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Prayer plants, also known as Maranta leuconeura, are beautiful houseplants prized for their brightly colored, variegated leaves. However, it’s common to notice the leaves on your prayer plant begin curling up at some point. Curled leaves on a prayer plant are generally a sign that something is wrong and the plant is under stress. Thankfully, … Read more
Beetroot is a delicious and nutritious root vegetable that can be grown easily in home gardens. When grown from seed, beetroots typically take 50-70 days to reach maturity and be ready for harvesting. However, the exact timeframe can vary depending on several factors like variety, time of sowing, soil conditions, and climate. In this comprehensive … Read more
These tropical flowers are great candidates for growing indoors How to Grow and Care for an Anthurium Plant 3:18 Anthurium, also called flamingo flowers, are known for their unique, bright red, green, and white colors. The genus consists of around 1,000 perennial plants native to Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean. Though they … Read more
The mother-in-law’s tongue plant, also known as the snake plant or Sansevieria, is a popular and striking houseplant. With its upright, sword-shaped leaves in variegated shades of green, this plant makes a statement wherever it’s placed. Capturing photos of this plant can highlight its sharp angles and eye-catching patterns. Getting Great Shots of a Common … Read more
Brown spots on cannabis leaves are almost always a symptom of underlying problems like nutrient imbalance, pests or environmental stress. Knowing how to identify the root cause and then what to do about it is key to a healthy grow. This article looks at many of the most common causes—calcium, potassium, and nitrogen deficiencies. It … Read more
Valerian is a flowering plant native to Europe and parts of Asia. It blooms in summer, and its pink and sometimes white flowers have a sweet scent. Though it has been used historically for non-medical purposes, (including being worn as a perfume and sewn into the wedding clothes of new husbands to ward off jealous … Read more
For the last 8 years, The Rodale Institute has partnered with the USDA-ARS to pioneer an On-Farm AM Fungus Inoculum Production System; a system which would make the economic and environmental benefits of mycorrhizae available to more farmers. Over the years, our trials have focused on developing a low-cost procedure and identifying features to maximize … Read more
If you enjoy watching hummingbirds in the garden or seeing lots of pollinators on your plants, be sure to plant some annual salvias next year. Salvia is an enormous genus of plants with more than 1,000 species, including those that are annual, perennial or shrubs. The herb sage (Salvia officianalis) is also a salvia. Salvia … Read more
Vibrant, vigorous, and wonderfully versatile, verbenas are among my favorite flowers for adding va-va-voom to the summer garden. These low-maintenance beauties deliver nonstop color with minimal fuss, and look just as good weaving through garden beds as they do spilling from pots, window boxes, and hanging baskets. They also take heat and drought in stride, … Read more
The grazing activities of the slug-like larvae of the rose slugworm sawfly can cause leaves on roses to turn brown and dry up. As a rose gardener, few things are more annoying than finding tiny green worms munching away on the leaves of your prized roses. These little pests are called rose slugs, and they … Read more