Good soil is the starting point for a garden that grows well. It feeds your plants, holds water, and helps roots grow strong.

As summer fully sets in it is a good time to assess how our gardens are growing. Consider what is growing well, and what is ...

Mars soil capable of sustaining plant life. By John Johnson Jr . June 27, 2008 12 AM PT . ... “There’s nothing about [the soil] that would preclude life,” Kounaves said.

Plants require specific amounts of nutrients including Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium, as well as a balanced pH level (6.2 to 6.8 for most plants). Soil fertility testing is the best way to ...

Overwatering is a very common gardening issue. The most easily recognizable sign of overwatering is wilted, yellow leaves.

A gardening expert has shared his top tips for keeping your tomato plants growing in July and it includes one thing that ...

“Plants helped establish that the soil samples brought back from the moon did not harbor pathogens or other unknown components that would harm terrestrial life, but those plants were only dusted ...

Harvesting a thale cress plant grown in lunar soil. Photo: Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS. Yes, the plants grew, but that’s not to say they did fantastically well.

Scientists have grown plants in lunar soil using samples collected during the Apollo missions to the moon. This is the first time plants have been sprouted and grown in soil from another celestial ...