Friday, December 30, 2011

Plants for the New Year

                                          My Phalaenopsis Orchid
I had two plants that I wanted to get before New Years to bring in 2012 with and here is the first one. This is my phalaenopsis orchid and it is doing well getting filtered light through my blinds. I got this plant as a bargain which was a plus. After I brought it home I took away all of the dead leaves and repotted it using tree bark as well as some moss. This is a great plant especially when it rewards you for all of your care for it with blooms.

The second plant is my zygo cactus. I got this plant on sale at walmart because its after christmas. I just recently repotted it because when I bought it many leaves were coming out of the pot. It looks happier now in its new home. I got really inspired to grow one from Liza's blog at www.goodtogrow.wordpress.com and I'm glad that I bought it. I hope that all of you will have a happy and safe new year. See you in 2012 with new posts :)!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Happy Holidays

                                                               
I hope that you all will have a happy holiday for 2011, this winter season all of my plants are dormant right now due to the cloudy and rainy days making their growth rate slow. They will enjoy the holidays also. I will have a last post for the year of 2011 either next Thursday or Friday and will resume in January 2012 with more posts. Happy holidays from Dynamic gardening.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Flowering Plants: my African Violet

                                                       My African Violet
This is my african violet plant, it is currently sitting in my southeast facing window that gets the least intense light in my apartment because it has 4 south facing windows, 2 west facing windows, 1 southeast and 1 southwest facing window. I bought it yesterday at lowes. I found it and a lot of others on a sale rack for only 98 cents each. This was a great deal and I am excited about getting it to flower. I will post more updates on it in the upcoming months and to show its progress.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Lucky Bamboo Update

                                                       Lucky Bamboo
Now here in Texas the weather is around 45 degrees and also here's an update of my lucky bamboo plants that are growing in my kitchen. I have finally seen new growth and I had the straight stalk for over 2 years and the spiral for a year and a half. I'm glad that they're finally growing as today I am celebrating my birthday.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Schefflera and Dracaena Marginata update

                                     Schefflera Arboricola Update
This is how my schefflera/ umbrella plant looks now. It has grown and is still growing a lot. Eventually I repotted because the old pot that it was in had gotten too small from the plant growing a lot. Right now its in my southwest facing window that gets sunlight in the evening. These are great plants to add to anyone's garden.


                                     Dracaena Marginata Update
This is my dracaena marginata that I saved from home depot this past January that was on the clearance rack. It's doing great, it seems to enjoy my southwest facing window that gets evening sunlight. It's also gotten really taller than it was so now its like a minature tree. When I repotted
it I happened to add a rubber plant (ficus elastica) to the pot and they get along good. Hope you enjoyed the update!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

How To: Repot a Plant

Repotting a plant is essential to keeping your plant healthy and thriving.
This is for when your plant is way too big for its pot. The plant that I will be
repotting is my spiderplant that's been growing in a dark corner of my
bedroom still growing. Here's a picture of it:


Before starting this task, a few materials will be needed and those are:

Soil
plastic bag (can be a grocery bag)
shovel
new container
few plants to add in (optional)


Once you got all of the materials gathered, you can start:

Step 1:  lay out plastic bag and place the plant on it

Step 2: remove the plant from its old container

Step 3: Loosen the root systems and remove any
unhealthy roots


Step 4: fill up about 1/3 of the new container with soil

Step 5: place the plant in the new container


Step 6: add a little soil around the root system

Step 7: add the smaller plants in plant them in
securely not showing any roots


Step 8:  fill soil in any empty places around the
plants and then water throughly

You're Done, Congratulations you successfully
repotted your plant, here's the finished product:D




Wednesday, November 2, 2011

New Arrowhead Plant

                                               My Arrowhead Plant
Happy November! At this point I have most of my houseplants inside due to the season change to fall and cooler weather. This is my arrowhead plant that I had for over a week now and its doing fine. I also can't wait until it starts to trail and grow long vines. I'm going to document this plant's growth over the course of this winter and next spring.