Plant Care
PLANT CARE
"They are alive !! ... living beings"
Don't throw away or kill any plant if due to insects or some other reason its partially dried up it is still alive and fighting with its last bit of strength to come out from the disease. if you give them little care you will see within a few days a tiny leaf somewhere on it.
"everyday morning they would come and greet you..."
I have seen plants and trees badly damaged by people, insects, animals and i just cleaned them, treated the soil little bit. Within a few days/week they were covered with healthy leafs flowers and fruits.Really if they could walk, every day morning they would come and greet you with their gifts flowers, fruits and even shiny green leafs just to make you feel happy.
"together they create a complete system..."
There are certain plants if you grow alongwith other plants they promote growth and protect other plants from diseases
When you care for them and love them, they give you the most precious gift that they can i.e. flowers fruits and lot more !! beyond your imagination.
"inspired by a thought or hope that one day they will be cared and loved..."
Even when you don't care. During my course once a professor told me look at them (fruit trees) how shameless these trees are every year they produce so many fruits people just take away the fruits sell them and don't even look at the plant/trees or give them manure. But i believe they (trees/plants) do so inspired by a thought or hope that one day they will be cared and loved by us.Even plants can communicate, feel, respond just like birds and animals but with our fast track life style we have forgotten that and treat them as a product.
Once a saint told me "do you know how books on herbal medicine were written in India ?"
"or else it (flower, fruit root leaf) won't have that healing effect..."
"The sages would go and sit in front of each type of plant and tree and ask them and plants will reveal all the properties to them and the sages would write them including hours, minute and season of the year when it will be most effective (without trial and errors and chemical analysis) and those who knows can cure any illness effectively. And before taking flowers, fruit, roots, leaf one should ask/tell the tree or plant or else it (flower fruit root leaf) won't have that healing effect."Regarding planting trees and plants it was/is a complete science in India. Where to plant, when to plant, how to plant, combination of plants and trees based on individuals spiritual and physical requirements.
There are lot more research goining on plants and trees i.e. healing, stress management, positive energy etc just google it ..!!!
DIY Home Made Recipes.
Here i will be posting different DIY home made recipe to control pest, diseases and promote growth.REMEMBER if your soil is good and plant is healthy chances of catching diseases is very rare.
NEVER never use chemical pesticides at regular interval just as routine maintenance, it will stagnant/slow the plant growth. Instead focus on manure and soil condition to make plant more healthy.
JUST like human we need medicine to help stop infection and recover. If you are healthy you recover quickly with lesser application of medicine.
NOTE : If you have bought plants from some small stall check for soil before re-potting and try removing soil as much as you can without damaging roots. since mostly they plant in plain sticky soil which when planted don't get enough water and in turn your plant dies or don't show any growth.
"you got a reason to calibrate since your 70% work is done (BELIEVE ME)..."
POTTING MIXTURE
MOST most important part of gardening if you have prepared the soil properly( organic matter, compose etc in right proportion) and the soil is right, you got a reason to calibrate since your 70% work is done (BELIEVE ME) rest 30% plants will take care and regular maintains will give you outstanding results.CONTAINER GARDENING
You can grow anything better in pots compare to open field you just need right poting material and regular maintenance (its not a rocket science)."Just like dead and alive water...."
OLD SOIL vs NEW SOIL
NOTE : there's nothing called new and old soil its just that the soil is not that healthy and you need to add certain matter to it to make it healthy (the way a plant likes). in simple terms alive soil or dead soil i.e soil microorganisms. Just like dead and alive water.HAVE seen lot of traditional gardeners telling clients you need new soil and add some red/ Black oxide to it (which may leads to cancer i.e.veg gardening) sell them telling its new/Reverside/or garden soil.
MY way is different than traditional gardening. Which normally brings great results.
PESTCONTROL
1. One handful of neem leafs + 1 teaspoon black mustard seed fry it, make paste or powder(for later use). 1-2 teaspoon/ltr water mix it properly spray for pest.
2. 1-2 tsp neem oil boil in water and add normal water to make it 1 ltr solution ( let it come to room temperature) shake it well before spraying on plant (use it immediately).
FUNGICIDE
1. 2-3 table spoon cow urine + 8 tablespoon cow milk mix in 1 ltr water. Spray it.
PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER (PGR).
1. IF you have leftover rice wash it and soak it in water for two days if you see a white color Fungus forming then make paste, mix 1-2 tsp in 1 ltr water and spray on plant. Rest store in jar and keep in cool place for future use.
Wonderful to read this page Nicks.I have a habit of picking up plants that have been discarded and thrown away and just love the results when I pot them and bring them back to life. Its so gratifying and a pleasure to watch. Will surely try some of your suggestions mentioned above. thanks ;)
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