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Growing

The basic starting point for all gardens and gardeners is knowing how to grow and look after your own plants successfully. Gardening is a skill that is learnt over many years, but some of the essential elements can be established quite quickly. The following brief guide will help you to gain an understanding of general plant growing techniques, covering sections like seeds, seedlings, plants, cuttings and related subjects.

House Plants - Conditioning

House plants require a balanced environment to ensure healthy growth. They may suffer and have a shock reaction to your homes environment if it is different to what they have been used to.

Here are several tips to help condition the plants to your environment.

To start off with you should expose the plants to the maximum amount of available light entering the room you intend to keep them in. Over the period of about four weeks you should reduce the available light to the intensity of the location selected for the plant.

Next, leach the soil mixture by allowing water to filter down through the soil and escape through the drainage hole. Repeat this leaching process four or five times. This removes excess fertilizer or salts that can cause leaf drop when light intensities are low.

Ensure that the environment you are keeping the plant in will meet its requirements for moisture level and temperature.

Read any care instructions that came with the plant and follow them carefully.