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How Do Your Plants Get Sick?
Plant diseases can frustrate the most experienced gardeners. Sick plants not only look bad, but they can negatively impact the plant health of your entire garden. Using the right water soluble fertilizer can help boost disease resistance, as can some basic know-how about plant pathogens. To help you keep plant diseases at bay, we've answered the most common questions about plant health. What Does a Sick Plant Look Like? The most common signs of disease in a plant is dry, wilting and disc...
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How to Nourish Your Soil in the Winter
In most climates, planting seasons are cyclical. This means that during an off or dormant season, you should just leave your soil alone, right? Well, not if you want to optimize your plants' health and yield in the following season. Gardening is a full-time job, and you need to ensure that your soil receives proper nourishment all year long, including in the winter. Here are a few tips to make sure that when the winter turns to spring, your soil is primed and ready to burst forth with pla...
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Should You Worry That Your Soil is Contaminated?
What Does it Mean if Your Soil is Contaminated? If your soil is contaminated, there's a chance that the toxic materials can be absorbed into the plants you're growing. These chemicals are detrimental to soil health and could damage, or even kill, the plants you're growing. If you're growing fruit or vegetables, it might be best not to eat them and dispose of your plants if the chemical content of your soil is too high. This is because contaminated soil is most harmful when i...
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Why Do Frost Dates Matter For Your Garden?
Planting a garden in any other season rather than Spring can be challenging. Gardening in Winter and Fall can prove to be especially difficult in certain locations. This is why it’s important to keep in mind to the frost dates noted for the area where you live. Read on to learn what frost dates are, how they differ from freeze dates and how both can affect your cold month harvests. What is a Frost Date? A frost date is generally defined as the day where the likelihood of the ground being fr...
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6 Frost Tolerant Vegetables You’ll Want in Your Garden
In many places, Fall brings colorful foliage but it also brings cooler temperatures along with it that can make an Autumn harvest challenging even for the most experienced gardener. This is why for the cool weather months, we’re fans of semi-hardy and hardy vegetables which can withstand lower temperatures. Semi-hardy vegetables can survive repeated light frosts in the 30–32˚F range meanwhile, hardy vegetables can tolerate temperatures as low as 20˚F. Cold weather conditions even enhance the ...
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Best Fertilizer for Okra
Last updated: April 5, 2026 Technical Review by: Amir Tajer, B.S.M.E., QAL — Co-Owner & Technical Director, Greenway Biotech Reviewed against: UC Davis Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, and Clemson Extension vegetable production guidelines Disclosure: Greenway Biotech manufactures several products mentioned in this guide. Alternative organic options are also discussed. ⚡ Quick Facts: Fertilizing Okra Ideal soil pH: 6.0–6.8 (slightly acidic to neutral) ...
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How to Naturally Grow More Juicy Strawberries
What if we told you that there is a way you could naturally increase your strawberry harvest? And what if there was a way to get more juicy strawberries while at it? Well, you're about to discover a few ways to simultaneously improve your yield by volume and quality. Let's get you set up for a juicy bountiful summer harvest. Plant the Right Variety of Strawberries There are three common types of strawberries planted in the United States. The June bearing, ever-bearing and day-neutra...
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Yellowing Tomato Leaves: Top Reasons and Expert Solutions for Healthier Plants
Tomatoes are a staple in many home gardens, prized for their versatility and flavor. However, one common issue that can plague tomato growers is the dreaded yellowing of leaves. If you've ever wondered, "Why are my tomato plants turning yellow?" you're not alone. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how to identify and address the causes behind yellowing tomato leaves to help your plants thrive. We'll cover: Common causes of yellowing leaves: Understand how nutr...
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Can I Make a Successful Liquid Fertilizer From Granular?
There are various ways of converting granular into liquid fertilizer. But what is liquid fertilizer? Liquid fertilizer is a concentrated solution usually mixed with water and sprayed on the foliage and soil of your plants. Liquid fertilizers are typically fast-acting, easy to apply, and effective - even in cold weather. On the other hand, granular fertilizers can be more cost-efficient and easier to store. Generally, these fertilizers feature a synthetic chemical mix of crucial plant nutrient...
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How to Stop Plant Fungus Growing in Your Garden?
Fungus is one of the plant diseases that can stop your garden from thriving. Fungus usually develops in the hot summer months and becomes visible to the naked eye in the later summer months or earlier. The good news is fungus can only infect plant foliage; the bad news is your plants need the foliage to manufacture food for growth. Here are a few ways to protect your harvest from the devastating effects of fungus. Related Post: The Difference Between Fungal and and Bacterial Infections in Y...
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What is Topsoil and Why is it Important?
Did you know a lot goes on in your garden soil, particularly the topsoil? It's where your plants absorb their nutrients and where the water you provide gets absorbed. Without topsoil, your garden plants would have a hard time staying alive. So what exactly is topsoil? What is Topsoil? As the name suggests, topsoil is the top layer of soil in any agricultural land. It can get as deep as 8 inches and provides the plant roots with the most nutrition and growth factors. Related Post: How t...
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How Can You Naturally Increase the Acidity of Your Soil?
Every farmer and gardener knows that plants are as picky as they are resilient. Plants don't lie; the more fastidious you are in caring for your plants, the better the harvest or bloom come harvest time. One of the factors that can affect your plant output is soil pH, a factor most farmers and gardeners become aware of when it's too late. But what is soil pH? Related Post: What You Need to Know About Soil pH What's Acidic Soil? Soil acidity is measured on a pH scale lower tha...
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The Best Trees to Plant in Your Yard
There are numerous reasons why you need trees in your yard. One of the most important reason is their root system helps hold your soil together, controlling soil erosion. Trees also absorb excess water, provide shade, privacy and are aesthetically pleasing to look at. The right landscaping tree for your yard should fulfill the role for which you intend. They should also have the ability to survive in your climate region. Let's look at the best trees for your yard and some ways you can hel...
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Can Electro-Culture Gardening Make Your Plants Bigger?
If you have a green thumb, electro-culture gardening is one for the books. Have you ever thought about putting copper wire through your plants? Well if you haven't you might want to start because it's all the rage in the gardening community. Although there are some contradicting results, there may be some reason behind the gardening practice. Recommended for You: What is Electro-Culture Gardening? Electro-culture gardening is the practice of introducing a current into the pl...
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How to Make an Eco-Friendly Garden
A garden is a nice and sustainable way to enhance your landscape and add aesthetic value to your surroundings. What is even better than a regular garden? An organic garden. Organic gardens are both sustainable and environmentally friendly because they work with nature and are not against it. Related Post: 7 Ways to Make Your Garden More Sustainable What is an Eco-Friendly Garden? An eco-friendly garden is created and run using organic materials and practices. This organic method of growi...
