Titan arum time-lapse
If you missed it live, here is Cornell’s titan arum blooming over 40 hours March 18-19 compressed into 100 seconds, plus the spadix collapsing three days later. More on titan arum at the Titan ...
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Thomas Bjorkman defends broccoli
Listen to report. Broccoli has gotten a bad rap (again) in this week’s Supreme Court debate of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. But in this Marketplace radio report from American Public Media, ...
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Hands-On Horticulture class lives up to its name
Students in Hands-On Horticulture for Gardeners (HORT 1102) have helped the class live up to its name in recent weeks, whether creating floral arrangements … … pruning shrubs and cleaning up around Bailey Plaza ...
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2011 ‘year of extremes’ for New York vegetable growers
“2011 was a year of extremes in New York, with a wet spring followed by a very hot and dry early summer,” reports Stephen Reiners (right), Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University in ...
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VitisGen meeting April 16-17
From Bruce Reisch: VitisGen (the Specialty Crop Research Initiative project to apply molecular technology to grape breeding programs) will host a meeting of all Project Directors along with its Industry Advisory Committee here in ...
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In the news
Frosty night threatens early-budding fruit crops – “This is absolutely the earliest we’ve seen,” Cornell University horticulture professor Susan Brown (right) said of the combination of freezing weather and plants that ...
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Bluegrass Lane annual flower trials
If you’re planning what annual flowers to grow in your garden or containers this season, check out the 2011 gallery at the Bluegrass Lane Annual Flower Trials website. Last year was the eighth season ...
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Seminar video: Integrated biochar systems
If you missed Johannes Lehmann’s presentation March 12 on Integrated biochar systems for soil fertility management, it’s available online.
Teacher of the Year to Speak April 24
Michelle Shearer, 2011 National Teacher of the Year, will speak on “Teaching, Learning and the Power of the Human Factor” on April 24 at 7 p.m. in 233 Plant Science Building on the Cornell ...
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In the news
Moving Beyond the Natives/Exotics Debate – Disturbed soils and other factors in the urban environment present challenges for well-intentioned gardeners, not to mention for the plants they wish to grow, ...
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