Renegade Water Secrets with Barry Carter, leading authority on ormus, a “white, powder gold.”
Kevin: What about for home garden application or even sprouting application?
Barry: Works great in both of those. Sprouts are quicker ready – ready quicker and last longer on the shelf.
Kevin: Hmm. And how much, break down the equation of three gallons for an acre, what are we talking about for sprouts?
Barry: Oh, you put a drop in. (more…)
The Christmas cactus is easy to grow, but it is difficult to get it to bloom. To be certain of a healthy plant there are some things you should know about the plant to help its blooming process. Medium light and a soil high in organic matter such as cow manure, wood ashes, leaf mold, garden loam and clean coarse sand (not beach sand) will make the ideal soil for your cactus. Christmas cactus retain water well and can be kept a little dry in the fall, but don’t allow them to dry out, water when the surface feels dry. Use any good fertilizer for houseplants; (weaken it a little) following manufactures directions.
Long cool nights are essential for the indoor blooming process, because they tend to bloom when the night temperatures are around 55 degrees and the day time temperatures are around 65 degrees. If the atmosphere is dry place the plants pot on a tray of pebbles and keep the pebbles moist with water in the tray. During October give the plant no water and carefully start to water it again in November being careful not to over water because this will cause the stems to get flabby. (more…)
Any of various tiny flies that lay eggs on fruit. The larvae bore into the ripe fruit and cause it to rot.
The botanical name for fescue.
Phlox family
Polemoniaceae
Gil’li-a. A genus of nearly 30 species of herbs, most from the w. U.S., a few rather showy garden flowers.
Description
Leaves alternate or opposite, usually without marginal teeth, sometimes dissected or divided. Flowers varied, mostly in clusters. Corolla more or less bell- or funnel-shaped, the stamens attached to the tube of the corolla.
How to Grow (more…)
