Is your tap water suitable for plants? Unless you know something about both hardness and alkalinity, you can’t tell if your tap water should be used. Is RO water, distilled water, or rainwater suitable for plants? You probably think it is, but they also have problems that relate to hardness and alkalinity. Let’s have a ... Read More The post Water Hardness and Alkalinity – Why They Both Matter appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
I know that many of you think that this question has already been settled and that 97% of scientists agree that global warming is anthropogenic, i.e., it is human-caused. The question is far from being settled The goal for this post is to present some of the arguments presented by both sides of the debate. ... Read More The post Are Humans Causing Global Warming? appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
Gardeners talk a lot about dynamic accumulators, and they are important for techniques such as permaculture and regenerative agriculture. The problem was that we didn’t have an accepted definition for them – nobody agreed on what they were. The science of dynamic accumulators has recently advanced, and we now have a proper definition, an extensive ... Read More The post New Science on Dynamic Accumulators and Weed Tea appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
Is fish fertilizer better than a synthetic fertilizer like Miracle-Gro? If you read the advertising for fish fertilizer, you might conclude that it will grow much better plants, but those same products don’t show you any data to support the claims. Where is the proof? I decided to run my own test to see if ... Read More The post Fish Fertilizer vs Miracle-Gro – Growth Test appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
Lots of people in warmer climates grow Streptocarpus outdoors, but what about growing them outdoors in colder climates where winter is so cold that they won’t survive? It does not seem to be a common practice, but since I do a lot of outdoor gardening in zone 5, I had to try it. Here is ... Read More The post Growing Streptocarpus Outdoors appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
Is climate change real? Is the Earth warming? Are humans the main cause of warming? If you are like me, you believed all of the headlines. Global warming is mostly caused by humans burning fossil fuels. This heating phenomenon is causing huge changes in the climate. Ice caps are melting, reefs are bleached and dying, ... Read More The post The Climate Change Myth! appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
The common advice for growing streptocarpus is to plant fairly shallow. Soil should not go much higher than the top of the root ball, or the plant will rot and die. However, you are also told that to propagate the plant vegetatively, you should take a leaf or part of a leaf and plant it ... Read More The post Growing Streptocarpus: Planting Too Deep appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
Japanese knotweed is one of the most notorious invasive plants in temperate gardens—but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Let’s bust some myths and explain the latest science on how to control it. Key Takeaways Get to Know Japanese Knotweed Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, synonyms Fallopia japonica and Polygonum cuspidatum) is native to eastern Asia and was ... Read More The post Japanese Knotweed Myths & What Does Work? appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for plants because it is almost always in short supply. The amount of nitrogen available controls plant growth. Synthetic fertilizer usually supplies nitrogen as urea or nitrate. Organic fertilizer supplies it as proteins and amino acids, and they claim these forms are better for plants. Which forms ... Read More The post Which Form of Nitrogen is Best for Plants appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com
A lot of specialty seeds need light to germinate, but it never occurred to me that vegetable seeds might need light until a couple of months ago, when I read that lettuce needs light. I have always covered my lettuce seed, and it germinated just fine. How can that be if they need light? How ... Read More The post Do Lettuce Seeds Need Light to Germinate? appeared first on gardenmyths.com.| gardenmyths.com