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How to Grow Kale- Growing Kale Seeds & Plants (Brassica oleracea Acephala group)

How to Grow Kale- Growing Kale Seeds & Plants (Brassica oleracea Acephala group)

Sep. 29 | Kale, also known as Borecole, is a shape of cabbages within a group of Brassica, Oleracea and Acephala whose colors are purple or green, whereas its middle leaves do not shape a head. It is believed to be in closer relation to the wild cabbages than domesticated...

How to Grow Kai-lan- Growing Kai-lan Seeds & Plants (Brassica rapa Alboglabra group)

How to Grow Kai-lan- Growing Kai-lan Seeds & Plants (Brassica rapa Alboglabra group)

Sep. 29 | Kai-Lan, which is called Chinese broccoli within a group of Brassica Rapa or Alboglabra, is a leafy vegetable. Its leaf features are flat and blue-green. Its stem is thick. The flower heads are similar to Broccoli. Kai-Lan and Broccoli are in the same...

How to Grow Greater Plantain- Growing Greater Plantain Seeds @ Plants (Plantago major)

How to Grow Greater Plantain- Growing Greater Plantain Seeds @ Plants (Plantago major)

Sep. 28 | Greater Plantain, also called Plantago Major, is a genus of Plantago, the Plantaginaceae family. This plant naturally grows in Europe, central and northern Asia. It is brought to widely grow elsewhere around the world. Ultimately, it is known as Common...

How to Grow Good King Henry- Growing Good King Henry Seeds & Plants (Chenopodium bonus-henricus)

How to Grow Good King Henry- Growing Good King Henry Seeds & Plants (Chenopodium bonus-henricus)

Sep. 23 | Good King Henry, also known as Chenopodium bonus henricus, Poor-Man’s Asparas, Lincolnshire Spinach, Markery, or Perennial Goosefoot, is a genus of Goosefoot growing naturally in Southern and Central Europe. Good King Henry, whose short name is the...

How to Grow Golden Samphire- Growing Golden Samphire Seeds & Plants (Inula crithmoides)

How to Grow Golden Samphire- Growing Golden Samphire Seeds & Plants (Inula crithmoides)

Sep. 22 | Golden Samphire, also called Inula Crithmoides or limbarda Crithamoides, is the perennial coastal genus which can be discovered growing beyond Sea Cliffs or Salt Marsh throughout Eurasia. Inula Crithmoides or Golden Samhire contains its tufted habit and...

How to Grow Garden Rocket-Growing Garden Rocket Seeds and Plants (Eruca sativa)

How to Grow Garden Rocket-Growing Garden Rocket Seeds and Plants (Eruca sativa)

Sep. 22 | Garden Rocket, also known as Eruca sativa, Arugula, Rucola, Roquette and Rocket, is an annual and edible plant. Garden rocket is in Brassica eruca L, and syn. E. vesicaria subspecies. But, do not confuse with Wild rocket which is a genus of Eruca naturally...

How to Grow Fluted Pumpkin- Growing Fluted Pumpkin Seeds & Plants (Telfairia occidentalis)

How to Grow Fluted Pumpkin- Growing Fluted Pumpkin Seeds & Plants (Telfairia occidentalis)

Sep. 21 | Fluted Pumpkin, also known as Telfairia occidentalis, is the tropical vine which is grown within West Africa. It is a leafy vegetable used as edible seeds whose common names are Ugu, Fluted Pumpkin and Fluted Gourd. This plant is a delicious and drought-tolerant...

How to Grow Fiddlehead- Growing Fiddlehead Seeds and Plants (Pteridium aquilinum, Athyrium esculentum)

How to Grow Fiddlehead- Growing Fiddlehead Seeds and Plants (Pteridium aquilinum, Athyrium esculentum)

Sep. 21 | Fiddlehead, also known as Fiddle green and the furled frond of the young fern, is used for a vegetable. On the left plant, each fiddlehead unrolls to a fresh frond as circinate vernation. When fiddles can be harvested earlier within a black season prior...

How to Grow Fat hen-  Growing Fat hen Seeds & Plants (Chenopodium album)

How to Grow Fat hen- Growing Fat hen Seeds & Plants (Chenopodium album)

Sep. 20 | Fat Hen, also called Chenopodium Album, is a weedy, fast-growing, and annual plant within the species Chenopodium. Even though cultivated within several regions, this plant is considered as weed somewhere else. Its common names are Fat Hen and Goosefoot,...

How to Grow Epazote- Growing Epazote Seeds and Plants (Chenopodium ambrosioides)

How to Grow Epazote- Growing Epazote Seeds and Plants (Chenopodium ambrosioides)

Sep. 20 | Epazote, also known as Herba Sancti Mariæ, Paico, Mexico tea, Jesuit’s tea, or wormseed, is an herb which is native to South Mexico, South America and Central America. It is a yearly plant which shortly lives, grows for 1.5 meters high and irregularly...