If you’re going to grow a garden indoors and you need to supplement with light, what is the best light source you could use? The answer to this question is white fluorescent light. Fluorescent bulbs are nice because they use less electricity than incandescent bulbs and they don’t get nearly as hot while they’re on. [...]
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Accelerate Seed Germination
Sometimes getting seeds to grow can take many days and even weeks depending on the species you’re trying to grow. One quick and easy way to accelerate seed germination without using chemicals is simply to dampen the soil with warm water. Since plants’ metabolic rates are temperature-influenced (see ‘Cold-Blooded Plants‘), watering with warm water (not [...]
Maple Seed Deception
Maple trees produce “helicopter seeds” (more correctly known as a samara) en masse. I can still remember seeing thousands of seeds flying through the air when a good autumn breeze picked up, making it look as though it were raining maple seeds. But seeds from maple trees are fickle. Sometimes a lot of the seeds [...]
Quick Genetic Selection
Selecting for superior genes has been and always will be essential to any type of gardening. As nature evolves your plants’ enemies (disease, insects . . .) will also naturally select superior genes for survival. As gardeners, we want to be ahead of the evolution game as much as possible. Even if you buy well-bred, [...]
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