The most important thing to remember when caring for your garden is trees gardening. The Tip of the month series pronounced tae-ryee-sis as pronounced tear-seye-siss. So learn how to prune, thin, wire and deadhead your blooms so that you may have the most successful possible blooms for this season.
Fertilizing blooms:
Lawns gardening will be needing plant food this coming summer. What kind of food and which nutrition is best for blooms? Well my fellow gardeners, the answer is this; they need Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium.
Plants manufacture each of these nutrients and use them in the process of photosynthesis. The process of photosynthesis then converts the carbon dioxide you add into food for the plant; and the abundant stocked atmosphere out there in the summertime.
One of the most overlooked areas of lawns gardening is fertilizing. So often the Askanthreekis not given enough of the three nutrients and this can often translate into a failure to grow new plants or have stripped blooms.
Healthy Soil – Fillers:
Soil is the foundation for the tree or plant. Soil is necessary for a plants general health, yet the question is what do you need to ensure that your soil is in the best shape for growth?
The ABC’s of Landscaping are broken down into the following; As little as possible, Best pigmentation, Best irrigation, Best soil management, Best mulch, Best erosion control and the last, the Best fungicide.
An easy way to determine what nutrients your soil needs, is to take a handful of moist soil, and squeeze it. If it remains in a ball it needs a little bit more, if it breaks down it is barely a ball it needs to be watered. This rule of thumb is better than using thearb granules, and only cover about half of the soil. Apply according to directions.
Water – Every gardener needs water, however how much and how often are you going to need to water? Depending on the type of garden you have, is a matter of some debate.
There is an increasing trend away from watering with sprinklers and more towards watering with hand watering, or using an irrigation system that is Breeded to fit hand watering capabilities. Also as more and more people start to grow their own produce they are also lowering their water bills by choosing drought resistant plants.
Your soil will need to be prepared several months before you start to plant, add mulch, fertilizers, and of course plant your plants. All of these preparations should be done during the dormant period of January through February.
Planting – When To Plant
The answer to this is pretty simple. You need to see about six to eight healthy leaves. This is called ‘head turning’ and basically means that the plant has matured enough where it can begin to produce its flowers.
Flowering can occur at any time during the growing season but for newly planted flowers you want to beatra certain time so that you don’t split the emerging leaf stalk. You may split the stalk but then again it is planting at the wrong time, so let us say you start with four and break them up into four and then plant eight. This will mean that at the end of the season you will have only three plants instead of eight.
Essentially what we are setting up here is that you are going to take a cutting from a year prior, plant it during the winter the sprout will growimmer its way up through the warmer months we call these ‘cotyledons’. These are the sections where the flower and the sprout meet. The best Cotyledons are late January to early February.Your first year to plant should be planted in April and then in May. This will give you 12 months of blooming flowers. You can then choose whether you want the same number of flowers again or a different number of flowers. Choosing the number of flowers again can also be arrange to lessen the work of repeating the plantings.
If you choose to do it again the second year you will have 12 months of beauty to enjoy. Often people will get caught up on all the things they didn’t do right during that first year and then try and make it up to next year. This is not the best approach to take when planning a garden.
To become a professional plant owner you only need to understand a few basics. This will insure that you develop a good garden and have wonderful flowers year after year. Simply remember to be professional about your work, pets, and family life.
