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December 5, 2020

Notching Rubber Tree Plant To Force Side Shoots : Making Rubber Tree Bushy Without Pruning

Learn what is notching of a rubber tree and how to notch a rubber plant tree to force side shoots and encourage new leaves and branching out. The notching will fix a leggy rubber plant by growing new shoots, making plant bushy without pruning. Can you force side shoots on a rubber plant? Yes, the process of notching on the rubber tree and fiddle leaf fig tree is the same.

July 15, 2020

How To Grow Lychee From Seed: Lychee Tree Care

Learn how to grow lychee from seeds from the store-bought Lychee fruit. Lychee seed germination needs a warm climate and high humidity. growing lychee from seed is easy, but the lychee fruit grown from seed may be different than the parent tree in quality and taste and take many years to produce fruits, whereas the lychee tree grown from cuttings or layering will produce fruits in 3-4 years.

July 11, 2020

How To Grow Magnolias In Containers

Can magnolias be grown in containers? Which magnolia trees can be grown in pots? Yes, you can plant and grow a magnolia tree in pots as I am growing in Australia. The dwarf magnolia varieties can easily be grown in containers. But the  normal magnolia varieties can also be grown is pots, if grown in a very large pot having a drainage hole at the bottom. 

June 11, 2020

How To Store Curry Leaves

Simple methods are given on how to store or preserve curry leaves for long in fridge and outside fridge. The curry leaves can be grown from seeds or cuttings at home and it is not difficult. However, everybody does not grow the plant in their gardens so they have to buy curry leaves from grocery store. But the curry leaves are not available all the year, so one has to store curry leaves. Continue reading blow to learn how to store curry leaves for months at home.

April 10, 2020

Foods That Boost the Immune System

How to boost immune system, are there immune system booster foods? With the recent coronavirus pandemic outbreak, many people are worried about how to boost their immune system to protect against diseases. The immune system is made up of a complex network of cells, tissues and organs that work together and defend the body against infection.

March 15, 2020

How to Grow Peace Lilly Plant : Peace Lily Care

Know all the details on peace lily plant care tips and how to grow a peace lily plant indoor and outdoor and also how to propagate peace lily by simple root division. The meaning of peace lily is peace and prosperity. Peace lily is considered as an auspicious Feng Shui plant.

March 12, 2020

Growing Blackberries In Containers

Growing blackberry plants in containers at home is quite easy if you take proper care for soil, planting, watering, pruning, dividing, harvesting and fertilization, as I have done in Australia. The thornless blackberry plant may begin to grow blackberries on the canes in the first year itself. The thornless blackberry varieties are suited for pots, although any variety can be grown in a pot.

January 17, 2020

How To Graft A Mango Tree: Mango Grafting Technique

Know all the steps to learn how to graft a mango tree. Grafted mango trees take a shorter time to start flowering and fruiting. Grafting is a technique used to join two plants to grow them as a single plant [1,2]. The upper part (scion) of one plant after grafting grows on the root system (rootstock) of another plant.