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GRAFTING - All You Need to Know // (INJERTOS)
Grafting saves time, as well as money and space. Grafting can also help with plant repair: it lets you repair damage to existing plants or trees from sunburn or physical damage. In addition, an d maybe most importantly, pollination: Some varieties of fruiting trees need to cross - pollinate with another fruit tree or they won't be productive. Grafting allows you to have multiple varieties on one tree so that you will never have that issue, and grow any plant you’d like with success!
Marigolds - Cempazuchitl & Dia De Los Muertos
Every year the ofrenda is made in preparation for Día de los Muertos, or Day of theDead. This is a multi-day holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and parts of Latin America that honors loved ones who have died. The creation of altars has been an important part of Día de los Muertos, a festival whose origins derived from the rituals of the pre-Hispanic peoples of Mexico. This holiday is deeply rooted in Aztec beliefs and tied to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, also known as the “Lady of the Dead.”After the Spanish invaded Mexico, the celebration became more intertwined with Catholic traditions and shortened from a month-long event. The celebration...
Science + Plants: How to Magically (& Naturally) Turn Hydrangeas from Pink to Blue
By using scientific knowledge and a simple change in your soil that can completely transform the color of your hydrangea! All you need to do is help your soil move from a more basic alkaline environment to an acidic environment.
Air Layering Guide: Cloning Your Plants
Today we want to give you our Quick and Easy Guide to Air Layering Fruit Trees. Air Layering is a way to duplicate your favorite plants and increase the number of fruits you want by creating more of the same plant.
Hand Pollination Guide
Flowers must be pollinated in order to produce seeds and fruit. Today, we are going to focus on the Cherimoya fruit tree and how to get them to produce the most amount of fruit as possible using HAND-POLLINATION! The biggest obstacle to growing cherimoya fruit is inadequate number of pollinators, but with the use of hand-pollination, we can help increase fruit production with just a bit of effort.