OTHER INSECTS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN OUR ECOSYSTEM. THAT’S WHY A NEW GARDEN AT CARNOUSTIE NATURE PRESERVE IS MAKING POLLINATION A PRIORITY. WE HAVE SOME CROPS. WE HAVE BEE BALM. ALL OF THESE PLANTS HAVE ...

Pollination is one of the single most important processes that must take place in your garden for you to be able to get the majority of your plants to reproduce. But there are quite a few factors ...

Is it true that if you plant hot peppers on the same row as sweet peppers, the sweet pepper plants will cross with the hot peppers and become hot? — William I get variations on this question all the ...

High temperatures and insect damage to the silks are common causes of poor ear fill in sweet corn. Stress from high temperatures, overwatering, underwatering or poor plant nutrition can cause newly ...

Pollination in plants is the transfer of pollen from the anther (male part of the flower) to the stigma (female part). Following pollination, fertilization must then occur through the union of male ...

When the tiny squash fruits at the base of squash blossoms don't get pollinated, the young squash will stop developing, shrivel and eventually dry or drop from the plant. Squash fruits begin as ...

Many home gardeners and commercial producers have been reporting disfigured squash fruit this spring, says LSU AgCenter horticulturist Kiki Fontenot. Squash is a monocot, which means it produces both ...

I have planted butternut squash two years in a row … plants and seeds. I get nice blossoms, but no squash. And no … the rabbits have not eaten all the blossoms. Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata ...