Monday, February 28, 2011

Euphorbia Lively Flowers


The beauty of Euphorbia is when grown with blooming flowers. To get it is not difficult, just need accuracy and patience. First, let Euphorbia allowed to grow perfect before flowering. Here it takes patience to not enjoy the beauty of flowers while, because at this phase of each flower that appears directly potes (cut flowers without the tool, directly using the hands). This is done to stimulate the emergence of leaves and stems can grow exponentially. Each time the flowers appear immediately cut. Until felt was lush canopy. Furthermore, if the canopy was dense, left to grow new flowers. Within 2 weeks the flowers will meet canopy.

Plastic Silencer Heat to Bonsai


After doing the pruning, the growth of new shoots highly anticipated. However the young twigs that die when the sun, very disappointing. For that, use plastic wrap sticks with transparent until new shoots appear. On the plastic was made a hole for moisture stable. With this technique bonsai resistant to sunlight.

Bougenvil in Pot


Bougenvil is beautiful. Moreover, if in a pot or made into a bonsai. However, failure to grow in the pot reaches 100%. Because, its roots are very small, so if just a little shaken to death. To overcome this, when planted in pots, polybags are not removed. But make 4 slices on the side of polybags. Enter the plant into the pot then fill with humus of leaves until full. Avoid using manure because it's too hot for a very small roots. Good luck.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Adenium Flowers







Guessing Color Vanda



Choosing orchid is easy. But for the beginner is often wrong when buying Vanda. Want to get a blooming Vanda bright but gets dark or vice versa. Here are tips from Ir Diah Wisdiastuti Darsono, from the Ornamental Plant Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture Jakarta. "Look at the bottom of the leaf color, if color is rather dark means dark-colored flowers, but if it means bright flower color will be bright.

Cotton wrapper orchid



Making deliveries, sometimes orchids were damaged in the move. To fix this, can use a cotton and tissue paper to wrap it. First Interest wrapped with cotton and then covered with tissue paper. This trick can be applied to several species of orchids, such as miltonia, and brassia. In this way the orchid will be safe during shipping.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Caring for plants in the rainy season


The rainy season should be aware of the hobbyists in ornamental plants. Because it can threaten the survival of your favorite plants. Plants become rotten and new shoots can be messy. Here are tips on caring for ornamental plants in the rainy season by Supriyanto, an ornamental plant hobbyists.
Succulent Included is a succulent plant Adenium, Pachypodium, Euphorbia, also cycads. If the rainy season has arrived, protect plants by using a plastic UV (ultra-violet). Or replace the planting medium with a more porous planting medium. So that excess water can be directly discarded. Thus succulent roots and tubers of plants do not become rotten. Porous growth media for example, fern, gravel and cocopeat.
Add bactericide and fungicide at the time of watering. This is to treat the roots of crops damaged by rain water.
 
Do not do grafting or cuttings, because it usually ends with decay and death. Unless you have a special place to do the grafting and cuttings. Reduce watering.



Nonsukulen
Nonsukulen plants usually live in areas of damp. Such as anthurium, aglaonema, sansieviera, kaladium, etc. These plants do not need much sunlight, but requires a lot of water. However, watering should not be too often so as not to cause decay.
The placement of plants must be protected from direct sunlight. Use plastic paranet and UV, with UV plastic composition above paranet. Thus the moisture and keep plants fresh.
Special aglaonema anthurium and taro should not be exposed to rain. If exposed to rain water, flush again with plain water is added with a fungicide or bactericide. Watering was carried out on the planting medium, not on the plant. In this way, then your favorite ornamental plants will be spared from the deadly disease. Watering was done when the planting medium already looked dry.

Diseases of Aglaonema 2


The disease usually attacks the aglaonema is rotten roots. Usually caused by fungi due to poor sanitation planting media.
Root rot and brown. When held by the roots will be broken. So that leaves aglaonema wilt, and could not appear shoots.
The fix is to do the replacement planting medium. That is the media mixed dolomite lime husk fuel. Discard the rotten roots. Then spread with a fungicide. Last quarantine of plants in the shade.

Diseases of Aglaonema



The disease most often attacks aglaonema are white flies.
The fix is, if aglaonema already mature enough to handle it can use insecticides. However, if the disease only affects a few leaves then use a little water mixed deterjent. Take a cotton bud, apply on the affected pest. Try to keep the water mixed with detergent that it does not drip in the planting medium because it can cause plants to wilt