Grow with Bovees The answer to your immediate question, what is LECA, (or LECA pebbles, as they’re commonly known)?
LECA is an acronym for Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate.
These porous clay pebbles make it easy to regulate the distribution of water and other nutrients to your plant’s roots without submerging them.
Light energy is essential for photosynthesis and growth. The sun contains all colors of light, including some that aren’t visible. Plants use different colors of light energy in different ways.
In this article, we discuss how the color of light affects plant growth and answer the following questions:
What Is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
What Is Photosynthetically Active Radiation?
How Do Different Colors of Light Affect Plant Growth?
What Color Light Is Best for Plants?
How Do You Know if Your Plants Are Growing Well?
When you put your cars, boat motor or garden machinery in storage for any length of time such as over the winter, you may be wondering if you need to drain the fuel tank first to prevent fuel related engine problems when you start them up again.
Without using a quality fuel stabilizer to keep the fuel fresh, that would certainly be the case, but by using one of these popular fuel treatments, you can leave the gas in the tank and not worry about it going off or causing issues for up to 2 years!
Two of the most popular choices for fuel stabilizers are Sta bil vs Sea Foam, and they can be used for treating the gas in cars, trucks, lawnmowers, etc. as well as anything you have in gas cans for emergency use.
The common varieties of the Pothos and Philodendron are popular houseplants, often mistaken for one another because of their similar appearance. However, there are several differences between the two species.
It’s important to identify whether you have a Pothos or Philodendron as they need slightly different living conditions.
We all know that compost is great to use in any garden, to enrich the soil and make for healthy plant growth.
But, have you ever come across or heard of mushroom compost?
Mixing mushroom compost into your soil is great to add to your gardening routine. Not only is it great at breaking down dense and compact soil or clay, but it is also great at retaining moisture and building soil.
To follow in this article, we shall answer the question “what is mushroom compost?”, and also discuss some mushroom compost benefits, and how you might be able to use it, whether you can make it yourself and more gardening tips!
As an avid gardener, you probably already know what thatch is, but to explain briefly it’s a layer of organic material that consists of the building up of dead grass clippings, and leaves. A good thatch rake can be used to remove this thatch layer.
The growth of thatch in your lawn can be beneficial when the layer measures a 1/4 inch or less, because it can help the soil retain moisture, and maintain a steady temperature.
Does your lawn have patches of yellow grass every so often, not sure why and how to make it go back to its luscious green color?
We are here to help you. In this article, we shall discuss all you need to know about how to get burnt grass green again, what may have caused it and what you can do to cure burnt grass.
