Banana peels often end up in the garbage, but you can give them a second life in your garden or for your houseplants. Make ...

From raw eggs to pasta water, we dissect gardening hacks approved by TikTok and offer science-backed reasons for their ...

Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, lots of sunshine, and properly formulated (and applied) fertilizer. To set the stage for ...

I find that many gardeners do not understand the proper use of fertilizers. They're confused about what fertilizers are, what they do, and why we use them. What are they First, remove from your mind ...

Fertilizing your lawn in early spring is always a good idea. But if there is an unexpected frost, you may wonder if it will ...

Good soil, sunshine, water: These are critical ingredients for healthy plants and a beautiful garden. Fertilizer? Not usually, said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in ...

All that glitters may not be gold regarding foliar fertilizer. Macronutrients and tissue testing are gospel in many parts of agriculture, but receiving a consistent, positive yield return on ...

Scientists have succeeded in discovering AMOR, a sugar chain that increases the fertilization efficiency in plants. AMOR was found to be responsible for activating pollen tubes to lead to ...

Aims Nitrogen (N) fertilization is known to modify a plant's susceptibility to necrotrophic diseases. However, the effect of N nutrition on defence is not well known. It was hypothesized that not only ...