How To Grow Sweetcorn

Just be attentive to their water needs. The most economical are the un-named six packs that can be picked up for a couple of bucks while gardeners with more specific tastes can choose cultivars with names like ‘Plant coleus in a good quality potting...

New gardeners are often at a loss when it comes to choosing easy to grow plants. Caladiums are enexpensive and easy to obtain. (including myself) They will make your containers and gardens shine!

It takes up a large footprint in my garden. The cardinals that frequent my birdfeeders in the winter find them especially tasty, so the alba is a good choice for a wildlife garden as well.Albas are trouble-free roses with the added attraction of a long...

Sprinkle the zinnia seeds between three and six inches apart and lightly cover them with soil. The little plants should shoot up quickly and to make a bushier display, pinch out the center growing tip when they are between six and eight inches tall.

To transplant, simply detach one of the runners with a 'chick' at the end and pin it in its new home until roots appear.Forgetful gardeners will be happy to note that this plant can survive long periods of neglect.

Daylilies are fun to trade and share among friends and we have a friendly and activein our subscriber area where enthusiasts compare notes and plants in many corners of the world. In fact, the only daylily in this article's images that is a named variety...

If you use this technique you will never have a fallen tulip again.

For best results, bring your summer camper indoors before you turn on the central heating. Provide shelter from breezes and drafts from air conditioner units, too. Morning sun on the east side of buildings is cooler and nearby buildings are not yet reflecting...

TheMissouri Climate Center at the University of Missouri-Columbiadivides the state up based on latitudinal variation and elevation. While there are no guarantees when it comes to weather, following a few standard guidelines can take a bit of the guesswork...

Blot them gently with paper towels. Plumeria flowers, also known as plumeria rubra and frangipani, are tropical flowers planted to scent gardens and are used in the making of leis because they are less prone to bruising.

Position the bottle so the opening is an entrance. Ridding your home of rats requires patience and a plan. The rat can not escape once it enters because the toothpick prevents the barbwire from swinging outward.

This mixture makes a sort of glue that holds the sugar in place. Place them on a tray and freeze them for at least three hours. For most people, eating a sour treat is not enjoyable.

Or, add them to stir fry dishes to take the flavor up a notch. Ginger leaves still impart the flavor you want without overpowering the other flavors in your recipe. And they have high levels of antioxidants, which make them a nutritional and flavorful...

Wet the mushrooms enough that they are shiny, but not dripping or slimy.Break off the mushrooms when they get to the size you want. You can grow your own edible mushrooms in a portable 5-gallon bucket.

Plants do not naturally grow in an upside down position so giving your young tomato seedling a few days to acclimate to the new conditions will help it adjust more quickly. How high you hang it depends on the type of tomato plant you buy.

The petal should feel papery and dry. If you are picking the roses from your own garden, harvest them in mid-morning on a dry day. Add the gel a little at a time, jiggling the container after each addition to settle the gel around the roses before adding...

It is still not suggested to use an auger when moving it because it is small and granular in size. This is how urea is the most useful and used mostly as a fertilizer, in some medications and industrial-made compounds.Urea was first discovered in 1773...

This resulted in slight deviations from the rows, causing them to miss some of the mature potatoes. Luther Burbank found a single mutation of a potato in his garden in 1872. In 1953, the Ore-Ida Company came up with one of the greatest waste reduction...

Use plastic bags specifically designed for freezer use if you want to flatten the filled bags to conserve space in your freezer. Pour the same amount of water over the peas that you used when you originally soaked them.

If left with no sunlight, squash will remain unripened.Turn the squash over periodically so that all sides of the vegetable get adequate sunlight to ripen. Bad weather, frost and other uncontrollable circumstances can cause your butternut squash not to...

The level should come to an inch below the tubing when you place the cap with the tubing on the bottle.Add one tablespoon baker's yeast and a pinch of baking soda to the bottle. You can make your own CO2 generator with yeast and a sugar solution.

Without this critical step, the soft peaches will be crushed and their juices will be pulled out when the air is extracted from the bag.Freeze peaches to preserve their fresh-picked flavor.Wash, dry, peel and pit the peaches.

Creating the ideal soil conditions will maximize the blueberry harvest and help the plants flourish. Blueberries belong to the heath plant family that includes cranberries, bilberries, huckleberries, azaleas and rhododendrons.

However, confusion is easily eliminated. Morels have a cap that flares out from the top of the stem and almost immediately begins to taper to a rounded top.Examine the distinctively identifying irregular honeycomb, latticework structure covering the entire...

The more ethylene, the faster the fruit will ripen. Most citrus and berries are nonclimacteric, as are grapes, watermelon and bell peppers.The belief that you can help ripen cherries by placing them in a paper bag is a myth.

If you are under-watering (or even over-watering) your plants, it could lead to sour or bitter fruit production.If you have a basket full of berries that turn out to be sour, don't despair.

You can also experiment by choosing different types of seeds, and planting each kind in its own cup.Choose a medium to large paper coffee cup, and punch drain holes in the bottom of the cup using a sharp object, like a nail.Line the bottom of the cup...