Plant

Thứ 3, 04/03/2025

Climate, soil and potatoes

Potatoes have to be ridged and lifted. These two operations can be troublesome with certain clay soil, especially when the weather doesn’t play along.

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7 Tips for Finding the Perfect Pumpkin

Here are seven tips from Joy for those planning a similar schlep to the pumpkin patch.

Removing the hazards from transplanting

We’ve covered the requirements for the most suitable seedlings in the past few articles. It doesn’t stop there, though, as all this good work can be

Square versus round plugs

In addition to seedling hardness, there’s also the matter of seedling size, which, of course, depends on the size of the cell – or plug – in the seedling tray.

Growing Brussels sprouts

Brussels sprouts is a luxury item not part of our daily cuisine and usually reserved for special treats. It is generally well known that this crop is a dedicate

Understanding spray mixtures

With spray adjuvants, many farmers think that mixing a sticker and a wetter/spreader into the water are the same thing. This is certainly not true.

How to harden seedlings

Seedlings need to be hardened to enable the plants to survive in the new environment where they are planted. hardening has another advantage.

Know your seedling needs

Vegetable seedlings vary quite a bit, so make sure you tell your seedling grower what you need.

Expert Tips for Growing Leeks and Exhibition Leeks

Gardeners in the north of England, Durham and Northumberland particularly, have made the growing of exhibition leeks very much their own

Improving water usage efficiencies in sugarcane

The global sugar industry is often slammed for wasting freshwater resources. In SA, sugar farmers and processors have found practical ways to improve water use

Plant Diseases – Understanding the Problem

Disease symptoms are caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses. They are parasitic organisms, that is to say, ones that take their food from other living creatures