Plants Make sounds… That Animals Can Hear!?
For the past few weeks, I’ve been hearing over and over about this new discovery that stressed plants make sounds.Continue Reading
Category: Plant science
The Ultimate Tool for the Curious Gardener: The (Small) Microscope
Like every biologist in the world, I have a $50,000 microscope at home. What? You don’t? OK, OK, I mustContinue Reading
Living the Shinrin-yoku Experience… in Your Backyard!
For some time now, we have been hearing a lot about this new Japanese trend, Shinrin-yoku. Freely translated as forestContinue Reading
Bananas: Expiration Date in Sight
The end of the banana as we know it may be near. Far be it from me to be alarmist,Continue Reading
Why Are Leaves Green?
The simple reason is that plants reflect green light. The visible spectrum, the range of colors visible to the humanContinue Reading
Gardeners Should Be Hoping for Lots of Snow…and Soon!
In mid-January, when it’s so cold that it hurts to even breathe, it’s hard to believe that plant life canContinue Reading
The Effect of Night Length on Plants
No one can deny that the nights get quite long in November, and the days consequently much shorter. What isContinue Reading
First Plants Grow in Lunar Soil
Scientists take the first step along the road to extraterrestrial gardening by learning we can grow plants in lunar soil.Continue Reading
There Is a Fungus Among Us!
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi benefit crops in many ways By Hayley CrowellNorth Carolina State University Fungi play very important roles forContinue Reading
Lettuce in Space
Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren testing out red romaine lettuce on the Space Station. Photo: NASA Experiments on theContinue Reading