A garden upgrade requires an excellent strategy to produce a stylish dwelling. A good remodeling project for your garden involves adding some hanging balls. The hanging balls should be natural, or you can buy artificial ones. Natural garden hanging balls enhance the appearance while creating incredible natural scenery.
How to make hanging soil balls at home
You can refer it to kokedama since it involves making a hanging garden. You need to make soil balls, wrap your plants around it and hang them. Remember to trip and water your plants as often as possible to keep them healthy.
The material you will need to make hanging balls
- 7:3 ratio of peat moss and bonsai soil
- Small plants to hang in the garden
- Sheet moss to decorate the hanging balls
- Gloves, water, string, bowl, and scissors.
- Creating your soil ball
- Wrapping and hanging the ball
- Maintaining the hanging balls
You are required to select a plant that is comfortable, easy to handle, and not heavy. Select a popular variety of plant since you will make many hanging balls. You can acquire the planting can from a nearby greenhouse or your outdoor garden.
Whether the plants are potted or outdoor, make sure you remove them by the roots. Remove them from the pot or ground and gently remove soil around the plants with your hands. If the plants have fine roots, rinse them to remove the soil. Remember to check the leaves for any pests or bugs on the plants when removing them from outdoor.
Put on gloves and take a plastic bucket and grocery bag. Bring together a 7:3 ratio of peat moss and bonsai soil and mix them until they have blended completely. Ensure the peat moss and soil is enough to cover the number of plants you have.
Remove a considerable amount of soil from the bucket. Using your hands, roll the mixture into a thick, firm ball. Ensure the ball is big enough to cover the plant’s root, keep the ball aside when done.
Using 12 L sphagnum moss that you bought online, wrap the moss around the roots of the plant severally until it covers the roots completely. Make sure you secure the plants by wrapping twine around them.
Break the ball in half and sandwich the roots around the soil and moss. Pat, it together to ensure it holds the roots firmly.
Find sheet moss and wrap of the layer around the ball. Ensure a complete layer of sheet moss cover the ball.
Secure the sheet moss by wrapping 2 Rolls Oasis mossing jute twine around the ball tightly until everything holds together. Try pressing and lifting the ball to make sure there is no soil or moss spillage.
Take a piece of twine as big as the distance you want the balls to hang. Tie the string around the cords on the plant and ensure they are secure. You should hold the ball hanging with no problem.
Choose a strategic spot around your garden or patio to hang the ball. Hang the plant towards the north-facing window.
Make sure you buy a spray bottle to moist your plants daily. Another way to ensure your plants are moist is through placing a tray pebble with water underneath the plant.
Water your plants regularly by soaking them in room temperature water for at least 10 minutes. Drain the soil balls before re-hanging them. The plants should be watered when their leaves turn brown or when they start feeling light.
Observe the hanging plants regularly and when you notice any dead leaves, trim them using TECOOL Secateurs pruning shear or a pair of scissors. Regular brown leaves will mean that your plants receive less water; thus, you will need to increase the amount of watering.
As the plants grow, their roots start poking the moss and soil. Once you notice this, repot the plants with new more massive balls, this can occur once or twice a year.
Recommended hanging plants
- Pothos
- Balfour aralia
- Philodendron
- Bird’s nest fern
- Polka dot plant
- Waffle plant
- Staghorn fern
Hanging garden ball ideas
There are many ideas on how to enjoy the stylish look of kokedama in your home. You can attach the plants in the kitchen, dining room, office space, bathroom, balcony, porch, and other shady areas. Here are a few ideas:
Small space garden
Since the hanging plants take a small space, hanging them around your small garden is an excellent idea. They will look pretty and save you on the cost that you could have incurred buying gardening containers.
Hanging in your car
You can easily find tiny hanging ball plants that you can hang in your vehicle. Plants ideal for hanging in the car are; philodendron, Pothos vines, croton, and focus.
Hang them on trees
Assuming you have a medium to large-sized garden, hanging ball plants will create a beautiful look while providing more nature to your garden. Make good use of hooks from sturdy branches to hang the plants, thus creating a dramatic effect.
Besides a water feature
Hanging ball plants complement well with water feature, may it be a spring or water fountain.
Hanging by the front door
What better way to welcome guest to your house than with a beautiful gazing hanging plant ball on an artistic stand? If there is enough space, place the balls on either side of the door. Make sure the balls are further enough so that they don’t affect how you open and close the door.
Conclusion
Hanging balls for the garden is an excellent idea, stop getting worries about lack of scape. Use that patio or corridor to enhance your gardening skills.