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Friday, 17 January 2020

Grow Chinese Orange or Calamondin or Philippine lime in pot



The Calamondin orange or Philippine lime tree (Chinese orange), often known as miniature orange, is a perennial ornamental tree producing fragrant flowers and a small tangerine like fruit. It is commonly known as Calamondin, Philippine lime. The fruit has a tart, acid flavor similar to a lime or lemon. It's belongs to the family Rutaceae and mainly native to the Philippines, southern China and Taiwan. Calamondin is also used as an ingredient in the cuisines of Indonesia and Malaysia. In this video I'm going to show you how to grow calamondin orange in pot.

Monday, 6 January 2020

Grow gladiolus bulbs or corms in pot



Gladiolus is a perennial cormous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. It is commonly known as Plural gladioli, Sword lily. It's mainly native to Asia, Mediterranean Europe, South Africa and tropical Africa. Gladiolus mainly propagate through corms or bulbs.

Planting season: October for plains and March to April for hills.

#gladiolus #greenbengal

Thursday, 2 January 2020

How to Propagate Okinawan Spinach or Gynura Bicolor from Cutting



Okinawan spinach, Gynura bicolor, Edible gynura, is a member of the chrysanthemum family (Asteraceae). It is native to the Thailand, China and Myanmar. Okinawan spinach is a perennial flowering plant, whose main attraction is its clump of chocolate-purple leaves with green, with a tropical, fleshy appearance. I wouldn't have guessed it was a composite, but sure enough, the flowers that appear above the foliage in fall are like a cross between groundsel and a dandelion. It is a perennial and therefore found for sale throughout the year. However, winter and spring is the best time.

Thursday, 26 December 2019

Grow lucky bamboo in soil and care tips



Lucky bamboo is a most popular perennial indoor plant, in the family Asparagaceae and native to the Central Africa. Actually lucky bamboo is not a bamboo plant, it is a kind of Dracaena. It's scientific name is Dracaena sanderiana. Lucky bamboo is a very popular in India, but most of its Actual imported from China and Taiwan. It consider lucky plant, but I don't know what the lucky part. But one thing is that scientifically proven is that it is a great air purifying house plant. In this video I'm going to show you how to grow lucky bamboo plant in soil and it's care. Lucky bamboo is a very low maintenance plant you can grow in soil as well as water and you can propagate through stem cutting.

Plant Grow steps :
First of all make potting mix for lucky bamboo. The ratio of the potting mix is 90% cocopeat and 10% vermicompost or any type of organic compost. Take a well drainage container and fill it with potting mix. Make some holes into the potting mix with your finger or any gardening tools. Take this bamboo cuttings and place into the hole and press it gently. Finally sprinkle little bit of water.

Caring tips of lucky bamboo plant :
First tip is light : This plant don't required full sunlight, keep your plant out of direct sunlight.
Second tip is watering : If you grow this plant in water just frequently change this water every 10 to 15 days and if you grow this plant in soil keep this soil just moist.
Third and final tip is remove dead or yellow leaves.

 #luckybamboo #dracaenasanderiana #greenbengal

Monday, 16 December 2019

Galiff Street Pet Market | Asia Biggest Pet Market Galiff Street, Kolkat...



Galiff Street Pet Market is a thriving pet market that starts early in the morning every Sundays and continues up till late afternoon. Located at a stone-throw distance from Shyambazar 5-point crossing, it is considered as a paradise for the pet lovers. This street offers a different variety of rabbits, albino rats, guinea pigs, dogs, fishes, birds and even the flowers and plants of rare and exotic varieties are sold very cheapest price here in this market. This market was initially situated in Hatibagan during the British era, however, later it shifted to this place due to the space constraint there. Galiff Street is not only the oldest pet market in Kolkata but also in India. This weekly market has an innate fame and is an interesting place to visit. Despite a lot of limitations, Galiff Street pet market is continuing a traditional history as the yesteryears.


If you are interested in plants or animals, You can visit on sunday early morning and get a good deal on pets and plants. Very cheapest plant & pet market in Kolkata, India.

Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Snake plant or Sansevieria propagation in soil by leaf cutting (with update)



Snake plant or Sansevieria is an evergreen perennial low maintenance indoor plant  / house plant in the Asparagaceae family and native to Africa, Madagascar and south east Asia. 
 It's commonly called Sansevieria, Snake plant, Mother-in-Law's Tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata etc. The NASA recommended one of the best air purifying house plants is snake plant. Snake plant mainly propagate through leaf cutting and dividing the rhizome. In this video I'm going to show you "Snake plant propagation in soil by leaf cutting".

Friday, 29 November 2019

How to propagate wandering jew or inch plant from cutting and care



Wandering jew is a perennial ornamental beautiful foliage decorative house plant. It's commonly known as an inchplant, tradescantia zebrina, wandering jew and formerly known as zebrina pendula. Because attractive zebra-patterned leaves, the upper surface of the leaves showing purple color and parallel silver-colored stripes and lower leaf surface of the leaves is deep uniform magenta color. This plant mainly native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia. It's commonly grow in hanging pot and ground cover also. It is a very fast growing plant. This plant mainly propagate through stem cutting. It is a very easy process and you can do it any time of the year, but best growing season is early autumn, spring and monsoon. Just cut any stem and plant into the normal soil or coco peat. don't require any kind of rooting powder.

Plant propagation steps:
First of all cut any stem from the main plant. Take a well drained pot and fill it with some coco peat. Take this cutting and plant into the coco peat and press it gently. Finally give some water and keep it partial shade place. After 2 weeks cutting look like this. Look at this root development. roots are very well developed. Now we transplant into the similar pot. Take this pot and fill it with some coco peat or normal garden soil and planted this wandering jew. Finally give some water.
Wandering jew is a very low maintenance plant, don't need any special care for this planet.

The caring tips of wandering jew plant:
First tip is light : It prefer indirect sunlight for best growth.
Second tip is potting mix : plant your wandering jew in well drained potting mix.
Third tip is watering : this plant love moist soil, so keep this soil just moist not soggy.
Fourth and final tip is fertilizer : this plant don't require too much fertilizer. Give vermicompost or any organic compost once in a 3 months.