Hydroponics is a soil-free gardening method that enables year-round growth of plants in nutrient-rich water solutions. Popular systems like Lettuce Grow and Gardyn support this trend, offering space-saving, water-efficient solutions with faster growth rates and reduced pests. Hydroponics promotes sustainability while making it easier for beginners to cultivate fresh produce at home.
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Growing Pineapples in Florida
Growing pineapples in Florida is as easy as sticking the top of your eaten pineapple in the ground! We have about ten pineapple plants all around our yard and have had several produce pineapples in the last few years.
How to Make Sure Your Bird of Paradise Blooms
Bird of paradise plants (Strelitzia reginae) are popular all over Florida and we've always had them in our yard. I noticed some of them rarely bloom, while others pop up and surprise me. I learned there are certain conditions you can set to make sure your Bird of Paradise plant blooms regularly. This particular one … Continue reading How to Make Sure Your Bird of Paradise Blooms
What Are These Small Bananas on My Florida Banana Tree?
After trying a fresh banana off the banana trees in our Florida yard, I wondered why it looked and tasted different than the grocery store bananas. It had seeds! And instead of being long, slender, and rounded, it was short and chunky, almost squared off hard edges. And when it ripened to yellow, they all … Continue reading What Are These Small Bananas on My Florida Banana Tree?
Our First Staghorn Fern is in Place
I kept seeing these cool plants suspended from trees around the neighborhood, and learned they were called staghorn ferns. Staghorn ferns derive their name from their distinctive fronds, which resemble the antlers of a stag. I'd been wanting one for a while, and a neighbor dropped one off, with the growing medium still attached to … Continue reading Our First Staghorn Fern is in Place