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Definitive guides for crops, pests, and agricultural diseases.
Squash (Spaghetti - Vegetable)
Spaghetti squash, known for its unique spaghetti-like strands after cooking, is a favored member of the squash family. It's a warm-season crop that thrives in well-drained, fertile soils under full sunlight, making it an ideal choice for home gardens and small farms alike.
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Squash (Sweet Dumpling)
Sweet Dumpling squash is a small winter squash known for its thick, sweet flesh and compact size, ideal for single servings. It thrives in warm climates and is easy to grow in well-drained, nutrient-rich soil.
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Squash (Tatume)
Tatume squash, a versatile and hardy type of summer squash, thrives in warm climates. Its vining habit and distinctive round fruits make it a popular choice for home gardeners and small-scale farmers.
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Squash (Tromboncino)
Tromboncino squash, known for its unique shape and flavor, is a versatile crop that can be grown vertically to save space. It thrives in warm climates and requires moderate maintenance.
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Squash (White Bush Scallop)
White Bush Scallop Squash, known for its unique saucer shape, is a popular summer squash. It is favored by gardeners for its rapid growth, ease of care, and the prolific yield of tender, white-skinned fruit.
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Squash (Yellow Crookneck)
Yellow Crookneck Squash is a vibrant summer squash known for its unique curved shape and smooth yellow skin. It thrives in warm climates and is highly nutritious, commonly used in a variety of culinary dishes.
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Star Apple (Chrysophyllum cainito - Haitian)
The Haitian Star Apple, or Chrysophyllum cainito, is a tropical evergreen tree prized for its sweet, star-shaped fruits with a unique milky interior. Native to the Caribbean and Central America, this variety thrives in humid, subtropical climates and offers high yields for home gardeners and small farms. This comprehensive guide covers cultivation from propagation to harvest, emphasizing organic practices for optimal growth.
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Starbonnet Rice
Starbonnet Rice is a medium-grain rice variety known for its robust growth and adaptability. Ideal for warm climates, it offers high yields and resistance to some common rice diseases, making it a favored choice among rice farmers.
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Starfruit (Arkin)
Starfruit (Arkin) is a tropical evergreen tree prized for its star-shaped, juicy fruits with a sweet-tart flavor, thriving in warm climates and well-drained soils. This comprehensive guide covers everything from propagation to pest management for optimal yields. Ideal for home orchards and small farms seeking exotic, high-value crops.
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Starfruit (B-10)
Starfruit (B-10) is a high-yielding, dwarf starfruit cultivar prized for its juicy, star-shaped fruits with exceptional sweetness and low oxalic acid content, making it ideal for fresh eating. This guide provides professional growers with detailed cultivation techniques, from propagation to harvest, optimized for tropical and subtropical climates. Achieve bountiful yields with proven organic management strategies tailored to this productive variety.
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Starfruit (Fwang Tung)
Starfruit (Fwang Tung), a tropical evergreen tree prized for its star-shaped, juicy fruits, thrives in warm climates and well-drained soils. This comprehensive guide covers everything from propagation to pest management for optimal yields. Known for its crisp texture and tangy-sweet flavor, Fwang Tung is a standout variety with larger, sweeter fruits ideal for home orchards and commercial cultivation.
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Starfruit (Kari)
Starfruit (Kari), known scientifically as Averrhoa carambola, is a tropical evergreen tree prized for its star-shaped, juicy fruits rich in vitamin C and antioxidants. This comprehensive guide covers everything from soil preparation and propagation to pest management and harvesting, helping growers achieve high yields in suitable climates. Ideal for home orchards and small farms, Kari starfruit thrives with proper care, offering both aesthetic appeal and nutritional bounty.
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Steel Cut Oats
Steel cut oats are not a separate botanical species, but a processing style made from whole oat groats cut into pieces after harvest. To produce excellent steel cut oats, growers must first raise high-quality oat grain with strong kernel fill, low disease pressure, and proper post-harvest drying and storage.
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Stevia
Stevia is a tender perennial herb prized for its intensely sweet leaves, which contain steviol glycosides many times sweeter than sucrose. Native to Paraguay and Brazil, it performs best in warm, frost-free conditions with fertile, well-drained soil, consistent moisture, and careful harvest timing before flowering for peak sweetness.
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Stevia Leaf
Stevia leaf is a tender perennial herb grown for its intensely sweet leaves, which contain natural steviol glycosides used as a calorie-free sweetener. Although often treated like a specialty herb, it responds best to professional management of drainage, temperature, fertility, and harvest timing, especially when grown for high leaf quality and sweetness.
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Sticky Rice (Black Glutinous)
Sticky Rice, also known as Black Glutinous Rice, is a variety known for its sticky texture and unique appearance. This rice is cultivated primarily in Southeast Asia and requires specific soil, water, and climatic conditions to thrive.
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Stokes Purple Sweet Potato
Stokes Purple Sweet Potato is a distinctive purple-fleshed sweet potato cultivar prized for its dense texture, deep anthocyanin-rich flesh, and excellent storage quality. It requires a long, warm growing season, loose well-drained soil, and careful moisture management to produce uniform, high-quality roots with strong color and flavor.
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Stone Root (Collinsonia canadensis)
Stone Root is a native North American perennial herb valued for its medicinal roots and attractive foliage. It thrives in woodland conditions and is increasingly cultivated for herbal and ecological uses.
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Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn
Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn is a historic white sweet corn heirloom prized for its tender kernels, rich old-fashioned flavor, and unusually long harvest window for a sweet corn of its era. It is a late-season variety that performs best in warm, fertile soil with consistent moisture, generous nutrition, and block planting for strong pollination and full ears.
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Strawberry
Strawberry is a high-value, shallow-rooted perennial fruit crop prized for its aromatic berries, rapid returns, and suitability for field, raised-bed, and protected cultivation. Successful production depends on precise management of soil drainage, crown placement, fertility, irrigation, and disease pressure, especially during flowering and fruiting.
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Strawberry Guava
Strawberry guava is a compact tropical to subtropical fruiting shrub or small tree valued for its aromatic red or yellow fruits, glossy evergreen foliage, and strong adaptability. When managed correctly, it is highly productive, tolerant of a range of soils, and well suited to backyard orchards, mixed tropical plantings, and intensive small-scale fruit systems.
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Strawberry Mint
Strawberry Mint is a fragrant herb valued for its unique sensory profile, combining the sweet scent of strawberries with the refreshing aroma of mint. It thrives in well-drained soils and is ideal for use in culinary and ornamental applications.
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Strawberry Popcorn
Strawberry Popcorn is a decorative and edible popcorn variety known for its small, ruby-red ears that resemble oversized strawberries. Though often grown for ornamental use, it is a true popping corn with dense, hard kernels that can be dried and popped successfully when harvested and cured correctly.
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Striped German Tomato
Striped German is a large, heirloom beefsteak tomato prized for its striking yellow-orange fruits with deep red streaks and rich, sweet-tart flavor. This indeterminate variety offers high yields and excellent fresh-eating or canning qualities when grown with proper care.
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