I tried some new pots to grow potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) this year, and the results have been astounding. I switched from Gardman plastic potato tubs to 15-gallon Smart Pots, and boy, was that ever ...

Dear Dan, I’m hoping to increase my yield by upgrading from 5-gallon pots to larger size “smart” pots. But I’m concerned that it may not be worth it due to the fact that I’m running an 8-week ...

For some of us, plants are hard to keep alive and while there are all sorts of tech tricks to keeping plants alive, most of them are rather gaudy. Over on Instructables, Akin Yildiz shares a way to ...

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Please don't make me leave Indiana, but as a gardener I've only grown sweet corn once. It was a bust. The plants took up a huge amount of space in my small garden and none of the ears developed. Even ...

Find out which pots you should empty now and which you can leave until spring. Pots made of ceramic, terra cotta, or concrete should be emptied to prevent cracking. Plastic and wood containers are ...

The days of withered and dying houseplants could be numbered as British researchers come up with a self-watering plant pot. The smart pot, which monitors moisture and temperature levels, has won a ...

Pots made of ceramic, terra cotta, or concrete should be emptied to prevent cracking. Plastic and wood containers are more frost-resistant and don't need emptying in the fall. Perennial pots don't ...