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Building healthy soil is the key to healthy plants

WEBBuilding healthy soil is the key to healthy plants. Healthy soil grows healthy plants. If you want a vigorous, productive garden, protect and improve your soil. Soil is …

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Beyond dead dirt: healthy soil is alive – Maryland Grows

WEBWith routine tillage, life in agricultural soils has dwindled. Now, much of the nation’s agricultural soil is indeed little more than dead dirt. Here in Maryland, though, …

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Grow healthy, productive plants with the right supports

WEBBeing supported is important. For you. For me. And for our garden plants. The right garden supports help keep plants healthy. Lifting them up, up, up on stakes, …

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Free the Flare: Maintain Visible Root Flare for Tree Health

WEBThe root flare is the area at the base of a tree trunk where the topmost roots emerge outward. This area is sometimes referred to as the trunk flare or root crown. In …

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Improve Soil Health for a Climate-Resilient Garden

WEBUse these six practices to improve soil health and climate resiliency: Keep soils covered. No bare soil! Keep soils covered with garden plants, groundcovers, …

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What is soil pH and does it really matter to plants

WEBPH is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration and tells you how acidic or basic/alkaline the soil is. Most vegetable garden plants prefer a pH between 6-7; …

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plant health – Maryland Grows

WEBPosts about plant health written by Maryland Grows. Irregular brown spots and blotches appear on lilac leaves, followed by leaf curling and defoliation in late summer.

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Pruning 101: The basics for success – Maryland Grows

WEBGood pruning improves plant health. It gets rid of dead and diseased parts and improves air circulation, shape, and appearance. It can also restrict growth, …

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Composting and Climate Change – Maryland Grows

WEBThis CO 2 release is considered biogenic (happens through natural biological systems), not anthropogenic (people-made), and is not included in the …

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Tokyo Bekana Greens – Maryland Grows

WEBThe benefits of Tokyo Bekana, besides that striking light green color, are its mild flavor (almost lettuce-like, though with a touch of bitter bite amidst the sweetness), …

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Vegetable Problems Update – Maryland Grows

WEBThe causes of tomato wilting (healthy, green leaves and stems going limp) can be many: drought, excess water, stem boring insects, root injury, and diseases. …

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Q&A: What’s Wrong With My Pachysandra

WEBMay 9, 2018 Maryland Grows. Q: We have a steep hill that is covered with mature Japanese Pachysandra that is dying. It is under a large tulip tree. This groundcover was …

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Cover crops for climate-resilient soil: Try it, you might like it

WEBCover crops are so important for improving soil and protecting the environment that it’s public policy in Maryland to use federal funding to subsidize …

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Growing and Working for Food Justice in Baltimore

WEBCOVID-19 has been devastating for poor people and people of color. Systemic racism and economic inequality have resulted in higher death rates for Black …

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Why light levels are important for indoor plant growth

WEBPhoto: Miri Talabac This is the second article in our four-part series about indoor plant lighting. You can also read the first, third, and fourth articles. Typically, …

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Q&A: Why do my hollies and other evergreens have brown and …

WEBWinterburn is an abiotic disorder or injury – abiotic translates to without (a-) life (biotic) – meaning the condition has a non-living cause. Abiotic plant disorders are …

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Topping Harms the Health of Trees – Maryland Grows

WEBTopping weakens trees. In fact, a topped tree is much more prone to problems, including poor health and an inclination to drop branches or fall. Leaves are …

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Why are so many oak trees dying this year

WEBA logical starting place to look for an explanation would be the often-overlooked gradual health decline of our trees due to old age, restricted root zones, soil …

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Non-Native Plants Support Non-Native Mosquitoes – Maryland …

WEBNon-Native Plants Support Non-Native Mosquitoes. It is a common misconception that all mosquitoes feed on blood. Unlike ticks, which require a bloodmeal …

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