KAM's garden.

[Farhan Ahmed]

I agree with sir Arif......i wonder if Ureas and NPKs fall from skies in the Gardens of God to beautify its blooms and foilages....with moonsoon around let the nature do its Job and everything will be/and is green without anything being Fed.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Yes brig sb you are right keeping good turf is really a challenge when your lawn is on large area.i have 3 kanal covering area of lawn.i my self spread granular & flood the lawn.its all right with it.its good you told me about the Bermuda grass.i have Korean in my small garden at Islamabad,now i m thinking to replace it with Bermuda.

[KAMasud]

Farhan Allah and nature what is the science behind what they do? Rain when in fall it collects nitrogen from the atmosphere, when their is lightning activity ionisation takes place and a lot of wonderful things happen. Also it collects other elements which in the end is fertiliser.
A little on the side. Islamabad has a area next to the foothills known as Ali Pur Farash. Any cloud passing overhead has to rain along the axis of at least Rawal dam and Ali pur Farash, Ok, while it might be raining every where rain there falls in the form of sleet (fine hailstones). The farmers there dont apply Urea at all. Sleet is rich in Nitrogen due to electrical activity and has been known to burn crops whole sale. So nitrogen is nitrogen what ever the form.
Regards.

[KAMasud]

View of Malalupa after the dust storm:



Current view after surgery, wonder what it does now.



view of my Chakotra tree:-



View of my Grape fruit tree:-



Some thing for the plant detectives:-

Has a white Honeysuckle somewhere.









Chlorodendron with Passiflora and Star Jasmine some where in there:-





Enjoy.

[Farhan Ahmed]

@ sir KAMasud..sir i understand the dynamics of the rain and weather quite well being an aviator....that's why i mentioned that....at the moment for me the whatever goes into the garden should be organic, an inspiration from Khabbab bhai

[haris.kabir]

Very beautiful garden.
Masud Sahab, isnt it Askari (12, i guess!) next to Chaklala garrison ?

[KAMasud]

Ask Izhar.

Any way as my roses had suffered from severe heat stroke this season (pretty moth eaten) after giving me three waves of blooms i had to put them on life support and my life support is drastic if they are to bloom in November.



This morning i butchered them, applied NPK, humic acid and manure. I need the roots to rest and rejuvenate. Second drastic pruning after blooming season and maybe one more after the rains.

Organic and in organic fertilisers. Well our farmers say if you apply manure the field is good for three years and maybe a fourth. Urea, DAP, Ammonium Nitrate only good for one season. Why? Leaching effect. It leaches down and is lost for farming but not lost for contaminating the ground, river and stream waters.

We all use organic manure but some of us, maybe for large flowers, quick growth and maybe because we are more active then lazy we do have a tendency of applying magic to our plants and keeping our gardens neat. Just a pinch here a hint there, tarka na. Body builders use hormones for their eye candy then why cant we use cortisone in the shape of chemical fertilizers for our eye candy?

Regards.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Such a drastic pruning at this time of the year? No wonder I havent been successful in growing roses.
Many like me will appriciate if you tell us how to grow roses,step by step (in detail) from purchase of plant in December.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

This is not the right time for hard pruning of roses.its very hot so not the right time to apply manure.light pruning is required in order to remove rusted branches due to monsoon.




Hve a look on my roses.hope you enjoyed!

[aykhan]

It is drastic pruning for this time of the year! Last time I pruned half as muchdue to fungus many canes died all the way in the heat. Maybe your bushes are more mature as I can tell from their stem thickness and will take this pruning. Depends on the variety also; more aggressive vines need a summer pruning but mostly of the side branches about 6 inches down to the main cane.