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Late blight, also known as potato blight and tomato blight, is one of the most dreaded fungal diseases in any vegetable garden – especially if you’re growing tomatoes and potatoes. It can destroy whole crops in a matter of days, making it a serious challenge for home vegetable growers.

This refers to plants that draw only small amounts of nutrients from the soil.

Light-dependent germinators are plants whose seeds only germinate when exposed to light. When sowing, they should not be covered with substrate, or only with a very thin layer, as darkness prevents germination. Light activates special plant hormones (phytochromes) in the seed that trigger the germination process.

Liquid plant fertilisers are health-promoting spray liquids made from fermented plant parts. The best known is undoubtedly nettle liquid fertiliser.

Long-day plants are species that only begin to flower once day length exceeds a certain minimum threshold. What matters here is not the temperature, but the length of the daily light phase.

Loose-leaf lettuces are harvested leaf by leaf and do not form heads. The plant keeps growing after harvest.

Loppers (also known as tree pruners) are designed for pruning branches and twigs in hard-to-reach tree canopies. They feature a telescopic handle that, depending on the model, extends up to 4m in length and can also cut through thicker branches.