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The strawberry is certainly the culture that has had and still has the highest evolution of cultural practices in recent decades. The rapid variation of the "technology" means that the cultivation of the strawberry is affected by the move from an area where you use certain techniques to another that it introduces new ones.
At European level, Spain, Italy and France are the three main producing countries in the order of strawberries. In recent years in Belgium, Holland and some Italian alpine areas there has been an expansion of the strawberry with the development of cultivation techniques "off the ground" to produce strawberries "off season" which can mean a delay in the anticipated production.
The standard varieties are undergoing major changes in both Cultivation: the Southern Europe (Spain and Southern Italy, North Africa and other Mediterranean countries) sees the emergence of variety "California" or related products; the northern (Po Valley, Northern France and Central Europe) dominated variety "European" recently established.
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There are many recipes for 'cooking' at home, with few resources and very little money, a good DIY pesticide useful for most insect pests.
In this case we have a product that does not harm the plants and that can be used up to harvest time because non-toxic. The ingredients are considered available without any effort, but it is certainly possible to replace them with others.
It would be indeed interesting to know the mixing of individual readers: if you want to share your recipe feel free to do so in the comments and we'll add it to this article.
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In many sometimes we admired a beautiful tree of Willow. 
The Willow is a tree from growing very fast, with deciduous leaves, typical of the northern hemisphere and a lover of moist soil. One of the best known members of the family of the Willows is the Weeping Willow, a beautiful plant with pendulous branches typical, with elongated leaves that often have a silky or white underside.
The popularity of this tree is largely due to its versatility: the bark is used in medicine for the content of salicin (which acetylsalicylic acid, which is the active ingredient of aspirin) anti-inflammatory and analgesic. The wood is used for making furniture, tools and veneers, the fiber used to make rope and paper, the branches are twisted to build baskets, pots and other objects (wicker).
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To lose a small hydroponic system easy to realize, that it does not require special manual skills' a lot of money?
Here, a classic dry system, which lends itself well to the first experiments that you can build in minutes.
So let's see how to make this very simple system out of the ground with automated irrigation.
Materials:
- Two buckets with a capacity of about 20 liters
- substrate for hydroponic (perlite, rockwool flakes, vermiculite or expanded clay)
- End of drill bit or awl
- one-minute interval timer
- Oxygenator with tubing and air stone
- Pump
- Flexible hose for the pump
- pH test
- Where appropriate solution for pH adjustment
- nutrients for hydroponics
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When you think of a garden usually has in mind a place bathed in sunshine from morning to evening.
An exhibition of this kind would help a lot to actually get a good result with most vegetables, especially in popular cultivation of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers or eggplant.
But if what we have is a corner not too sunny, maybe even shady, which is illuminated only for a short part of the day?
Well, it is still impossible to grow something good to serve at table, and without any extra effort.
What types of vegetables grow well in low light?
First, as a general rule, remember that if you want to pick fruit or roots need plenty of light.
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A simple homemade hydroponic system in effect that allows you to enjoy the view of the roots, often carried out as school project for its educational value.
Easy to design and carry out, requires very little effort and gives the opportunity to recycle properly a tank aquarium.
By varying a little 'materials of this pilot scheme can also get a valuable decorative effect. For a test well will be a bit 'of polystyrene and an abandoned tank, glass or plexiglass.
The transparency of the walls is what enables the observation of the roots, but they do not appreciate the light, in this regard so it will be good to get something (cardboard, wrapping paper, plastic sheet, whichever you prefer) with which to coat the mat the tank.
Taking care to leave one side removable at any time you can enjoy the view of the root.
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The market offers a wide range of products to choose from when it comes to hydroponic nutrients. 
Lots of choice of course generates the question:
What hydroponic fertilizer you choose? What works best?
The answer clearly depends on the type of cultivation, or more specifically on what kind of plant you are growing in hydroponics and in what system. If fact, many fertilizers are designed for general use and are perfect for less demanding plants or plant different types of hydroponic system or within the same environment, others are formulated for specific varieties, such as orchids or chili, or plants still developing very fast.
Once you've chosen a good nutritious, suited our needs, so we are free from deficiencies?
And if our plants we show a lack of an element means that our hydroponic fertilizer is wrong, or is of poor quality?
Not necessarily. Indeed, both situations are unlikely.
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Building a growroom. Help on Drillbit Instructable.com
Freely translated from the original: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Grow-Box-From-A-to-Z/
Written by Drillbit
The Growbox, or Dark Room is basically a kind of closet in the house was built to host plants that need a controlled environment for growth.
Specific lighting, climate default and ease of management are not easy to come by simply placing plants in a room, not to mention the aesthetic impact.
On the other hand a common closet is very inadequate to the task. Here is a guide to build a small house (152x61x61) growbox DIY.
To draw the project there is a free and simple to use, Google Sketch-up, available for download at this address: http://sketchup.google.com/
The materials needed are these:
-Fiberboard of wood, medium density (one inexpensive, lightweight, made of wood chips reassembled, similar to chipboard. The original measurements are in inches. For your convenience it is convenient to review the scale in centimeters in order to work with numbers round).
You can buy the DIY shops or other similar, requiring already cut to fit your needs.
. 2 Fronts: 33.83 × 125.27
. 2 Side panels: 60.96 × 152.4
. 2 panels upper / lower: 60.96 × 33.83
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Of jrossetti, article in original language with photos: # http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Hydrobucket/ step0
The 'bucket hydroponic' Hydrobucket hydro is a do-it-yourself hosting a plant designed for medium or large, but you can easily adjust the size to your needs.
The design is thought to be as simple as possible and to allow the use of fewer parts.
It also does not require any special skills for assembly and is cheap.
Tools
- Your hands
- A utility knife
- One meter
- A marker
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The porcini mushrooms are one of the most popular in the kitchen, much loved for his versatility and for its unique flavor. 
With the name of Porcini is usually referred to a fungus of the genus Boletus, a squat appearance, and often large. It 'a symbiotic fungus and gregarious, common in woods of chestnut and oak, fir and beech in.
The collection of fungi in the woods is an praticatissima and therefore regulated in many areas by regular controls to prevent the depletion or defacement of the environment.
Not all of course have the opportunity to go personally to collect their own mushrooms. And even the skills: the research requires some skill, experience and knowledge of the area.
The sorting is then done with care, since the risk of poisoning if the consumption of edible mushrooms is very high and can have serious consequences.
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