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[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia amoena, Dieffenbachia seguine)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia amoena, D. seguine, and hybrids between these and other species) is among the most popular houseplants, because, like many aroids, it has beautiful foliage and is readily available, inexpensive, and easy to grow. It’s a shrubby plant that typically gets 6 feet […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Dragon tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Dragon tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Hạnh Nguyên ENGLISH Dragon tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia) is one of the most popular of all houseplants. It’s beautiful, inexpensive, and widely available, and many people believe it somehow brings good fortune. This easy-to-grow, low-maintenance, shrubby plant looks like a Dr. Seuss tree with crooked stems topped […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is ubiquitous in the interiorscaping of hospitals, hotels, and other public buildings because it’s big, bold, and beautiful. It’s extremely easy to grow well, and it tolerates a wide range of light, temperature, and water conditions. Its forgiving, low-maintenance nature and ability […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis) is well known for its outdoor hardiness (to zone 8), but more and more it is used in interiorscaping, especially in shopping malls and other public buildings. It does well in pots, and as a house- plant, it grows very […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Banana (Musa basjoo)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Banana (Musa basjoo)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Happy Nguyen ENGLISH Lush, large, and beautiful, the various species of banana plants, including hardy banana (Musa basjoo) and Ensete ventricosum, instantly cre- ate a tropical ambiance in any home. These are big, bold, rock stars—plants that stand out in any crowd. These plants are so charismatic, their […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Areca palm (Dypsis lutescens)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Areca palm (Dypsis lutescens)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Happy Nguyen ENGLISH Areca palms (Dypsis lutescens) are relatively fast-growing, multi-trunked, clumping true palms with many slender stems that sweep out and away from the center of the plant, creat1ing an atmosphere of tropical abundance. The stems are smooth, yellow-green, and ringed by leaf scars, which gives them […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: PROPAGATION (Nhân giống)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: CONTAINERS (Chậu)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: CONTAINERS (Chậu)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: FERTILIZER (Phân bón)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: POTTING MEDIA (Dụng cụ sang chậu)

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. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: HUMIDITY (Độ ẩm)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: HUMIDITY (Độ ẩm)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: WATER (Tưới nước)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: WATER (Tưới nước)

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 […]

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