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Article by: Mary Hanna Spring is creeping in, hallelujah, and it's time for us to start digging in the dirt. For all of you frustrated gardeners that live in colder climes I bet you can't wait to start planting your garden , Solar Lights beds with flowers, , Planning Your Garden from Scratch - the Planting herbs , Landscaping Your Patio and vegetables. , Abatement Conflicts with Eco-Systems Over the long winter , Teak Furniture: The Premier Outdoor Furniture you forget how much you miss those showy blooms and the riot of color , Floral Arrangements a beautiful garden , Introduction to Snow Blowers can supply. If you live up north, there are a variety of ways to cope with the short growing season. , Basic Swimming Pool Water Chemistry Frost, which can happen as late as May or June, delays your plans , The Hosta A Shade Loving Perennial for planting seeds. , Economically Design Your Own Landscape Lighting With the many quick growing plants , Delavay's Blueberry (Vaccinium delavayi) this does not pose a problem but with vegetables , The Hosta A Shade Loving Perennial and ornamentals a little head start is very helpful for healthy, , Forest Tent Caterpillars lush plants. , Outdoor Furniture: Exploring the Benefits of Teak Starting those plants , Lawn Mower Safety indoors solves the problem of unwelcome frost. Getting an early start indoors , Introduction to Snow Blowers will really make a difference for frost intolerant plants. , Delavay's Blueberry (Vaccinium delavayi) Another benefit of starting seeds , A Guide to Vines and How to Vine Beauty with Your Garden indoors is that as soon as the frost danger has passed, you can plant , Why I Decided To Plan My Next Years Garden Last Fall, And Why your seedlings into your garden , Adirondack Chairs - How to Care for and Clean Them giving you a good extra month of gorgeous blooming flowers. , How to Grow Wilds When starting seeds , Planning Your Garden from Scratch - the Planting indoors, you must simulate the same conditions as those planted outside. , Landscape Problems - Things To Look Out For Your basics for all plant , How to Create a Zen Garden life, whether inside , Lanscaping - Planning Your Next Project or out, are soil, , Landscaping Your Patio water , Weed Control Facts - Winning the Battle of the Weeds and light. , Forest Tent Caterpillars The difference is that your indoor , Miniature Roses seedlings will need a little more attention and each plant , Lawn Mower Safety will have its own considerations. Always start with sterilized soil, , Sowing Seeds this is essential. There is a fungus known as Damping-off-Disease that can wipe out your hard work in a matter of days. For some reason the propagation of plants , Grass Varieties indoors allows just the right conditions for the spores of these fungi to grow , Commercial Ponds rampantly. You can easily avoid this plight by using sterile soil , Miniature Roses or a sterile medium. You can use your own soil , Decorative Concrete - The Beginnings but it involves a lot of work and may not be worth the effort when commercial mediums are readily available. To use your own soil, , Lanscaping - Planning Your Next Project you must sterilize it in the oven after sifting out the clumps and debris. Most commercial mediums sometimes referred to as "soil less" are usually a combination of peat moss and vermiculite. When using these mediums make sure it is clearly marked on the bag that they are sterilized. After deciding the medium that you will use, there are a variety of containers available to start your seeds. , Why I Decided To Plan My Next Years Garden Last Fall, And Why I have used flats, , Fertilizing to Create More Blossoms on Your Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Trees peat pots, , Know Your Bird Feeders, Part 1 dixie cups and even egg cartons successfully. As with any plant, , Solar Garden Lights the size of the container used is determined by the plant , Commercial Ponds you are growing , Find Peace And Happiness Through Gardening and only experience can guide you here. Seedlings require an enormous amount of light, , The Endearing Language of Flowers either sunlight or artificial light , Forest Tent Caterpillars or a combination of both. If they don't get sufficient light , Adirondack Chairs - How to Care for and Clean Them the plants , Landscape Problems - Things To Look Out For will get "leggy" or "spindly", denying them a healthy , Lawn Mower Safety start on the way to your garden. , Why I Decided To Plan My Next Years Last Fall, And Why Even in a bright window , Grass Varieties with a lot of sun , Growing Rare Fruits for Fun or Profit you may still need to use artificial light. , Conservation If you do need to use artificial light, , Care and Repair of Garden Tools buy bulbs , Decorative Concrete - The Beginnings that are manufactured specifically for that purpose. Even though they are for the singular purpose of growing plants , Growing Rare Fruits for Fun or Profit you still must keep them on for at least fourteen (14) hours a day. No artificial light , Think Vintage for Your Garden can compensate for the intensity of direct sunlight. The most important element of growing , Conservation your seedlings indoors , Know Your Bird Feeders, Part 1 is watching the moisture. , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva They must be kept moist but not soggy. The most advantageous way to water , Growing Orchids In Greenhouses, Can You ? is from the bottom. Set your pots , A Guide to Vines and How to Vine Beauty with Your Garden in a tray and pour the water , Add Color and Fragrance to Your Garden with the Korean Spice Viburnum into the tray allowing the pots , Economically Design Your Own Landscape Lighting to soak up all of the water. , Conservation Never let your pots , How to Grow Wildflowers stand in water , Commercial Ponds as this will cause them to rot. If you have your pots , Outdoor Furniture: Exploring the Benefits of Teak in a very sunny window , All About Hybrid Tea Roses place them in a tray with gravel. , A Guide to Vines and How to Vine Beauty with Your Garden Keep the gravel , Add Color and Fragrance to Your Garden with the Korean Spice Viburnum "watered" just under the pots , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva to keep them from drying out. When you first start your seedlings cover them tightly with plastic , The Plant Philanthropist wrap. This helps to maintain warmth and moisture, , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva but be careful to uncover them when they begin to sprout so they don't smother. I know you may become anxious in January to start getting ready for planting season , Adirondack Chairs - How to Care for and Clean Them but it is important not to start you seeds , Know Your Bird Feeders, Part 1 indoors to early. If they outgrow your pots, , All About Hybrid Tea Roses you will have to thin them and transplant them to bigger containers. This is not the best scenario. For best results, you want to transplant them once outdoors , Add Color and Fragrance to Your Garden with the Korean Spice Viburnum as soon as they are large and healthy , Care and Repair of Garden Tools enough to survive. A good rule of thumb to start with is four to six weeks after sowing the seeds, , How to Grow Wildflowers making sure they have at least two sets of leaves. Right before transplanting your thriving seedlings, feed them with a very weak solution of a water , Care and Repair of Garden Tools soluble fertilizer to give them strength through the transplanting process. Keep a diary on what has worked for you, since experience is always the best teacher. Experiment a little each year with one or two new flowers, , Commercial Ponds herbs , Add Color and Fragrance to Your Garden with the Korean Spice Viburnum or vegetables, , Outdoor Furniture: Exploring the Benefits of Teak this will add variety and spice to your garden. , Recipes for Concrete and Hypertufa Go to gardening , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva forums on the internet , The Endearing Language of Flowers and join the group, the experiences of others is always helpful and the spirit of community is enjoyable and satisfying. Happy Planting! Copyright © 2006 Mary Hanna All Rights Reserved. This article may be distributed freely on your website and in your ezines, as long as this entire article, copyright notice, links and the resource box are unchanged.Mary Hanna is an aspiring herbalist who lives in Central Florida. This allows her to grow gardens , Growing Rare Fruits for Fun or Profit inside and outside , A Guide to Vines and How to Vine Beauty with Your Garden year round. 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