Hostas: Pretty in Pink?
Photo accompanying an online advertisement for hosta seeds. Photo: amazon.ca Question: I have read in magazines that there are pink hostas,Continue Reading
Category: Hybridizing
Garden Myth: Don’t Plant Tomatoes and Potatoes Together
Ill.: Kissclipart & uihere, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Question: My grandmother always warned me not to plant potatoes and tomatoes together or they would cross,Continue Reading
Polyploidy—or How Do We Get Seedless Fruit?
By Christine Bradish, Ashland Inc. It’s quite possible that you have seen a commercial for “23 and Me”, advertising anContinue Reading
Luther Burbank, the Plant Wizard?
Although Luther Burbank may not be well known to modern gardeners, he was famous a century ago, known the world overContinue Reading
How to Hybridize Your Own Tomato
When it comes to pollination, domestic tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are curious plants. The flower is essentially closed, as the pistilContinue Reading
Garden Myth: If You Grow Melons With Cucumbers, It Will Alter Their Taste
This is an old myth, but it keeps coming up. And it is indeed a myth. The concept is thatContinue Reading
Seeking the True Blue Flower
Blue is one of the rarest of floral colors; only black is more elusive. And that’s probably because of theContinue Reading
How to Keep Vegetables From Cross-Pollinating
The recent article Gardening Myth: If You Plant Hot Peppers and Sweet Peppers Together, It Will Alter Their Taste, whichContinue Reading
F1 hybrids are not GMOs!
I write about gardening every day and get very little negative feedback… yet every time I include the term “F1Continue Reading
F1 hybrids are not GMOs!
I write about gardening every day and get very little negative feedback… yet every time I include the termContinue Reading