CARE FOR PLANTS
SPACE TO GROW
All plants needs space to grow. The parts off the plant that are above the ground needs to spread and make more leaves to carry out the job of photosynthesis, that is providing food for the plant. The roots also needs to spread in their search of water and nurients.
TEMPERATURE
Most plants like the temperature that most humans like. Some prefer to grow in hotter climates and other in cooler climates. It is always good to know your plants and at what temperature they need to grow the best.
LIGHT
All plant needs light to grow. Plant will ‘tell’ you when they need more light, because it’s stems will be thin and it will lean towards the light.
WATER
Water is important in the plants life. Without water or with to much water the plant will die. For this reason, watering the plant is important in the care of a plant. Most plant like to be watered when the soil is slightly dry to the touch.
AIR
When exposed to light, green plants use carbon dioxide in the air for photosynthesis and return oxygen to the air around it. Smoke and other gasses or other pollutants can damage plants.
NUTRIENTS
Most of the nutrients that a plant needs are dissolved in water and then taken up by the plant through its roots. Fertilizers will help to keep the soil supplied with nutrients a plant needs. Don’t apply too much too often. The tree’s most important nutrients are nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Important nutrients are from compost.
TIME
It takes time to grow and care for plants. Some plants require more time to grow than others.
a) Cape ash: (Ekebergia capensis) It provides plentiful shade. Don’t grow to high – 1m. A evergreen tree. The sweetly scented flowers attract butterflies and bees.
Mountain Karee :( Anacardiaceae) Not to high. An intoxicating drink is made from the fruit. Excellent bonsai subjects.
Silver claster: (Terminalia sericea) It’s a big tree. Relative to space. It gives fruit for birds. Shade for other plants.
Shekel bush: For fire use. For nesting. A Christmas tree, give pink flowers. Birds like to protect it self in the tree. Eat the seeds.
White stinkwood: ( Celtis Africana) Give shade in Avery. Give berries for birds. Also food for birds in winter.
Num Num: ( Carrissa bispnosa) The fruit hase milke in. Evergreen- good for winter.
It is a ground cover.
Wild olive: ( Olia oripia aubspeasies africaner) Small tree. Fruit moist olive oil is made from it. Also seeds for birds.
Wild peach: ( Kigela afrikaner) Give berries. And a sertin time it get worms for birds. It is a harry plant. Not too big for Avery.
Kikuyu grass: Lawn grass. Ground cover. Sandy
Kweek gras: Grass that you can Kweek to grow. Ground cover.
Clivia plant: Home flower. Good looking flower for winter times if trees become just brown.
Bristle grass: Good for chickens and birds to eat, to do composting so that it can grow better.
Raiser grass: For shelter. Normal grass.
Aloe succulent plant: Drink the nectar from flowers in the winter. Animals chew on it for water.
A) Ink berry: Is a medium-sized evergreen shrub. It grows very fast. Some animals eat it and some die of it.
Milke bush: Is a shrub that grows in semi-arid tropical climate. It has a wide distribution in SA.
Poison leaf: Is a small prostrate shrub occurring in the North of SA. Cattles eat is.
B) Because it can be harmful for the animals and also for humans. You can be itchy and people
can get infections. E.g. the eyes of a human and can get blind. The animals can get it in and die,
then there will become less animals.
4) a) Strike a cutting: Plant cuttings , also known as strike or cloning, is a technique for vegeratively propagating plants in which a piece of the source plant containing at least one stem cells. Cutting produce new roots.
Stem cutting: Cut below the node, because it needs to grow roots.
Rood cutting: Cut above the node it have roots, it needs to grow a stem and leafs.
b) Softwood: It is a branch that is soft and can be bent without breaking to easy. It is green and still has water in.
Hardwood: It is a branch that can broke easy. It is brown and hard, some has barks on. Not green.
Truncheons: It is a big tree and can also be used for cuttings. E.g. Carl tree.
1)Is the variety of living organisms considered at all levels of organisation,from generics through species to higher taxonomic levels, and including the variety of habitats and ecosystems, as well as the processes occurring therein. Biodiversity is not the same as the number off different kinds of species in a place. Biodiversity is in fact more complex than species richness, although species richness is certainly one component of biodiversity.
Survey
A survey can be done on foot, in a cruiser, in a helicopter, on a four wheeler or on a horse. This is a way to count animals or plants. Drive 10 meters and count on your right side the specific specimen that needs to be surveyed. Drive then 10 more meters and count on your left side the specific specimen.
2a)Indicator species
Is any biological species that difines a trait or characteristic of the environment? Sondela –There are many trees for helping the environment. WLC- many diseases can originate from the sentre, because of food decaying and this is a good medium for diseases. The climate can change and the animals can die.
b) No,because keystone species is a species that has a disportionate effect on its environment relative to its biomass.. Such species play a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community.
3a) The flow of energy between the plants and animals in a ecosystem is actually a network of many interlocking food chains and is called a food web.
b) The most prevalent species of plant by far is ‘savannah grass’ which not only forms the basis for the food chain in the biomass, but also provides caves for predators and shelter for prey.
5) Must put him in a bucket full off soil, plant it deep ‘ as the seed is big, plant it so deep’ check temperature. If you know how worm / cold you know how deep to plant it.
They slowly get used to weather conditions.
The perfect plant to fit the soil.
To acclimatise them, the hot part of the day and season.
Check for pests.
Sunlight- Does it need a net- 80%; 60%; 40% ;20%
The space of the plant.
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