How to Store Garlic From the Garden

Once garlic has been harvested, it needs to be properly stored before it will remain edible. Curing should occur in a cool and dry location that’s protected from rain or direct sunlight for maximum effectiveness. Start by gently digging up your garlic from the soil using a garden fork (not your shovel or spade) or …

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How Much Blood Meal to Use in Your Garden

Blood meal is an organic fertilizer with high nitrogen levels that also acidifies soil. How much blood meal a gardener requires depends on the results of soil tests as well as which plants they’re growing. Be mindful not to apply too much nitrogen; excess nitrogen can burn plants. It is a slow-release fertilizer Blood meal …

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How to Improve Sandy Soil

As part of your strategy to revitalize sandy soil, adding organic matter is the first step to improvement. A layer of compost, shredded leaves, manure, straw or even weedless grass clippings helps retain nutrients for better nutrient retention. Organic matter helps sandy soil retain water, as well as add essential nutrients as it decomposes. By …

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What Does Bat Guano Look Like?

Bats often get a bad rap for being creepy creatures that feed off our blood, yet can also carry rabies and cause structural damage as well as producing musty smells in homes. If you spot piles of bat guano in your home, contact your local Critter Control service provider immediately for expert wildlife removal and …

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Choosing the Right Fertilizer For Tomatoes

Tomatoes rely on regular supplies of macro nutrients like nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), making the selection of an appropriate fertilizer essential to plant growth, flowering, fruiting, disease resistance and soil health. Water-soluble fertilizers dissolve quickly and are easy to use with standard watering methods. Jobe’s Plant Spike can provide months-long slow release …

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How to Grow a Meyer Lemon Tree

Meyer lemon trees are incredibly easy to cultivate in containers. Be sure to provide well-draining soil, while keeping the top inch moist at all times. Meyer lemon trees require a sunny south-facing window when grown indoors. Be careful to gradually introduce them as sudden temperature fluctuations may result in fruit drop. Temperature Meyer lemon trees …

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What Does a Crabapple Look Like?

Crab apple trees are perennial favorites due to their beautiful spring flowers, summer fruits and fall foliage displays. Furthermore, these evergreen trees add year-round interest with their various flower colors, fragrances, sizes and tree forms that give it year-round appeal. “Adams” boasts gorgeous pink buds that bloom into pure white fragrant blooms in early to …

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How to Care For Jasmine Plants

Jasmine plants should be placed in sunny spots with well-draining soils. When planting in heavy soils, add grit to improve drainage; use well-rotted manure or compost as mulch in autumn to protect roots. Plant jasmine varieties on trellises and prune them regularly to manage growth. Prune after flowering to promote reblooming and pinch stems for …

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How to Kill Nematodes

Nematodes cause widespread plant damage by puncturing cell walls and sucking out their contents, so organic growers should practice crop rotation and use anti-nematode controls like French marigold cultivars Tangerine and Petite Harmony as means of control. Nematode damage may not be visible to the naked eye, so confirming an infestation requires sending soil samples …

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How to Revive a Prayer Plant

Prayer plants require proper care to remain lush green houseplants. Keep the soil moist in Summer while partially drying it out during Winter. Locating what is causing the plant to suffer is key in revitalizing it. It could be anything from low humidity levels to an inadequate watering schedule. Watering The prayer plant is a …

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