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5 Basic gardening tips (2013-08-13)
If you ask a garden lover they would describe gardening as an art and they will be passionate art lovers. A passionate artist is very particular about his or her work, same goes with the gardeners. They consider the garden as their canvas and they are the painters. In this article, we will be discussing about the basic 5 steps that every garden lover must follow,
1. Understand your soil
Before planting any tree or plant in your garden understand the garden soil. It is important for the growth and determining that whether the plants be able to flourish there. Choosing plants according to the soil is essential. For further help ask your plant dealer that what plants can suit and grow in your garden.
For e.g.
The ideal soil for Japanese maples is a slightly acidic (ph of 5.5-6.5) sandy loam soil with a low to medium amount of organic matter.
For most conifers, slightly acid soil that is loamy and well-drained is ideal.
The dwarf Hinoki cypress does best in moist, well-drained soil with a pH of 4.7-7.5. This plant can stand some dryness, tolerating the occasional drought better than some other species.
2. Sunshine love
Every plant requires sunshine in different intensity and different amount. Therefore make sure that when you spread the sunshine love you do that carefully, since each one of them has different preferences.
Like, Conifers requires sunlight from medium to high intensity.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, advises Partial sunlight with an eastern exposure is generally best for Japanese maples. In USDA zones 7b and 8, and especially in Mediterranean climates, foliage will be prone to leaf scorch or sunburn in the summer unless trees receive afternoon shade or are heavily watered in dry weather.
The Hinoki cypress prefers full to partial. Cultivars with colored foliage may suffer scorching in sunny locations.
3. Adequate watering
Plants have different water requirements and thus the water needs must be attended as their preferences. A rose may require two time water but a cactus will requires once in a week. Well the plant nature differs and so are their needs. So to be sure ask your plant dealer that what are the plant water requirements and what is the frequency?
Conifers do require moist soil so water them just enough for the soil to be moist.
For Hinoki Cypress adequate water during the first spring and summer is crucial. Keep the soil consistently moist.
Water Japanese maples every 2-3 days for the first month, then a good watering once a week should be sufficient, but monitor it often as windy days can dry out soil quickly.
4. Remove weeds
Weeding should be done on regular basis. Any foreign plant that sucks out the nutrition value for plants must be eliminated instantly. The nutrition deprivation may even lead to plant not to grow and dry up.
5. Keep right gardening tools
Having right kind for gardening tools is must. Spade, the garden hoe, the pitchfork, the garden fork, the garden rake, hand cultivator, spade, shovel, hand trowel are a few to add.
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