CORVALLIS – Often not considered, soil pH has as much effect on plant health as disease, insects, drought and drainage. Keeping pH in the right range for certain plants is essential, according to ...

When plants cannot get the nutrients they need, they do not function properly, adversely affecting growth and yield. This can occur in any growing medium, while using any planting mix or ...

Wood ashes can be a valuable resource for amending garden soil. Anyone using a fireplace or wood stove knows that a large amount of wood ashes can accumulate over a heating season. When applied under ...

Your garden is home to a carefully chosen selection of plants you nurture and cherish. But like it or not, it is also home to plants you didn't plan for: weeds. While these uninvited garden ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Seedlings of 14 species were grown for 14-28 days on nutrient solution with 6mmol.l⁻¹ NH₄ as the sole nitrogen source. Solutions acidity was ...