Archive for the 'Nitrogen' Category

How to grow Acacia – a genus with a large number (>1000) of species

Description of the genus Acacia is a type of plant that has a large number of species as a part of the genus (with more than a 1000 species of this plant present). The tree is a native of tropical regions of various continents such as Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and America. These trees are [...]

Clarkia or Godetia : how to grow, soil conditions and what care should be taken

Godetia also goes by the names Farewell-To-Spring and Clarkia. Clarkia produce cup-shaped blossoms in clusters at the tips of strong stems. Flowers are white, pink, red, or lilac with contrasting colors in most. There are also double varieties. Foliage is gray-green. Characteristics of Clarkia – Clarkia are bushy hardy annuals of 30cm to 1.2M in [...]

Crop Rotation – Some details (why required, what happens, and so on)

The previous post talked about crop rotation in a brief way, without going into too much detail about why this is required, which are the types of crops for which this is needed, and so on. So, here are some more details. The whole purpose of rotating crops is to: 1) Ensure that harmful pathogens [...]

Rotating crops in a garden – helps in providing nitrogen

Crop rotation means growing a particular family of plants for one growing season, using a different family of plants for the next season, and so on. Why does this need to be done ? For a lot of growers, this is not something they are aware of; so read on. A quick reason as to [...]


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