Latest articles by Jackie Rhoades
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Acorn Squash Growing Tips For Your Garden
Acorn squash can be kept through the winter, unlike their thin skinned and vulnerable cousins, the summer squash. Learn how to grow acorn squash in your garden and find harvesting tips in this article.
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Pruning Photinia Shrubs: How And When To Prune A Red Tip Photinia
Learning about pruning care for red tip photinia is not as straightforward as it initially appears. That being said, the information in this article can help provide tips for cutting back photinia shrubs.
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Planting Pomegranate Trees: How To Grow A Pomegranate Tree From Seeds
Questions about how to plant a pomegranate seed show up quite frequently lately. Find out how to grow pomegranate from seeds in the following article so you can try your hand at cultivating these fruits.
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Peppermint Planting: Growing Peppermint And How To Use Peppermint Plant
Almost everyone has heard of peppermint. Learning how to grow peppermint is easy, but before we get into growing peppermint, let's learn a little bit about the plant itself. This article will help with that.
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How To Make A Tree Straight And Stop Trees From Leaning
Most gardeners want the trees in their yard to grow straight and tall, but sometimes Mother Nature has other ideas - a leaning tree. Can you straighten a tree? Read this article to find out more.
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Grass Seed For Shade: What Grass Grows In Shade
Grass doesn't like shade. If you have a lot of shade trees or other low light conditions in your yard, you're never going to have a lawn. It's as simple as that. Or is it? Learn more here.
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How To Grow Shrimp Plants - Growing Information And Shrimp Plant Care
Before we talk about how to care for a shrimp plant, you should know what a shrimp plant is. This is an evergreen shrub that requires certain needs to grow it successfully. Read this article to learn more.
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Blight On Tomatoes - Tomato Blight Treatment And Prevention
What is tomato blight? Blight on tomatoes is caused by a fungal infection and like all fungi, they are spread by spores and require damp, warm weather conditions to flourish. Learn more in this article.
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Plants For Gardening With Salt Water Soil
Salty soils occur when sodium builds up in the soil. Even runoff from winter salt spray can create a microclimate in need of salt resistant gardens. This article can help with choosing salt tolerant plants.
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What Is Urea: Tips On Feeding Plants With Urine
Can urine be used as a fertilizer? As a matter of fact, it can, and its use can improve your organic garden's growth at no cost. This article has tips and information for using urea fertilizer.
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Causes Of Problems With Eucalyptus Trees
Problems with eucalyptus trees are a fairly recent occurrence. The trees are native to Australia and up until 1990 were relatively pest and disease free. Find out more about eucalyptus tree problems in this article.
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What Is Onion Bolting And How To Keep An Onion From Bolting
Onions are easy to grow; however, even in perfect soil, nutrient, and light conditions, gardeners all face a problem over which they have little control: onion bolting. Learn how to keep onions from bolting here.
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Goldfish Hanging Plant - How To Grow Goldfish Houseplant
Goldfish plants derive their name from the unusual shape of their flowers which, with some imagination, resemble fish. The following article will help you with tips on growing and caring for this plant.
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How And When To Transplant Hostas
Hostas are a perennial favorite among gardeners and there's a hosta for every garden need. They're a great plant to share with others and prime candidates for transplanting. For tips to transplant hosta, click here.
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Prevent Fig Rust: Stopping Rust On Fig Leaves And Fruit
The fig is relatively carefree. However, under more humid conditions, they may be prone to disease. The most common fig disease, rust, occurs under these conditions. Learn more here.
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False Indigo Growing Tips: Growing And Caring For Baptisia Plants
If you're looking for a striking perennial that needs minimum care to produce maximum results, take a good look at Baptisia plants. Find out how to grow and care for false indigo flowers in this article.
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Photinia Leaf Spot - Prevention And Treatment Of Common Photinia Bush Diseases
Unfortunately, with the overuse and close planting of red-tipped photinia, disease wasn't far behind and resulted in constant, yearly attacks by photinia fungus—also known as photinia leaf spot. Get more info here.
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Ostrich Fern Info: Learn More About How To Grow Ostrich Ferns
Have a corner in your yard that's deeply shady and damp? A spot where nothing much seems to grow? Try planting ostrich fern. Tips for growing an ostrich fern can be found in this article.
