A garden can start the season with big promises and still end up looking tired, stunted, and frustratingly slow. Seedlings stay small, tomato plants refuse to bulk up, and leafy greens lose their ...

A plant doesn't ever whisper when something is going wrong. It signals loudly through color, shape, and growth, and those signals start long before leaves fall off or crops fail. Anyone who pays ...

Although soybeans generally supply up to 90% of their own nitrogen needs through their beneficial relationship with Rhizobium bacteria 1 and via the soil 2, there are several factors that can limit ...

Soybeans may fix their own nitrogen, but that doesn’t mean their fertility needs are simple. A high protein content and strong yield targets can lead to soybean nutrient deficiency, requiring a ...

Yellowing leaves, pale leaves, or small leaves on the money plants are usually caused by poor nutrition, inappropriate ...

For years, scientists have seen enhanced photosynthesis as one of the only possible bright sides of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2)—since plants use carbon dioxide for ...

Venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants don’t get enough nutrients from the surrounding soil, explain our readers ...

Plants and animals rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes, the collections of microorganisms that co-exist in places such as the human gut, and the soil around a plant’s roots. Plants ...