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Massive Effort Underway To Save Endangered Seeds

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Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of an effort to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction. In many cases, only a handful of seeds remain from rare varieties of barley, rice and wheat whose history can be traced back to the Neolithic era, said
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Give longer life to cut roses

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Look for roses with a few outermost petals beginning to unfurl. Although ranking third for yearly sales in the cut flower market, roses move to first for Valentine’s Day. Producers take advantage of this opportunity to schedule a bumper crop of flowers to meet the valentine demand. Here are some tips to help you select
News, Oilseeds

Sanitation key to keeping clubroot out of Manitoba

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The best way to keep clubroot from damaging canola yields is to do whatever it takes to keep it out of your fields, Manitoba Agriculture’s plant pathologist told farmers attending Manitoba Ag Days recently. “For clubroot to occur, the pathogen needs to be present in the field,” Philip Northover said. That seems like stating the
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Asparagus ferns — not just outdoor plants

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The common asparagus fern grows from fleshy rhizomes which will often be visible on the soil surface. There are hundreds of varieties of ferns and luckily for us gardeners many of them are easy to grow in an ordinary indoor environment. One group of ferns that are dependable and beautiful houseplants are the ferns in
Oilseeds, Other

Seed SMART: aim for 10 canola plants per square foot

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Ten plants per square foot should be the plant stand target farmers aim for when they seed canola, says Derwyn Hammond of the Canola Council of Canada. The recommendation is based on a seeding rate of six pounds per acre and the assumption that 70 per cent of the seed sown will survive. Then if
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Grow a gloxinia this winter

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Gloxinia bulbs usually become available in garden centres in late winter, so that they can be planted to produce bloom from late May until well into the summer. These tubers can be kept over from year to year, and in fact there are reports of 50-year-old tubers still being in the possession of their owners
News, Oilseeds

Sunflowers average in 2008

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Manitoba farmers harvested a generally average sunflower crop in 2008, despite ongoing disease and insect problems. Producers reaped an average 1,480 pounds per acre of confectionery and oil-type sunflowers from 182,000 planted acres, according to provincial crop insurance figures. That compared favourably with the long-term four-year average yield of 1,460 pounds per acre from an
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Anthurium — perfect for the indoors

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Individual flowers will last for a couple of months, providing a great dramatic effect in the interior landscape. During the dark days of winter, gardeners search for plants which will add beauty to the indoor landscape and which will tolerate the low light levels offered by many of our indoor environments. One plant that will
Oilseeds, Other

Steps to mitigate sunflower rust next year

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“Sunflower rust does not require an alternate host like cereal rust does.” – KHALID RASHID Sunflower rust cut yields and bushel weight significantly in some Manitoba fields this year. Seventy-four per cent of the sunflower fields surveyed in Manitoba this year had rust ranging from a trace to 40 per cent of the leaf area
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Create a seasonal arrangement

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October can be a dreary month in the outdoor garden since most flowers – even the toughest of the perennials – have usually succumbed to frost by then. One way to add a bit of colour and interest to the outdoor landscape during the autumn is to create a dried porch arrangement. This will work

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