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Phytomicrobiom: What The Hell Are Mushrooms Doing In My Pots?

Florian Henrich

Phytomicrobiom, or phytobiome, is a complicated word for a straightforward thing: the community of fungi, bacteria, and destructors that live in the root area of your plants. An intact phytobiome supports plants in many different ways, but science is only just beginning to understand the connections between them. Optimizing the phytobiome is the key to sustainable agriculture, satisfying our needs in harmony with nature.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Growing

This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK32 & US30. Many of us are familiar with the seven deadly sins. First outlined by Pope Gregory the Great in the sixth century, they are vices or negative character qualities that, if left unchecked, will result in a host of other sins and eventually kill a…
January 17, 2020
Rich Hamilton

Chlorine and Plants

This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK32 & US30.  Chlorine has been used as a disinfectant in city drinking water since the turn of the century, initially in the American city of New Jersey. As cities expanded and needed a longer-lasting disinfectant that would reach even the farthest tap, chloramines were introduced for…
January 6, 2020
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What is Food? Changing The World One Bite At a Time

This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK32 & US30. Sometimes, the most familiar things are the most foreign. We have never seen the hydrogen bonds in a water molecule, we do not know the generative origin of electricity or magnetism, and most people know what soil is. Still, there are so many organisms…
December 30, 2019
Evan Folds

Clean The Air With Plants

The atmosphere of buildings – especially new ones – where we live and work might be full of several chemical compounds that are harmful to our health. In some places, there can be up to 60 different toxic gaseous substances. Fortunately, plants can help purify the air of ill-ventilated buildings.
December 16, 2019
Albert Mondor

Environmental Wake-Up Call: Getting Back To Our Roots

It’s something that needs to be discussed, and yet so many people remain silent. Mental health knows no boundaries and can affect people from all walks of life. It would seem that despite all of our technological advances and potential, we’ve lost sight of ourselves and planet earth. We don’t regard ourselves as highly as the machines we seek; we are close to the point of becoming utterly reliant on them.
December 9, 2019
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