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Caring For Your House Plants The perfect range of foods & nutrients to help your Orchids & House Plants flourish. Convenient ready-to-use dripper’s, sold in singles & 4 packs. Also available in concentrate 175ml. burnets.co.nz gardener.kiwi kiwigardener 39
Creating a miniature garden Discover a love of terrariums and you will soon find yourself surrounded by glass-bound marvels. Words & Photos Sue Witteman Above While anything goes, in this aquarium terrarium an obvious lime theme has been used for added impact. Sometimes you are given a gift that inspires you to do something creative. Recently, my kindly aunt gave me a handsome large glass bottle and I could not wait to turn it into a cool terrarium. These miniature glass-bound gardens are not only a delight to not only have in your home but also to create. To begin, I thought about the theme and colour scheme I would like and began to collect together bits and pieces to construct my terrarium. I decided to go with a white and green colour palette and sorted through my indoor plant collection to source the plants that fit that criteria. Apart from appearance, you want to choose plants that have small root balls, or if not, then ones that are amenable to having their root balls cut down. It is surprising how much room a root ball can take up when they are jostling for position in a constricted space. Because bottles have necks, it can be tricky to place the plants in the bottle and fiddle around with them to achieve a pleasing arrangement. An easier way is to use a piece of paper or cardboard and draw around the bottle to replicate the size of the bottom of the bottle. You can then play with possible options on the circle without going crazy trying to do it in the bottle and causing damage to the plants in the process. You need to decide whether you want the planting to be viewed from just one side or if you want it to be viewed from all sides. If you want a front view, then your taller plants can go at the back. If you want an all-rounder, then your taller plants will be positioned in the middle of the bottle. Once you have figured out your configuration, it is time to add the growing media to the bottle. Begin by putting down a layer of gravel. I put in about 8cm, but this measurement is flexible depending on how tall the bottle is and how much gravel you have on hand. I used smallsized brownish gravel because I like the colour, but in the past I have used the grey chip off the drive. When pouring your gravel in, place a soft cloth or paper towel on the bottom to stop the gravel hitting the glass with any force – especially important if you are using big stones. Next, if you have any charcoal, add it on top of the gravel to keep your little ecosystem from going 40 kiwigardener gardener.kiwi
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