Potato
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ComparisonLettuce
Identifying a sick plant with your phone
A model that was 99 % right on its own images dropped to 31 % on photos taken elsewhere. With the right photos, an app answers better.
7 min
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Growing guideBasil
Container vegetable garden: what depth and what soil mix
In the ground, a lettuce's roots go down more than a metre. In a container, 20 cm is enough, with the right soil mix.
8 min
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Growing guideBean
Starting a vegetable garden: your first 10 m² bed
Two beds and eight easy crops to harvest from May to October without losing your way. With the plan, the dates and the real budget.
9 min
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MethodGreen manure
Improving vegetable garden soil: compost, manure or green manure
A bucket of well-rotted compost or manure per square metre, at the right time. And a soil test first, to know whether you really need it.
9 min
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ComparisonBroad bean
Winter fleece 17 g or 30 g: which to choose and when to take it off
Thin fleece keeps 85 % of the light and gains up to 2 °C. Thick fleece gains 2 to 4 °C. The heaviest only let through 30 to 50 % of the light.
8 min
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Seasonal advice, by email
The right step at the right time, for your region. No ads, and you can unsubscribe in one click.
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MethodCabbage
Pests and diseases of the vegetable garden: recognise them and act without chemicals
19 common vegetable garden problems, with the symptom, the cause, the season and the move. Almost all can be sorted without a product.
10 min
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Myth or factBean
Lunar calendar in the garden: should you garden by the moon?
Sowing on a root day gave 20 % more carrots in one trial and the opposite in others. The seasonal window matters far more.
9 min
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Seasonal guideBean
Vegetable garden calendar for France: sowing dates by region
Eight vegetables in four French climates. And how to place yourself if your garden falls between two.
8 min
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Growing guidePotato
When to plant potatoes, earth them up and harvest them
A soil at 8 °C gives the start. After that, the plant tells you when to earth up and when to harvest.
8 min
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Seasonal guideBean
Sowing calendar for Belgium: the month-by-month table
Over 40 crops, under cover or in the ground, set to the Belgian climate. You can print the page.
9 min
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MethodTomato
Tomato blight: how to spot it and act before the first spot
Two days at 10 °C minimum and at least six hours of humidity a day open the blight window. Learn to read it so you can act before the first spot.
9 min
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