Alleviate the problems of line twist on your spinning reel caused by a fresh line. Take your spool off the reel and run it under hot water for 2-3 minutes. This changes its memory to your spool size and enables smoother casts with less twists/knots.
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Gardening
Customize Your Garden Tools?
Use nail polish and paint an area near the top of your garden tools (so that the color will stand out). You will never loose them while planting, as they will be easy to identify next to the soil.
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Protect Your Strawberries In The Winter
Cover your strawberries with straw in the late fall/winter time. They will be healthier and bear fruit in the summer.
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Climatize Your Plants
Gardening Prior to planting indoor plants outside, take them outside for 3 hours each day for one week. Your plants need that time to adjust to the new temperature. They will thrive once planted permanently outside.
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Grow Hardy Tomatoes
While planting your tomatoes, if you add 1/4 cup of lime juice to the soil. They will grow big and branch out a lot.
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Regenerate Plants
After boiling vegetables, cool and keep the water they were cooked in and use it to water your plants. It provides nutrients for your plants.
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Grow Awesome Roses
Simply bury banana peels near the roots of your roses and cover with soil. They will thrive and it is a simple solution to create beautiful roses.
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Divert Beetles with Mustard Greens
Plant among cole crops like kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and broccoli. They serve as a trap crop. The beetles are attracted to the mustard first, leaving the cole crops to grow undisturbed – at least in theory.
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Grow The Best Carrots
Add sand to your soil in which you are planting your carrots. They will thrive and taste delicious.
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Enhance Your Garden Soil
Add a bit of leftover coffee grinds to your soil each month to keep keep the pH of the soil on the acidic side for acid-loving plants such as blueberries, azaleas and rhododendron. Your plants won’t thrive unless they’ve got the nutrients they need.
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