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Growing Pomegranate in Garden and Pot. Tips, Pests, Diseases, Tips

Growing pomegranate trees will reward you in many ways as they provide us with delicious pomegranates. Scientific name: Punica granatum, genus PunicaceaeCommon name. Punicaceae. The pomegranate is a shrub native to southern or western Asia, which in ancient times was transported to the Mediterranean area where it has adapted very well. Tradition has it that […]

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How to grow apricots in your garden and in pots. Tips and problems

Want to learn about growing apricots in your garden or in pots in the city? Here you will find tips and valuable information. Figure 1. Apricot flowers. Apricot flowers have the same shape as peach flowers but are white. Apricot is a fruit tree, deciduous and is cultivated in all temperate countries of the world.

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How to grow peach trees in the garden or pots. Tips and problems

Peach cultivation is one of the most important in Greece, with table peaches accounting for 40% and industrial peaches or concentrated peaches for 60%. Other European countries that produce large quantities of peaches are Spain, France and Italy (mainly table peaches). Figure 1. Peach fruits Picture 2. Peach blossoms Greek name. Ροδάκινο, ροδακινιά (rodakino, rodakinia).

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Urban farming on balconies, rooftops and city open spaces

By urban farming on balconies we refer to the cultivation of vegetables, fruits, herbs, but we also extend it to urban livestock farming or urban beekeeping. Cities, especially Greek cities, although they may seem like an inhospitable environment for growing crops, livestock or beekeeping, in reality this is not the case. There are places in

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Chemical and organic fertilizers (manure, compost, peat, green manure, rotating crops, soils)

Be careful about mixing chemical and organic fertilizers. Read carefully the following fertilizer mixing advices. Be sure that you won’t do bad instead of good. Be careful what Chemical and Organic fertilizers you mix Be careful what chemical (synthetic) and organic fertilizers you mix. Do not mix nitrogen fertilizers containing ammonium (NH4) with fertilizers containing

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How to use fertilizers and nutrients for plants

In the first post (Chemical and organic fertilizers (manure, compost, peat, green manure, rotating crops, soils)) of these 2 parts series about fertilizers for plants, we talked about the differences between chemical and organic fertilizers. In this article we will talk about: 1. How and when to apply fertilizers – Times to apply fertilizer 2.

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Aphids and grapevine phylloxera

Aphids are very well known insects to farmers and gardeners known by the common names aphid, plantlouse, greenfly, ant cow. Most aphids have siphons or horns and a tail. The siphons are conduits that produce alarm hormones so that when the aphid is attacked by an insect or animal, it causes the other aphids to

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Growing okra plants in your garden. Tips and instructions

Want to learn about growing okra in your garden? The Latin name of okra is Hibiscus esculentus or Abelmoschus esculentus.Other English names: Ladies, Fingers, Ochro.Greek name: Μπάμια (Bamia)The French name for okra is: Gombo Okra plants Okra flower Okra seeds Okra plant description Okra is generally an annual plant and resembles cotton. It belongs to

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Taking care of Viburnum plant (shrub)

Viburnums are popular flowering landscape shrubs that come in an almost infinite number of cultivars. They offer beautiful summer blooms, fall foliage, and evergreen leaves. For most viburnum shrubs, bloom times span from early spring through June, followed by attractive fruit and outstanding fall foliage. Fast-growing viburnums can be grown as either shrubs or small

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