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Inside window boxes should get sunshine and plenty of fresh airbut must never be placed in a draft. The temperature for the averagehouse plant is between 550 at night to 700 in the daytime. The plantsshould be watered regularly and the foliage sprayed two or three timesa week, with the exception of those plants with fuzzy foliage, such asgloxinia, where moisture upon the leaves would cause decay. Hang-ing baskets should be lined with moss in order to retain their moisture. The soil used in all window boxes must be rich, as the roots are socrowded and ample plant food must be available. A good soil mix-ture for this purpose is two parts garden loam, one part rotted leafmold, and one part sand, mixed with one part well-rotted manure.This mixture can be procured from any florist. As the box becomesfilled with roots it is necessary to furnish food to the plants by workinginto the soil a small amount of bone meal or well-rotted manure everyweek or ten days. |
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