Eat Turmeric to Fight Cancer Oct 29, 2009
Turmeric, like all the rhizomes (ginger, galangal), does in fact have some antiseptic properties, and has uses as a poultice on wounds or bruises in traditional medicine. It's best known as the base for curries; most of these spices have some medicinal value. (Epicurious.com)
Aquatic invasives: Not just a summer problem Oct 25, 2009
This exception allows for the use of emergent vegetation in constructing a shooting or observation blind and and reads, For purposes of constructing or transporting a shooting or observation blind, if the aquatic plants are emergent, cut above the waterline, and contain no propagules such as seed heads, roots or rhizomes and no aquatic invasive species. . (Forest Republican, WI)
Green Space: Know poison ivy, so you can avoid it Oct 22, 2009
The plant also sends out underground rhizomes, from which dense patches of green spring up. It flowers in late spring to early summer. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
A SAVING GRACE Oct 18, 2009
" The plants are a good food source. Most SAVs grow seeds that are tiny packages of protein for ducks, and waterfowl also find nourishment eating the leaves, stems, rhizomes and tubers of the plants. But there is another benefit ducks derive from SAVs. Large concentrations of the plants provide a home to an entire food chain beneficial to waterfowl. They are the reef communities in the waterfowling world. Dense mats of SAVs -- from their stems to their roots systems -- harbor very large... (Nola.com -- Sports)
Fall is good time for managing perennial weeds (20) Sep 30, 2009
Perennial weeds store nutrients in underground structure such as taproots, tubers, or rhizomes. These reserves make perennial weeds particularly difficult to kill. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
The wonders of the salt marsh Sep 18, 2009
The majestic purple Phragmites, a reed some consider invasive, propagates through a network of rhizomes (like roots), which are hollow in order to allow the passage of oxygen into the marsh. Such mutualism is a pronounced feature of plants and animals at the edge. (Boston Globe)
Anticancer Compound Found In Common Weed: American Mayapple Sep 9, 2009
Currently, podophyllotoxin is produced commercially using the roots and rhizomes of Indian mayapple, an endangered species harvested from the wild in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China. Researchers at Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi recently set out to identify American mayapple types with high podophyllotoxin content. (Science Daily)
Planning for Perennial Crops - Frui... Aug 24, 2009
Spacing will depend on the cultivar; highbush blueberry varieties need about 6 feet, lowbush cultivars will spread by underground rhizomes to fill in an area within 6 years if planted 2 feet apart. Follow the planting instructions for whatever types of fruiting bushes you select. (Suite101.com)
Green Space: Can creeping charlie be controlled? Aug 13, 2009
Creeping charlie spreads quickly by seeds, rhizomes, and vining stems which take root at the nodes. Another clue is the odor. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Garden needs help Jul 31, 2009
When you replant, be careful just to barely cover the rhizomes. - As for the perennial flowers and shrubs, leave the fertilizer alone. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Natural and Organic Garden Borer Co... Jul 21, 2009
If iris borers are affecting the flower garden, the gardener may need to sacrifice a few rhizomes to control the problem. Bacterial rot often accompanies a borer infestation, so gardeners should dig up and destroy any damaged iris rhizomes. (Suite101.com)
Growing Calla Lilies Jul 11, 2009
The calla lily grows from rhizomes and each growing season will produce more plants giving an abundance of new rhizomes to share with other gardener friends ... In cooler zones the rhizomes should be harvested in the fall, as early as August in more northern climates or as late as October in the south ... Allow the rhizomes to dry for a week and then cut or pull off the dry leaves. (Suite101.com)
GARDENING: Two flower shows offer a feast for the eyes and gardens Jul 5, 2009
Expect to find hundreds of rhizomes offered for sale. Admission is free to both shows. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
July is prime time for some lawn TLC Jul 2, 2009
Finally, you can watch a bare spot in your lawn and it will grow in over the course of a couple of months or so as the root rhizomes grow into the area. Or you can reseed and enjoy a fuller lawn in a matter of two or three weeks. (Anchorage Daily News)
East Africa: Banana Blight Puts Livelihoods at Risk Jun 18, 2009
They either do not produce fruits, and when they do, they are hard and inedible to either humans or animals and they cannot be processed even," Khoury said. Bananas and plantains are the world's fourth most important food crop after rice, wheat, and maize. BXW symptoms include premature ripening of fruits, pale yellow ooze from cut surfaces, wilting of bracts and male buds, and progressive yellowing leading to complete wilting. Plants generally show symptoms within three weeks of infection.... (allAfrica.com)
Seagrass issues brought center stage Jun 17, 2009
A prop scar is a trench cut into the bay bottom by a propeller which cuts the roots and rhizomes of the seagrass plant loose. The amount of time for a prop scar to heal is highly variable. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
False Lily of the Valley May 31, 2009
It grows most easily from rhizomes that can be purchased in the fall at native plant nurseries. These long, thin roots yield a small number of leaves the first spring. (Suite101.com)
The Hardy Cattail May 24, 2009
They can reproduce from their rhizomes, which means that they often create dense marshes thick with cattails ... Since it reproduces underground and pops up from rhizomes, one cattail can spawn many, many more in a small area ... The rhizomes are not harmed by fire, so it is ideally suited to the native grassland environments where it thrives as one of the first species to emerge after a disturbance. (Suite101.com)
Green Thumbs: Sensational summer bulbs May 23, 2009
These large fleshy rhizomes with large nodules or eyes should be planted horizontally, 3 to 4 inches deep. Rhizomes multiply readily and can be easily divided each spring. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
In Northampton, farm life within city limits May 13, 2009
In a nearby field, close to a pair of soccer nets, asparagus rhizomes and a sour cherry sapling grow. Kids run around a geodesic dome-shaped jungle gym. (Boston Globe)
Check It Off: April gardening tasks Apr 6, 2009
q Plant summer bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers such as agapanthus, amaryllis, tuberous begonias, callas, cannas, dahlias, gladioli and tigridia. q Set out container-grown, summer-blooming annuals and perennials such as cosmos, delphiniums, impatiens, lobelia, hollyhocks, marigold, nasturtium, petunias and verbena. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ugly bulbs bear the garden's most beautiful flowers Feb 25, 2009
The real planting adventure begins with weird-looking blobs, scaly thingamabobs, tentacled doohickeys and fleshy doodads we call roots, tubers, corms, rhizomes and bulbs. If you saw an eremurus tuber (Foxtail lily) lying around before planting, you'd probably stomp it, thinking it was an escapee from one of those horror flicks about giant insects invading Earth. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
