News

Container gardens let you grow your favorite plants. But overwatering is a container gardening mistake that could be wasting your fertilizer.
Summer brings dry, hot weather that makes life hard for all the plants in your garden. To keep them healthy and beautiful, plant to water.
Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...
Thirty micrograms of total protein isolated from root extracts, root extracellular fluid, and root exudates of transgenic plants 33 (lines 1, 3, and 5) and A1 (lines 2, 4, and 6) as well as from ...
Summers in the South can be brutal on people and gardens. Learn the best ways to prepare for and revive a wilting garden ...
This summer, the country is experiencing heat waves that are causing widespread damage such as heatstroke, wildfires, drought ...
Applying fertilizer in the middle of the day when the sun is most intense can cause foliar fertilizers to burn leaves and ...
Thinking of planting a backyard garden in Louisiana? Before you dig, experts say it's critical to know what’s in your soil.
The most obvious is to avoid evaporation, allowing the plant to access the moisture before the warm air removes it from the ...
Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes ...
Not every plant needs bottom watering. Find out eight houseplants that do well with this watering method and seven that might ...
The water sector is in need of “root-and-branch reform”, a committee of MPs has said as it called for “much more regulated management” of bonuses for senior bosses.