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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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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Soil, Compost & Meat Thermometers: Any Differences?
Your body thermometer and food thermometer may be at your fingertips. But can you just stick any thermometer in your garden to check the soil temperature? What are their differences? Food thermometers can be used …
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7 Ways To Fix Stinky Anaerobic Compost (Easy!)
It’s a nightmare to end up with anaerobic compost or soil with little or no oxygen—they are sticky, stinky, slow to decompose, and are not suitable for growing plants. It often happens when compost piles …
Cleaning Soil Off Succulent Roots: 4 Simple Steps
Removing the old soil off the root ball during repotting may damage fragile roots. But it is not going to kill your plant. In fact, there are situations when it is necessary to do …
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7 Ways to Increase Soil Temperature (Effectively)
Have you thought of increasing the soil temperature to give a head start to your seeds before spring comes, to protect young seedlings on cold days, or just to protect your garden from frost? You …
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Top 41 Acid-Loving Plants (A to Z list)
Do you know that a small number of plants need to grow in highly acidic soil because they have a higher requirement of certain nutrients that are most available in low pH environments? While most …
Fir vs Pine Bark: 8 Key Differences for Potting
It can be confusing – sometimes it’s called “pine bark”, sometimes “fir bark” or even “orchid bark”. Most people use the terms interchangeably, but their differences are quite significant especially when it comes to potting …
Should You Sterilize Orchid Media & Tools? How?
Bark is commonly used as a growing medium for epiphytic orchids. Should you sterilize it and other growing substrates prior use or reuse? You should sterilize used bark and moss only when it was previously …
2 Simple Ways To Make Ericaceous Compost (Peat-Free)
Rising environmental concerns are driving many people to look for peat-free Ericaceous compost to grow their acid-loving plants. But, how do you make peat-free ericaceous compost? The best substitute for peat in making ericaceous compost …
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