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Improving the Soil – Ventilation,Processability,Color and Water Holding Capacity

July 8, 2011

Ventilation: Ventilating the soil not only improves drainage but also makes roots and underground organisms breathe. Ventilation can be achieved with most of the methods that improve drainage.
Processability: Heavily clayed soil is hard to work on. To improve this, drainage methods can be used together with adding organic materials that the soil lacks.
Color: Color of [...]

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Erosion – Types and Prevention

June 29, 2011

Soil erosion is one of the important concerns for any type of vegetation. This mainly occurs in two forms, the first one is erosion that is caused by wind and the other is the erosion that is being caused by rain. In both of the above cases the top soil is being washed away which [...]

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Drainage and Soil Improvement; Important Guidelines

June 28, 2011

Many plants like good drainage without losing the water in soil too fast. This is especially important for plants that are harvested early. The ideal situation is when the minerals are surrounded by a thin layer of water and there is air between the organic materials. The roots will circle the minerals and they will [...]

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The Importance of Taking Care of Soil‏

June 2, 2011

Soil, is a living thing. Like all living things, it needs air, moisture and warmth. If we don’t work on it with correct techniques, we can’t harvest as much as we’d like, we only get as much as it’s able to give. If we process our soil properly we will provide moisture, ventilation and warmth [...]

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Growing and stock farming of cherry and berry

June 1, 2011

Cherries are greatly liked by many people due to wonderful taste and this is one of the most popular fruits. These fruits are so tasty to an extent the biggest problem will be to protect these fruits from birds. Cherries fruit comes in two forms, sweet and sour variety. The sweet cherries have to be [...]

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Types of Fruit Seedlings and Planting Times

May 30, 2011

Generally square, quadrangle, chess and triangle planting are applied to flat areas. In sloping areas, contour planting is applied parallel to terrace curves. Let’s learn how to mark our seedling locations, dig seedling holes, plant our seedlings and understand the optimimum plantation times.
First: Marking Seedling Locations and Digging Seedling Holes
A space the length of half a tree should be left f read [...]

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Pruning Fruit Trees

May 28, 2011

Pruning is actually a cutting art form in which a tree is bestowed with a more desirable shape, but the positive side effects of careful trimming including hearty development and yield, an improvement in the quality of the plant and the restoration of parts that may be damaged for a number of reasons. The aim of pruning duing the plantation period or throughout the [...]

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The Preferred Characteristics Of Proper Fruit Seedlings

May 5, 2011

Today, we will explain the preferred characteristics of proper fruit seedlings (before hedging an orchard) and the ideal plantation times of seedlings.
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Introduction to Greenhouse Irrigation Systems

September 17, 2009

It’s a well a known fact that plants require sufficient amount of water to survive. With no chances of obtaining natural water sources for the plants placed in greenhouse, there is a great need to develop an artificial greenhouse irrigation to fulfill the water requirements of plants.
Why greenhouse irrigation?
Watering the plants using the water cans [...]

Drip Irrigation Greenhouses

September 13, 2009

Greenhouses type of plantation has gained massive support from the people all around. They need to have better growth under specified condition. Also the growth of plants can be termed healthy due to procurement of essential conditions that are for the uninterrupted growth of plants. The harmful radiations can be stopped from approaching the plants [...]

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Effective Ways for Garden Pest Control

September 10, 2009

People would always love to have attractive gardens at home. Gardens may consist of diverse plants that tend to make the admirers spell bond. Gardening work consists of major work namely garden pest control. There are different types of garden pests that tend to provide hindrance to the growth of the plant.
Common garden pests

Mealy bugs

These [...]

Drip Irrigation System for Row Crops

September 7, 2009

Drip irrigation system is a great way to conserve water and soil nutrients. In short, it is a great way to save the earth.
It is globally recognized that a drip irrigation system is the best way to water a garden or a farm, providing just enough (not too much, not less) water for flowers, vegetables, [...]

Organic Pest Control for Organic Garden

August 14, 2009

Organic garden requires organic pest control. It is safer, cleaner and eco-friendly way to eliminate those nasty, green, crawly tiny monsters.
Sure, it would be easy to do that with the chemical version of a shotgun. But please, consider you and your kids having to eat the veggies. Chemical pesticides are only storing up problems for [...]

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Guide of Pruning Peach Trees Properly

April 30, 2009

Gobble pruning, also known as Calyx-shaped pruning, is the most commonly used technique for orchard-raised peach trees. Peaches grown in this manner must be topped, meaning that the top branch must be removed and the crown built on 3-4 main branches. Continuous pruning is necessary requirement for all peach trees, so gobble pruning must be [...]

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