I love growing Banana plants. They're fast growers, very low maintenance, and they create a stunning energy both when grown as a houseplant or as an outdoor plant in the garden. The longer you grow ...

At the nursery bare root plants are grown in the ground, harvested as young plants, and sold without soil surrounding the roots.

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an avocado tree in heavy clay and keep it from dying due to root rot or other ...

Your plants have been infested with caterpillars. Remove them using a pair of tweezers and discard them. Avoid touching the bristly hairs on their bodies, as these can cause irritation.

Banana peels can also help keep pests at bay in your garden. Place fresh or dried banana peels around the base of your plants or mix them into the soil. The strong smell of bananas is said to deter ...

The Cappittee family has been growing banana trees in Youngstown since 2007, but they are facing financial difficulties and are hoping to receive help from the USDA, FSA, OSU Extension office, and ...

How do you build the next generation of natural performance materials without pretending cotton or synthetics will disappear?

Even though seed propagation is the most popular form of plant reproduction, several plant forms can develop without seeds. This form of plant development is referred to as vegetative or asexual ...

AI expands access to filmmaking for resource-constrained creators. But as efficiency becomes the industry’s north star, ...

When planted in containers, the Washington navel will only be about 6 to 8 feet tall, so it's perfect for all your indoor gardening needs. It's also known as the Bahia orange tree, as it originally ...

Harriet Rix’s “The Genius of Trees” offers a new approach to trees, each chapter dealing with different ways trees shape the ...