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Cover Crops for the Backyard Garden

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Growing Cover Crops for the Home Garden

Not many home gardeners think about cover crops. Many, in fact, are unaware of them altogether. Those who have heard of them may think that they are just for commercial farmers. But the truth is, cover crops can be very beneficial to the backyard gardener. Why Use Cover … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Soil & Composting Tagged With: backyard cover crops, cover crops, home cover crops

Fertilizing Tomatoes

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Fertilizing Tomatoes

Once your tomatoes are growing well, you may wonder what else you can do to keep them healthy. Many gardeners focus on fertilizers as a growth enhancer for their tomatoes. This usually works, but there is a better focus for what your tomato plants really need if they are to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Gardening Tagged With: compost, compost tea, fertilizing tomatoes, growing tomatoes, healthy soil, Planting Tomatoes

Storing Seeds

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Most vegetable seeds last at least 3 years, some more, some less. If the seeds were purchased commercially, they will have a date on their packet or container. Seeds should be used within 2 years of purchase, regardless of their variety. If you save your own seeds, this also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Gardening Tagged With: keeping garden seeds, saving seeds, seed storage, storing seeds

Preventing Damping Off

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preventing damping off

New gardeners often experience an unfortunate phenomenon called "damping-off," a fungal disease that is ironically caused by the same warm and humid conditions that promote germination and seedling growth. With damping-off, however, seeds fail to germinate at all or germinate but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening 101, General Gardening Tagged With: damping off, preventing damping off, seedlings damping off

Give Your Seedlings a Head Start

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Tips for Starting Seeds

Plants are similar to children in that you have to give them lots of attention early on so they achieve optimum health and maturity later. At the germination and seedling stages, plants need proper amounts of nutrition, light, warmth and oxygen. This enables them to develop the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening 101 Tagged With: how to start seeds, seed germination, seedlings head start, start seedlings, starting seeds

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