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Gardening Tips
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WATER PLANTS WHILE ON VACATION
Arrange the plants to be watered in one area in a
circle. Fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and place the bucket
on a stand (the water bucket will need to be above the plant
containers). Tie cotton strings around a brick and place in
the water bucket (one strand for each plant and long enough to
reach the bottom of each plant container). Using a pencil,
push a hole to the base of the plant containers and place each
strand of string into the hole and tap it together to
seal.
Note: Only use cotton string. One (5 gallon) bucket
of water will water 20 plants for two weeks.
GROWING TOMATOES INDOORS
You'll need to pollinate the tomatoes
(unless you have bees in your home). Take a small paint brush
and stick it down into the blossom and turn it slightly. Go to
the next blossom and do the same thing going back and forth to
spread the pollen. As new blossoms form continue to
re-pollinate. Fertilize regularly with a liquid fertilizer
with numbers like 15-30-15. Use grow lights, keep them very
close to the plant as they grow so they don't get "leggy" and
raise them as the plant grows. Keep the lights on for about 16
hours a day.
GREEN UP THE GRASS
Mix 2 T. epsom salt with 1 gal.
water and spray the lawn.
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