Thinking of starting your very own gardening experience? These tips in this page will help you to have a more wonderful and exciting experience of gardening. These tips not only apply to carnivorous plant gardening, it also apply to most gardening plants.
Knowing your interest
I guess most people did not start gardening because they simply love gardening. It probably started when you have an interest in growing a plant you like. Some of them enjoy the colourful sight of flowering plants and others may like to taste their own vegetables or enjoy lush foliages. For me, I started gardening when I found my passion of carnivorous plants. So try asking yourself, what type of plants are you interested in? It doesn’t have to be very specific or limited to a few species of plants. Also, identify some of the species you are interested.
Flowering Anthuriums are simply gorgeous!
Research and gathering information
This is a crucial part of gardening. Before you actually get hold of the plants you like, it is always best to find out more information about them. Find out information like whether these plants can be grown indoors, or what kind of media they can be grown in. With these facts, you can then decide where to grow them in your house, or what kind of media and fertilisers they require. Know their growing behaviour, or even pests and diseases that may happen on them. All this information will definitely increase the survivability of your plants.
Using this information you have gathered, draw up a plan and location of these plants. Daily watering, amount of sunlight at a particular location and even the weekly dose of fertilisers. You don’t need a very detailed plan, as long as the plan is feasible and within your capability is good enough.
Mini Rose in full bloom
You can also visit gardening forums or discuss with other gardeners to learn from their experience and problems they faced, so that you won’t have to make these mistakes made by others.
Choosing your plants
Alright, it’s time to get your plants! Visit a nursery or flower shop and choose your plants. Choosing a healthy plant can be tricky too. Some plants may look they are green and in full bloom but they might be unrooted, meaning they are snipped off and shoved it into the soil. Some plants may look healthy but it can be infested by pests.
Florist Gloxinia
Here are some things to look out when choosing your plant. A healthy plant should have green and stiff leaves, flimsy or yellow leaves indicate lag of water or sunlight. Next, stick your finger into the media near the stem, check whether there are any roots. There is no need to stick it too deep, there will be some roots visible within a centimetre or two from the surface.
Taking care of your plants
Using your gathered information of your newly acquired plants, place them at your planned location with the right amount of sunlight, air circulation or humidity. Follow your drawn out plan closely, water them at regular intervals.
These are general tips for most of the plants. There may be additional chores you need to take care of for other specific plants. Do check them out in other web sites or gardening forums. Observe and witness their growths and you will be fascinated by them!!
