Here’s how to sow seeds and what that means exactly. Get your garden started with this handy guide.
Seeds are perfectly packaged plants just waiting for the right conditions to grow. Seeds need warmth, air and water to sprout, or germinate. Some are so simple to grow that you can just scatter them on top of soil and they'll germinate. Others need a bit more coaxing. Starting them on...
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As the name implies, poppy seeds come from the poppy seed plant (Papaver somniferum), sometimes just called “poppies.” Some refer to poppy seeds asoliseeds. Oliseeds are several species of seeds that are cultivated to yield oil that is isolated and extracted for various uses. Although poppy...
Poppies are easy to grow from seed. ... Most poppies thrive in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Deadhead faded blooms to prolong flowering. The seed heads are a beautiful feature in themselves and the seeds can be harvested so you can grow them and add to your collection of flo...
they’ve also discovered the rewards of growing plants from seed. It’s easy to become addicted to watching life sprout from a tiny seed that you’ve nurtured yourself. Starting seeds indoors allows you to get a head start on the growing season and to get your hands dirty, even if there...
How to Make Seed Bombs for Kids: 1) Break your clay into lots of small “bits”. 2) Pile your compost into the middle of your work surface and make a “dip”. 3) Pour your seeds into this dip. 4) Pour a little water onto the compost and seeds. Enough to make it moist enough...
How to Plant Poppies Perennial poppies are often purchased as started plants, but annual poppies are easily grown from seeds. Poppy seeds should be cold-stratified for several weeks. They also need light to germinate, so don’t bury them in the soil. ...
I hope that the tips within the gardening advice section prove of great use to our visitors, but do keep in mind that I am not going to put a guide of how to grow Arabidopsis, as I am sick of the site of them! Actually, just imbide the seeds in the fridge for 4 days, sprinkle...
Many old-fashionedannualsgrow quite well from seeds collected and stored at home. Zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, marigolds, California poppies, impatiens, petunias, cleome, snapdragons,nigella, and calendula are among the easiest seeds to harvest and replant in the spring. They’ll bloom as usual...