Posts Tagged foliage
September 11, 2009 at 11:14 am · Filed under roses ·Tagged blooms, blossoms, bushes, canes, cleopatra, conventional method, deadheading roses, empress, first spring, foliage, garden roses, gardeners, growth hormones, leaflet, milk and honey, photosynthesis, rosarians, rose bush, true leaf, twiggy
When such beautiful empress as Cleopatra had her best secret of beauty, as in milk and honey bathing, the queens of garden—roses—have their best secret of growth, too. It is deadheading technique, applied by gardeners to conserve precious foliage on rose bushes.
Deadheading roses is basically removing the spent blossoms just above the first five leaflet leaf. Occasionally you may find a reference that advises removing the spent blossoms at a three leaflet leaf after the first spring flush. This is because foliage conservation is needed by roses for photosynthesis.
Deadheading is technique of tricking roses into thinking they have failed in this reproductive process. By removing all blossoms before they have had chances to fully develop fruits, the plants send out re-growth hormones, produce new blooms, and then try once more. Deadheading is in fact one way you can use to fool the mother’s nature!
Do not hesitate to deadhead your roses regularly. There are bud eyes from which the new growth would probably emerge, so it would not kill your roses. In fact, it will help them grow healthier, since retention of all possible foliage makes them stronger and their blooms larger.
Here are some facts about deadheading roses, concluded from reported interviews with several respected rosarians round the globe:
- Pruning to a five-leaflet leaf (sometimes called a “true leaf”) is not always necessary. The “just remove the flower and leave all the foliage” treatment produces more basal breaks and faster healthy re-growth, compared to the conventional method.
- Conservation of all foliage is extremely important, and it includes the leaves on blind shoots and twiggy growth. All contribute significantly to photosynthesis and should be retained unless they interfere with the growth of healthy new canes.
- Both facts above are especially important to be kept in mind when you prune winter damaged rose bush, deadhead them after the first spring flush, and rejuvenate plants which have suffered other damages.
- The further down the stem you cut, the larger the bloom stem and subsequent bud will become, and hence, the longer it will take for the rose to re-bloom.
- Deciding how far down the stem to make the cut is best determined by using good personal judgment.
- Deadheading will remove hiding places and food for insects which often become pests in your garden.
- Deadheading will inhibit minor improvements in air circulation, thus reducing the potential for fungal diseases.
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September 10, 2009 at 5:45 am · Filed under Orchard, Pest Control ·Tagged admirers, ambient conditions, asparagus beetle, attractive gardens, cabbage looper, common garden pests, foliage, garden pest control, garden plants, gardeners, green plants, home gardens, initial attack, insects, maturity, mealy bugs, morphological features, peril, premature death, soap
People would always love to have attractive gardens at home. Gardens may consist of diverse plants that tend to make the admirers spell bond. Gardening work consists of major work namely garden pest control. There are different types of garden pests that tend to provide hindrance to the growth of the plant.
Common garden pests
These are different kind of insects involving certain intricate morphological features. These insects do persist in leaves of green plants. The mode of attack can vary depending upon the specific species. The hairy appearance gives the pest to be flexible for any kind of ambient conditions. The bugs are known for extracting all the juice part that is present in the leaves.
The cabbage loopers generally infects plants like cabbage and beans. These pests offer great challenge to the gardeners. Its main mode of attack is to target the leaves. These have tendency to churn the leaves after the initial attack. This hinders the growth of the plant. These pests are also infects crucifiers.
Asparagus beetle affects the foliage part of the asparagus. This tends to make the overall green part of the plant to become pale. These also bring up problems for the shoot of plant to attain maturity. Premature death to the shoot tips is witnessed with the attack of asparagus beetle.
Garden Pest Control
Use of soap water is readily used as best method of control for garden pests. The garden pests also form the community that hinders the growth of plant comprehensively. Manual picking of pests are sometimes employed for the removal of localized attack of some pests. Sprays are also developed in homes to control the garden plants from attack from pests. Crop covers are also used for some varieties of plants to shun pests at peril.
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September 5, 2009 at 8:34 am · Filed under Pest Control, Tomato ·Tagged aphids, crop cultivation, crops, cultivator, daunting task, ecosystem, foliage, food chains, griculture, insecticide, measurable change, nutrients, organic manures, pest control methods, pest control techniques, pests, sophisticated tools, stems, tomato cultivation, tomato plants
Agriculture has witnessed diverse changes in recent years. Employment of sophisticated tools can produce amplified productivity. Also use of organic manures can produce efficient retrieval of lost nutrients. In any crop cultivation, pest control seems to be daunting task to be carried out by the cultivators. Use of proper pest control methods can eliminate the pests completely from the field enabling better growth of plant. This in turn can influence increased productivity. One can witness measurable change in the amount of output obtained from a field when he/ she carries out efficient pest control techniques.
Need for pest control
Ecosystem has been balanced with help of several food chains. This can also produce implied changes in agriculture. Presence of pests in the food chains affects the growth of crops in the field. So in order to have better growth of crops, one needs to have pest control techniques. The pest control techniques differ based on the type of crop that is cultivated. Hence it is the duty of the cultivator to take care of the pests that affect plants and hinder growth.
Pests in tomato cultivation
There are several pests that are involved in the building of obstacles in tomato cultivation. Common pests that can be related with tomato cultivation can be studied. Aphids that are present beneath the leaves tend to eat up all the green leaves making it unfit. It tends to produce premature foliage in the tomato plants. Also local infections are caused in the stems of these plants enabling invasion of other pests too. Hornworms can also be observed in tomato plants. These are long worms that feed on the leaves. These tend to migrate from one to plant to another causing severe damage to leaves.
Pest control at tomato growing
Use of insecticide soaps is regarded to be best method of pest control in tomato cultivation. These pests can be controlled also by pruning them. Also handpicking of these pests are also possible enabling better control of pests. One can also rely upon use of Neem oil to reduce the effect of pests on tomato plants.
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Tomato cultivation can be profitable only if efficient pest control measures are taken up. There are several pest control techniques adopted in the tomato cultivation. Use of insecticide soaps can be handful to eliminate pests like Aphids. Also application of neem oil over the tomato leaves can prevent most of pests. Handpicking can also be adopted to remove pests to certain extent.
Resource Box Info: Information about pest control techniques adopted in tomato growing is discussed in this forum. To acquire more knowledge about the topic one can also surf through pages at http://www.agricultureguide.org/. Also one can acquire sufficient knowledge about efficient tomato growing methods
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September 5, 2009 at 8:31 am · Filed under Drip irrigation, Pest Control ·Tagged abundance, ambient conditions, Crop rotation, crops, drip irrigation system, foliage, irrigation methods, irrigation systems, minimum wastage, nutrients, optimum intervals, organic pest control, pipes, proper maintenance, root tips, substantial improvement, wastage of water, water conservation, water plants, Water supply
Irrigation systems employed in modern day agriculture practice. Modern agriculture methods employ use of optimized way of watering. The watering methods do vary a lot based on the type of the plantation that is made. Also drip irrigation has gathered substantial improvement in last few years. Drip irrigation involves use of sophisticated pipes to water plants at regular and optimum intervals. These irrigation systems can be modified based on overall dimensions of the field. Abundance of water supply can be properly channeled using drip irrigation. To materialize the water conservation process in regular agricultural, one suggests use of drip irrigation. Amplified usage of inorganic manures can spoil the cultivable land making it useless.
Why Drip Irrigation?
Drip irrigation facilitates methodical way of propagating the water needs of a plant. Also one needs to ensure optimum amount of moisture to be present in ambient conditions. This has instituted use of drip irrigation system worldwide. Usage of drip irrigation also has certain advantages imbibed in it. The laying down of planned tubing can ensure direct supply of water to root tips. This ensures minimum wastage of water. Also one can gain sufficient pest control using drip irrigation. Through initial cost of drip irrigation can be high. The overall intention to provide better watering of plantation at reduced wastage can be profitable for the farmers.
Organic pest control
Implementing drip irrigation in the fields ensures proper maintenance of cultivable land. This also eliminates the presence of foliage. This in turn helps people to safeguard their plants from any kind of adverse diseases. Some pest control can be achieved through drip irrigation methods. Drip irrigation facilitates the crop rotation methods to be practiced widely. This helps the soil to maintain its nutrients for longer duration of time. This type of irrigation can be utilized to shelter plants that are beneficial for main crops that are planted. This helps the main plants to repel any kind of pest attack. Also planned watering at the root tip zone can make the leguminous organisms to ponder upon at soil level initiating better pest control.
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Drip irrigation provides multiple opportunities for cultivators to play with. It also institutes better organic pest control enabling healthy environment in the cultivable land. Also drip irrigation system can be employed to carryout pest elimination via planned growth of beneficial plants. Using organic manures can be fruitful for farmers quantitatively and qualitatively.
Resource Box Info: This forum discusses details regarding efficient ways of organic pest control in drip irrigation. One can also read through some pages at http://www.agricultureguide.org/ to know more about the pest control. This website also aids useful information about drip irrigation.
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August 23, 2009 at 4:33 pm · Filed under Tomato ·Tagged balanced fertilizer, compost, early girl, Fertilizers, foliage, fruits, growing tomatoes, mountain spring, nitrogen, oregon spring, personal purposes, phosphorus, potassium, seven hours, shovel, stupice, sunbeam, sunlight, three feet, tomato plants
There are more and more people growing tomatoes today, either for industrial or personal purposes. In fact, tomatoes are the most popular homegrown vegetable. It is due to two reasons: tomatoes are delicious, and growing tomatoes is easy. There are so many books written on growing tomatoes, but you do not have to read them all. Their basics are quite… well, basic. This article will help you growing tomatoes, the simplest way ever. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 31, 2009 at 4:07 pm · Filed under Articles, Beekeeping, Mother Nature, Seeds, Useful Methods ·Tagged Bee, birds and bees, bountiful harvest, brainer, Companion planting, countless birds, fact of life, foliage, friendly reminder, garden, grand scheme of things, Growing season, Hummingbird, hummingbirds, Insect, loving creatures, Mother Nature, necessary elements, nectar, Plant, plants reproduction, Pollinator, pollinators, scheme of things, sole purpose, success rate, tidbit, vegetable crops, winged creatures
There is something so pastoral and calming about perusing the lengths of your property during the height of growing season, only to witness countless birds and bees buzzing about. Engaged in the business of bestowing life and fulfillment upon each and every flower that they visit, the relatio Read the rest of this entry »
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Agricultural Biodiversity 