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: Staudtia stipitata Warb. |
Botanical Family : Myristicaceae |
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Description :
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Propagating by Layering -
Layering is often preferred to the use of cuttings because the number of good strikes is greater; many cuttings die off before any roots are formed. I...
Loamy Soil -
When a soil is referred to as loamy, it usually means that the soil contains a mixture of humus, sand and clay. A good loamy soil should contain, in a...
Plants for Window Boxes -
Plants in window-boxes tend to have a somewhat hard life, with periods of drought and wind, draughts and little protection. Certain hardy plants are, ...
Fixing shallow hard loamy clay soil -
1 Add soil to the surface to increase the depth.
2 Double-dig the whole area. To do this, open up a 60 cm wide trench at one end of the area and re...
Plague Thrips -
The plague thrips (Thrips imaginis), which is native to Australia, may occur in plague numbers in spring and early summer, when the climatic condition...
Bonsai Root Pruning -
In order to adequately absorb major and minor elements from the soil solution, plants seem to need fresh new root growth. One the first symptoms of a ...
Sowing Seeds in Patches -
Seeds can be sown directly on the permanent site by broadcasting or scattering them over a prepared patch of soil, where informal groups of flowering ...
Pumpkin Beetle -
The life history of this beetle under natural conditions has not been studied. Eggs have been laid on moist soil and the larva have been found on the ...
Spring Bulbs -
Bulbs to plant for spring blooming include: Muscari (Grape Hyacinths), Puschkinia scilloides (Squills) and Scillas. All of these are small and blue....
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