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Author :: Bill Hirst  |
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| Article Title :: Avoid Transplant Shock |
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Transplant Shock
Is transplant shock is unavoidable? Not really! Transplant shock
can continue for years while unacceptable, is very common. Trees
that have had their roots cut during the transplanting must
reestablish an adequate root system before the entire plant can
begin normal growth. This can take years. During this period
"shock" is normal and you may observe stress symptoms.
Typically, field-grown threes that are B&B or machine harvested
retain on 10% of their original root system in the soil ball or
less. As a rule, the transplant shock period lasts one year for
every one inch of stem caliper. Thats why you may get better
performance with smaller trees over time than planting lar (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: Bill Hirst |
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| Article Title :: Deer Don't Eat Dragons!! |
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Ilex 'Dragon Lady'
Dragon Lady Hollies are plants for zone 6b-8a. These hollies
are thought of as perfect columnar hollies. These hollies can
reach 20' in height and 6' in width. The leaves being smaller
than most hollies with stiff, pointed spines are not very tasty
to deer. This is one of its many benificial points if your
landscape has a high deer population in the area. This holly can
be used as a specimen or a hedge, is self fruiting with glossy
green foliage and a reddish tint on the new growth. To bad all
hollies are not like this! The Dragon Lady holly will leave open
spots in its growth. Hard pruning generally helps correct this
detraction but makes full plants more costly to pr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: B Hirst |
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| Article Title :: About Boxwoods |
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Boxwoods
Boxwoods are one of many broad-leaved evergreens popular in the
Landscape. Boxwoods can be true aristocrats of your landscape.
These plants require little attention and develop into
long-lived hardy plants with a little protection just being
mindful of their preferences for conditions. Avoid sites that
have wide fluctuations in temperature,long dry periods, drying
winds, and intense bright sunshine. These evergreens are well
worth your efforts. In return these plants are naturally
offensive to deer. Some people say they smell like cat...
Liberal use in your landscape makes your garden less attractive
for the deer. Boxwoods drop few leaves at any one time making
them a clean plant (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: B Hirst |
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| Article Title :: Burnings Bushes ....Brilliant Fall Foliage |
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Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
A deciduous shrub from the Staff-Tree Family (Celastraceae)
Burning Bush, a non-native species from China and Korea, has
escaped from the ornamental plantings into neglected urban and
rural areas. It travels by way of its seed. This vase-shaped
shrub has outstanding red fall foliage, which blazes for weeks
in early to mid-autumn. Burning Bushes are usually sheared into
hedges or globes in landscape plantings. If left unpruned, the
compact form of Burning Bush will grow to about 12 feet tall and
15 feet wide, and the species (winged) form will grow to about
15 feet tall and 20 feet wide. In our area it propagates
naturally in shaded areas. We obtain some of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: Bill hirst |
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| Article Title :: Japanese Barberry ..... A Multi Use Plant |
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Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
DESCRIPTION: Japanese barberry is a compact, shrub with sharp
spines, that commonly grows from two to three feet tall. Its
roots are shallow and tough. The smooth-edged leaves range from
oval to spatulate in shape and are clustered in tight bunches
close to the branches of the plant. There are yellow flowers
which bloom in May and are about one third of an inch wide,
solitary or in small clusters of 2-4 blossoms. The bright-red
fruits mature in mid-summer on the bush and remain into autumn
and the winter. The berries are small and found singly or in
clusters. We sell several cultivars of this species as
ornamentals. These plants have good deer resis (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: Andrew Caxton |
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| Article Title :: Details Of Lawn Mower Blades |
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The lawnmower blades are made of tool steel or ordinary steel
called mild steel or carbon steel. The edges of the blades made
of tool steel remain sharp for longer time and will require
lesser sharpening over the age of the blade. Tool steel blade is
costly and generally cannot be sharpened at the DIY workshop.The
mild steel or carbon steel is cheaper and easy to maintain. The
blades have to be kept sharp. If this is not done, grass blades
will be torn off instead of being cut. Apart from the obvious
ugly look, the growth of grass blades is adversely affected as
the moisture retention capacity of blade is reduced.
Sharpening Of Lawnmower Blades the DIY Way
You can sharp (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: B hirst |
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| Article Title :: Mrs Stone of Coon Path, Lambertville N.J. |
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Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
A deciduous shrub in the Laurel Family (Lauraceae)
Mrs Stone lived on a hillside south of Lambertville N.J. on a
one lane road called Coon Path. It was while working for her as
a teenager that I first found a Spicebush also known as Lindera
Benzoin. Usually found as an understory multi-stemmed shrub, it
had found its home on her property in a common location for this
native plant, as an under story shrub to a wet woodlands site,
and right on top of her drip spring that fed into a cistern that
supplied her house with water. One of my regular tasks for her
was to cut it back and keep the intake lines to the cistern
open. Being a vigorous grower in these conditio (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: William Berg |
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| Article Title :: Getting a goldfish Pond |
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Goldfish ponds are a beautiful addition to any garden and a
stunning focal point. Goldfish ponds have been admired in Asia
for centuries, especially in China and Japan. Today, you will
find goldfish ponds all over the world, including Europe and
North America. Since the Goldfish hails from a wild carp that
can live in cold water, the Goldfish will survive outdoors
during the winter even in colder parts of the world. In some
regions it is however advisable to house your fish indoors
during the roughest months since it can suffocate in a pond if
the ice freezes across the entire surface.
Goldfish can be kept in ponds as well as in aboveground pools.
It is recommended to plant your pond/pool (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: Katherine Keleher |
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| Article Title :: Boost Yield by Adding CO2 to Your Hydroponic Garden |
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is required by crops to execute the
photosynthesis process. Throughout photosynthesis, CO2 is mixed
with water, nutrients, and light from the sun (or hydroponic
garden light) to produce important sugars that provide the
plant's light.
Why should you add CO2 to your hydroponic garden?
Low carbon dioxide (CO2) measures will limit your plant's
capacity to create energy through photosynthesis. Crops can
process a great deal more CO2 than is normally found in the
surroundings. One of the best ways to boost growth is to enhance
the quantity of CO2 available to your crops with a CO2 system in
your hydroponic garden.
How to increase your hydroponic garden's carbon dioxide l (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home & Garden Articles |
Author :: B Hirst |
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| Article Title :: The American Cranberry Bush |
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American Cranberrybush (Viburnum trilobum) A deciduous shrub
from the Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae), American
Cranberrybush is commonly found throughout the northern tier of
states in the United States. In these locations, it is a
resident of open, wet woodlands and beside streams and some
other bodies of water. I plant it in wet clay soils that are
hard to use in growing other plants. It has an outer row of
showy, sterile flowers resembling Hydrangeas. The flowers have a
slight musty odor to me but are not offensive. Also known as
Highbush Cranberry ( because of its bright red fruits that are
clusted), this shrub has strong stems and thick branches, and
may reach 12 feet tall by 12 f (read full article) |
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