Seeds and methods for plant propagation in gardens
This article explains seed propagation including advantages and risks with hybrids, seedbed preparation, sowing depth, thinning, and germination conditions. It covers container setups like wooden flats and pant bands, watering techniques, and temperature ranges for rapid germination, plus notes on protecting seedlings. It notes next week’s topic: basics of asexual propagation.
Seeds Behind Self-Sticking Wrap and USA Oilseed Drive
Successful Farming highlights crambe and rapeseed seeds as sources of HEA oil that prevents cling wrap from sticking to itself. USDA official Joe Roetheli promotes industrial uses for oilseed crops, aiming to cut foreign oil imports and boost domestic products through plants like crambe and rapeseed grown in Idaho, Canada, Europe, and the Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roetheli
USDA
Office of Critical Materials
Peoria
Ill
Washington
Kansas Board of Sgricultur
U.S.A
Idaho
Canada
Europe
Delta
Mr. Roethels
U.S
Many Moods of Christmas and New Years Through Time
A compact tour of holiday thoughts from poets and authors over two millennia. The piece strings lines from Matthew, Shakespeare, Dickens, Bronte, Moore, Bayly, and others, noting Christmas lore and New Year wishes across eras and places, with brief references to notable works and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comolais
Mary
Thomas Haynes Bayly
Thomas Miller
Charlies Dickens
Pererids
Charles Wickeds
peRiertt
Abundant garden books for winter gift season
A roundup of gardening books suitable for holiday gifting. Titles include A Bouquet of Flowers by Barbara Milo Ohrbach and The Language of Flowers edited by Sheila Pickles, with guides on pest control, garden design, and potpourri. Notable authors include Mirabel Osler and Peter Loewer. prices and publishers vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Milo Ohrbach
Clarkson Potter
Victoria and Albert
Ohrbach
AMR Publications
Mary Louise Flint
University of California
Sheila Pickles
Crown
Simon & Schuster
Mirabel Osler
Allen Roach
Anne Millman
Abbeville
Jerry Baker
Collier
Scientists find efficient recipe for photosynthesis boost
Scientists at the USDA ARS in Urbana explore modified activase genes from spinach to enhance rubisco efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cells. If successful, crops like soybeans could yield more by fixing carbon dioxide more efficiently, feeding future plant-gene mapping efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture Laboratory
William L. Ogren
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Mr. Ogren
ARS Photosynthese Research
Urbana
Ogren
Rubisco
Jerome Miksche
ARS
Beltsville
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Bryan Butler
Joe Roetheli
Fred Archibald
Thomas Tusser
Rose
William Shakespeare
Lochinvar, WI
Sir Walter Scott
Clement Clarke Moore
Emily Bronte
Frost Pictures
Charles Godfrey Leland
Banana
Phillips Brooks
Luubus Carolyn Wells
Hee
Edmund Vance Cooke
1866
Derapleaaas
Inform Press
Milton Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Orville Wright
Holiday Inn
Irving Berlin
Ogden Nash
Shaiaht
By Earl Aronson
AP News
Ruth Rohde Haskell
Charles Mareen Fitch
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
H. Peter Loewer
Loewer
Peter Loewer
Taylor
Houghton Mifflin
Ann Reilly
Maggie Oster
Harrowsmith Magazine
Gardener’s Guide
Katherine Ferguson
Camden
Theodore James Jr
Macmillan
Mr. Miksche
Briggs & Stratton
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Mt Zion Rd
Frederick
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