Corn, like many other vegetables, prefers acidic and neutral soils with a pH between 5.5 and 6.5. Thus, it is advised to conduct soil testing to ascertain that the soil’s pH is right for growing crops.The soil’s moisture and efficient drainage are also important factors because of the ...
For many decades, oats have been a common cover crop because of their ability to quickly build biomass while suppressing weeds, absorb excessive nutrients in the soil, or serve as a mulch before growing low- or zero-till crops. As a high-biomass crop, planted in the spring, they will ...
Seedless watermelons arise from melons which are chemically treated and cross-pollinated with other watermelons to produce sterile, hybrid, seedless varieties. Yellow-fleshed melons come in both seeded and seedless varieties. Home-growers can purchase these and other watermelon seeds through seed catalog...
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Nicola:At the same time, people started building dams—a lot of dams. Dams and reservoirs and tunnels and canals, all to divert the water from the few precious rivers in the Southwest to irrigate fields full of crops. [ARCHIVAL CLIP:In many ways, the most valuable resource of the Arizona...
Our garden was an overgrown, inconsistent producer with many areas that were hard to access and in constant need of weeding. Minibeds on Plastic changed it into a well-organized system that now produces an abundance of fruit and vegetables and very few weeds.It took a lot of work to get ...
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The good news is that I paid just twenty cents per zucchini, because there's only so much you can charge for something that everybody else is desperately trying to offload for free. Clever and tasty ways to use up zucchini are everywhere this time of year, but many people are sick to ...
Some lucerne varieties can reach maturity in as little as 6 weeks after being planted from seed. However, many species take anything from six months to two years to grow mature. When it comes to forage quality, it’s vital to remember that how tall alfalfa grows has a greater impact on ...
Use a sharp knife to cut the main head, retaining a portion of the stem, and expect smaller side shoots for later harvests from many varieties.To maximize quality, harvest in the cool morning hours.Check for hidden worms and select properly sized heads, typically 6 inches (15 cm) in ...