September 21, 2007
Organic Indoor Gardening Products
Organic gardening deals with cultivation without chemical fertilizers and other synthetic additives. Organic gardens are generally considered to be out doors. However, indoor plants can also be successfully grown in the organic way. Indoor plants brighten up the dullest interiors too. You can grow most of the fruit, flower or vegetable indoors. The organic indoor gardening products provide all that is required to grow healthy gardens indoors. Many organic indoor gardening products help in this endeavor. Some of them can be categorized as follows:
Active Nutrients:
They are organic concentrates that work wonders with the indoor plants. Using these products help in growing stronger and healthier plants.
Pumps:
This category of organic indoor gardening products consists of air and water pumps. They are used for erecting hydroponics systems. There are centrifugal inline water pumps, multistage pumps, submersible pumps and air pumps available in various capacities.
Climate Controllers:
These organic indoor gardening products are specifically required for greenhouse and grow room applications. There are temperature controllers, humidity controllers, humidifiers, coolants etc to replicate the climatic condition suitable for the plants.
CO2 Systems:
CO2 or Carbon-di-oxide is a colorless odorless gas. It is required to enhance the plant growth levels. Sometimes the CO2 level inside a closed structure falls bellow the specified optimum limit. This can be detrimental to the development of the indoor plants. CO2 generators are used to keep the concentration of the gas at the prescribed level.
Testing Kits:
For healthy plants, it is imperative that the soil constitution is optimum. There are many organic indoor gardening products available that test the various properties of the soil. pH kit measures the acidity or alkaline content of the soil. Correct pH is essential for the plants to be able to absorb the nutrients. EC (Electrical Conductivity) kit and TDS (Total Dissolved Solvent) kit measures the dissolved solids in the nutrient solution.
Growing Media:
Hydroponics systems produce bigger plants, but are much more exacting. Oxygen is trapped in hydroponics growing media that helps the roots to absorb nutrients. The growing media available is good for both soil and soil less growing. They are popular and effective organic indoor gardening products.
Hydroponics Systems:
They have all the requirements including trays, pumps, instructions, nutrients, timers, and growing media required for soil less cultivation. In fact, every thing other than the plants comes under them. Hydroponics systems provide an efficient and clean gardening the whole year.
Hydroponics Nutrients:
The hydroponics growing media does not contain any nutrient. Hence, all the minerals etc have to be fed to a plant growing under a hydroponics system. These hydroponics nutrients contain minerals like calcium, potassium and phosphorus, organic compost, vitamins and other hormones.
These are a few of the indoor organic gardening products beneficial for the growth of plants inside.
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September 23, 2007
Larry Chipkin @ 1:25 am:
I hoped your readers would enjoy growing a TickleMe Plant organically. Here is how!
Ever Grow the Plant That MOVES When You TICKLE It?
“Daddy come quick my plant just moved when I tickled it” my daughter Rebecca screams from her bedroom. You can imagine the excitement in my house. My daughter Rebecca and I have successfully grown aTickleMe Plants™ that close their leaves and lower their branches when we tickle them. With proper care they can even produce pink puff ball flowers
Here is all you have to do to grow your own TickleMe Plant™!
Materials:
• TickleMe Plant™ Seeds
• Flower pot or cup with hole on the bottom
• Soil
Directions:
1. The day before you plant your seeds, soak them in warm water overnight.
2. Fill a flower pot or cup ¾ of the way with soil.
3. Plant three to five seeds by covering them with 1/8 inch of soil.
4. Water your seeds gently.
5. Place your newly planted seeds in a room that receives bright light or sunlight for part of the day.
6. Temperatures in the room should be above 70 degrees.
7. Water before the soil dries out.
8. That’s it! Your plants will begin to grow in less than a week.
The first two leaves will not be ticklish. In about three weeks, the second set of TickleMe Plant™ leaves will appear and they will move when you tickle them. TickleMe Plants™ are best grown as house plants and can even be placed in a bright location outside during the warmer months. They are frost sensitive, so be sure to bring them inside before the cold weather arrives. They produce pink puff ball flowers. TickleMe Plants™ can live for a year or more and grow to about one foot plus in height.
Native to Brazil, TickleMe Plants can be found growing wild there and in other tropical areas. The scientific name for the TickleMe Plant™ is Mimosa pudica. It also has been called shy grass, sensitive plant and other names throughout the world. To learn about the natural history of the TickleMe Plant™ go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_plant
Don’t be surprised if you find yourself and your children more sensitive to plants. To learn more about growing TickleMe Plants™ or to order seeds go to www.TickleMePlant.com
Larry Chipkin Co-Owner of the TickleMe Plant™ Company. He and his daughter Rebecca love their TickleMe Plants. He wants every child to have a positive experience growing this amazing plant!