Sphagnum Moss vs Peat Moss

Moss offers the best of nature in the smallest possible space! If you are living in an urban apartment and want to have your own miniature yard in your room, then these Indoor Moss Garden Ideas will help you to have the best one!

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Coco peat is a growing medium and normally used for soil amendments. It’s made from the husks of coconuts. It’s a beneficial product for plant growers and provides an alternative growing medium. It’s used much like sphagnum peat in garden applications. It increases water retention, aeration and provides antifungal benefits when used alone or incorporated into the soil as an ingredient.

With showy and colorful rose-like flowers from June to first frost, Portulaca grandiflora, or moss rose, is a favorite for its easy cultivation and fast growth.We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy

This YouTube video has step by step instructions to a DIY moss bath mat.

Commercial compost is a range of products sold in plastic wrapping in garden centres, DIY shops and sundry retailers. This is not to be confused with your own garden compost made from decomposed plant matter. The contents of these types of commercial compost vary and can affect the growing result considerably. All have a base which has no or negligible nutritional value plus additives that make it useful for a specific purpose.

It improves water retention and porosity of the growing medium, makes the soil crumbly and light, enhances productivity, and reduces root diseases! You can either use commercial one or learn how to make coco peat at home to use it in your homemade potting soil recipes.

There are always certain plants that put in repeat performances throughout the show gardens at Chelsea.  Three years ago you couldn’t buy Silene fimbriata anywhere (a friend dug a clump up for me) but this year it was evident in several gardens and on the stands in the Grand Pavilion. It’s a great plant for shady places, doesn’t mind the dry and spreads to form attractive clumps bearing fringed white flowers in late spring. In gardens where the mood

Do not let the scorching sun take away the health and appearance of the plants in your home and garden. Here are some of the Best Tips for Gardening in Extreme Heat!

I recently showed a pot of Iris reticulata in the greenhouse that defied my advice that they need replanting each year because it isn’t warm enough for them to establish here. Now the outdoor plants have got in on the act too.

5 Reasons Why Gardeners Must Go Peat-Free Peat bogs cover just 3% of the earth’s surface but store 30% of the world’s carbon. They are the world’s largest carbon sink, storing more than all other types of vegetation combined The peat forming process is very slow – it can take a hundred years to form one metre of peat Draining, harvesting or burning peat releases hundreds of years of stored carbon into the atmosphere accounting for 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions “Every time you use a peat-based compost in the garden, you are deliberately participating in the destruction of a non-renewable environment that sustains some of our most beautiful plant and animal life.

Explore a collection of stunning Flowers that Don’t Need a Lot of Water in this guide. These low-water blooms showcase nature’s resilience and add vibrant beauty to your garden.