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Plants the seeds today to enjoy your fruit tomorrow
seeds of Nutmeg
🍿 Plants the seeds today to enjoy your fruit tomorrow
"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." - Mexican Proverb
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"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." - Mexican Proverb
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How much water is too much?
💧 How much water is too much?
🌴 "Always over-water your plants: just improve their soil drainage!" - Murray Corman, horticulturist, rare tropical fruit tree expert.
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🌴 "Always over-water your plants: just improve their soil drainage!" - Murray Corman, horticulturist, rare tropical fruit tree expert.
🐸 One of the most common challenges in tropical plant care, including houseplants, is overwatering, particularly in container gardening. So, how much water is too much?
🐸 Surprisingly, water itself isn't harmful to plants, no matter how generous your watering is. The real issue is poor drainage, which leads to stagnation and bacterial buildup, ultimately causing root rot.
🐸 If you've traveled to places like Hawaii or explored tropical jungles, you might have noticed plants thriving between rocks with minimal soil, receiving a near-constant fine mist of rain. Conversely, swamps support very few trees - only bog or water plants adapted to wet conditions can survive there. The lesson? It's not the water, it's the growing medium!
🐸 The Solution: For potted plants, always use a high-quality potting mix with excellent drainage properties. This should include ample "soil conditioners" such as perlite, vermiculite, and pine bark. At our nursery, we use a professional soil mix called Abundance.
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Six colorful plants for your indoor garden
Sanchezia stenomacra - Blood Red Feather
Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium
Clinacanthus nutans - Snake plant, Phaya-Yor
Aeschynanthus speciosus - Lipstick Plant
Tibouchina multiflora (grandifolia) - Glory bush, Quaresmeira
Calathea zebrina - Zebra Plant
🌈 Six colorful plants for your indoor garden
🎶 Q: I've read your post about growing tropicals indoors and you got me inspired! Can you recommend something unusual, colorful and bright, preferably with flowers, that I can grow as house plants?
🌸 A: House plants don't have to be boring and just green! Below are a few excellent choices for your indoor garden that will brighten your sunroom. Just make sure to follow the 10 key tips for growing tropical plants indoors.
🎶 Q: I've read your post about growing tropicals indoors and you got me inspired! Can you recommend something unusual, colorful and bright, preferably with flowers, that I can grow as house plants?
🌸 A: House plants don't have to be boring and just green! Below are a few excellent choices for your indoor garden that will brighten your sunroom. Just make sure to follow the 10 key tips for growing tropical plants indoors.
- Sanchezia stenomacra - Blood Red Feather - spectacular red feathery blooms and and soft, fussy leaves.
- Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium - super rare, an eye stopper, with long leaves up to 2 ft long, and bright pink fruit.
- Clinacanthus nutans - Snake plant, Phaya-Yor - exotic flower from Thailand resembling snake's open mouth.
- Aeschynanthus speciosus - Lipstick Plant - popular house plant with bright showy orange blooms.
- Tibouchina multiflora (grandifolia) - Glory bush, Quaresmeira - can be grown outside in Southern gardens, as well as in a pot indoors. Showy purple flowers, velvet leaves are wonderfully soft 6-8" in diameter!
- Calathea zebrina - Zebra Plant - the brightest zebra-striped large leaves up to 1 ft long.
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Solving a conflict
Solving a conflict
“I never forget a face, but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” - Groucho Marx
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What are the best Mulberry varieties
💗 What are the best Mulberry varieties
Muberries are very cold hardy (to hard freeze, up to zone 6), tough trees that take poor soils and grow well in almost any conditions once established.
💬 #Fun_Facts: Did you know that mulberries belong to the same plant family with Jackfruit?
The Best Mulberry Varieties for Your Garden:
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Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #7. Mulberry
How Mulberry fruit helps with diabetes
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Muberries are very cold hardy (to hard freeze, up to zone 6), tough trees that take poor soils and grow well in almost any conditions once established.
💬 #Fun_Facts: Did you know that mulberries belong to the same plant family with Jackfruit?
The Best Mulberry Varieties for Your Garden:
🐾 Dwarf Everbearing and Dwarf Issai - Compact, container-friendly varieties perfect for small spaces. These dwarf trees (6-10 ft tall) are disease and drought resistant, with multiple crops year-round, even from the first year! Ideal for patios and small yards..
🐾 Florida Giant - A vigorous, fast-growing tree with large, heart-shaped leaves and long purple-black fruits bursting with a sweet-tart flavor. This beauty grows up to 6-10 ft per year and thrives as far north as zone 6, despite its name.
🐾 Shangri-La - A modest-sized tree with giant leaves and plump, sweet-tart berries. Originally from Florida, it's heat, drought, pest, and disease-resistant. Ripens from April through summer, bringing both beauty and bounty to your garden.
🐾 White Mulberry - Produces medium-sized, super-sweet white fruits without a hint of tartness. This productive tree makes a mess-free option since the fruit doesn't stain. Ideal for fresh eating or drying.
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Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #7. Mulberry
How Mulberry fruit helps with diabetes
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