Root Growth From Cuttings Time Calculator
You know that moment, when you remove a cutting from its parent plant, and cradle it carefuly as if it were made of glass. You … Read more
You know that moment, when you remove a cutting from its parent plant, and cradle it carefuly as if it were made of glass. You … Read more
It’s a familiar frustration of apricot growers: the blossoms drop and no fruit forms. You’ve done everything right (or so it seems). You watered and … Read more
First you stop checking the daylies, then you stop checking the tomato plants, and eventually you stop checking the potato plants when the foliage gets … Read more
IS IT A drowning fern, or is it thirsty? It’s one of gardening’s great mysteries, a riddle: You keep watering because the surface inch of … Read more
EGGPLANT’S A VEGETABLE, and most of us gardeners think all vegetables want is water and sun. Yes they do…but what eggplants really want are specific … Read more
If you’ve ever found yourself in a garden center aisle looking at two seemingly unrelated plant, a giant sunflower on one end of the spectrum … Read more
Tillers: Pulling up some tangles of green shoots reminds me that my beet seeds are actualy a little packet of dirt. And when I untangle … Read more
Most growers do not think about it enough and use too much water by adding nutrients to a reservoir and hoping for the best. What … Read more
If you’ve ever tried to grow garlic, you know your mental calendar gets it wrong about the timing. Yes, you tuck a clove into the … Read more
The third week is when things get hairy for a soil grow. Your plants look great, and you’re freaking out that they’ve been drowning, or … Read more
When you get your first slice of homegrown watermelon, you want it sweet and crisp… But to get there takes more waiting then the number … Read more