9/02/2007

Todays gardening tip is:

"Innovative drip irrigation!"

I found a useful technique when I was not able to keep myplants hydrated during the day in the hot days of theSummer, was to use ice cubes in a plastic bag (a carrier bagor sandwich bag worked fine for me).You must poke holes in the bag, and then fill with icecubes. Place the ice cube filled bag on the top of the soilin the container, preferably some time early morning, anddue to the heat the cubes will melt gradually throughout theday ensuring your plants won't go thirsty!Stay tuned for your next gardening tip.

To your dream garden,

Daniel Murray

P.S. Don't forget to check out "The Gardener's Handbook"
bygoing here: http://www.gardening-explained.com/handbook.html

It is common when geting plants often as Brussels sprouts, catch, cauliflower, cabbage, radish, swede, salad dynamic, turnip, and wallflower to have brown spots seeming on the plants or mainly the leaves.

This is caused by the Flea Beetle, it feeds on the up part of a leaf but commonly does non eat the whole way through, and in the other and good weather it can have an important business. They are about 2-3mm long, usually red or an up low, some with an old lot on their back.

These areas make brown as that part of the leaf will get, and this is a free power a Flea Beetle is in the edge. To free of the beetle Doff Derris Dust and Vitax Derris Dust can be used as good as Py Spray Garden Pest Killer and Py Powder, but my favorite option is to simple rate along your plants having a hard used trap near to them in the still and you should have that the flea beetle will will the foliage and common on the trap. And find more garden tools.

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