Plant early-season tomato varieties or cherry types you can harvest 50–65 days after transplanting. Ensure optimal growing ...

This companion gives tomato plants a boost by protecting them from harmful pests. Grow it alongside your tomatoes for a ...

Planting heirloom seeds offers many benefits: The seeds produce a plant true to the parent, they taste better, and are ...

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In this week’s Green Thumb segment, Justin Morgan of Morgan Composting shows us how to start growing from seed.

It’s no secret that gardening demands patience, particularly when growing plants from seeds. But if you want to add instant color to your landscape, certain plants are better choices than others.

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage, when they can't ...

MIT demonstrates that seeds sense the sound of rainfall—and sprout faster even while still beneath the surface.

Seed libraries continue to grow in popularity as gardeners learn the fun, cost savings and unique seeds they offer. The concept of “borrowing” seeds from a library and returning seeds later, harvested ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The University Libraries is growing something new for the Western community—a free seed library for students, employees and community members to grow herbs, flowers, native plants and ...