Introduction
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About This Site
Why Container Gardening is Recommended?
Please Read Before Starting Container Gardening
About the seasons mentioned in this site / About the utility of plants
About This Site
Hello! I am the owner of this site, Dr. Mique. Currently, I enjoy container gardening in my free time, while I work for a medical Industry in California.
The reason why I was motivated to start the gardening was that I got tulip bulbs from my acquintance a few years ago. At that time, I was not interested in gardening at all, however I got addicted to gardening since then. For some reasons, growing plants always makes me cheerful.
By the way, not only human but also plants feel happy if the owner takes care of them affectionately, as if. plants have silent communication method.
When their owner, who has been taking care of them afectionately, is eventually gone, the plants get weak even if some other people take care of them in the same method. And, they get tough again when the owner is back.
As mentioned in the title of this site, if you start taking care of some plants, you will find how "Whimsical" plants are. Even though they do not speak, their mood changes easily depending on the subtle difference of conditions.
However, it also makes the plant addictive for the owner.
And, seeing the whole life of such plants also will be a "relief" for the owner.
In this site, container gardening is introduced as a method how to take such plants into your life easily, with growing them from the seeds or bulbs and finally utilize them.
You do not need a big garden. A balcony or sunny window is sufficient.
Please let me know with this form if you have any questions or suggestions. However, technical questions could not be answered, because I also am a beginner of gardening.
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Why Container Gardening is Recommended?
The answer for this question could be summarised as "because it is easy and good for your mental health".
First of all, here are the facts indicating how easy container gardening is.
- It does not require big gardens (if you have a balcony or sunny windows).
- Basically, you can seed or plant directly without transplanting.
- You can carry the plants.
To mention the effect of the plants to thehealth, it could not be summarized too briefly. So, it is explained here.
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Please Read Before Starting Container Gardening
About the Seasons Mentioned in This Site
In this site, the seasons such as bulb planting season, seeding season and blooming season, are mentioned roughly as "around spring", "at the end of the summer" or "when it is getting cold".
To start growing some plant for the first time, some people may wonder, "is it already late for seeding?" or "why it doesn't have any flowers though it were a time?", however they could not be mentioned concretely as "at the end of March" or "in the mid September" because the climate differes depending on the regions, and even depending on the year. Then, it is important to count on your sense of temperature.
The season names mentioned in this site are good in the most of regions in Japan and America. So you do not have to be too nervous, and the plants will germinate and have flowers if they are planted in the proper season unless the weather is too abnormal. However, if hardiness is mentioned, avoid exposing the plants below that temperature if you live in the cold region.
About the Utility of Plants
In the item of "How to Grow and Use Each Flower", how to make use of the flower is mentioned. Because this site is especially for container gardening, the usage also is indicated for the amount of flowers grown in containers.
The medical effects are explained for some flowers in this site. However, you should know the facts mentioned below.
In this site, even if some plants have been used as medication for a long time, such expressions as "edible" or "oral administration" are avoided. People may believe that the product must be safe if it is mentioned as "made of plant" or "herbal medicine", however, "includes medical substances" means "it is poisoness if it is taken in large amount".
The breedings, which have been improved for decorative purpose, and the ones, which have been used as medication, are more or less different in the amount and the kind of active or poisoness ingredients, even if they are close relatives each other. So, it may be risky to take them orally in the same way.
The owner of this site can not be responsible even if someone shall get sick after eating some plants introduced in this site.
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