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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2008Gardening Tips & Tricks
Having enough water for your plants is going to be a big part o gardening. You should always pay attention to your garden and what i needs to grow properly. You have to accommodate plants and make sur that the dry soil is wet enough to nurture your plants and give the strength to grow as you want them to. Know your soil and what it needs. Each area is different and will nee more or less water than others. You have to learn how to tell what you soil needs and when it is time to water. Pay close attention so that yo can keep control of your situation and let your plants do as well a they can. Once you learn about the soil and understand stand as much as you ca about the plants, you will have a better time of gardening. You ca watch as your plants do well and you know just how to water them an what amounts to give. You are going to find it much easier to keep you plants growing healthy and looking great -- Ashley Hunt Two great articles on soil chemistry here: http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/RHIZO.html http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/CHEM.html Also here are some tree tips. When watering trees, just water enough to moisten the absorbing roots in the upper four inches of soil. During drought the biggest problem facing trees is over watering. Of course in wooded areas where nurse logs have been removed the water retentions capacity has also been greatly reduced. This leads to mortality during drought of trees of once fertile forest. Course woody debris greatly hold and retain water for trees and associates during dry time when the wood has soil contact. More on logging related problems, post logging decadence: http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/SOUND/ More on that here: http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/SOUND/whatitis/water.html and http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/SOUND/soundscience/water.html Many tree problems are associated with the following: They are Case Sensitive. Unhealthy Trees from the Nursery / Improper Planting http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/T/tree_planting.html Improper Mulching - http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/M/mulch.html Improper Pruning http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/tree_pruning Improper Fertilization (See A Touch of Chemistry) http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/CHEM.html Tree Farming and Related Problems http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/SOUND/ Troubles in the Rhizosphere http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/RHIZO.html Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Consulting Tree Biologist www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books that will give them understanding. > Having enough water for your plants is going to be a big part of > gardening. You should always pay attention to your garden and what it [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > what amounts to give. You are going to find it much easier to keep your > plants growing healthy and looking great. Perennials are one of my favorite types of plants to have in th garden.Perennials are flowering plants that go dormant in the winte and return each spring. There are literally hundreds and hundreds o different types of perennials. By planting different types of perennials in your gardens you can hav color from the first of spring until a hard frost in the fall. If yo are lucky enough to live in Planting Zones 8-10 you get to have colo all year long! http://tinyurl.com/644of -- Ashley Hunt Sunflowers have been cultivated and harvested by many cultures for a least 4,500 years. They’ve been used for a variety of purposes tha range from culinary to medicinal. While most people can immediatel envision a crop of sunflowers, few realize the important role they’v played in history. In this article, we’ll provide a brief overview o sunflowers in an historical context. We’ll explain their origin an describe how they’ve been used for generations. You’ll also learn ho the sunflower was discovered by those who traveled from othe countries. http://tinyurl.com/4h9kn -- Ashley Hunt On Aug 23, 2:59 pm, Ashley Hunt <Ashley.Hunt. 3261...@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote: > Sunflowers have been cultivated and harvested by many cultures for at > least 4,500 years. They’ve been used for a variety of purposes that [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -- > Ashley Hunt As long as we're offering up articles with gardening tips, please check out http://www.yoursmallkitchengarden.net. I write a blog there to encourage people to grow produce in whatever space they have available. There's not a lot of material yet, but it's growing... and there are tips about tomatoes, broccoli, and pears. Please have a look and contribute to the conversation. > On Aug 23, 2:59 pm, Ashley Hunt <Ashley.Hunt. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > there are tips about tomatoes, broccoli, and pears. Please have a > look and contribute to the conversation. Well... that was boneheaded! The name of the blog is Your Small Kitchen Garden. The web site is http://www.smallkitchengarden.net. Sorry if you clicked through and ended up getting nowhere. ROCK GARDEN FOUNDATION PLANTIN There is still another use for a customized variety of the rock garde which has been taken little advantage of. This is referred to as “roc garden foundation planting.” There are a few such plantings effectively executed to feel conten that there is a field here which has not yet been developed. http://tinyurl.com/6qp3x -- Ashley Hunt |
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