It is very important that you make sure that the seeds you plan to grow don't have any special pre-sowing requirements before. Some seeds won't germinate unless they are sown while fresh, or will only sprout in the darkorin the light. Other seeds may require soaking in room temperature ...
Sow seed in individual containers or flats. Sow eggplant seed ¼ to ½ inch (12mm) deep and spaced 4 to 5 inches (10-12cm) apart. Sow seeds in a moistened seed starting mix. Place a plastic dome or plastic wrap over the seed starting tray to retain warmth and moisture until seedlin...
Sow Aster seeds early in the season, and cover lightly with soil. Water thoroughly once. The seeds germinate easily and plants grow quickly, producing their first of a continual display of blooms by mid-summer. Transplant Asters into your garden into an area where they can be grown for years...
Sowing carrots by hand. Sow tiny carrot seeds ¼ to ½ inch deep about 1 inch apart. Planting and spacing carrots Grow carrots in well-worked, light soil free of pebbles and rocks. Grow carrots in raised or mounded beds when native soil is heavy with clay. Keep the garden free of ...
single seedling into its own pot or plug. Sowing into a single container can also be useful for sowing very tiny seeds such as basil or easy-to-transplant flower seeds. For easy, cool-season crops—everything from onions to celery to cabbage—you can sow multiple seeds in the same ...
Transplanting Tropical Cannas from #Containers to the Ground! It’s late Spring in the Mid-Atlantic area of the U.S.A. and we just received our Blue Salvia seeds from Park Seed. Look at how tiny the seeds are … they are so tiny that they are difficult to pick up with fingers, so...
All parts of the foxglove plant are poisonous, so they tend to be avoided by pests such as rabbits, deer, slugs and snails. However, some caterpillars can cope with the level of toxicity in foxgloves, including the angle shades and foxglove pug moths. These moth caterpillars are unlikely ...
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...
Baby’s Breath plants are grown from tiny seeds. They can be directly seeded into your flower garden in the spring or started indoors for a jump start on the year. The plants do not like frost. It will kill them or stunt their growth. For outdoor plant starts, sow Baby’s Breath ...
How to sow tomato seeds Step 1 Fill a seed tray with seed compost and firm the surface gently so it's flat. Very lightly water using a watering can with a fine spray rose head to settle the compost. Scatter the seeds thinly across the top of the soil. Cover the seeds with 2mm to ...