Mastering Horticulture

Fig. 1    Older leaves on celery turning yellow while the growing points in the center remain green. The last time I looked there were seve...

Fig. 1    Droplets of water suspended on the tip of leaf blades. W ater is a key component of any life form. In every organism, ...

Fig. 1   Adventitious roots on  Kalanchoe panamensis K alanchoe panamensis is a very interesting plant.  Depending on the surrounding moist...

Fig. 1   Volunteer potato plant. Ever since I planted my first potato crop in my garden, volunteer potato plants became a normal occurren...

 Fig. 1  A new plant from a leaf cutting.  African Violet ( Saintpualia spp.) Regeneration is the natural process by which some plants or...

Parthenocarpic Orange Par.theno.carpy Origin: Greek word parthénos = maiden; karpos = fruit) Literal meaning: virgin fruit Botanical ...

Lagenaria siceraria with nocturnal flowers. Problem.   As I have mentioned earlier , I planted a variety of bottle gourd in my yard last sp...

Harvesting volunteer potatoes. Volunteer plants are those that grow in the garden even in the absence of intentional care.  Volunteers ari...

Unopened pistillate (female) flower. There have been some zucchini flowers in my garden but no fruit has set so far.  When a baby zucchini ...