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November 22, 2022

How To Grow Papaya Tree From Cuttings: Papaya Air Layering Propagation

Growing papaya from cuttings and by air layering are recent techniques of papaya propagation. Papaya or pawpaw plants are generally propagated by seeds, however, their propagation from cuttings may be needed to get true clones. Growing papaya from stem cutting is difficult and the success rate is low, but growing papaya from air layering or marcotting is easy and highly successful.

November 3, 2022

How To Grow Camellia in Containers: Camellia Care In Pots

Growing camellias in containers is quite easy if you take care for soil, feeding camellias in pots, when and how to prune camellias and how often to water camellias in pots. You can grow camellias in pots outside and indoors as well, I am growing camellias in pots in Sydney, Australia. Potted camellias look great on balconies, patios, porches, verandas and gardens.

October 20, 2022

How To Increase Flowering in Jasmine Plant | Homemade Fertilizer For Jasmine Plant

Learn how to increase flowering in your Arabian jasmine plant if it is not blooming and keep it blooming by following the tricks shown here. Also find the best fertilizer for jasmine plant how to make homemade liquid fertilizer for jasmine.

The jasmine plant at a garden nursery have lots of flowers, but when you take home the plant you find that after some time your jasmine has stopped producing blooms, even there may be no flowers at all.

October 7, 2022

Hibiscus Propagation: Propagating Hibiscus In Water and Soil

Hibiscus propagation methods include propagation from cuttings in water and soil, and also from seeds. However, the hibiscus grown from seeds may be different from the parent hibiscus plant and the flowers they grow may be worse or even better than the parent plant. But the hibiscus propagation from hibiscus stem cuttings will be clone to the parent hibiscus and produce flowers exactly similar to the parent tree. 

October 4, 2022

How To Grow Corn From Seeds At Home | Corn Seed Germination

Read below how to grow corn at home from seedsand the fastest method of corn seed germination, even in a small garden or indoors. The corn seed germination experiment reveals that by pre sprouting the corn seeds and then planting them in soil is the fast method for growing corn from kernels. It would take about 3 months for corn to grow from seed to harvest. 

October 1, 2022

How To Grow Date Palm Tree From Seed | How To Germinate Date Seeds

You can grow a dates from seed, pit or stone, even from grocery store dates. The date palm tree grown from seed will take 4 to 8 years to bear fruits (Khajoor) after planting the date seed. However, if grown from offshoots, you will get fruits in a shorter time. I germinated date seeds faster in a kitchen paper towel in Sydney, Australia. I bought ripe sweet dates from local grocery store and used the seed to grow a date palm tree.

September 21, 2022

How To Grow Grapes From Seeds, Grape Seed Germination

Read below how to grow grapes from seeds at home and how to germinate grape seeds. Grapes are very healthy and they taste very good. Grapevines look beautiful in the garden and you can have pounds of grapes from your grapevine every year. Grapes are normally propagated from cuttings or grafting, but you can grow grapes from seeds, even you can grow grapes from grapes you buy from grocery store.

September 15, 2022

How To Grow Almond Tree From Seed At Home: Almond Seed Germination

This article is on how to grow almond tree from seeds at home and how to germinate almond seeds. It is possible to grow almonds from seeds or nuts from grocery store.  For this, the first step is to germinate almond seeds indoors. I have successfully germinated almond seeds from almond nuts from a grocery store in Australia and grown an almond tree which produced flowers in just 2 years.

September 10, 2022

How To Grow Coriander Indoors | Grow Cilantro From Seeds At Home

Know how to grow coriander indoors from seeds at home and how to germinate coriander seeds in any season. Growing coriander at home from store bought whole coriander is easy on a window sill in your kitchen. You can germinate and grow coriander from seeds indoors in 3 to 7 days in any season. You can use this fastest method for growing coriander at home from seeds.

September 5, 2022

How To Grow Nectarine Tree in Pot | How To Care For Nectarine Tree

Find the complete details on how to grow nectarine tree in containers and garden bed, as I am growing in Australia. The nectarine tree (Prunus persica var. nucipersica.) is a deciduous tree which belongs to the peach tree family. They can grow to 25 feet high and wide, but grafted and dwarf varieties grow up to 12 feet.

September 1, 2022

How to Take Care of Crown of Thorns Plant

Find the details on how to grow crown of thorns plant, crown of thorn plant problems and to care for crown of thorns plant indoors and outdoors to get more flowers year round.

The crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii), Christ thorn or Christ plant is a flowering thorny plant. It is a spurge family Euphorbiaceae plant native to Madagascar. Some of the other plants in the purge family are Poinsettia, Castor Bean and Cassava.

August 15, 2022

How to Grow Orange Tree from Seeds: Orange Seeds Germination at Home

Know how to grow orange tree from seeds with 100 % success and a simple method for orange tree seed germination, you can even grow an orange tree from a store bought orange. You can sprout and propagate your orange tree from seed, but it is usually grown by grafting. It is pointed out that the orange tree grown from seeds may not bear fruits for the first 8 to 10 years or more

August 5, 2022

How To Grow Poinsettia Plant From Seeds and Cuttings

The question is whether to grow poinsettia plant from cuttings or seeds, and which is better way to grow poinsettia plants.  You can propagate poinsettia from seeds or by rooting a poinsettia cutting. However, it is mostly propagated by rooting a poinsettia cutting in water or soil, propagating from cuttings is easier than seed and most successful. It is easier to grow a new poinsettia plant if your poinsettia branch broke off, you can propagate it in water or soil.

August 1, 2022

How To Propagate Crown of Thorns Plant | Crown of Thorns Propagation

The Crown of Thorns plant can be grown from cuttings and seeds. However, propagating crown of thorns from cuttings is easier than seed. The crown of thorns plant produces small yellow, red, pink or creamy white flowers throughout the year in tropical regions, but at other places in spring to summer. This plant can be grown indoors easily as it adapts quickly to indoor environments.

July 1, 2022

How to Store Lemons and Limes To Keep Them Fresh Longer

Many people want to know how to store lemons for long time and keep them fresh, specially when lemons are very cheap in the market or they have huge lemon crop. This article shows you tips on storing lemons and limes to keep them fresh for up to 4 to 6 months with or without refrigeration. My lime tree produces too many limes every season, so I use the following ways to store them in refrigerator, freezer and without fridge to keep them fresh for a long time.

June 27, 2022

How to Grow Nectarine Tree From Seed

Learn how to grow nectarine tree from seed or its stone pit, as I have grown it in Sydney, Australia. People often ask, can you grow a nectarine tree from a seed. Yes, a nectarine tree can easily be grown from its pit. My nectarine tree growing in a pot produced fruits in just 2 years. The best part of growing nectarine tree from seed is that you need only one tree to get fruits as the nectarine trees are self-fertile, so they do not need cross-pollination from another nectarine tree. 

June 23, 2022

How To Make Soil Acidic Naturally: Making Soil Acidic For Blueberries, Azaleas

Know how to make soil acidic soil for blueberries and azaleas. The blueberries, azaleas, gardenias and rhododendrons need acidic soil with a pH of 4.6 to 5.5 to grow them happily. If your soil is alkaline with a pH 6.0 or higher, you need to amend and enrich it. Many people fail to grow blueberries because of improper soil. So it is very important to acidify your soil before planting blueberries of you can amend the soil even after planting them.

June 19, 2022

How to Kill and Repel Ants Safely From Home and Garden

The question is how to get rid of ants naturally inside your house, kitchen, walls, outside and in garden quickly and prevent entering them in your house or garden. If you notice ants in your home or garden, it may be a big problem as ants can lay up to 800 eggs per day and multiply very quickly. It becomes a challenge to keep ants off from home and garden. 

June 11, 2022

How to Grow and Save Moringa Tree in Winter

Learn how to grow and save your moringa tree in winter and grow moringa indoors in cold climates.

The moringa is a superfoods (health benefits of Moringa) but question is can you grow moringa olivera in cold climates? The fact is that the moringa tree grows in tropical and sub-tropical areas (USDA Zones 9-11).

June 2, 2022

How to Recharge, Rejuvenate and Reuse Old Potting Soil

Do not throw away old potting soil. Then what to do with old soil from pots?  Know how to reuse old potting soil after you sterilize, recharge, rejuvenate and activate old potting soil. If you are growing plants in containers, then you may be changing its soil after a couple of years. What do you do of the old soil? Do you throw it and use the new potting soil?

May 23, 2022

How to Grow Persimmon Tree from Cutting, Persimmon Propagation From Cuttings

You can grow persimmon tree from cuttings as well as from seeds. But the seed will produce the tree that may be totally different from the parent tree. Growing a persimmon tree from cutting is the best way to produce the exact duplicate or identical to the parent persimmon tree. So the question is can you really grow persimmon tree from cutting? Will persimmon cuttings root?

May 16, 2022

How To Grow Neem Tree In Pot | Potted Neem Tree Care

Learn how to grow a neem tree in containers to make it dwarf and how to care for a neem tree in a pot. Growing a neem tree in a container is good if you do not have space in your garden or you live in cool climates. You can keep your potted neem tree on terrace or balcony and move indoors to protect it from bad weather. But can you really grow a neem tree at home?

May 3, 2022

How To Grow Persimmon From Seed | Persimmon Seed Germination

The detailed guide on how to grow persimmon tree from seeds and easy persimmon seed germination is given below. The persimmon tree grown from seed takes only 3 to 5 years to bear fruit. The persimmon is native to China and is actually a berry from the trees in the genus, Diospyros. The persimmon in Latin means “food of the gods”, they are so sweet and delicious that they are referred to as “Divine Fruit”.

May 1, 2022

How to Grow Plum Tree From Seed

Learn how to grow a plum tree from a seed and how to crack open and germinate plum seeds purchased from a grocery store. The steps for growing plum tree from a seed shown here gives 100 % success rate, as I have done in Sydney, Australia. You can even grow a plum tree from a plum seed taken out from a plum from supermarket. Do you know, prunes are dried plums of specific varieties.

April 14, 2022

How to Grow Azaleas in Pots : How To Care For Azaleas

Learn how to grow azaleas in pots indoors or outdoors in garden bed, as I am growing them in Australia. You will know proper soil for azaleas, how to water azaleas, pruning azalea plants to ensure the plants perform at their best every year and also care for potted azaleas to get more blooms on your azaleas. The azalea plants are easy to care for, but there are some problems with azaleas in pots, continue reading below to grow and look after azaleas easily in containers and get beautiful flowers, even on indoor potted azaleas.

April 7, 2022

How to Fertilize Magnolias: Fertilizer for Little Gem Magnolia Trees

Find details on how to fertilize a magnolia tree and the best fertilizer for magnolia trees for magnolias including Little Gem magnolia tree. The fertilizers for magnolias given here is good for different types of magnolias including magnolia Grandiflora, ever green little gem magnolia, Southern magnolia, Japanese, Port wine and deciduous magnolias.

April 2, 2022

How to Fertilize a Mango Tree : When and How To Fertilize Mango Trees

Learn how to fertilize a mango tree, when to fertilize, what is the best fertilizer for mango tree, and what is the mango tree fertilizer schedule. The mango tree nutritional need requires fertilizers with a combination of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K),  along with manganese, zinc, and iron and trace elements. 

March 20, 2022

Houseplants That Can be Propagated In Water: Plant Propagation In Water

What plants can you propagate in water? Learn how to propagate houseplants in water without soil and a list of best and easy indoor plants to propagate in water.

You can propagate plant cuttings in water and make more plants. You can propagate many plants including indoor plants and outdoor plants in water and make new plants, which are exactly similar to the parent plants for free. 

February 21, 2022

How To Grow Moringa Tree In Containers: Growing Moringa in Pots

Details on how to grow moringa tree in containers at home, indoors or outdoor including moringa tree problems, diseases, how to repot and transplant, and how to grow and save moringa in winter, as I am growing moringa in Sydney, Australia. You can keep your moringa tree (Moringa oleifera), also known as horseradish tree or drumstick tree dwarf or small in a pot and bushy by proper pruning at correct time. Moringa tea, seeds, leaves benefits

February 1, 2022

How To Grow Dwarf Moringa Tree: Moringa Tree Pruning To Keep It Small

Learn how keep moringa tree small and to grow dwarf moringa tree and how to prune moringa tree correctly to keep it small, dense and bushy, as I am doing it in Sydney, Australia. The moringa tree grows very tall and it becomes very difficult to harvest leaves and fruits from a tree as high as 40 feet. So it is very important to keep moringa tree to a small height by proper pruning to ensure it grows not too high and produces more leaves and fruits.

January 19, 2022

January 6, 2022

How to Grow Amla From Seeds: Growing Gooseberries In Pots

Learn how to grow Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica, Amla) from seed easily at home and how to take care for Amla tree in a pot. You can grow gooseberries from fruit, even from frozen amla fruits in containers.

I have successfully germinated amla seeds from the seeds of frozen amla fruit bought from Indian grocery store in Sydney, Australia.