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Currants are cold-hardy, edible berries that are typically grown in the ground. Here's what to consider if you want to grow ...

• Pick your spot. Decide where you want to place your container. Will it be in the sun, shade or a mix? This will determine your plant choices.

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Rooting tip cuttings from parent plants is a way to produce new plants that are copies of the parent. It's fairly easy to do ...

Avoid these six container gardening mistakes in order to ensure that your plants are happy, healthy, and thriving all year ...

Just when I thought my volunteer cherry tomato plant would continue to thrive into its second year, it became infested with spider mites and had to be removed. Last September, it had sprouted in the ...

Gardeners are constantly gaming the system, using fertilizers to force plants to direct energy toward more blooms, more fruit or faster growth; starting seeds indoors to ensure earlier tomatoes; and ...

Q: I have about 30 containers and am wondering if I can reuse the potting soil next year. It costs me a lot to refill the pots every year. I have to thank the Journal for your column every week. It is ...

The question might be better asked, “What is soilless potting mix?” The short answer is, it is a growing mixture made from organic materials that contains no natural soil (dirt). It’s formulated to ...