How to Pot Plants in Hydroculture

Hydroculture Potted PlantsWhile there are complete hydroculture kits (with inner and outer pots, water level indicator, fertilizer and such) available in many shops, we can save the money, set up and grow plants in hydroculture by ourselves.

Of course, the hydroculture kit can make your life easier in some degree, but, by ourselves, setting up one that doesn’t have a water level indicator, and using it to grow plants, isn’t rocket science either.

Here, let me show you how to pot plants in hydroculture.

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How to Pot a Plant with Crystal Soil

Here, let me show you how to pot a plant with crystal soil (aka soil moist).

Crystal Soil

Put a teaspoon of crystal soil into a container.

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Add water and soak them for a few hours according to the instruction on the package. I always add more than enough water for I will drain any excess water with a strainer afterwards. If you use clear crystal soil and want some color crystal beads, you can add food coloring now.

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How to Make Tabletop Garden – Merry Christmas

Tabletop Garden - Merry Christmas

Tabletop garden makes wonderful home decor.  And choosing indoor plants with similar light and water requirements is one of most important rules when designing a tabletop garden. So what if we want to put some plants with very different cultivation requirements together in the same tabletop garden?

The answer is … use smaller container(s) within the main container of the tabletop garden. And here, let me show you how I use both a succulent and some aquatic plants to create my tabletop garden – Merry Christmas.

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How to Make Garden Container Using Soda Can

DIY Garden Container - Soda Can

Almost anything can be used as a container in your garden…
Your imagination is your only limitation…

This has almost become a cliche for it can be heard from every gardener or read in every book of container gardening.

Yet, nevertheless, it’s so true.  In fact, this is what make container gardening so much fun.  We can just be creative and playful and use whatever material we have on hand to make containers into certain sizes, colors, functions that suit our specific needs and styles.

And yesterday, I tried to make a container with a soda can.  I have especially chosen a can of coke light for I like how its silver and red match nicely with the little beet I bought earlier.

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