Thursday, October 1, 2009

Gardener's List

As no garden stays stagnant, there are always chores. My current list of "chores" reads as follows:

Trimming:
1. Trim the periwinkle which is fast growing out of its pot. DONE!
2. Trim the stolons off the two pots of ‘war paint’ and propagate these.
3. Trim the stolons off the pink episcias in the kitchen and propagate these. DONE!

Repotting:
4. Re-pot the pink episcias which have been grown in smaller pots into one big (hopefully) bushy pot. DONE!
5. Repot two nepenthes into sphagnum moss.
6. (Deep breath - Dare I do it?!) Repot the two pots of cephalotus into deeper pots and in sphagnum moss. DONE!
7. Repot the hydrocotyl into two pots.
8. Repot the hilo which is sitting in a shallow pot into a deeper pot to encourage the growth of bigger leaves. DONE!

Propagating:
9. More friendship plants - mexicanum sedums, episcias and artemias. DONE!
10. Take a few cuttings of Martin’s Mystery for propagation in one or two small hanging pot.
11. Separate the fittonias into two pots.

Removal
12. Remove one strangly pots of mint. DONE!

Purchase
13. Purchase another metal rack so that another three pots of “coral” ferns can be placed out into the sunlight. DONE!
14. Purchase a bag of burnt earth. DONE!
15. Purchase a bag of perlite. DONE!

On-going maintenance:
1. Anti-mossy granules to be topped up into the pitchers and water trays: Beginning of each month.
2. Every weekend: Diluted phostrogen.
3. Anti-fungus treatment on the frangipani: Beginning of each month.
4. Neem treatment: Beginning and middle of each month.
5. BE-1 treat: Middle of each month.

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