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Perfect Potting Soil for House Plants
Do your houseplants need to be repotted? If so, Black Gold® offers a wide variety of product choices. We have four specialty mixes to choose from in addition to three standard all-purpose mixes. Black...
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The Natural Choice for Baskets and Containers
Since its launch in 2003, Black Gold® Waterhold Cocoblend (formerly just Cocoblend) became a popular product with those gardeners adventurous enough to try it. But since its introduction people keep...
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Freshness Counts!
Everything is better fresh, whether it is a doughnut at the store, cut flowers for your dinner table or the potting soil for your patio container. After potting soils or amendments are manufactured...
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Enrich Your Garden Soil
When you garden, you are gardening with a desired end result in mind, whether it is a bountiful vegetable garden, a bloom-laden bed of roses, a floriferous flowering bed of spring or summer bulbs or a...
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Germinating Seeds or Propagating Cuttings?
Black Gold® Seedling Mix is the perfect medium for germinating seeds and propagating cuttings. The mix is designed to promote better root development in young plants. We start with a careful blend of...
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Earthworm Castings (The Scoop on the Poop)
The term “worm castings” seems to confuse everyone but the plants. Earthworms have been hard at work for centuries rejuvenating soils and helping to convert various types of organic matter into one of...
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The Dogma of Drainage
~Written by Maureen Gilmer. Ten years ago I digressed into a netherworld of horticulture that is secretive, dogmatic, painful and unforgiving. Call it Cultus Succulentata, an unofficial group as...
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Harvest Mosses for Container Plants
Cool, damp winter temperatures bring mosses out in all their glory. This amazing spore bearing plant often grows on rocks, in shaded tree dells, the north side of a house, and anywhere else it’s wet...
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Growing herbs on your winter windowsill during these colder months begins with repotting the plants you purchased from your local garden center or even the supermarket. At this time of the year your...
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Spiky, Snaky, Sensational Snake Plants
Snake plants look fabulous outdoors, too, but only during the heat of summer. Sansevieria (aka Snake Plants or Mother-in-law’s tongue) are architecturally dramatic houseplants. Native from environs as...
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Abutilons as House Plants
Surprise your guests with an Abutilon in bloom as a house plant. As long as these Abutilons have a good light source, they perform well indoors and then can be planted outside in the spring. This...
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Re-Hydrating Potted Plants
Watering potted plants is easy, but getting the whole root ball wet is hard. When you let the root ball dry out it shrinks away from the inner walls of the pot. If you pour on water, it goes straight...
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Succulents Squared
Succulent Square. Photo by Brian Jacob There are many fun things to do with succulents and a recent trend is to use them as pockets in a wall or planted in a wooden ‘picture’ frame and used either...
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Donkey Tail
Photo by Rich Baer With the various growth characteristics, foliage colors and textures of sedums, it is always interesting to see how people use them. Sedum morganianum, often called ‘Donkey Tail’ is...
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A Bowl Full of Sedums
Photo by Rich Baer Ordinary sedums can create a stunning arrangement in a shallow bowl. The sedums shown in this photograph are readily available at garden centers and could be kept indoors for several...
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Sterilize Containers Before Planting Seeds
When reusing containers be sure to properly sterilize them first. Whether you recycle nursery containers or reuse those from last year’s garden, make sure all are properly sterilized before planting...
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Reusing Containers To Sprout Veggies Indoors
Don't throw away old salad containers when you can reuse them to start your own homegrown entrees. Whether you are starting your seeds directly in Black Gold Seedling Mix or testing your seed’s...
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Cow Pots: An Organic Alternative to Plastic Containers
Photo courtesy of Territorial Seed Company When starting seeds indoors, some kind of container needs to be used and there are many materials available. Plastic pots have often been a choice but there...
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Transplanting Sprouts with Chopsticks
Step 1: Use chopsticks to create your planting hole. Step 2: Lift a sprouted seedling. Step 3: Gently replant the sprouted seedling and water. Practice your fine motor and dining skills on your new...
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Start Seed Indoors 3 of 6: The Right Container Helps Germinate Seed
Six Pack: Keep newly sown seed moist under clear plastic wrap until seeds germinate, then the plastic comes off. You can spend a lot of money buying kits and containers specially made for starting...
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