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Ribes grossularia L. Ribes hirtellum Ribes echinellum Gooseberry is the common name of two closely related species of fruit-bushes, the European Gooseberry (Ribes grossularia) and the North American Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum). Gooseberries are usually placed in genus Ribes, along with the closely related blackcurrants, redcurrants etc. A few taxonomists place gooseberries in a separate genus, Grossularia, but since gooseberry-blackcurrant hybrids (e.g. the Jo ... Including:

• Gooseberry - Etymology
• Gooseberry - Description history and culture
• Gooseberry - Pests
• Gooseberry - Other fruits called gooseberries

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The Chinese Red Pine Pinus tabuliformis is a pine native to northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu, and south to Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi, and also northern Korea. In some older texts the name is spelled "Pinus tabulaeformis". It is a medium-sized evergreen tree 20-30 m tall, with a flat-topped crown when mature (whence the scientific name, 'table-shaped'). The growth rate is fast when young, but slows with age. The grey-brown bark fissures at an early age compared to other trees. The bro ... Including:

• Chinese Red Pine - Uses and cultivation

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Cannabis cultivation is the cultivation of the cannabis plant. Species of cannabis include C. Sativa, C. Indica, C. Ruderalis, and "C. Hybrids". Cannabis is grown for a variety of purposes, including as a source of materials for use in various products, such as food, clothing, cosmetics and fuel and for the production of cannabis (drug) material (sometimes known as marijuana). This article concentrates however on cultivation for the the latter, and cultivation techniq ... Including:

• Cannabis cultivation - Botany
• Cannabis cultivation - Traditional indoor cultivation
• Cannabis cultivation - Lighting
• Cannabis cultivation - Atmosphere
• Cannabis cultivation - Germination
• Cannabis cultivation - Vegetative phase of growth
• Cannabis cultivation - Reproductive/flowering phase of growth
• Cannabis cultivation - Traditional Outdoor Cultivation Techniques
• Cannabis cultivation - Harvest and processing
• Cannabis cultivation - Ideal harvest timing
• Cannabis cultivation - Drying
• Cannabis cultivation - Curing
• Cannabis cultivation - Hash
• Cannabis cultivation - Alternative cultivation techniques
• Cannabis cultivation - Hydroponic cultivation
• Cannabis cultivation - Organic cultivation
• Cannabis cultivation - Screen of green
• Cannabis cultivation - Sea of green
• Cannabis cultivation - Sinsemilla
• Cannabis cultivation - Genetics and breeding
• Cannabis cultivation - Detection and the law

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Bonsai (盆栽, "tray gardening", in Japanese) is the art of growing trees and plants, kept small by being grown in a pot and by the use of skilled pruning, formed to create an aesthetic shape and the illusion of age, although many bonsai trees are quite old and simply show their age in miniature form. The Chinese art of penjing is very similar to and is the precursor of the Japanese art of bonsai. Bonsai is pronounced "Bone zai" - each syllable with equal emphasis. Bonsai - History. Sketches of trees grown ... Including:

• Bonsai - History
• Bonsai - Cultivation
• Bonsai - Artistry
• Bonsai - Common styles
• Bonsai - Techniques
• Bonsai - Bonsai care
• Bonsai - Bonsai Tourism

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See text The baobabs (Adansonia), occasionally known colloquially as "monkey-bread trees", are a genus of eight species of trees, native to Madagascar (the centre of diversity, with six species), and Africa and Australia (one species in each). The species reach heights of between 5-25 m (exceptionally 30 m) tall, and up to 7 m (exceptionally 11 m) in trunk diameter. They are noted for storing water inside the swollen trunk. All occur in seasonally arid areas, and are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry ... Including:

• Baobab - Uses
• Baobab - Cultural references

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This section covers the traditional method of cultivating medicinal or recreational marijuana indoors, wherein the plants are grown in a soil-like medium and fertilizer is added when the plants are given water. Traditional outdoor cultivation techniques are covered in the next section, and alternative techniques, such as hydroponics and organic cultivation techniques, are discussed in the last section. Cultivating marijuana indoors is more complicated and expensive than growing outdoors, but it allows the cultivator complete control over the growing environment, and will ...

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The wild gooseberry is a small, straggling bush, nearly resembling the cultivated plant, the branches being thickly set with sharp spines, standing out singly or in diverging tufts of two or three from the bases of the short spurs or lateral leaf shoots, on which the bell-shaped flowers are produced, singly or in pairs, from the groups of rounded, deeply-crenated 3 or 5 lobed leaves. The fruit is smaller than in the garden kinds, but is often of good flavor; it is generally hairy, but in one variety smooth, constituting the R. uva-crispa< ...

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The leaves are also common as a leaf vegetable throughout the area of mainland African distribution, including Malawi, Zimbabwe, and the Sahel. They are eaten both fresh and in the form of a dry powder. In Nigeria, the leaves are locally known as kuka, and are used to make kuka soup. The dry pulp of the fruit, after separation from the seeds and fibers, is eaten directly or mixed into porridge or milk. The seeds are most used as a thickener for soups, but may also be fermented into a seasoning, roasted for direct consumption, or pounded to extract vegetable oil. The tree also provides a ...

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Because of their relative lack of protection from the elements, bonsai care can be quite difficult. The shallowness of bonsai containers affords roots little protection and certainly little water and nutrient reserve. Consequently, proper watering of bonsai is practically an art in itself. Some species can handle and even prefer short dry periods, while others require near-constant moisture. Heavy watering does however make the trees more susceptible to fungal infections and "root rot". Sun, heat and wind exposure can quickly dry a bonsai tr ...

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The bushes at times suffer much from the ravages of the caterpillars of the gooseberry or magpie moth, Abraxas grossulariala, which often strip the branches of leaves in the early summer, if not destroyed before the mischief is accomplished. The most effectual way of getting rid of this pretty but destructive insect is to look over each bush carefully, and pick off the larvae by hand; when larger they may be shaken off by striking the branches, but by that time the harm is generally done; the eggs are laid on the leaves of the previou ...

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Sketches of trees grown in pots, apparently used for decorative purposes, occur in Egyptian tombs, dated over 4,000 years old. Subsequently, caravans were known to transport trees in containers of various kinds throughout Asia. The trees were sources of chemicals used medicinally by healers in the caravans and places visited along the way. The modern-day art of bonsai originates from China over two thousand years ago, where it has been called penzai and written in the same Hanzi that gave rise to the Kanji above. It was brought ...

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