Category: Starting & Sowing Seed

If germination is the birth of a plant, then the seedling stage is the “toddler years.” It’s a delicate, fast-moving, and—let’s be honest—sometimes a bit of a fussy in the garden. Once that little green loop breaks through the dirt (our friend, emergence), it stops living off its “packed lunch” from the seed and starts looking…

If you’ve ever sat on your porch with a seed catalog and a dream, you know that magic moment when a brown, shriveled little seed turns into a vibrant green plant. But if you listen to the “experts,” they start throwing around fancy words like germination, emergence, and sprouting like they’re teaching a college biology class. Down here in…

Every seed has specific needs that must be met before it will even consider germinating. Luckily, almost all seeds need the same things…almost. Some seeds have simple requirements, and some are more complex, but it all starts with Water Seeds Need Moisture A seed can germinate and grow into a full sized mature plant without…

Too often, new gardeners think that growing plants from seed is as simple as dropping a seed in the dirt and waiting for it to grow. If only it were that easy! Just as often, another group of new gardeners overcomplicate the process of starting and growing plants from seed. It’s really not that hard…for…