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Flower and Fruit Drop in Trees: Causes and Remedies
Excessive flower and fruit drop cuts yields, but it can be reduced by managing water, nutrients, pests and pollination, and by avoiding sprays while trees are pollinating.
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Daily lifeMosquito-repelling plants: what tulsi, mint and citronella can and cannot do
Tulsi, mint, lavender and citronella give off scents mosquitoes dislike, but in Kenyan trials the best potted plant kept away only about 40 percent of mosquitoes, and researchers called such plants a complement to bed nets, not a replacement.
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Take Care of Mango Trees Before They Blossom
A guide to protecting mango blossom through weeding, pruning, withholding water and two timed sprays of insecticide and fungicide.
Environment
Tree Planting Should Be Held in Our Souls: Environment Adviser
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan told the closing of National Tree Fair 2024 that tree planting should be held in the soul, and urged the Forest Department to focus on afforestation, not the timber trade.
Environment
Tree Saplings Distributed Among Students in Naogaon
The school students' organisation Swapner Mofossol distributed 200 jam saplings at Naogaon KD Government High School.
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Students Plant Trees on Badda Road Divider
Students are planting about 300 trees on the road divider of Pragati Sarani in Middle Badda, Dhaka, helped by local residents.
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Seven-Day Tree Fair Ends in Feni
The closing ceremony of Feni's seven-day tree planting campaign and tree fair was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Shahid Zahir Raihan Hall ground on Mizan Road.
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Khulna Tree Fair Short of Buyers Even in Its Final Days
Khulna's annual tree fair is drawing fewer buyers than expected in its final days, with some sellers reporting daily losses and blaming the quota movement.
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Indore Sets World Record by Planting Nearly 11 Lakh Saplings in a Day
The Indian city of Indore has set a Guinness World Record by planting more than 11 lakh saplings in a single day in a drive organised by the Madhya Pradesh government.
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Native Tree Orchard Planned to Protect Island in the Karnaphuli
Environmental activists in Chattogram have begun planting native trees on the 105-acre Baklia char in the Karnaphuli, aiming to create a natural forest on the island.
Environment
Now is the right time to plant saplings
With light, warmth and rain all in good supply, the monsoon months are the best time to plant saplings, and how they are planted and cared for decides whether they survive.
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Saplings as gifts at a wedding reception
A volunteer group in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, gave more than a hundred saplings as gifts at a wedding reception to raise awareness about planting trees.
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Plant Trees in Asharh, Shrabon and Bhadra to Beat the Heat, Says Krishak League Chief
Krishak League president Samir Chanda called for tree planting through Asharh, Shrabon and Bhadra to protect against heatwaves as the Khulna unit planted 5,000 trees.