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Gardening is a widely popular niche that has seen the light of the day as there is growing awareness of sustainable living among the millennials and Gen Z. Gardening, now has a dedicated, passionate, and engaging community led by Gardening Influencers that help ensure you have all the answers before beginning to plant.
Whether you’re planting on your small balcony or sprucing up your backyard, gardening can help in many ways. Following these gardening influencers and their how-to’s will give you a peek into their gardening journal giving you the extra push to tighten those planting skills or try a new trick on that stubborn seedling.
Green fingers crossed for your neverending passion, we hope these gardening and farming fanatics can tip you well with the planting hacks you are looking for.
Leaves can tell you if they want water
Julia is a digital content creator, plant consultant, and stylist based in Toronto. She calls herself a plant doctor. Julia reviews some plant tools that make your life easier if you are a plant lover.
Her plant tip of the day is to have a good look at your plant buddy. Look at the soil, have a closer look at the leaves and the texture, because these little things will tell you everything they need whether it is water or soil nutrients.
‘Indoor plants don’t need sunlight is a lie
Did you know there is nothing like an indoor plant? You have been told multiple times that you need to buy indoor plants that don’t need sunlight at all, but is it true? No, because all plants need light to flourish, grow, and flower. Devika believes, “Some plants have a low tolerance for light and have learned how to grow in less light, but still, they need some light.”
Devika Narain is a Philocalist, Aesthete, and top wedding planner and event stylist in India who specialises in beautiful event decor with lots of personal details. Her love for plants has made her create a page named ‘At Home With Devika’ where she shares pictures of her garden and some tips on gardening.
Learn to grow your food in pots & containers
Patrick Vernuccio is a plant lover and gardener, who believes in growing plants and food on the balcony in small pots and containers. He asks people to stop giving names such as Generation X, Y, and Z, and start doing things to let everyone call them Re-generation.
Patrick’s theory of “Basil Trauma” and the way he solves the problem is interesting and eye-awakening. He pushes our generation to believe in the power of gardening and re-generating things, by arguing that you don’t need a big space for gardening. All you need is some pots and containers to start with.
Zero-waste cooking & gardening practices
We have been drooling over net-zero and climate-friendly initiatives across the globe, talking about carbon emissions and calculating the footprint of every product we use from morning to evening. But what about the carbon footprint we leave when cooking or gardening?
Marcus Bridgewater is the author of “How to Grow” and a wellness educator, bringing such concerns to our knowledge. He posts videos and tips for growing plants and fruits at home with zero-waste gardening and cooking practices. Isn’t it interesting?
Marcus asks people reading his posts – “What are your zero-waste cooking/garden practices?”
Plants need cleaning too
Cleaning your plant is important as cleaning yourself regularly, and removing dirt and insects from that living being. Cleaning your plant leaves doesn’t have to be a difficult job, and to help you do it with ease Shweta came up with tips on how to do it in two simple steps.
Shweta Kanojiya is a digital content creator, plant lover, and someone who believes she speaks fluent gardening. Shweta keeps posting videos and posts on how to make your plant babies live happily with you, and some hacks on happy gardening.
Pro tips for taking cuttings
Ekta Chaudhary began her career as a researcher studying ecology for 10 years but took to gardening full-time and launched her own venture, Garden Up, aimed at helping young Indians find greenery, sustainability, and balance in their lives.
Ekta shares tips on how to get your plants’ necessary nutrients and other essential hacks through her Instagram Gardenup. She takes video tours of people’s house and posts them on YouTube, and interviews people doing gardening and balancing plants and their lives.
You can grow your greens at home
Did you know you can grow your greens fresh from any pesticides and chemicals at your home? There are hacks on how to keep those mint roots and start growing them at your house or even spring onions.
Carleigh Bodrug is a cookbook author and plant-based recipe expert, who also believes in sharing tips on how to make best use of your greens and she recently shared a tip on how to grow Green Onions at home.
Check for the soil mix ratio
Heather Barnes is a Canadian Influencer and digital content creator who post videos on Instagram including DIY home hacks, and health and lifestyle content. She is passionate about gardening and her videos brought to our notice the importance of soil mix ratio while gardening.
We bring our plants home and directly change them to a larger pot without understanding the actual need. Also, there is something called soil mix. A ratio of soil, perlite, and orchid bark that can keep your plant buddies healthy. We are sure you didn’t know these facts, follow her for more tips.
Tips for tonnes of wooden waste
Looking for a better alternative to settle that woody waste and help keep the cycle of fertility going in your garden, no worries because we have found a trick that will take away this problem in no time.
Katja is a gardening and sustainable living expert who advises not to burn or throw away your wooden waste but use it to make your own compost. A much more eco-friendly and sustainable way of utilizing the residues and bringing the circularity in motion.
When to plant, morning or evening?
Jolene is a digital content creator and plant lover who keeps posting her experience while gardening different flowers and vegetables. She shared a post on what are the best conditions for planting and that tip can do wonders. According to her –
“Is it best to plant in the morning or evening? Both are acceptable times as long as it’s not going to get exceptionally cold or hot. Moderate temperatures are your best friend.
It’s not always possible to get the perfect conditions for planting, but when you see any of these weather conditions forecasted, plan to plant those days!”
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