Love this idea for multiple reasons : - Equisetum grows so quickly and make even the newest newbie of a gardener feel accomplished and happy, - Equisetum can get out of control and the container will prevent that from happening. I am going to plant some Equisetum in pots this summer to create privacy and cover up some unsightly areas [ Read More ]
For this project you’ll simply plop a few bulbs into a container and add water. Let your kids help choose the perfect colors and decorate the pot to give as a holiday gift to a favorite teacher. They’ll love watching the sprouts emerge. You will need : bulbs (used here: amaryllis, Paperwhite, pre-chilled daffodils) containers, with and without drainage holes [ Read More ]
Paperwhites they are so easy to plant and it’s fun to watch them grow each day, but the best part are the fragrant blooms that last well after Christmas. All you’ll need is: a pot. soil conditioner. paperwhite bulbs. Place soil in your pot. The soil should cover up to the shoulders of the bulbs to hold them in place [ Read More ]
Cut a 12- to 15-inch piece off a non-blooming branch in July or August. Cut the clipped stem in two or three pieces, making sure that each section has at least two nodes that can be placed into the potting soil. Strip the foliage, except for the top few leaves of each cutting. If the top leaves are large, cut [ Read More ]
How To : locate a stem of softwood between the hard, woody growth at the bottom of the plant and the fleshy green tip by bending it; softwood should snap cleanly. Cut a softwood shoot that has several leaves. Trim it into 5-inch-long pieces that each have a leaf toward the top. Remove extra leaves; then cuts the remaining leaf [ Read More ]
How to : First fill your pot with cacti potting mix. Wet your sphagnum moss. Then squeeze any exess water out. Then put on top of the cacti potting mix. You hould remove any hard stems from the moss. then vreate a mounded top from it.about an inch higher then the rim of the top. Gather your succulent cuttings. and [ Read More ]
You will need : Paperwhites bulbs. a glass jar white pebbles water In a glass jar, make a bed of pebbles or glass beads. Orient each bulb with its flat side down and position it atop the pebbles bed. After each bulb has been seated, fill the spaces between the bulbs with more pebbles. Fill the container with water to [ Read More ]
