Reducing the amount of rainwater that runs off the land can in turn help reduce pollution, water flow rates and erosion, water volumes and flooding, and it also recharges groundwaters, according to the city Department of Facility Maintenance’s website. Read more
All it takes is just a little water and fertilizer to grow a head of lettuce with a low-cost, efficient system of hydroponic gardening widely known as “the Kratky method.” Read more
Myrna Cariaga, president of the Honolulu Rose Society, was once too intimidated to grow roses, like many who thought they were too high maintenance or couldn’t survive in Hawaii’s hot climate. Read more
It won’t be easy to choose from the profusion of practical and pleasurable gifts available for your favorite plant lover at these four local garden centers. But because it’s the season of Santa and surprise, our suggestions are more decorative and certain to spark delight. (And if the possibilities are too overwhelming, gift certificates are like gold to green-thumbers!) Read more
Those mini potted evergreens available at supermarkets everywhere each Christmas are tempting to grab, as they’re already trimmed in festive ornaments. But once the holidays are over, how easy are they to maintain? Read more
Tomatoes may be the backyard gardener’s favorite crop to grow, but they’re also a popular entree choice for bugs and birds, and a buffet for fungi, bacteria and viruses. Read more
Alvin Tsuruda keeps calling his Waihale Products nursery a mess after his months-long absence, but the Waimanalo greenhouse is more like an exuberant jumble of bright anthuriums and all sorts of plant life, some of it growing wild out of the ground. Read more
Fertilizer made mostly from elephant dung seems to be the latest craze among gardeners since the pandemic prompted a heightened incentive to grow things. Read more
Backyard gardeners always have more fruits and vegetables than they could possibly eat or an excess of ornamental clippings and seedlings to fill another yard. And like plant lovers everywhere, they hate seeing anything go to waste. Read more
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This month, thousands of rows of poinsettias at the Alluvion Inc. nursery/florist in Haleiwa turned red, pink and white just in time for holiday decorations, the culmination of meticulous cultivation that started in July. Read more
Now that the last mango has been picked and your tree seems to have doubled in size, it’s time to trim the branches sprouting over the roof and encroaching into the neighbor’s yard. Read more
Growing houseplants was only a hobby until COVID-19 put Zoe Zhang out of a job last year. In August she turned an online venture into her dream business — a community garden cafe. Read more
Every morning from 6 a.m. to noon, Saili Levi and his 8-year-old daughter Malie hand-pollinate the flowers of the vanilla orchid vines they grow for the Laie Vanilla Co., their family business. Read more
Monstera, a popular icon of a tropical garden, is a rigorous climbing vine with monstrous leaves. But most people are unaware that the most commonly known species produces fruit that tastes like a cross between a banana and a pineapple. Read more
When it comes to getting orchids to flower, it always comes down to the water. Read more
