Gardening-Simplified

Monsoons , the best time of the year, monsoons always   bring  out the nest in me! right from the artist with loads of creative  energy to the obsessive   gardener  , planting just about anything  I get my  hand  on! This time again some fresh seeds planted, Adenium, the exotic variety of plants , had the seeds from the parent plant that died last year. With excitement and hope, and happinesss! Couldn’t resist my self and the obsessive gardener,  even though we are planning to shift within a few months from here, to a larger  space much higher, but without  an open terrace, adopted a few stray plants growing under our car parking slot. Gulmohar, flame of the forest tree seeds immediately have sprouted and are so beautiful. Awestruck with beauty of the Universe, we struggle so hard to grow plants at home from seeds and these stray plants come up and die off after each rain or are cut off while cleaning the parking space. So saved ...

Wodyetia bifurcata The Fox tail Palm loaded with fruits, what an Awesumly amazing sight! I did not know this type of palm and our society garden has beautiful varieties of plants and this was a surprise with so many bunches of fruits almost overflowing luck! We have date palms that always have so many fruits that actually no one cares!The bunches of dates, raw yellowish ones , drop and are feats fro birds, no wonder the garden has thousands of birds, sparrows mynas, crows and other exotic birds,cuckoo, green bee eaters, koyal,  that stay happily .Just till construction begins...that is the saddest part of development... I had grown Date palms in container from seeds, very easy to grow,  but then had to part with this as the these palms grow quite tall.So we are happy with the ornamental palms that sway with breeze and are Awesum Feng Shui! Best    Feng Shuii Cure Paintings  for sale by Rizwana A.Mundewadi. The Date Palm is loaded with sweet fruits-read here...

From the green leaves after a few years... the plant breaks into tiny off white buds,  the fragrance is what made me go near and smell them, actually it is a wonderfully refreshing citrus one.  Loaded with off white fragrant flowers, the flowers fall  off , drop their white petals, leaving behind a small center of green bud like fruit. This lucky small fruit, orange fruits grows in size and looks almost like a green lemon. Gradually it grows in size and is a lovely shade of dark green color. Awesum, Heavenly Citrusy and Tangy Orangy! Orange Fresh Green  Fruit on Plant Growign Good Luck mandarin oranges in containers has been considered very auspicious in feng Shui. Orange fruit trees grown near main doors and entrances are symbols of wealth and prosperity luck. Sitting near the orange plant in the evenings is a bliss as the citrus smell is everywh...

People do add extra growing material, right from base growth of plants. Then also many nurseries over feed the plants to force blooms and when you get these plants at home you wait and wait and no blooms!  There is a string tendency with gardeners to get flowers fast and huge sized flowers. Of course I understand the commercial  gardeners who want to see flowers and they do need flowers of good size and plenty but even new gardeners bring plants and then want to see flowers within  month or some weeks. Yes, you see fast  blooms depending upon the maturity and  age of the plant you have bought.  And also the genes  of the plant you have brought. Hence I always advise to buy saplings with some buds or flowers on it. Understanding the feng shuii garden How much to add, what to add and when to add for flowering in newly planted plants Before planting make the soil rich with added nutrients. You get ready mixes that are good to be added to soil. Don...

This again is an issue that comes up with many gardeners. And many people ask that how to know if their plants will grow or not and how long to wait after planting cuttings. It is as if they eagerly watch the cuttings for signs but the plant looks shrivelled and dries off and yet they have hope it will spring into fresh green leaves. So they send me photographs  and emails of how to check and how to make the decision of letting go of any cutting , to understand and accept that it will or won’t  grow. Mogra Plant Cuttings Anant Plant Cutting growing Healhty Anant Plant cutting wilted off Chameli Jasmine creeper cutting growing fats With trying so many cuttings, here is What I have noticed. It is easy and simple to know if the cuttings are growing or not. After following all the basic principles of growing plants from cuttings and if the place, soil and watering is correct from day two you will notice differences in the cuttings. See that the cuttings ar...

Awesum Clouds First rains 2017 from my little space under the sun! The best time to plant seeds in just before the full fledged monsoons begin. Seeds sprout very fast and the sunlight is milder and for few hours of the day. Just enough for the seeds to begin. Don't plant seeds when there is very heavy downpour. If you are planting cuttings then rains are the best time. They pick up growth very fast. Check that the pots have well draining soil other wise seeds die off if the soil gets clogged in rains. be careful of your bulb plants also in rain , plant them in small containers and well draining soil to otherwise bulbs die off becoming mushy in rains. Aboli Fire cracker seeds  Begun with fresh seeds of the parent plant of Adenium and Aboli, with loads of excitement, withing for the happinesses! Best time to plant new seeds, I usually wait for the first showers after summer, this is the best time. There is cool breeze setting in evenings and nights become cooler. I have trie...