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How to Open Coconut fruit

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Coconut fruit has a hard shell and to open it you need a dagger or anything that can crack it up. But you can try to open it by just squeezing it with your hands, let's say for how it takes for you to crack it..ha ha ha.. more »

How to Plant a Bare Root Tree or Shrub

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Many kinds of shrubs and trees are sold while leafless and dormant, with roots bare of soil. A bare-root plant may look pathetic, but if you start it out properly and care for it well, it will thrive. .. more »

How to Plant a Tree or Shrub From a Container

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Many common nursery plants are sold in containers of various sizes and materials. Unlike bare-root and B-and-B, container-grown plants can be planted even while growing vigorously... more »

How to Pot a Bonsai

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Getting your bonsai into an attractive pot and making sure it has the best chance of a long and problem-free life is as much an art as the trimming, shaping and care of its branches. Have a look at the basics... more »

How to Prune a Bonsai Tree

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Learning to prune your bonsai is critical in respect to style and the health of the plant. Form and function often take on blurred lines, requiring a balance of art and and the science of growth. .. more »

How to Prune a Citrus Tree

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Prune to keep trees healthy, attractive and within bounds. Other than lemon trees, citrus trees do not require frequent pruning to remain productive... more »

How to Prune an Apple Tree

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Pruning your apple tree promotes growth and stimulates fruit production. Pruning also clears away parts of the tree that may have been damaged by wind, disease or insects... more »

How to Prune Established Espalier Trees

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Espalier is a technique of pruning and shaping a woody plant, tree or shrub to grow in a single plane, such as against a wall or on a fence. It is very labor intensive and is recommended for serious-minded gardeners who have the time. Here are a ... more »

How to Purchase Trees Online

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Take advantage of the smart resources available on the Internet to buy trees online. Seek out information about the particular varieties of trees that will grow best in your area and order them for timely delivery from reliable Web retailers... more »

How to Remove a Dead or Diseased Tree Limb

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Dead, diseased and injured branches affect more than a tree's appearance. They can fall and injure people or property, or spread diseases to other plants in the garden. If the limb is high off the ground or so large that you'd need power ... more »

How to Schedule Fruit Tree Maintenance

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Fruit trees can live for many years and, during their life span, produce hundreds of pounds of fruit. But they need a modicum of care: moist and nutritious soil, pruning, grooming, thinning and protection from pests. How much a tree needs of each ... more »

How to Spot a Mealy Bug Infestation

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If you think you may have a mealy bug infestation, these tips may be just what you are looking for... more »

How to Stake and Tie a Tree

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Staking and tying young trees used to be an automatic part of planting, but not anymore. Research has shown that trees grow up sturdier and healthier if they're left to move with the wind. Experts now recommend staking only if a tree will be ... more »

How to Transplant a Tree or Large Shrub

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Moving an established tree or shrub is not something to be done on a whim. It takes about a year's worth of preparation, and transplanting must be done when the plant is dormant... more »

How to Treat Birch Tree Bore Worms

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Birch are among the most important, highly valued trees in the landscape. They are also known for the variety of problems that seem to plague them, so that birch are relatively short-lived in the urban landscape. According to the USDA, the ... more »

How to Care for a Fig Tree

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Figs, typically a warm climate crop, are a challenging tree from which to produce fruit. But with the advent of the self-pollinating varieties, such as the Kadota, Conradia, Celeste and Mission, it has become easier to grow figs. Here are the ... more »

How to Care for a Mulberry Tree

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A mulberry tree is an attractive weeping tree that grows berries that are not only edible but wonderfully tasting with a great blend of sweetness and tartness. Mulberries are great as a snack and delicious when used in jellies, jams, wines and ... more »

How to Care for Fuji Apple Trees

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Biting into the sweet, slightly tangy Fuji apple is one of life's simple pleasures. While caring for a Fuji apple tree takes some know-how, the taste of your orchard-fresh Fuji apples represents an ample reward for your toil. Here's how to care ... more »

How to Choose a Shape for a Bonsai Tree

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The shape or 'style' of your bonsai will say as much about the artist (you!) as it does about the plant. Here's a look at some different styles and what they mean - you may see one that moves you... more »

How to Display Bonsai

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The way your bonsai are displayed is as important as their pots, the types of trees and the styles of the trees. The exact secret for adding to their beauty by the setting they live in is just as elusive as the art of bonsai itself... more »

How to Espalier a Tree

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Espalier is an ancient form of gardening where fruit and flowering trees are trained into pleasing symmetry in a flat plane. Stretch your garden muscles with this trellising method where less is more - fewer branches, more fruit and flowers... more »

How to Fertilize Deciduous Trees

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Deciduous trees are those that lose their leaves during the winter. They should be fertilized twice during the year: once in the early spring before they set their leaves, and once again in mid-summer... more »

How to Get Into Bonsai

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Thinking of giving bonsai a try? It really isn't scary if you think of it as an artistic medium that has rules, but no right or wrong... more »

How to Grow a Flowering Pear Tree

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One of the most beautiful and earliest spring blooming trees is the flowering pear (Pyrus calleryana). Tiny white flowers appear in April and fall like snow on spring green lawns. Glossy green leaves enhance the tree's graceful pyramidal shape ... more »

How to Grow a Serbian Spruce Tree

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Stately grace best describes the Serbian spruce tree. Standing 60-feet tall and a narrow 20-feet wide at maturity, this tall pyramidal evergreen lady reaches out with arching branches that turn up slightly on the tips. The needles are glossy dark ... more »

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