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Moringa Plant Information Details

Moringa Plant Information Details - Moringa oleifera grows long-lived (perennial) with a height of 7-12 m. Woody stems (lignosus), straight, dirty white, thin skin, rough surface. Simpodial branching, the branches erect or oblique, tends to grow straight and elongated. Leaves compound, long-stemmed, composed of alternate (alternate), bear leaves odd (imparipinnatus), young leaves are green when young - as an adult dark green, oval leaf shape, length 1-2 cm, width 1-2 cm, weak thin, blunt tip and base (obtusus), flat edge, the arrangement pinnate, upper and lower surfaces smooth. Moringa flowers appear in leaf armpit (axillary), long-stemmed, creamy white petals, spread the aroma. Fruit Moringa long triangular-shaped, length 20-60 cm, a young fruit is green - after dark to brown, rounded seed shape - blackish brown, bear fruit after the age of 12-18 months. Roots riding, white, grow like horseradish. Propagation can be generative (seeds) and vegetative (stem cuttings). Grows in lowl...

How To Care Mandevilla Plant For Good Growing

How To Care Mandevilla Plant For Good Growing - Mandevilla is a vine from Florida, USA. like trumpet flowers are white, pink, or red, stacked like a rose. Another plus, is always blooming at all times, can even last up to 3-4 years. So, instead of a 6-month crops grow and die. In addition to climbing, Mandevilla can also be cascaded, as weak stems. No taps if Mandevilla have its own appeal. Mandevilla really like the hot temperatures that makes the flowers be brewing. In the rain too, will keep flowering. "To grow beautiful flowers, consider treatment. For example, provision of fertilizer and pest spraying with pesticides. In order to propagate better, growing media must be replaced periodically and use the pot size is rather large. How To Care Mandevilla Plant Nutrients must be supplied from fertilizer mandevilla plant. Could use a balanced NPK fertilizer, such as the ratio 20:20:20. Give every one to two weeks. Nutrition will promote optimal growth and flowering Mandevi...

Coleus Plant Information and Picture

Coleus Plant Information and Picture - Coleus name seems foreign to our ears. The main attraction of this plant genus Coleus beauty lies in the leaves. Leaf shape and color are very diverse. Ranging from small to large serrations or curly. Color ranging from bright yellow to dark red, up to some interesting color combinations. Coleus leaves that have a wide range of colors and shapes, these plants are relatively cheap. Coleus is also easy to maintain. These plants can be propagated by seed or by stem cuttings. This plant has a type of rapid growth so as to produce shrubs, pruning should be done regularly. This plant is too high when the stems break easily and are less good shape. Among the species of Coleus are no About a 150 species, most notably the Coleus blumei. There is also a call Coleus atropurpureus . This species is sometimes also called painted nettle or flame nettle, because its leaves resemble the shape and size of the wild plants that can cause itching. Green...

Foxgloves Plant Benefits For Stop Cancer Spread

Foxgloves Plant Benefits For Stop Cancer Spread - Foxgloves, one of the poisonous flower plants, known as the typical flower-shaped bell tower of pink in summer, can be used to stop the spread of breast cancer. Scientists at John Hopkins University have discovered that drugs based on plants of foxglove flowers, can dramatically slow the migration of malignant cancer cells to other parts of the body. Their research revealed that digoxin, a drug long on chemicals found in the flowers, can block the production of HIF-1 protein, which is involved in the spread of breast tumors. Digoxin has been used for decades to treat medical conditions such as congestive heart failure and irregular heartbeat. But the latest discovery, by a team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, suggesting that the drug can also be easily and inexpensively manufactured from foxglove flowers for use in the fight against cancer Beginning in 2011, the same team has found that digoxin reduces the...

How To Planting Rosemary Plant

How To Planting Rosemary Plant - Rosemary can be planted in several ways such as using seeds or cuttings method. Rosemary grow needs a lot of exposure to sunlight and is sensitive to water conditions too much, so keep planting media to stay dry and slightly damp. Rosemary has been used as a brain food in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. Rosemary benefits contains essential oils that help stimulate brain activity dna increase alertness. One of the compounds contained in this plant was cineole, which is known to enhance the ability of the brain and thinking power. So, you can increase your energy with the rosemary in the morning. In addition, these plants can also help digestion, flatulence overcome, and maintain the immune system. You can eat rosemary as a tea, used as a mixture in the soup, or used as aromatherapy in your home. Rosemary oil can cope with dry scalp and itching. Rosemary also contains antioxidants that can reduce the level of carcinogens (caus...

Rosemary Plant Benefits, Uses and Advantages

One of the plants that can repel mosquitoes and can be used as well as herbs and spices is Rosemary. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a robust plant, pest and disease resistant, which can be grown by grafting. Rosemary tea can help overcome the problem of rheumatism and flu symptoms. This plant contains, iron, and Vitamin B6. The rosemary plants spread the fragrant aroma, as well as smell and mess up the effectiveness of the "radar" of the mosquito. The flowers are small pieces of purple, needle-shaped leaves, but soft, about 2 to 2.5 cm long. These include the type of evergreen plants and will grow up to 1.5-2 meters in height. Form the leaves are very narrow, small oval, pointed, dark green color on top and gray on the underside of leaves. Flowers pale purple to dark blue. This Lamiaceae family plants need adequate water and sunlight. For indoor display, should be positioned near a window, in order to receive sunlight. Rosemary Plant Benefits Rosemary pla...

Hoya Plant Information And Image

Red Hoya Plant Hoya Plant Information And Image - Apparently hoya plat creeper flora also has a different beauty. Let us view this flower that seems unusual and not famous as other flowers. White Hoya Plant Hoya plant has the Latin name "Hoya carnosa". Morphology of the vegetation was ivy / referred to as "liana". It belongs to the plant flowers dikotil, has fleshy leaves and thick and waxy coated so stiff. Purple Hoya Plant Hoya plant are categorized compound interest because it has a lot of interest in the interior of 1 cluster. Sizes tend to be small but beautiful flowers. Hoya flowers are very different, the flowers are some "meaty" thick and coated with wax. Hoya flowers there are also some hairy. Yellow Hoya Plant Hoya flowers color range is so wide. The usual color of flower and seed sellers easily found on the flowers, the colors pink, while other colors like blood red, orange, gray, usually classified hoya species ...

How To Care Onion Plant For Good Growing

How To Care Onion Plant for Good Growing - The main use of onion is to food flavorings and generally limited to certain types of cuisine, the European and Chinese cuisine. How to care for this plant looks easy but requires patience. Weeding Weeding the grass should be done carefully so as not to damage the roots of onions. While weeding can be done at the same time tilling the soil to the surface of the bed does not compact. Beds in a landslide or damaged restyled. Also the channel and trench-trench. If the bulbs are starting to grow up by the roots seem to appear on the surface, should be addressed so that the position of tubers covered with soil. Usually, weeding grass performed 2 times, ie at the age of 3 weeks and after 6 weeks of age. Often when weeding or tilling the soil in conjunction with subsequent fertilization, as well as to immerse supplementary fertilizer into the soil. Do not friable the beds while the soil is still wet as it can compact the soil. Watering plant shoul...

How To Planting Onion Plant Technique

How To Planting Onion Plant Technique - Onions are thought to originate from the region of Central Asia (Palestine) and subtropical climates began to spread to mainland Europe and India. Around the 16th century spread to the Americas, roughly concurrent with the beginning of the hunt for a spice by Europeans to the Far East, which eventually culminated with the occupation and colonial countries in Asia including. Read our details review about planting onion plant. Planting Distance Determination Because large enough onion bulbs, planting distance of little more tenuous. Spacing limitations onion is 25-40 cm, for between lines of plants and 10-40 cm between plants in rows. Some use the spacing of 10 x 25 cm, 30 x 30 cm, 40 x 40 cm. If a seedling seed , commonly used spacing of 10 x 25 cm. But if it sets seed tubers or bulbs in the form of old, planting distance of approximately 30 x 30 cm or 40 x 40 cm. Spacing too close is not good, and too tenuous was not economical. Make Planting ...

Cotton Plant Information Details

Cotton Plant Information Details - Cotton plant have been around for thousands of years ago, the evidence of India has made cotton cultivation since 5000 years ago. This plant is increasingly recognized and expanded to China, and further development intensively cotton plant can be encountered in the Americas. This plant grow well in several lands and not easy to care. Cotton Plant Details Cotton is a fiber plant of the genus "Gossypium"  in production for the needs of the industry or the textile, fiber can be used as yarn, the basic material clothes, cotton hospitals and others. Scientific name: Gossypium hirsutum Classification: Kingdom: Plantae Divisio: Spermatophyta Sub divisio: Angiospermae Class: Dicotylledoneae Order: Malvaceae Genus: Gossypium Species: Gossypium hirsutum. sp   Cotton Plant Trees Root system Roots of cotton plants in the form of root-riding, long roots can reach 0.75 to 1 meter. Form of rods Cylindrical rod with a cotton plant with ...

How To Care and Planting Cotton Plant For Good Grow

How To Care and Planting Cotton Plant For Good Grow - Cotton is an age of less than 1 (one) year rainfall requires an average of 1500-1800 mm / year. Cotton plant should be planted on flat ground, and fit at a height of 10-150 meters above sea level. During the growth period should be the same temperature. At temperatures below 15 Celsius slow growth. Optimal growth temperature requires average - average 25-28 Celsius with humidity of 70%. Making Holes and Planting Distance Making holes can be done using the hoe to dig deep and approximately 10-20 cm wide hole is approximately 10 x 10 cm. Further determination of the distance the garden, plant spacing adjusted to the level of soil fertility. On the less fertile land, the recommended spacing is approximately 80 x 30 cm, are intended to suppress weed growth and competition between plants does not occur. While in the fertile soil, plant spacing is advisable not too tightly around 100 x30 cm, because in this fertile soil the plants w...

Some Kind and Species of Succulent Plant

Some Kind and Species of Succulent Plant - Succulent name comes from the Latin, succos, which means the juice. Cactus and aloe vera are included in succulent plants. As the name implies, this plant is able to store food or water in the body as a backup. Food is stored in the root (eg on Ceropegia), rod (on most cacti), or leaves (the plant Haworthia, Lithops). Generally, succulent live in a very dry and rain seldom. With its ability to bind water is the succulent plants can live longer, although no rain. It's one of type dry plant that not use a lot of water to survive. Some kinds of succulent plant Succulent Agave Filifera Kristata  Some types of succulent that can be collected such as Haworthia, Aloe, or succulent. Beautiful flowering succulent types such as Adenium, Euphorbia milii, and Plumeria. Types such as Echeveria succulent, sedum or Crasulla can be propagated by planting the leaves. Choose leaves that are quite old, quotes in the growing media or sand. ...

How To Care Citronella Plant For Good Grow

How To Care Citronella Plant For Good Grow - Citronella plant is good, healthy and can produce a lot of oil was citronella plants that are well cared for. Care citronella must be do from starting planting until the end of production. Replanting - Seeds controlled after 2-3 weeks planting. - If there are plants wilt / die or grow less than perfect to do replanting. - replanting useful to know the real number of plants and will be used to predict the resulting production. Weeding Plants - Weeding should be done so the plants can grow well. - Do continuously after each harvest. - Weeding is not only clean the plants of weeds but also remove the stalks Citronella scented leaves have dried, useful to spur the growth of new leaves better. - The purpose of weeding is also to resist the arrival of pests and diseases as well as to break the life cycle of pests and diseases. - Weeding is usually done at the beginning and end of the rainy season because at that time a lot of weeds that g...

The Kind and Species Of Mint Plant Information

The Kind and Species Of Mint Plant Information - Mint is an aromatic plant known as one of the oldest herbs in the world. Mint essential oil has a menthol content and menthone. Of all the species that is most widely peppermint contains menthol (90%), a type of phytochemical. In addition mint leaves also contain flavonoids, phenolic acids, triterpenes, vitamin C and provitamin (precursor of vitamin) A, mineral phosphorus; iron; calcium and potassium. In a discipline known as systems biology grouping living things including plants called classification. The species of mint plant: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Mentha Mint Plant Species Mentha genus has 25 species (kinds) as follows: Mentha aquatica - Water Mint Mentha arvensis - Corn Mint, Wild Mint, Japanese Peppermint, Field Mint Mentha asiatica - Asian Mint Mentha australis - Australian Mint Mentha canadensis Mentha cervina - Hart's pennyroyal M...

How To Care and Cultivate Stevia Plant

How To Care and Cultivate Stevia Plant - Stevia plant is a shrub from the family Compositae. The high is ± 65 cm, trunked round, furry, segmented, highly branched, and the color green. Single leaves are opposite, oval-shaped, flowers hermaphrodite, tubular purple crown and roots riding. This plant has a strong regenerating power that is resistant to cuts. Stevia as a source of natural sweetener has a bright prospect in the foreseeable future, different with synthetic sweetener often adversely affect health. The main sweetener in stevia are stevioside, a diterpene glycosides are very sweet, but almost no calories. Stavia Plant Nurseries Seedlings stevia can be done in several ways, such as by seed, cuttings, saplings, and tissue culture. But most use the cuttings for faster and more convenient. Nursery techniques with cutting performed by using airtight plastic cap that covered, so that the temperature in the lower cap and the humidity approaches 100%. Approximately 3-4 weeks later...

How To Care Croton Plant For Good Growing

How To Care Croton Plant For Good Growing - Like most other plants, croton plant looks beautiful and exotic could also be damaged because of a number of pests and diseases attack. Croton plant pests that often attack this plant is white ants and fleas. To remove it, must takes a careful observation of the condition of the health and do spraying with insecticides. In order Croton plants  to remain attractive appearance some care should be taken to obtain good results: Terms of growing media. A good growing media must be capable of binding and storing water and nutrients well, have good sanitation system, aeration and good drainage, so it does not become a source of disease and are durable. Do not let the condition of of growing media is too moist. Croton growing media composition can consist of red soil, humus leaf, husk fuel, manure and bamboo. How To Watering Croton Plant. Yellow Croton Plant Croton will grow best when water needs is fulfilled. Watering is done onc...

How To Cultivate and Grow Pineapple Plant

How To Cultivate and Grow Pineapple Plant - Pineapple is planted with a population of 24000-72000 plants / ha, depending on the cultivar planted and planting purposes. Pineapple for processing must be planted with low populations (40000-50000 plants / ha) in order to obtain large fruit size, while the pineapple can be grown for fresh consumption with high populations (60000-70000 plants / ha). Planting on land that has been processed, beginning with making the planting hole. Planting hole made ​​with a drill set, with a depth of 8 cm. Seeds inserted into the hole until the base of the seedlings reach the bottom of the hole, then pressed the surrounding soil. An experienced workforce can plant 2000 seedlings per day. If the seedling death is high (> 10%), then do stitching, so that production targets can be achieved.   Pineapple Plant Fertilization Pineapple plants require nutrients in sufficient volume to produce well. Nutrients needed each harvest at least 68 kg N...