As a bonus, using the ash sparingly around your fruit trees has the benefit of applying an organic fertilizer that's completely free and a great way of repurposing an otherwise waste product.

Before planting clear the area of all grass and weeds. Add 4 to 5 shovelfuls of organic matter like peat moss or manure to amend sandy soils. Citrus trees will not tolerate sitting in wet soil so ...

Whether you have an outdoor palm tree or a houseplant, this easy guide gives you the basics of palm tree care. Palm trees are usually associated with trees that have long, slender trunks and thin ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

MalaysiaA worker harvests palm fruit on a plantation in Sarawak, one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. These mature trees are about 25 years old, which means they will soon be cut ...

Palm oil is a type of oil which can be extracted from the fruit of the oil palm. These trees are originally from Africa, but are now widely grown in Malaysia and Indonesia. A set of teacher notes ...

As we begin our spring fertilizing the following is a guide to help you with the symptoms of various nutritional deficiencies that you might notice.