The researchers planted some peppers alone in pots, and others about four inches away from a second plant. Photo by Ciro Cabal, Princeton University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology When ...

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

Most people consider peppers (Capsicum annuum) as an easy plant to grow, as long as the soil and sunlight are ideal. This is helpful because, in colder climates, they're annuals that can't survive ...

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How do plant roots store carbon? Princeton researchers found that the energy a plant devotes to its roots depends on proximity to other plants: when close together, plants heavily invest in their root ...

Hot pepper plants are the most suitable for overwintering indoors due to their small size. In Zone 9 and above, overwinter peppers outdoors with protection if needed. Indoors, pepper plants can be ...

This is what this potent bio-nematicide is doing to save pepper crops, with real-life farmer testimonies and science to support it, and why it is rapidly becoming the gold standard in organic nematode ...