Nguồn: [Ebook] The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Houseplants – David Squire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh (Tháng 02/2022) Dịch: Team Codai.net English To remain healthy, plants need a balanced diet throughout their lives. For most, this is provided by compost in a pot, with the addition of regular […]
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Nguồn: [Ebook] The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Houseplants – David Squire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh (Tháng 02/2022) Dịch: Team Codai.net English Houseplant Problems (Các vấn đề thường gặp đối với cây cảnh trồng trong nhà) Few plants can escape from pests and diseases or cultural problems (often […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Division, cuttings, and layering are tried and true methods of asexual propagation that make exact copies of your parent plant. Each plant portrait in this book tells you which propagation technique(s) can be used for that particular plant. You should be aware, however, that many […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Most people want to replace their houseplant’s original pot with something more attractive. After all, your companion plant should fit into your decor in a container that complements your home and those cheap, thin-walled plastic pots that come from the nursery don’t quite reach the […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Your houseplants will come to you in a plethora of pot sizes. Smaller pots are measured by diameter in inches. For example, a 4-inch pot will be approximately that in diameter. Manufacturers differ enormously and some 4-inch pots are larger, 4.75 inches across, and some […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Commercial fertilizer packages often describe their contents as “plant food.” This is a mis- nomer. Fertilizer contains mineral nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that plants require for growth, but any plant’s actual food, what they actually eat, is the sugar they make from […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH When you purchase a bag of “potting soil” from your local garden center what you’re actually getting is not soil. It’s an artificial mixture of ingredients specifically designed to meet the needs of plants in containers and usually con- tains no actual soil at all. […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Water moves through a plant’s body through a process called transpiration. The roots absorb water from the soil, then move it upward through the stem and out into the leaves. Water, as a vapor, moves out of the leaf into the air through special pores […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH The goal of any watering practice or system is to keep the soil moist—neither soggy nor dry. Root rot as a result of overwatering is the number one killer of all plants in containers whether indoors or out. This fact, more than any other, tells […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên TIẾNG ANH Success with a particular houseplant depends on knowing the daily temperature regime (day- time high and nighttime low) that plant needs to flourish under your care. Fortunately, plants are fairly forgiving and will adjust to day or night temperatures within a range of about […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên TIẾNG ANH Plants eat light! They harvest solar energy and convert it to chemical energy. They turn sun- light into sugar and they “burn” the sugar in order to grow, flower, and thrive. In the com- plete absence of light all plants die sooner or later. […]