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How to Feed Tomato Plants in Grow Bags for a Real Crop

Two plants per bag, not three. Water daily from midsummer, start feeding at first truss, and expect the bag to run out...

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How to Feed and Care for Your Lawn the Natural Way

A healthy lawn starts with the right feed at the right time. Here is a simple, natural guide to feeding, mowing and...

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What Are Worm Castings? The Gardener's Guide to Nature's Best Feed

Worm castings are one of the gentlest, richest soil improvers you can give your plants. Here is what they are, why they...

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How to Use Worm Castings (Without Overthinking It)

Worm castings are one of the few soil improvers that's almost impossible to get wrong. They're what earthworms leave behind after digesting...

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A top-down arrangement of potted succulents and small cacti in gritty, free-draining cactus and succulent compost.

Cactus and Succulent Compost: Why Drainage Is Everything

Succulents and cacti are some of the easiest plants to keep alive, right up until they're potted in the wrong compost. These...

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A lemon tree laden with ripe yellow lemons, the kind of healthy citrus that thrives in free-draining citrus compost.

Citrus Compost: How to Get Lemons, Limes and Oranges Thriving

Citrus are wonderfully rewarding pot plants, but they're particular: they want rich, free-draining, slightly acidic conditions and they hate sitting wet. Get...

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A display of leafy green houseplants on shelving against a dark wall, thriving in peat-free house plant compost.

The Best Compost for Houseplants (and Why Ordinary Compost Lets Them Down)

If your houseplants sulk, drop leaves or sit in soil that never seems to dry out, the compost is usually the culprit....

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How to Look After an Orchid: A Simple Care Guide

Orchids have a reputation for being difficult, but almost all of that comes down to two things: watering them too often and...

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John Innes Compost Explained: No.1, No.2 and No.3

John Innes compost confuses a lot of gardeners, mainly because of the numbers. The short version: John Innes is not a brand...

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Ericaceous Compost: What It Is and Which Plants Need It

Ericaceous compost is simply compost with a low, acidic pH, made for the group of plants that cannot cope with lime. If...

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A cluster of deep red roses in full bloom with dark green foliage, grown with Gro Worm peat-free worm-cast compost

Worm Castings for Roses: How to Feed Them for Stronger Growth and More Blooms

Feed roses the steady, no-scorch way for stronger growth and more blooms. Here's how much worm castings to use through the rose...

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Rows of young green seedlings emerging from dark soil, started in Gro Worm peat-free worm-cast compost

Worm Castings for Seedlings: How to Give Young Plants the Perfect Start

A light touch of worm castings gives seedlings gentle nutrition and stronger roots with no risk of scorching. How much to mix...

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