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Strawberries 101

Strawberries are one of my favorite things to have in the garden. There are many varieieties of strawberries, but essentially they all fall into one of three categories. 1 – Everbearing: this is a bit of a misnomer. Everbearing strawberries do not bear fruit throughout the growing season as their name would suggest. They typically [...]

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Plant Nutrition: Needs and Deficiencies

The basic idea: The essential nutrients required by plants are as follows: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, boron, chlorine, and molybdenum. Deficiencies in any one of these elements results in biological complications, such as decreased crop yields, stunted growth, disease, and sometimes death when deficiencies are severe. [...]

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