Reproduction - Fine Gardening
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Kitchen Gardening
Seeds and the Art of Hitchhiking
Reproduction may be science, but seeds have hitchhiking down to an art.
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Design
Regional Picks: Late-Winter Interest – Northeast
1. Weeping Norway Spruce Name: Picea abies ‘Pendula’ USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7 Size: Up to 5 feet tall; width is variable and controllable Conditions: Sun to partial…
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Article
Ways to Improve Pollination in the Veggie Garden
Procreation in the garden is pretty simple. The pollen from a flower’s stamen has to find the ovary (pistil) in another—or sometimes the same—flower; the plant is now pollinated, and…
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How-To
Successful Seed Starting Beyond the Basics
There are some people who just seem to be able to propagate anything. I am not one of those people. When I moved to a new garden in New Jersey,…
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Design
6 Seed-Starting Myths
Growing plants from seed is one of the few practices that people of all gardening abilities do annually. But whether you are a newbie or someone who has been starting…
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Article
Starting From Seed
The development of a seedling is like a person waking up in the morning. There’s the dormant period (sleep). External stimuli, such as temperature and moisture, tell the seed that…