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The ones far ones are the sunflowers, the basil has not started yet.

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Liesel Tenhaeff 3/31/24

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Mia - My compost bin has gone way down from the line that it started on!

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Mia - My plants have grown lots, but my bean plant has grown the most. It seems like every time I see it, it has grown more!

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I have a plants. We are starting to harden them

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A garlic clove started to grow. April 22 2024

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Alexa-My plants have grown fast

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Alexa-It’s gone down fast from when I first got it.

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Help

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The most common reason for yellow leaves is moisture stress, which can be caused by over or under watering. When a plant is overwatered, the roots can't breathe and suffocate, preventing the plant from absorbing nutrients and water. Underwatering, or drought, can have a similar effect.

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Planting

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My plants

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Liesel’s/Archer’s compost. All of the things we put in there ‘disappear’ really quick.(though that may be that it’s in a corner.) June 21 2024

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3. Give the nutritional value of the following:

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3. Give the nutritional value of the following:

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a. Three root or tuber crops.

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After you've spent the time picking out and planting your plants, the work isn't done yet. Maintaining plant health doesn't have to be hard, but it has to be done in order to keep plants looking their best. It also creates less work for you, because you don't have to worry about curing a plant disease or dealing with pests. Here are some tips to make it easier.

Preventing Plant Disease

Plants contract diseases in different ways, whether through a fungus, pest, virus, or certain weather conditions. Even though you can't control the weather, there are other ways to prevent the catalyst of the disease from happening. One of the best ways is to be proactive at the very beginning.

Examine plants before buying. Starting from seed is one thing, but buying a plant already rooted is another. While it may not look exactly like it will when fully grown, you can still check for any dead spots, rotted stems, or visible insects or signs of infestation. Check the roots and make sure they're firm, white, and healthy-looking. Not planting an already sick plant in your garden is a great way to keep disease from spreading.

If you've had problems with disease and pests before, look into different disease-resistant varieties. Certain plants resist pests, deer, rabbits, and other garden disasters like drought. Other plants are more resistant to different types of diseases that have plagued their kind before. It's easy to find these varieties with a little research and help from a nursery expert.

Once you have your plants, you want to plant them where they can thrive. Most plants come with notes on where they prefer to grow-such as in full sun or shade. Follow these instructions for optimal results. If you want to buy a plant that's not appropriate for your growing zone-like planting a palm tree in Minnesota-don't expect great results.

Also, keep in mind how large your plant will get. Plant large trees and shrubs somewhere they won't run into a public area, power lines, or any structure. Overcrowding plants also leads to more chances of damage and disease. Evenly space them out according to their variety recommendations so they have room to breathe. Trim any overcrowding to limit the chance of disease and allow plants to get the proper amount of water, light, air, and nutrients.

Maintaining Plant Health

Once the right plants are in the right place with the right amount of space, you still have work to do. Maintaining healthy plants still requires the right amount of food and water. Feed your plants with nutrient-rich fertilizer, mulch, and fully composted yard waste. Make sure any plant debris in your compost pile is not already hosting pests or disease.

Keep an eye out for bugs and react accordingly. While healthy plants are more likely to resist too much damage, some bugs also carry spreadable viruses.

Clean out the garden in the fall once your plants have died for the season. This prevents any new disease from forming and gets rid of any disease that could have already formed. Keeping the dead debris around allows disease to overwinter in the garden and pop back up in the spring.

Test your soil to see how much nutrients it really needs. Providing too much or too little fertilizer causes plants to stress.

Regularly prune dead, damaged, and diseased branches from trees and shrubs. Any other pruning should be saved till late winter or early spring. Use proper pruning tools for the best results.

Professional Plant Maintenance

Whether you want to start off on the right foot, prevent a planting problem, or need help resolving a current garden issue, enlist a professional arborist or garden expert to get your garden in better shape. Contact Elite Tree Care for more information on maintaining plant health and what you can do now to help your plants in the future.

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Tips for Maintaining Plant Health and Preventing Disease - Elite Tree Care

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Maintaining plant health doesn't have to be hard, but it has to be done in order to keep plants looking their best. Here are some tips.

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Read this if you need help with your seedlings

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Read this if you need help with your seedlings

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2. Provide a Light Source for Seedlings

Now that your seedlings have reached out from their inner seed casing and poked up and out of the dark soil they will naturally be looking for light. The seedlings will be craving and searching for the sun, so if you can't offer them enough natural sunlight from a window in a protected area of your home, you may have to think about investing in some grow lights.

If you can offer a substantial amount of natural sunlight for your seedlings, coming from a south-facing window, go for it! Sunlight: It's warm, it's free; it's full of Vitamin D! The sun provides energy to the seedlings for healthy growth and development. You'll just need to make sure you are turning your pots around often so that all your seedlings receive equal amounts of sun exposure. Light from a window is somewhat one-sided.

(If your seedlings begin to look like they are really stretching out and getting lanky-looking, it might be a sign that they aren't getting enough light. You are trying to grow fuller, more vegetative transplants from your seedlings, not weak, spindly, wispy transplants.)

If the windows won't do the trick, there are plenty of grow lights available to mimic the sun's rays. Grow lights can offer seedlings a light source any day, anytime of the year. Have a week of cloudy days? No problem, if you have a grow light. Grow lights can offer an overhead light source so that all your seedlings get even exposure. Grow lights can also offer an extra source of warmth for your young seedlings.

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Maintaining Seedlings During Indoor Seed Starting - Rainbow Gardens

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Welcome to today's blog, which focuses on maintaining seedlings during the process of starting seeds indoors. Hopefully you had a chance to see our previous blog on successfully germinating seeds indoors. It will give you insight on the first steps to take when deciding to start seeds indoors.

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Read this if you need help with your seeds

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Read this if you need help with your seeds

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How to Start Seeds - Germinating Seeds | Gardener's Supply

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Growing plants from seed is a great way to start gardening earlier in the season. With the right light and some simple equipment, it's easy to grow from seed to harvest. Gardener's Supply

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Chia Pet - History and Photos Over the Years - Looking Back over the Landscape of Americana

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Take pictures of your composter along the way. Make sure to include your name on your post to receive credit

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Take pictures of your composter along the way. Make sure to include your name on your post to receive credit