Recently, I was visiting my sister at Wrightsville Beach and we were invited to a tomato tasting party. Because I love tomatoes, I was looking forward to attending this summer party. When we arrived, ...
Q: I like to grow heirloom varieties of tomatoes but the last few years I have had issues with several tomato diseases in my garden beds. I have purchased grafted tomato plants that have done very ...
Grafting is an essential technique in many parts of the agricultural industry; by physically binding certain plants together, you get dramatic improvements, including the speed to fruiting, hardiness ...
While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural ...
Answer: I’ve been hearing more and more about vegetable grafting for commercial production and wanted to know more, so I posed this week’s question myself. Grafting, in general, is a common method for ...
While the term “grafting” is widely used among gardeners, a true understanding of grafting and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural technique that joins parts ...
Kiambu has always been known to be a farmers' hub with crops such as coffee, tea and diverse vegetables and fruits. However, to improve crop yields, many farmers in the area have embraced grafting, ...
Among the pleasures of being a UC Master Gardener are the monthly seminars, where we are instructed by experts. Some of these authorities are homegrown; others are imported. One recent speaker was ...