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7 Ways to Boost the Bloom in Your Grow Garden

Agric4profits

For your gardens to continue to bloom, a landscape management program that includes fertilization, proper watering, staking, pruning, mulching, weed prevention and insect control goes a long way towards supporting healthy ornamentals.

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How to Make Fruit Trees Produce Faster

Agric4profits

Spacing, pollination, training, pruning and fertilizing fruit trees give fruit trees the best chance to produce a bountiful crop. Flower buds form one season, then result in a fruit crop the following season. So, everything you do to care for your fruit trees will effect next year’s crop.

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Lower Your Grocery Costs With These 7 Easy-to-Grow Crops

Modern Farmer

That means no trellising, pruning, or involved soil preparation. Add a balanced fertilizer to your soil, then direct sow arugula seeds by planting two to five seeds per inch. Growing crops at the proper time of the year lessens heat and cold stress and allows the plants to flourish naturally.

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Marketing that Matters: Audubon Seal Connects Ranchers and Consumers

Food Tank

“Ranchlands looks at cattle as a stand-in for the large herds of bison that historically grazed on North America’s grasslands…essential processes such as pruning the plants through grazing, disturbance of the crust through hoof action, and fertilization of the soil by fecal matter are all necessary to the grassland ecosystem and are something (..)

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How Syntropic Agriculture Restores Soil and Farms

ATTRA

Regular pruning to manage plant succession and promote vigorous growth. ‘Chop and drop’ mulching, where pruned biomass becomes ground cover to build organic matter and protect the soil. But livestock integration can greatly enhance soil structure and soil fertility. Not all farms can or want to have livestock.

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Unraveling the Mystery of Woolly Aphids

Kavya Organic Farm

Here are some specific control methods: Pruning and Sanitation Regularly prune and remove heavily infested plant parts to prevent the spread of aphids to healthier sections of the plant. Proper Watering and Fertilization Maintain healthy and well-fertilized plants to enhance their resilience against pest attacks.

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USDA Scientists Improving Cold-Hardiness of Kiwifruit

ATTRA

USDA reports on a study that shows that both vines grow vigorously, and received little pruning before bearing fruit. There was also no need for supplemental irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, or a warm climate for growth. The Tango variety produces fruit similar to the kiwifruit commercially available today.

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