Feeding Your Plants

Just how can you have a healthy plant? Just how can you save the time on weed spraying, pruning dead and dying branches or even removing completely a diseased and dead plant? One way is to make sure you feed your plant healthily. Just like us, if we would follow a healthy diet regime, we would be trim and fit. Hence, it is pivotal that your plant gets nourishing feeding at certain times and environment.

Basically, there is a wide variety of plant food that we can choose from, may it be organic or chemical. Inorganic feeds come in dry or liquid form. For acid-loving plants, you should ensure to provide lime-free feed. It is also vital to feed only in the growing season.

Additionally, you should too ensure that you do not overfeed your plants. Lush green growth may grow on overfed plants and overfeeding may eventually deter the plants from growing flowers. Hence, be sure to follow the manufacturer’s directions for dosage rates in order to grow healthy and beautiful plants in your garden.

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Preparing for Planting

Today’s entry looks at the right approach in preparing to plant. Before you start to plant, the soil should firstly be well prepared:

• Small stones which had emerged to the surface should be removed, as well as weed seedlings.

• Lumped clods should be disintegrate beforehand, so as to form a breadcrumb-like structure which is ideal for sowing and planting

• Try not to walk on the soil since your weight on the soil may result in compaction. (Tip : what you can do is to scatter short planks on the ground so to work from these)

• At this initial the planting stage, it would be a good idea to add fertilizers
(preferable organic – call us at Bjgardeners.com for on sale fertilizer!)