Cultivate Magazine

31/10/2022

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21/09/2022

Healthy, rich soil is the key to a successful and productive vegetable garden, so don’t skip this step! A soil test will give you an idea of your existing soil fertility and pH, and offer suggestions of what types of fertilisers or amendments will get your plot up to par. Try rely on homemade compost, organic well-composted animal manures, and organic fertilisers like kelp meal and alfalfa meal.

19/09/2022

Most vegetables, especially those that bear fruit (tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and peppers, for example) need sun, and a lot of it. Ideally, you want a site with at least 8 hours of direct sun per day. In less light, you can still grow some edibles; mainly leafy crops and herbs.

16/09/2022

Devil’s Ivy (Epipremnum aureum), also known as Pothos (although that is actually a different plant), is a type of evergreen vine. The leaves are large and sometimes heart-shaped and come in a wide variety of light and dark colours. This species adapts well to a variety of office conditions, from low light levels to brighter ones. This easy-to-care-for plant with heart-shaped, white-splotched leaves makes a lovely addition sitting on a desk, shelf or table. Larger specimens, trained around a pole or cane, look great in big pots on the floor.

14/09/2022

There are many plants that have shown to be successful in removing harmful toxins from the air we breathe. No plant will completely rid the air of any harmful chemicals, but they are certainly valuable soldiers in the fight. Here are some of our favourites:
Dwarf date palm
Dragon tree
Spider plant
Sansevieria
Chinese evergreen
Peace lily
Parlor palm
Ficus trees
Bamboo palm
Devil’s ivy
Flamingo lily
Fittonia
English ivy
Dracaena

12/09/2022

Weeds can be inevitable, even in the most well-kept gardens. As the weather gets warmer, the w**ds come out, but there are ways of deterring them from growing in your garden. We recommend:
1. Applying mulch
2. Using w**d mats
3. Cultivating

02/09/2022

Spring, is the season of new beginnings The season of transformation and change – from cold to warmth, from darkness to light, from grey to dazzling displays of colour. The time of year when nature awakens and re-energises. Happy Spring everyone!

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29/08/2022

Gardening has been proven to be one of the healthiest hobbies you can develop. Weather its a veggies, plants or h**p gardening. It's still therapeutic to the mind. A few benefits of gardening are; It helps you fight diseases, it builds strength, improves memory, boosting your mood and reduces stress. Gardening has been also proven to help addiction recovery and combats eco anxiety.

26/08/2022

A new trend called Soilless Farming! There are many ways to skin a cat as the saying goes, such as gardening in this day and age. One of these ways requires no soil. Some plants, such as Orchids, don't need soil to grow perfectly, and common vegetables and other garden plants can and will do very well in soilless gardens.

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25/08/2022

South Africa's once-thriving cotton industry was decimated by cheap Chinese imports in the early 2000s. Major fashion retailers in South Africa are focusing on farming to fashion strategies that are more cost effective.

24/08/2022

Endangered Species Alert! A rare succulents in the Northern Cape poached for illegal overseas market. It's illegal to take endangered species out of the province without a permit. The police’s Springbok Stock Theft and Endangered Species unit say there has been an increase in plant poaching and is a young but growing epidemic. According to the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), there are about 2 500 types of succulents endemic to the area in the Succulent Karoo. SANBI estimates that more than 1.5 million of these dwarf succulents have been removed from the wild over the past three years. Many of these plants have been red-listed. Please help us prevent the extinction of succulents by reporting any poaching activity that you become aware of.

23/08/2022

Farmers struggle under water restrictions! Farmers are pressured under the water restrictions taking their toll in the citrus-rich Gamtoos River Valley, with several commercial farmers having relocated or closed shop over the past 12 months. Department of Water and Sanitation announced that the 128 citrus, cash crop and dairy farmers in the valley, relying on the Kouga Dam, would be permitted to draw just 20% of their usual water allocations from the dam for 23/2022. The dam is currently at 16.6%.

22/08/2022

Growers are cashing in on fungi farming! Mushrooms are cheap to cultivate and can be grown on agricultural waste. Fungiculture is long-developed elsewhere in the world, but Africa has been slow on the uptake. Body and hair oils, soap, juice and even a 'mushroom whisky' are being produced by the fruits of this type of cultivation. Fungiculture, or the cultivation of edible mushrooms, is long-developed in the West, while China has become by far the world's largest producer.