Inside a couple of years of affectionately planting fruit trees, most people wind up with scraggly congested shrubs, instead of the beautiful garden they had imagined. The way to keeping fruit trees alluring and gainful is yearly pruning. Don’t worry, pruning isn’t that hard. Curmudgeonly Master Gardener types may reveal Read more…
The garden hack, by YouTube user Gary Pilarchik, shows how to fertilize a tomato plant using the seemingly odd materials of a whole banana and an egg. The trick is very cool and requires very little effort. Surprisingly, rather than planting with a pack of compost, dropping in an egg and Read more…
When you buy new plant…. Most plants lose their leaves the very first day you bring them home. This happens because of their adjustment in the new environment. So you do not have to panic right away and start with trimming. Do not water them too much either. The plant Read more…
A holiday favorite, the bright red petals of the poinsettia plant (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are a festive and cheerful addition to your Christmas decor. They have small flowers of green and yellow at the center and are surrounded by large floral bracts (modified leaves), most popularly found in a brilliant red. Read more…
Having top notch plant soil is one of the best things you can do to empower great plant growth. However, not every gardener has a quality soil to work with. Fortunately, there are numerous approaches to naturally enhance the dirt in your garden and thus advance solid plant development. 1. Compost Adding Read more…
Even though no rose is really black-spot resistant, there are various varieties that oppose the the fungal disease much better than others. A significant number of the new type of landscape roses, (for example, the Knock Out family and the Easy Elegance arrangement) are extraordinary in keeping clean foliage. Other Read more…
Plants come in two principle types: annuals and perennials. Annuals are species that experience their whole life cycle, from germination through to development and harvest inside a year. Having delivered its yield, the plant at that point dies. Perennials, however, live for quite a long while. They blossom, yield and Read more…
1. Your seeds never germinate Germination problems can be caused by a variety of reasons. Some of the most common are: Incorrect Temperature. Different seeds have different needs. Cool weather crops such as cabbage, kale or broccoli have a much lower germination temperature while warm weather crops like tomatoes will germinate Read more…
Foliar feeding is a method of fertilizing plants directly. It involves directly spraying nutrients onto the plants leaves and stem where they are absorbed and used. It is considered an almost immediate way to feed your plants. It is becoming very common especially among small gardeners and lawn owners. It Read more…
Many gardeners are unsure of what to grow and – more importantly – when to grow it. While the spring is when garden centers are full of seeds and seedlings fresh from the greenhouse, it’s not the only season of the year for planting. Although not every zone allows year-round Read more…