Today I’m going to talk about the nitrogen deficiency I dealt with with the tomatoes I grow on the rooftop of the house in the city. I grow them in “pots” that I made out of sacks. We’ll look at the conditions under which nitrogen trophenia developed and what the cause and treatment ultimately was. […]
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How feasible and easy is composting when you live in an apartment in a city like Athens, Greece? Can you produce compost from earthworms in a city like Athens? Composting requires collecting organic materials and depositing them in piles (stacks) for several months. In the garden this is something relatively easy to do as there
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We welcome the new growing season, now that autumn is here… and winter is just around the corner We welcome broccoli, cauliflowers, cauliflowers, cabbages, lettuce, leeks, spinach, beets, carrots, peas, beans, garlic, onions, potatoes, potatoes, endives, apples, oranges, mandarins, pears. Autumn and Winter are a magical time for the garden. You can grow so many
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This year I decided to conduct an experiment. To try growing tomatoes, peppers, squash, lettuce and cucumbers in clay pots. It all started because of the coronavirus quarantine. I, like many others, missed a month and a half of the March to April growing season. I was unable to plant the seedlings in the garden
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A friend asked me a few days ago. “What do you suggest I buy? Plastic or clay pot?“ After some thought, I answered him with several questions. That it depends on what plants he wants to plant in the pots, whether they are vegetable or ornamental plants, where he will put the pots, how much
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By urban farming on balconies we refer to the cultivation of vegetables, fruits, herbs, but we also extend it to urban livestock farming or urban beekeeping. Cities, especially Greek cities, although they may seem like an inhospitable environment for growing crops, livestock or beekeeping, in reality this is not the case. There are places in
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