Gardening is not just about growing plants in gardens but it is a greater responsibility in itself for maintaining biodiversity while protecting environment and helping eco-system. As responsible gardeners ,we all are equally concerned over the increasing loss of the biodiversity across the world.
Scientists have been successful in identifying reasons for loss of biodiversity the [...]
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How Extra Nutrients and Excessive Fertilization Reduce the Biodiversity
May 4th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Biodiversity · Eco-system · Environment · Excess Fertilization · Fertilizers · gardening · Nutrition
New Date Palm Plant with High Yield and Disease Resistance
May 3rd, 2009 No Comments
Researchers have been successful in mapping a draft version of the date palm genome disclosing several intricate genetic issues. This research has revealed extremely useful information about date palm. Newly discovered date palm genome pattern will ultimately help in increasing overall fruit yield. Researchers also believe that the unlocked secrets will help in understanding the [...]
Tags: Date Palm · Date Palm Plant · DNA · Genetics · Genome · Growing Date Palm
MIT Robot Gardener: Future of Gardening
April 14th, 2009 No Comments
Mellissa Trujillo from the Associated Press (AP) says, “These gardeners would have green thumbs-if they had thumbs”. Mellissa reported in the “US news and World report” that undergraduate students of a class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully “created a set of robots that can water, harvest and pollinate cherry tomato plants”.
The [...]
Tags: cherry tomatoes · Garden · gardening · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MIT · ROBOT Gardener · Robotics · Robots · sensors
How to Gain by Growing Native Plants: Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa
April 11th, 2009 No Comments
Native plants have their own beauty and benefits. Growing native plants in gardens is therefore not only adds to the elegance of the garden but also helps a gardener monetizing the efforts. Umpteen varieties of the native plants have their own value and importance for medicinal applications both for humans and animals.
Growing native plants in [...]
Tags: animal healthcare · herbal plants · herbal remedies · medicinal plants · Natural plants · pet healthcare
Making Plants Survive in Adverse Conditions: Research
March 19th, 2009 No Comments
Researchers have successfully identified and determined a process regulating the genes activity controlling seed germination and seedling development.
Researchers from Purdue University and Tsukuba University in Japan in collaboration with national Academy of sciences discovered specific process mechanism that controls seed germination and seedling development in adverse climatic conditions like freezing and drought. It is an [...]
Tags: Gardening Research · Genes · Hormone · Plant Survival · Protein · Seed Germination · Seedling Development
Electric Indigo: The First Ever Hybrid Flower from Day and Night Blooming Species
March 8th, 2009 No Comments
Something surprising has happened in the very beginning of this year and gardeners across the globe would surely be happy to know about this. Researchers at the ‘Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew‘ have been successful in developing a new hybrid flower from a cross between a day blooming and night blooming flower for the first [...]
Tags: Botanical Garden · Day Blooming Flowers · Electric Indigo · Flower Gardening · Hybrid Flowers · Night Blooming Flowers · Water Lily
Houseplants Can Reduce Toxic Formaldehyde Levels in Homes
February 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Researchers and scientists have attempted identifying and studying the capacity of two specific houseplants that could reduce the toxic formaldehyde levels in the air in and around home. This research study highlights importance of houseplants in homes and gardens.
Formaldehyde is one of the dangerous toxic gases and several materials used in our daily lives contain [...]
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How to Grow Sweeter and Nutritious Tomatoes
February 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Fresh tomatoes are characterized by its flavour and nutritional values and it becomes extremely important when you are growing tomatoes in your own garden. Several researches have facilitated gardeners across the world in almost every aspect of growing tomatoes.
Findings of a particular research concluded recently revealed that the temperature at which tomatoes ripen will ultimately [...]
Tags: · Cancer-Fighting Compound · Controlled Temperature · Gardening Techniques · Green Tomatoes · Greenhouse · Growing Tomatoes · Lycopene · Nutritious Tomatoes · Ripening of Fresh Fruits · Sweet Tomatoes · tomato · Vegetable Gardening
Plums:The Super Fruit as Emerging Star
February 5th, 2009 No Comments
Plainly, “blueberries have some stiff competition,” said Dr. Luis Cisneros, AgriLife Research food scientist.”Stone fruits are super fruits with plums as emerging stars.”
Far from fruit snobbery, the plum is being ushered in after Cisneros and Dr. David Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder, judged more than 100 varieties of plums, peaches and nectarines and found them [...]
Tags: Antioxidants · Blueberry · Cancer · Dietary Supplements · Fruits and Vegetables · Peaches · Phytochemicals · Phytonutrients · Plum · Stone Fruits
How Gardening Magazines Help Gardeners
January 21st, 2009 No Comments
Gardening magazines are aplenty and are the source of tremendous information even for all seasoned gardeners across the world. There are several objectives that gardening magazines fulfill and each gardening magazine covers multiple aspects of gardening. Gardening magazines provide tips, instructions, and guidance on gardening and also help its readers with latest news updating.
Gardening is [...]
Tags: gardening · Gardening Magazines · Gardening News · Gardening Resources · Gardening Tips · Gardening Updates
My name is Bill Stanley and I have been a home gardener for over 20 years. I enjoy sharing my gardening tips with friends and family, as well as the rest of the world!