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Title: Caring for the Ferny Foliage of Asparagus Plants
Meta description: When the ferny foliage of garden asparagus is at its peak, this vegetable crop needs the most water. Learn about caring for full-grown asparagus plants here.
The vegetable asparagus is not a true fern, but people refer to the full-grown plant as a fern because of its small, delicate, fern-like leaves. Asparagus plants are either male or female, and the mature fern of the female produces attractive, bright-red [link u=asparagus-berries]seed pods[/link] but smaller spears.
--Caring for the Ferny Stalks of Mature Asparagus
The highlight of an asparagus bed is the yearly, springtime appearance of tender shoots for eating. But some of these spears turn into the full-grown plant covered with densely-leaved, slender branches of fern-like foliage. Some people use this dense, seasonal foliage as a landscape planting while also harvesting spears for eating.
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Asparagus ferns are usually at their peak of growth in July and August, so regularly water the plants to a depth of 2 feet (.6 meters) during these months, so that the large roots store up energy and nutrients for the next year’s growth of spears.
After August, irrigating can be harmful to the plant as it causes fern development later into the cold season, depleting the root system of nutrients. Stop irrigation at the end of August and let the ferns die back and the roots go dormant. [link u=when-to-cut-back-asparagus] Cut the ferns[/link] off at ground level when they turn completely brown, and mulch the bed for
Rabbit tobacco is also known as lasting, everlasting, sweet balsam, white balsam, feather-weed, and sweet cudweed. Its scientific name is Gaphalium obtusifolium. These annual herbs reach a height of 1 to 3 feet and have erect stems with brown, shriveled leaves persisting into winter and stems covered with felt-like hairs in summer. The leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, and alternate. The flowers, minute in whitish heads, appear in late summer to fall. Fields, pastures, and disturbed areas are the sites of this common native plant of the eastern United States. The Cherokee named it rabbit tobacco because they believe it was the rabbit who took attended the plant.
Investigating the Abiotic Factors that Affect the Size of Ivy Leaves in Shaded and Unshaded Habitats
The gametophytes used in this experiment are of C-ferns. They tend to mature and produce spores at temperature of 28oC and conditions of high humidity. The spores that germinate first are hermaphrodites. Hermaphrodites tend to produce a pheromone called antheridiogen. It is this pheromone that causes later germinating spores to become male.
Dandelions, known to the botanist as Taraxacum officinale, are classified in the Composite (Compositae) family of flowering plants. The genus name, Taraxacum is derived from the Persian word for "bitter herb," (Myer, 1994). Accompanying the golden ruse of the dandelion are the daisies, aster, sunflowers, goldenrod, Joe Pye weed and many other wildflowers.
Comparing the Growth of Pea Plants Grown in the Light and in the Dark Aim: To compare the vertical growth and weight gain of pea plants grown in the light and in the dark. Background Knowledge: Photosynthesis forms the basis for this experiment. This is the process by which a plant makes food for itself from the raw materials around it. The energy needed for photosynthesis comes from sunlight, which is the variable for this experiment.
A fast-growing shrub that is drought tolerant once established, English laurel does need regular watering during the early years, and prefers full sun or partial shade. Healthy plants may exhibit some leaf droop after transplanting, but quickly recover if left alone. English laurel is wind and salt resistant, making it ideal for coastal settings.
Many trees house other plants within their branches. Our Myrtle Oak tree has a symbiotic relationship with the Tillandsia air plant. The Tillandsia species are epiphytes or air plants because they normally grow without soil while being attached to another plant. (MacCaskey) This type of plant has no need for soil because its source of water and nutrients are absorbed through their leaves. The leaves are long and whip-like in shape with a silvery green
Setting off the stem are basal leaves, which emerge from the stem's base as slightly flattened, long, and narrow foliage.
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have up to 3 or 4 buds. Exactly the same as plants in soil, they use
With consideration to its economic, nutritional and health benefits, eggplants are unique, easy to cultivate plants which might give them an advantage over other similar plants to cultivate. Much as most food crops are cultivated for financial means, cultivators also look for ease with which the crop can be grown and eggplants offer that, in a short amount of time as compared to potatoes for
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Asexual propagation is the process through which reproduction without passage through the seed cycle occurs. The advantages of asexual propagation are that it preserves genetic makeup, propagates seedless plants, disease control, rapid production, the plants are identical, cheaper, faster and easier reducing or avoiding juvenility. The disadvantages of asexual propagation are that it increases disease and insect susceptibility, plants are bulky, and the mother plants could become contaminated. The goal of this experiment was to determine the development of adventitious roots and shoots, and observe these plants over a period of five weeks. Due to auxin being produced in the tip, tip cuttings should root faster than any other cuttings. Auxin is a plant hormone that is responsible for cell elongation and enlargement, root formation, and growth. There are two forms of auxins; phototropism, which is produced in the tip and moves downward on the side away from the light and gravitropism, which is where plant roots grow downward and plant shoots grow upward.(Plant Auxin 201...
The strong cells wall prevents bursting. The cell is turgid. If plant cells lose water the cells become limp and flaccid. Water is essential for support in plants.
Evaluate your location. There are a few important things to consider in your location choice. Your garden needs sunlight to survive and thrive. Just like your cell phone needs to recharge on electricity to operate, your garden needs sunlight to grow. Pick a location that gets the most sunlight. The antithesis of sun is none other than rain; however, rain is essential too. Observe how the yard drains water. You want to chose a location that will get rain but will also drain well. Ponds of water in your garden will drown your plants. There’s no life preserver to toss them, so plan ahead to avoid this catastrophe. Now that you’ve chosen a location that has a lot of sun, is exposed to rain, and drains well, it is time to gather your