Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 09:Indoor Scaping

Care and maintenance

• The planting medium in the pot or container consists of a mixture of two parts of loam soil, one part of fine leaf-mould and a little coarse sand.
• The medium for growing bonsai should be porus with a good drainage.
• Bone meal or superphosphate in small quantity is added to the planting medium. If possible, sterilize the medium with steam or chemical like formaldehyde.
• Often the soil in the pot is covered with moss and one or two small stones are placed to give a natural look.
• A mixture of Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium or liquid manure prepared with oilcake (neem or mustard) may be applied once a week after about a month of potting but not during the active growth or dormant stage of the plant.
• The application of bone meal or super phosphate is useful in flowering while for fruiting add a little potash also to the potting medium.
• Regular and judicious watering is required but over watering and water logging should be avoided.
• Watering is beneficial at the time of flowering.
• Conifers like pine and juniper require less water than other species. The soil in the pot should be hold lightly when it becomes hard.
• Frequent weeding, control of diseases and insects and pests by pesticides, pinching and pruning whenever required, regular watering, balanced nutrition and providing adequate sunlight are the necessary after care of bonsai.