Gardening Articles: Care :: Plant Care Techniques
Dennis Linden at USDA-ARS soil lab in St. Paul, Minnesota, has found that earthworms are creatures of habit. Once a worm stumbles onto its food source, it remembers where the food is located and keeps coming back for ... [... more]
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Caring For & Harvesting Beans
If you're working around young bean plants with a hoe or other weeding tool, or if you're cultivating between rows, remember to stay near the surface. Weed seeds are tiny and must be very close to the surface to germinate -- not like beans, which ... [... more]
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Better Coleus For Full Sun
Petunias grow well here at National Gardening, in a large, sunny raised bed near our parking lot. But pale yellow petunias have never inspired me. Others I've grown just aren't as vigorous and free-flowering as the purple and magenta varieties ... [... more]
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Add Beneficial Fungi When Planting
A few things should be kept in mind when using these products. Before sprinkling mycorrhizae around plants, check the soil’s phosphorus levels. High phosphorus in soils inhibits mycorrhizae formation, making the ... [... more]
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Amended Compost Holds More Nutrients
Researchers built three 20-cubic-yard compost piles: one containing only manure; one containing manure and leaves; and one containing manure, leaves, clay, gypsum, and humic acid. They then monitored the nutrient ... [... more]
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An Easy Way To Measure Sunlight
A simple, handy tool can help you determine the amount of sunlight in any location in your yard. The Sunlight Calculator meter measures the duration and intensity of sunlight falling in a location over a 12-hour ... [... more]
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Add Water-Absorbing Gel After Planting
Water-absorbing crystals are often used to keep containers, hanging baskets, and pots moist during dry summer weather. The traditional way to apply the crystals is to mix them into the potting soil before you plant. ... [... more]
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Cabbage Pests
The best-known cabbage family pest is probably the imported cabbageworm, offspring of the white cabbage butterfly. As soon as you see the butterflies making the rounds of your garden, spray every seven to 10 days with the biological control ... [... more]
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Adding More Fertilizer To Peppers
To sidedress, dig a trench around the plant about one inch deep and three to four inches away from the stem around the drip line of the leaves (see below). Put a handful of manure or compost or two to three ... [... more]
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All About Green Roofs
Greenroofs.com is a virtual portal to the green roof world. It provides information on the green roof movement, including a green roof directory of suppliers; print, radio, and video green roof news from around the world; job listings; and a ... [... more]
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Beer Bait For Cockroaches
Purdue University researchers recently did a study comparing the effectiveness of various cockroach attractants placed on sticky traps and installed in a simulated kitchen. The attractants trialed were peanut butter, ... [... more]
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Amended Compost Holds More Nutrients
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