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Winter Plant Care

Posted by Karen Randel on

Winter Plant Care

With the colder weather, the sun hiding more often behind cloud cover and the days getting shorter it’s time to consider how to adjust our plant care to best support them until the spring time growing season begins. First let’s address the sunlight – or lack thereof! The sun is lower in the sky and here in the northern hemisphere we are seeing a lot less of it. On Dec 21st, the shortest day of the year, here in California we get about 9-10 hours of daylight a day as opposed to 17+ on the longest day of the year...

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Mycorrhizae: Fabulously Beneficial Fungi increase Plants Root System

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Mycorrhizae: Fabulously Beneficial Fungi increase Plants Root System

Benefits of using Mycorrhizal Fungi:

  • Bigger root growth and root surface area
  • Plants establish more quickly
  • Grow faster and more densely
  • Plants can manage with less water and fertilizer
  • Plants are less susceptible to soil-borne diseases, soil diseases and other root-feeding microorganisms
  • Improve soil structure so it’s less compacted with more spaces for air and water

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