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How to Treat an Overfertilized Plant
Applying fertilizer in excess can easily damage and kill plants. This article teaches you how to save plants from fertilizer damage.
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How to Make Neem Oil Organic Insecticide
Looking for an organic solution to pests on your plants? Neem oil is organic and can be used in homemade mixtures to control many kinds of garden and plant pests. Want to learn how to make it yourself? It's easy!
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Snake Plant Propagation
The propagation of the snake plant is very easy via cuttings or divisions. Cuttings are slightly more complicated than divisions but both are easy none-the-less. Only a few materials are needed to perform divisions and cuttings.
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Sansevieria trifasciata: Snake Plant Care
The snake plant, 'Sansevieria trifasciata,' is a very common and easy-to-grow house plant. Here's all you need to know about a snake plant's lighting, water, soil, and fertilizing needs.
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How to Use Vinegar to Kill Weeds
Vinegar is effective as a weed killer due to its ability to draw moisture out of foliage. It can also be used in combination with other household items, like salt and dish detergent, to kill weeds as an alternative to chemical herbicides.
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Control Gypsy Moths
The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, is one of North America's most devastating pests. The larvae can defoliate and kill trees if infestations are large and reoccurring. Damage reduction is absolutely key.
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How to Keep Soil Moist Without Excessive Watering
Keeping soil moist while avoiding excessive watering is a key when growing most plants. Excessive watering is a novice mistake that can easily harm and even kill plants. There are several methods can be used to reduce watering and retain moisture, which both prevent excessive watering from ever...
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How to Protect New Trees in Winter
Winter and frost can be very harsh on young, newly planted trees. This article will cover methods for protecting young trees from the elements during winter.
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How to Identify and Control Maple Tar Spot
Maple tar spot is a disease that causes black spots on the leaves of several species of maple trees, mainly Norway and silver maples. Learn what causes it and how to treat it here.
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How to Care for the Croton "Bush on Fire" Houseplant
Croton has some unique care needs because it's a tropical plant. Learn about watering, sunlight, soil, and other factors.
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Fittonia Flower Care
Fittonia is often called a "nerve plant" or "mosaic plant." The plant features beautiful red, pink, or white veins that contrast with dark green foliage. Caring for fittonia requires a little more effort compared to most houseplants due to it being indigenous to South American rain forests.
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Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK) Fertilizer Guide
Understanding nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) fertilizer labels are essential to growing lush, healthy lawns, vegetables, fruits, and ornamental plants. The quantity of each nutrient is equally important.
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Exterminating Sidewalk Weeds
Weeds that grow in the cracks of sidewalks are unsightly and annoying, but there are several methods of eradicating sidewalk weeds. Mechanical eradication, household remedies, and chemical herbicides can all be used to exterminate ugly sidewalk weeds.
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How to Take Care of a Yucca Plant
Yuccas are common in arid regions. The plant is easy to care for and has requirements similar to those of cacti. Learn about basic yucca maintenance and get tips for identifying problems.
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How to Grow Sunflowers
Growing sunflowers is easy and rewarding, especially for those who enjoy the blooms and eating the seeds. Learn proper soil preparation, watering, sunlight, and the best fertilizer for sunflowers so that you can grow them successfully.
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Aloe Vera Care Instructions: How to Keep Your Plant Healthy
Aloe vera plants are easy to grow and make great houseplants. Learn how to keep your aloe plant healthy and happy.
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How to Build a Terrarium
Terrariums are mini ecosystems that can be nearly self-sustaining, while containing colorful and interesting plants. Building a terrarium only requires a few materials and can be easily put together at home. A little care is needed such as pruning and watering once the terrarium plants become...
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Goalkeeper Mental Training
Goalkeeping is the most unique position on the pitch. Many training sessions and matches are needed to meet the physical demands of the position, but the psychological development is often overlooked when learning or coaching the goalkeeper position. Developing mental toughness and forming the...
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How to Grow and Divide Parlour Palms
The parlour palm, or Chamaedorea elegans, is one of the most popular houseplants due to its low-maintenance nature and minimal light requirements. But proper care is still essential to keep it healthy. This guide will tell you everything you need to keep your parlour palm thriving.
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How to Properly Care for Goalkeeper Gloves
Extending the life of goalie gloves by washing and repairing is worth the time as you save money and keep the gloves ready for the next diving save.
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Propagating Alocasia Polly
Using the easy division method is your best bet for alocasia propagation. The quality of care and soil will determine success, as will proper watering practices.
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Growing Prickly Pear Cactus
With the proper conditions, growing prickly pear cacti is relatively easy. Follow this guide to grow your own and learn about the root system, best soil, and more!
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Growing Datura Moonflowers
This article teaches you about the herbaceous flower plant Datura, including how to germinate, transplant, and care for it. Learn how to grow the moonflower.
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Venus Flytrap Care
The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that dines on insects and arachnids. Caring for Venus fly traps is unlike many common houseplants. Water, soil, and sunlight need to be taken into close consideration when providing an ideal environment for the traps.
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How to Propagate a Jade Plant
Did you know that jade plants can grow from a stem or leaf cutting? Here's everything you need to get your jade cuttings to propagate into big, healthy new plants.
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How to Propagate Marimo (Freshwater Algae)
Marimo is a variety of freshwater algae that grow into a ball. Here are the steps for propagating and caring for your marimo and the materials you'll need.
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How to Care for Money Trees
The Pachira aquatica, commonly referred to as the money tree or money plant, is commonly used as a houseplant and in feng shui. They are easy to care for if you follow a few simple guidelines.
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Organic vs. Non-Organic Soil
There are many differences between organic and non-organic soils. Mulch, compost, and manure are organic; meanwhile, perlite, vermiculite, expanded clay aggregate, and rockwool are non-organic.
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How to Grow Bamboo Cuttings
There are three popular methods of bamboo cuttings. Learn the differences among them and their varying moisture and soil requirements for growth.
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How to Prepare Garden Soil for Planting
Preparing soil for planting and gardening is essential to growing healthy plants. Learn how to test and prepare your soil properly.
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How to Grow Mint Indoors
Learning how to grow mint indoors is an easy and rewarding experience. Several factors impact the ability to grow indoors, including lighting, soil, and more.
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How to Sterilize Potting Soil by Baking It in the Oven
Sterilizing potting soil is a must if you want to grow healthy, prosperous plants. It's an easy task if you do it yourself and use your own oven.
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Kudzu Vine Identification
Kudzu (Pueraria montana) is a highly invasive deciduous, semi-woody, perennial vine. Kudzu kills trees, shrubs, and crops by girdling them. Girdling cuts off water and nutrient movement within the plants. Kudzu can also kill trees and shrubs by shading them out, and can even break branches and...
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Purple Shamrock Propagation
Purple shamrock, Oxalis triangularis, is a plant unique to Brazil. It is used as a common house plant with striking purple foliage and small white flowers. Propagation can be accomplished very easily by dividing the bulbs and offset bulbs.
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Common Pokeweed Identification
Common Pokeweed is very poisonous to mammals. It has distinct red branches and stems with dark purple berries. The berry juice is red, and stains skin and clothing. The taproot is large and difficult to eradicate.
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Experiment: Vinegar vs. Limestone
The reaction between vinegar and limestone is due to limestone being a base, and vinegar being an acid. An experiment can easily be done at home.
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Identify Counterfeit Jerseys
Identifying counterfeit jerseys saves time and money when looking for authentic team sports apparel. The material, stitching, serial tags and numbering all give away clues of the article being real or fake.
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Reflection and Refraction
Prisms, mirrors and the moon provide evidence of how light can be changed via environments. The human eye is complex, but humans only see how light effects an object by causing it to appear brighter or different. Reflections and refractions help us understand the effects of light.
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Most Absorbent Materials
Super absorbent materials make life easier, cleaner, and even fun. Sodium polycrylate and aerogel are absorbent miracles of science, while sponges and clay are miracles of nature.