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    Around 55,000 participate in tree planting campaign in NE China

    HARBIN, China, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly 55,000 employees and local residents in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province participated in a tree planting campaign conducted by Longjiang Forest Industry Group on April 20, collectively planting a remarkable total of 531,700 trees. Over the past decade, a series of measures including cessation, management, nurturing, and afforestation have been diligently implemented across the region, resulting in the effective

  • Proper planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants

    The goal in planting any plant is to help it establish a healthy root system as quickly as possible so that it can fuel all the other processes needed for its growth. For best long-term results, test the soil in the area where you intend to plant and follow the advice in the Soil Report you receive. […]

  • Proper planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants

    The goal in planting any plant is to help it establish a healthy root system as quickly as possible so that it can fuel all the other processes needed for its growth. For best long-term results, test the soil in the area where you intend to plant and follow the advice in the Soil Report you receive. […]

  • Tree pollen levels in western Mass.

    22News Storm Team Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis has a look at what type of pollen is in the air right now.

  • St. Vrain students to plant a moon tree at NCAR

    St. Vrain Valley School District students will help plant a "moon tree" Friday at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, in Boulder, to celebrate Arbor Day and to celebrate a program to get students engaged in climate science.

  • Biden campaign plans to keep using TikTok through the election

    WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s re-election campaign plans to continue using TikTok for at least the next year, despite the president signing a law on Wednesday that would ban the social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell it in that timeframe. “A fragmented media environment requires us to show up and meet voters where they are — and that includes online,” a Biden campaign official told NBC News. “Tik Tok is one of many places we’re making sure our content is...

  • Worthington arborists offer options to consider when planting trees

    Pests, diseases limit options for varieties to plant locally.

  • International study produces a comprehensive 'tree of life' for flowering plants

    With their own botanical collection material and their research knowledge on the evolution of cruciferous plants (plants of the cabbage family), bioscientists at Heidelberg University have contributed to a large-scale international study that has produced a comprehensive "tree of life" for flowering plants.

  • Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops

    From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the riseThe plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the region’s 60 million olive trees – which once produced almost half of Italy’s...

  • Minnesota farmers keep their cool with bare root plant business

    Seven years into growing strawberries on their u-pick and pre-picked berry farm, the owners of Otter Berry Farm are now a vendor of bare root plants.

  • Ask A Master Gardener: Make sure you have a plan when planting trees

    Knowing the size of your tree at full maturity is critical before you buy.

  • "We need shade": America's hottest city rushes to plant more trees

    This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods. Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a […]