Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Chlorpropham or CIPC is a plant growth regulator and herbicide used as a sprout suppressant for grass weeds, alfalfa, lima and snap beans, blueberries, cane fruit, carrots, cranberries, ladino clover, garlic, seed grass, onions, spinach, sugar beets, tomatoes, safflower, soybeans, gladioli and woody nursery stock.
This is what to do when your garlic turns into a lean, green, sprouting machine.
The outer layers can be scraped off, with the root dipped in cold water to preserve its colour. [23] If too tough for eating, they can be boiled with a pinch of baking soda and a change of water. [23] Raw young roots can be grated for use in salads, but older roots are better cooked. They can be added to soups, stews or stir-fries.
Diallyl disulfide (DADS or 4,5-dithia-1,7-octadiene) is an organosulfur compound derived from garlic and a few other plants in the genus Allium. [3] Along with diallyl trisulfide and diallyl tetrasulfide, it is one of the principal components of the distilled oil of garlic. It is a yellowish liquid which is insoluble in water and has a strong ...
The fruit is an erect, slender, four-sided capsule 4–5.5 cm (1.6–2.2 in) long, [5] called a silique, green maturing to pale grey brown, containing two rows of small shiny black seeds which are released when a silique splits open. A single plant can produce hundreds of seeds, which often scatter several meters from the parent plant.
Root sprouts and basal shoots can be used to propagate woody plants. Root sprouts can be dug or severed with some of the roots still attached. As for basal shoots, stool beds involve cutting a juvenile plant proximate to the surface of the soil and heaping soil over the cut so that basal shoots will form adventitious roots and later can be ...
Also, find out if you can freeze eggs for long-term storage. Meet Our Expert. Kimberly Baker, Ph.D., RD, LD, director of the Clemson Extension Food Systems and Safety Program Team.
Its fruit is a 2 cm (0.8 in) long sessile capsule containing about 20 seeds. Some of the names of the plant such as popping pod, duppy gun and cracker plant come from the fact that children like to play with the dry pods that pop when rubbed with spit or water. [5] Ruellia tuberosa may be found in moist and shady environments.