There’s another gardening technique you can employ if phosphorus treatments don’t seem to be getting your plants to flower. Give your plants a bit of physical abuse. That’s right – smack your plants up a little bit. I know this may sound really bizarre but stay with me on this. . . . Just like [...]
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Phosphorus: One Way to Get Your Plants to Flower or Fruit
There are two main life stages in plants: juvenility and maturity. When a plant is a juvenile it grows vegetatively; that is, the plant focuses on growing roots, branches, stems, and leaves, instead of producing flowers and seeds. When a plant reaches maturity the opposite is true – the plant’s energy is focused on reproductive [...]
Grafts vs. Seeds
Fruit trees sold by nurseries today are reproduced almost entirely by asexual means (grown from grafts of the parent tree). The reason for this is because fruit farmers want to reproduce the same characteristics of the type fruit they are growing on all their trees. In other words, a Jonagold apple from one tree needs [...]
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