Coming in following issues - see below.

Coming soon: Fall 2008 treasures

Columnists:

• Zone pushing
  • Getting ready for winter
  • Growing exotic Cordyline in colder climate
    • ...What starts out looking like a spiky yucca but ends up looking like a palm tree? No, this isn’t a riddle. It’s an accurate description of the so-called giant dracaena (Cordyline australis), a plant valued for “its emphatic effect and tropical appearance”...
      
      
• Plant clinic
  • Water, water, water... So simple and yet complex.
    • How to water plants? How to determine water needs? What happens to the plant if watered improperly?...
      
      
• Growers of beauty
  • Soursop fruiting in apartment
    • ...Amazing experience of growing Annona muricata (Soursop) from seed and harvesting fruit after years of nourishing and patient waiting...
  • Hand-pollination of Annona flowers
    
    
• Plant science
  • The documentation of plans
    • ...How many times have you been embarrassed, confused, or downright mad at yourself for not properly labeling a plant and recording from where it came?  If it hasn’t happened to you, then you probably have some type of  system for documenting your plant collection or you have a photographic memory.  This brief article will cover a few key elements in the orderly recordation of plants as seen from the eyes of a compulsive documenter...
      
      
• Legendary plants
  • Killer Plants, Part 2. Poisonous plants of Tropics: beautiful and dangerous...
    
    
• Nature's Food and Pharmacy
  • Fascinating interviews (for coming soon issues):
    • The Rastafarian, extremely well versed in Caribbean homeopathic medicine from plants, with a knowledge that only moves from one generation to the next...
    • The Woman in the Rainforest who is a healer, making poultices, special beverages etc. that have antibacterial, anti-viral, pain killing and other properties.
      
      
• Growing outdoors
  • The Mystique of Bamboo
    • ...Bamboo is one of those plants that just seems mysterious and alluring at the same time...
      
      
• Exotic Kaleidoscope
  • Tropical fruit recipes

Coming in following issues:

Zone-pushing
- Tropical plants during active growth, dormancy, drought and chill.
- Root physiology at over-watering and drought
- Plant hardiness and dealing with cold and wind-chill.
- Breaking into Nature’s code: cold damage of flowers and buds; recovery for blooming and fruiting
- Boosting of a pest/disease resistance
- Plant adaptations to stress

Plant School and Clinic. Horticulturist’s how-to
- Pest problems and how to treat them
- Movement of nutrients in soil and pH
- Relationships between roots and soil
- Symbiotic relationships (nitrogen fixation, mycorhiza, etc.)
- Movement of nutrients in soil and pH
- Soil types, structure and water
- Root types, and how they relate to plant survival
- Cloning: rooting cuttings. Routine and tricks of asexual propagation.
- Sexual propagation: failures and advantages

Plant science
- Puzzles of Taxonomy
- Methods of photosynthesis
- Transport of water through plants
- The needs and physiology of climbing plants

Do-It-Yourself Projects
- XXI century plant growing: hi-tech computerized systems in your greenhouse, garden or plant nursery
- Cacti hills and succulent gardens

New introductions
- Rare gardenias from Africa and Asia

Growing outdoors
- Bamboo

Growing indoors
- Tropical plants in your apartment

Nature's food and pharmacy
- Fuits from tropical vs. temperate regions
- Growing spice and plants of gods
- Nutmeg
- Date Palm
- Health benefits of tropical fruits/nuts
- Plants for essential oils
- Rare fruit trees of South East Asia and Africa
- Strawberry Tree: Cotton-Candy treats non-stop

Legendary plants
- History of poisonous plants
- Plants with scents as heady as incense
- Legendary Sausage Tree

Travel
- West Africa 
- Botanical gardens of the world

To be continued...

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