✅ Section: Plant care 2025 January

Practical Gardener: Duties at the beginning of the year

The beginning of the year is a period of increased activity of gardeners who, in order to take care of their garden, should begin preparations for the coming spring. The following steps are mandatory pre-spring quests.

Practical Gardener: Vacuuming potted plants

Regular cleaning of the leaves of potted plants affects not only their appearance, but also their functioning - dust clogs the stomata significantly impeding photosynthesis. This is how we clean potted plants.

Practical Gardener: a multitude of autumn tasks

Autumn is in full swing, with the first frosts approaching, remember to move some of the plants home. For more advice, please visit the next Practical Gardener magazine.

Practical Gardener: calculating the concentration of the preparation

Preparation of the appropriate concentration of the preparation requires precision and consistency in selecting the proportions. The table in the article may prove helpful in this task.

Practical Gardener: fertilizing bulbous plants

The most important care treatments that should be carried out on bulbous plants in spring include proper fertilization and weeding of their surroundings. This is how they should be carried out.

Practical Gardener: organic fertilization

By fertilizing plants in the garden, we can successfully replace the products of leading producers with organic alternatives - waste from our garden. Here are the benefits of organic fertilization.

Practical Gardener: March full of gardening duties

The time is over - the weather improves significantly, which motivates you to work in the garden. There are certainly many tasks, so we would like to remind you how to do some of them quickly and efficiently.

Practical Gardener: July in the garden

Despite the end of the garden season, there is still a lot of work to do. Check out our experts' advice and find inspiration for interesting bedding and balcony plants.

Practical Gardener: Picnic in the garden

For many of us, the long weekend in May is a great opportunity to catch up on all the gardening backlogs. If the weather is good, we recommend that you start planting and fertilizing first of all.

Practical Gardener: cleaning in July

What work awaits the owners of lily of the valley and cherry trees in the near future, why should you be interested in hyssop and sweet peas - this information can be found in the next MPO article.

Practical gardener: care for flowers and shrubs in July

In mid-July, it is worth getting interested in shrubs and fruit trees. Proper corrective cutting and harvesting of ripe fruit is a guarantee of a successful next season.

Practical Gardener: list of September duties

Check what responsibilities await gardeners in September, who care about the proper preparation of their garden for the coming autumn and winter.

Practical Gardener: Summer apple pruning

In order to ensure high yields of apple trees, they should be pruned not only in the early spring, but also in summer, by making a supplementary cut. Here is how this procedure should be performed.

Practical Gardener: numerous September duties

The closer to the end of September, the more responsibilities await gardeners. Digging up non-wintering plants and vegetables or removing faded hydrangeas are just a few of the many tasks.

The Practical Gardener: Summer under cover

When growing vegetables under cover, remember that too high temperature adversely affects the quality of the crops. Airing, watering and shading greenhouses are the basic summer care treatments.

Practical Gardener: treatment of roses after flowering

Most often it is only at the end of summer that rose lovers notice black spots and yellowing of the leaf tissues on the leaves of plants. These are symptoms of black spot rose and rust. Here's how to fight these diseases.

Practical Gardener: April Duties

Spring has finally arrived, and it's not just the calendar one. There are many responsibilities associated with its appearance, some of which are discussed in this article.

The Practical Gardener: Compost from the leaves of fruit trees

The last fruits are not the only rainfall worth using, which fruit trees leave underneath in autumn. Let's also manage fallen leaves, suitable for enriching the compost and the substrate.

Practical Gardener: Several Ways To Fight Turkugos

The signs of the presence of turkuci should not be underestimated, as their destructive nature often leads to the drying up of gnawed plants. Learn about a few ways to fight greedy uninvited guests.

Practical Gardener: autumn cleaning on discounts

October is the best month for cleaning. The beds should be weeded and cleaned of dead plant parts. However, at low temperatures, some balcony plants should be moved home.

Practical Gardener: autumn maintenance of the vegetable garden and orchard

Autumn cleaning and duties do not only concern the garden - there are also many activities to do in the orchard and vegetable garden, which will translate into better yields in the next season.

Practical Gardener: autumn herbal medicine chest

Medicines for autumn ailments do not necessarily have to be found only in a pharmacy. Garden and balcony herbs that are easy to grow and have healing properties include rosemary, sage and thyme.

Practical Gardener: how to prevent blueberry leaf chlorosis

Highbush blueberries have specific requirements for fertilization and soil acidity. At a pH higher than 4.5, the bushes begin to grow and bear fruit poorly. Leaf chlorosis can be a consequence of these problems.

The Practical Gardener: How to extend the life of summer bouquets

In the summer, the life of bouquet flowers is shortened by many factors, such as the sun or high temperatures favoring the growth of bacteria. Fortunately, there are ways to improve their lifespan.

Practical Gardener: Potted strawberry seedlings

Strawberry seedlings for pot cultivation can be obtained in two ways - by collecting seedlings and producing them. With proper care, the seedlings will provide tasty fruit the next year.

The Practical Gardener: Does Crown Trimming Reduce Growth?

Depending on the number of cut shoots and the place where the branches are cut, when pruning the crown of a tree, we can achieve two extremely different effects - significantly strengthen or weaken the growth of new shoots.

Practical Gardener: how to fight phytophthora?

Phytophthorosis is an extremely dangerous, and in the later stage even incurable, disease of coniferous trees and shrubs. Here's how to recognize phytophthora and how to deal with it.

Practical Gardener: June in the garden

Proper reproduction of the boxwood and planting the service tree are just some of the tips we have prepared in the next text from the Practical Gardener series. We invite you to read!

The Practical Gardener: a time of hard work

A few days separating us from the calendar spring is the perfect moment to start intensive preparations for the gardening season. We invite you to our list of the most important March duties.

Practical Gardener: it's time to rejuvenate your peonies

Peonies can be grown in one position for many years, they just need to be guaranteed peace. Anyone who wishes to rejuvenate the more ancient plantings, however, now has an excellent opportunity to do so.