Transform your kitchen scraps into a garden's best friend! Rice water, a nutrient-rich liquid, acts as a free, gentle ...

Rice water is a great fertilizer, packed with starch and nutrients. Not all plants love it, though, so it's important to only ...

Caring for houseplants can be confusing. Some days they reach for the sun, and other days they droop for no clear reason.

Wood ashes don't have to be disposed of. They can actually be useful in your garden, but only if you know how to use them ...

New research shows how melatonin supports plant growth, stress recovery, and roots, with soil microbes adding powerful ...

Spider plants are incredibly easy to take care of and are often recommended to beginners, but if you want to guarantee ...

Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

Northwestern University researchers are actively overturning the conventional view of iron oxides as mere phosphorus "sinks." A critical nutrient for life, most phosphorus in the soil is organic—from ...

Each winter, many welcome poinsettias into their home. It's important to know how to care for them, including whether to add ...

If it's hard getting your Christmas cactus to bloom, you may try any garden hack, including your morning coffee. Here's ...

According to a new study, banana peel-based fertilizer outperforms chemical products and produces taller, healthier plants and crops.

Wastewater-derived struvite fertilizer matches crop yields at half rates while cutting phosphorus runoff that harms waterways ...