Are You Misusing The Term Hardiness?
When we consider the selection of plants, the question of hardiness immediately arises. Some hold the opinion that one particular plant is hardy, while others disagree and claim that another
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Reader’s Corner: Share Your Gardening Tips And Stories
Readers’ Corner Letter Contest Here is this month’s prizewinner in our Readers’ Corner contest for the best letter on converting someone into a gardener. This is the third and last
Plant Names Can Be Intriguing
What would you expect of a plant named Chittagong Chickrassy? Is it related to chickweed, or does it have to do with temple gongs and rickshaws? They tell us that
They Used Aluminum Foil Mulch
How would you like to harvest a crop of vegetables without weeding, watering, spraying, or dusting? Or grow off-season crops such as head lettuce in August or carrots ready to
Air-Layering Made Easy
Anybody can do it! All it takes is a little bit of special plastic film called Polyethylene, a sharp knife, some moist sphagnum moss, and a little rooting powder. With
Sugar From Plants – Basic Botany for Gardeners
Plant and animal cells respire sugar. That is, within the cell, sugar is broken down in a series of steps, and the energy holding the various atoms of the sugar
Why pH is important
Do you shy away from the term pH because it sounds mysterious and hard to understand? If you do, you’re missing a chance to grow better plants with less effort
Diagnosing the Problem
Malnutrition in human beings is considered a disease. But, for some reason, we do not think in the same terms as plants. Most gardeners feel that if a plant lacks
Which Is It – Hunger or Disease?
Deficiencies of plant-food nutrients are usually indicated by a general reduction of growth in garden plants. Chlorosis or poor foliage color often is also apparent. Likewise, the poor light and
The Luther Burbank Centennial
March 7, 1949, marked the 100th anniversary of Luther Burbank’s birth. For half a century or more, the public schools of the nation taught the children in the lower grades