Gardening Tips

Anyone who has ever swallowed salt water while surfing or swimming in the sea will remember the unpleasant taste of salt in the mouth. Rightly, salt water does not taste good to us: if we were to drink only salt water, we would ironically become dehydrated, because salt water withdraws more fluid from the body […]

In this article you will find information and tips about cutting orchids. When, how and why you may, can or should cut roots, leaves and flower shoots of orchids, you will now learn. Cutting flower shoots of orchids with Phalaenopsis A question that will be on the mind of anyone who has an orchid on

Sunburn among us humans is well known. However, the fact that orchids can also get sunburn is much less known. Since you can not fall back on the well-tried suntan lotion, I would like to give tips in this article, how to avoid sunburn on orchid leaves. The right choice of window The easiest way

Watering orchids – a difficult task? Friends often tell me that they have already brought one or the other orchid around the corner. And almost always, after a brief investigation of the cause, it turns out that it had something to do with watering. Therefore, I would like to give some helpful information and tips

The days are slowly getting longer and soon the sub-zero temperatures of this winter will be history. Our orchids also long for the more light and warmth in March, April and May. Therefore, now is the ideal time to make them fit for spring. In this article, I will give you valuable suggestions and tips

The roots of your orchid grow not only in the substrate, but also further and further beyond the pot? I’ll explain in this post what such aerial roots are all about and how to tame them. What are aerial roots? In orchids, aerial roots are the roots that grow above the substrate. In general, especially

Mixing your own orchid substrate is easier than you might think. The advantage: You know what’s in it and can adjust the mixture exactly to your orchid. I’ll tell you how to do it. To mix your own orchid substrate*, you first need to know what different ingredients it can contain. Therefore, I will first

A green lawn in the garden is a stated goal for many amateur gardeners. And it is weeded and mowed so that the lawn in the garden resembles a golf lawn. Green, well-kept lawn looks good, but the question arises how to achieve this goal, with low water consumption. Lawn sprinklers are one way to

For many amateur gardeners, the lawn is considered the greatest sanctuary, which they cherish and care for. In many cases, this already starts with the creation of the lawn. With high expenditure one would like to create the best possible starting basis for a gapless and rapid growth for the planar green. Particularly controversial is

The right watering water plays an important role in plant care. However, the hardness of the tap water is often too high, so it should be decalcified in advance. We explain how this is done. For plants to thrive, they need water. But the water from the tap is not always suitable as water for

Softening water: This is how it works The harder the water, the more lime it contains. If you drink soft water, it has a better effect on the human body than hard water. Soft tap water has a hardness of 7.5 to 1.3 millimoles per liter. Very hard water, on the other hand, has a

For many amateur gardeners, the lawn is one of their favorite and most intensively cared for areas in the home garden. All the more controversial are topics around care and maintenance of this green area discussed. Again and again, the center of numerous discussions is the question of whether it is permissible to mow wet

The optimal cutting height is an important part of lawn care to keep the lawn healthy and looking beautiful. The height of cut you need to set the lawn mower to depends on many factors. cut sports and recreational lawns to 3 – 4 cm for special types of lawns, the cutting height can be

A lush green lawn is the pride of many amateur gardeners. But when it gets warmer outside again, yellow spots can be seen in the lawn in many places. These can have various causes. yellow spots on the lawn often the result of errors in care. main causes are drought, mistakes in fertilization and cutting

Clay soil brings some problems. To make it more permeable for lawn, loosening it with tools and suitable measures is useful. We show how to do it. Loosening can be done by mechanical means Water drainage is improved Supply with nutrients becomes easier Compost and sand can be used as aids to loosen the soil.

The centerpiece of many gardens is a beautiful lawn – even after years. If the old lawn is worn out, sod can be laid on top of it with little effort and no complicated tools. We explain how it can be done. mow the old lawn as short as possible before installation test and improve

Over the years, a lawn can become somewhat unsightly. In addition, sometimes poor maintenance also contributes to this. There are various ways to renew the lawn. One of them we present to you. Options for lawn renovation Not only moss, but also bare patches or poor growth of grass plants can make a lawn in

If in late autumn or winter bare patches appear in the lawn, the question arises whether they can immediately reseed when frost comes. How useful such a measure, explains this article. sowing in winter is not very useful grass does not germinate in frost birds eat the grass seed young grass can dry up in

For amateur gardeners, this sight is a horror: As if from nowhere, mold sprouts on the potting soil of beloved houseplants. Unfortunately, some plants can no longer be saved after this infestation and they die, but usually you can ensure with a few means that they recover quickly. We reveal the best way to deal

Hanging a nesting box is a commendable thing. In order for it to be inhabited by birds, the compass direction must be right. Some bird species need a nesting box Free-living birds such as tits prefer natural cavities in which to hatch their eggs and raise their young. Naturally growing woods, meadows and natural stones

Hardly any garden accessory divides the hobby gardening community as much as the garden gnome. Either you love the small, colorful gnomes or you hate them. Nevertheless, it is impossible to imagine garden culture without them. They populate front gardens, allotment garden colonies, farms, ponds and greet you when you look over the neighbor’s fence.

Hand on heart: Do the weeds get on your nerves? To some extent it does to me, because I’m regularly sorting through them, especially when I’m harvesting my “normal vegetables”. I still leave the weeds, don’t spray them, and don’t do a ritualized dance to make our garden weed-free. So here you’ll read my reasons