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How to choose a pot for a plum blossom bonsai, and what pot is best?
As a flowering plant with very beautiful and fragrant blooms, the plum blossom is generally suitable for growing as a potted plant, or for shaping into a bonsai with greater ornamental value. But to improve the overall ornamental value of the potted plant or bonsai, the pot must be chosen well. However, choosing a pot for a plum blossom bonsai involves considerable attention to detail.
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How to choose shiitake mushrooms? Remember these tips to refuse smuggled goods and pick good domestic shiitake mushrooms
Text and photography / Chen Lifang, images provided / Customs Administration. Before the Dragon Boat Festival and Lunar New Year, it is peak season for smuggling mainland Chinese shiitake mushrooms, because domestic seasonal demand for shiitake mushrooms is high and smuggling them is profitable. A common and effective trick to deceive consumers is to thoroughly mix mainland Chinese shiitake mushrooms with domestic ones before selling them, greatly reducing
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How to choose a pot and repot a creeping juniper bonsai? A detailed guide to the method
The creeping juniper (Juniperus procumbens) has emerald-green foliage, winding and creeping, and is worth viewing in all four seasons. The ornamental effect is at its best in spring when tender green new branches and leaves emerge. During the growing season, it should not be kept indoors for long periods. The creeping juniper is easy to shape and can be made into a horizontally spreading symmetrical bonsai, placed in a courtyard or reception room for appreciation
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How to Choose Koi, and 5 Methods and Tips for Raising Koi
Koi have a robust and handsome build, brilliant colors, varied patterns, and a majestic swimming style, giving them extremely high ornamental and keeping value. Their body length can reach 1-1.5 m. Koi are distinguished by different colors, patterns, and scales. Among them, the Butterfly Koi was only successfully bred in the 1980s, with...
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Koi selection methods from back in the day: choose based on body shape and color
Koi selection regarding body shape and color: the fish's back should be straight, the body balanced left and right, the swimming posture steady and upright, and the body robust and powerful. The shape of the cheeks and the position of the mouth should be well-proportioned, without crookedness, full at both ends and not sunken, and all fins should be symmetrical and complete, moving flexibly when swimming....
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What fish are good to keep with koi? Choose this way for greater ornamental appeal
Koi are a popular ornamental fish, so what kind of koi should you choose to make them more ornamental? The selection of koi can follow certain standards. Since ancient times, the judging standard for koi has always used 50 points for posture, 30 points for color, and 20 points for pattern, for a total of 100 points...
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Koi Keeping Guide: How to Choose and Buy Koi
What are the ways to choose koi? Fish keepers who don't know how to choose koi will surely wonder after buying whether they got ripped off, and this kind of thought often lingers in their minds. So learning how to choose koi becomes especially important. Here are some insights...
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How to select koi? Choose the right weather and time for water changes
Water changes also depend on the weather and the time of day, did you know that? Choose clear weather. In summer, do it at 7 ~ 8 AM; in spring and autumn, 9 ~ 11 AM is best. Hot season: sometimes water must be changed 2 times a day, once before the sun comes up in the morning and once in the afternoon...
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How to Choose Koi? A Guide to Finding the Right Water Temperature for Them
There are two main categories of temperature control equipment: heating equipment and cooling equipment. (1) Heaters. There are two types of electric heaters: one is an ordinary electric heating tube, and the other is an automatic temperature-control electric heater. The latter can effectively regulate water temperature automatically, but its price is relatively high. At present, keeping...
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How to Choose Hardy Koi? Detailed Guide to Feeding Precautions
Feeding: For koi kept in a home aquarium, it is best to use live foods such as fish worms and tubifex worms, while koi fry need to be fed on infusoria. However, the sources of live food are limited and sometimes they cannot be bought at all, so fish worms are generally used as a substitute; if there is a complete nutritional...
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