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Puna Gardening “Your descendants shall gather your fruits”.
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Puna Gardening“Your descendants shall gather your fruits” Growing plants in Puna is a challenge with great rewards. The growing season is all year round, but certain plants are harder to grow due to insects, diseases and fungi, and extreme wet. So it’s better to start small and choose less plant variety as a test in the beginning of your garden project. You’ll soon see which plants love to grow in this area.
Note: There are many natural ways to combat problems such as Blight and Fungus and insects etc. Here are just a few examples; • Triple 8 Complehumus, a type of fertilizer, has a great micro-biotic that protects root systems and acts to stabilize soils • Certain products like Bio-flora will consume and destroy most diseases and blights • Compost Tea, made from organic composted humus contributes to robust health for plant life with nutrition that allows plants to protect themselves from insect and disease damage
Tips; Most root crops such as carrots benefit from being planted in soil with little to no cinder content otherwise it might cause them to become deformed. Also, several vegetable plants such as lettuce, cilantro, kale, mint, and parsley require partial shading from the intense tropical sun to prevent stress. • Note: There are many natural ways to combat problems such as Blight and Fungus and insects etc. Here are just a few examples; • Triple 8 Complehumus, a type of fertilizer, has a great micro-biotic that protects root systems and acts to stabilize soils • Certain products like Bio-flora will consume and destroy most diseases and blights • Compost Tea, made from organic composted humus contributes to robust health for plant life with nutrition that allows plants to protect themselves from insect and disease damage
Varying terrain in Puna can create different Planting conditions within a few hundred feet of each growing area. There may be very little to do soil and both types of lava, A’a or pahoehoe may exist under a small layer of hummus or no hummus.