Organic flowers have risen in popularity largely due to Fair Trade practices that promote small farms in other countries growing organic produce or fruit to earn their own income. The typical bouquet that you would have delivered by a florist or one that you pick up in the supermarket has been grown in a foreign country where the crops are sprayed with large amounts of herbicides, pesticides and chemical fertilizers exempt from U.S. regulations.
We know that organic vegetable gardening has become a trend in vegetable production because it is healthier to eat vegetables produced naturally and that chemicals can have a long-term negative effect on people. Many diseases are said to be caused by being exposed or ingesting too much chemicals in the body. It is no wonder many gardeners have started to grow vegetables naturally.
But do you know that you can also go organic with your flower gardening? Even though you do not eat the flowers that bloom in your garden, organic flower gardening is still an excellent way to protect your family from harmful chemicals and safeguarding the welfare of the environment.
Flowers are beautiful and having some in your garden makes a home very enjoyable to stay in and therefore the importance of how to plant flowers properly.
How to
plant flowers depend on the purpose for which the flowers are being planted. There are flowers in homes, flowers in recreation parks, around buildings that are used in different ways. All these are planted in different ways according to the theme of the place.
In homes, flowers are aimed at making the home pleasant to relax in. How to plant flowers in homes depend on whether they will be indoor plants or a home garden or if they are for an edge.
Indoor flowers are usually planted in pots or specifically prepared planting containers of troughs. Below is a brief on how to grow flowers indoor.
- Select the flowers suitable to survive under shade and low light intensities.
- Select low maintenance flowers that will not require a lot of work if you are going to plant them indoor.
- Prepare the growing containers by putting course gravel at the bottoms, follow with fine gravel and then fill the rest with your preferred media. This is good for drainage.
- Think of where the water will drain after watering.
Then plant your selected flowers in your containers, otherwise called pots and water properly.
Here is a brief of how to plant flowers out door of in the field.
- Prepare the soil deep to break any hard pan.
- Add compost and a base dressing fertilizer like Triple super phosphate and mix well.
- If your the area is not well drained, raise the planting bets to allow for this when it rains.
- Plant your flowers on the beds observing the density that is required for the particular plant variety.
- Water well and observe.
The best way to learn how to plant flowers is by doing it practically. There are many guides available in the internet.
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