Vegetables grown for their underground parts have tasty roots, tubers, rhizomes, or bulbs. These structures are packed with carbohydrates and water for the plants, and deliciousness for us. These ...

You may have seen the term “bare root plants” in nursery catalogs and websites and wondered what it means. Basically, it’s exactly what it sounds like: Plants are shipped without soil or a container.

FEBRUARY IS THE time for many a gardener to get busy in preparation for “spring gardening mania.” There are so many tasks to do from pruning, edging, sowing grass seed and never has there been a ...

Simple 1′ x 2′ air prune beds. Have you ever thought about starting plants for your own food forest, or growing trees and shrubs with the intention to plant them out somewhere else? Have you ever ...

An intercontinental team of 30 researchers composed of mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists and plant sciences researchers has developed new explanations about how root plants grow and ...

A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong. The discovery provides an answer to a long-unanswered question and a deeper understanding of the 'mouths' of plants ...