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How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
Orchid Trees in pots
🌸 How to grow 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:
📸 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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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:
- 💠 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.
B. galpinii, B. madagascariensis, B. monandra, B. alba (candida), B. acuminata, B. bidentata, B. blakeana, B. grandidieri and many others.
📸 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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How to get big shade tree in one season with an ice cream on it? Its real!
Ice Cream Bean Inga
Ice Cream Bean Inga
Ice Cream Bean Inga fruit
Ice Cream Bean Inga tree
🍧 How to get big shade tree in one season with an ice cream on it? It's real!
🛒 Get shade with ice cream benefit
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- 🍦 Ice Cream Bean Inga is the ultimate fast-growing, shade-providing fruit tree with an irresistible twist! It not only transforms your yard into a cool, inviting oasis in record time but also produces fruit that kids (and adults!) can't get enough of!
- 🍦 Picture this: pods up to a foot long, bursting with sweet, creamy pulp that tastes exactly like ice cream!
- 🍦 Craving instant shade? Perfect for those sunny spots where you need shade, the Ice Cream Bean Inga rapidly unfurls its lush, umbrella-like canopy, creating a natural, leafy retreat in just one season!
- 🍦 With its delectable treats and speedy growth, this extraordinary tree is sure to be the highlight of your garden - where shade and sweetness meet!
🛒 Get shade with ice cream benefit
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10 steps: how to grow a mango tree?
fruiting mango tree
10 steps: how to grow a mango tree?
Follow these steps and you'll be on your way to growing a healthy mango tree and enjoying delicious fruit:
1. ❗️ Choose the right variety that suits your needs and yard. See earlier posts:
5 most Favorite Mango Varieties
10 Dwarf "Condo" Mango
5 large and vigorous Mango varieties
2. 🌳 Buy a grafted tree from a reputable nursery to ensure better fruit quality and faster fruiting.
3. 🏡 Planting site: choose a sunny location with well-draining soil. Ensure there is enough space for the tree to grow, as some varieties can become quite large.
4. ⛏️ Planting: dig a hole twice as wide and just as deep as the root ball. Mix in organic compost to enrich the soil. Place the tree in the hole, making sure the growth point is 1-2" above the soil line. Fill the hole with soil, pressing gently to remove air pockets. Water the tree thoroughly.
5. 💦 Watering: Water the tree regularly, especially during the first few weeks. Allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings to prevent root rot.
6. Mulch: apply mulch around the base of the tree to retain moisture and suppress weeds. Keep the mulch a few inches away from the trunk to prevent rot.
7. Fertilize: use a balanced fertilizer formulated for fruit trees. We recommend Sunshine Boosters Mango Tango formulated specially for mango trees.
8. ✂️ Prune to shape the tree to encourage good airflow and sunlight penetration, and to improve the yield.
🎥 Shaping your Mango Tree.
9. 🕷 Pest and disease control: monitor for scale and mealybugs and treat them with systemic pesticides. Keep an eye out for fungal diseases and treat them promptly with copper spray.
10. Harvesting: Mangoes are ready to harvest when they change color and soften slightly.
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Follow these steps and you'll be on your way to growing a healthy mango tree and enjoying delicious fruit:
1. ❗️ Choose the right variety that suits your needs and yard. See earlier posts:
5 most Favorite Mango Varieties
10 Dwarf "Condo" Mango
5 large and vigorous Mango varieties
2. 🌳 Buy a grafted tree from a reputable nursery to ensure better fruit quality and faster fruiting.
3. 🏡 Planting site: choose a sunny location with well-draining soil. Ensure there is enough space for the tree to grow, as some varieties can become quite large.
4. ⛏️ Planting: dig a hole twice as wide and just as deep as the root ball. Mix in organic compost to enrich the soil. Place the tree in the hole, making sure the growth point is 1-2" above the soil line. Fill the hole with soil, pressing gently to remove air pockets. Water the tree thoroughly.
5. 💦 Watering: Water the tree regularly, especially during the first few weeks. Allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings to prevent root rot.
6. Mulch: apply mulch around the base of the tree to retain moisture and suppress weeds. Keep the mulch a few inches away from the trunk to prevent rot.
7. Fertilize: use a balanced fertilizer formulated for fruit trees. We recommend Sunshine Boosters Mango Tango formulated specially for mango trees.
8. ✂️ Prune to shape the tree to encourage good airflow and sunlight penetration, and to improve the yield.
🎥 Shaping your Mango Tree.
9. 🕷 Pest and disease control: monitor for scale and mealybugs and treat them with systemic pesticides. Keep an eye out for fungal diseases and treat them promptly with copper spray.
10. Harvesting: Mangoes are ready to harvest when they change color and soften slightly.
🛒 Shop Mango Trees
#Food_Forest #How_to #Mango
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The truth about Ladybugs in your garden life
🐞 The truth about Ladybugs in your garden life
❓ Q: I have Ladybugs in my garden, I wonder if they are eating my plants? Do I need to get rid of them?
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1. Love life of Ladybugs
2. Ladybug larvae eating aphids.
3. One of our #PeopleCats, "innocent" Ladybug (a.k.a. Bug) is wondering who else she can bug next...
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❓ Q: I have Ladybugs in my garden, I wonder if they are eating my plants? Do I need to get rid of them?
🐞 Ladybug (Harmonia axyridis) is, in fact, one of the best insects you can find in your garden, it is a natural predator that takes care of many bad bugs, including aphids
🐞 Keep Ladybugs happy and bring them to your garden!
🐞 Ladybugs actually are cultivated as natural pest control, and you can even buy them for your yard, instead of chemicals!
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1. Love life of Ladybugs
2. Ladybug larvae eating aphids.
3. One of our #PeopleCats, "innocent" Ladybug (a.k.a. Bug) is wondering who else she can bug next...
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How to grow Noni tree for fruit?
How to grow Noni tree for fruit?
💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.
Noni's special features:
📚 Learn more: Morinda citrifolia - Noni. Life Sustaining Plant
🛒 Order Noni Tree
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💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.
Noni's special features:
✅ flowers and fruits at young age, nearly year around.
✅ tolerates shade and grows large ornamental leaves in filtered light.
✅ suitable for indoor culture
✅ medicinal properties are endless and cannot be under-appreciated.
✅ This plant can be grown in any climate indoors, and will produce fruit for you under minimal care. Just provide warm frost-free conditions, as this tropical tree is very cold sensitive.
- easy in cultivation, drought and water tolerant, not susceptible to insects.
📚 Learn more: Morinda citrifolia - Noni. Life Sustaining Plant
🛒 Order Noni Tree
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