Working With Overly Wet Or Dry Soil
The use of automatic timers may give you soil that's too wet. Don't forget that automatic water-delivery systems must be adjusted in accordance with weather conditions and the season. Plants use more water in spring and summer, much less in fall ... [... more]
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Blossom End Rot
Blossom End Rot (BER) is a physiological disorder of tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits caused by a calcium imbalance within the plant. Fluctuations in soil moisture, excessively wet or dry soil, excessive nitrogen ... [... more]
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Blossom End Rot Information
Blossom End Rot (BER) is a physiological disorder of tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits caused by a calcium imbalance within the plant. Fluctuations in soil moisture, excessively wet or dry soil, excessive nitrogen fertilizer, roots damaged by ... [... more]
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Plants For Tough Spots
Succulents work well in areas with dry soil, of course, but there are a wide range of other perennials that can handle such conditions, including artemisia, bear's breech, yarrow, dianthus, coreopsis, fountain grass, ... [... more]
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Hanging Plants
Keep the soil moderately moist. When the soil is dry, water thoroughly, but don't overwater or allow standing water. Check the plant daily for dry soil. Hanging plants dry out more quickly than nonhanging plants ... [... more]
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Calendula Officianalis -- Pot Marigold
Calendulas growone to two feet tall and produce flowers of yellow and orange. They do best in fullsunshine and a rather dry soil. The plants bloom most of the summer, but are intolerant ofintense heat and may die out during periods of hot humid ... [... more]
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Plants for Dry Gardens: Beating the Drought
 This is an invaluable guide to the world's most attractive drought-tolerant trees and shrubs, succulents and bulbs, perennials and ephemerals - a host of plants, familiar and exotic, from which to create beautiful gardens. They are described in ... [... more]
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Cyrilla Racemiflora, Titi; Leatherwood
Comments: Flowers attracts bees; rich green foliage gradually becomes orange to maroon (zones 6-7); does not like dry soil ... [... more]
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Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from ...
The Divine Comedy of a Comic Saint? Delicious Laughter is Coleman Barks's collection of some of Maulana Rumi's most uproarious stories from the Mathnavi. But I must warn you potential reader: many of the narratives in this compilation are quite explicit - ... [... more]
$7.50
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Soil Mechanics (Series in Soil Engineering)
A good book but... The teory is excellent, this book explains to you everything about soil mechanics, but the practice (examples and exercises) is not so good and sometimes that's what really matters to you. I used this book in the university and now ... [... more]
$185.00
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Bulbs (A Firefly Guide)
Today, gardeners will find an astonishing variety of bulbs available -- even bulbs that bloom in autumn and winter. There are those suited for sun, for shade, for damp soil, for dry soil, for rock gardens, and even climbing varieties. All of the ... [... more]
$24.95
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Late Summer Flowers
While gardeners may be happy enough with their gardens in spring and early summer, few feel so confident about prolonging the display. Thankfully, Late Summer Flowers shows how to extend the blooming season. By choosing plants that have a late flowering ... [... more]
$29.95
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