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5 Essential tips for moving your houseplants indoors for the winter
After a summer of basking in the sun, it’s time for your leafy loves to come indoors for the winter. Before you bring them and plunk them on the floor, there is more to moving your plants indoors.
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Just like you gradually acclimate your plants bringing them outdoors in the spring, giving them extra care during their transition in the fall will help them cope better with the changes. Bringing plants inside for winter isn’t as easy as simply moving their pots from one place to another; there are a few precautions you need to take when acclimating plants from outdoors to indoors to prevent sending your plant into shock. Let’s look at how to prepare your plants for their winter vacation indoors. 1 – GIVE THEM TIME TO ADJUST
Slowly acclimate your plants to lower light levels by putting them in a shaded spot for a couple of weeks before moving them inside. If your plants have gotten a little overgrown, now is a great time to trim them back a little and remove any dead leaves so you can keep the mess outside.
2 - KEEP AN EYE ON THE TEMPERATURE
While our fall days are warm and the evening temperatures dip, it’s a little trickier to figure out the best time to bring them in full time. It depends on the nighttime temperature, as you want to make sure to move them inside before the night temperature start to dip below 8-10°C. Any colder and you’re likely to see damage, especially on tender leaves and stem tips. 3 . GET RID OF PESTS
Before you transition your houseplants indoors, inspect them for signs of pests. When troublemakers, such as mealy bugs, enter a warm, protected indoor environment, they multiply rapidly and can quickly devour your indoor garden. Check them carefully for pest problems, make sure to turn over leaves to check the undersides and look closely along the stems. Even if you don’t spot any bugs, wash off your plants with an insecticide spray just in case. 4. CUT BACK ON WATER AND FERTILIZER
Once your plants are back inside, they won’t need as much water as they did during the hot summer months. While they don’t go completely dormant, many houseplants naturally slow their growth during the colder months. This means they don’t need as much fertilizer either as they did during the warm growing season. Instead, hold the nutrients until spring and keep your plants watered just enough so they don’t dry out completely.
5. PROVIDE LIGHT AND HUMIDITY
If you plan to place your plants next to a window, take the time to clean any nearby windows to allow the maximum amount of light to get through. To avoid sunburn on leaves, place plants a couple feet away from the windows, rather than right next to them. A good rule of thumb is, a plant that likes full sun will prefer a south-facing window, while plants that prefer partial sun may be happier in a east- or west-facing window. North-facing windows provide the lowest light and are usually not suitable lighting on their own.
Quick and clever Halloween Centre piece
EVERY SEASON NEEDS A FAB TABLESCAPE!
Traditional orange-and-black decorations are always festive, but opting for a more elevated look is just as appealing.
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Making a simple centerpiece can be easy, fun, and stylish. Here’s how we created this arrangement.
YOU WILL NEED • A Pumpkin • Floral foam • Floral scissors • Knife • Flowers of your choice • Plastic, enough to cover the floral foam SELECT YOUR FLOWERS. For focal flowers, we used a pretty fall colored Chrysanthemum, that adds a pop of color and gorgeous orange roses to fall in line with the autumn colors. For texture, greenery and fillers, we added Eastern Red Cedar.
PREPARE YOUR PUMPKIN. First soak your floral foam in water and flower food. While this is soaking, cut the top off of your pumpkin and clean out the inside. Line the hallowed out pumpkin with plastic. Then cut down the foam to fit in the pumpkin.
BUILD YOUR GREENERY BASE. Add greenery around the outer edges of the pumpkin. Don’t worry about making a perfect shape. You will be able to perfect the shape once you begin to add the focal flowers. The greenery will play a large part in covering the floral foam so make sure you are really filling the entire outside with greens.
ADD YOUR FOCAL FLOWERS. Start inserting the large focal Chrysanthemums into the foam. Make sure to start making your rounded shape with the focal flowers, this way when you start adding your roses and fillers you will already have made a guideline for yourself to follow.
Add your secondary and filler flowers. Add your smaller flower and fillers and continue to create your desired arrangement shape.
You are finished when you are happy with the shape and balance of flowers in the arrangement. Arrangements with floral foam will last just as long as any flower arrangement in water. Floral foam evenly distributes water to the flowers for several days, and they can be watered to extend the life of the arrangement
EXTRA INFO: Chrysanthemum x morifolium is an herbaceous perennial which adds a pop of color to your arrangement. Adding the blue-green colors from the Eastern Red Cedar with pops of color add a balance between the colors of the chosen flowers. Deep and illustrious, Dark Orange is a warm and delightful color that creates a joyous, high-spirited atmosphere perfect for exciting and varied styles. Use Dark Orange flowers for looks with plenty of vibrancy, enthusiasm, and an unforgettable amount of bright optimism.
Here’s Why Your Small Business Needs a Digital Marketing Agency
BY THE MINT MARKETING EXPERIENCE
Self-promotion can be rather exhausting, and sometimes, a lot of effort can still yield little to nothing. The best course of action is really to just get a digital marketing agency. When those services are availed of, there’s a world of relief that goes with it. It will also take a lot of stress off your shoulders. A reputable agency for digital marketing in Manitoba will come with a team that is experienced enough to centralize all marketing needs online. That allows you to focus on your business growth as well as running it in general. There are a number of reasons to hire a digital marketing agency. Being able to save on funding is another one.
What makes getting a digital marketing agency beneficial?
There are a number of B2B services that offer various marketing services. Depending on the agency you work with, it’s likely that there’s an area or two of marketing they specialize in. That said, there are certainly agencies out there that are able to take on any marketing task. These services can include, but are not limited to: • Content creation • Email marketing
• Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising • Social media marketing • Website design and development There are several reasons for hiring a digital marketing agency. Of course, a vital one is meeting previously set goals. Digital marketing agencies are adept at helping for the following goals to be met: • Engaging customers • Building on the awareness of a brand • Building the loyalty of customers • More traffic being driven to a website • Sales being increased
What are the key benefits of hiring a digital marketing agency?
• Access To Resources When you hire a digital marketing agency, you also get access to their resources. These are things that you might not be able to afford initially as a start-up, but the digital
marketing agency you hire will be able to access/provide. This can include the likes of: • Automation tools • Competitor intelligence trackers • Content research tools • Education checkers • Grammar/plagiarism checkers • SEO optimizers Those resources come with one of two major expenses: one-time big-time fees, or monthly subscription fees. Sure, you can sign up for those things yourself. However, it will take time to find which ones suit your needs and to familiarize yourself using them. It may also add up to a bigger cost in the long run. • More Customers Essentially, advertising through pay-per-click (PPC) on Instagram, Facebook, and similar platforms is paid ad space. However, when you do it through a digital marketing agency, the ads reach more possible clients and they get enhanced to go from good to great. • Online Expansion of Business One of the biggest takeaways of entrepreneurs from COVID-19 is that not going digital spells trouble. Businesses that don’t have a digital arm will either get left behind entirely or face serious struggles. A number of businesses were largely offline before the pandemic came about. If you’re one of them, it means you’re going to have to invest quite a bit upfront. This can include a website being built and launched, social media ads being managed, having newsletters drafted and sent to subscribers, and more.
Conclusion
A digital marketing agency is a great asset to any business. With the pandemic moving everyone-even those previously offline to the digital space, it’s more crucial than ever. Benefits include online expansion of business, access to resources, and more customers. Reach out to The Mint Marketing Experience Inc. today to get a boost on your digital marketing! We are a print and digital advertising agency that expertly creates custom solutions for our clients.
The Mint Marketing Experience Inc.
204-721-1296 Brandon and area 204-698-2424 Winnipeg info@mintmarketingexperience.ca
