SciFri Radio: Plants
SciFri Radio: Giant Pumpkin, But Forget About Pie
Robert Sabin grew a 1000-pound pumpkin in his Long Island backyard.
SciFri Radio: Managing Forests To Manage Wildfires
Scientists discuss how to control the fires that have shaped and scarred the Southwest.
SciFri Radio: The Unsavory Story Of Industrially-Grown Tomatoes
Barry Estabrook discusses supermarket tomatoes and the people who pick them in Tomatoland.
SciFri Radio: Probing The Secret Life Of Compost
Composting-pioneer Malcolm Beck explains the art and science of fertilizing organically.
SciFri Radio: Growing A Revolution: America’s Founding Gardeners
The first presidents tended uniquely American plots in an era when gardens reflected one’s politics.
SciFri Radio: Are Transgenic Weeds An Ecological Threat?
If a genetically engineered crop crosses with a wild relative, could a more robust weed result?
SciFri Radio: The Hidden Science of Christmas Trees
Researchers report that they've been able to block the decay process that causes cut Christmas trees to shed their needles.
SciFri Radio: Video Pick: We Like Lichens
Not a fungus, not a plant...both? Neither?
SciFri Radio: Video Pick: The Physics of the Great Pumpkin
How big does YOUR pumpkin grow? And, more importantly, how does it get so big?
SciFri Radio: The Pot Book
A new book collects essays on the science, history, politics, and medicine of marijuana.
SciFri Videos: Plants
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Video: Gardening in Alaska
How do plants grow in the land of the midnight sun? Science Friday visited a greenhouse in Denali National Park to find out what it takes to...
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Video: Your Video: Blue Dog Greens
Travel to Bangor, Michigan to meet organic farmer Dennis Wilcox. Find out where those mixed baby greens come from. SciFri listener Brad Kennedy of...
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SciFri Newsbriefs: Plants
Newsbrief: Strange Relations
A tiny grass family turns out to be an ancient flower lineage.
Newsbrief: Age-Old Orchid
A fossilized orchid, the first ever discovered, reveals the age of the flower family.
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