Garden Seeds – Choose The Right Seeds For Your Garden

Executive Summary by: Juan Hans

Garden Seeds: Growing annuals from seed is a great method of saving money.

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Grow Flower from Seeds

Garden seeds such as violas, primulas, Virginia stocks and single packet of seed one can obtain many plants, especially if you are planting large areas under colour. To ensure that your seedlings have had a good drink of water and would not wilt, water plants in their trays at least an hour before planting them out. If by some accident the tray has dried out and the plants are showing signs of wilting, immerse the entire tray, plants and all, in a bath of water. Water seedlings well after planting and keep them moist until they have established themselves.

• Choose seedlings

Look for trays of plants that are not rootbound or fully in flower. Which means at this stage the plants should be putting all their energy into growing rather than producing flowers.

• Grow Herbs from Seeds

Most herbs can be grown very successfully from seed.

How To Plant Your Garden Seeds

Executive Summary by: John Lenaghan

Almost any plant that produces seeds can be grown from seed, even though the requirements for some of them, a few of them, are extraordinary.

Germination time of two years is required for certain tree seeds; long cold spells necessary for a dormancy that has to precede germination for some garden seeds can cause failure if omitted. The remaining little plants will stay strong and grow stronger, especially if they continue their interdependence. Most seed packets tell you what distances you should thin your plants.

• Indoor Seed Planting

The first is to get good garden seeds from a good reliable seedsman (or use the very best of your own home-grown seeds). If you save the seeds of azaleas, birches, deutzia, hydrangeas, mock orange, potentillas and rhododendrons, for example, you do not need to put them through a cold period, but other plants do need a cold dormancy: maple seeds should get three months of cold, either outdoors or in the refrigerator; barberry seeds need two or three months, bittersweet seeds need three months, as do flowering dogwood, ash, beech, sweetgum, tupelo and most of the members of the Prunas group, including cherries.

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