Pralinage is an operation that is not necessarily done during planting. However, it facilitates the recovery of bare-rooted plants. What is praline? Pralinage consists of coating the roots of a tree or shrub by soaking them in a mixture of water, earth and manure in order to promote the recovery of

Professional gardening and self-employed (or microenterprise) status Ah, how hard it is to find a status that matches the activities we offer! Can you be a self-employed gardener? When I created my company, the person from the CCI who followed me asked me the main question: What do you want to do

Its spring and the garden tips are blooming on the web. And thats good! Whether written, or spoken in the workshop, or on video, garden advice should be considered as learning moments. What is learning? There is learning when there is an increase in knowledge. The learner starts from a certain leve

Flies in the compost, is that normal? Compost attracts! It attracts insects, including flies. Why, because they will lay where the larvae can feed. Indeed, the transformation of what we put in the compost, is done thanks to a set of living beings, some being microscopic, others larger. Insects, l

The olive tree in the ground in 46 (Lot) Question from a user Not easy but doable… The olive tree colonizes the country. It is not an invasive plant that stalks where the wind blows it. Nevertheless, there is no longer a region without the presence of the olive tree which brings its touch, if not

A remote autopsy is risky... Lets solve the problem of orientation, a pear tree is planted in the sun. But in the shade it grows and gives even less fruit than, in my south I saw pear trees and other fruit trees, well appreciate the shade of the oaks. Rootstock for calcareous soil On the other hand

Question from a blogger:What is the best manure to spread in the fall? This is actually the best time of year to spread manure to plants that need it. Vegetable gardens and flower beds are in demand. But which is the best? You will find as information everything and its opposite. The most honest

How to transplant an evergreen shrub? An evergreen shrub, understand which keeps its leaves, must receive attention and care to be moved. Indeed, unlike the deciduous shrub which is transplanted when the leaves have fallen, between November and February, the evergreen is moved during the growing se

How to compost straw, hay or leaves? It is very difficult and time consuming to compost straw without crushing it first. Instructions:First make a pile, with dry straw, hay, brushwood, small branches. Not heavy wood of course... Then install a U-shaped blade on the backpack brushcutter. Check that

User Question:Hello! I am an amateur but passionate gardener. I sowed some pansies some time ago, the sowing went well, but it is the transplanting of pansies that causes me problems . I cant get plants that flower like at my nursery. What should I do ? Should I add fertilizer to the seedbed? In the

Question from a blogger:Hello, I would like a small tree to put in a pot. I live in the south of Brittany. Could you tell me what type of small tree I could throw away. Sincerely Michael. The jar Hello Michael, Thank you for your question and I will give you some leads. You dont tell me the po

I do not use salt because it is very washable and active for a long time. I prefer white vinegar . How to practice Same proportion of water and white vinegar, sprayed on the leaves. Sometimes two passages are necessary, it depends on the type of plant. Be careful though, vinegar (8% of acetic acid

Question from a user:Every year, I have mites on my tomatoes. I dont want to use chemicals. What to do? When the weather is hot and dry, the mite swarms! it is a small spider that is often called red (in French) but whose color varies according to the species, yellow, green… The red spider on tomat

The moth boxwood is a moth, Cydalima perspectalis, and which has no natural predator in Europe. This Asian butterfly forgot to bring it with him, even though a micro wasp, a natural parasite, has recently been studied. The butterfly, 3 to 4 cm wide, has brown and white wings. But it is indeed the l

Soil preparation in an orchard depends on several factors; the varieties planted, the age of the plantations, the irrigation system, the type of soil, the environment, the ecosystem... To be brief and knowing Pauls orchard, located in the Gard, in clay-limestone soil and without a watering system,

Question from a user: is hedge trimming done all year round? I have privet to go down and a hedge with lots of different species Persistent, obsolete, or both? Best months for evergreen hedge trimming like the privet, are the months in A , April and August. April, in full growth and August to ben

Update of 02/19/2019:My book on the subject is born! I invite you to discover My garden at the service of balanced biodiversity published by Editions Jouvence. —– Biodiversity. Here is a word that has been ringing in our ears with increasing intensity over the past few years. Especially when biodi

The size of the hydrangea, both simple and the cause of many setbacks. Lets not lose our heads by cutting the wrong one. Hydrangea pruning techniques Lets start with the pruning of the garden hydrangea , the one that makes big balls - sometimes almost flat! –Hydrangea macrophylla and all its variet

Its time for the seeding pot , so lets go cheerfully! But to avoid damping off, and dry spells or too much water that give the same result, lets take a few precautions. good practices Prepare a seed tray, a small box ready to receive the substrate and the seeds (one without the other is stupid). Th

Question from a user :My vegetable garden is overrun with purslane and I dont know how to get rid of it! Purslane is an annual plant which reproduces by seed, which likes cultivated fields, orchards and gardens, as well as roadsides. It is mainly found in the south of France or in certain micro-cl