Grafting Compatibility Chart
The quiet weeks just before leaf-out are grafting make-or-break time. Hours of careful alignment of bark, of taping the join, can be wasted unless plants … Read more
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Blueberry Time to Fruit Calculator
Plenty of hope, but zero patience. That’s what fruit gardening is all about. It involve planting a blueberry or any other kind of fruit shrub … Read more
Fruit Tree Bloom Chart
plant a fruit tree and water it. Wait for spring, when colors appears like a promise of fruit. It is easy to assume that a … Read more
Carrot Seed Shelf Life Calculator
Carrots are notoriously fickle when compared with, say, peas or beans; don’t assume you can stash them in a drawer as casually as other seeds … Read more
Fruit Ripeness Chart
If you don’t know what to expect when the fruit ripens, how it’s supposed to taste, you are often let down. Why? Because color is … Read more
Pepper Seed Viability Calculator for Growers
You have a packet of superhot seeds from two years back, stashed in a drawer that gets warmed by sunlight. You’re looking for some fiery … Read more
Fruit Tree Ripening Chart
The best way to get the right pick is to stop looking at calendar. Why? Because you’ll never find it. You won’t find it, even … Read more
Radish Seed Viability Calculator
Sow radish seed? Two weeks later, nothing but bare ground. It was garden heartbreak. Again. Each year, you reach into a drawer or a warm … Read more
Fruit Tree Maturity Chart
When you plant the sapling, you anticipate harvesting right away, but tree doesn’t work that way at all. You water it carefully in first year. … Read more
Spinach Seed Viability Calculator
How old are those seeds? If your spring garden plans include leafy greens (and who doesn’t?), the answer matter, because their shelf life is brief. … Read more
Fruit Tree Pollination Chart
Spring promises flowers. They promise fruit. Pink and white blooms on trees; oh, you think it will be apples and cherries? Think again. First bloom … Read more