Hydroponics: A Exciting New Way to Grow Houseplants

Flower Designs Interpret Books

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Houseplants, HowTo, Lawn & Garden

How would you interpret familiar books with flowers?  Classics like Heidi, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, Water for Elephants?One Garden Club is sponsoring a flower show called BOOKS IN BLOOM They will create floral arrangements that tell the mood and story of...
Hydroponics: A Exciting New Way to Grow Houseplants

Houseplant Blights

by | Jan 1, 2001 | Houseplants, HowTo, Lawn & Garden

The symptoms of blight may be brown spots, yellow soggy leaves, rot, decay or peculiar stunted growth. Unfortunately, they are very hard to control. The usual way is to try to change the environmental conditions what favor them. Chemicals are a last resort, and often...
Hydroponics: A Exciting New Way to Grow Houseplants

Houseplant Bug Problems

by | Jan 1, 2001 | Houseplants, HowTo, Lawn & Garden

The most common buggers are: Green, grey or black bugs clustered at the growing tips ( these are aphids). Almost invisible webs which when flicked over a piece of white paper drop little brown specs that crawl (red spider mites). Leaves that curl down and pucker...
Hydroponics: A Exciting New Way to Grow Houseplants

Why Plants Die

by | Jan 1, 2001 | Houseplants, HowTo, Lawn & Garden

          Why Plants Die. It’s like trying to explain why babies cry. Many things may be wrong, but knowing which are causes and which are effects is complex. The current plant theory is that plant health starts with healthy roots. A...