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Growers know that light and temperature are two critical factors for plant growth. The temperature in the greenhouse is constantly tracked and controlled, but do you know how much light your crop received yesterday?
Wash your hands before you eat, my grandmother admonished (frequently). She was a food safety advocate. As producers, many food safety risk factors in controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) are more controllable than those in open-field farms, but that doesn’t mean those risks aren’t present.
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The answer to “Are marigolds perennials?” depends on the type you’re growing.
Restore your soil’s ability to circulate nutrients by cultivating the intricate and fascinating networks between plants and microbes.
Pale blotches on your spinach? Wandering trails of not-so-green lines on your squash leaves? These are telltale signs …
Seeing silky webbing on the underside of your tomato leaves? Or you’ve found them on your houseplants and want to…
Scale insects and mealybugs are tiny, sap-sucking pests that can spread rapidly. You may have seen scale insects…
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Pansies are cool-season workhorses, providing cheerful color in spring and fall when not much else is blooming. But if you’re wondering, are pansies perennials that will survive freezing winters, the answer is that they are are technically…
Propagation of cuttings comes with hassles, but new smart lighting systems can help, increasing consistency and vigor.
Hydrangeas evoke images of cottage gardens. Mass border plantings of flowering shrubs covered in blooms…
If you have a large Boston fern that has overgrown its basket or pot, you can turn it into two or four ferns in a few minutes. And do it again next year…
A hanging basket star, a hummingbird magnet, and shade-tolerant? Learn how to grow and care for fuchsia plants—to keep them blooming!
Restore your soil’s ability to circulate nutrients by cultivating the intricate and fascinating networks between plants and microbes.
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