Over many decades, we have come to count on colorful, sturdy vinca (Catharanthus roseus) as the workhorse of our summer gardens. With its pretty pink, white and purple blooms clustered en masse on a ...

There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually do that, though, is a different matter. A burgeoning billion-dollar ...

Plants are constantly on guard. Their roots are equipped with molecular alarm systems that detect invading microbes and ...

Damping off can easily ruin a tray of seedlings in no time. Luckily, all you need to do to prevent it is to follow a few ...

Question: I have a large old oak that appears to be dying. My tree man wants to treat the soil with an expensive product called mycorrhizae. I've never heard of it. Will it help in your opinion? -- ...

Liz Koziol works with the world’s largest collection of a category of soil fungus that benefits many plant species, the International Collection of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. She and ...

One week your peppers look fine, and the next week an entire section of the bed collapses like someone flipped a switch. In Texas, that “sudden wipeout” pattern is often tied to heat, humid nights, ...

Spring can either recharge your soil or quietly strip it of life. The difference often comes down to a handful of habits you ...

Researchers found that the fungus Metarhizium robertsii removes mercury from the soil around plant roots, and from fresh and saltwater. The researchers also genetically engineered the fungus to ...

Is this the dreaded artillery fungus in my mulch? My brother had it in his mulch and he never did get off the black spots it shot onto his house and car. You dodged a bullet this time. This is bird’s ...

Garden tools are expensive and should last for several seasons. Proper cleaning and care will protect your tools and give you ...