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St. Martin’s Day, also known as the Feast of St. Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas, the Feast of St. Martin of Tours or Martin le Miséricordieux, is a time for feasting celebrations. This is the time when autumn wheat seeding was completed, and the annual slaughter of fattened cattle produced “Martinmas beef”. Historically, hiring fairs wereRead more

By definition, a permanent crop is one produced from plants that last for many seasons, rather than being replanted after each harvest. Permanent crops are perennial trees, bushes, or vine crops like citrus, apples, blueberries, nuts, or grapes. Although it represents a small segment in agriculture, some 11 percent (over 1.5 billion ha) of theRead more

Garlic Allium sativum is a small allium vegetable, also called the stinking rose. Native to central Asia, garlic is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has been grown for over 5000 years. Ancient Egyptians seem to have been the first to cultivate this plant that played an important role in theirRead more

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant with lavender, blue, or occasionally white flowers with a long white root. It’s popularly named succory, blue sailors, coffee weed, and cornflower. Chicory is cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots, which are the most important. Over the years, these roots have gained immenseRead more

With the introduction of green revolution technologies, modern agriculture is getting more and more dependent upon the steady supply of synthetic inputs. Intensive agriculture with the use of chemical fertilizers in large amounts has resulted in a manifold increase in the productivity of farm commodities but the adverse effect of these chemicals are clearly visibleRead more

Corn harvest is slowly coming to an end. With this, deadlines for soil preparation for the autumn sowing of winter cereals or some other cultures are getting closer. Autumn sowing of cereals is somehow common amongst farmers. The main reason is that the autumn sowing of wheat, barley, oat, rye, and triticale winter varieties isRead more

Fertilization is a complex problem in every farming, from conventional to organic. It takes a lot of knowledge and management to do it right. Before you start to fertilize, first you need to know when to perform it and which fertilize type to choose based on farming type. Whether you grow organic fruits, vegetables, orRead more

Application of fertilizers in autumn can be of great benefit to established landscape plantings. With proper use and management of selected fertilizers and application timing, improved cold hardiness of plant material can be encouraged. Proper autumn or basic fertilization can also supply the plant with a reserve of nutrients, which will be drawn upon duringRead more

It’s early autumn, the ideal time for the next growing season. Farmers are preparing for the sowing of winter crops, like cereals, clovers, winter rapeseed, and others. While sowing of cereals has not yet begun, sowing of rapeseed is almost finished. If you didn’t sow it yet, there isn’t much time left for doing this.Read more

Plants require water, air, light, suitable temperature, and 16 nutrients to grow. Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen plants absorb from air and water. The other 14 nutrients come from the growing medium/soil. Soil nutrients are divided into two groups according to their demanded quantity by the plants. The macronutrients are those that are demanded in relativelyRead more