, the dream of creating one's own tropical garden of visual beauty and intoxicating fragrances can become a part of their reality.
More and more books are being written for the passionate tropical plant lover. More and more nurseries and garden centers each year are introducing and offering more and more varieties from more and more destinations around the world.
Both locally and on the internet interest in tropical plants is growing by leaps and bounds every year. With more and more books being written on the subject describing in details how to grow your own tropical garden and how to care for your tropical plants, more and more tropical plant lovers can live out their dreams.
Even if you live outside the subtropical and tropical hardiness zones of 9, 10, or 11 hope springs eternal for tropical plant lovers worldwide. You, too, equipped with the right book with good solid information and a good and reputable nursery or plant store, can create your own tropical garden both indoors and outdoors, in greenhouses, garden rooms, and on window sills throughout the house.
Even if you can't afford to travel to a tropical paradise every year, you will have a bit right there in your own home with all of the beauty and fragrances of these exotic flowers.
Next, for your FREE Gift, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, visit Tropical Garden.
Article Source: http://ezinearticles.com/ezinepublisher/?id=4778959
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants - Volume 1
"Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants"....Volume 1, August 4, 2010
Welcome to your first issue of
Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants.
The intention of this Ezine is to provide you with
useful information on how to have your tropical
plants grow and look their best.
You browse the internet and/or catalogs,
you decide to order some tropical plants for
yourself, and today they arrive in the mail.
You receive your plants in one of three ways....
Bare rooted wrapped in shredded newspaper
Bare rooted wrapped in sphagnum moss
Plant is sent in its original pot
If you receive your plants bare rooted, make sure you
have all your potting ingredients and utensils ready,
including your soil-less potting mix, before you unwrap
the roots.
Tropical plants need a fast draining soil. The better draining
your soil is, the less chance of over watering.
Add some Perlite or horticultural Pumice to your soil-less
potting mix for better drainage.
The best way to do this is by mixing them in a separate
container before adding them to the pot you will use for
planting your new arrival.
Be aware that Perlite holds more water than horticultural
pumice which affects your watering schedule depending
on the climate you live.
Also be aware that, if your potting mix contains fine particles,
they will settle over time at the bottom of the pot and deprive
the roots of oxygen. This may result in the demise of your
precious exotic plant.
After transplanting always use a transplant solution which
contains Vitamin B1.
It's helpful to separate your new plants from the rest of your
plants to make sure there are no bugs hidden in the soil
which could attack the plants you are already growing.
Most plants are treated with an Insecticide before shipping,
but it never hurts to be cautious.
If your plants arrive in their original pots, place them in a
partially shaded area and water them if needed.
Do not fertilize or transplant them for the next 2 weeks.
This enables the plants to adjust to their new environment.
Enjoy your new plants, watch them grow, give them the care
they need, and they reward you with beautiful foliage and
vibrant flowers.
For Your FREE Tropical Plant Guide, which includes useful tips on how to grow your own tropical garden, visit Grow Your Own Tropical Garden
Happy Growing,
Bob Walsh
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
Welcome to your first issue of
Successful Guide To Growing Tropical Plants.
The intention of this Ezine is to provide you with
useful information on how to have your tropical
plants grow and look their best.
You browse the internet and/or catalogs,
you decide to order some tropical plants for
yourself, and today they arrive in the mail.
You receive your plants in one of three ways....
Bare rooted wrapped in shredded newspaper
Bare rooted wrapped in sphagnum moss
Plant is sent in its original pot
If you receive your plants bare rooted, make sure you
have all your potting ingredients and utensils ready,
including your soil-less potting mix, before you unwrap
the roots.
Tropical plants need a fast draining soil. The better draining
your soil is, the less chance of over watering.
Add some Perlite or horticultural Pumice to your soil-less
potting mix for better drainage.
The best way to do this is by mixing them in a separate
container before adding them to the pot you will use for
planting your new arrival.
Be aware that Perlite holds more water than horticultural
pumice which affects your watering schedule depending
on the climate you live.
Also be aware that, if your potting mix contains fine particles,
they will settle over time at the bottom of the pot and deprive
the roots of oxygen. This may result in the demise of your
precious exotic plant.
After transplanting always use a transplant solution which
contains Vitamin B1.
It's helpful to separate your new plants from the rest of your
plants to make sure there are no bugs hidden in the soil
which could attack the plants you are already growing.
Most plants are treated with an Insecticide before shipping,
but it never hurts to be cautious.
If your plants arrive in their original pots, place them in a
partially shaded area and water them if needed.
Do not fertilize or transplant them for the next 2 weeks.
This enables the plants to adjust to their new environment.
Enjoy your new plants, watch them grow, give them the care
they need, and they reward you with beautiful foliage and
vibrant flowers.
For Your FREE Tropical Plant Guide, which includes useful tips on how to grow your own tropical garden, visit Grow Your Own Tropical Garden
Happy Growing,
Bob Walsh
www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com
Monday, August 2, 2010
Exotic Tropical Plants - Grow Your Own Tropical Garden
Folks travel all over the world to tropical destinations and fall in love with the exotic plants they see.
Wishing to be able to grow them in their own climate they return home just with memories of their tropical paradise.
But it is possible to grow these tropical plants at home as well.
Find out more and get your absolutely FREE ebook, Grow Your Own Tropical Garden, by visiting Grow Your Own Tropical Garden.
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