Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees use seeds as a principal means of establishing their next generation in ...

The biggest challenge with a garden blog in a city like St. Louis, of course, is trying to find something to write about when the ground is frozen and there are long, toothy icicles hanging of the ...

Seed propagation is the method of planting new crop where multiplying, reproducing, or breeding new plants is involved and that is done through the use of seeds. Seeds are made up of three separate ...

As UK gardeners eye up seed packets in late winter, a viral slow cooker seed hack promises to jump‑start germination on the ...

I’d like to grow more of my own plants from seed this year, having had success on a very small scale last spring. Do you think it’s worth my while investing in an electric propagator? Ask any seasoned ...

Some plants produce seed with a hard coat. It's there for a reason - to make sure the seed doesn't germinate until the conditions are right. That's all very well in nature, but for a gardener there ...

Orchid seed germination and in vitro propagation represent vital techniques in both horticultural innovation and conservation biology. Owing to the uniquely minute and dust‐like nature of orchid seeds ...

Even though seed propagation is the most popular form of plant reproduction, several plant forms can develop without seeds. This form of plant development is referred to as vegetative or asexual ...