Growing Cherries in Virginia
Authors: Richard P. Marini, Professor and Extension Specialist, Horticulture; Virginia Tech Nutritive value of cherries. Anthocyanin pigments are responsible for the red or purple colors in cherries. Anthocyanins are one class of flavonoid ... [... more]
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Lost And Found: Food Crops From The Tropics
When the early colonists settled in America, they brought with them many of the fruits and vegetables they had grown in Europe. Few people realize that several of these "European" crops actually originated in the Western Hemisphere. When [... more]
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Small Fruit in the Home Garden
The small fruits offer advantages over fruit trees for home culture. They require a minimum of space for the amount of fruit produced and bear one or two years after planting. Also, pest control typically is easier than with most tree ... [... more]
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Coldframes
In the winter, a coldframe offers protection to less hardy plants and newly started perennials. It is an ideal location for overwintering hardy bonsai. It simplifies the storage of bulbs and plants for mid-winter forcing indoors. In early spring, ... [... more]
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A Guide to Successful Pruning: Pruning Basics and Tools
Pruning is a regular part of plant maintenance involving the Another response to pruning occurs inside plants. around wounded areas, walling off or compartmentalizing the wounds. The branch collar is the swollen area of trunk tissue that forms ... [... more]
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Storing Fruits and Vegetables
If you are like most people with a large garden, you probably find yourself overwhelmed by an abundance of fruits at this time of the year. Here are a few hints to help you store and enjoy your fresh produce after the growing season is over. Just ... [... more]
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Prepare Berries for Spring Now
August is hot, dry, and still -- an ideal time to sit on the back porch in the shade. Not much going on out in the berry patch, right? Wrong. There are many jobs that can be done in the strawberry, blueberry, or bramble patch to prepare for next ... [... more]
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Berries
Many gardeners are no longer satisfied with a vegetable patch and a flower border. They are turning to small fruits and orchards to landscape their homes and to diversify their garden produce. These research findings will help make your berry ... [... more]
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Composting
Composting is a degradation process brought about by bacteria and fungus organisms. Large amounts of organic kitchen, garden, lawn, and/or farm refuse can be reduced in a relatively short time to a pile of black, crumbly humus which makes an ... [... more]
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Disease Resistant Crabapples
Crabapples are popular landscape trees because of their spectacular flower show in spring, but crabapples can become very unpopular, unsightly trees later in the summer if they lose all their leaves due to a fungal disease called scab. ... [... more]
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Selecting Right Site For Small Fruits
Many people are discovering the pleasure of growing fruits in the home garden. Unfortunately, these plants are often placed in undesirable locations, resulting in poor performance and low yields. Proper site selection is critical if high yields ... [... more]
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You Can Grow Hardy Kiwis
The kiwi fruits commonly sold in grocery stores are produced mainly in New Zealand and California. They are from the species Actinidia chinensis which require mild winters and long, frost-free ripening seasons. This species is hardy to Zone 8 and ... [... more]
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