The Florida Gardening Blog
Can You Eat Papaya Seeds? Yes, and Here's How
Most people scoop papaya seeds out and throw them straight in the trash. That is understandable because no one tells you they are edible, and they do have a...
Can You Eat Papaya Seeds? Yes, and Here's How
Most people scoop papaya seeds out and throw them straight in the trash. That is understandable because no one tells you they are edible, and they do have a...
How Often to Fertilize Papaya in Sandy Soil
Papaya is a fast grower that eats constantly. Plant one in Florida sandy soil without a real feeding schedule and you will get yellowing leaves, slow fruit...
How Often to Fertilize Papaya in Sandy Soil
Papaya is a fast grower that eats constantly. Plant one in Florida sandy soil without a real feeding schedule and you will get yellowing leaves, slow fruit...
How to Grow Papaya From Seed in Florida
Papaya is one of the fastest fruit trees you can grow in Florida, but most people mess up the first two steps. They either plant seeds too deep or skip...
How to Grow Papaya From Seed in Florida
Papaya is one of the fastest fruit trees you can grow in Florida, but most people mess up the first two steps. They either plant seeds too deep or skip...
Stop Root Knot Nematodes on Passion Fruit
Your passion fruit vine looked fine in spring. Then the leaves went yellow, fruit set stalled, and the whole plant seemed to give up. If that sounds familiar,...
Stop Root Knot Nematodes on Passion Fruit
Your passion fruit vine looked fine in spring. Then the leaves went yellow, fruit set stalled, and the whole plant seemed to give up. If that sounds familiar,...
How to Tell if a Papaya Is Male or Female
You planted a papaya, waited months for it to flower, and now you have a bunch of blooms but zero fruit. Or maybe fruit started forming and now you are...
How to Tell if a Papaya Is Male or Female
You planted a papaya, waited months for it to flower, and now you have a bunch of blooms but zero fruit. Or maybe fruit started forming and now you are...
Yellow vs Purple Passion Fruit in Florida
You want to grow passion fruit in Florida and you have seen both yellow and purple varieties at the nursery. They look similar on the vine but they behave very...
Yellow vs Purple Passion Fruit in Florida
You want to grow passion fruit in Florida and you have seen both yellow and purple varieties at the nursery. They look similar on the vine but they behave very...
How to Hand Pollinate Passion Fruit
You have a passion vine loaded with flowers and nothing is setting fruit. Nine times out of ten, the issue is pollination. In Florida, native pollinators do...
How to Hand Pollinate Passion Fruit
You have a passion vine loaded with flowers and nothing is setting fruit. Nine times out of ten, the issue is pollination. In Florida, native pollinators do...
Why Your Passion Fruit Drops Flowers in Florida
Your passion vine is covered in gorgeous blooms, and then they all fall off without setting a single fruit. This is one of the most common frustrations Florida...
Why Your Passion Fruit Drops Flowers in Florida
Your passion vine is covered in gorgeous blooms, and then they all fall off without setting a single fruit. This is one of the most common frustrations Florida...
How to Propagate Leaf of Life From One Leaf
One of the strangest and most satisfying things about leaf of life is right there in the name. A single leaf, dropped on damp soil, will grow a new plant...
How to Propagate Leaf of Life From One Leaf
One of the strangest and most satisfying things about leaf of life is right there in the name. A single leaf, dropped on damp soil, will grow a new plant...
Leaf of Life Care: The First 90 Days
You picked up a leaf of life plant or cutting, and now you are wondering what normal looks like over the next few months. Florida conditions can fool you into...
Leaf of Life Care: The First 90 Days
You picked up a leaf of life plant or cutting, and now you are wondering what normal looks like over the next few months. Florida conditions can fool you into...
How to Grow Leaf of Life in Florida
If you keep killing houseplants, leaf of life might be the one that finally sticks. This succulent-like plant, known botanically as Kalanchoe pinnata , grows...
How to Grow Leaf of Life in Florida
If you keep killing houseplants, leaf of life might be the one that finally sticks. This succulent-like plant, known botanically as Kalanchoe pinnata , grows...
Can You Eat Leaf of Life? What's Real
You have probably heard someone say leaf of life cures this or fixes that. It is one of those plants that carries a lot of folklore, and separating what is...
Can You Eat Leaf of Life? What's Real
You have probably heard someone say leaf of life cures this or fixes that. It is one of those plants that carries a lot of folklore, and separating what is...
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