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15 Mar Water and Pots
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 15th March 2023. Have you ever repotted a plant and wondered why the bottom of the potting mix is so incredibly saturated compared to the rest, de..
03 Mar On Biochar
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Title image above is attributed to Oregon Department of Forestry, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Backstory I first heard of biochar maybe back in the early 2000s. It sounded really, really interesting, but I was somewhat put off by the $120 (or thereabo..
28 Feb On Carbon Dioxide, C3 Carbon Fixation, C4 Carbon Fixation, and CAM
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Title image above is attributed to Mike Jones, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 28th February 2023. Please note that this post is somewhat technical, and assumes some of the writing done on photosyn..
17 Feb On Carbon Dioxide
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Title image above is attributed to Jynto, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 17th February 2023. The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Molecule CO2 is a simple molecule of two oxygen atoms each double-bonded to one carbon a..
02 Feb How Air-Pot Containers Air-Prune Roots
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd All text and images are copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd First reproduced here 2nd February 2023 When the tap root reaches the base, increased air in the growing medium dehydrates the tip, pruning it and stimulating lateral root b..
13 Jan Dying Leaves on Jujube Trees
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 13th July 2022. I noticed random jujube trees looking a bit ‘not right’ one day in November 2022. And then almost overnight they looked even more ..
07 Jul Raised Vegetable or Garden Beds - Part Two
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 7th July 2022 Part One covered how I was inspired by three composting concepts to fill a raised bed which would always be self-fertile. The end result was essentially a hybridisation of Esther Deans’ no-dig garden and sheet mu..
06 Jul Raised Vegetable or Garden Beds - Part One
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 6th July 2022 My go-to method for filling a raised vegetable or garden bed was inspired by three composting concepts that weren’t quite the hot composting method per se, but which came close for the purposes I needed — that of..
06 Jul Compost in Two to Three Weeks - The Robert D. Raabe 'Berkeley Method'
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally posted here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 6th July 2022. Composting is an age-old technique of converting waste organic matter into nutrient-rich soil amendments that add fertility to a so..
17 Jul When is it Time to Pot-up an Air-Pot® Plant?
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 17th July 2021 Many plants respond very well to an Air-Pot container, but sometimes a little too well to the point they outgrow it quite quickly — their root balls become so dense that they uptake water faster than can be held..
18 Jun Air-Pot Containers and Mints
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd First published 18th June 2021 Mints belong to the genus Mentha, and 24 species are recognised. Mints readily hybridise and around 15 different cultivars and varieties are recognised. Mints can tolerate a range of conditions, but always do be..
18 Feb Getting the Most Out of Your Air-Pot Container (updated)
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd First published 18th February 2021 Updated on 18th June 2021 Air-Pot containers are the original and the best air-pruning containers around, and here you’ll learn how to get the most out of them! There are two very important steps that e..
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