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Imagine being able to grow a range of herbs and vegetables in your home, 365 days a year with minimal effort. This is what the Click and Grow Smart Garden sets out to do. It aims to bridge the gap between nature and our urban lives, while making this process as simple and enjoyable as possible. This Click And Grow review is going to tell you all you need to know to decide whether this is the right product for you, highlight the pros and cons, as well as draw comparisons with other products on the market....

How you transplant your plants while potting them sets the stepping stone for their health for the years to come. Do These Things Before Planting Any Houseplants to ensure they stay happy. Here are the best tips to keep your houseplants clean Do These Things Before Planting Any Houseplants 1. Scratch Rootballs While you are repotting the plant, check out the roots. If the roots are densely packed, it would be good to scratch them up a bit to make them loose....

Many people shy away from growing an areca palm indoors as a houseplant because they are not one of the best low-light plants to grow. But once you know the basic needs, Growing Areca Palm Indoors is a cinch. It has the potential to grab attention and make any indoor space lively. It is also an air purifying plant and cleans off VOCs like acetone, xylene, formaldehyde, and toluene from the surrounding air....

Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper. But first he had to plant the peppers, and so can you! In fact, it’s so easy to learn how growing bell peppers works that you’ll never have to pick peppers at the grocery store again. This makes them the perfect plant for veggie-loving, low-maintenance gardeners. Table of Contents Not only are they a great addition to any meal, but bell peppers are also very ornamental plants....

How to build a wormbin: To begin your adventure in vermicomposting, start first with shelter for your worms. If you want practical, easy, and cheap, go with a 10-gallon opaque plastic storage tub with a lid. Use a nail, drill, or chisel to make a few holes around the top of the sides and on the bottom of the bin. The holes on the sides are for air circulation and the ones on the bottom are for drainage, though a properly functioning worm bin will have no excess moisture to drain out....

Let’s get into why alumroot maintains this status as the toughest perennial in the garden when it comes to the winter. It’s no secret to the regular reader that my favorite perennial is a heuchera. Disregard the fact that I have many favorite plants, and remember that heuchera (aka alumroot) is my Favorite. That’s right – with a capital “F.“ A major reason they’re my Favorite is because of how easy they are to care for over the winter....

By Matt Gibson If you are seeing large groups of flies around your brassicas and root crops, and/or noticing the fruits on these crops starting to turn yellow, it might be due to an infestation of root maggots in your garden. Root maggots are the larvae of several different species of root maggot flies. Though multiple species of root maggots exist, they all look practically identical, and each species is treated using the same prevention and control methods....

This fragrant flowering shrub conjures memories for me. Many years ago, my mother used the blooms to craft simple flower crowns for her girls to wear at the elementary school’s May procession. Gardenia jasminoides For me, the allure of growing gardenias is half nostalgia, half an appreciation of the wonders of science. There are nearly 200 species in the Gardenia genus, but us ornamental gardeners are concerned only with G. jasminoides, and the variety it is often grafted onto, G....

by Jennifer Poindexter Purple sprouting broccoli. Is this a new one for you? Many people don’t know about it because it’s a crop that’s mostly known for being grown when gardening season is coming to an end. It’s a great way to get fresh produce when it seems nothing else will grow. This crop looks like broccoli but isn’t the traditional vegetable most know and love. If you’d like to find a cold-tolerant crop that will provide freshness to your meals when you’re tired of eating frozen and canned veggies, purple sprouting broccoli could be for you....

Learn the top tips and tricks on How to Grow String of Pearls Fuller and Bigger Like Pictures and keep your plant healthy and picturesque all year round! Have a look at the best string succulents here How to Grow String of Pearls Fuller and Bigger Like Pictures 1. The Number One Trick to Make It Fuller – Plant More Cuttings! You can make the string of pearls appear fuller by taking a few cuttings from the plant and growing them together in the same pot....

If you have these plants in your garden, it doesn’t take much effort at all to save a lot in no time. And I’ll bet your friends and neighbors wouldn’t mind receiving a few of the extras. Now that I’ve moved and have my own yard and garden again, I can’t wait to establish a foxglove patch in my front yard. Not only are these pretty flowers deer resistant, which is necessary for keeping any plants alive in my neighborhood, but they provide a pollinator haven as well....

Read on to learn how to identify and control cedar apple rust in your garden or home orchard. Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Rusts are fungi that will not kill their hosts, although they sure make them suffer. There is even a term for pathogens that require living hosts: biotrophs (in contrast to necrotrophs, pathogens that kill their host and live off the dead tissue). Think Gloria Gaynor – your plants will survive! However, repeated infections of this pathogen can seriously weaken and destroy the health of susceptible plants....

Orchids have become very popular houseplants in recent years, with their delicate blooms adding elegance and allure to any room. But for beginners, knowing how to water orchids may seem a bit daunting, since they are unlike other common houseplants. This article is going to focus on how to water phalaenopsis orchids. These are also called moth orchids, and are one of the most popular and widely available varieties of orchid....

by Matt Gibson Got spider mites in your garden or on your houseplants, and looking for options to control them? Spider mites are one of the more common pests found in gardens. These pests also affect houseplants and indoor garden setups, and not just outdoor plants. The tiny spiders, which are just about the size of the period at the end of this sentence, can quickly cause a lot of damage....

Sassafras tree grows in the United States and in south of Mexico. In the northern US, the tree grows up to only 7 to 9 m. high, but can grow as tall as 30 m. (100 feet) high in the south. Its shredded leaves and bark exude lemony scent. Fuzzy, yellow-green leaves, flowers, bark and roots have many medicinal and culinary uses. Read more sassafras tree facts below. Polymorphic leaves Polymorphic is a botanical term used to describe the leaves of trees such as sassafras....

The shiso plant is a staple herb in southeastern Asian countries. Shiso can be used in a variety of dishes from cold noodle dishes to hot ramen, from desserts to beverages. You can even bread it and fry it for delicious vegetable tempura. Table of Contents Whether you eat a lot of Asian plants as food at home or not, shiso (also called perilla mint) is a good herb to grow in your garden....

How to plant carrots Carrots grow best in a sunny site with deep, well-draining, clump-free soil. Of course not all of us have perfect soil, myself included, so I grow most of my vegetables in raised beds. If your soil is shallow or heavy, stick to compact varieties of carrots like Red Cored Chantenay, which has short, thick roots that only grow about five-inches long. Or, baby varieties like Little Finger that have slender four-inch long roots....

It seems like beautiful, blooming houseplants that lend luscious perfume to the air inside our homes are hard to come by. Jasminum spp. I’d argue that jasmine is perhaps one of the best choices for indoor growing. Its deep green, attractive foliage and ethereal, star-shaped, white blossoms entice the senses with good looks and a strong, pleasant, heady fragrance. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

Brown leaves on wandering jews are a very common problem. But the good news it that, once you know what’s causing it, it’s easy to fix. In this post I’ll show you how to figure it out and correct it. One of the most common problems with wandering jew plants (Tradescantia, or inch plant) is brown leaves and how to deal with them. Beginners often don’t know why it happens, or how to fix it, and it can be extremely frustrating....

Flowers Are you looking for some purple lilies to add to your flowerbeds this season? Lilies can bloom in many different shades of purple, from light lavender, to deep purple hues. In this article, certified master gardener Liz Jaros looks at some of her favorite purple lilies you can grow in your garden. By Liz Jaros Last updated: December 28, 2022 | 5 min read Long associated with nobility and wealth but also a contemporary symbol of magic and pride, the color purple has a bold, complex personality....