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  • How To Grow Yams
    February 2, 2019

    How To Grow Yams

    How To Grow Yams, NOT Sweet Potato AFRICAN YAM TUBERS Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea that form edible tubers. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers...

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  • Scoville Heat Scale and Pepper Names
    January 12, 2019

    Scoville Heat Scale and Pepper Names

      1,463,700 Trinidad Scorpion Butch T855,000-1,041,427 Bhut Jolokia800,000-1,000,000 Trinidad Scorpion Pepper350,000-580,000 Red Savina Habanero, Guyana Wiri Wiri100,000-350,000 Habanero Pepper100,000-325,000 Scotch Bonnet100,000-225,000 Guyana Bird’s Eye Pepper100,000-200,000 Jamaican Hot Pepper100,000-125,000 Carolina Cayenne Pepper95,000-110,000 Bahamian Pepper85,000-115,000 Tabiche Pepper50,000-100,000 Chiltepin Pepper50,000-100,000 Thai Pepper40,000-58,000 Pequin...

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  • VEGETABLE GARDENING TIPS
    January 4, 2019

    VEGETABLE GARDENING TIPS

      VEGETABLE GARDENING TIPS Starting Seeds Indoors Many of our favorite garden vegetables benefit from an extra few weeks under grow lights or on a heating mat before planting out - tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant being just a few. If...

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  • How to Start onions from seed indoors
    January 4, 2019

    How to Start onions from seed indoors

     Sowing inside in January or February under growing lights then transplanting to the garden in early spring is the only way that I can grow onions from seed and have them mature in my zone 5 garden. If you live...

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  • Planting Tulip
    November 20, 2018

    Planting Tulip

      Plant tulips any time the soil 6 inches deep is 60? F or colder. As a general guide, plant in September or early October in USDA Climate Hardiness Zones 4 and 5; October to early November in zones 6 and 7; November to early December inzones...

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  • TIME-To-Plant Caribbean garden seed
    January 29, 2018

    TIME To Plant

    Time to order and sow Onions, Leeks, Parsley, Celeriac and Celery It's finally time to start preparing and seeding spring crops! Between now and the middle of February, we'll be starting to sow our onions, leeks, early-spring scallions, parsley, celery...

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  • Flowers-Growing-Info Caribbean garden seed
    February 3, 2017

    Flowers Growing Info

      Annual Flowers Variety Indoor Sowing Date Days to Max Germination Soil Temp F° Planting Depth Weeks to Transplant Ageratum Alyssum Amaranthus Aster Bachelor Button Baby’s Breath Celosia Coleus Cosmos Daisies Geraniums Impatiens Marigolds Moon flower Morning Glory Nasturtium Pansy Petunia Salvia Sun flower Sweet Pea Vinca Zinnias Dec-Mar Dec-Mar Dec-Mar Jan-Apr Feb-Mar Feb-Mar Jan-Apr Dec-Mar Jan-Apr Feb-Mar Nov-Feb Dec-Mar Jan-Apr Feb-Mar Feb-Mar Feb-Mar Nov-Feb Dec-Mar Dec-Mar Feb-Mar Feb-Mar Dec-Mar Jan-Apr 7 8 14 8 8 8 10 10 5 8 4-10 15 7 8 8 8 16 10 15 6 8 15 7 75-78 78-82 68-70 70-75 68-70 68-72 70-80 70-75 68-72 70-75 70-75 68-72 70-80 70-75 70-75 70-74 55-65 70-80 75-78 70-80 70-75 70-80 68-72 1/8” 1/6" 1/2” 1/8" 1/4” 1/4" 1/8” 1/4" 1/4” 1/4” 1/2” 1/8” 1/8" 1/4” 1/4” 1/2” 1/8” top 1/10” 1” 1” 1/4" 1/8” 8-10 10-12 7-9 8 4-6 6-8 6 6-9 6 5-6 14-16 10-12 6-9 6-8 4-5 6 6-10 10 9 N/A 4-6 12 5-8 Perennial Flowers  Variety  Planting Depth  Indoor Sowing Date  Outdoor...

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