The Lawn Gardening

In polluted urban areas, growing snake plants indoors is a very good idea. Snake plants filter air indoors and keep the toxic air gases away.  A very low-maintenance plant, the snake plant is one of the few indoor plants that can survive even in low light, and because of its perennial nature, it can grow again even next year.  Most of the varieties of snake plants can live up to 15 years easily(once they grow), but only a few of them can grow up to 40-50 years. How to grow snake plants indoors? You can grow snake plants indoors in both manners; from seeds and cuttings.  Growing from seeds is a long process to grow and growing snake plant cuttings takes less time to become a bigger healthy plant.  Let's understand all the basics of growing snake plants indoors.  Growing snake plants indoors Vs outdoors Although plants' nature is to grow in outdoor habitats sometimes few plants grow better indoors.  In hot regions, snake plants can't handle too high temperatu...

Though the Basil plant is a natural medicine plant, chewing it directly may taste sour. Basil plant has many health benefits other than its medicinal advantages.  It can expand even with a single plant of its seeds. In cold regions, basil can grow without regular irrigation but too low temperatures of soil and air are not suitable for basil plants outdoors.  Basil downy mildew removal in the USA Considering downy mildew a kind of fungus is not the right identification of it. It is a water mold on plants that appear because of highly wet conditions. Let's understand more about it and how to prevent it for your basil plants and leaves in the garden. What does it look like(identification)? Basil's leaves appear on the front, side, and backside of the leaves. The color of these spots looks black, grey, and purple color according to its invading stages on leaves.  In later stages, leaves get brownish and yellowish when it covers the entire leave. Human touch is almost the same...

The underground lawn sprinkler irrigation system is a very efficient, time-saving, automatic, and precise water-using system. One can use it to irrigate particular or whole lawns of common shapes.  Underground lawn sprinkler irrigation system Well, you can install it on your own if you have plumbing knowledge. Even if you never touched plumbing tools, you can install them with an expert plumber easily. Considering you already have some knowledge of plumbing, here, we've discussed the entire underground lawn irrigation sprinkler system.  What is an underground lawn irrigation system? It is different from the on-ground irrigation system. In this irrigation system, we set sprinklers at the fixed corners that rest underground. When we allow water for irrigation, these sprinklers pop up over the ground and irrigate the lawn according to the range set in the sprinklers. Subsurface drip irrigation is another example of an underground lawn irrigation system. Overall, it looks like an...

Thistle is one of the most unwanted species that can grow in most of the climate conditions in the USA. It is a very annoying weed in lawn with perennial nature that grow and expand more as much time it gets in the lawn.  With time, it becomes more difficult to manage and remove thistle weed.  Let's understand various aspects of thistle weed and methods to remove it from the lawn.  Thistle weed in lawn Although there is very less similar-looking weed like thistle still, you should aware of its looks and behavior on the lawn.  Thistle weeds are poisonous to humans as one can suffer vomiting, diarrhea, etc.  What is thistle weed? Thistle weed has big bushy leaves containing a needle on the tip and grows horizontally except for its flowers. Mostly, pink flowers appear on thistle weed but according to the variety in species, these flowers can be slightly different in color and looks.  Mainly, we see two general varieties of thistle weed; dwarf thistle and creep...

Interestingly, Ryegrass(Lolium perenne)  and tall fescue(Festuca arundinacea) both are perennial cool-season grasses. Still, both have different properties in lawns. Because of being in the same season, people can't differentiate them. Although there are multiple differences in both types of grasses. Let's understand those factors and try to figure out the difference between them. Ryegrass Vs Tall Fescue in the USA Although either ryegrass or fescue works better than any other summer season grass like Bermuda grass, centipede , bahiagrass, and zoysia grass in the cold season. If one has a choice between hot season grass vs fescue or ryegrass, one can go with either. But if your lawn is in a cold climate, your selection should be based on their properties. Following are the properties discussed that distinguish both ryegrass vs fescue grass- Identification Color, height, leaves shape, roots, and nature, are some identity factors to differentiate two different lawn types of gras...

Florida contributes the largest sugarcane yield in a year in the entire United States. Sugarcane cultivation part a large percentage in the economy of Florida. Because there are multiple methods of sugarcane farming, their number of cuttings and plants is different in per acre land, and production as well. Sugarcane Yield, investment, and Profit in Florida For a new farmer, it is difficult to determine or estimate the investment, yield, and profit margin per acre of land in the USA, especially in Florida. Here, we estimated the average production of sugarcane per acre of land so we can estimate its investment cost, production, and profit per acre of land.  Sugarcane yield per acre in Florida Sugarcane yield depends on the method one uses during sowing. So the number of plants can vary according to the method and land. Following is an average data on yield per acre land on sugarcane farming in Florida- Number of plants per acre- 80,000 to 85,000 Line-to-line distance- 20 cm Plant-to...

Although aloe vera can grow in most regions in the USA but keeping them in too cold or too hot regions is not a good idea. winterization of the garden is necessary to help them survive during winter. Transplanting aloe vera plants or re-potting aloe plants provides them with healthier growing conditions and sometimes recovers them from dryness or any disease.  Aloe plant repotting We can re-pot aloe vera in two manners; from cuttings and direct plants. But it is important to figure out the right time and place for aloe vera plants to re-pot them.  Let's discuss how to safely transplant or re-pot aloe vera plants indoors and outdoors.  When to re-pot aloe vera plants? There are multiple reasons to re-pot aloe vera plants with specific conditions and times. Following are some possible reasons and their time to re-pot aloe vera plants-  Small nursery plants can't grow faster and bigger in small cups. We should re-pot them as young plants in bigger pots to provide them ...