Do you like gardening? would you like to share some helpful tips ...

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@kiran8 (15348)
Mangalore, India
November 30, 2009 4:25am CST
I love gardening and could spend hours together in the company of my plants and amidst nature. I feel that some people have a natural flair for gardening. Anything that they touch automatically grows well and thrives.There are some others who are able to grow plants and arrange them in an artistic manner, this too requires some special talent. I love to grow plants in pots and around my home , I make my own compost with organic matter and household (kitchen) waste like vegetable and fruit peels,egg shells, used tea leaves,sea food waste, dry leaves etc... Friends Please do share your own experiences in gardening and some helpful tips that you may have found helpful in growing plants successfully..
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@yan_blue8 (1437)
• Philippines
4 Dec 09
Orchid  - white orchid in my garden. Love it!
Hi kiran! Its good that you use and recycle those stuffs in your kitchen and use in your garden as an organic matter. This saves time and money. Do you agree? I do the same too. I love gardening and always love flowers on it. I love trees too but since we don't have a big space for them, we never plant them. Here's what I can share to you about gardening. Plant anything you can on the garden and make it standout. One way to do it is by defining. We can have the taller plants in between those flowers. This way, the height will be focused. Being consistent with the delineate areas can be done too. We can achieve this by planting the same style on it or color. Vines on the walls, fences and overhead structures also offer some protection and look great. And lastly, we can unify the design by repeating same color style in different areas of the garden. We must take good care of our garden by taking off weeds on it everyday. And the best way to water plants is in the morning. Fertilize if necessary. Pests can be eradicated by making a soap solution but make sure to rinse it after. This is best heeded for fruit bearing trees and edible plants. Having several kinds of insects that are beneficial to your garden is a very good thing. Earthworms are best examples. Hope this helps! Enjoy your garden
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
6 Dec 09
Hi yan, thanks a lot for your views on gardening . Lots of great ideas and very useful information.I like your suggestion about using soap solution to keep the pests away. I too have tried it with success. I use the water that i use for rinsing clothes after soaking and washing them in soap solution.Earthworms are farmer friendly as they make the soil loose and fertile...Have a great day
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
10 Dec 09
Yes I agree yan , gardening is not only an absorbing and healthy hobby, but with some thoughtful planning can turn into a great money saver. My grand mother used to grow almost all vegetables needed for daily consumption and enough flowers besides growing pulses during season...
@yan_blue8 (1437)
• Philippines
6 Dec 09
You are saving a lot mostly in what you I just noticed. Since you are recycling the most you have. Just like in making organic matter and the soap that you are using. That is a nice idea i got from you too. Thank you because you find my ideas very useful too you. Most of my friends are doing the same thing Keep posting and happy lotting!
• Philippines
20 Dec 09
I do love gardening. I may say that I am a greenthumb for I can plant any plant. I prefer planting vegetables for I can consume them unlike flowering plants which I can simply enjoy watching. I have planted many vegetables already even if I have a very little space for planting. Enjoy gardening. Have a wonderful day too.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
20 Dec 09
Hi dorisday, Thanks a lot for your reply. I too love growing vegetables. I cannot do much since I live in an apartment. A few Tomatoe plants,spinach and curry leaves is all that I can have ...All the best and Have a great Sunday
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
4 Dec 09
I do like gardening but I don't know if I can offer any tips as I am not a great gardner. I have never really had a big garden but I always plant a couple of things every year. But it seems like I can only have success at one thing per year. One year I had a bumper crop of zucchini's but nothing else really grew that year except for handful of tomatoes. Another year I had success growing jalepeno peppers, and a couple of other hot peppers, but nothing elsoe grew. The last year I had a garden I got lots of tomatoes, but the bugs kept eating my peppers. So I seem to only be good at growing one thing at a time.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
6 Dec 09
Hi ladym, i guess none of us can be perfect, as long as we keep trying and analysing as to where we can improvise...It is great to be experimenting in one's garden. I was once trying to grow okras. They came up really well and just when the okras wee getting ready to be picked the plant had pests attacking and the whole thing dried up and I really felt bad. But I tried again taking more care with spraying etc; and got a lot of okras - have a great day
• Pakistan
1 Dec 09
I love gardening because it improves our environment. It gives me satisfaction. It increases the beauty of a place.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
4 Dec 09
Hi, I too feel the same about gardening. It is very essential for all to grow some plants and care for forest areas and other green cover that is prevailing in our country...thanks a lot and all the best
@allknowing (130063)
• India
11 Dec 09
Gardening is my passion which I converted into a successful business venture designing landscaped gardens with lawns, waterfalls, fountains, birdbaths, seasonal flowers, as well as flowering trees to attract birds. I spend most of my time in my garden which gives me immense pleasure. One should go for easy to grow plants and not exotic ones as one needs a lot of time for this and time is a rare commodity these days. What tips are you looking for?
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
11 Dec 09
Hi allknowing, I can imagine what it must be to spend time amidst all that greenery and earning too..Any tips you can share with all of is welcome. I would love to know some details about growing or rather cultivating Bonsai and growing water plants ..
@madie8008 (209)
• Malaysia
1 Dec 09
I love gardening too. Maybe it is because I love to see something grows. It is great that you know how to make organic fertilizer. It is good for the plants and have no chemical waste that can harm us in the long run. I think I watch somewhere in Desperate Housewives someone put banana peels to make their flower blooms beautifully. I hope it works.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
4 Dec 09
Hi madie, banana peels,orange peels or for that matter any fruit and vegetable peel makes excellent manure. One has to mix it with soil and dry leaves and add to plants and the plants really thrive...thanks a lot for your response
@tutul0045 (2630)
• India
30 Nov 09
Hi kiran, Hmm.. sorry cant be much of a help here as i dont have any gardening skills. I use to plant trees in school and thats the only experiance i have. Its a wonderful thing to do for sure as u r helping the environment and making it pollution free. Keep it up ! Cheers, Tutul
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
4 Dec 09
Hi tutu, It is enough to be aware of the importance of trees and plants even if one is not doing any gardening. Once a person develops an awareness for nature , one also develops an interest in it and tries to preserve it...all the best and happy mylotting
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
30 Nov 09
i am not a good gardener but i have a cool garden in my house bounded with big trees and flowers.There are mangoes, litchi,coconut, pomegranates etc... but taking care is really a big and tough job. as the tree grows , my responsibilities of giving water and taking care lessens.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
4 Dec 09
Hi coolcat, thanks a lot for your views...I like a garden with many different types of trees and I also like it to be a little wild .I am not particularly fond of manicured shrubs and plants, prefer natural growth...
@kawalnarang (1095)
• Trinidad And Tobago
30 Nov 09
Yes I do believe that the waste products help grow the plants,My problem is that too much sunlight destroys most of my plants,,will put them in a better spot now,,
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
1 Dec 09
I have never been a good gardener and most of what I tried to grow would just die out. I would water my garden and even pull the weeds but it did not help. Some people told me that the soil I had my garden in was to rick and that is why I could not grow anything. So now I do not have a garden anymore.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
4 Dec 09
Hi happy, Many a times gardens thrive on neglect. May be you can change the top soil by adding some sand , fresh soil mixed with compost and try to grow some easy to grow plants and if successful go on to others...all the best
@Devilova (5392)
• Indonesia
30 Nov 09
I love gardening and farming cause my country known as a agriculture country.Compost was a good fertilizer, but have You try phosphate?? I mean a pure natural phosphate, cause it will be great if the compost combined with phosphate.It will make the land being more fertile and the result of harvest will increase smoothly.And it is 100% organic, for more info try to look on search engine about phosphate.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
4 Dec 09
Hi Devilova, thank you so much for your reply.A good compost which contains all the requirements including phosphate can be made with organic matters at almost no extra cost, just by recycling household waste...