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22 May How to Identify Dichondra repens from Gotu Kola
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd This is a quick little post to complement any Dichondra repens and/or gotu kola listings on this site. What is the point in saying (in those listings) how similar the two are at first glance, without actually helping people tell the difference..
15 Mar Water and Pots
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 15th March 2023. Have you ever repotted a plant and wondered why the bottom of the potting mix is so incredibly saturated compared to the rest, de..
03 Mar On Biochar
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Title image above is attributed to Oregon Department of Forestry, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Backstory I first heard of biochar maybe back in the early 2000s. It sounded really, really interesting, but I was somewhat put off by the $120 (or thereabo..
28 Feb On Carbon Dioxide, C3 Carbon Fixation, C4 Carbon Fixation, and CAM
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Title image above is attributed to Mike Jones, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 28th February 2023. Please note that this post is somewhat technical, and assumes some of the writing done on photosyn..
17 Feb On Carbon Dioxide
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Title image above is attributed to Jynto, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 17th February 2023. The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Molecule CO2 is a simple molecule of two oxygen atoms each double-bonded to one carbon a..
02 Feb How Air-Pot Containers Air-Prune Roots
kristi 0 2009
Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd All text and images are copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd First reproduced here 2nd February 2023 When the tap root reaches the base, increased air in the growing medium dehydrates the tip, pruning it and stimulating lateral root b..
04 Nov Determinate, Indeterminate, and Dwarf Tomatoes: What Do They All Mean?
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 4th November 2022 Introduction People new to the growing of tomatoes may see one variety described as determinate and another as indeterminate, but are none the wiser, as these terms are not always defined at the time. Going f..
07 Aug A Strawberry is Neither a Berry Nor a Fruit!
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 7th August 2021 My background is microbiology and biochemistry, but I developed an intense interest in botany much later, and wow, that discipline just does your head in, as investigating what exactly a fruit is reveals! (Just..
24 Jul What is a Fruit?
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site. First published here 24th July 2021. Edited to include the public domain image below, of a flower’s anatomy, not available at time of original post.) Fruits Bananas, pe..
20 May Words Which Frequently Appear in the Names of Botanical Species
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 20th May 2021 This earlier post covered the rules that apply when naming a plant scientifically. This post follows on from that, by listing the words which are quite common to these names — and this can be both fun and really ..
18 Feb Getting the Most Out of Your Air-Pot Container (updated)
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd First published 18th February 2021 Updated on 18th June 2021 Air-Pot containers are the original and the best air-pruning containers around, and here you’ll learn how to get the most out of them! There are two very important steps that e..
06 Feb Scientific (Binomial) Names
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally posted here on our botanical art site.) First published here 6th February 2021 You may have noticed that we’ve listed all our flowers by their common names as well as their scientific names, and you can even searc..
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