Dealing With Poor Soil Health
Soil health is imperative for landscape plants to grow and perform to expectations. Poor soil health can be the cause of thin, weedy and off color turfgrass or lawns. Flowers
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Fertilizers and Amendments
There is a dizzying choice of fertilizers and amendments on the market. What do you choose and when do you apply them? To keep things relatively simple, I will limit
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Recover From Summer Stress Now With Fall Treatments
Throughout North America and the world, summers continue to get hotter, with more unpredictable weather conditions. Gardens, trees, lawns, and landscapes experience elevated levels of stress, with browning turf, wilting
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Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Soil Conditioning and Fertilization
This blog post is about the earth. It all starts there. I know, I know, you are thinking it is all about the sun. But that comes later. Plants start
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Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Soil & Plant Health, pH & Mineral Availability, and Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles
To grow and keep plants healthy, we need to consider the soil environment. The soil-root interface is called the rhizosphere. In this section, we will discuss soil health as it
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Tips and Products for Planting and Maintaining Garden Beds
During this time of year many people are thinking about their gardens – last-minute plans, tending to young plants, or thinking about pests and problems ahead! We’ve compiled some thoughts
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Joe’s Journal: Winter Edition – Bed Prep, part 3
Welcome to part 3 of bed prep for spring. In part 2, we discussed what to plant and how to prepare the soil. Read that part before continuing on. Consider
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Joe’s Journal: Winter Edition – Bed Prep, part 2
In part 1 of our Bed Prep journey, we discussed preparing beds for seeds and gardens, and getting a hoop house set up to assist with growing. In part 2,
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Carbon Products for Enhanced Soil Health
“Carbon” is one of the buzziest words in the plant health care industry right now, and for good reason. The supply chain issues have caused traditional fertilizers prices to soar,
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