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		<title>Growing Sweet Peas is no Rocket Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gardening is an easy job once you know the basics. After learning the basics you can kick start the job and you will continue to learn from your own experiences and soon you will be in a position to give tips to others as we all know that experiences teach a lot more than books. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gardening is an easy job once you know the basics. After learning the basics you can kick start the job and you will continue to learn from your own experiences and soon you will be in a position to give tips to others as we all know that experiences teach a lot more than books. Every gardener wishes to have the best plantation. They like to display variety to their visitors and guests. This season you can choose sweet peas to add a different colour to your garden. Growing sweet peas is not a tough job; just a little care is all it asks for.<br />
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Sweet peas do not like cold climate and extreme hot weather is also not appreciated; so if you are growing sweet peas during summers just ensure that the plant is under some shady region all the time. They require lots of water for good growth. Get some good seeds for your garden and open their outer coat. This job will help the seeds to absorb water faster and they will grow earlier. Before adding the seeds ensure that the soil is fertile and ready to provide the required nutrients for the growth of the plant. If not so then you can add manure or some good environment friendly fertilizers to the soil just a few days before the addition of the seeds. Spread the seeds in rows with a considerable distance between two adjacent seeds. The seeds need to be buried at least one inch under the ground.</p>
<p>After burying the seeds water them. Do not splash water with full force as this might force the covering mud to move away. The seedlings of you sweet peas might be in danger because of the attack of birds and snails. For birds; all we can do is put a net on the seedlings. For the slugs we can use insecticides that are not injurious to the environment.</p>
<p>When the plant grows tall a few inches; remove the upper part of the plant just above the leaves. This removal will make the plant grow faster and taller. Remove those flowers that seem to have lost the strength of producing further. This will prevent them from pulling the necessary nutrient for them when they are not going to produce anything in return. The flowers will not only make your garden look beautiful but can work as a very good decoration of bouquets in your house.<br />
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		<title>Growing Organic Watermelon</title>
		<link>http://home-and-gardening.info/2012/05/11/growing-organic-watermelon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to develop sweet watermelons, at least three months long warm growing season is required. Usually, in short season, especially the summer season, a very warm covered beginning can be counted towards the long season needs. Planting too before time will definitely cause the plants to grow more than three to four leaves which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In order to develop sweet watermelons, at least three months long warm growing season is required. Usually, in short season, especially the summer season, a very warm covered beginning can be counted towards the long season needs. Planting too before time will definitely cause the plants to grow more than three to four leaves which may be the reason that your plants to have complicatedness setting their roots once they are relocated into your garden. Mostly in the hotter southern climates, watermelons can be easily directly seeded in your garden once the temperatures of soil have reached the level of 80F.<br />
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Basically, the key to the successful growing organic watermelons crop is to grant sunny, hot and warm days as much as possible for the growing watermelon plants and keep them away from icy temperatures. Plants will produce more fruit, the more their vines receive hotness or warmth.</p>
<p>Usually, sun of a lot heat is what the watermelons required. Try to provide your watermelons plant the sunniest place available with good fresh air movement. This will certainly help the watermelon plants to dry out rapidly after the rain to stop most of the diseases.</p>
<p>The PH level required for growing organic watermelons is about in between 6.0 PH level and 6.5 PH level. Perfect flowers will be produced by those soils having PH level 6.0 or less. In order to prevent your watermelon plants from severe diseases, better drainage is an essential element.</p>
<p>It is also important to cover your watermelon planting space with a plastic cover in prior to transplanting at least two weeks before. So, the soil will be warm more rapidly. All depends on the weather, as it can allow you to relocate you seedlings to outdoors for at least 10 days before you can use it without plastic.<br />
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Always consider plant space which is needed to spread out, when you are supposed to be choosing different varieties of watermelon plants. If you facing very limited area for plantation of watermelons, select the compact kind of watermelon plant. Naturally, all varieties of watermelons do not survive in cold temperatures; it could be around less than 60F. Mostly, in cold areas they initially transplanted at indoors and then later on they have been transplanted outsides or outdoors. It is recommended to remain careful about the roots, as you don’t need to disturb them. Planting watermelons seeds in loose sealing-soil would be better option.<br />
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		<title>Growing Mint in Outdoor Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To grow the mint in the garden is easier than going and waiting for your turn to buy the mint from the grocery store. You all very well know that mint is one of the best and most exotic flavors. But now it is coming with a twist. The farmers have introduced a number of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To grow the mint in the garden is easier than going and waiting for your turn to buy the mint from the grocery store. You all very well know that mint is one of the best and most exotic flavors. But now it is coming with a twist. The farmers have introduced a number of other flavors in mint that mint is losing its flavor.<br />
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Mint is mostly known for its peppermint or spearmint flavor but now it is coming in a sweeter touch like chocolate mint, pineapple mint and many others like that.</p>
<p>Now, you can also grow the mint in your outdoor garden very easily. You can try a number of different flavors. These flavors will help you make your tooth sweet and introduce different flavors in the market. Growing Mint in Outdoor Garden is quite an easy task than it is thought. It only needs a bit of hard work. First you have to check out different nurseries where you can get the mint plant with fancy foliage.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of Growing Mint in Outdoor Garden it is recommended that you first get a pot which is filled with rich and well drained soil. Mint plant needs a maximum 6 hours of daily sunlight. So it is preferred that you put the pot in the direct sunlight so that it can get the desired sunlight. But also keep in mind that it also needs a partial shadow as it can’t survive in the dry condition.</p>
<p>Now once you have gotten the mint seeds, plow it inside the house. They sound be plowed in the last spring frost and should remain inside the house for maximum 8 weeks. During this time period you have to water it regularly and fertilize it but make sure it is not over watered.</p>
<p>The mint only needs the complete care in the spring season otherwise they can grow on their own. But make sure they have a regular trimming otherwise they will cover your whole garden.<br />
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The peppermint and spearmints plants are about 12 to 18 inch long. They are one of the easiest plants that can easily be grown in the outside garden. Once they start growing you can try a variety of things with this mint without any hesitation. You can gift the mint to tour relatives and friends so that they can enjoy different exotic drinks with it.</p>
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		<title>Growing Bananas, Looks Like Very Easy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a fantastic work to grow bananas for all ages. It is just a fun to grow them. They may grow at their striking rate.  Whereas, in colder climates, they are optimistic about sunny windowsills  or glass house, and in hot weather all around the year, they are seemed to show an perfect for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a fantastic work to grow bananas for all ages. It is just a fun to grow them. They may grow at their striking rate.  Whereas, in colder climates, they are optimistic about sunny windowsills  or glass house, and in hot weather all around the year, they are seemed to show an perfect for a bright ledge or glasshouse in colder weathers, and in hot season or all year-round in warmer areas, they can make an eye-catching garden plant.<br />
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It is a fact that harvesting the bananas at their right variety and keeping them warm enough is quite easy and is found to be a truly an outstanding plant among other&#8217;s plants.</p>
<p>The Banana family is found to be varying in size, growing rates, their color and so on, in fact distinctly same bananas of all variety. The classic banana fruit that is Cavendish varies is usually derived from others banana actually gets from taking small cuttings that get from other plants reach adultness. The Dwarf Cavendish shows the same look other than that will grow with additional size at homes.</p>
<p>Most of the unusual plants of bananas that can be matured from seed and which unusually show sometimes rapid growing plants. These  types  of  plants  have  been  observed  after  a  long  period  of  time.</p>
<p>The conditions required for growing bananas includes warmness, dampness and brightness along with rich soil. However, they show the best result when kept on south that is facing window sill  or even in  Bananas like hot, moist, light conditions with well-off soil if they are to perform do best so the plants are usually kept on a south facing windowsill or in the luminous  glasshouse. It is found difficult to grow but rather in just easy three ways they are easy to grow that will enhance the rate of growing bananas. .</p>
<p>Initially steep the germinating seeds for at least 2 days in order to suck up water as it can. Secondly, take out them and check them. Some of the species of the Bananas are found to be damaged while other grows without any harm. However, some of the seeds reach huntress that will be a risk. If such damages are observed that will be removed by scratching small notches that will be seen in the seeds.<br />
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At last plantation of seeds is in moistly rich container. Ensure that you checked them on daily basis or on alternate days.</p>
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		<title>Cucumber Growing Tips and Techniques for Gardeners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gardeners have to watch the weather, when they are Growing Cucumbers in their gardens. By their nature, cucumbers come up with many uses in the daily human life. Mostly, cucumbers are used as an appetizer, some people just eat raw cucumber, some use them with salads, or lastly they can be use in the making [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gardeners have to watch the weather, when they are Growing Cucumbers in their gardens. By their nature, cucumbers come up with many uses in the daily human life. Mostly, cucumbers are used as an appetizer, some people just eat raw cucumber, some use them with salads, or lastly they can be use in the making of pickles. However, today they are very important in relaxing your eyes and minimization of wrinkles on your face.<br />
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This multipurpose plant also possesses various remedial characteristic. Growing cucumbers on your own garden therefore should be on the top of gardening list of yours. This is an amazing plant. There are many tips and techniques, which gardeners can easily adopt to grow cucumber in their gardens without facing any kind of hassle.</p>
<p>The very first thing you must consider is weather, when you trying to plant cucumber in your garden. They are basically belonging to tropical plant family, so by nature they require a lot of space and sunlight as well. An early summer season will be the ideal time to plant cucumber as it can’t be survived in the cold season, so it is better to keep watching weather when you are planning to plant cucumber.</p>
<p>Another important tip, cucumbers usually flourish in the wide open spaces. The cucumber plant could fade if it has very little space for its growth. If you are facing shortage of space in your garden area, you can build perpendicular lattices where the plant can easily go up and flourish.</p>
<p>It is also important that you must prepare your garden soil before you can actually plant cucumber in your garden. You can do this by integrating fertilizer and cultivating it more systematically. But you make sure that the land soil is loose and have enough number of drains in order to avoid water logging, etc. You have the option to introduce some organic fertilizer in order to begin conditioning your garden. This process will definitely allow the swelling of nutrients on the land soil which is much beneficial for growth of cucumber. In order to retain some moisture and keep grass growing, you can include mulch to your garden soil. The ideal materials are wood chips, saw dust, and tree bark etc.<br />
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After your soil gets conditioned, you can start planting your cucumber in two different ways. Firstly, you can wait for three weeks to allow starter plants grow further.</p>
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		<title>Decorative Ideas for your Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever we developed a backyard garden, the initial thing that makes our thoughts are plants. Needless to say, each and every backyard garden should have plants. In any other case, I wouldn&#8217;t realize how to refer to it as other than &#8220;vacant lot&#8221;. These types of plants may be herbal plants, veggies, or ornamental vegetation [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever we developed a backyard garden, the initial thing that makes our thoughts are plants. Needless to say, each and every backyard garden should have plants. In any other case, I wouldn&#8217;t realize how to refer to it as other than &#8220;vacant lot&#8221;. These types of plants may be herbal plants, veggies, or ornamental vegetation that may enhance the green thumb in your soul. These plants placed in pots or perhaps grown right on the soil, provide life in your backyard or frontyard providing you with a calming experience.</p>
<p><a href="http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Home-Garden-Decoration-Pictures2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1673" title="Home-Garden-Decoration-Pictures2" src="http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Home-Garden-Decoration-Pictures2.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="525" /></a><br />
Besides the vegetation, gardens also contain flowers of various sizes and colors, and trees different in size and distance. In addition, your backyard may also incorporate garden knick knacks and yard adornments which are sure to rock your crops and enhance you a lot of elegance. These types of lawn adornments accentuate and/or give importance for your plants and plant layout. Despite the fact that many garden knick knacks can be expensive, it really is really worth the dime to add attractiveness in your backyard garden. Below are a few purposes why you need to add splendor in your backyard garden.</p>
<p><a href="http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Garden-Decor-002.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674" title="Garden-Decor-002" src="http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Garden-Decor-002.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="518" /></a><br />
Adding garden knick knacks in your garden creates the atmosphere or the appearance you would like your yard to display. Your flowers and plants may certainly set your state of mind for the day as you appreciate the way they blossom and sway to the melody of the breeze, yet incorporating yard arrangements can perform this more desirable. Garden ornamental sculptures like kids or childlike figures and also the animals at that may provide the impression of friendliness and charm for your garden. It appears your garden will be child-friendly and may also be a recreation space for people of every age group, including the butterflies, bees and birds. Moreover, including <a href="http://www.tabletopfountainsshop.com/">tabletop fountains</a> can establish a calming and relaxing appearance ideal for rest from a difficult workday or perhaps a difficult day in school. Place a table close to the fountain or maybe your preferred plants and you&#8217;re simply guaranteed to have the best time though uplifting your character.</p>
<p><a href="http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Enhance-Your-Garden-With-a-Wall-Fountain.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1675" title="Enhance-Your-Garden-With-a-Wall-Fountain" src="http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Enhance-Your-Garden-With-a-Wall-Fountain.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></a><br />
Other than placing the atmosphere for your backyard, including yard accessories on your garden can have your character and what type of lifestyle you running. Because you are your own garden&#8217;s artistic developer, you&#8217;d probably incorporate your preferred shades and preferred personalities or animals. You may also incorporate garden ornamental sculptures of a woman together with man standing near to one another, displaying that you are living a blissfully committed life; or backyard water fountains with angels as the focal point, displaying the way you adore and like the angels. Painting your yard arrangements with the red shade implies that you&#8217;re in love, or make use of the violet share in your backyard garden could express royalty. In case you&#8217;re evening person, try enhancing your garden by using solar water fountains or solar driven lamps and lighting to be able to still benefit from the appeal of your work of art even during the night time. Making use of solar driven garden accessories you will save electricity and concerns from detangling and organizing the electric cables.</p>
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		<title>5 Tips for Keeping Cactus Indoor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you told about cactus the first thing that comes to your mind is the thorny plant that grows in the desert in the scotching heat as shown in the movies. But in reality nothing is like. It is true that cactus mostly grow in the deserts but there are a numerous types in cactus. [...]]]></description>
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When you told about cactus the first thing that comes to your mind is the thorny plant that grows in the desert in the scotching heat as shown in the movies. But in reality nothing is like. It is true that cactus mostly grow in the deserts but there are a numerous types in cactus. There are some cactus types that can grow in the hot climate with very less water but there are also some cactus types that grow inside.</p>
<p>Cactus can live in the most extreme conditions but the biggest threat they have to face is when they are given excess of water. While you are watering them you have to take care that the soil is saturated and all the excess water is removed from the soil.</p>
<p>Though cactus need very less care but here are few tips which you have to keep in your mind when you are <strong>Keeping Cactus Indoor</strong>:</p>
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<li>Cactus is mostly suited to those people who have a busy lifestyle and they don’t have time to water them. As you all know that cactus has the quality that they store water so if you will not water them they will survive. On the other hand if you will give them excess of water they may die.</li>
<li>While <strong>Keeping Cactus Indoor</strong> makes sure that they get sunlight. The sunlight can either be direct or filtered. You can move it to different places so that it can get ample of sunlight. But when it is in its dormant stages make sure that cactus is kept in a cool place along with the sunlight.</li>
<li>In winter it has to be kept in a cooler place but it must get less sunlight. Due to this cactus will have flowers on it once it will be out of the dormant stage? Apart from this you can <strong>keep</strong> it in a clay pot as it will help the water evaporate quickly.</li>
<li>It is essential that you keep on re-potting the cactus, as their roots grow and if you will change the pot the roots will become stronger. And it is better that you keep on putting new soil in the old soil.</li>
<li>Like every plant cactus also need fertilizers. So when you will keep a cactus indoor you have to fertilize it with the essential fertilizers. The type of fertilizer varies from cactus type.</li>
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		<title>Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<title>Front Yard Landscaping &#8211; Guidelines to Follow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Front yard landscaping is really creative and it can help you out in the appearance of your house to an extent. You can simply make anything out of the place that you have and people that would visit your place will surely going to get inspired by the thoughts and ideas that you have put [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Front yard landscaping is really creative and it can help you out in the appearance of your house to an extent. You can simply make anything out of the place that you have and people that would visit your place will surely going to get inspired by the thoughts and ideas that you have put up over the place. But there is still a lot that you could get from front yard landscaping and you don’t want to be boring and monotonous at it. The ideas that you are generating should be unique and different enough that people would really appreciate your efforts and concerns. Here are some guidelines that you could follow while front yard landscaping so you wouldn’t end up losing a lot of money in the end.</p>
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<p>You should first of all know that landscaping is not as important and essential as much as its maintenance and repair is which is why you should spend some time on the front yard landscaping maintenance more than anything else. It would save you a lot of time later on and it would save a lot of your money as well because you would be taking care of it in a timely manner.</p>
<p>Don’t involve too many things that cannot hold up the climate conditions that you are living in. if you are planning on putting up a waterfall into the front yard landscaping, and the location where you live is rainy and moist all the time it wouldn’t be probably a good of an idea. The same goes for the people who want to plant grass in areas that are more prone to getting droughts and snowfall. These things don’t match with each other and they would eventually ask for a lot of care and maintenance that you probably won’t be able to give.</p>
<p>You should know of how much space your front yard landscaping is going to take because separating the driveway along with the parking and walking trail is going to be important. You don’t want to mess up anything because then it would cluster up.<br />
Variety in front yard landscaping is also very important; you should be able to add different colors and shades to plants, flowers and trees you are adding in your front yard and make sure you know which one of them are seasonal and ordinary. You should also plan out the entrance design carefully.</p>
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		<title>How to Grow Orchids in Hanging Baskets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kikonja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many orchids lend themselves to growing in hanging baskets and these are available in many different shapes, sizes and materials. Orchids will actually grow in any sort of container as long as it has plenty of drainage holes. Wire or plastic baskets, as used in the garden, are good, but they can sometimes be a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Many orchids lend themselves to growing in hanging baskets and these are available in many different shapes, sizes and materials. Orchids will actually grow in any sort of container as long as it has plenty of drainage holes. Wire or plastic baskets, as used in the garden, are good, but they can sometimes be a little open, letting compost wash out every time the plant is watered. To overcome this, place a layer of plastic netting in the base of the basket before the orchid is potted into it. Greenhouse shade netting is ideal as it will not break down easily. Plastic net pots are also very good, especially for smaller plants; aquatic plant baskets are perfect examples. Orchids such as gongoras produce a great many aerial roots, so a net pot will allow these to grow out into the air with ease. They also produce pendent flower spikes that hang over the side of the container or even grow downwards through the holes, so a hanging situation is essential. Coelogyne massangeana is another pendent bloomer, the spikes reaching up to 60 cm (24 in) in length, so it looks its best when the tresses of yellow flowers are allowed to hang below a basket.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Without a basket, stanhopeas would not be able to bloom properly. The flower spike is sent down through the compost and out of the side or the base of the basket. If there are no holes, the spike will eventually abort when it cannot find a way out. The most popular type of basket for stanhopeas and most other orchids is a wooden slatted basket. These are used extensively in the Far East for keeping vandas and other orchids where little or no compost is used around the roots. This will only work if there is a very high level of humidity and the plant will be able to take in all the moisture that it needs directly through its roots. If insufficient moisture is provided, the orchid will start to dehydrate. Therefore, in conditions that are not as humid as the tropics, it is better to add compost to the wooden baskets.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Transferring an orchid from a pot into a basket is no more difficult than simple repotting. Choose a basket large enough for the plant to be able to grow in it for at least two years, but take care not to overpot into too large a container. Many orchids suited to baskets -bulbophyllums for example &#8211; will remain in the same container for years as they love to grow over the sides and eventually completely envelop the whole thing if left alone. Line the inside of the basket with netting to prevent the compost being washed out, and pot as normal with a fairly open, coarse bark compost. There is good drainage in a basket, so there is no need to add drainage material to the base of the basket.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">By using hanging baskets in your greenhouse or conservatory, you are making use of the whole space, right up to the roof. The orchids that you hang up should be those that enjoy the extra light they will receive in this situation nearer the roof. You may find that they also dry out more quickly due to the increased air flow around the root system, so make certain that the plants are getting enough water in warm weather.</span></p>
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