A recent breakthrough by researchers led by Prof. Li Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) ...

Sawdust retains water well, which contributes to uniform moistening of the seeds. In addition, this material provides ...

Everything starts with a seed. Even that age-old debate about what came first, the chicken or the egg. The new life of a ...

Many people start seeds indoors in late winter to have seedlings ready to plant in spring. But what about starting them ...

Choose a seed starting mix, not garden soil for your growing media. Garden soil is heavy and may contain weed seeds or even diseases. Seed starting mix is sterile and formulated with milled peat moss, ...

Pre-emergence herbicides are applied to lawns prior to weed seed germination. Our standard recommendations are Sept. 1-15 for ...

AS WE MOVE closer to the first days of spring, and thus lay our plans for our coming year of gardening, let us take a look out over the year and see what we should be thinking and purchasing.

A frigid January morphed into a wet and mud-filled February. Livestock farmers are struggling with severely pugged pastures, ...

Fusarium head blight has been a stubborn threat to cereal crops in Western Canada since the 1990s. Some years are worse than others, but when the ...

Pre-emergent should be applied before weed seeds germinate, typically in early spring for summer weeds and late summer for ...

This colorful flower is gorgeous and tall enough to act as a privacy barrier for your home or garden. Here are the details on how and when to plant it.

When plants come up, they can be grown under fluorescent lights or next to a sunny window until frost is done for the season ...