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Seeds of Woody Plants
Collecting,Cleaning, Shipping. The studies of seeds ofplants, their collection, care and requirements for germination, has been an intriguing one over the years. Mouth work has been done,mostly with the seeds of cereals, annuals and trees used for reforestation. Textbooks on forestry have much detailed information forest tree seeds, but the ...Continue reading...
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Acid Soil Plants
Far too much emphasishas been placed in the past on plants which"require" acid soil. Growing in the ArnoldArboretum in Boston, Mass., are over 7000different kinds of woody plants, growing in anacid soil with a pH of 5.5. Themajority of these would grow on a neutral (pH7.o) or even slightly alkaline ...Continue reading...
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Wet Soil Pants
It is usually advisable todrain wet spots in the garden particularly where water stands for any lengthof time. The roots of most plants require acertain amount of air in the soil and if this is notpresent, the plants die. However, some plantswithstand a certain amount of excess moisturein the soil, ...Continue reading...
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