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Tomato Growing Conditions
Lemon Juice As A Natural Deodorant
Sun-Dried & Oven-Dried Tomatoes
Progress Of My Mango Seed Sprouting day by day
Celery Growing Conditions
Pruning Peach Saplings
When my peach sapling (planted from seed) reaches 30 – 40 cm in height, this is when I expect it to start giving off branches. To encourage the branching, I cut off the leaves in the lower part of the plant. I do this to direct the plant’s energy from growing leaves to growing branches. …
Sprouting Mango Seeds
Egg Cartons Used As Seed Starters
Mint Propagation
Composting Tips
Your compost can be ready in two to three months if you apply the following tips. Grind your compost. This is the step that will make your compost mature and become ready for use in a very short time. Also, it will make your compost unappealing for rodents who will have nothing to chew on. …
Using Iron Nails As Fertilizers
Iron is one of the micronutrients needed by plants. Plant leaves are green in color because of a compound in them named “Chlorophyll”. Chlorophyll is the substance that causes the plant the take up CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and give off O2 (Oxygen). This process is named “Photosynthesis”. Photosynthesis to plants is just like breathing to …
Progress Of My Avocado Seed Sprouting Week By Week
Avocado Seeds Starting to Give Off Multiple Shoots (Multiple Stems)
These seeds gave off their roots a couple of months ago. Then, I transferred them to the soil-filled pots.
My Banana Peel Liquid Fertilizer
This is one of my liquid fertilizers. It is made up of: Banana peels (cut into cubes) 1 teaspoon of yogurt (the bacteria in the yogurt speeds up the break down of the banana peel) Water I made a couple of holes in the bottle cap, and I sprinkle a few drops of my liquid …
Bolted Lettuce
Lettuce is grown as a “leaf vegetable”, which means that people grow it to harvest and eat it’s leaves. Examples of leaf vegetables: lettuce, Spinach, kale, cabbage & arugula. That’s why people who grow lettuce would want it to continue giving off leaves and avoid letting it go into the flowering phase. But still, every …
7 Months Old Peach Tree (Grown From Seed)
In the first week of February 2019, I ate a peach and harvested this seed from it. Peaches are one of the stone fruits. They are named “stone fruits” because of their pits that are hard like stones. I cracked the pit and opened it. Inside, there was the almond-shaped seed. p.s. the most important …
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7 Months Old Plum Sapling Starting To Branch (Planted From Seed)
Plum saplings will start to branch when they reach 30 – 40 cm in height.
How To Treat White Powdery Mildew On Apple Leaves
Powdery Mildew is a fungal infection that commonly occur to Apple leaves. It will appear as a white or gray powdery film on a plant’s leaves & stems. Powdery Mildew is a fungal infection. Home-made treatments for Powdery Mildew Milk – It is unknown why milk is effective against Mildew. The way it is used …
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How To Tell If Your Compost Is Mature And Ready To Be Used?
Smell: It has lost it’s foul smell & has a pleasant earthy odor (If unsure, place a spoonful of your compost in a plastic bag & seal it. After 3 days, open it & smell it. If it has an earthy odor with no foul smell, then it is ready to be used) Color: Dark …
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Mango Seed Sprouting
First, you peel and eat the mango… Second, you rinse the mango pit. Third, you crack the outer shell of the pit to open it, and take the seed out of the outer shell. Fourth, you place the seed in a wet paper towel, and place it in a plastic bag. Sixth, keep it in …
Mango Trees
Temperature Requirements The most optimum temperature for mango trees is not below 35°F (1.7°C) and not above 95°F (35°C). At temperatures below 25°F (-3.8°C): older (well established) mango trees could be severely damaged or die. At temperatures below 30°F (-1°C): young mango trees could be severely damaged or die. At temperatures below 40°F (4.4°C): fruits …
Jojoba oil (pronounced “ho-ho-ba”)
How is Jojoba Oil produced? The Jojoba plant is a wild-growing shrub native to southern California, southern Arizona & Mexico. The seed is the part of the plant that contains the oil. The oil is produced by cold pressing the seeds. Benefits of Jojoba Oil Jojoba oil has a unique feature among all other vegetable …
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