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Avoid losing half your crop before you start

On average, only 40 to 60 per cent of canola seeds put in the ground actually survive to become plants. If a grower spends $50 an acre on seed, typically only $25 of that seed survives to contribute to the success of the crop. Growers can use the following tips to increase seed survival, achieve
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Try a Puruvian daffodil

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During April, garden centres and many retail establishments have shelves loaded with bulbs, tubers and corms of exotic plants of every description. A few years ago I purchased some Puruvian daffodils. These wonderful bulbs have produced lovely blooms for my outdoor garden every year since I bought them, and the bulbs keep reproducing so that
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Success with a phalaenopsis

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Little did I know when I received a phalaenopsis as a gift about three years ago, that it was as tough as the perennial wild orchids that I was familiar with from my childhood. In my mind nothing could compete with the yellow and pink lady’s slippers that popped up every spring in the deep
Crops, Oilseeds

Study finds wild bees boost crop yields

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Wild bees and other pollinating insects can make quite a difference when it comes to crop yields, according to a new study. “Our message is not that honeybees are bad — it’s that we could do better if, in addition, we were encouraging more activity by wild insects,” said Lawrence Harder, a professor of biological
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It’s time to plant pepper seeds

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It might be difficult to start thinking about the outdoor garden since it still looks very much like winter. There are plants we grow outside, however, that must be given a head start if they are going to be productive during the summer because of our short growing season. Peppers are good candidates for seeding
Crops, News, Oilseeds

Clubroot found in Manitoba

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Testing has confirmed levels of clubroot capable of producing disease in two soil samples collected from Manitoba canola fields last year, provincial officials say. “It is significant in that we can no longer consider ourselves free of clubroot in Manitoba,“ said Holly Derksen, a plant pathologist with the Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Soils
Country Crossroads, Forages

Grasses in the landscape

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Grasses are invaluable in a wide diversity of designs for the garden landscape, putting on an extended winter show of various-shaped blades, once vibrant with many summer colours. Now is an ideal time to plan garden and landscaping ideas. I use graft paper to design how the garden could look in reality, as it’s much
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Basil adds zest and flavour

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With variety names like “Magical Michael,” “Siam Queen,” “Red Rubin,” and “Genovese,” is it any wonder that a few sprigs of basil will perk up a salad made from store-bought greens in late winter — particularly if the basil is homegrown? The names of these basil varieties alone are enough to whet the appetite and
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Interesting and unique gasteria

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Gasteria plants are succulents — a term applied to plants that have the ability to hold large amounts of water in their tissues. They belong to a number of different plant families and within each plant family are a number of genera and within each genus are many species. The genus gasteria belongs to the
Crops, Oilseeds, Weather

It’s not the heat — it’s the photoperiod

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You can breed soybeans to grow just about anywhere, but whether you’d want to is another question, says an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada soybean breeder. Elroy Cober told the recent Manitoba Special Crops Symposium that it’s widely expected that Manitoba will take the No. 2 slot behind Ontario in the coming season. “The short-season areas

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