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Tried-and-True Secrets for Healthy Plants

Lots of folks love to have plants growing in their homes, or even a large garden in their yard. There are many reasons to grow plants - they can add a decorative touch to the inside and outside of your home and/or provide you with food and herbs to eat. Of course, you want healthy plants. So, it will be necessary for you to learn the needs of each type of plant you grow. Our focus in this mini-report is to provide you with some generic suggestions and tips that you can use on just about any type of plant growing you choose to do.

When you are looking for plants, or seeds, the first thing you need to ask about is how much light they need each day. Calculate how many hours of sunlight your chosen spot has each day and then buy plants that can thrive on that level of sunshine. You can control lighting with the help of artificial lights; LED lighting in particular is quite good for this. Even so, a majority of people choose to plant according to how much light they have available, and plant their plants in the best spot. The bottom line is to choose plants with lighting requirements that match your environment.

If you're starting a garden for the first time, avoid the mistake of starting off with a plan that's overly ambitious. This also applies if you want to buy plants in containers for inside or outside your home. If you have numerous plants, it will make it necessary for you to learn - quickly - what the specific needs of each plant are, and you'll have to keep an eye on each and every plant. It's easy, when this happens, to overlook some plants and they may suffer.

In the beginning, buy just a couple of nice plants that catch your eye, and only buy one or two of each variety to get you started. For example, a common &quot;beginner&quot; plant is a tomato plant. If you buy a 12-pack of seedlings and put them in your garden, you will have your hands full taking care of them and checking them over for problems each day. It's better to just put out a couple to begin with. If you have less plants to watch over, it will be easier to take care of them and to catch anything that becomes a problem - like picking off tomato worms. This is easier to do if you only have two plants instead of a dozen!

One common mistake a lot of gardeners make is not learning the proper amount of water specific plants need. We know, of course, that plants need water to grow, but the amount of water of different plants varies. This mistake is one of the main culprits that causes plants to die. If you have several or many plants, don't just water them all uniformly, but pay attention to their individual needs. Houseplants fall victim to over-watering all the time and, as a result, don't stay healthy. Root rot is the problem that houseplants can suffer from. Root rot is the result of the roots of the plant not getting enough oxygen because they are getting too much water. A good sign is that the leaves turn yellow. How much space you allow each plant, the amount of sunshine it gets, and how much you water it are three of the many requirements for growing healthy plants. After you've been working with plants for a while, you will begin to learn what each variety needs to thrive. In the meantime, you can easily find out what a certain plant needs to be healthy. Garden centers are good sources of information, and if you buy plants or seeds from them, don't be afraid to ask questions of the knowledgeable staff.

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