Roots Butt-End Reducers

by Erin Marissa Russell If you’re planning to grow your tomato plants in containers or a raised bed garden, or if you need to move your tomato plants and want to do so without damaging their roots, you’ll need to know how far the roots of tomato plants extend into the soil. Keep reading to learn about just how deep into the grown the roots of your tomato plants grow. How Deep Does a Tomato Plant’s Root System Go? As dicots, or plants that have two embryonic leaves (called coty

It sounds gross, and to be honest, it is gross. Pasty butt is basically the chick version of constipation, and we all know that can’t feel good! Not only is it uncomfortable for the chick, but it can also be fatal. Pasty butt is one of the most common problems you will encounter when raising baby chicks. Learning how to recognize, treat, and prevent it will be essential for raising a healthy brood!  What is Pasty Butt?    Pasty butt (also known as pasted vent, pasting, paste up, or sticky b

Miami, FL 2006 Garden Crusader Marvin Dunn Back in the 1950s, the Overtown section of Miami, Fla., was a thriving business and residential district. Performers, such as Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole, were frequent visitors. But this vibrant African-American enclave began changing in the 1960s, when Interstates 95 and 395 were constructed, and literally split the community in half. Overtown now has a population of less than 8,000, most of whom are poor single

If you go to enough workshops about grazing, you’re bound to see an illustration that shows how biting off the tops of plants impacts their roots, and how if you graze short enough, the plant won’t have enough roots to rebound and produce more leafy material. In fact, if you’ve been with us at On Pasture for any length of time, you’ll have seen a version of that illustration. It looks like this: In addition to losing the ability to feed your livestock, short roots can&#