Researchers at UBC Okanagan are working to learn more about how sweet cherry trees naturally protect their buds from freezing ...
Plants survive cold by adjusting at cellular level. Scientists discovered that the PORCUPINE protein helps plants adapt to ...
Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Her latest ...
Biostimulant-treated plants often resume normal physiological processes more quickly, translating into healthier fruit set ...
Freezing temperatures cause plant cells to burst as ice crystals form, according to Clemson Cooperative Extension. Temperatures above 32 degrees can be low enough to damage or kill many tropical ...
Cold weather, particularly frost, causes the water in plant cells to freeze, damaging the cell wall. Frost-damaged plants are easy to spot, their growth becomes limp, blackened and distorted.
If you need to pick up some last-minute plant supplies to get through the freeze, Clegg’s is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.
Wetting plant leaves before a freeze does not, however, provide any cold protection.If cold weather is in the forecast, move all tender plants in containers and hanging baskets into buildings ...
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