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November 04, 2011
FERTILIZING? Fertilizing can be a big deal on growing your plants. Although they may smell like, well… They can be the best thing for pot gardeners out there. Now you can usually find fertilizer in outdoor soil because it contains several natural minerals, usually from the feces of animals. Having worms in your soil is a good way to make your own fertilizer. What they excrete may not be neat, but your plant will grow. A reference to the photo above; plants can suffer without food in their seedling days, which is exactly why most gardeners fertilize their plants now. But be careful when choosing the fertilizer for your garden! Chemicals like pesticide is a sure-fire quick growth serum, but it’s not something that brings out the true plant. So if you’re a true-blue gardener, choose the organic one. This is very important for the gardening chef, because chemically grown plants may be poisonous, and have little or no satisfaction for your taste buds to give. Fertilize, make it organic, and do it regularly. What’s the point if you’re not consistent?! It’s like drinking a glass of water once every few days. (Unless those are the instructions.)

FERTILIZING?

Fertilizing can be a big deal on growing your plants. Although they may smell like, well… They can be the best thing for pot gardeners out there. Now you can usually find fertilizer in outdoor soil because it contains several natural minerals, usually from the feces of animals. Having worms in your soil is a good way to make your own fertilizer. What they excrete may not be neat, but your plant will grow. A reference to the photo above; plants can suffer without food in their seedling days, which is exactly why most gardeners fertilize their plants now. But be careful when choosing the fertilizer for your garden! Chemicals like pesticide is a sure-fire quick growth serum, but it’s not something that brings out the true plant. So if you’re a true-blue gardener, choose the organic one. This is very important for the gardening chef, because chemically grown plants may be poisonous, and have little or no satisfaction for your taste buds to give. Fertilize, make it organic, and do it regularly. What’s the point if you’re not consistent?! It’s like drinking a glass of water once every few days. (Unless those are the instructions.)

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October 25, 2011

Growing trees in pots is most definitely possible. An example would be bonsai trees. It was probably the first thing that popped into your head. But not many people think of having a Chico tree in their potted plants list. Here’s one that’s been with our family for quite some time. Grown in Enrico soil-less potting mix, and regularly fertilized organically, it gives wonderfully sweet fruit! And because it’s a variegated kind, it’s also very decorative and highly attractive. One more thing that’s amazing about growing trees in pots? We used to live in another house where this tree spent its first few years of life. When we moved to a new house a couple of years ago, this potted tree easily made the move with us! Now how many people can actually do that with their trees?

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September 29, 2011

Typhoon Pedring

Lots of devastation left behind by this storm; fortunately, one other thing it’s left behind is a sunny day for us all. This being a gardening blog, let’s ask the question: How did your garden fare? And our focus being gardening in pots, I hope most, if not all, your potted plants were spared. As the winds began to threaten, we brought in all our hard-to-find potted plants and lined them up in the living room. One big (and I mean BIG) concern of our was our tall Bay Laurel tree. It’s almost as tall as our two-storey house but it’s still growing in a pot — a reeeally big pot. And as the winds began to pummel the Bay Laurel about, we were worried the branches would just break. Tying the branches was one suggestion, but I was worried they must just break nonetheless. The quicker solution? We laid the pot down on its side, so for about a day, our Bay Laurel lay down on the ground. Now that the sun’s out, it’s standing tall and proud again — without a single branch missing.

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September 25, 2011
Reusing disposable cups is a great way to save the Earth. What?! Clay pots and plastic pots may be popular but they can be pricey and…predictable. They’re made only for one purpose: Plants. Now disposable cups come in a wide range of sizes, but they were made for something else. Everything from ice cream, yoghurt, mami noodles, fruit shakes and what have you. Here, we’ve used ice cream cups because they seemed the perfect size for some potted pepper plants. In the photo are cayenne, jalapeño, chiltepin and tabasco chili plants in Haagen Dazs pots. What a cool idea for some very hot peppers! This would help Mother Earth if we all did this. Finish your ice cream or your yoghurt, poke some holes in the bottom…. and you’ve got a pot!

Reusing disposable cups is a great way to save the Earth. What?!

Clay pots and plastic pots may be popular but they can be pricey and…predictable. They’re made only for one purpose: Plants. Now disposable cups come in a wide range of sizes, but they were made for something else. Everything from ice cream, yoghurt, mami noodles, fruit shakes and what have you. Here, we’ve used ice cream cups because they seemed the perfect size for some potted pepper plants. In the photo are cayenne, jalapeño, chiltepin and tabasco chili plants in Haagen Dazs pots. What a cool idea for some very hot peppers! This would help Mother Earth if we all did this. Finish your ice cream or your yoghurt, poke some holes in the bottom…. and you’ve got a pot!

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September 20, 2011
This is my calamansi. I have several pots around my garden. Probably half a dozen all in all. They serve me two different ways. The obvious one, of course, is to provide me enough fruits for the home kitchen; the second one is to keep the butterflies feeling welcome around my home. All right, this may sound a bit icky to some people, but caterpillars love to forage on the leaves of citrus plants, which is why all in all, I have about ten citrus plants in pots. Some of their leaves may look chewed on from time to time, but on the bright side, almost every sunny day, you’re sure to find butterflies fluttering about the garden.

This is my calamansi. I have several pots around my garden. Probably half a dozen all in all. They serve me two different ways. The obvious one, of course, is to provide me enough fruits for the home kitchen; the second one is to keep the butterflies feeling welcome around my home. All right, this may sound a bit icky to some people, but caterpillars love to forage on the leaves of citrus plants, which is why all in all, I have about ten citrus plants in pots. Some of their leaves may look chewed on from time to time, but on the bright side, almost every sunny day, you’re sure to find butterflies fluttering about the garden.

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September 17, 2011
One of my earliest attempts was rather cowardly. I bought a bunch of cacti. I heard they don’t need much care, very little water. So I watered them a couple of times a week and just left them where they got generous amounts of sunlight. As a token attempt at “effort”, I collected a lot of colorful pots. Well, whaddaya know! It looked pretty good. Not bad for “minimal effort”.

One of my earliest attempts was rather cowardly. I bought a bunch of cacti. I heard they don’t need much care, very little water. So I watered them a couple of times a week and just left them where they got generous amounts of sunlight. As a token attempt at “effort”, I collected a lot of colorful pots. Well, whaddaya know! It looked pretty good. Not bad for “minimal effort”.