August is not only the time to harvest crops, but also a chance to plant vegetables, herbs and flowers in your garden and allotment that will provide fresh greenery, produce and color in late summer and fall. Moreover, in August you can plant bushes and berry plants that will decorate your garden and yield fruit…
Not only “Fractal Cucumber”: the fractal structure of Romanesco broccoli explained by scientists
You may remember the fractal cucumber meme from the comic video about “Russian Cyberfarm”. But did you know that a huge number of fractal structures, including plants, are actually found in nature? An international team of researchers studied the fractal structure of Romanesco cauliflower and identified the genes underlying its formation. The scientists then changed…
Seed propagation of plants
Houseplants are usually propagated in spring or summer, although there are a number of plants, such as violets, ficuses, that can be propagated throughout the year. Of course, in the autumn-winter period, rooting is much slower than in spring or summer. There are two main methods of reproduction – seed and vegetative . Seed reproduction…
Which plants produce the most oxygen?
Recently, the problem of atmospheric pollution with carbon dioxide and methane, leading to the greenhouse effect – an increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere, has been more and more clearly demonstrated and discussed. In this regard, I thought about how we can influence the situation on our own now, and decided to…
Plants that effectively repel ticks and other harmful insects
Today we’ll talk about plant barriers against ticks that spread encephalitis, Lyme borreliosis, and other dangerous diseases. Many plants act as living plant repellent. Planting them around your area is a good idea to reduce the risk of encountering ticks and other annoying insects.
Alocasia: reproduction, sprouting from a bulbs/corms/nodules, resuscitation, rest.
Alocasia is a controversial plant in the sense that opinions differ about the possibility of keeping this exotic beauty. Some say that alocasia do not live in an apartment for a long time, that it is a purely greenhouse plant, others refute this opinion, successfully growing and even propagating alocasia at home . I would…