Terry Berke, retired hot pepper breeder from Bayer/Seminis, received the 2026 AAS Breeders’ Cup Award, while Tom Johns, previous president and owner of Territorial Seed Company, received the Medallion ...

Parsley seed trials for 2025. Plain Leaf parsley topped its category. Photo credit: Katherine Bjorndahl. Minnesota gardeners proved once again that they’re both adventurous and resilient during the ...

There's no universally superior option here. Seeds reward patience, offer genetic flexibility, and reduce disease risk on entry.

Planting grass seed is a task on the list for many homeowners each year. Even if your lawn is full and lush, often a bit of reseeding is needed occasionally to fill in bare spots. Most often, grass ...

If you’ve ever planted seeds with big hopes and tiny results, you’re not alone. Many people assume gardening requires grow lights, heat mats, humidity domes, and an entire shelf of gadgets just to get ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Some seeds have hard outer shells that slow or prevent water absorption. Soaking or scarifying (scratching or nicking the seed coat) helps speed up germination and improves ...

Growing cannabis is as much an art form as it is a skill, and it all begins with the delicate process of germinating cannabis seeds. This early stage requires care, attention, and patience, but it’s ...

It is time to start seeds indoors for spring planting. When you get seeds from a supplier, they are dry and dormant. Typically, moisture and temperature are the factors that break that dormancy but ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat leaves from the milkweed genus, Asclepias spp., so it’s critical for those butterflies that we try to grow as many of these plants as we can. Collecting ...