How to Prevent Brown Leaf Tips
Why Do Leaf Tips Turn Brown? One of the problems often encountered with houseplants is that the tip of theContinue Reading
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Think Twice about Cookie-Cutter Landscapes
Who doesn’t need help from a professional from time to time? A plumber when the toilet keeps backing up? AnContinue Reading
Coffee Filters Also Filter Soil
If you’re the slightest bit up-to-date about houseplants, you know you don’t have to put a drainage layer of gravel orContinue Reading
Ironweed : Truly Tough as Nails
Although ironweed (Vernonia spp.) is not exactly an unknown perennial, it certainly doesn’t have the popularity it deserves. It’s oneContinue Reading
Allelopathy
The chemical inhibition of one plant by another due to the release into the environment of substances acting as germinationContinue Reading
Allélopathique
Se dit d’un organisme, micro-organisme ou végétal qui inhibe la croissance d’autres organismes en sécrétant des substances chimiques nocives ou toxiques.
Leave Those “Suckers” on Your Tomato Plants
(This is a repeat of a blog from last year, but I feel I should repost it, as I’ve been gettingContinue Reading
Planting Depth for Grafted Trees and Shrubs
Grafted woody plants – trees, conifers, roses, etc. – are more and more common in nurseries. In such plants, a desirable variety isContinue Reading
What is “Black Earth”?
Gardeners seem to believe that the darker a soil is, the better it is. And that does tend to be trueContinue Reading
My Favorite Tomato
For many years, I experimented more with tomatoes than really growing them for eating. Every year I used to plantContinue Reading