Plant Watering Habits
(NAPS) To increase the life
span of your plants this summer,
here are a few helpful gardening
tips.
According to Decor America
Inc., a leading manufacturer in the
production of self-watering plant
pots, most people’s watering hab
its consist of either deluging
plants with too much water or ig
noring them for weeks.
To prevent gardening mishaps,
experts recommend you plant in
door and outdoor plants in self
watering plantpots. These include
the Cylinder line for houseplants
and Roman line for the great out
doors!
Indoor and outdoor plantpots
water from the roots up. automati
cally combining the right amount
of water and air to grow healthier
flowers and shrubs.
Easy-to-use, these indoor and
outdoor plantpots come fully as
sembled.
To pot plants, gardeners need
only fill the capillary pillars with
polling soil, tapping it down firm
ly before planting. As the plant
uses the moisture in the potting
mix, water is drawn up from the
waterwell to the plant's root sys
tem by capillary action. Because
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of this natural process, the plant
lakes in only as much water as it
needs.
To water plants, gardeners need
only add water through the easy to
locate side opening. The water
level can be checked by looking
through the same side opening or
by dipping a finger into the water
well. The well storage allows
plants to go two to three weeks
without attention (depending on
plant type) saving time, water and
your plants!
In the case of rain, excess water
seeps through the soil and is stored
Snooze Away
Do you remember the old
advice of warm milk at bedtime to
promote sleep? New research at
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology is looking into the
milk-sleep connection. Thoughts
are that tryptophan, a building
block of protein found in milk and
other protein foods, can be con
verted into serotonin (a brain
chemical that acts as a relaxant).
Because of this perceived “a sleep
potion” image, tryptophan in the
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in the waterwell. Over-watering
cannot occur because the floor of
the pot is designed to remain
above the water level and the ex
cess water is drained through the
side opening. The ventilated floor
ensures proper aeration, eliminat
ing chances of root rot. The water
well side opening is also perfect
for adding liquid fertilizers allow
ing direct access to plant’s roots.
For more information regarding
self-watering plantpots, please
call Decor America Inc. at (800)
332-6711.
form of supplements became a big
seller. However, recent reports
have linked these products to a
rare and dangerous blood disor
der; as a result, the Food and Drug
Administration ordered the sup
plements off the market. While
more research is needed for the
warm milk theory, there’s certain
ly no harm and maybe some
nutritional benefits in this
practice!
Time To Plant Bulbs
RUTGERS. NJ. Fall is the
time to think spring and plan bulb
plantings. Among hardy “bulbs”
suggested as being deer-resistant
are; snowdrop, snowflake, scilla,
grape hyacinth, crocus, chiono
doxa, fritillary, allium, eranthis,
crown imperial, iris and daffodil.
Narcissus is die genus which in
cludes those spring flowers we
variously call narcissdus, doffodil,
jongiui. There are 20,000 varieties
of these popular springtime
bloomers which can make selec
tion a puzzle as well as a pleasure.
Narcissus are grouped into 11
main divisions and 18 subdivi
sions. Popular terms can distin
guish them more simply.
The common name “daffodil”
should refer to trumpet-flowered
narciccus - those in which the
trumpet part of the flower is equal
in length to or longer than what
might commonly be called the pe
tals. The name “jonquil” should
refer only to certain species - N.
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their hybrids. It would be correct
to call any of this huge group of
plants narcissus.
How to choose narcissus? Per
sonal taste for color and form are
probably the first considerations.
Also important may be cost. Nar
cissus should be planted in groups
or drifts of a single variety to look
their best Some varieties may be
mote expensive than others, but
“bargain price" bulbs may not be
the answer, either.
Any bulb, including narcissus
needs a well-drained site, with
some sun, and where after-bloom
foliage, which must be left to die
back naturally, will not be a
“problem” either visually or phy
sically. Planting details should be
provided with the bulbs and will
vary with species and variety. Soil
should be prepared, as for any
planting, with additions of fertiliz
er, organic matter, and lime if soil
pH is low.