Category: Plant Care & Tips

How to Care for Bell Peppers Plants / Capsicum Plant Care

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Bell Peppers or Capsicum or Sweet Peppers are a widely popular vegetable because of it’s sweet, spicy or hot taste and also because of their varied colors. These are a rich source of Vitamin C. Bell peppers needs your little extra effort to grow. Keeping the plant moist and warm but at the same time protected from scorching heat & strong winds, needs a little care but not hard enough as long as you are aware of what is required by a pepper plant. Let’s discuss how to care for bell peppers plants.

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How to Harden Off Seedlings before Transplanting

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It gives a lot of satisfaction to a gardener to grow their plants from seeds. These days, numerous gardeners are following this as it gives them an opportunity to grow wide variety of plants which may not be available in their local nursery. Growing from seeds is not very difficult given you know the process. One of them is, hardening off your seedlings either before transplanting or setting them outside under direct sunlight & wind. Let’s discuss how to harden off seedlings before transplanting.

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How to make Seed Starting Mix at Home/ Homemade Seed Starting Mix

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There is no better feeling than starting your plants from seeds. Not only it’s a fun but it also saves you lot of money.  When we talk about starting seeds indoors or starting seeds in seed-trays to transplant them later, we always wonder about the medium to use. Should we use garden soil, peat moss, coco coir, perlite, sand or should we buy ready made expensive commercial Seed Starting Mix because the kind of medium we use can make a huge difference. I love making my own medium as I can modify the ingredients as per the need of the seed or plant. Let’s discuss how to make Seed Starting Mix of your own at home.

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How to Care for Poinsettia in Pots

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POINSETTIA, commonly known as “RED LEAVES” in Southeast Asia, is a native of Mexico. Poinsettia is extremely popular among gardeners and more so among container gardeners. It’s a beautiful looking plant. Highly sought after during Christmas season. Let’s discuss about how to care for poinsettia growing in pots.

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How to Care for Dahlia Plants to produce more Flowers

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DAHLIAs are extremely beautiful flowers which blooms annually. These plants have tuberous roots.  There are over 42 species of dahlias which are available in a range of extremely wide variety of forms and colors. Let’s discuss about how to care for Dahlia Plants.

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