Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved
Plants shape Earth’s atmosphere by moving carbon and water vapour. New research sheds light on how they learned to do it – ...
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Avoidable Mistakes To Know Before Pruning A Fig Tree
Keep your fig tree healthy and happy by following our guidelines for pruning and maximizing your tree's potential to produce ...
The 7 Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow for a Delicious, Stress-Free Harvest Every Year
Depending on the size and variety of the pear tree, expect it to bear fruit between three to seven years of age. “You can ...
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8 species gardening experts regret planting in their yards, so you can avoid learning the hard way
Save yourself aggravation and excess work by heeding the advice of the professionals and avoid planting these species in your ...
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Master Gardener: Growing figs in the north
Just because we don’t live in a Mediterranean climate doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy growing the common fig tree (Ficus carica).
Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls for the first time
In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic ...
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Growing figs in the north
Just because we don’t live in a Mediterranean climate doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy growing the common fig tree (Ficus carica).
A vintage shop turned community hub in Boyle Heights fights to survive
Opened three years ago by Alberto Santillan, vintage shop QVO Laboratories in Boyle Heights is in a fight for survival against its landlord.
Feeling blue? Researchers say planting something green could help.
Clemson University researchers have found a direct connection between tree health and mental health, the first time urban ...
7 Trees to Never Plant for Privacy, According to an Arborist and Horticulturist
Hanson, extension horticulture educator at the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Systems, University of ...
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Thousands of trees will go unplanted in Los Angeles after Musk pulls funding
That will mean abandoning projects to plant 1,000 trees in Watts and another 1,000 trees in eastern unincorporated L.A. County, Thomas said. One study found that just three trees can lower the ...
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Women in Ghana plant ‘diversion’ trees to protect shea trees and their livelihoods
As the seedlings grow into trees, women told Mongabay they are one of the best firewood substitutes for indigenous tree species of shea. Taking part in this effort, they said, helps protect their ...