Why Coconut and Banana are used as spiritual fruits in temples and offerings? Boston Fern plant care- my sophisticated Fern plant

Grooming my plants!

Gardens have a tendency to overflow with lots of love but anything out of control is very harmful feng shuii for your home and life. I have noticed overflowing money plants where people boast of wealth coming in but there is a negative feng shuii to this. Personally I like to keep my gardens trimmed and showing care. Dead plants, dried leaves, droopy plants are not for my space!

I tried to give the overflowing fern plants a sophisticated look. of course after talking to it with love trimmed the overflowing leaves which took away so much energy and even accumulated lots of dust in the window garden. I had done this once even to the long leaves snake plant, they look different and much elegant. 

snake plant has grown new leaves after trimming

Fern growing in round container

Do this only if you have a space crunch. Otherwise the ferns look beautiful covering the whole hanging baskets with leaves. 

Money plant repotting

Snipping the fern leaves

Easily grow the evergreen plant from cuttings

The Evergreen ornamental plant is easiest to grow and can be grown with cuttings.

Adenium tantrums continue

big roots of money plant are energy suckers

replaced old plant containers

In window gardens where there is low sunlight you must have light plastic containers with well draining soil.  If your Boston fern plant is not growing healthy you have to check the roots also. There are lots of dried roots that take space in the hanging basket thus making stunted growth of the plant. The fern will start looking dull and show lots of dried brown.  It's time to trim and repot the fern again. You need not choose a bigger pot, use the same hanging basket but reduce the roots and trim dried leaves.

very important to cut dried roots

Adenium plant on a still

trimmed the fern leaves

remove all dried parts of dead leaves

sophisticated fern plant

The fern of course looks so elegant and graceful. Soon they will again grow and overflow with new leaves!

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Coming to the interesting title of why Bana and Coconuts are used as offering in puja and temples or spiritual rituals. Bananas grow from the seeds of Bananas that have to be potted with respect. They are not thrown away as different fruit seeds that we eat the fruit portion and throw the seeds in trash. So also coconuts have to be grown with the fruit itself. Usually the fruits of coconut travel through waters and take roots thus growing from a complete fruit itself. Unlike other fruits where we take the portion of fleshy fruit and throw the seeds these two have to be used as whole to grow new plants. This may be the spiritual reason why we use these as offerings and in spiritual rituals. 

Keep your garden happy neat trimmed and sparkling with joy! 

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Happy Gardening from Rizwana!