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plant care and diseases

plant care and diseases

Shaping shrubs to direct their growth

Shaping shrubs is a way to manipulate the direction a plant will grow. We might want to shape the growth of a shrub so that it grows in a particular direction or so that it doesn’t grow in a particular direction. This article will briefly cover how to shape a Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
plant care and diseases

Pruning plants can ruin plants

Pruning plants is like getting a haircut except that whilst you hair tends to grow back, a pruned plant will be altered forever. Here are some ways we can ruin plants by pruning: Pruning plants in a way that doesn’t take into account their direction of growth. This can lead Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
plant care and diseases

Feeding plants using natural resources

Feeding plants using natural resources is the most effective way to grow plants in the natural habitat. The ingredients are natural and utilised by natures creatures to help grow healthy plants. It is a manner of organic gardening that utilises organic methods and millions of species all working together. Interspecies Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
companion planting brassicas and legumes
plant care and diseases

The keys to effective companion planting

Companion planting – what is it? Companion planting refers to a style of inter-planting that results in a beneficial outcome to the gardener usually in the form of higher crop yields and to the plants. Inter-planting is planting different types of plants together. So instead of having a monoculture – one type Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
plant care and diseases

Susceptible and resistant plants: what are they and how do they work?

What are susceptible or resistant plants? We often hear about resistant plants or plants that are susceptible but what exactly does that mean? Resistant plants have properties that resist or repel an antagonist (usually a herbivore insect or microbe). Susceptible plants refer to the degree to which a plant is Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
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