Plan carefully Park
Gardening August 30th, 2010

Creating a home garden can not. If not carefully planned, will only create a bush and littering the landscape.
A park was created in order to bring the beauty. Whether or not a beautiful garden of the election determined softscape and hardscape materials, color composition and shape, and overall harmony of design.
Some of the planning process are often ignored because it seem trivial, but actually very decisive beauty of the park later. Following points should be observed, so that the park is actually created in accordance with our expectations.
Two key things to prepare is preparing garden designs or concepts and technical persipan. Preparation is the design engineering design drawings in accordance with the concept of garden garden design desired.
Making the pattern of land, preparation of electrical and water installations, peletakannya, and determining the point of planting a few things that must be summarized in the concept design created.
This design will serve as guidelines for subsequent plans. To create this design, should consider some technical work to be done to make the park. The following description.
Preparing Land
These activities include excavation work and the reversal of land, hilling, penggemburan, and provision of fertilizers or addition of nutrients in the soil. In addition to prepare land for crops planted and ready to have the appropriate contours of our expectations, this process also frees the land from weeds that will interfere with future plant growth.
This process is often overlooked because often we do not wait to get or directly to plant so that the results are often disappointing: the plants die and do not grow well because of disturbed weeds.
Creating Garden Construction
In this process of planning and making the path taken. This element is important for the circulation path in the park so that all activities undertaken in the park do not interfere with future sustainability of the growth of plants and other elements. In accordance with the extent of the park, design and materials, the path can be made in a variety of options.
Defining Elements Hardware Park (Hardscape)
Which includes the hardware elements of the park are various pots, rocks, lights, and other accessories that will be used as a complement the park, both functional and aesthetic role.
Elements of Software Park (Softscape)
Various types of plants, the choice is planned in this process. It is considered a matter of plant species (shrubs, bushes, and protector). About colors (flowers and leaves) jugs into something that must be considered because it determines the splendor of the park is created and harmonization of existing colors.
The character of each plant concerned: the speed of growth, canopy shape, resilience in responding to the weather (both hot sun and rain / water), determine the choice of plant species that will be used.
Planting and Peletakar Hardscape
Crop planting starts from the protective plants (high) and so is the lower plants to plant ground cover. The spread of coral stone, gravel, stone step, and installation of garden lighting and other accessories made after planting.
The spread of coral preceded by the laying of the fibers in permukakan coral will be given to maintain the water circulation in order to continue to seep into the ground dar park was flooded.
Land Cleanup
Cleanup activities to the rest of the garden work. After the park clean of trash, there was a sufficient watering. And then performed routine maintenance such as pruning and regular watering
How to Overcome Anthurium Pest
Gardening August 12th, 2010
Anthurium is likely resistant to pest attack. But there is still a chance your plants attacked. The following information about pests and how to handle.
a. Aphid
This is a form of pest infestation yellow. Aphid life usually clustered at the base of the shoots of plants and flowers. Spread comparatively quickly. Aphid sucks because fluid leaves, infected leaves grow imperfect, tends to curl, blackened, and dry.
Response: use insecticides such as Te Ye Man, Demiter, Supracide, Decis, Curacron, or Basudin. This insecticide is a combination of contact killing and disturbing nervous. That is, if the insecticide on the insect, the insect dies instantly. If not dead lost their reproductive ability, so terputuslah insect life cycle. Spray an insecticide to the plants once a week Aphid infected within three weeks. Prevention is done by spraying insecticide once a month.
b. Fungus gnat
Fungus gnat is a pest that looks like a black mosquitoes. He lived in the planting medium moist. Adenium attacked characterized by black spots on the flower buds. Then the flower buds will rot and fall.
Response: spraying insecticides, such as Te Ye Man, Demier, or Proleaf to the plant is attacked. Alternative Trigard and 0.5/liter dose Agrimec with water.
c. Mealy Bug
This pest infestation of white flour and have encountered similar to the armpit and leaflet. The attacks led to the growth of abnormal shoots. Response: spraying insecticides, such as Proleaf to the plant is attacked.
d. Nematode
Nematodes commonly found in the planting medium given manure. The initial symptoms are menguningnya leaves and flower buds death of the young. Part of being attacked is the root nematode adenium. If the sick adenium removed from the pot will look like tubers at the root fibers. In addition, the root fibers end many roots die and the base of wrinkled or holes. When viewed with a microscope would look a lot smaller worm gnawing at the roots adenium.
Damage to crops caused by the secretion of saliva that is injected into the plant during nematode bite or eat the plant. This process can lead to death because the power lost roots and shoots, wounds formed, the plant tissue to swell and burst.
Response: pull the plant from the pot and wash the roots in running water. Cut and remove all the root fibers are damaged and rotten. Furthermore roots soaked in a solution of insecticide or nematisida (for example, or nematisida Dazomet 98% with the recommended dose) until all the roots and base of the stem submerged for half an hour. Next lift the plants and wind-aired in the shade for 1-2 weeks. Having healthy plants should be planted in the planting of new media sterile. Use clean planting media and organic materials that have been cooked properly. If need be added nematisida like Furadan 3G granules mixed in the planting medium.
e. Root Mealy Bug
Pests of white hair lice are generally found in moist planting medium. Plants that have withered shoots attacked, damaged stems, and roots with decay. If the media dismantled plant will look smaller animals attached to a white powdery on rotten roots.
Response: combined use nematisida, insecticides, and fungicides, such as Sursban or Diainon (dose of 1 ml / l) or 98% Dazomet by being sprayed directly into the planting medium, or replace the entire planting media with new media to a sterile plant. For prevention, insecticide spraying can be done once a month.
f. Ants
Ants often nest in the planting medium or under pots, which can damage the roots and shoots adenium. Ants belong to the disease vector.
Response: adenium pot soak briefly in water or water it uses antisemut drugs.
g. Spider Mite
This pest looks like a spider and red. Other names or motes of red mites. These pests like to hide under leaves and axillary leaves. Adenium whose leaves are hairy very vulnerable to pest attack is because the mites like to hide on the sidelines of this fluff while sucking the leaves and stems boo. In plants at the bottom of sick leaves or stems of red mites found in nests of fine threads.
Symptoms initially, leaves will mat. Next the leaves yellowing and falling fast. In addition, looking tiny dots of red color on the surface of the leaf browning. Can be fatal attack was marked by the death of the dried leaves and tops of plant stems because the liquid sucked out.
Response: akarisida use, for example Kelthane or Omite. Spray the whole plant and environment with the recommended dose. Spraying done 2-4 times per week. No need to worry if the leaves were sprayed adenium fall, because the new leaves and will soon appear healthy. The most effective prevention is to put plants in places that have good air circulation, sunlight and rain water directly. These pests do not like where the blustery and exposed to rain water spray continuously.
h. Thrips
His form is a black lice move quickly. Thrips attack the flower buds that fail to expand and become dry. Response by spraying insecticides, such as Detimer, to the affected part of the attack.
Plant Collection exhibition at the Narrow Land
Gardening July 19th, 2010

Show off a collection of ornamental plants. Any such a narrow land can be utilized. Vertikultur so the solution method.
Ever heard about the park vertikultur? Method suitable planting this one, could be one solution to gardening in small fields. Those who live in urban areas, where the size of the land so often the case, would love this idea.
Vertikultur derived from English, which means that vertical upright and culture which means breeding. Broadly speaking, we can pull the understanding, is vertikultur farming methods that do or rise vertically.
In the world of agriculture, vertikultur quite popular. The problem, though cultivated in small fields, the results can be as much as the cultivation of a wider land. Usually cultivated plants using paint cans are made bertingkat.Bisa assisted with wooden or metal framework made as a shelf.
Let us adopt this way of farming to the house. In the narrow area, in the alley beside the house, for example. Planted all the plants directly into the ground, is nearly impossible. In exchange, planted it in the pot. Make a rack out of wood or iron, put pots of plants were there.
Could also make a shelf on the wall. Hanging pots, also one vertikulur cultivation. In order to accommodate more plants, hanging two pots in a string context.
Make a garden in this way is different from him directly on the ground. Choices were different plants. Park use vertikultur many pots, so choose the plants that the leaf canopy is not too wide. Tongue-in-law, cactus, maidenhair ferns, ferns, etc., could be an option. For hanging pots can select plants whose leaves are hanging, it looks more interesting.
Well after so, do not forget to take care on a regular basis to keep the plants thriving.
Who says a garden can only be done in the yard
Gardening July 6th, 2010

Who says a garden can only be done in the yard in? Not in the house you can even use a garden ideal.
Usually, not that it’s in the house is only used as a clothesline or bedroom. However, it also can not be used as a park, you know! It is no ideal size for a garden area at no.
That must be considered is the work floor at the beginning of creation. “Aqua proofing and drainage must be true. The selection of appropriate plant species is also a key to making the park in no, “said Andie from x-oticgarden, Bandung (www.x-oticgarden.com).
Andie also recommended to choose plants that have the character of heat resistance or full sun (full sun). “Just select the heat-resistant crops,” he continued. In addition to full sun, choose plants that are also able to resist the pressure and wind waves.
Large plants can frangipani, cactus, pandanus bali, or others. As for his filler can be selected or grass Sansiviera Australia.
Furthermore, treatment plants for the garden not very dependent on the location of the house. If the location is in an area that is too strong light exposure, such as coastal areas, should be watered as often as possible.
However, if located in areas not too hot, water it 2 times a day was enough. Which require attention only at the beginning of it. For example given the kind of buffer crops that can stand more stable. Once stabilized, they can be protective and filters wind pressure.
Unique Park in Dak
Park in the not often used as a place for family activities or a place to hold a variety of family events. On average, still, many people make the garden not as a place to relax after a day of activities. Thus, the main priority is to view it.
Therefore, there must be something unique there, but the surrounding landscape. No wonder if the design can not park in a very diverse, even very brave. The selection of plants is also very decisive election of the other components. For example, if you select plants that are not very resistant to sunlight, then use to reduce light paranet highly recommended.
Accents or other elements used can also vary, from the water up to the game textures and placement for relaxation coral feet. To stop the wind, can be used glass in areas where the inhabitants many activities. In addition to protecting the home owner, as well as to protect the plants from the wind.
Planting media not to park in also requires a certain thickness, so that you can expect to keep the plant is not easy to collapse. At the bottom of the planting medium, given Krakal rock and sand so that water does not puddle.
“The growth of plants should also be noted. Do not be, because his place in the shoulder, then were given only a narrow area, “says Andie. The key, go Andie, again by studying the character of which is used as ornamental plant selection.
“That way we came to know, if a suitable plant species placed in the park at no or not
Beautiful Creep Plant
Gardening February 14th, 2010

Many people choose to enhance your ivy walls of the courtyard, pergola, or fence. There are so many kinds to choose from. Start a beautiful leafy till flowering interesting. Planted in pots, too beautiful, you know!
There are many options available vines. Their beauty is in kerimbunannya, leaf shape, or color and flower form. Vines usually are used for wall or pergola and garden fence, but to a page that was too broad, vines can be grown in pots.
There is excess vines planted in a pot. “If the pot to keep its growth rate is more easy,” said Agus Martono from Omat Wit Nursery.
This is, of course, be easier maintenance, and are much cheaper. “If for large land area it needs more plants, and more complex treatment. So the cost is more expensive.”
Beautiful flowers
For the flowering vines, there are many options select appropriate types. “I only have about 30 kinds of vines. Starting from Quisqualis indica, tears cat, mandevilla, or the plants morning glory. The latter is now again a lot of demand.”
Generally, the key is to maintain the vines enough sunlight. “Of course there must be rambatannya. Whether it was in the pergola, wall, wire, or wood,” Agus added.
In order to thrive, use planting media soil and compost in the ratio of 1:1 or 2:1. “If the air is humid, usually leaves of the plant pest infestation white lice.” Spray pesticides to the stick insects. If only one fruit, cut just the leaves. ”
Tips:
1. Frequent pruning. With diligent pruning, new shoots will come out. Trees and flowers became more dense. Notice that instead of certain types should not be trimmed.
2. Crop side. Which do not cut the main stem but the side bar.
3. Give fertilizer. Like humans, plants also need nutrients from fertilizer.
4. Know types. Before buying plants, plants used to know it. Is suitable in the highlands or low, how many months interest, and take care how.






