Making the Switch from Incandescent to Fluorescent
Written by Happy Plant"If every home would replace 3 light bulbs, that would be equivalent to taking 3 ½ million cars off the road," says Environmental Defense’s chief scientist, Bill Chameides. (U.S. News & World Report, 12/25/06)
The initial cost of making the switch from incandescent to CFLs (compact fluorescents) can be from 3 to 10 times the price you usually pay for light bulbs, but in one CFL’s lifetime, you can save over $30 on your electric bill and 2000 times the bulb’s weight in greenhouse gases. If indoor bulbs are switched, the fluorescents put out much less heat than incandescent, reducing energy used for cooling systems and reducing fire hazards as well. CFLs use between one fifth and one third of the power of incandescent equivalents. Lighting accounts for about 9 to 20 percent of a home’s electricity, projecting an estimated 12% savings on the bills.
The best time to harvest most vegetables is in the morning while the dew is still on the plant. This is when the sugar concentrations are highest. After the harvest: dig, rake and remove remaining plant matter. For those who live in a milder climate, you can reseed lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, greens, spinach, carrots and peas for a late season harvest.
Last spring, I finally got the chance to cultivate my first garden. I rent a place by the lake, and my landlord gave me free reign over the modest-sized, empty flowerbed directly in front of my apartment. I immediately saw the artistic potential in this endeavor, and spent weeks dreaming up ideas and planning exactly what I wanted to do with this blank canvas of dirt.
The Humatec Group developed the Root Zone Feeding Program in the mid-1970's. Its purpose was to feed the plant at the root. We developed a special organic formula in the form of a tablet to feed the plant and create a live organic zone around the root of the plant.
The organic fertilizer tablets can be specially formulated and customized for each type of food plant, tree, grain, etc. Various plants require more of a particular nutrient like iron or zinc to grow healthier and more efficiently, having greater production of foods that have more nutrients. Customized organic fertilizer is high-tech and addresses the needs of the individual plant at the root.
With Root Zone Feeding the plant receives nutrients immediately and has its very own specialized feeding program. There is no runoff, loss of nutrients, wind erosion, or feeding of weeds as broadcasting does. This program is designed for outdoor and indoor plants, nurseries, tree farms, transplanting, and greenhouses or grow houses. This program is ideal for the African countries where soils are extremely depleted. Customizing the feeding of plants is our latest "top of the line" technology.
We have on-going research with this program for the micro food grow program for Africa and other countries that desperately need to grow their own food.
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How? You may ask yourself. Here are a few facts and suggestions that are surprisingly simple to accomplish:
To be a fertilizer, by law, the contents must include at least one of the following ingredients, and they should always be stated in a sequence of three numbers, i.e. 1-1-1.
The first number represents the percentage of NITROGEN in the product.
Organic gardening may require a little more work, but the result and pure, sweet flavor of an organic tomato is worth it.
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For more than 40 years the Humatec Group has enjoyed the finest reputation in the research, development, and production of humate based organic soil conditioners, fertilizers, and plant food tablets for optimal soil conditioning, plant propagation, and food production.
This reputation is built on sound scientific research and proven eco-friendly organic fertilizer products which promote healthy, nutritious food production while protecting the environment.
