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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Leaf Scorch
QUOTE: Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas
- Elizabeth Murray
When you notice yellowing or browning on the leaves of your plants then it's quite possible you have leaf scorch.
It generally begins on the edges or the tips of the leaves and eventually will cover the whole of the leaf.
Sometimes the leaves will fall off.
It is usually caused by winds and particularly those winds that are hot and dry. It will also happen with salt laden winds that can occur if you are living close to the sea.
Often you will only notice this condition on one side of the plant and that will be the side that is exposed most to the winds.
Creating shelter will help to reduce the damage that the wind will cause.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/soil.html
Another reason why you might get leaf scorch will be through the application of excessive amounts of fertilizer.
There is no treatment for the leaves that have already been damaged other than to remove them from the plant and try to solve the problem before the rest of the plant suffers.
Other than providing a windbreak, you should ensure that the plant gets sufficient water, particularly in the dry season and always follow the instructions on the fertilizer packets to ensure you aren't giving your plants too much fertilizer.
You might also need to consider moving the plant to a better position that is less exposed.
Yellow or golden leaved plants are usually more susceptible to leaf scorch than other plants and you might find that the plant you have chosen, that is suffering from leaf scorch, might not be suitable for the climate you are trying to grow it in.
If this is so, then the only alternative will be to replace that plant with something that is a little hardier. If you live on a coastal property you need to consider the affect that the salt wind will have on plants and chose accordingly.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/soil.html
Thanks,
Annie
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com
PS May I take this opportunity to wish you, your family and friends all a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas and a New Year full of everything you wish for! I look forward to speaking to you again then. I am taking a break for the holidays.
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46*, 63% humidity, Calm winds, fair, frost advisory I heard the rumor first at he nursery this morning while picking up potting soil. I was chatting with another shopper. I mentioned how bloody cold it was this morning and she mentioned …
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It will probably be a couple of weeks before the soil in my garden thaws and dries enough to dig, but there are lots of gardening tasks to keep me busy until planting time. Thanks to high winds and ice, I have a lot of broken and bent …
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I'm putting up an eight-foot cedar fence to shelter a brick patio area from the north winds. What can I grow on its shady side? (answer). From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Any kind of gardening can be enjoyable for some people, but vegetable gardening has a special attraction that other forms of gardening do not have because the vegetable gardener can eat what comes out of his or her garden. Ripe, juicy tomatoes, tender peas, crisp lettuce, tasty zucchini, fresh green beans and delicious squash (hmmm!) are just a few of the products that can go straight from the vegetable garden to the kitchen. Some of them, after a rinse under the kitchen tap, can go directly to the dining room table. Now that's fresh healthy food.
Growing your own vegetable garden has a few other benefits too. For one thing, the vegetable gardener harvests the vegetables when they are at their peak. Those homegrown vegetables have far greater nutritional value than any of the vegetables available in the produce section of the grocery store. That means they are better for the health of the gardener’s family. The vegetable gardener also knows what pesticides and other chemicals the vegetables have – or haven’t – been exposed to. As a vegetable gardener you are far more likely not to exposed your pride and joy to harmful chemicals.
Vegetable gardening is also great exercise. It gets you out into the fresh air. Vegetable gardening is a great way to relax and forget about the stresses and worries of everyday life in the 21st century. It is an activity that anybody, young and old, can do. You can do it by yourself, or why not get the children involved to and make gardening a truly family affair. They'll love it!
Vegetable gardening can help you fulfil creative needs and gain a sense of accomplishment, satisfaction and pride. When you see your dinner table laden with food that you grew with your own hands, you can’t help but feel good about yourself. When you share your harvest with friends and relatives, you get a special feeling that is quite unique.
The benefits of vegetable gardening continue long after you have picked those last tomatoes and pulled up the last of the carrots. You can freeze and preserve them and enjoy your homegrown peppers, zucchinis and tomatoes months after you harvested them. How about making relishes, chutney's etc. Of course, by growing your own food, you save some money, too or even sell your chutneys.
It is not necessary for you to have a large piece of land to enjoy vegetable gardening. Any little plot of ground can be turned into a garden, you just have to tend to the plants carefully. A gardener can even grow vegetables in containers, in window boxes, and yes, indoors too. As long as you have access to some soil, water and sunlight (or artificial light) you can become a vegetable gardener. Just buy the seeds, invest some time and work, and one day you and your family and friends will be sitting down to enjoy a meal of your own home grown vegetables.
The Gardener
Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Themes in Your Garden
QUOTE: Who would have thought it possible that a tiny little flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn't room for any other thought….
- Sophie Scholl
It is good to have a theme that you can follow throughout your garden and work on a plan and a selection of plants that will go along with that theme.
By having a theme to follow this will dictate, not only the types of plants that you will be buying, but also anything else that you put in the garden. This will include everything from sculptures and garden furniture, to the colors of the pots that you will choose.
While some people might think this is restricting their freedom of creation, it does in fact allow you to create a garden that has more freedom of flow rather than being disjointed with a variety of different themes that never quite gel together.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/gardencenter.html
Sometimes the theme of your garden will be determined by the style of the house that you have on the property, and other times it will be determined by the geographical location that you are living in.
If for instance you are living near a beach, you will probably want the theme to tie in with the beach setting. By doing this you are likely to get plants for your garden that are more appropriate and will endure the conditions that they will be growing in.
Plants that are suitable for growing in coastal areas will be able to withstand the winds and the salt of the sea air that could quickly damage other plants that aren't suitable for those conditions.
Likewise it wouldn't look quite as appropriate to have a tropical garden with palms where a cottage garden would compliment the style of the house.
And tropical plants are not going to flourish as well in cold harsh climates so there are many factors that need to be taken into account when deciding on your garden theme.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/gardencenter.html
Thanks,
Annie
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com
