Things To Know While Buying Plants Online

Buying plants online in Mumbai is a fairly recent phenomenon. Usually buying plants is a physical activity where nurseries are visited or then cycle peddling vendors bring plants pots and soil to your homes. The best part about an online nursery is that ability to afford convenience and ease of purchasing much like any other E-Commerce function.

However, there are some things to look out for when you are buying plants especially online and stocking up your kitchen, terrace and balcony gardens. Online nurseries mean that there are several options in terms of plants and planters which you can invest in when you choose to go green at home.

Here are a few handy tips to help you in your journey of buying your favourite house plants online:

Space decides what you order

You may want to live in a rose-covered cottage, but maybe your apartment doesn’t have a yard, and your north-facing deck only gets four hours of sunlight a day. You could order a rose bush and plant it in a container, but it won’t survive, much less bloom. Before you buy any seeds, bulbs, or plants, take a good, hard look at where you’re going to be planting. Most garden web sites and catalog let you filter plants by growing conditions.

Sunlight and Shade

Plants can suffer when they get too little or too much light. The definitions of full sun and full shade are pretty straightforward; if your spot gets six hours or more of unobstructed sunlight, you have full sun. If your site gets less than an hour of direct sun every day, that’s full shade. In general, if you plant a full-sun plant in part shade, it won’t grow well. The plant will be stunted, the leaves will be pale, and the plant will be more vulnerable to disease. If you grow a shade plant in part sun, the leaves may get “scorched,” they’ll lose their color and may become curled, browned, and dried.

Ability to Water

Some plants like it dry; some plants live in puddles. If you live in the desert, or you only remember to water your plants every other week, don’t opt for water-loving plants. Houseplants with thick, waxy, leaves like philodendrons are adapted to low-water conditions, while plants with finer, lusher leaves like cyclamen need their soil kept moist.

TLC Time

All plants need tender loving care. Some plants, like tea roses and apple trees, are notoriously high-maintenance because they’re subject to so many diseases. Even if you have a houseplant, you’re still going to need to clean up fallen leaves, repot or divide it as it grows, and water it. Ultima Gardening is one such urban plant online nursery that does not just offer over 250 plus varieties of plants but also easy and affordable maintenance packages to help you take care of them.

Pest Problems

Look for “pest resistant” plants if you have furry friends in your yard, or consider building a garden fence or employing another tactic to keep pests away. If you’re thinking of growing fruit that attracts birds, like blueberries or cherries, invest in netting.

Buy your Greens Online

Thanks to online nurseries like Ultima Gardening, it is now easier than ever to order plants online. Just head over to the website and shop away for your favourite greens, accessories, pots and planters, soil and other things needed to have a successful and blooming balcony garden which can be completely procured online. They even deliver right to your doorstep healthy and happy plants withing the matter of a few days from ordering and checking out online.