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Planting Seed Bombs: 11 Common Questions
If you want an easy and convenient way to start a wildflower patch in your yard, you need to know about seed bombs. Here are the 11 most commonly asked questions about how to plant …
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5 Ways To Break Seed Dormancy: Which is the Best?
If you plant seeds and they still do not germinate after waiting for weeks, chances are the seeds could just be dormant. How can you make dormant seeds germinate? To break seed dormancy, you can …
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Best Zone for Gardening: 13 Hardiness Zones Compared
If you could move anywhere for your passion in gardening, where would that be? Which gardening zone is the best? We have found zone 8, 9, and 10 to be the best for gardeners for …
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Should You Aerate Your Lawn? (Here’s The Proof)
If your lawn has issues with brown spots or water puddles, you may have heard of the method of just poking holes into the lawn, or lawn aeration. Is it legit or is it just …
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Saving Seeds from Green, Unripe Fruits? (We Investigate)
For those who save seeds, you may have been told to wait for the fruit to turn completely ripe on the plant before picking it and harvesting its seeds. Well, that is a myth. You …
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Fertilizing Orchids, TDS and PPM (All You Should Know)
The sensitive air roots of orchids can get fertilizer burn or even rot if the water or liquid fertilizer is too “hard”, in other words, containing too many minerals or soluble salts. The easiest way …
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7 Top Wetting Agents for Lawn (With Editor’s Pick)
If your lawn pools water and has brown spots even after getting plenty of water, chances are the soil is hydrophobic or water-repellant. A quick way to help water penetrate into the soil is to …
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7 Conditions When Your Compost Can (Actually) Self-Ignite
You may not believe this, but the grass trimmings in the compost bin can actually catch fire spontaneously, and become a fire hazard to your house or neighbors. What can cause a compost pile to …
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46 Popular Orchids as Houseplants (With Pictures)
Are you looking to expand your orchid collection, but not sure which to choose? We have created this comprehensive guide to nine most common genera in the family of orchids (Orchidaceae), namely Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Dendrobium, …
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6 Reasons Why Air Layering Can Fail (& How to Succeed)
Air layering is probably the only way to clone a Bonsai or your favorite fruit tree that is not true to seed. But getting it done right can take some skills. Most air layering attempts …
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