9 Tips To Take Care of Your Plants in 2024

Most people love home gardening, but they do not know how to take care of their indoor plants in a proper way. Do you also like home gardening? If so, then you need some tips and tricks to make your indoor garden safe, healthy, and beautiful. Therefore, in this article, you are going to read … Read more

Taking Care of TROUBLE

Taking Care of TROUBLE

When greenhouses are empty, there is an opportunity to thoroughly eliminate weeds to reduce problems for the next crop cycle. Weeds are a persistent problem, needing constant attention in both retail and wholesale greenhouses. Weeds create a poor impression to customers and are a primary source for pests such as whiteflies, aphids, thrips, mites, slugs … Read more

Seedless Table Grapes

Seedless Table Grapes

Grape growing in the South continues to grow as farmers look to supplement their incomes, or people interested in getting back to nature try their hand at planting varieties they believe will bring them a unique value-added product. Recognizing the interest among farmers in North Carolina to seek out alternative crops, Horticultural Extension Agent Carl … Read more

Battling Pigweed

Battling Pigweed

The rise of an herbicide-resistant weed Pigweed, Amaranthus, is a broad-leaf annual that is fast becoming a major problem for vegetable and fruit growers. The plant is reproduced by seeds—in fact, thousands and thousands of seeds—and it appears in all zones of the United States. Identified as an erect annual herb, the weed is branched above, rough … Read more

Managing for Rootworm Problems Before Resistance

In 2014, King’s AgriSeeds had a customer in Belleville, Pennsylvania report rootworm problems with a Bt corn hybrid, possibly suggesting rootworm resistance to the trait. This began an investigation into a trend toward resistance that more customers are struggling with. We notified Dr. John Tooker, Associate Professor of Entomology at Penn State University. Dr. … Read more