Archive for December 4th, 2009
Simple Garden and Pond
Have a garden and pond in front of the house need not be expensive and complicated, with simple junk and take advantage of existing plants will be created gardens and beautiful ponds and lush beautiful is not always expensive
During this assumption to have a dream garden pond and usually will not cost a bit because normally we would leave the artisans making the park and pool lots are lane roads, usually counted per square meter.
Now there is no harm in you trying to create their own pool and garden using materials that already exists around us so that we do not need to spend money for that purpose. As I’ve done on the existing front yard of my house measuring just 1.5 meters wide X 11 meters.
Interesting garden
Garden and pond I made sure to make passersby turn and if not in a hurry usually will stop briefly to just admire it, I always peek activities and they will make me proud, and that’s all I make with materials and utilizing the existing plants and search for existing plants lane rivers and swamps so that no great expense but the result is maximum.
Green Plants as air-conditioning
The cool atmosphere and green with plants in the house or yard will make people feel more healthy, comfortable and fresh. But the obstacles are mainly in urban planting system that already exists impressed expensive and complicated. To find the ground just as the planting area is quite difficult, especially in the often time-consuming maintenance.
To overcome these constraints, the current planting system developed by the system “simple hydroponics”. This system can be done by anyone, the housewives can do for the manufacture and maintenance is very easy and practical.
Simplified hydroponics
Called low cost because it utilizes the pots made of plastic or a lot of land available in the market with cheap price. Media using the earnings are split coral used as a mixture for the foundry building and asphalting the road. In order for the plant’s nutritional needs are met is to use compound fertilizer is widely available in the market.
This simple hydroponics system can be in various types of ornamental plants, fruit plants, and vegetables. But in general, simple hydroponic system is perfect for ornamental plants as penyemarak and conditioning room. Where plants can survive in space even for one week to ten days. This is because the availability of sufficient water.
Ornamental plants that have been successfully tested on tried simple hydroponics system including: a palm tree; cycas; Aglonema; elephant ears; frangipani; maidenhair ferns; orchid; roses; pandanus; Kkadaka; pineapple ; hibiscus.
Making simple hydroponics
In principle containers used for growing crops is not porous and can hold water. For that, a single pot with the bottom of the hole closed or without a proper container is used, because the pot will be filled with water, if there are no black bucket can be selected.
Planting media used are coral-split, the river stones that have been broken into small pieces, measuring 2-3 cm. If it is too small should not be used because of lack of air space, which causes root growth is not optimal. Coral split is not damaged by time and water, so plant with this medium can be incorporated into the house safely.
Planting
In order for plants to grow well, correct planting stages, namely the container / pot that you have prepared, made a hole in the 5-10 cm high walls using nails. Just one hole for each pot. After that the contents of the pot and a half or three-quarters of the media corral that had been soaked split some time and replaced continuously until the water looks clear immersion.
Caring for ornamental plants
To beautify and create cozy atmosphere of a home, many people use the plant as a decorator or someone more familiar with the title of ornamental plants. Ornamental plants can be placed inside the room (indoor) and outdoor (outdoor), of course with a difference where these plants, we also can choose which plants adapt suitable for planting in the room and plants for outdoors.
As a guide for choosing plants that will be placed in the room, we selected ornamental plants that are resistant to lack of sunlight, and vice versa for plants will be planted outside the room or yard choose plants that need water or need to irradiation of enough.
Planting
Planting ornamental plants can usually be done in two ways that plants are planted directly in the page there are also planted in the pot. The way this plant will certainly have weaknesses and strengths of each.
For ornamental plants are planted directly in the page will be easier in the treatment compared to plants grown in pots, such as for watering we still can use rain water, when we are lazy to do watering. Another advantage to plants grown in the yard, the use of fertilizer can take advantage of existing nutrients in the soil.
Ornamental plants in pots are more flexible in setting or the setting, do not need a strong power, so that women who identified with these plants can easily do so.
Ornamental plants in pots are generally used as far as to decorate the environment, although there are many other ornamental plants which can also be useful for medicine or vegetables.
Ornamental plants in pots have almost all circles, ranging from housewives, among Hobies and collectors. Ornamental plants in pots has advantages and disadvantages. The definition of advantage is pengindah can be used as a yard, room, and mental health functioning of children, especially in potted plants that have colorful red flowers, yellow, green, white, and there is a special interest from the leaves. This will increase the excitement of children playing.