What Green-Thumbed Gardeners Know About Sunlight The Common Read Plants need light. We all know that, but some of us get confused on the needs of our garden plants because some of our non-garden plants do well with smaller amounts of direct light or even indirect light. Not so with Read more…
Why Garden Plants Need So Much There are three reasons your garden plants need so much direct sunlight: 1) garden plants’ natures as annuals, 2) our expectations for their production, and 3) how they’ve been treated and have adapted since being domesticated. The Reasons First, except asparagus and rhubarb, common Read more…
And We Need More Than We Think! A Gardener’s Dilemma They should have been full-sized plants by now. The chunky cotyledons and first true leaves had emerged and spread, attempting to fulfill their role by absorbing as much sunlight as possible. But, as bean seedlings are wont to do if Read more…