Peat moss, for the home gardener, is one of the most convenient sources of organic matter. It doesn’t require any further decomposition or composting; it can be applied immediately to any garden. Peat moss is also sold in tightly packaged bales at pretty much any store that has a garden center such as Walmart, Lowe’s [...]
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Preventing Indoor Plants from Tipping Over
Trimming potted plants back so they don’t become too top-heavy seems like an obvious solution to this problem, but sometimes you’d rather let your plants grow out a little more and let them fill up more space. And, of course, some of us would rather not mess with trimming altogether if we could help it. [...]
Starting from Seed
A lot of gardeners like to get a jump on the season by sowing seeds in pots indoors in early spring when it’s still too cold outside to start gardening. This is a good idea particularly for gardeners who live closer to the poles and thus have a shorter growing season. When starting a garden [...]
Completely Bury Biodegradable Pots
Biodegradable pots are usually called ‘peat pots’ because the pot is made out of pressed peat moss. I don’t like using peat pots myself. I’d rather use other, better, more sustainable (and less expensive) methods. But peat pots are convenient to use because the whole peat pot can be buried when transplanting seedlings to a [...]
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