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Sclerotinia strikes!
SCLEROTINIA disease can overwhelm many crops, especially in wet climates. I experienced a severe outbreak in my bean crop during the persistent rainy season
- Growing and Caring for Organic Strawberries
- Safeguarding soil fertility to cabbage maturity
- Seed Saving 101: 10 Things to Know If You Want to Start Saving Seeds
- Blackleg fungus in cabbages
- Spacing cabbages for the correct size
- What your cabbage seedlings should look like
- Nitrogen procedure for a cabbage crop
- Cabbage basics: nitrogen & soil balance
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8 Tips for Growing The Sweetest Melons
You’ve undoubtedly tasted melons that were a bit, meh. And perhaps others that were sweet enough to qualify as a religious experience.
How to manipulate cabbage seedlings
Last week I discussed how to choose seedlings. Now I want to outline ways to manipulate seedlings for prevailing conditions.
8 Plants for Hair and Skin Care
As far back as ancient times, plants have been harvested for their hair and skin benefits. Many are rich in both vitamins and fatty acids that target everyday
Choosing the right cabbage variety
There are hundreds of cabbage varieties on the world market, each filling a slot for some climatic condition or purpose, and quite a few are sold
Why Should You Care About Seed Diversity? Here are 7 Reasons
The loss was even more severe with other vegetables: cabbage varieties dropped from 544 to 28; lettuces from 497 to 36; and radishes from 463 to 27
Watermelons get cute
I’ve borrowed the information in this week’s column from the New York Times newspaper of 17 August 2010 – I thought you might find it interesting.
Ask Modern Farmer: How Long Do Fruiting Plants Live?
Dear Modern Farmer, I’m thinking about planting blackberry bushes in my yard, and it’s got me curious about the longevity and lifespan of fruit plants
Natural Remedies: 8 Plants That Promote Wellness
Herbalism the use of plants for their medicinal properties has been around long before modern-day pharmacies, and certain sprigs
When is the bolting season for vegetables?
You can lose a lot of money if your crop goes to seed when you don’t want it to. You need to know why and when this happens to take precautions.
Backyard Biogas 101: We Answer 9 Important Questions
Here’s something petroleum companies don’t want you to know: when things decompose, like the half rotten head of lettuce in the back of your refrigerator, fuel
Growing lettuce for the home garden – part 1
Leafy greens like lettuce is an important part of most people’s diets, especially as we approach the warmer months and salads return to our menus.
It’s a Twofer! Eggplants and Potatoes in One Plant
The reasons for the practice are varied, including increasing the fruit production, water uptake, and disease resistance of various plants.