TheT. xerographicais a stunning, stemless plant with a mix of broad and slender ribbon-like gray-green leaves that unfurl and intertwine from the center like an unruly fountain. The name translates from Greek m
I have them planted in a large plastic box terrarium placed on a very bright greenhouse bench. The box is covered with cheese cloth to protect from too much light. In a few months I will begin cutting holes in the cheese cloth to let more light through. ...
What do you do with a sad little pencil stub, other than throw it out? You can plant it and watch herbs or flowers grow! Plant the Sprout Pencil nubs, you’ll have edible herbs, marigold and calendula plants, or a wildflower bouquet. Each kit comes with eight high-quality, sustainably...
To regenerate plants that contain paternal plastids, green (spectinomycin-resistant) sectors were excised from cotyledons or primary leaves and regenerated on agar-solidified plant regeneration medium58 containing 3% (w/v) sucrose, 0.1 mg ml−1 1-naphtaleneacetic acid (NAA), 1.0 mg...
Irina Zharkova / GETTY IMAGES This cousin to the string of hearts plantdoesn't need very much waterand can flourish in medium to low light. Thehoya obovotavariety is particularly beautiful because of its large, circular leaves, which can hold plenty of water. This makes the plant even more...
Next, place the cutting in a jar filled with water. You want to make sure the node is fully submerged at least an inch or so. Make sure if you can that there are no leaves also in the water, as the leaves will slowly start to rot. Many people suggest using arooting hormone, but...
By partnering with fungi, tree roots form large mycorrhizal networks with one another. © idizimage | Getty Images Sight While other animals rely largely on smell to navigate their environment, the most important human sense is arguably sight. Plants don’t “see” in a way that is recognis...
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As a plant grows, trim the lower leaves from the bottom 12 inches of the stem. Check outthis post for even more tomato tips. Photo by Ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images Types The first job is deciding what to grow, and with at least 10,000 different varieties of tomato, there’s certainly plent...
For a bushier plant, pinch out the terminal growing points, the central points on a plant from which new shoots and leaves grow. Look for the newest (and usually smallest) leaves at the center of the plant and pinch out the bud forming there. ...