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Each summer resident has his own way to make the plot the most original. Someone relies on exotic plants that need to be watched like a hawk, while someone prefers to use familiar flowers for decoration that do not require special conditions...

On the eve of the new summer cottage season, on the windowsills in some houses in the evenings you can see not only containers with future seedlings, but also lighting that is not quite typical for apartments (usually purple or red shades). This is how phytolamps glow...

Proper care is very important for plants, especially at the early stage of their development. Spring return frosts can ruin the future harvest. To prevent this from happening, greenhouses are built. In addition, vegetables ripen in them earlier than in open ground...

A dry crust or mold on the surface of the soil? Withering leaves or rotting roots? All these are symptoms of improper watering. This seemingly very simple matter has its own nuances. If they are not taken into account, the consequences can be very serious, up to the death of the seedlings. What happens to seedlings with excessive watering and when the soil dries out?..

Picking - is transplanting seedlings to a new location with simultaneous pinching of the central root. However, transplanting is often understood as any transplanting of seedlings from smaller containers to larger ones...

Napa cabbage can be sown with almost equal success both in spring and in mid-summer. An excellent solution is not to choose between spring and summer sowing, but to do both. In this case, you will be able to include a healthy vegetable in your diet much more often...

In addition to regular watering, additional lighting, protection from diseases and pests, flower seedlings vitally need fertilizers, thanks to which they will become strong, easily withstand hardening and transplantation into open ground...

Growing tomato seedlings is a fascinating activity. You can endlessly experiment with varieties and agricultural techniques. But in order to grow strong and healthy seedlings, you need to properly prepare the soil, process the seeds and do all the work in a timely manner...

Hawthorn is a shrub or tree from the Rosaceae family, the height of which can reach 4 m. Many varieties of hawthorn are deciduous multi-stemmed trees, but there are also semi-evergreen species of the plant. Hawthorns reach a height of 3 to 5 m, but in optimal conditions they can grow up to 12 m. Their crown is round, dense, ovoid or spherical, often asymmetrical. The bark is gray or brown, cracked..

Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare) is an ideal hedge that can be given any, even the most unusual shape. Decorative deciduous, densely branched shrub, reaches up to 5 m in height and a bush diameter of up to 5 m, annual growth is up to 40 cm in height and 30 cm in width. Privet is one of the best shrubs for hedges, forest edges, undergrowth in a group of trees with a transparent crown...

Propagating spirea by seeds is easy and convenient: from sowing you get many plants at once, which usually bloom in the third year. You can get several hundred plants from one bush - for example, to create a hedge...

Growing seedlings is a seemingly simple matter, but quite painstaking: to obtain the best result, you need to take into account many nuances. And one of the most important among them is the choice of time to sow the seeds of a particular garden crop...

At first glance, growing carrots is quite simple - dig up a bed, sow seeds, water a couple of times and wait for the harvest. Alas, this is not so, and such "lazy" agricultural technology will lead to crooked and tasteless fruits. You also need to know how to plant carrots correctly...

In order to achieve high results in growing beets when sowing their seeds in the spring for seedlings and in open ground, you need to follow several simple rules for preparation and sowing. This applies to both the soil and the seed itself...

You can grow radishes at home on a windowsill, but due to the limited space, you are unlikely to get an unprecedented harvest. Therefore, from the end of April to September, it is better to sow radishes in open ground and properly care for the crop...

With the onset of sunny days, summer residents start sowing early cold-resistant greens in greenhouses and garden beds to please their families with fresh vitamins. But you can aim higher and greet the summer with the first harvest of cucumbers!..

Peppers and eggplants are considered to be rather capricious crops. They are demanding of warmth and soil fertility, and often suffer from root rot. Therefore, when growing seedlings, you need to try to provide them with the most comfortable conditions and form a strong immunity in the plants...

With the onset of spring, all gardens and summer cottages begin to be full of a variety of bushes of everyone's favorite - petunia. Every year, more and more breeders are developing different colors, new varieties of this lush beauty. It not only has a wide range of colors, but also differs in both a simple flower shape and a terry one...

Growing seedlings is a process that requires special attention, since the future harvest largely depends on the quality of the seedling material. However, during the growth of seedlings, various problems may arise that interfere with the normal development of plants...

Bacopa is a still little-known perennial plant that is valued for its unpretentiousness, abundant flowering and decorative appearance. It is native to South Africa, but grows well in our conditions...

Delicate seedlings are vulnerable to numerous pests. Among them, there are particularly dangerous ones: omnivorous, very voracious and prolific. It is important to recognize them in time and take measures to protect plants...

While there is still a lull in the garden, use the first days of the calendar spring to your advantage. There are many things you can do during this period to not only tidy it up, but also help the green spaces avoid potential problems...

The right soil for seedlings is the beginning of beginnings. Young seedlings receive the necessary nutrition from the soil. Their health and your future harvest depend on it. But the "tastes" of different crops are different, and this should be taken into account when preparing the soil...

Tomato seedlings can be grown in different containers: in common boxes, separate pots, etc. Each sowing method has its own advantages and disadvantages. Before you start preparing the containers, you need to estimate the number of seedlings and the area they will occupy. Let's look at the most popular containers that are suitable for sowing...