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Dahlias are a captivating and diverse group of flowering plants celebrated for their vibrant and intricate blooms. These flowers belong to the Asteraceae family and are native to Mexico and Central America. Dahlias come in various sizes, shapes, and colors, ranging from small, button-sized pom-poms to large, dinner-plate-sized blossoms. Their petals can be single, semi-double, or fully double, displaying a wide spectrum of colors, including shades of red, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and white.
Dahlias thrive in well-drained soil with plenty of sunlight, typically grown from tubers planted in the spring after the threat of frost has passed. Regular deadheading (removing spent blooms) encourages continuous flowering. They are versatile plants used to beautify flower beds, borders, and gardens, while their long stems and showy blooms make them popular choices for cut flower arrangements and bouquets.
In regions with cold winters, dahlias are often treated as tender perennials or annuals. To overwinter them, dig up the tubers in the fall after the first frost, let them dry, and store them in a cool, dark place until spring. Despite their beauty, dahlias can be susceptible to pests like aphids and slugs, as well as diseases like powdery mildew and fungal infections, necessitating proper care and vigilance.
Symbolically, dahlias convey meanings of elegance, dignity, and a commitment to an eternal bond in the language of flowers. They are often used in wedding bouquets and other formal arrangements. In Mexico, dahlias hold cultural and symbolic significance as the national flower, further enhancing their charm and importance.
TED: "Today I'm goin' to show yew 'ow to care fer a orchid. This is me Dad's orchid an' all the flours 'ave dropped off cuz it's finnished flourin', but DON'T PANIC! If that 'appens to yours jest keep lookin' after it an' it mite flour agane.
So, 'ere's 5 easy rools fer care of yer orchid:
1... water LITELY evry 1-2 weeks - DO NOT OVER WATER!
2... keep it 'umid - spray the leafs reggulerly wiv distilled or (cooled) boiled water
3... place in a brite spot but not in d'reck sunlite
4... feed wiv speshulist orchid feed - or do wot Dad does, split a dryed Yorkshire Tea bag an' sprinkle over the soil once a week
5... prune back the stem once it's floured - use a clean, sharp knife or shears an' WATCH YER PAWS!
DISCLAIMER: I 'ope me tips are 'elpful an' that yer plant don't die afterwards, cuz I ain't takin' no ressponssibillity!
Blue hydrangeas are among my favorite garden plants. Hydrangeas are very sensitive to soil acidity. When I purchased this bush, the flowers were deep blue, but have come up pink every year afterwards. This year, after flowering had already begun, I added soil conditioners (traditionally aluminum sulfate is used) to lower the pH of the soil, making it weakly acidic. The hydrangea responded, with new buds producing a lavender/light blue flower. The pink flowers had already blossomed and the effect on them is minimal...the result, a hydrangea with both pink and blue flowers.
November 16, 2018 by Ina Wrobel in Etsy.
Follow these gardening tips on how to get the best tomatoes in the block by adding these 7 things before you put tomato plants into the planting hole.
USE THIS HELPFUL GUIDE FOR CREATING A TOMATO PLANTING HOLE RECIPE
Gardening is fun! There, I said it! Not only is growing tomatoes fun, but you get free fruits and vegetables just a step away from your kitchen door. Every home garden needs at least one tomato plant.
There is nothing better than a homegrown sweet and juicy tomato from your backyard that you raised with love. Plus, kids usually love to help with the gardening chores.
Follow these gardening tips on how to get the best tomatoes in the block by adding these 7 things before you put tomato plants into the planting hole. #growingtomatoes #tomatofertilizer #homemadefertilizerfortomatoes #organicfertilizerfortomatoes for details on www.craftyforhome.com
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So, how do you get the best-tasting tomatoes in the block, you asked. The key is by adding these seven things to the planting hole.
You will give the plant the right amount of fertilizer once and then forget about it until it is time to harvest them. You will be amazed at how tasty and juicy the tomato is, and you can compare it with a store-bought one to make sure.
1. Eggshell
Every time I cook an egg, I collect the eggshells. The eggshell is an excellent calcium source, which is an essential mineral for growing tomatoes.
I put about 3 to 4 eggshells in the planting hole, and you can also sprinkle crumbled eggshells around the little seedling to prevent cutworms.
2. Aspirin
There has been lots of research done on the use of aspirin for growing tomatoes. I am a believer in this. Aspirin will help tomato plants to increase their immune system and fight multiple plant diseases like blight.
I always put 2 aspirin tablets per plant in the planting hole. I use one that has a 325 mg dosage per tablet.
Also, spray the seedling with the aspirin solution before you transplant them.
Here is how to make aspirin solution: add 1 tablet to a gallon of water, give it a good shake, then use a spray bottle to spray tomato seedlings a couple of days before transplanting them to the garden.
3. Bone meal
Bone meal is an excellent source of calcium and phosphorus. It is an essential organic matter to help tomato plant has a good root system and produce bountiful quality fruit. I put about 1/2 cup of bone meal per planting hole.
4. Fish
Most of the gardeners use the fish heads for this. But I have great success by using smelt fish, shrimp shell, fish scrape, and just about any unsalted raw seafood or freshwater fish.
I don’t get access to any fish head supply, as I live far from the coast or any fishery, but frozen smelt fish are the cheapest I can find, and there is a lot in one package, enough for up to around 20 tomato plants.
If you do use frozen fish, make sure you thaw them first. Fish has lots of trace amounts of nitrogen, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and other essential minerals.
5. Banana Peel
I freeze banana peels in a large ziplock bag, and I thaw them whenever I am ready to use them in the garden. I put two banana peels per planting hole.
Banana peel is an excellent source of phosphorus which is essential for growing tomatoes. Sometimes I add some old and overly ripe bananas that I don’t have time to turn into banana bread.
6. Epsom Salts
An excellent source of magnesium helps tomato plants that suffer from magnesium deficiency. One tablespoon is enough per plant.
7. Multivitamin / Calcium tablet
One spring, I happen to have some old and expired multivitamins and calcium tablets. So instead of tossing them into the trash, I added 1 tablet per plant and I was amazed by the results. My tomato plants were growing beautifully and had a fantastic yield. Since then, I always add multivitamins and calcium tablets to the tomato planting hole. I recommend the regular tablet or capsules, not the gummy ones.
7 Things To Put On Your Tomato Planting Hole | Follow these gardening tips on how to get the best tomatoes in the block by adding these 7 things before you put tomato plants into the planting hole. #growingtomatoes #tomatofertilizer #homemadefertilizerfortomatoes #organicfertilizerfortomat
I put all these 7 things in one pile on top of each other as shown in the image above.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE PUTTING TOMATO PLANTS IN THE HOLE
You need to prepare the tomato planting hole quite a bit deeper than normal. Once you put these 7 things into the hole, cover them with about 1 or 2 inches of soil to make sure the roots are not touching them directly.
Remove the two lower leaves then put the seedling on, and make sure the hole is deeper than the original seedling container.
Fill it up with soil up to the second lower leaves node as it shows on the image below with the arrow pointing to, and create a little hill, so when you water them won’t touch the plant.
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HOW TO WATER TOMATO PLANT WITH EPSOM SALT SOLUTION
Once you transplant the tomato seedling, soak the soil thoroughly with water. Tomato likes to have the right amount of water, but it doesn’t like soggy or overly wet soil because tomato plants prefer well-draining soil.
The best time to water them is in the morning, so it has times to dry up before evening comes.
Make a solution with 1 tbsp Epsom salt into 1 gallon of water. Water around the base of the plant with this solution once a month.
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By adding these 7 things on the planting hole, you will get the best tomatoes ever in size and yield. But also keep in mind, we can not control specific natural matter that affects the tomato harvest too, such as too much rain, early frost or hail storm.
We can not avoid these things, but you certainly can cover the plant to prevent any damage from early frost or hail storm with frost blanket or row cover.
If you live in a colder climate with a short growing season, you might end up with too many green tomatoes when the first frost is coming. Don’t worry. You can ripen green tomatoes indoors within a week or two.
Also, sometimes too much good things are not good either, it is better to get the soil tested. You might need to correct the soil ph first before adding some
TED: "I bin cultivatin' this lickle cactus fer a few mumfs now, an' it's doin' nicely, so I fawt I'd pass on sum gardenin' tips. First of all, keep yer cactus in a brite spot, but away frum d'reck sunlite. Then keep yer compost damp, but not soggy, an' don't let yer plant stand in water. Yew woodunt like wet feet all the time, wood yew? Last of all, don't let yer cactus get cold, they likes to be kept between 16-20 degrees C (60-70 degrees F).
So basically, don't kill 'em wiv kindness an' don't ignore 'em eether. It's a bit like lookin' after yer Mum, innit?"
Will catch up this evening
Gladiolus, a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae), sometimes called the sword lily or gladiola
The genus Gladiolus contains about 260 species.
Gladioli are half-hardy in temperate climates. They grow from rounded, symmetrical corms, that are enveloped in several layers of brownish, fibrous tunics.
Their stems are generally unbranched, producing 1 to 9 narrow, sword-shaped, longitudinal grooved leaves, enclosed in a sheath. The lowest leaf is shortened to a cataphyll. The leaf blades can be plane or cruciform in cross section.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiolus
Tips for Gladiolas
• Large Flowering glads should be planted from April to June. Smaller flowering varieties should be planted in the fall or in early spring
• If you soak your corms in a mixture (of a gallon of water with a tablespoon of disinfectant) for a couple hours before planting them; they will be less likely to be affected by thrips later.
• Plant a new batch of gladiolus every week until midsummer for continuous blooms.
• Cut gladiolus when the second floret opens for longest lasting bouquets. Scrape the stems to keep them looking fresh.
• When buying your gladiolus... Choose large, firm corms. Avoid corms that have signs of growth or mold.
• Gladiolus corms will produce cormlets over time. You can dig them up and peel off the cormlets to grow new plants.
gardeningtips.org/Gladiola.shtml
Lots more information in 1st comments
Make sure to stake your Gladiola as they grow
When I went back to capture this flower this week for my 52/52 image once again the frost had beaten me to it. So I decided since I had looked up the information I would share it with you anyway.
Convolvulus tricolor, is a species of morning glory known by the common name Dwarf Morning Glory.
It is a short to medium annual plant with solitary long-stalked flowers. The flower is a tri-coloured funnel-shaped bloom about three centimeters wide, blue with white and a yellow centre. The leaves are oval to elliptic, untoothed and unstalked.
tricolor is usually cultivated for ornamental purposes. Cultivars include: Red Ensign, Blue Ensign
Common on cultivated land, dry open habitats, sandy places and roadsides.
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Epsom salt is rich in magnesium, which is crucial for healthy plant life. Also, tomatoes and peppers will benefit most from this as they tend to have a magnesium deficiency. ~ BeAnUrbanFarmer.com
With their shiny, green, dense foliage and extremely rapid growth you can't grow wrong. These plants can grow up to 5 feet in a single growing season! You'll love how quickly your Wax Myrtle will grow however you choose to use it in your landscape.
Gardening is not just about planting your seeds and seeing your plants grow. Gardening involves a lot of effort and patience too. You need to work at caring for your garden and for maintaining it so that you enjoy the harvest. Gardening is about doing the right things to take the right care for your garden and then follow it up with a proper maintenance regime. While watering and mulching will take care of most of your garden caring, what you will now need is to maintain the garden so that this little care that you have exercised on your garden shows its results over a longer period of time.
Tips for maintaining your garden
Keeping the garden green and healthy is perhaps the dream of every home owner. Here are some basic tips that will help you in maintaining healthy, green and growing to its best potential –
Feed the soil and the soil will feed your garden
The garden soil is the basic foundation for your plants. That is true. Hence, in order to maintain the health of your garden plants, you need to focus on the garden soil. The more nutritious and healthy your garden soil, the better would be your garden. Also, healthy garden soil will make your plants more resistant towards insects, pests and other plant diseases.
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