Russell

Sowing peppers sounds straightforward enough… Just dig a hole and drop in a seedling (but when you’re planting acres of them), things get complicated fast. … Read more

Treating lettuce like it appears magically in the soil is one way to wind up with bitter, bolted leaves. You might start out with high … Read more

When you start growing corn, it’s a matter of making your seed selection: the hybrid decision. Then after you prepare your soil and test for … Read more

A peanut plant doesn’t behave like a soybean or corn plant. It grows horizontally by pushing its peg into the ground to set pods below … Read more

A successful crop, or one that falls short, starts with plant stands: How many rice plants is there alive in the ground? What happens when … Read more

How many seed packets do I need to purchase? It sounds like such a straightforward question: You stare at the blank spot on your map … Read more

You can’t harvest hope; you can only be precise with wheat. You can drill it perfectly uniform across a field, and yet still go home … Read more

You plant the field, and then you realize you packed them in too tight, so you’re watching your cauliflower turn from tight white heads to … Read more

How much turmeric do you want? How much space does each plant need? What are you planning to grow, and what spacing and size are … Read more

Are you staring down an empty acre of land, wondering exactly how many rhizomes you need to plant in there? There’s something particular about the … Read more