Pruning and Repotting

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Soil and Fertilizer Considerations When Repotting Plants

January 4, 2024

The Dos and Don’ts of Pruning Climbing Plants

January 4, 2024

Creating and Maintaining a Formal Hedge through Pruning

January 4, 2024

Winter Pruning Guide for Deciduous Plants

January 3, 2024

Root-bound Plants: Identifying and Solving the Issue

January 3, 2024

An overgrown garden with a variety of neglected plants, which have grown unruly due to lack of care. Some of the plants are showing signs of disease or pests. A range of gardening tools is laid out beside the garden, including pruners, a rake, and a spade. They point to the possibility of a large-scale pruning job to bring the garden back to its former glory. The mood is both of impending work and potential renewal.

Renovative Pruning for Overgrown and Neglected Plants

January 3, 2024

A detailed, realistic painting of an indoor gardening scenario. In the center is a healthy, robust succulent plant sitting inside a temporarily vacant clay pot, with raw, rich soil visible. Nearby, another pot holds a lush cactus being carefully moved with firm, metal gardening tongs to a freshly cleaned terracotta pot with new soil. Tools are on a wooden table along with a scoop, gloves and pebbles. The background presents pastel shades of a peaceful domestic atmosphere without any human presence or any text.

Repotting Succulents: Ensuring a Healthy Transition

January 3, 2024

A detailed depiction of a healthy verdant garden showcasing various plants in different seasons. Focus on variations in lushness, color and size, demonstrating growth after pruning. In spring, picture blooming flowers and small leaves on pruned branches. In summer, visualize larger, healthier leaf collections due to spring pruning. Autumn should show richly colored foliage prepared for winter. Winter scene captures barren branches ready for new growth. No text, brands, logos, or people are included. The image aligns with the notion of time and its effects on plant life, representing the title 'Timing is Everything: Seasonal Pruning Guidelines'.

Timing is Everything: Seasonal Pruning Guidelines

January 3, 2024

A well-maintained garden showcasing various plants, shrubs, and trees in different stages of being pruned. Falling leaves and branches are carefully collected into a heap. On the side, a stack of gardening tools is displayed including shears, secateurs, and a saw. The scene displays the contrast between pruned and unpruned plants, highlighting healthy foliage of pruned plants while unpruned plants show signs of disease and pest infestation. In the background, a diagram showing the lifecycle of common pests, and spots highlighting how pruning helps disrupt it, can be seen for an educational aspect.

The Role of Pruning in Pest and Disease Management

January 3, 2024

A digital illustration showing the principles of layering and air pruning, appropriate for an gardening article. On one side, depict layering with colored lines representing different layers within a soil, perhaps a rich dark soil on top, a layer of lighter brown humus beneath it, and deeper layers of hard-packed earth below. On the other side, visualize air pruning with a plant's roots growing in a container with holes, where, reaching the air through the holes, the roots are naturally pruned. No brands, human figures or text of any kind should be in the image.

Layering and Air Pruning: Advanced Techniques Explained

January 3, 2024