The Interior Landscape: Houseplants and Plantscaping

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The Interior LandscapeHouseplants and
Plantscaping
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Caring for Interior Plants

• Before caring for a plant you need to answer the
  following questions.
• What is the proper way to water the plant?
• How much light does it need?
• What is the best Temperature for optimum growth?
• What type of soil mixture is needed?

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Caring for Interior Plants

• Watering
• You must carefully observe each plant and how
  many times you water it.
• Signs of improper watering are
• Drooping leaves
• Wilting leaves
• Yellow leaves
• You will also need to look at the moisture
  control, and if there is proper drainage.

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• There are different ways in watering plants
• They are
• Drench and let dry This is where water is
  added and then you let the soil dry out until you
  water again.
• Drench and let dry slightly This is where water
  is added and you let the soil dry slightly and
  then water again. So the soil will be moist when
  you water again.

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• The last method is of water is
• Keep medium constantly moist at all time so it is
  moist to the touch.

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• Lighting
• What is photosynthesis?
• It is the process of manufacturing food

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• What is Light Meters?
• small machines that measure illumination or
  light. You can find these at florist, garden
  centers and department stores.

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• Light Intensity requirements
• There are three groups, they are
• Direct sun plant should receive full intensity
  of natural sunlight.
• Partial sun or weak sun plant should receive
  less than 50 of natural light
• Indirect or filtered light plant should receive
  no direct sunlight at all.

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• Artificial lighting
• The fluorescent light enables horticulturist too
• Root cuttings of interior plants more easily
• Start seeds of new and different interior plants
• Grow tropical plants, cacti and succulents with
  greater ease

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• Temperature
• The recommended temperature for plants indoors
  are between 50 degrees F to 85 degrees F.

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• Humidity
• It is the percent of moisture in the air which
  is an important factor to consider when growing
  interior plants

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• Humidity
• Humidity around interior plants can be increased
  by
• Spraying a fine mist of water on the foliage of
  the plant with an inexpensive plastic spray
  bottle or any type of mister.
• using a watertight try filled with small pea
  gravel to hold the potted plants. Water is added
  to the tray to come to the top of the gravel and
  plant are set on the gravel, making certain that
  the pots are not actually in the water.

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• Humidity
• Using a humidifier to provide the moisture in the
  air.
• Placing the plant in a part of the house that has
  the highest humidity . Examples are bathroom,
  and kitchen

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• Soil Mixture
• A good general potting mixture includes two
  parts loamy soil, one part organic matter such as
  peat moss and ect.. One part course sand and
  horticultural grade perlite

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• Fertilizers
• There are two types of interior plant fertilizers
  on the market today. They are
• Slow released which is in the form of small
  beads, which are coated with plastic and
  dissolved over a period of time and is applied
  to the soil mixture.
• Soluble fertilizer is available in liquid or
  solid form. When using the solid form it must be
  dissolved in water before applying to soil.

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• You will need your books and will need to read
  pages 221 starting at potting plants and read to
  page224 and stopping at indoor plant chart. You
  will need to take notes over these pages and turn
  them in for a note grade.