Starting seeds 15 Articles

by Jenna Marshall

Seed starting is not as complicated as you might think. Once you have tried it a time or two, I think you will be hooked. It's a great way to save money in the garden and still get a big payoff. We all know that buying eno...read more

by Pauline Donnelly

Did you ever start seeds indoors in little pots? You cleared a lighted space for them, checked them frequently to make sure they weren't drying out, and weeks later, were rewarded with only a few healthy plants? Bummer! ...read more

by Dennis Copson

Have you noticed how expensive nursery - bought plants are these days? You can avoid spending your hard earned money. With a little planning and some small effort you can grow your own plants from seed. It's simple and fun...read more

by Cindy Sprigg

When it come to growing plants from seeds, there are several things you must look at. First check the date on the seed package to make sure of viable seeds. There is too much time involved to get seeds that will have poor,...read more

by Gary Spencer-Holmes

As spring arrives its time to get ready for the coming season and part of this preparation is seed sowing. Sowing seeds and nurturing them through germination into strong healthy plants is without a doubt one of the most r...read more

by E. Rae Fallesen

Starting seeds lets you begin the gardening season in the middle of winter. Learn your zone, pick your packets and find the estimated last frost. If you're careful, alert and responsible you can grow a batch of beautiful p...read more

by Sammy Stein

When starting seeds, it is a very good idea to think about where the plant comes from. Then, you are likely to know the ideal growing conditions. If they originate from a dry climate, they are not going to benefit from las...read more

by Karen Bledsoe

For years, I was the seed-starting dunce. I'd buy expensive seeds for fancy flowers I wanted, plant them in pots, put them under a fluorescent fixture, and voila! - nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. Half of the pots woul...read more

by La Dawn

We live in a climate of extremes: unavoidable summer heat of 100+ degrees with high humidity (with complimentary mosquitoes thrown in just for the fun of it!) and excruciating winter temperatures of 26 degrees below zero,...read more

by Roger Penny

Oh No! I have to grow the plants from seeds. Growing plants from seeds in indoor flats is easier then you may think. Although you may have tried, growing plants from seeds and failed before these simple techniques wil...read more

by Tanya Kime-Wallace

Growing a plant from seed is not only a more cost effective way to obtain plants, it also gives each and every gardener the challenge of turning a seed into a plant and the satisfaction of seeing their very own plant grow ...read more

by Joan Schaefer Richmond

I'm walking through a commercial greenhouse trying to decide what vegetable seedlings to choose. It offers about 20 varieties of peppers, 30 kinds of tomatoes, and dozens of broccoli, cabbages, melons, cucumbers - I'm over...read more

by Chris Con

The time has come, at least here in North Georgia, for starting the tiny seeds that will eventually become seven foot tall tomato plants. At least that's what I grew last year. It takes approximately six weeks from seed to...read more

by Jol Martyn-Clark

I grow cactus seeds. They are supposedly quite hard to grow from seed successfully. As this has started as a hobby and is now becoming very successful. I think that there are some steps that need taking and cannot be left ...read more

by Ambroid Airfix

Germinating seeds is a fairly simple process. Think of a seed as a small plant in a capsule and you have the beginning of understanding what to do to make the seed into a strong young seedling. First, the capsule must be...read more