Is this the right forum for questions on gardening?
I started a garden and have some questions. First, I hear it takes forever to make an avocado tree flower. While I was at Home Depot the expert was saying:
- you need another tree within 2 blocks to help cross polination
- bees help a lot
- the old leaves falling at the base of the tree are essential to keep the soil moist and out of direct sunlight
Anyone have other tips for a gardener new to avocados?
I know nothing about growing avacados. I do make a great guacamole though.
Anyway, I found a link you might take a look at.
Wills Avacados Hey there!
I'm wondering if anyone can give me any tips about bonsai, those little japanese trees. I love those plants really, and i would like to know if anyone can help me with those. I had 3 bonsai trees, but they always ended up dead after 3 months, more or less. And currently i have one, but i'm afraid i'll let it die after a while, and i dont want it. I water it as i should, and i dont change the place where it is, and i use fertilizer as the instruction say. I dont know what to do... :/
Any answer would be highly apreciated =D
Thanks
I wish I could help, but I myself have killed 2 trees already.
I think the key is not over watering and not too much sun. Pruning also has to be done correctly.
Do a google search - I am sure you will come up with some good advice.
Good luck!
sorry dont know much about gardening...but really, go for it, man! I applaud you...
i tried to get into gardening but after getting allotments, realised i couldnt do it...<blushes> | blackhole365 wrote: |
Hey there!
I'm wondering if anyone can give me any tips about bonsai, those little japanese trees. I love those plants really, and i would like to know if anyone can help me with those. I had 3 bonsai trees, but they always ended up dead after 3 months, more or less. And currently i have one, but i'm afraid i'll let it die after a while, and i dont want it. I water it as i should, and i dont change the place where it is, and i use fertilizer as the instruction say. I dont know what to do... :/
Any answer would be highly apreciated =D
Thanks |
I don't know much about gardening, i've just started with an Opuntia, but if you follow instructions it should survive. You can also search in google for more info, maybe you just missed something 
| blackhole365 wrote: |
Hey there!
I'm wondering if anyone can give me any tips about bonsai, those little japanese trees. I love those plants really, and i would like to know if anyone can help me with those. I had 3 bonsai trees, but they always ended up dead after 3 months, more or less. And currently i have one, but i'm afraid i'll let it die after a while, and i dont want it. I water it as i should, and i dont change the place where it is, and i use fertilizer as the instruction say. I dont know what to do... :/
Any answer would be highly apreciated =D
Thanks |
Sorry, I can't help either.... I tried bonsai for a while... however having studied the techniques for a while, I decided that I don't like the concept.
It seems cruel to restrict the growth, or force the direction of the branches... I've always been some one who enjoys growing plants/trees... but I can't get my head around keeping them small.
Maybe I'm lucky that I have a garden.... and that I seem to have green fingers....
My garden is "overrun" at the moment by Passion Flowers (grown from seed - 10 seeds in the packet, 9 plants germinated - that was 12 years ago, and they are still growing well), and also apple trees - Braeburn variety, which were grown from seed about 10 years ago... The largest is something like 10 feet tall now... no fruit however as it wasn't grafted onto another root... but its great shade for the dog !!
MalcolmI must say I have had to battle a lot of white fly and other pests with my tomato plants -- but if you create those hanging tomato contraptions -- like they sell on TV, it helps a lot!
I created my own out of a painters bucket. Just cut a hold in the bottom and the top and fed a small plant through the hole. Watch it grow! Do a Google search if you need more help!
I have never tried fuit trees or anything big, mainly smaller plants like strawberries so I couldnt help you. But what kind of conditions are needed for growing the bigger trees like apple and pear?
I haven't the foggiest about making an avocado flower (and I'm actually allergic to avocado), but I'd love to know how to keep a Brazilian jasmine, which is right now in a pot on my patio, in bloom -- or at least alive -- over the winter here in Canada.
I was thinking about bringing it inside, but I'm afraid the lack of light will kill it. Does anyone know how to send it into dormancy without killing it and maybe having it still alive next spring?
I'm at a loss, and it's a really pretty plant.
