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Why do zucchini abort their fruit? Three causes to understand
Recently, many vegetable growers who cultivate zucchini reported that the zucchini grown in their greenhouses is suffering from severe fruit abortion, with low yields. So what causes might lead to fruit abortion in zucchini? In my analysis, there are mainly three causes. First, poor flower bud differentiation or pollination, which prevents the ovary from producing plant growth...
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Sambucus javanica is unsurpassed for treating traumatic injuries, yet this herb is often severely underrated.
The countryside is a treasure trove of nature, and that saying is absolutely true. In the fields and on the edges of rural land, most plants have remarkable properties, whether medicinal or edible; it is just that the uses of some plants have been discovered, while...
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What does fertilizing succulents actually mean? Read this and you'll understand
Main text with images: Curator As a stubborn gardening traditionalist (as opposed to a tech-oriented person), Lao Jiang has always upheld the native spirit of China, a great agricultural nation with five thousand years of heritage. I have always believed: "Soil is the only reliable source of plant nutrition,...
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Key Techniques for Early-Maturing, High-Efficiency Lotus Root Cultivation under Plastic Tunnels
1. Select good varieties: choose medium-maturing large purple-red lotus root varieties whose main rhizome has 4-5 nodes. 2. Treat seed rhizomes: select main rhizomes with robust buds, 2-3 nodes and a weight above 0.5 kg as seed rhizomes, or use large secondary rhizomes as seed rhizomes. After the seed rhizomes are dug up, plant them as early as possible, with a seeding rate of 300-400 kg per mu. Before planting, use...
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What exactly is the relationship between tea and disease? Understand it before you drink tea
Data published by institutions such as Case Western Reserve University in the United States, the National Cancer Center of Japan, and Curtin University of Technology in Australia on "research on tea and cancer" shows that people who regularly drink tea have a disease incidence rate more than 60% lower than those who do not drink it often. The price of tea...
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Azalea losing leaves badly? Once you understand the root problem, you won't have to worry anymore
When many novice flower lovers choose flower plant varieties to care for, the first thing they consider is definitely plants that bloom beautifully. Indeed, who doesn't like things with high "looks"? But many times, "beauties" also come with thorns...
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Key Technical Points for Pressing Green Manure under Chestnut Trees in the Rainy Season
Pressing green manure under chestnut trees can improve the soil and prevent water and soil erosion. It has many advantages such as low investment, low cost, and a high comprehensive utilization rate. The techniques for pressing green manure under chestnut trees in the rainy season are introduced as follows: 1. Sources of green manure for chestnut. First, artificially cultivated green manure, commonly including leguminous plants such as false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) and mung bean; second, wild green manure,...
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Two Methods for Poisoning and Killing Underground Pests of Sweet Potato
When sweet potatoes are damaged by underground pests, they become riddled with pest entry holes and tunnels, cannot be processed or eaten, and rot more quickly, causing reduced yields. In production, the following methods can be promptly adopted for poisoning and control to improve yield and quality. 1. Spray Lorsban. During the growth and development period of sweet potatoes, spray the leaves once every 10-15 days with a 1000-fold Lorsban aqueous solution...
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A detailed guide to sweet persimmon grafting techniques: methods and key points made easy to understand
Sweet persimmon completely loses its astringency while still on the tree, is convenient to eat, simple to manage, and highly resistant to stress, which has drawn increasing attention from fruit growers and favor from fruit merchants. To make sweet persimmon cultivation large-scale, industrialized, and market-oriented, the key grafting techniques for sweet persimmon nursery stock propagation are presented to readers here. Sweet persimmon grafting uses the wood-bearing...
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The hunger of famine years is something those who never lived through it cannot understand
Summary: If you have never lived through an era of famine, you do not know what true hunger is. Without having lived through that era, without having personally experienced hunger, you cannot understand the poverty and hunger of those times. Even I, born in the 1980s, cannot understand or comprehend it. I can only often listen to Grandpa tell the "story of grain ration coupons" over and over, describing how the older generation survived years of starvation, how they overcame illness and famine again and again. Back then, they ate wild vegetables and wild fruits, and coarse grains and pickles all tasted incredibly delicious.
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