1. In germination tests conducted shortly after harvest, well ripened brown seeds give better germination than green seeds. 2. The germination of green seeds can be improved through artificial drying ...

If you enjoy eating carrots and growing them in your garden, I encourage you to try your hand at cultivating parsnips, too. They’re one of my family’s favorite root crops. Parsnips (Pastinaca sativa) ...

Parsnip Seeds are a seed that, when planted and grown during Spring, produces Parsnipafter 4 days. Mayor Lewis will give you 15x Parsnip seeds when you first start the game, and one of your earliest ...

Optimal defense theory predicts that within-plant allocation of defensive compounds should reflect the value of plant tissue in terms of its relative contribution to fitness. This theory was tested by ...

If you want to get started with a new save in Stardew Valley 1.6, you’ll find the beginning of the game hasn’t changed much. The latest update adds plenty, but the content in the first week remains ...

Neither poison hemlock nor wild parsnips are native to Ohio, but both of the invasive species are here to stay and can be dangerous if you encounter or ingest them. The plants thrive in continuously ...

A woman just called asking if I grow burdock. She is on a macrobiotic diet, and burdock is very healing, she said, and impossible to find in Austin. I told her I've been thinking about growing it--and ...

MANKATO — It looks like a pretty yellow version of Queen Anne’s lace, but wild parsnip has a toxic sap that when on the skin reacts to sunlight and can produce some horrendous burns and blisters. The ...

Even if you planted your peas and spinach in April, you will not be eating them anytime soon. Despite days of full sun and occasional days of high temperatures, spring in New England is often cold and ...

Giant hogweed gets the headlines, but wild parsnip causes more headaches. The spindly plant with yellow-green flowers is all over the place, it’s uncontrollable, and it has a bite. “We have a lot of ...