plant nutrition

 Garden plant nutrition and nutrient management

PLANT HORMONES,PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS and PLANT ENZYMES ORGANIC or CHEMICAL source is a matter of choice    Often you may wonder why the seasonal vegetables plants in your home garden do not flower.U start guessing problems in your garden.Many a times you feel that growth of our garden plant is slower than you expect. Many of these kinds of problems can be  overcome by use of Micro nutrients and Plant Growth regulators which are easily available in market.   PLANT SHAMPOOS,Amino Acids,QUICK ROOT Hormones etc.......... Garden Owners – Are we aware how much we spend in maintaining home garden and for what purposes.

CHEMICAL NAME

BRAND NAME

MFD  By

Triancontanol 0.05 % EC

Triculan/Miraculan

Crystal Phos/Dow Agro

Triacontanol 0.05 % Granules

Speed Up/Active Gr

Dhanuka/Insecti India

Ascophyllum Sea Weed Extract based enzyme

Cryovita/Biovita

Crystal Phos/PI Indus

Cytokinin based enzyme

Nanozim/Dhanzyme

BIOSTADT/Dhanuka

ANA 4.5 % SL

Super Fix/Planofix

Indofil/Bayer

Gibberelic Acid

Pro Gibb/Cryzib

Sumitomo/Crystal Phos

Humic Acid

Nimhume

Nimla Organics

Nitrobenzene(Combi. of Nitrogen and Sea Weed Ext.)

Morcha

Nimla Organics

NPK fertilizers and MICRONUTRIENTS
Macro and micro nutrients for basal application as customized fertilizer are popular.Tata Paras Farmoola Sugarcane is an example in the category of customized fertilizers.It contains N 7%,P 20 %,K 18% and S 6%,Zn 0.5%,B 0.2 %.

Tata Paras Farmoola Sugarcane was initially priced at Rs.610 per 50kg bag.Its recommended basal dosage in sugarcane is four bags per acre.
NPK 12 32 16(e.g.complex fertilizer in GRANULAR form,IFFCO 50 kg MRP Rs.1060/- ) contains N 12 %,P 32%, K 16 %

NPK 19 19 19(e.g.Sujala,RCF);NPK 20 20 20(e.g.Shriram SHAKTI) and NPK 0 52 34(e.g.Shriram SAATHI) are Water Soluble Foliar Fertilizers and are readily taken up by plants

Water Soluble Foliar Fertilizer or other CHEMICAL fertilizer (e.g.Urea,DAP,potash etc.) or ORGANIC (e.g. Azotobacter,Phosphorus Solubilizing bacteria or Potassium PSB) is a matter of availability and choice

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MICRONUTRIENTS like Zinc Zn,Copper Cu,Iron Fe, Manganese Mn and Boron B are imporatnt.They have roles like Zn-Transformation of Carbohydrates;Cu -Fruit growth;Fe - Formation of Chlorophyll;Mn-Metabolism;B- Seed and fruit development

seasonal flowers -- WINTER

 WINTER GARDEN PLANTS

फूलों के बीज सर्दी विन्टर बुआई के लिये flower seeds for winter season gardening Autumn winter season sown flowers in a pattern of purple colored Sweet Williams,  Coreopsis,  Sweet Alyssum अलाईसम फूल, Matricaria , Phlox, Pansy and Petunia in Delhi. We all like SEASONAL annual winter FLOWERS. 

Garden Poppy presents a colorful paradise.Eschscholzia californica is also known as California poppy,while Papaver orientale - common red garden poppy

WATERING regularly during WINTER reduces frost injuries and in SUMMER it provides optimum microclimate 

In nature even the same looking things are different. An example of flower 

Acroclinium roseum or  paper daisy flower in family Compositae have have straw-like petals too.

The pappus bristles in this flower are plumose.

Helichrysum bracteatum or straw flower in family Compositae give a papery feeling when touched 

with hand.The pappus bristles in this flower tend to be barbellate,or plumose only at the apex

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Sunflowers come in a variety of petal counts.While the single layer of petals is common, you can find quite a few sunflower varieties with double petal layers.Spring i.e.Feb month sowing season is suitable for growing sunflower or suryamukhi or surajmukhi plants

 

 
Why sunflowers are called sun flowers !!!!Sunflowers in botany are named as Helianthus annuus.Helios which means sun and anthos which means flower.Sunflowers respond to the daily cycle of the Sun because of a physiological process called heliotropism.Anatomically,due to turgor pressure of the water against the cell walls of motor cells in pulvinus,a flexible segment of the stem just below the bud,enlarge or shrink.When pressure increases on one side and decreases on the other,that stem responds by drooping or stiffening.This is why Sunflowers always face toward the Sun and hence are called Sunflowers.

Annuals flowers like Dahlia,Gazania,Pansy,Petunia,Phlox and Primulas are sensitive to sowing dates as flowering is in direct correlation to sunlight intensity and duration.This phenomenon is known as Phototropism,which means a plant’s growth response to any light

 

 

 

DAHLIA - Does it require any word of praise !!!!!!!! It is the most appreciated flower in your garden during winter

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Gardening is the easiest way to get closer to nature
 

soil, manure, compost, other soil conditioners cocopeat, vermiculite, perlite, organic fertilizer, chemical fertilizer, some seeds from kitchen and some seeds from market .......... that is what you require to begin gardening in ANY season !!!!!!!!

ROSE FLOWER गुलाब का फूल
Chrysanthemum grandiflorum क्रिसेन्थमम गुलदाउदी 
sunflower सूरजमुखी and marigold गेंदा फूल
BELA बेला Jasminum sambac, GULAB गुलाब Rosa sinensis, JUHI जूही jui flower Jasminum auriculatum, CHAMPA चम्पा Plumeria sp, CHAMELI चमेली Jasminum grandiflora
harsingar हर सिंगार Paarijat पारिजात Nyctanthes arbortristis flowers can be seen as carpet of flowers in the morning. They bloom opening occurs at night and drop off in the morning. Harsingar हर सिंगार white flower with orange-red stalks 
Raat ki raniरात की रानी  Cestrum nocturnum bears greenish creamy white tubular flower

GREENERY around us DO NOT fill our WALLETS purse ज़ेब की हरियाली but hariali DO fill pockets of our LUNGS with OXYGEN. Gardening is not just about buying plants and keeping in balcony. Gardening in true sense means growing plants .......... from seed to seed.

winter flower seeds सर्दी विन्टर बुआई के बीज summer season plants गर्मी के मौसम में बुआई के बीज

 

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seasonal flowers - SUMMER

 

SUMMER GARDEN PLANTS

spring sown SUMMER flowers फूलों के बीज गर्मी समर बुआई के लिये 

लाल मुर्ग़ा फूल Cockscomb plants or Celosia cristata. Portulaca, Gomphrena, Zinnia, Gaillardia, Morning Glory or Kochia bush as seasonal flowers for spring summer sowing

Celosia plumosa /COCKSCOMB/Woolflower/Red Fox is one of the flower having feathery plumes representing a group having common name as Cocks comb.U too R ready for Spring Gardening na !!!!!!!

ZINNIA,gaillardia and PORTULACA- common summer flowers in Delhi homes.Portulaca grandiflora ,commonly known as Moss Rose,a semi-succulent annual flowering plant are happy during heat of summer.

Gomphrena Gul-e-makhmal गुले मख़मल Globe Amaranth consist of numerous individual flowers that appear as one globular shaped flower

gomphrena is also an annual summer flowering plant seen during summer but is sown during spring

kochia bush or कोचिया Kochia scoparia or Bassia scoparia or Mexican Fireweed Shrub Summer Cypress seedlings can be prepared during on the onset of spring season i.e basant ritu and kochia saplings may be transplanted after few weeks

Kochia bush or Summer Cypress or Mexican Fireweed Shrub or Bassia scoparia are used as a pot in balcony,staircase area and front garden.Landscaping background for beds and borders is also done by using kochia plants

Besides Portulaca,Gomphrena,Zinnia,Gaillardia and Kochia bush,one can also go for Morning Glory

Morning Glory flowers present a beautiful look to surroundings of sea.Beach Morning Glory or Goat's Foot or Ipomoea pes-caprae a common pan tropical creeping vine can be seen in coastal regions