Gardening Need and Affecting Factors
Gardening deals with each and every type of plant i.e. fruit tree, flowering plant, crop etc. in gardening complete care of plant from germination or sowing of seeds up to its maturity is taken. Knowledge of gardening develop as there sense for keeping their surrounding beautiful.
Importance
- Provide employment: gardening provides employment to number of persons.
- Recreation: a person can start gardening as per his interest and this will provide satisfaction.
- Building material: we get wood from trees which are used as fuel and building material.
- Source of synthetic products: various perfumes and scented oils are prepared from flowers.
Factors Affecting Gardening
- Climate: different type of plant and flowers require different type of climate.
- Soil: it is a base on which plants grow as plants depend upon soil for nourishment.
- Temperature: temperature has limiting influence on distribution of plants species.
- Irrigation: proper irrigation is must for the better growth and development of plants. Plant should be watered from time to time. But not excess water should be supplied.