💮 How to grow ground orchids

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🏡 How to turn an ugly fence into a Perfume Fence

🍖 Your fence could smell better than your neighbor’s grill!

📌Got a plain or ugly fence? Just cover it up! We did just that and created a Perfume Fence.

📌First, we planted Hawaiian Plumeria trees along the fence line. Then we added vining jasmines to climb the wire fence and smother it in flowers. Each jasmine has its own fragrance - some sweet, some rich, some spicy - and together they make the whole fence smell incredible!

📌Soon the wire won’t even show - just a living wall of blossoms and perfume drifting through the garden.

Here are some of the best plants you can use to make your own fragrant fence:

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🐰 Who’s stealing my fruit?! How to protect mango fruit from critters.

🥭 It's Mango season! But somehow, the mangoes are disappearing. Looks familiar? Squirrels, bunnies, birds, rats, raccoons… They all love the fruit. But sharing? Not so much. You’re lucky to get their leftovers!

🥭 Here’s what we do to protect our mangoes and avocados - and it works! We use fruit protection bags. They are made of a strong mesh netting with easy drawstrings - keep out bugs, birds, and every other freeloading critter! Just slip it over the fruit and tighten both ends. They’re inexpensive, about 15 cents each, worth every penny! 💰

🐁🐿 Save your fruit - and maybe even have some left to share!

🛒 Don't own a mango tree yet? Plant one now to enjoy fruit tomorrow!

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How to protect fruit in your garden from greedy competitors
Penelope, the Squirrel Cat

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How to re-pot a plant properly?

✔️ Take a pot a few inches bigger - just enough for the root ball.

✔️ Add some well-drained potting mix at the bottom.
❗️Make sure the plant sits at the same level as before - this is the key!

✔️ Add a good fertilizer at the bottom. We use professional Green Magic - controlled release.

✔️ Turn the plant upside down and gently remove it from the old pot. Loosen up roots if root bound. Set it on top of the soil and check the level again.

✔️ Add more fertilizer around the sides and fill in with soil, pressing around the edges.

✔️ Check the level one more time.

✔️ Water thoroughly - and you are done! Happy growing!

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Potting soil Abundance - professional soilless potting mix
Green Magic - controlled release fettilizer

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🌵 How to grow Dragon Fruit from a cutting - Quick Guide

🐉 Get a healthy cutting

Use a 6-10 inch long stem cutting from a mature dragon fruit plant. Let the cut end dry in the shade for 2-5 days so it forms a callus. This also helps prevent rot and fungus.

🐉 Prepare the soil

Use well-draining soil - well drained potting mix, Adenium mix, or cactus mix is ideal. Dragon fruit hates wet feet!

🐉 Plant the cutting

Stick the callused end about 2-3 inches deep into the soil. Make sure it's planted upright (the way it grew on the parent plant).

🐉 Support it

Add a trellis or post. Dragon fruit is a climbing cactus and needs something to grow on.

🐉 Water lightly

Water once after planting, then wait until the soil dries before watering again. Overwatering can rot the cutting.

🐉 Give it sun and warmth

Place in bright, indirect sunlight while it roots. Once established, it can handle full sun.

🐉 Watch it grow!

Roots usually form in 2-4 weeks. New growth means it's taking off! This is the time to Ferilize it!

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· How to grow Dragon Fruit 📱
· Planting your own Dragon Fruit plantation
· Do-It-Yourself Support Structure for Dragon Fruit
· Grow Your Own Exotic Dragon Fruit Garden
· Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: Dragon fruit
· What does Dragon Fruit Flower look like?
· Why you need to grow your own dragon fruit
· Do red, white and yellow Dragon fruit taste differently?
· What to do with a lot of Dragon Fruit

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