The easiest way is a cut test. Take random samples of ~10 fruits/seeds and cut them in half to see if solid. Many maples, ...

Learn to match seed starting with the natural peak growth phases of different grass species for a lush, healthy lawn.

While plenty of gardeners opt to just buy seedlings or dormant bare roots when planting strawberries in their garden, starting the tasty fruit from seed is definitely possible. Whether you decide to ...

Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant as it will leave the stage of seed resistant to various environmental constraints (climatic conditions, absence of nutritive elements, etc.) to ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees use seeds as a principal means of establishing their next generation in ...

Sure, we just buttoned up the garden for the winter, but in just a few months, you’ll be starting to grow seeds again. Some of those seeds require cold stratification, which is exposing the seeds to a ...

THE ovule, which later becomes the seed, is enclosed in the fruit vessel or ovary, the covering provided by the mother plant. During its development, the offspring is protected and nourished by its ...

Gardening tips can be like old wives' tales, with rumors of all sorts of random things that may actually be miraculous for ...

Continuation of our seed germination time lapse series. Each seed was planted in a clear glass jar/container near the edge to ...

IN his Friday evening discourse at the Royal Institution on November 3 on “Germination of Seeds”, Sir Arthur Hill discussed the many ingenious devices for the protection of the seed and equally ...