Gardeners are often told how important nutrients are to plants. But what is a nutrient, actually? “Nutrients are the chemical ...

A young friend of ours, an emergency room nurse, was staying at our home for a few days when we were out of town. I nonchalantly asked her to give my plants a little water if they felt dry.

By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Check-off, and Jim Hoorman, Hoorman ...

The dichotomous key can be used to aid in the visual diagnosis of common nutrient deficiencies in plants when symptoms present first in old leaves (Figure 5) or new leaves (Figure 6). Once a nutrient ...

Instead “we’re using nutrients the plants need [that] they just can’t get enough of.” White says he has eaten the eggplants, tomatoes and watermelons he’s grown for his research.

A University of Michigan study finds that plants growing in nutrient-rich soil may be more likely to defend themselves ...