Vegetables grown for their underground parts have tasty roots, tubers, rhizomes, or bulbs. These structures are packed with carbohydrates and water for the plants, and deliciousness for us. These ...

Time-lapse of growing taro directly from root. The root (edible) was bought from neighboring Asian grocery market. It was ...

The plant with numerous health benefits is easy to grow on your own. Start them inside, then move them outside. Here are more ...

Watch how an asparagus growing from a bare-root to crowns and young plant in this time lapse. The root was planting in a pot ...

With the current chill in the air, I started thinking about planting more root vegetables. They grow well in our cool winter months and are delicious singly both hot and cold or combined as ...

When digging herbaceous perennials for dividing, observe the root system. There are five different types of root systems; offsets, stolons, rhizomes, taproots, and woody roots. It is the root system ...

Like the tiny seedlings in the greenhouse at the CamelBackyard Community Food Hub, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Phoenix’s New Roots Farm Stand has a lot of potential. Hameed Algezafee ...

A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong. The discovery provides an answer to a long-unanswered question and a deeper understanding of the 'mouths' of plants ...

The roots of plants can do a lot of things: They grow in length to reach water, they can bend to circumvent stones, and they form fine root hairs enabling them to absorb more nutrients from the soil.

When it comes time to prune spider plants, there are three major parts to tackle: roots, leaves, and baby spiderettes. Severely overgrown plants may need to be pruned in all three ways, whereas plants ...