Category: Tropical Style

Concord grapes (Vitis labrusca) are tart fruits developed mainly for jellies, candies, wines, preserves and juices. Grown in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 to 9, woody Concord grapevines require trellises or other structures to encourage them. Several grapevine-lined trellises and arbors offer leafy, shaded canopies but fruit has to grow in full … Continue reading Concord Grape Trellis Training

A few weeks of warm, dry summer weather combined with insufficient irrigation is all it takes to generate a brown, drought-damaged lawn. The amount of damage depends upon the sort of lawn grass, such as heat- or cool-season bud, and dirt conditions. After you determine the type and amount of drought damage, you are able … Continue reading How to Repair a Drought-Damaged Lawn

Creating bonsai is a living art project. The formal upright bonsai design, known as chokkan in Japanese, is simple enough for a novice to work on, and challenging enough to get bonsai masters. Formal upright bonsai have a straight trunk, with lower branches that stretch farther from the trunk than the higher branches. The divisions … Continue reading How to Get a Taper on a Reasonable Upright Bonsai

Harvesting “Lula” avocados (Persea Americana “Lula”), also referred to as alligator pear avocados, is complicated by the fact that you can’t harvest all of “Lulas” on a tree at once. They do not produce flowers in precisely the same time, therefore the ripening of the avocados is staggered. Some avocados will be fully mature while … Continue reading Harvest Time for your Lulu Avocado Tree

Planting trees on slopes will be tricky, because dirt gets shaky when it is disturbed by running water, wind and gravity. Each of the plants, such as trees, onto a slope the ground in place. Preparing the site for tree setup makes it easier for the tree to set up its roots. It’s best to … Continue reading Hardiest Trees for Planting on a Slope

Strawberries come in 2 types: June-bearing sorts and ever-bearing varieties. June-bearing strawberries grow one crop per year in spring or early summer, while ever-bearing varieties can blossom and fruit over an extended season. Both varieties need the same growing conditions and maintenance, and therefore are susceptible to the very same kinds of respiratory disorder. To … Continue reading When to Put Fungicide on Strawberries?

Some of the most striking and unforgettable trees around Earth have been conifers, a type of woody, cone-bearing plant more commonly called evergreens. Conifers have been known to grow to over 350 feet and live over 2,000 decades, and while the sheer scope of these towering trees is stunning, other fast-growing conifers are often utilized … Continue reading What Is the Quickest Growing Evergreen?

The title “October beans” (Phaseolus vulgaris varieties) applies to several heirloom varieties of common bean crops which have fall-harvested pods. Sometimes they’re called fall beans. The crops’ fruits, or beans, are often harvested and cooked in the shelly bean stage, once the beans are mature but still soft, and they have a full, nutty flavor. … Continue reading Growing Stages of October Beans

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is an actual annual, usually dying after going to seed. In frost-free climates, however, it sometimes survives for a couple of decades. Sweet basil, also called common basil and just basil, grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 11. The plant tends to self-seed, producing new plants … Continue reading Does Basil Grow Back After a Year?

A clump of irises (Iris spp.) Supply summer blooms as well as the big sword-shaped leaves provide dramatic greenery. Irises rise in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 9, depending on the variety. Invading grass can ruin the otherwise stately look of this bed, but also a combination of manual and chemical … Continue reading How to Keep Grass Out of Iris Beds