What soil do I use to transplant cabbage plants into potting plants? And what special care should be taken?
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Many cabbage transplants are grown outdoors inopen beds. Nationwide, and in all crops, there has beena trend to direct seeding, rather than transplanting\n\nhowever..to answer your question..\n\nCabbage can be grown on a wide range of soils, butthe crop is sensitive to soil acidity. The optimum pH issix to 6.5, and at pH’s greater than seven the diseaseclub root can be present. Cabbage is a heavy user ofnitrogen and potassium and requires frequent side-dressing. Cabbage is considered a hard crop on the land,and many growers will rotate to other crops that do nothave such high fertility requirements. Cabbage is grownon mineral, sand and muck soils
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You can use the ashes in your compost pile... ashes have organic matter and simple salts that are beneficial to plants. I'm sure your plants (if you have any) would appreciate this. just dont put too much, as it can hurt them as well.\n\nAs for the butts, well, im as lost as you are, but i hope this is a start!
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watercress !\nthis is a plant that looks like a lettuce and it is used for salads and soups.\nyou can easily find it at any food market.\nmake an infussion out of this plant,\nlet it cool and then put it the refrigerator.\nwhen it is cold, soak a gauze in it.\nput the gauze on the afected area.\ndo this everyday and the spot will disappear fast !\nplease, stay away from the beach and direct sunshine !
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if you experiment with potted plants, it is likely, that far more nutrient is in the soil, so you will observe nothing. (only some plants do not tolerate too much watering, too cold water, chlorinated water - fresh from tap, ) I suggest you go for hydroponia (plant in water and nothing else) so that you can get somewhere. I also suggest you use seeds so that you have larger number of identical material - lets say each experimental variant will look like three-five  dishes with 50 cress/mustard seeds each.  (TO RULE OUT CHANCE!!! ) you can try different waters and your experiment will still take up the space on one window sill or small desk. You will observe different coloration, growth rate, as the plants will experience lack of nutrients (you can also try different fertilizers, different ammount of it, do chemical tests with your waters). I dont recomment larger seeds than that, because then you will have much nutrients in the seeds themselves.\ngood luck
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Assuming you don't need the salt, saturate it with water.  The salt will melt away, leaving the soil.
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most house plants should be able to grow under those conditions...they sell speial flourescent likes that are taylored for plants but a normal one should do the trick
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Hi!  Have never planted flowers before until this spring.  I have had excellent luck so far.  What I did was I bought these little Jiffy starter disks at the garden section at Wal-Mart.  They come in a tray, and I bought the smallest ones they had.  You fill them with water and they grow into little pods of soil.  I planted my flower seeds (I planted pansies and petunias) 1/8 inch into the center of the pod, and put the cover on for a few days.  NOTE:  I put more than one seed in each pod...but my advice is to only put one seed in each.  I have sprouts growing all over at the moment!  When they sprouted I put them under plain old flourescent lights, and now after 2 weeks I need to transplant them into a hanging basket, because they have lots of roots and are thriving.  Good luck, hope this is helpful!!
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1)Roots\n are usually below ground and lack nodes, shoots, and leaves.  \nThey absorb NUTRIENTS and water from the soil\nanchor the plant in the soil, providing support for the stem\noften store food\nThe greatest number of plant roots are in the top foot of soil, with major feeder roots occurring in the top six inches. This knowledge is important for IRRIGATION, FERTILIZATION, and CULTIVATION. The amount and location of roots may be influenced by soil characteristics.\n\n2)Stems are generally upright and above ground, easy to locate and identify. However, many stems grow below ground or are ground-hugging. A modified stem is recognizable because it includes buds and sometimes leaves.  \nBuds and shoots generally develop on stems.\nThey carry nutrients and water from the roots to the other parts of the plant.\nIn some cases, stems also store food. \n\n3)Nodes are places on the stem where leaves are attached and buds form.\nRoots often form at nodes of creeping plants and when cuttings are taken for propagation.\nInternodes are the segments of the stem between nodes.\n \nThe quality and amount of available light and temperature affect the length of the internode. The distance between nodes can be long or short. This distance reflects growing conditions. Plants grown under poor light conditions may be spindly, with very long, thin, and weak internodes. \n\n\n4)Leaves are lateral outgrowths from the stem, most commonly flat, broad, and green. This maximizes their function of absorbing sunlight and transforming it into food. Leaves have evolved into many shapes and sizes, reflecting adaptations to the environment. Leaves generally consist of a stalk or PETIOLE and a blade or LAMINA. In simple leaves the lamina is in one piece. In compound leaves several pieces of lamina are joined to one petiole. \n\n\n5)Buds are undeveloped shoots and flowers. Buds are classified terminal or lateral. Another term for terminal is apical. Terminal buds can be identified by their location at the tip of a stem. Lateral buds are located at the sides of the stem.\n\nFlower buds are normally larger than VEGETATIVE buds. Cabbage and head lettuce are examples of very large terminal buds. Brussels sprouts are edible lateral buds. Broccoli is an example of edible flower buds.  \n\n\n6)The function of flowers is sexual reproduction through the production of seeds. A flower that has both male and female parts is called a perfect flower. Flowers that have only male or only female parts are called imperfect. A complete flower has four kinds of structure. Sometimes petals or stamens may be converted to nectaries so that it appears that there are other structures present. If a flower lacks one kind of structure it is said to be incomplete. The structures are arranged from the outermost inwards: The calyx is often green (but may be colored) and made up of two or more sepals  \n    The corolla is often colored (but may be green) and made up of petals  \n    The stamens are the male portion of the flower. Each consists of an anther, containing pollen supported by a stalk or filament  \n    Pistils (there may only be one) are the female part. Each includes one or more ovaries where seeds will form, a stigma that captures and holds pollen, and a style that supports the stigma on the ovary. \n\n\n7)A fruit is a ripened ovary or group of ovaries containing the seeds. It may include adjacent tissue that fuses with the ovary. Once the ovary is fertilized, the seeds develop and the ovary enlarges forming the mature fruit.  simple fruit forms from the ripening of the ovary of a single pistil. Examples include peanuts, sunflower seeds, grain (corn, barley, rice), acorns, walnuts, tomatoes, grapes, eggplants, citrus fruits, and apples.  \n    Aggregate fruit form from flowers with several simple pistils, such as raspberries and strawberries.  \n    Multiple fruit forms from a cluster of several flowers. A fruit is produced by each flower and these fruits merge into a multiple
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Well.... you can make a universal indicator by heating up red cabbage in boiling water...remove the cabbage and the solution that remains will be a different color when placed in solutions of varying pH.  You would have to add water to the soil sample to mix it with the indicator.
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Sandy Soil\nEasy to cultivate and warm up quickly in spring. It drains well so the plants do not stand with their roots in water for too long. However, as it drains quickly, plants need to be regularly watered and fed if they are to thrive.\n\nSilty Soil \nThis soil type is richer in nutrients than sandy soil. It is also heavier because it can retain moisture and has a tendency to become compacted. It does however tend to drain well and much easier to cultivate than clay.\n\nClay Soil\nWeighty to lift and difficult to work. Drainage is usually bad; the soil is acid and clinging to the feet in wet weather. When preparing the beds for vegetables in clay soil, the organic fertilizer should be added at a rate of two bucketfuls to the sq. yd.\n\nLoamy Soil \nContain sand, silt and clay, in such well-balanced proportions that none produces a dominating influence. These are amongst the most fertile soils. Almost any crop can be grown in them. They warm up quickly in spring and rarely dry out in summer.\n\nChalk Soil\nIt fertility depends largely on the depth of soil overlaying the chalk bed formation. If the topsoil is thin the ground will be poor and hungry. It will be bone dry in summer and the plants will need far more watering and feeding than on any other soil. If however, it is fairly deep, good growing conditions are possible.\n\nPeaty Soil \nIt occurs in fen or boggy areas. Peat is composed of excessive quantities of humus and is associated with water-logging. The soil is usually very acid and contains few nutrients. It does have one advantage in that it warms up quickly in spring. It is excellent for plant growth if fertilizer is added.
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They get nutrients from the soil.  Keep them in moist garden dirt.\n\nIf you are trying to keep them alive for a long time, you probably need to know why kind they are (i.e., Canadian, European) in order to know what temperature to keep them, and what kind of plant to mix in the soil.
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Gerbera plants were planted in 4 litre pots filled with pumice and supplied via a fully automated installation with nutrient solution prepared by replenishing the drain solution with nutrients and water. The addition of nutrients and water to the drain solution was based on real time measurements of its volume and electrical conductivity. This data was utilized by a computer controlled system to automatically calculate and add to the drain solution as many nutrients and water as needed to achieve a target electrical conductivity in the supply solution. In each watering application, the entire volume of drain solution collected after the previous watering application was reused.\nReplenishment of the drain solution with nutrients was based on addition of concentrated fertilizer solutions. The nutrient ratios in the concentrates were so arranged that, after diluting them at a particular ratio with tap water without addition of drain solution, a reference nutrient solution having a composition recommended as optimal for the supply solution could be obtained. However, since the drain solution was recycled, the actual nutrient concentrations in the supply solution could not be identical to those of the reference nutrient solution. After about 9 months of nutrient solution recycling according to the above method, nutrient solution samples were collected from all watering applications of one day and from both the supply solution and the drainage. The results indicated that the K/Ca, Mg/Ca and P/(SO42-+NO3-) ratios in the reference nutrient solution should be higher than the values suggested for the supply solution. \n\nGerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, 2-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colors. The capitulum, which has the appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum.\n\nGerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia. The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colours include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The centre of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colours.\n\nGerbera is commercially important. It is the fifth most important cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation.\n\nGerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives.
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Pot of soil: Put all the soil on a baking sheet and put it in the very hot oven until its heated all through and then another couple of minutes. Or freeze it for a couple of days in the freezer (this won't sterilize it but it would get rid of flies etc. - insect eggs wouldn't survive that. Bacteria can.).\nInside of a fridge: Sterilisation of such a big thing in a home is not possible. You can reduce the amount of germs tremendously if you wash it out with concentrated bleach/desinfectant etc. on a regular basis. \nFruit in plastic bags: Sterilisation not possible in original form. Wash with soap (works fine for apples etc.) and keep in fridge to reduce germ increase. Or if you really need sterile, make preserves - wash, peel and preserve them in steam in cans or glass.
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20#/acre sounds about right, but I would NOT disc after planting, the soil should be sufficiently rough that a dragging procedure should suffice, and not get them too deep.
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Cuttings - take a piece of the plant, usually stem, and plant it. With luck it will root & grow into a clone of the original plant. (You can also take leaf & root cuttings.)\n\nMicropopagation -take just a few plant cells. Put into a special culture medium & treat with plant hormones. The cells divide and form a callus. Alter the ratio of hormones and the callus grows roots. Alter them again and it then grows leaves. You then have a very small plant.
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any plant waste ..... well u can use the vegetable waste in producing cheap and environmental freindly manure in your kitchen by throwing them into teh sand pit and covering it up after a month or so use that sand as manure
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1) rotate crops \n2) plant nitrogen restoring plants on fallow (unused) plots