Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

If you’re cultivating containers of indoor or outdoor plants, herbs or vegetables, you need potting soil. Potting soil is different from topsoil and garden soil in a number of ways. Typically, topsoil ...

Dale was a participant in Zone 1 of the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) soil sampling programme. He completed the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) online training and found ...

In this video, I give you a heap of tips on how to tell if your garden bed soil is good for another crop or if it needs replenishing by adding things like compost and ...

Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are ...

Seventy people spent a recent Saturday morning learning about "Edible Garden Planning," presented by Fort Bend County Master ...

Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon ...

School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China School of Resources and ...

"By using seed starting mix for germination and the early stages of growth before transitioning to traditional potting soil as plants mature, gardeners can provide the right conditions at each ...

However, other components of the Earth system also play ... Carbon in the Arctic resides mostly in the soil. There is more carbon in Arctic soils than in all the trees on Earth combined, and ...

40 per cent of the world's soil is already degraded, but the problem could get much worse. A new global think tank is warning soil degradation is increasing and threatening food security and ...