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White lupine: a decorative and edible plant

sure, grows to 1 m to 1, 20 m tall and offers white spike-like flowers. Its cultivation is rather easy because it is content with a little fertile soil, even sandy. It is actually used in organic farming as a green manure to regenerate depleted soil. However, it should be noted that this plant ...

13
July
2022

Growing cabbage: what are the different varieties?

ut was once used as a fodder plant to feed livestock. Easy to grow leafy vegetables Cabbages are hardy plants that like deep, cool, rather chalky soil. All cabbages, except Brussels sprouts, prefer fairly well-smoked soil. When starting, remember to hoe to clean the soil at the foot of your y ...

10
Nov
2021

Green plants: why put matches in the pots?

he minerals in them. It's not uncommon for Green plants growing in pots to eventually run out of nutrients. By drawing essential minerals from the soil, they deplete their substrate and wither away if you don't provide them with fertilizer and/or a fresh substrate. Planting matches in the soil ...

16
Mar
2022

Gardening: what is an epiphytic plant?

to find some organic matter and to collect water from rain or dew. Epiphytic plants find everything they need to live without any contact with the soil. To compensate for the lack of soil, these species have adapted. They usually have organs that absorb ambient moisture (such as small absorben ...

23
Mar
2022

Garden: 5 Grandma's recipes that work

is precaution prevents some animals (like your dog, for example) from digging up and digging up this precious natural fertilizer. 2- Sprinkle the soil with eggshells to prevent slugs This other grandmother's garden recipe also works. Yes, but with certain conditions! If you want to protect yo ...

13
Aug
2021

Gardening: 5 tips for repotting a fat plant

w, once installed in its new pot. 3- Use a suitable substrate The third tip for repotting a fat plant is to use a suitable substrate, i.e. cactus soil. Since succulents are plants that like poor, well-drained soil, cactus potting soils may even be too rich. To remedy this problem, also inc ...

16
Feb
2022

The Japanese apple tree: a spring flowering shrub

Planting in the fall The Japanese apple tree thrives in a temperate climate. Easy to live with, it enjoys sun exposure and is content with ordinary soil. Planting is done preferably in fall to ensure good rooting before winter. Choose a location in the sun and away from wind that could damag ...

14
Apr
2022

Phacelia: 3 good reasons to plant this flower in your garden

st good reason to adopt this plant in the garden is its ease of cultivation. This herbaceous plant appreciates a sunny exposure, accepts all types of soil and requires little effort from even the novice gardener. 2- It is an excellent green manure Tansy leaf phacelia is also a very interesting p ...

08
June
2022

Basin plants: understand this watering method in 8 questions

en it has completely dried out. 2- What are the advantages of basking plants? Drenching is a technique to know to properly rehydrate plants whose soil is parched. Basking plants is more effective than watering them from above because the water seeps through the pot's drain hole and rises to t ...

15
Feb
2023

How to make a tropical garden in France ?

2- How to design this tropical space? In addition to the slightly shaded exposure and shelter from the cold, you must take special care with the soil you will use. To make a tropical garden in France, you must reproduce the conditions of a tropical forest by making sure to enrich the soil with ...

14
Sep
2022

Drought: how to prepare your vegetable garden for a dry spell?

our plants are in place, if you have to remember only one thing to do for maintaining a dry vegetable garden, it is definitely mulching! Mulching the soil has only advantages because it limits evaporation, reduces water stress on plants and improves soil structure. Useful in any season, mulching ...

01
Mar
2023

The dierama or angel's fishing rod: a plant full of poetry.

installed, this plant hates being moved. The angel's fishing rod will thrive in a sunny, sheltered and humid corner, with a light, fresh and draining soil. This plant is very attractive as a single subject but also in a massif associated with other perennials and grasses or at the edge of a body o ...

17
Mar
2023

Garden: 5 good reasons to put flowers in your garden

m your crops and leave your vegetables alone. Another very interesting flower is green carnation or Tagetes patula as it has a repulsive effect on soil Insects and nematodes. Finally, you can grow borage to attract pollinating Insects and scare away caterpillars and slugs. To keep these und ...

29
Sep
2021

The edible chrysanthemum: an amazing vegetable plant

You will need to sow in rows and then thin out your seedlings so that the plants are 20 cm apart. Favour a sunny exposure and a rich and well-drained soil. This variety resists Drought well and is content with moderate watering. Mulching the soil is recommended to retain moisture in case of droug ...

06
Oct
2021

The laburnum: a small tree with a dazzling bloom

rably in full sun. A sunny exposure helps it to flower well but it also accepts a half-shade exposure. This shrub tolerates just about any type of soil without standing water. It prefers light, chalky soil, and especially well-drained. After planting, simply give it regular watering while it i ...

13
Oct
2021

Tomato diseases: symptoms and solutions

ion actions include: - do not wet the leaves when watering - watering tomatoes preferably in the morning (when watering in the evening, the soil may stay wet overnight) - install a straw mulch at the base of your plants so that the leaves stay dry - regularly inspect the foliage ...

02
June
2022

Weather: how to interpret the record heat observed in France?

o the third driest spring ever, behind those of 2011 and 1976. While summer has not yet officially begun, almost all of metropolitan France is affected by a soil Drought of at least decadal level for the season, i.e., a Drought that is only observed one year in ten. To put it differently, as o ...

07
June
2022

Sun in the garden: how to measure the exposure of your garden?

synthesis. But for photosynthesis to work, plants need sunlight. It is thanks to the photons of sunlight that they transform water (drawn from the soil by the roots) and carbon dioxide (captured from the atmosphere by the leaves) into sugars. When light and photons run out, plants grow slower ...

27
July
2022

Salvia microphylla: 5 questions about small leaf sage

om the wind. The plant stops growing below 5°C and needs protection at the stump in case of heavy frost. Salvia microphylla accepts any type of soil, even chalky, dry and poor, as long as it is well drained. This easy-to-grow plant can be planted in the ground in a rock garden, border or b ...

31
Aug
2022

The garden arroche: a forgotten vegetable

hrives in sun but also accepts part shade. Its sowing is easy to succeed since it can be sown in place from March, preferably in fresh, humus-rich soil. You have until the end of September to sow some seeds if you feel like rediscovering this forgotten vegetable. Simply make a furrow about 1 c ...

07
Sep
2022