In an ideal world of gardening, all you’d need to do to grow a plant is throw some seeds into the ground, water, and wait for ...

Plants are known to be able to acclimate their photosynthesis to the level of irradiance. Here, we present the analysis of natural genetic variation for photosynthetic light use efficiency (ΦPSII) in ...

Once it’s safe to put your plants outside, you’ll want to plan for a week of hardening off before planting them in the ground. As winter fades into spring and summer, the seeds you carefully planted ...

DEAR JESSICA: I was a little confused after reading your Feb. 16 column about hardening off hibiscus plants. We have a hibiscus that stays in our greenhouse over the winter, and it gets put out in the ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Seedlings raised on windowsills or in greenhouses have been coddled to some degree and aren’t ready to face the great outdoors. A temporary period called “hardening off” can prepare these plants for ...

One of the most popular ideas that springs into people’s minds when mulling over remedies for slowing the advance of climate change because of the ever increasing accumulation of carbon dioxide in the ...

Planning some new garden areas or landscaping? Often overlooked, but critical, is to consider your mowing lines. Avoid creating areas that you can’t easily whip into with a mower or where you will ...