Pakistan Gardening Forum

Coco peat/coir is available from any seed / gardening supplies shop. These are in brick form. When put in water, the coco peat absorbs water to expand and disintegrate. The couple of Gardening supplies shop near old sabzi mandi, Karachi (next to Suzuki Showroom) have them.

Very informative discussion. I have a lemon plant in a large pot as well. A couple of questions: a) Would it be good practice to use fungicide once a month as a "preventive measure"? b) If (a) is no, then please suggest when to use fungicide to prevent onset of disease (e.g. when adding co...

I have the seeds that mirafzal sb distributed.....if you are interested let me know? Salam Farhan Sb. I see that those are F1 hybrids, not Heirloom variety. However from the picture, they look like indeterminate (vine) type. If that is the case, then please do send me some seeds as I do not have a ...

Salam fellow gardners I'm looking for heirloom tomato seeds/plants to try out in coming season (Oct/Nov). Specially interested in beefsteak variety. Mr. Khabbab sent me Porter Dark Cherry and Pole Beefsteak seeds in 2011 seeds give-away and I have had good results with Porter Dark Cherry. However ha...

Lovely blooms. I was reading about it and found out that it is a toxic plant. So be careful and do not leave small children unattended near the plant. With its beautiful flowers, it will be more attractive to children than Dieffenbachia which is a common household toxic plant. http://www.saguaro-jun...

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Please help identify these flowers. Nursery guy kept calling it "utropa" or something like that but I can't seem to find any reference to it online.
Regards/Mazhar

I am planning to germinate lavender from seeds bought from Abdul Seeds Store at Empress Market, Karachi. Please update the thread with the outcome of your experiments. Any helpful tips would be appreciated.

Regards/Mazhar

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I am again confused; if your garden soil is good, why should you not be using the same for the pots? It is again the brain washing by the media (through inter-net). What is the advantage of Perlite over char coal of same size or for that matter broken bricks (kari), or of peat moss over coco husk. ...