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Tulips are a genus of perennial herbaceous bulbous plants of the Liliaceae family, beloved by many gardeners, which includes more than 80 species in modern taxonomies. And the continuously updated world fund of commercially cultivated tulips alone today has more than 1800 varieties and forms!..

Asters are loved for their unpretentiousness and beautiful flowering. But these flowers also have disadvantages: the plants attract pests and have weak immunity to diseases. The most dangerous diseases for asters are fusarium, jaundice, black leg and gray rot. And among insects, aphids cause the greatest harm to beautiful asters. But asters can be completely protected from all these misfort..

When the spring sun begins to warm, not only the trees and shrubs in the garden wake up, but also insect pests, as well as phytopathogens, which under favorable conditions quickly spread throughout the entire area. Therefore, it is important to treat the garden in time for both diseases and pests...

Experienced gardeners and vegetable growers have already sown seeds for seedlings and even received the first shoots. But there are plants that, like people, do not like to "wake up" too early. Our material today is about "owl plants", the seeds of which can be sown for seedlings in April...

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...