Date: 13 Aug 2020
Healthy Plant Food
Q&A from Mr Booster
Establishing Avocado Tree
Q: I received my avocado Wurtz tree yesterday. Per instructions I have put the tree in a pot first. However I am having difficulty deciding what to trim off. Yesterday I removed obvious damaged leaves. However as you can see, the leaves are lighter in some areas and contain yellow and red in some spots. What would you advise? Given this is a critical state as I do not want to shock the tree after the trip, I would like to do everything possible to protect it and ensure viability.
A: Your Avocado tree looks great and healthy overall. You've done excellent job planting it. Wurtz is a good, vigorous variety, while the tree is somewhat dwarf,
great for containers.
You are right, it is the best for the tree to leave it alone and do not
trim or remove leaves any more, until it starts showing new growth. Then it will
be obvious what needs to be trimmed. Reddish/orange color of young leaves is
normal. If any spots or dots - no need to remove those leaves yet. Wait
until the plant grows more leaves. It needs them for photosynthesis, in order to
become stronger.
Keep the tree in bright shade and gradually move from filtered sun to
full sun. Water daily. Within a week or two after planting, you can start
applying mild fertilizer and micro-elements. We recommend at this growth stage:
SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster
SUNSHINE SuperFood - Micro-element Plant Booster
SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster from Garden Series, or Combo Total Feed Collection - all nutrients in just one bottle, for fruit trees and edibles.
Date: 18 Mar 2019
Featured plant. Sauromatum (Typhonium) venosum - Voodoo Lily
Sauromatum (Typhonium) venosum - Voodoo Lily
Rare Amorphophallus ralative, Typhonium venosum (Sauromatum venosum), is
a common shade-loving house or garden plant from temperate and tropical
Africa and Asia. This plant is also known as the Voodoo Bulb because of its
ability to flower from a corm without soil and water. Tuberous perennial with
solitary, segmented round leaf and strange, arum-like flower. Rare collectable,
it is a showy exotic container plant.
Typhonium grows to around 20 inches tall from an underground corm. A
large corm can spawn multiple new corms. Inflorescences emerge before the
leaves. An inflorescence has a purplish-brown-spotted, yellowish spathe and a
purplish-brown spadix which emit a strong odor perceived as similar to cow
manure, rotting flesh, or a dirty wet dog, depending on who smells the
inflorescence ;) The odor lasts only a day and attracts carrion-feeding insects which can
pollinate this plant.
Plants we have in stock, have tubers 1-2"in diameter. The plant goes
dormant in winter and starts sprouting in March-April. Keep soil slightly
moist but not wet, and wait for the magic leaf to pop up... The plant should
flower within a year or two.
Date: 9 Jul 2024
How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
Orchid Trees in pots
Everyone loves beautiful Orchid trees with butterfly-like leaves and colorful orchid-like flowers. They are widely used in Southern landscapes. But what if you don't have a room in your garden for another tree? Or what if it gets too cold in winter for a tropical Orchid tree? You can grow it in a pot!
📝 This is how to n enjoy the stunning flowers and foliage of Bauhinia right on your patio or balcony:
- 💠 Choose the right variety. Some species suitable for containers: B. galpinii, B. madagascariensis, B. monandra, B. alba (candida), B. acuminata, B. bidentata, B. blakeana, B. grandidieri and many others.
- 💠 Choose the right pot: Select a large, sturdy pot with good drainage holes. Bauhinia trees have a vigorous root system
- 💠 Use a well-draining potting mix. We recommend a professional soilless mix: Sunshine Abundance.
- 💠 Sunny location: Position the pot in a location that receives full sun to partial shade. Bauhinia plants thrive in warm, sunny conditions.
- 💠 Watering: Keep the soil slightly moist but not waterlogged. Water the plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch.
- 💠 Fertilizing: For the most profuse flowering like in the video, feed the Bauhinia with liquid Sunshine Boosters Megaflor year around, it's safe with every watering.
- 💠 Pruning: Prune the plant to maintain its shape and encourage bushier growth.
- 💠 Winter Care: If you live in a region with cold winters, bring the pot indoors or to a sheltered location to protect the plant from frost.
📸 Bauhinia monandra - Napoleons Plume Orchid Tree, starts flowering when only 2 ft tall and grows well in containers.
📚 Earlier posts on Bauhinias: 1 2 3
Bauhinias: trees with Orchid Flowers and Butterfly Wings
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Date: 26 Jul 2024
What orchids can be grown in the ground?
Terrestrial orchids (ground orchids)
⚜️ What orchids can be grown in the ground?
- 🏵 Orchids have a mystique that seems to set them apart from most other flowers... they are elegant and almost unreal in their perfection... But not every gardener has luck growing traditional orchids.
- 🏵 Terrestrial orchids (a.k.a. ground orchids) grow in regular garden soil instead of in the air on tree branches
- 🏵 Ground orchids come in many colors and shapes.
- 🏵 Ground orchids will be happy to bloom in sun or shade and are very easy to grow!
🎥 YouTube: Ground Orchids
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Date: 19 Jun 2024
Thumbs up the most fragrant ginger ever!
White Butterfly Ginger (Hedychium coronarium)
White Butterfly Ginger (Hedychium coronarium)
White Butterfly Ginger (Hedychium coronarium)
👍 Thumbs up the most fragrant ginger ever!
- White Butterfly Ginger (Hedychium coronarium) is a must for every Southern garden.
- Famous for its intense, sweet scent.
- Symbol of Hawaiian Paradise along with Plumeria and Jasmine we mentioned earlier.
- Lei and hair decoration: popular in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands for leis and hair adornments.
- Butterfly-like flowers: bears fragrant, butterfly-resembling flowers in summer.
- Great cut flower: long lasting cut flowers, ideal for scenting the home.
- Can survive light freezes, with tops regrowing in the spring. Takes sun or shade.
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