Sniff Houseplants Before You Buy!
These days, horticulture seems to have taken a huge step backward. Garden centers now currently sell plants in “designer pots*,”Continue Reading
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Fast and Easy Repotting
When repotting a plant, normally you would take the time to carefully inspect the roots, trim off a few dead ones,Continue Reading
Give Away Your Mower: There’s Now A Self-Mowing Lawn!
Researchers at the Aprilscherz Institute of Horticultural Technology of Wunschdenken, Germany, have announced the development of a self-mowing lawn grassContinue Reading
Is It Really Necessary to Emasculate Easter Lilies?
There’s a persistent and long-held belief that you have to remove the anthers (the orange structures that emerge from theContinue Reading
The Tall and Short of Tomatoes
Determinate and indeterminate are two terms you’ll often see applied to tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) and they cause a bitContinue Reading
Cactus Microchipped to Stymie Plant Rustlers
Officials in Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona, have had to resort to microchipping some 1,000 specimens of the park’sContinue Reading
Plant More Than Milkweeds to Save Monarchs
In North America, the serious decline of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), the black-veined orange migratory butterfly that winters inContinue Reading
Gardeners: Beware of Shallow-Rooted Trees!
If you’re searching for trees to plant on your property, one factor to consider is the type of roots it produces,Continue Reading
Seeds You Don’t Need to Cover
With seed-starting season in full swing, it’s worth pointing out that most seed packs indicate how deep you should sowContinue Reading
Organize Your Seed Packets According to Their Sowing Date
If you sow only one variety of seed in a given year, setting up a sowing schedule is not thatContinue Reading