Gardening is an art form that requires careful consideration of the environment and the plants that will be used. To ensure a successful garden, it is important to understand the five essential elements of planting. These elements include plant type, wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The plant type is the first element to consider when planting a garden.
From trees to ground cover, this element describes the type of plant that is selected and what the input needs of that plant are. The five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water are the agents of chi and represent shapes, colors and meaning. The goal of feng shui is to create a space where no element is dominant and there is a balance. We can achieve this by carefully placing garden buildings and ornaments.
This is not to say that a garden should have something of all colors or shapes. There is an old Chinese proverb that says: “Too many colors blind the eye, and we have all seen gardens full of plants, ornaments and brightly colored features. They are an incredible visual spectacle, but they are not conducive to relaxation or harmony. Of all the many natural elements, the essential mineral elements, the non-mineral essential elements and the beneficial elements are not randomly dispersed, but are grouped into several groups in the periodic table.
The recent confirmation of the names of four new chemical elements is a tribute to the creative powers of humanity. More than 95 percent of a flowering plant's dry weight is made up of three elements: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen taken from air and water.
Nitrogen
is the most critical element for lawn plants because it is often deficient and produces obvious benefits. Almost all of the elements are used in various ways, as catalysts for enzymatic reactions (either as part of the enzymatic structure or as regulators or activators), as regulators of the movement of water inside or outside the cell and the maintenance of turgor pressure, as regulators of the permeability of the membrane, as structural components of the cell or of electron receptors in the electron transport system, or as buffers (which maintain pH within cells).Other elements that have been proposed as candidates for essential or beneficial elements include chromium, vanadium and titanium, although there is no solid evidence at this time. There are four elements that are beneficial in promoting plant growth but are not considered necessary to complete the plant's life cycle: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and sulfur (S). Multiply the average tissue concentration (determined by tissue analysis) for each specific element by the dry matter yield in pounds per acre. Twenty elements are considered essential for plant growth because they are involved in metabolic functions required in the plant's life cycle.
In addition to these essential mineral elements are beneficial elements which promote plant growth in many plant species but are not absolutely necessary to complete the plant's life cycle or do not meet Arnon and Stout criteria for other reasons. The element of water is also suggested by meandering forms both on roads and in plantations. Roots absorb chemicals present in their environment but only fourteen of these elements are necessary for plant growth. Gardening requires careful consideration of all five essential elements: plant type, wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. By understanding these five elements and how they interact with each other in a garden setting, you can create a beautiful space that will bring harmony and relaxation.
