They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. That could certainly have some truth in it. Apples come in varieties: color, size, taste, whether seedless or with seeds. But have you ever wondered for a moment why some of the apples are seedless? Or do you just care about the crunchy feel-good taste …
Tomato is a simple and easy plant to grow. It needs basic things, such as sun, water, and nutrient-rich soil. However, even these plants can be troubled by some things, such as high temperatures, rapid cooling, pathogenic organisms, and inadequate tomato nutrition. One of the things that can happen to them is that they start …
Do you love carrots and would like to grow them organically? In this article we will show you how to grow, plant, sow, harvest, and more, to get beautiful organic carrots in your garden. Carrots thrive in a slight soil of fine uniform texture, with no pebbles or hard lumps. They are best grown on …
Daikon (which literally means ‘big root’) or white radish is an increasingly popular plant that is not difficult to grow and it is even easier to store. In addition to conventional growing, Daikon can also be grown as microgreens. As we said earlier, it is not hard to grow Daikon. For daikon growing, the same …
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Do you like potatoes? Crispy, roasted, cooked, combined with other vegetables? Want to plant organic potatoes in your garden from potatoes (seeds) that won’t be treated with any chemical agents? We’ll show you how! To be able to grow eco potatoes from potatoes (seeds) you need to have: one fertile billet eco compost eco potato …
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Potato (Lat. Solanum tuberosum) is a plant of the Solanaceae family native to the South American Andes. An underground tuber is used in the diet, and after the discovery of America, this plant has conquered the world. Raw tubers contain on average 75% water, 18.2% starch, 2% protein, 1.5% sugar, 1% cellulose, 0.1% fat, 0.2% …
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It is now the harvesting season and you have successfully reaped your corn production and is now ready to be transported straight to your customers or to be delivered to the manufacturer. Alternatively, perhaps you own trucking business and you have to take note of the maximum capacity your truck can hold, to avoid any …
The most important factor for the success of any business is sales, including in agriculture. We often see that many problems revolve around agricultural production and the inability to sell adequately at a profitable price. Farmers can sell their crops on a farmer’s market, they can supply shops and restaurants, and even sell their products …
The development of the industry has failed to eradicate persistent farmers who work hard in their fields from year to year. Growing crops is a very demanding job that lasts all year round. Summer periods are the hardest because most crops are harvested at that time, but farming is much more than a summer harvest. …
Traditional gardening techniques are gradually giving way to new, original, and interesting ways of cultivating well-known crops. Modern gardeners and farmers came up with the idea to diversify the design of their location and save landing areas. Upside down tomatoes growing is one such trick. Urban gardening in a small area is constantly demanding new …
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Strawberries are one of the favorite fruit trees for growing in a pot or a container indoors, and most of all because we can really clearly see their progress, whether planted in a special strawberry planting pot, in a container on a window sill, or in a regular container. But let’s start with one thing. …
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Growing Parsley Indoors and Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know
In this article, we are bringing you everything you need to know about growing, cultivation, fertilization, varieties, planting, harvesting, and more about lemons. Whether you want to plant lemons in your gardens or on your farm, this is the article for you. Lemon is a beautiful and very decorative evergreen plant that grows from 120 …
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We bring you all the information you need to know about growing, planting and harvesting garlic. It’s easy to grow it and in this article, we will show you how to grow garlic the right way. Instead of buying some imported and not good quality garlic at the store, grow it better on your own. …
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In this article, we bring you everything you need to know about corn growing, planting, maintenance, harvesting, diseases and more. We will make you a real professional corn grower in no time. Growing corn works best in warm areas with much sunlight, it needs water (natural or irrigation), deep, fertile and structural soil. To find …
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Do you love carrots and would like to grow it in your garden? In this article we will show you how to grow, plant, sow, harvest, and more, to get beautiful carrots in your garden. For growing, carrots need: slightly mild acidic soil its processing should be plowed up to a maximum of 12 inches …
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When it comes to rewarding crop farming, potatoes are the best. Few crops will give you so great yield in a magical process like potatoes do. Potatoes are one of the simplest and easiest crops to grow. After you plant your seed potatoes, you will soon see their little eyes open up and emerge from …
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Seeds are the harbingers of plant life. The life cycle of plants starts and ends with them. This statement definitely intrigues you as it implies that seeds live and die; but are they living or nonliving things? Seeds are living things! However, they are living in a dormant (resting) state which means that they require …
The United States is one of the leading countries in the global agriculture market due to its effective management of the industry. According to the census of agriculture, there were around 2.2 million farms that covered an area of 922 acres in 2007 and it is believed that US farmers produce approximately 143$ billion worth …
Whenever we look at the history of humankind, we often classify and describe certain time periods based on some sort of revolution that happened during those years such as when science started growing rapidly during the Scientific Revolution and when machines and inventions used for the industry were widespread during the Industrial Revolution. One of …
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Growing cotton is probably something that you are interested in (obviously when you are here). But, you probably don’t know where to start, and how to do it. I have compiled all the information I can find on everything you need to know about how to grow cotton and start cotton farming. If we pause …
Do you like potatoes? Crispy, roasted, cooked, combined with other vegetables? Want to plant potatoes in your garden that won’t be treated with any chemical agents? We’ll show you how to grow organic potatoes. Organic potatoes are best planted in a sunny spot. The minimum temperature for planting potatoes is 43-46°F. The optimal temperature for …
If you are interested in turning your love for crops and plants into work, you will find that you are definitely not missing out on opportunities. Whether you have a large or small part of the land at your disposal or an indoor garden, in this article you can find some type of crop that …
Surely you’ll see the tall, cylinder shapes that rise above the horizon when traveling through the countryside. These tall, cylinder shapes are called silos and are of great use for the farmers that work on their land. Those buildings aren’t built for monumental value and don’t have that shape for no reason. So the question …
The surplus is defined as an excess of something, or more specifically an amount which remains once the demand for that something has been met. An example of a surplus in everyday life can be all the money that has been left over once you have paid all your living costs for the month. As …
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For proper development, growth, health, and economy, food for animals should contain all the necessary components like proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins. The lack of any component is manifested by developmental delay, weak growth, and weak immunity. The basic mixture includes different types of cereals, but the most common one used is corn. Corn …
Agriculture is a systematic process of producing substances for human consumption through the cultivation of plants and animals. Agriculture is an economic activity which, with the help of cultivated plants and domestic animals, uses natural resources (soil, water, climate) to obtain plant and animal products that are used in human and animal nutrition. It is …
Farming is the systematic process of producing substances for human and animal nutrition, and other substances through the cultivation of plants. The most valuable agricultural products produced on farms are rice, corn, and wheat. The countries that produce the most food are China, India, the United States, and Brazil. Corn Corn is an annual plant …
You go to your local store and you see different types of fruits. They are big, fresh, and appealing. But everything changes when you take a bite. They aren’t as sweet as you expect or remember them to be. There are a number of reasons why fruits don’t taste as good as they used to …
Basically, there are four categories of crops, and even thou we will mention them in this article, our focus will be on what are cash crops and food crops, and how do they differ from one another. Food crops are any plants intentionally grown with the primary purpose of being eaten by humans or animals, …
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It’s time to cleanse the body, fight spring fatigue, it’s time for wild garlic, ramsons, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek or bear’s garlic. Whatever you call it, this wild plant restores energy to the bears after winter sleep, it is their first spring meal, enhances them and provides everything they need. If it’s good for bears that can weigh 1100 …
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In this article, we are bringing you everything you need to know about growing, sowing, planting, maintaining, harvesting, soil, disease and more about poppies. Whether you want to plant poppy in your homes, gardens or on your farm, this is the article for you. Agroecological conditions for poppy growing Temperature The minimum temperature for seed …
Not all species of rice need water to grow, but almost all do. Not only that rice needs water for it to grow, but it can also be planted in water, and grow directly from it, sort of. When maintaining rice plantations, it is paramount to ensure that you have the right amount of water. …
