This poor Cycas revoluta has a major infestation of lesser snow scale.
They find good hiding spots in the nooks and crannies of this plant.
This is how it looks in natural light, not very pretty
The whole appearance of the plant is sad and tired.
At least compared to its pal from the other side of the room. It is FANCY!
This poor Cycas revoluta has a major infestation of lesser snow scale. They find good hiding spots in the nooks and crannies of this p...
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So I was at work today and found fat little mealybugs living happily in a Ficus so of course I did what all good gardeners do and massacred them.
Seek and destroy!
Size comparison with my thumb.
Underside of a bug.
Fluffiness to the max
Happy little bug in its fluff
So I was at work today and found fat little mealybugs living happily in a Ficus so of course I did what all good gardeners do and massacr...
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Some fruit flies feasting on a tomato. Delicious.
Some fruit flies feasting on a tomato. Delicious.
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Meet "Beanie"
So you found yourself in a situation where you have a plant but you dont have a pot?
Emergency pot to the rescue!
First you need something plastic, like a yoghurt pot or similar that can stand on its own
I don't eat yoghurt so the next best thing was this empty bag of sweets
It was too big for my needs so I cut it in half
Just the right size for little Beanie here
The bottom must have holes for the extra water to get out
Like this
A piece of paper will hold the soil in and prevent it from falling off from the holes
Insert potting soil
Plus Beanie
And ta-dah you've made your emergency pot for Beanie!
Water the soil thoroughly
It might not be pretty but it'll hold until ive made up my mind what do do with this mystery Beanie I found under a plant at work, I havent yet found out what sort of plant it is or will be or if it even enjoys being transferred from the original spot. That's where emergency pot comes in handy; when you're not quite sure if the plant is right for your collection or not and you havent yet made the decision to keep it.
Meet "Beanie" So you found yourself in a situation where you have a plant but you dont have a pot? Emergency pot to the r...
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Although I don't even have a yard, I can still dream of building a sunroom for all my plants, can't I?
Very nice book that has introduction to different types of greenhouses and gives simplistic instructions
(with pics!) to build them yourself.
Although I don't even have a yard, I can still dream of building a sunroom for all my plants, can't I? Very nice book that ...
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Do you have a new plant?
Dont know how to water your new plant?
Afraid of overwatering your plant?
Boy, do i have an easy protip for you;
CLAY POTS!
It might seem just a matter of what looks good in your eye when it comes to pots but really its all about the plant's roots. Overwatering is much more damaging to plant than underwatering.
When you overwater plant, it's roots suffocate as they need air too.
Clay pots have this natural "breathing" process that allows humidity to travel through the pot.
Simply enough, it means that the soil will dry up faster as it gives away the humidity through the pot.
This is actually exactly what you want, since slight drying between waterings is crucial in order to keep your plants alive and well.
I'm not telling you to throw away all your plastic pots since theyre good doing the exact opposite;
If you have a plant that needs that extra humidity, plant it in a plastic pot to prevent soil drying.
WARNING
black plastic heats up in the sun and might damage your plant's roots.
(Although, using black plastic pots that heat up in the sun while trying to grow up seedlings might be an effective way of getting the soil wee bit warmer which is usually one of the major factors in getting seeds grow)
Do you have a new plant? Dont know how to water your new plant? Afraid of overwatering your plant? Boy, do i have an easy protip ...
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The garden life chooses you
The garden life chooses you
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This pretty much sums up gardening in general
This pretty much sums up gardening in general
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Some plants are harder to gain than others.
Just like in everything else, also plants come and go out of fashion.
Some beauties are not available in stores anymore, so I will have to think of alternative methods of having rarities in my collection.
Thankfully sometimes at work I bump in to these rarities that I just got to have in my collection.
So here are two little babies i stole adopted from work.
Spathiphyllum 'Mauna Loa', commonly known as Peace flag. This gorgeus specimen is taller than i am (somewhat 160cm)
This plant enjoys being in partial or total shade and can grow very old (this one being over 20 years old)
It also has great reproduction method;
it produces plenty of root sprouts, so its very easy just dig up one of the offshoots ("babies"), cut it off the mother plant and plant it in to its own container. These sprouts usually have already roots of their own so propaganation is very simple and easy. Just remember to use low-nutrinent potting soil, since the baby roots arent necessarily capable of handling high amounts of fertilisazion just yet after being ripped off from their mother plant.
So here are the two shoots i dug up about a month ago, they used to be the same size but now the other (upper one in this pic) has grown obvioudly bigger than its sister. The smaller one seems to have had too much of a shock when moving away from the mother plant I'm afraid it'll just rot away sooner or later.
Closer inspection of the bigger plant showed me that the moving was a success!
Tiny little shoot is sprouting from between the axis.
New growth is a sign that the plant is happily rooted to its new home and the fertilisazion can begin!
Some plants are harder to gain than others. Just like in everything else, also plants come and go out of fashion. Some beauties are n...
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English-Finnish-English gardening dictionary by Kaisa Karjalainen
Kaisa Karjalaisen puutarhasanasto englanti-suomi-englanti on aivan törkeän hyvä -ja ainoa- puutarha-alan ammattikielen sanakirja englannista suomeksi.
Harmillisesti uutta painosta ei ole vieläkään saatavilla, joten lainaaminen kirjastosta on ainoa vaihtoehto, kaupoista tätä ei löydä.
English-Finnish-English gardening dictionary by Kaisa Karjalainen Kaisa Karjalaisen puutarhasanasto englanti-suomi-englanti on aivan tö...
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I saved this ficus from the trashcan at work. Probably older than I am, I dont know for sure.
Its a rarity with way smaller leaves than regular rubber figs I've seen.
I'll move it to bigger pot in spring, it needs something fancy to fit its glory.
Lets see how I can manage keeping it neatly cut in shape, only time will tell.
I saved this ficus from the trashcan at work. Probably older than I am, I dont know for sure. Its a rarity with way smaller leaves tha...
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This just has got to be the greatest invention ever. I want to see every herb made impossibly cute like this one and maybe I'll start cooking too. MAYBE.
This just has got to be the greatest invention ever. I want to see every herb made impossibly cute like this one and maybe I'll start ...
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After some time i finally grew bored enough to start putting up pics of plants online again
After some time i finally grew bored enough to start putting up pics of plants online again
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