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Gardeners growing under lights are starting to understand how important DLI is to their growing environment.

African violets have a reputation for being cool-growing plants, but is that really true?

Composting and vermicomposting are two methods that both create decomposed organic matter but there are differences both in the methods that are used to make it and in the final product.

When it comes to adding fertilizer to pots and containers, gardeners talk a lot about fertilizer types and concentrations, but they rarely discuss the elephant in the room.

Propagating African violets from leaves is both easy and a lot of fun.

What is the correct pot size for African violets?

Wick watering is a fairly popular way to water houseplants.

There are four basic ways to water a houseplant: from the top, from the bottom, with a wick system, or with self-watering pots.

If you scroll through online health forums, social media, or sensationalized health blogs, you have likely seen alarmist headlines claiming that a humble bowl of rice is poisoning you with toxic heavy metals.

Many people believe that all of a potato’s nutrients are locked inside the skin, while others believe that potato skins have no nutritional value.

Most fertilizer sold to gardeners uses urea as the nitrogen source, but most commercial greenhouses use nitrate as their main nitrogen source.

Every summer, gardeners across North America brace themselves for the inevitable green-and-copper invasion.

Growing African violets under lights allows you to control the amount of light the plants receive by changing the type of light, the distance between the plant and the light, and even the duration of light used.

I have been growing houseplants for 50 years, and flushing is a critical step in the process.

It seems like every summer now, a familiar haze blankets large parts of North America.

African violets have been grown for many years, and I have been growing them more.