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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...

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...

Growing seedlings is a very important stage in a plant’s life. It is during this period that the foundation of the future harvest is laid. Wanting to help our “green pets,” we often make a fatal mistake by starting to “feed” them excessively. But what is good for an adult plant in the garden can kill a tender sprout...

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...

Lovingly grown cucumber seedlings are already «asking» to be planted in the beds. But it is important to remember: this crop is very heat-loving and reacts poorly even to the slightest cold snaps. Therefore, it is better to play it safe and plant seedlings taking into account real weather conditions...

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...

The slowdown in seedling growth after planting in a permanent place has quite understandable reasons. Most often the main problem is stress due to a violation of any conditions of seedling preparation or transplanting rules...

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...

By planting cucumber seedlings in the greenhouse in the first or second decade of May, you can expect the first crisp harvest already in June. At the same time, the success of the "venture" depends not only on favorable weather, but also on соблюдение the subtleties of agricultural technology, namely – proper planting of the plants...