Plant showcase: The greenhouse for your plants
A mini greenhouse offers plant lovers the opportunity to display their plants in a controlled environment. With the growing trend of bringing greenery indoors, a display case is the perfect solut...
Nocturnal plants for indoors and outdoors
Some plants have something very special about them: They do not open their flowers during the day, but only in the evening. This phenomenon serves to attract nocturnal insects for pollination. Most...
Beneficial insects for indoor plants: biological pest control
Pests are animals that cause harm to us humans, usually by damaging cultivated plants. Beneficial insects are small animals, usually insects, spiders or nematodes, that benefit us humans by eating ...
10 popular children's names with a botanical background
Many popular names for children originally come from botany. Either from the common name, the German name for a plant, or from the botanical name, the Latin word for the plant. Other names h...
Plant tissues: Types & formation simply explained
When cells with the same structure and function come together, tissue is formed. All cells of a plant come from a stem cell, which then differentiates and can take on a different form according to...
Plant pots made of fabric and rubber - what are they good for?
There are now plant pots made of many different materials to buy and pots made of fabric and rubber are also widespread and find their uses. But what are the advantages of these alternatives to tr...
Flaschengarten – an ecosystem on the shelf
A bottle garden is a small, self-contained ecosystem that, as the name suggests, consists of a bottle in which plants grow. After the plants have been planted, water them once vigorously and then c...
How do nutrients get to the roots of a plant?
The uptake of nutrients is the basis of life for plants. The majority of nutrients are found in the soil and are taken up by a plant's roots. But how exactly do the nutrients in the soil get to the...
Introducing air plants: caring for tillandsia properly
Tillandsias fascinate everyone - they do not need soil to grow, only air. Of course they need water, which they absorb through the humidity. Find out everything you need to know about these inte...
Vergeil: Length growth in your plants
In fact, everyone who owns plants wants them to grow very quickly and get big. Very rapid growth in length, also known as slack growth or stinging, is more harmful to your plants. Because one speak...
Plants on the windowsill: The perfect green privacy screen
Whether the apartment is on the ground floor, is easy for the neighbors to look into or the window simply should not be completely free: It does not always have to be a curtain or a privacy film, ...
Caladia: grow colorful plants from a tuber
The caladium (Caladium bicolor) belongs to the arum family and is also known as colorful leaf. It is a hybrid plant, the genus Caladium originally comes from South and Central America. The differe...
What are foliar fertilizers? Benefits and proper use
Foliar fertilization is a quick and easy form of liquid fertilization and is a supplement to the nutrient supply to plants via the roots. You can easily mix our FARBIO® leaf fertilizers with water ...
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