Category Archives: Plant Care

General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

Unique Compaction Test Using The Awesome Carrot

 

Learn how your carrots can help you test your soil’s density

Amazingly your carrots (and many other plants) can say a lot about the home they’ve inhabited – the soil. What makes carrots unique in this regard is that they, being roots, provide the best way to read how well the soil is structured.

You’ll also learn to read the carrots’ roots since they give a lot of information about how well they’ve been positioned in the soil.

What’s most important is – how compact (dense) your soil is. This is one of the reasons why some plants don’t make it, and why others find it hard to grow. If the soil is too dense roots will have a hard time penetrating the soil for nutrients. Too lax and there’s little stability for the entire plant.

This is where carrots come to help. As you read the article you’ll learn how to read your carrots’ signals and improve the soil’s structure and density.

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Compost, Plant Care

Want Healthy Soil? Don’t Compost These

 

Here’s a list of things you should never add to your compost pile

As gardeners we tend to love to re-purpose everything and not litter the planet with any type of waste matter.

What do we usually think of? The compost pile? It’s the eternal solution to any garbage problems.

Yet, we may go a tad too far and compost way too many things, some of which may be downright detrimental to the soil’s health. Raising awareness is usually the best way to prevent such mistakes from happening.

We hope that the following article will shed light on what makes sense to be composted and what not. For the sake of your garden, plants, and yourself.

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Insects & Pests, Plant Care

How Do You Know If Your Plants Are Stressed?

 

Don’t keep your plants stressed because that promotes disease and it makes them vulnerable to pests

Gardeners know well enough each plant’s needs. All of them share common needs – water, sunlight and nutritious soil. Yet, each plant may need more or less sunlight, or more or less of certain nutrients.

Gardeners need to keep all plants’ needs in check and ensure they are happy and healthy.

Unfortunately, depending on your region sometimes drought and soil issues may stand in your way, and may risk your plants’ health.

After all, if you want to grow healthy and happy plants, you may have to go the extra mile to provide them with what they need.

Stressed plants don’t give fruit and may promote disease, which can spread among neighboring plants. It’s a vicious circle, and you better make sure you avoid it. Learn how!

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

Your Garden Produce May Be Less Nutritious Than You Think

 

Learn why it’s crucial to start collecting heirloom seeds

If your veggies don’t come from heirloom seeds, the possibility of them having low level of nutrients is very high. In fact, the nutrient decline that is registered in the past decades, is often closely related not only to poor soil but also to the loss of heirloom seeds.

People keep buying new seeds and forget about last year’s harvest.

Heirlooms are a symbol of variety while in many cases, the newly introduced (and often labeled GMO) seeds are often the culprits when it comes to nutrient depletion.

This thought-provoking article will hopefully shed more light onto this problem.

We know you are already an organic gardener, but sometimes acknowledging the issue helps us see where we can improve.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Herbs, Plant Care

All You Need To Know About Drying Fruits And Vegetables

 

Learn the wisdom behind storing and preserving your summer harvest

When gardeners think about storing the harvest they usually think of canning or keeping it in a cool room. But how many times have you thought of actually drying the fruits and veggies you harvested?

That’s definitely a popular method, but it’s true that most of the time we prefer to keep the produce as fresh as possible for as long as possible. So, the idea of drying isn’t always that appealing.

Yet, in the following article you will learn all the benefits and uses of dried produce, the procedure and all requirements related to drying.

We’re certain that you will consider drying your fruits and veggies from now on.

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Plant Care

(Video) Want To Grow Kiwi? Here’s How To Get Started

 

Kiwis can grow in many southern US states, so why not try growing your own?

Kiwis originate from China. This plant usually loves warm to hot climate, and it’s perfect for southern states with little temperature fluctuation or sub-zero degrees.

What’s also surprising is that one plant can produce a large amount of fruits in a short period of time.

So, it would be a shame not to try that yourself and see how quickly you’ll grow your own kiwis, straight in your garden.

The video will give you some advice on how and when to plant the kiwi plant, how to take care of it, and how to prune it. It’s basic knowledge, but will get you started.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) How To Breed A New Sort Of Tomatoes

 

The art of cross-pollinating and breeding new tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and potatoes

Have you always wanted to create your own tomato or pepper species but never truly knew how? It’s indeed a tricky work and you need to be very gentle with your veggies and fruits flowers, so you don’t damage them.

You’ll learn why you need the stigma of the flower so you can cross-pollinate the plant.

Basically, the underlying mechanism is transferring pollen from one flower to another, thus crossing two sorts of the same plant.

With a little practice you can create your own sorts, and save the seeds as heirlooms, so you can keep growing these new sorts in the future.

It’s a great way of creating varieties, and yet keeping them GMO-free. Besides there’s nothing more precious than keeping your own heirloom seeds.

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Organic Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) Want To Grow Okra? Here’s How To Start

 

Learn the specifics of growing okra, and why it’s such a wonderful vegetable to have in your garden (and in your meals)

Okra is a warmth-loving vegetable, so it is possible to grow only in warmer (and hotter) climates. It has many health benefits and is highly adviseable that you add it to your menu and garden.

From the following video you’ll learn how to plant it (and that you shouldn’t transplant it), what fertilizers it needs and how often, how to protect it from pests, and what bees-safe pesticide to use.

You will learn a few more secrets and specifics which may not be widely known.

Okra is an incredible plant and you will totally enjoy growing it in your garden.

Remember, the more you harvest, the more the plant will grow the okra fruits.

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Compost, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) Coffee For Your Blueberries: They Will Love It

 

Coffee has what blueberries need: acidity

If you love blueberries and try to grow them in your garden, it’s time you learn how to make your plants happy and grow faster and healthier.

Certain plants like acidity in the soil, while others prefer alkaline soil. When it comes to blueberries, they prefer acidity. So, how do you give them what they need?

In the form of coffee.

How exactly can you do that? Watch the video below, and it will reveal the best way for you to treat your blueberries with coffee.

Keep in mind that too much coffee will lower the acidity too much, and that’s not as good as you may think. So, be careful.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) The Best Way To Do Mulching For Your Garden

 

How to choose what type of mulch to use depending on whether your plants need acidic or alkaline soil

Plants are generally separated into acidic- and alkaline-loving. Essentially, trees love acidic soil, while fruit-bearing plants prefer alkaline. Since these two types of plants complement each other, they are usually the best companions.

What does this have to do with mulching, you may ask? Certain by-products from forests can act as the best mulching source for your garden.

And this is the least you can learn from the following video. You’ll learn what type of mulch to use, how to layer it and why you should layer it in this particular way.

The video will hopefully completely demystify mulching since it gives in-depth explanation about how mulching works and how it complements your soil and feeds your plants.

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