From watering via ice cubes to spritzing with hydrogen peroxide – 4 misguided plant health trends on social media

Plant care advice abounds on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – but not all of it is good. A plant expert debunks four common recommendations.

Nick Goltz, Assistant Extension Educator and Director, UConn Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Connecticut • conversation
Aug. 16, 2022 • ~7 min

Natural GM: how plants and animals steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution

If species already modify their genes, why shouldn't we?

Luke Dunning, Natural Environment Research Council Independent Research Fellow, University of Sheffield • conversation
April 23, 2021 • ~7 min

Climate change could wreck traditional sheep farming in Wales

Recent summers have offered a taste of things to come for Welsh farmers.

Mariecia Fraser, Reader in Upland Agroecology, Aberystwyth University • conversation
May 4, 2020 • ~6 min

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