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Peace Lily Plant Benefits Information

Peace Lily Plant Peace lily plant is a broad leaf plant, has leaves that like a banana leaf. Lily flower shaped like a shovel and have a white color. The flowers are fragrant. These plants can be put in indoor or outdoor. The length of flower stalks can reach about 2 feet, with a number of flower buds per stalk 3-6. Calla Lily Plant These beautiful flowers are known since ancient Greece. Lily or Lilium name is derived from the Latin form of Greek, Leirion. Lily was originally grown in the plains of the Mediterranean and West Asia, almost every house there adorned with the beauty of this flower. Even then, this interest developed in the area of agriculture. The spread of the lily covers the European and Mediterranean region including North, crossed into most parts of Asia to Japan, India, and the southern Philippines. And now has spread to southern Canada through the United States. Indoor Peace Lily Plant The peace lily plant is very easy to grow, some varieties can be ...

Bluebbery Plant Fruit Benefits And Information

Blueberry plant is one of the dried plant. Blueberry plants require full sun and soil with good drainage. These plants can adapt to the shade but the number of flower and fruit production will decline. So you should not plant blueberries in place which many tree. Fresh Blueberry Fruit Blueberries contain a variety of nutrients, for example, some minerals (manganese, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, and zinc), vitamin B1, B2, B3, and B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, as well as carbohydrates and fats. Blueberry also contain vitamin K, manganese and high is good for health. Young Blueberry Fruit Blueberry plants will grow well in soil with pH 4.5 - 4.8. When the pH is too high, plant growth will slow and shoots of plants will turn yellow and in the long term will cause plant death. Good Blueberry Fruit Blueberry plants have male flowers and female flowers on one tree, so there is no problem in terms of pollination. If in an area there are several ...

How To Care For Bromeliad Plant

How To Care For Bromeliad Plant - Bromeliad plant can be adapted to either of the low-lying areas to higher area exceeding 4,200 m above sea level. Starting from the tropics to the desert highlands he thrives. The optimal air temperature for bromeliad plant is 20-25 degrees Celsius with humidity require low or medium. Bromeliad flower can last for one to three months with an average of 40 pieces of leaves that have curved edges. There are species or types of bromeliads which the leaves are jagged, there is also the type that without serrations. Bromeliads can be planted singly in pots and can also be arranged to form colonies. In general, colonies of bromeliads placed on the footpath or used as a point of interest in the middle of the park. These plants are generally developed by seed or seedling that different with lucky bamboo plant . Waterring Bromeliad Plant Different from other plants, bromeliad roots not only in charge of absorbing nutrients and water, but also serves as a cru...

Benefit and Usefulness Vinca Plant For Health

What is Benefit and Usefulness of Vinca Plant For Health - Almost all parts of the plant vinca beneficial for health. The leaves contain compounds that vincristine and vinblastine alkoloid. Both of these compounds are potent antineocristine against cancer cells. Other plant parts such as flowers, fruits and stems contain alkoloida catharantine known as anti-cancer. Alkoloida catharantine contains a substance similar to plasma cell cancer, if consumed, cancer cells in the body will absorb it. The result, the cancer cell nucleus pressed and disappears. In addition to beautiful looks, vinca plants also keep a secret of alternative medicine. The results of Canadian research experts - Ely Lilly, Svoboda, and Noble - indicates that there are four substances in the virgin site that can be utilized: Vinblasine, it can be used in the treatment of leukemia. Vincristine, as well as used in the treatment of leukemia, as well as breast cancer and other malignant tumors. Vindesine, used in the tr...

How To Cultivate And Care For Vinca Plant

How To Cultivate And Care For Vinca Plant - Herbal plant vinca (Catharanthus roseus / Vinca rosea / Ammocallis rosea / Lochnera rosea) is a plant producing a reliable herbal medicine, used by humans since ancient times for medicinal herbs, as herbs are never forgotten. Vinca plants grow well in tropical areas, abundant flowers, a beautiful shape with color from purplish-pink, pink or white. Widely planted in pots or yard or the yard, because the beauty of flowers. This plant also has many benefits such as echinacea plant. Vinca plant is a shrub, this plant comes from Madagascar, but widely cultivated in subtropical and tropical regions around the world. Widely cultivated as a producer of herbal products. As a wild plant can grow to heights up to 1m or more, but widely cultivated generally only grow to about 15-60 cm tall, tall plants generally will fall by the wind. Cultivate Vinca PLant Vinca plant is one plant that is easy to grow, relatively not too much trouble, flowering no...

How To Cultivation and Care for Lily Plant

Cultivation and Care for Lily Plant - Lily is an annual plant, can produce for 3-4 years. Many people who care for and make this plant as one of the indoor ornamental plants as other plant such as lucky bamboo plant . This plant is not too difficult to be cultivated because not too many pests and diseases that often attack this plant. Lily plant nurseries Lily plant consisting of various varieties. Each variety has its own particular characteristics of flower color and flower type. Most farmers grow local varieties of lilies, white flower color and flower type trumpet, while the company's plant various varieties such as Cassablanca, Asiatic, Snow Queen and others who have flower colors and flower types vary. Farmers obtain seed through multiplication of bulbs, in a clump can produce 2-3 bulbs, but for 2 years back farmers have difficulty in breeding. This is due to seed tubers derived from diminishing in number due to root rot and seedling lily bulbs so that more and more reduced...

How To Grow Basil Plant in The Pot

Basil can be planted in pots to avoid the possibility of contracting the disease fungi in the soil. But we need regular care so basil grow well. Basil is also tolerant of heat and cold weather. These climatic differences result in the appearance of the plant just different. Planted basil leaves in cold regions is wider and green. Being in the hot basil leaves small, thin, and pale green colored. Basil seeds propagated by seeds. Basil seeds from fruits that ripen on the stem. Characteristic of the old grain is colored - black and dry. Basil seeds should be sown before planting. Follow the steps below to planting basil in pots: Choose a pot with a hole the size needed in the bottom for drainage. Diameter of the pot is about 15.5 inches, while the depth of about 12 inches which is good for the growth. Clean the pot from the inside by using a few drops of bleach diluted in water to kill harmful bacteria. Then rinse with water. Fill pot with fresh soil, high quality. However, ...

Care and Control Pumpkin Plant Pest and Disease

Control and care pests and diseases on pumpkin plants need to be done so the pumpkin plant can produce fruit with high quality.  Read the steps below to care and control the pests of this plant. Care For Pumpkin Plant Prior to plant pumpkin vines grow or spread, measures must often do the weeding. Land that has not been fully covered is easily overgrown by weeds. Ground around the main stem of the plant should also be lifted. The trick to pull the soil near the plant stem so that the staple crops to higher ground. After the plant shoots out a place we need to make pumpkin plant propagation. Propagation of each place is used as a pole connected with the propagation of another rod at the top. Thus, the propagation of the place looks like the boxes that concatenated together. Downsizing of the field box on the roof where the propagation is so that the fruit can grow perfect pumpkin and easily picked. Connections are tight in order to do the binding of the blades. Place of propaga...

How To Care Lucky Bamboo Plant For Good Growing

How To Care Lucky Bamboo Plant For Good Growing - Technically, lucky bamboo is not really bamboo plant but rather a type of called Dracaena sanderiana species. Although most live in hydroponically (in water), lucky bamboo can be grown in pots or common ground. One thing you should watch: the lucky bamboo leaves contain toxic levels despite mild. Therefore, these plants must be protected to avoid the possibility of touchable pet or your child. Lucky Bamboo plant's physical appearance, very different from other types of bamboo plant . Lucky bamboo has green bark and is very smooth despite having several sections, also has smooth leaves that are very different than the usual bamboo. Caring for Lucky Bamboo Plant Lighting: Lucky bamboo is more good to live in bright light conditions with filtered sunlight. Avoid direct sunlight because it will make dry bamboo leaves. This bamboo plant will be more tolerant to conditions of less light than too much sun. Watering: Lucky bamboo can actu...

How To Control Tomato Plant Pest and Disease Right

Control Tomato Plant Pest and Disease - Tomato is one of the easier plant for cultivated, but frequent harvest failure due to pest attacks. For that we must learn how to properly care and control tomato plant so it will grow fast. A. Tomato Plant Pests Tomato fruit worm (Heliothis armigera Hübner.) Characteristics: ± 4 cm long caterpillars and will be getting longer at low temperatures. Color varies from green caterpillar, yellowish green, brownish green, brown to black. Caterpillar on the side of the body there are wavy lines elongated, colored younger. Many warts on his body and hairy look. Eggs are round yellowish shiny and after 2-4 days it turns brown. Moth wing length when stretched ± 4 cm and a body length between 1.5 to 2.0 cm. Brown front wings and rear wings are white with brown edges. Symptoms: This worm attacks the leaves, flowers and tomatoes. These caterpillars are making holes in tomatoes are on the move. Fruits are generally perforated so that the ...