Seeds

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The First Step In Agriculture — What Are Seeds and Seedbeds?

July 20, 2011

What Is A Seed?
In line with limited production areas, nourishment of the world population (which is increasing rapidly) is only possible with an increase in production per unit area. Quite possibly, seeds are the most important element among agricultural applications and inputs such as irrigation, fertilization and mechanization have been developed to increase production. It has been found that seedbeds [...]

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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
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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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Seeds for Greenhouse Production & Planting

October 15, 2009

The cultivation field has found turmoil due to the fewer amounts of rainfall and abnormal weather condition prevailing throughout the world. The rate of death due to no intake of food has increased rapidly. The reasons for these things are:

The climate is changing rapidly due to many factors like ozone depletion and greenhouse effect.
The other [...]

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Heirloom Seeds – Agricultural History In The Making

April 9, 2009

Many of us can’t help but notice the familiar harbingers of springtime – enthusiastic sparrows pecking away at not-so-fortunate worms, tender young shoots making their grand entrance above the soil, winged insects taking
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The Biological Characteristics Of Fruit Varieties

April 7, 2009

Foreign pollination is a must for fruit production trees of many fruit types and varieties. Despite heavy flower production, fruit trees that tend to produce little to no fruit likely suffer from a lack of effectively-inseminating species.
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