Lynette Abbott and Hira Shaukat from The University of Western Australia, provide insights into research on enhancing health ...

Dirt is what’s tracked onto your kitchen floor. Soil is what plants grow in. Having gardened on both Sutherland clay and ...

If your garden plants aren't performing as well as you hoped, the problem could lie, quite literally, in the soil. If the ...

Marigolds, chrysanthemums, petunias, pansies, and snapdragons thrive in cooler weather. With sunlight, well-drained soil, and ...

October is an ideal month to plant a variety of flowers, hardy vegetables, and shrubs, including marigolds, chrysanthemums, ...

Potassium deficiency occurs frequently in plants grown on sandy soils resulting in a number of symptoms including browning of leaves, curling of leaf tips and yellowing (chlorosis) of leaves ...

I find that basil plants prefer neutral to slightly acidic soils with pH levels between 6.0 and 7.5. Loamy soil is ideal for basil plants, but silty or sandy soils also work well. Sandy soils require ...

Ensure your curry leaf plant gets 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily. It thrives in warm, sunny conditions, so placing it in ...

Green gram can grow in a wide range of climatic conditions, but it prefers warm and humid weather with a temperature range of ...

Not all planting soils are created equal, just as not all plants have the same growth habits. Finding the best potting soil will help indoor plants grow happily ever after. Growing plants ...

It stores water, help plants grow and absorb and release gases. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has large particles.

The two soil types were then submitted to different treatments. A solution containing rhizobia (bacteria that fix nitrogen in plant roots) was added to half the pots with nitrogen-poor sandy soil ...