• How to Plant an Avocado Seed

    Avocado Seed
    Unless the right methods are used, growing avocado seeds will be difficult. It’s not enough to just take the seeds from the fruit and bury it in the ground. There are several things you need to keep in mind. Two Methods After taking the seeds from the fruit, you can nurture it two ways. You can immerse the seeds in water or plant in the ground. If you’re going to grow it in the water, use three toothpicks to make holes in the seed’s side. Next you put the seed half submerge in a jar or glass. The pointy side should be up and the flat one in the liquid. Within a couple of weeks, leaves and roots will appear. Depending on the weather, this might take four to six weeks. To finish growing avocado seeds, you should place this in the potting soil. If you don’t do this, the plant will die quickly. Planting in the Soil If you want to plant in the soil, it needs to have good drainage and porous. The ideal temperature is between 60 to 70 degrees. The soil moisture must be maintained....
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    How to Plant Sweet Potato Slips

    Sweet Potatoes
    If you want to plant sweet potato slips, it will require considerable time, patience and effort on your part. Sweet potato slips require more care than your average plant but they also give you a lot of great rewards. Our following sweet potato slip gardening guide will walk you through some of the steps involved in planting sweet potato slips. Required Materials You will need the following items in order to plant sweet potato slips. a healthy bunch of sweet potatoes toothpicks (a pack) small containers / jars water sunlight Steps Involved in Planting Sweet Potato Slips The first thing you ought to do to plant sweet potato slips is to inspect your sweet potatoes. Check for openings when you inspect the skin. You should also look out for molds and spots. A simple rule should be that if a sweet potato looks good enough for you to cook and eat then it is good to be used. It does not matter where your sweet potatoes come from. They will do just fine even if you have bought them from your...
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    How to Plant Fruit Trees

    fruit tree
    How to plant fruit trees can be a demanding task for some. But those who do not mind garden work, learning how to plant fruit trees would be seen as a welcome gesture in making their home gardens more useful and attractive. Besides, fruit trees can bring them shade, shelter, and, of course, delicious fruits to enjoy. That is why there are many people who are trying to find ways and tips to really comprehend how to plant fruit trees and be able to maintain their healthy growth and development. The Soil’s Importance Two very important factors in making sure that you learn how to plant fruit trees at home would be the soil drainage and the depth of the soil. As such, there is so much that you have to consider when it’s the ground to till that you have to plant your fruit trees in. Drainage can be tested by simply digging deep in the soil about a foot or thirty centimeters to make a hole and watering that spot. You would know that you have proper drainage when you notice that the water...
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    How to Plant a Pineapple Stem

    pineapple stem
    Thinking of how to get a juicy pineapple grown in your very own home? Well, it all starts with knowing how to plant a pineapple stem that you can get from a store-bought fruit. Yes, learning how to plant a pineapple stem doesn’t even need to be costly. In fact, if you want to learn how to plant a pineapple stem, you first need to buy a ripe pineapple from the grocery store. And that wouldn’t cost too much since you shouldn’t need to buy a whole bunch. Just one fresh pineapple would do. Now, be sure that you have a ripe fruit and not an overripe one. In learning how to plant a pineapple stem, ripeness is essential. To know how ripe your pineapple, check if the leaves can be easily pulled out or not. If it does, don’t purchase it since it would be too ripe for you to grow in your home garden. After purchasing your pineapple, cut off the leafy top part without leaving any traces of fruit on its bottom part. This would help your pineapple top to root in a proper manner. Another...
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    How to Plant Onion Sets

    Onion Sets
    Onions often play a pivotal role in making a dish come alive.  If you are an onion lover, you have probably wondered, one time or another, how neat it would be to learn how to plant onion sets. In that case, this is an article that will prove to be very useful for you. Read on to learn about some useful tips on how to grow onion sets. If you read books and ask some professional gardeners about growing onions, you might be surprised to know that there is no secret about how to plant onion sets. It all starts with the love of onions and the interest to learn how to plant onion sets at home. Basic Tips on How to Plant Onion Sets The following list includes some basic pointers on how to plant onion sets. location depth of soil making rows fertilizers and manure time and space harvesting location: The first thing that you need to keep in mind while planting onion sets is the location. It has to be appropriate. What do we mean by that? Well, a proper planting spot calls for some direct heat...
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