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Gardening

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Smita Agarwal

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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.Gardening - Alfred Austin

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Fertilizers and Pesticides: There are different varieties of fertilizers and pesticides available basic gardening tipsfor different type of plants. The same set of fertilizers and pesticides can not generally be used for all the plants. The quantity, the components and the frequency of the usage of fertilizers and pesticides varies mostly from plant to plant. Ex: While spinach needs fertilizer only at the time of planting, onions needs fertilizers once a year and most of the other vegetables needs once in three weeks. Hence, when you start your gardening, it’s better to start with a sound knowledge about the plants.

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Watering the plants: The best time for watering the indoor plants is in the morning hours. The more the plants grow, the more frequency of watering has to be done. Frequently look at the soil for dryness ra Drainage of Waterther than allowing the leaves to get wilted before you water them. Always water and use the fertilizer at the base of the plants and not all over the plant. This shall help in avoiding the fungus problem.

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Vertical gardening: If you have hardly any space for pots and containers, you may still grow your garden, but in a vertical form.Vertical gardening You may grow fruits, vegetables and flowers in vertical garden. Such plants grow and spiral upwards using walls, arches, columns, artificial structures etc Some of the plants and vegetables that are suitable for vertical gardening are tomato, melon, cucumber, philodendrons, ivies, ferns, bromeliads, hoyas and begonias.

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What is the major advantage of the indoor vertical gardening? vertical gardening For one, it’s a living, breathing green wall within your home. It just looks amazingly lovely when compared to your pots and containers. As the water drains quickly because of the hanging nature of this garden, they are easy to create, easy to maintain and difficult for the pests and fungus to hang on to them.

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