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Bites from a strawberry should progress from the stem end to the tip, since the tip is the sweetest part and it is desirable ...

Dragon fruit or pitaya are fascinating in many ways. They come from a tropical, climbing cactus (Hylocereus) that might be ...

Instead of growing in soil, they cling to trees, rocks and even buildings. And they do it without parasitizing or harming their hosts.

130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure ...

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

Hybrid tomato plants are the result of cross-pollination of two parent plants chosen for a specific desirable quality, such ...

When planning your garden, there's nothing like having a stack of seed catalogs to flip through. Here are 17 you should ...

Imagine the ease of just dropping a tomato or pepper seed right in the soil, even in regions with cooler spring temperatures.

Gardeners and farmers interested in learning how to grow seedless watermelon are invited to a special Watermelon Field Day at ...

Per his history, the first fruit orchards were planted in the Vacaville Early Fruit District in the 1850s. Early local ...