Maintaining Your Tree With Bonsai Tools

As your tree grows, the roots, which sit at the bottom of the pot, often become tangled. This is where you’ll need to add a root hook to your collection of bonsai tools.

You can dig in the soil with this tool, without damaging the plant, to untangle the roots and properly repot the plant. If you are growing a very small tree, you can also use a chopstick.

If you are growing an untrained potted plant, then you may need a root cutter. The bigger, thicker roots must be cut in order to properly house the plant in the pot, and the concave pruner can also be used for this job.

Wire cutters are the third tool you need. When you train the tree to grow in a certain way, wiring the tree is one of the more reliable methods.

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Choosing Ingredients For Natural Pest Control

Your better alternative, is to create a DEET-free mixture by combining oils like eucalyptus, rosemary and citronella in an olive oil base. This mixture will smell great, and is soft, so you can use it on your children, and add it your skin after a bath or shower.

This way you can prevent insect bites, even if you go outside in the night hours, when mosquitoes are most common.

Other ingredients you can use when making your natural pest control are cayenne pepper, as it has antibacterial properties and can ward off mosquitoes and certain types of flies and caterpillars.

You can place this mixture on some of your garden plants, to keep your flower petals intact, and you can also use the ingredient in the insect repellent you place on your skin, because the smell is not overwhelming, especially when mixed with other ingredients.

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