Doug Greens Garden : gardening as if my best life depended on it
Yes, you can use old pantyhose or garbage bags to make your own grow bags. Here’s how. OK, so it’s silly season in the greenhouse research area. Use Old Pantyhose Some researchers have …
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Watering Individual Plants A Simple Home Drip-Watering System Take a large plastic bottle – cut off the bottom end about a half-inch from the bottom.Take the screw-cap top off and with a hot …
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This biochar research is interesting. Soil scientist Jeff Novak at the ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Research Center in Florence, S.C. is the lead researcher to evaluate the effects of …
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Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizers Deplete Soil Nitrogen‚ Organic nitrogen and carbon exist naturally in soils but in the 1920’s and 30’s, research showed that soluble nitrogen fertilizers actually …
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Let's see if we can understand the main differences between lime and gypsum in the home garden. Lime: Lime is made up of a) calcium or b) calcium and magnesium and reduces the pH of soil (reduces …
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Organic fertilizer is a bit of a funny concept (well, it's funny if you've been hanging around chemical farmers for a while) but here's what you need to know. Feed the Soil In the …
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