Frost can sneak up quickly, especially during the colder months, and it can cause serious harm to your plants. Knowing how to protect your plants from frost damage helps ensure they stay healthy and ...

RAIL RIDERS UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. WHILE CALIFORNIA’S WINTER SEASON IS RELATIVELY SHORT COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, TEMPERATURES GET COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR PLANTS. IF YOU’RE NOT ...

Even cold-hardy plants may need extra protection during severe winter weather. Shield winter veggies, figs, tender perennials, potted plants, and evergreens from hard freezes. Use mulch, coverings, ...

ST. LOUIS – During spring freezes, it’s important to protect your plants from sudden drops in temperature that can stunt growth or even kill new buds that are coming in. First things first, if you can ...

What steps can researchers take to combat crop viruses? This is what a recent study published in Nucleic Acids Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from Germany investigated a novel ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in agriculture and horticulture. They were developed by researchers at the Martin ...

When the forecast says a frost is on the way, it’s a bit of a race against time to stop your garden from turning into a pile of mush. It’s gutting when you’ve spent months nurturing a plant only for a ...

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