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  How To Prevent Eggplant Pests And Diseases Eggplants, like other vegetable crops , are susceptible to pests and diseases. By following all the recommendations for outdoor cultivation, you can minimize the number of treatments for eggplant pests and diseases. And by using biological protection on private farms, you can get eco-friendly products. AGRONOMIC MEASURES TO PROTECT EGGPLANT FROM DISEASES The main measure to reduce the intensity of fungal disease infestation of eggplant is the spatial isolation of cultures, i.e., cultivation in crop rotations and return to the same location no earlier than 3-5 years. Eggplant should be placed only in the recommended predecessors: beans, melons, carrots, cucumbers, onions, early cabbage, etc. Plant only healthy eggplant seedlings with no signs of pests or diseases. Avoid overgrowing plants and excessive fertilization, especially with nitrogen. Plant and sow only approved eggplant varieties, preferably not resistant to a single disease, bu...

  Appletree care schedule for each month Apple trees are probably the most common fruit crop. Practically every yard had one or several apple trees. Thus, they are self-sustaining, with a crop, and the gardener is sometimes satisfied with everything when suddenly he notices that his neighbor has the exact same variety on the same soil, of comparable age, but with a much larger yield. The gardener began to study the reason and discovered that there was a special calendar, simply a list of basic tips for appletree care by month , which specifies what to do when. APPLETREE CARE IN JANUARY In January, when the trees are dormant, the first thing you can do in this cold month is to take out the rootstock of your apple tree from the basement, from the dug-up branches, for winter grafting. It is also known as tabletop grafting or convenience grafting: sitting by yourself in a cozy room, preparing the seedlings. What can be unfortunate in the garden in January? Of course, it is the wet sno...

  Popular mineral fertilizers When fertilizing the soil, gardeners want first of all to increase the yield of this or that crop. Of course, in addition to this, they get an increase in plant immunity and even an improvement in soil structure, i.e. undoubted additional benefits. However, such complex effects can only be produced if the fertilizers are correctly combined, their dosage correctly calculated, and the period and method of soil application correctly chosen. In this material, we will tell you about the most commonly used mineral fertilizers for home plots, their characteristics, and the way they are applied. FERTILIZER APPLICATION RATE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS Do not think that the more fertilizers in the soil of the garden, the better the plants, for example, an excess of sodium nitrate or this harmless, at first glance, lime can cause a sharp increase in calcium in the soil, leading to a sharp lack of magnesium. Vegetable crops with a lack of magnesium and excess calcium ...

  Monthly Raspberry bush care Schedule Raspberry is a berry crop that ranks alongside plants such as gooseberries, black, cauliflower currants, honeysuckle and garden strawberries. There's a time, Raspberry has joined them. Raspberry is delicious and most importantly it's useful. Whenever we feel sick, the first remedy is to make tea with Raspberry, put on warm socks, cover with a blanket and sleep soundly: by morning, the ailment will be gone. But it turns out that it's not that simple. In order to make Raspberry delightful, to raspberry bush care reasonably , it is necessary not only to work with her from time to time but also to carry out quite deliberate operations, even depending on the month of the year. CARE OF RASPBERRY IN APRIL In April we usually prepare the soil for laying Raspberry trees - thoroughly dig over a full bayonet spade, bring a bucket of humus per square meter and a tablespoon of nitromethane in the same area. Of course, remove all weeds. The next st...

  How to whitewash for trees in autumn Cold weather is coming and there may be a light frost at night, but the sun is not only shining during the day, it is scorching hot, peeking out from behind the clouds. It is as if these are remnants of summer, fragments of summer's warmth as if nature has given us a debt. It seems that nature is paying our debt, but it is all deceptive: snowflakes will begin to fall, frost will cover the rowan fruit, puddles will begin to freeze, and the ground will begin to freeze little by little. In this period it is not worth waiting for rain. From time to time, the first snowflakes break through the veil of silence and gray. Late autumn is a harbinger of winter, and this article describes how and why to whitewash for trees . What is a gardener to do during this difficult transition period for trees when warm days are followed by frosty nights? There are many ways to prevent frost - this includes winter shade, soaking, and hiding branches and trunks in th...

  Why cucumber leaves turn yellow, dry and curl Sooner or later, every gardener may encounter the same problem cucumber leaves suddenly start to turn yellow, dry out, and sometimes curl up. Why does this happen and how can I prevent cucumber leaves turn yellow ? How can you stop it before it's too late? In this article, we will consider the causes of yellowing, drying, and curling of cucumber leaves. And also ways to prevent and combat this problem. WRONG-WAY OF WATERING CUCUMBERS Watering cucumbers should be done in such a way that there is enough water in the soil, but not too much or not enough. In the absence of moisture, the leaves of cucumbers are guaranteed to turn yellow, and too much moisture in the soil may start to rot the plant itself, in addition to the leaves turning yellow. Ideally, the soil should be kept moderately moist to a depth of about 3.5-4.5inch (9-11cm). What should I do if the cucumber leaves in the greenhouse or outdoors suddenly start to change color? T...