From root to shoot: How silicon powers plant resilience
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 ...
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The Best Potting Soil for Every Type of Plant
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 ...
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Free on-line CAFRE Soil Training helps Dale make sense of his soil analysis
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 ...
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7 Easy Gardening Tricks To Make Your Spider Plant More Lush And Fuller
Welcome to the vibrant and green world of spider plants! As a passionate gardener, I've discovered that with just a few ...
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Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works
Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are ...
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Master Gardeners offer free classes
Seventy people spent a recent Saturday morning learning about "Edible Garden Planning," presented by Fort Bend County Master ...
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Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi issues new soil quality regulation
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's maiden six-wicket for India as the hosts beat England by 75 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International ...
Diversified cropping systems boost nitrogen supply but not soil carbon, ongoing field trial discovers
Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon ...
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Synergistic Remediation of Cadmium Pollution in Saline-Alkali Soil by Hydrogel and Suaeda salsa
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 ...
Men's Journal20d
Which Type of Potting Mix is Best for Starting Seeds?
"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 ...
The Conversation21d
In the Arctic, planting more trees actually makes the world warmer
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 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation23d
Soil degradation threatens food supply and scientists are calling for action
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 ...