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 […]
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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 […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English FOLIAGE Fiddle-leaf fig Ficus lyrata aka banjo fig This statuesque plant with large, leathery, slightly crumpled leaves is top of many house plant growers’ wish list despite it being a somewhat temperamental house guest. […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English SUCCULENT String of pearls Kleinia rowleyana aka string of beads The cascading strings of pea-like beads, or ‘pearls’, make this plant top of many house plant collectors’ lists. Although it looks fragile, it is […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English PROJECT 9: Simple kokedama Kokedama is the art of growing plants in a ball of wet soil covered in moss, and it is increasingly popular as an artistic and sculptural way to display plants. It […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English PALM Bamboo palm Rhapis excelsa aka lady palm, broadleaf lady palm The unusual, bamboo-like stems and broad, blunt leaves are quite different to those on a typical palm. Bamboo palms are dramatic, bushy plants, […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English PROJECT 12: Driftwood anchor Air plants are fascinating plants that have no roots and can survive happily in the wild without soil and very little water. They are, therefore, extremely easy to look after and […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English BROMELIAD Air plant Tillandsia species The ultimate easy-care plant, these delightful little bromeliads need no soil to grow in, hence their name, and they survive on very little water and attention. Air plants come […]
Nguồn: Ebook The Kew Gardener’s Guide to: Growing houseplant – Kay Maguire Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Dịch: Happy Nguyen English Carnivorous vase Carnivorous plants are an intriguing group that are much easier to look after than you might think. Most of them simply require boggy, slightly humid conditions and a sunny spot. They can […]