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Orchids Care: Dipping orchids in rainwater
April 2024

Orchids Care: Dipping orchids in rainwater

Actually I was always afraid to take care of an orchid until I got the first one 3 years ago, of course a phaleanopsis. Thanks to TheFruitAndFlowerBasket, she also held out. At that time there was 1...

Beautiful plants with coffee grounds and mineral water
April 2024

Beautiful plants with coffee grounds and mineral water

My houseplants have been chewing for a long time and did not want to grow. From a friend I got the tip to try it with mineral water and coffee grounds. I collected the coffee grounds from the filter...

Sugary drops of orchids - remove and prevent
April 2024

Sugary drops of orchids - remove and prevent

This drop formation means guttation and does not seem to harm the plant. Everywhere, like a beaded band on the stems and under the orchid leaves, you can see small drops that feel sticky. You can...

Drainage for container plants with styrofoam chips
April 2024

Drainage for container plants with styrofoam chips

Styrofoam chips (you often do not know where to put them ...) always come down to the planter or balcony box or flower pot. In the case of flowerpots, a layer of chips comes into the planter and the...

Expanded clay & fleece against dirty water from flower boxes
April 2024

Expanded clay & fleece against dirty water from flower boxes

Against dirty water from flower boxes: with expanded clay and fleece. Who does not know that? In the flower boxes, which have an overflow hole in the soil for excess water, runs out just in heavy...

Cultivate African violets and multiply themselves
April 2024

Cultivate African violets and multiply themselves

For many years I have a lot of beautiful African Violets (Saintpaulia) in very different colors, which I enjoy almost all year round with their flowers. The maintenance is very easy, they are only...

Climbing aid for vine plants
April 2024

Climbing aid for vine plants

I bought a vine. By now it had become so big that I even extended the climbing staff. But this variety Planze, seems one climbing aid need to. You do not want to run to the florist, especially since...

Milk makes it: leaves on green plants like new
April 2024

Milk makes it: leaves on green plants like new

I especially like to start the following action with the green plants with big leaves, especially as they are bad dust collectors. So first dust the leaves (great: with the Swiffer of ...., a...

Tie plants together with tricot strips
April 2024

Tie plants together with tricot strips

For us it is a big Ficus Benjamini, who already hits the ceiling and therefore goes into the width. In order to avoid running out of the eye, I tie the thick main branches inside plant - a little...

Balkonbepflanzung: Hanging gardens a bit different
April 2024

Balkonbepflanzung: Hanging gardens a bit different

It is still a little early in the year to balcony Greenery to think, that's why there is still no photo. But it is not difficult to imagine. You need 1 PET bottle per plant. The best are the thick...