Your Garden - Growing from Seed
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Article by: Michael Russell With all the plants , Decorate Your House With Specialty Trees available on the market these days, both from garden , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers Safe? centres and mail order, you might wonder why anyone would bother to grow , Decorative Outdoor Lighting from seed. , Patio Gazebos - Add Some Intrigue to Your Patio There are a few answers to this one but some of the basic ones are:
So if you fancy giving it a try, even if only in a small way, then this is what you will need to get started with seeds , Planting a Garden Pond that need propagation indoors , Patio Gazebos - Add Some Intrigue to Your Patio before planting out: Before you even open the seed , Marvellous May Plant Colour packets, check the instructions. Some seeds , How to Naturally Dry Hydrangeas need to be soaked, frozen or treated in some other way before use. In general, one seed , Rosemary: The Herb of Remembrance and Friendship tray will accommodate one packet of seeds. , Edgeworthia Chrysantha Some, more specialised seeds , Reasons to Garden Organically come in much smaller quantities and a half size tray or a pot , Gardening Tips, Hints and Advice will be adequate. Fill your container with compost , Gardening With Climbing Roses to within about ¼ inch from the top then dampen it. I find that a spray bottle is ideal for this. You don't want the compost , Birdhouses absolutely soaking wet or your seeds , Some Thoughts On Planting Roses will rot. Either sprinkle the seeds , Gardening Tips, Hints and Advice all over the surface of your compost , When to Plant Vegetaibles or make drills one inch apart with a pencil or your finger and sprinkle the seeds , Tillers - How to Find the Right Tiller for the Job evenly into these. For larger seeds, , How to Grow a Pineapple you may need to make a small hole and drop each seed , Harvesting Herbs in individually. According to the instructions, either cover your seeds , Teak Outdoor Benches- Fantastic Seating for Your Patio and Garden gently with more compost , Patio Gazebos - Add Some Intrigue to Your Patio or leave exposed. Dampen your compost , Finding the Right Landscaping Company again with the spray or a very fine trickle of water , Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months in Your Garden and unless it says otherwise on the packet, make some sort of mini greenhouse , Choosing Healthy Plants for Your Garden for your container. You can put plastic , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond film over the top or put the whole tray into a clear plastic , Basic Lawn Care - Mowing, Scarifiers, Aeration, and Watering Tips bag. For pots, , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond you can slip a plastic , Patio Gazebos - Add Some Intrigue to Your Patio bag over the top and hold in place , Summer Vacation and Your Pond with elastic bands. Put your trays etc. in the aforesaid warm place, , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers but not in direct sunlight, and wait for your seeds , Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months in Your Garden to grow. , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers Safe? Depending on what they are, this could be days or weeks - it will usually tell you on the packet. In the meantime, check daily for sufficient water. , Choosing Fish for the Garden Pond If the plastic , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond covering has water , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open droplets inside , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond you can be fairly sure that your compost , Cultivating Plants In Your Garden...What To Watch Out For is moist enough. If in doubt, feel gently with your finger. The soil , Rosemary: The Herb of Remembrance and Friendship should be damp, not wet! When your seedlings start to appear and have grown a very tiny bit (not much more than ¼ inch), remove the plastic , How to Find and Work With a Porch Swing Contractor To Install the Porch Swing of Your Dreams covering. From this point on, you will need to be even more vigilant that your trays don't dry out. I still advocate using the spray bottle for watering tiny seedlings - but be very careful, they will be fragile. If you are using draining trays or peat trays, you can water , Harvesting Herbs from the bottom if you prefer. When your seedlings have developed 4 or 6 leaves and look a bit sturdier, you must thin them out to about one inch apart, in trays or pots. , Gardening With Climbing Roses Prepare fresh trays or pots , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail of compost , How to Grow a Pineapple - the next one on from seed compost. , Choosing Fish for the Garden Pond Separate the seedlings, using the tip , Summer Gardening s of a pencil or the handle of a teaspoon to loosen them from the tray or pot. , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open You must treat them with the utmost care as they are easily damaged at this stage. Gently tease the roots , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open apart and try to only hold the leaves rather than the stems. Make holes in your newly-prepared compost , Tillers - How to Find the Right Tiller for the Job and pop each seedling into a hole, gently firming down the soil , Weeds - We Need 'Em around them. Some seedlings react very badly to transplanting and may look as though they are dying. Fear not, after a day or so, if they are kept moist and out of direct sunlight, they will be fine. The new plants , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers Safe? can now stay in these trays or pots , Choosing Healthy Plants for Your Garden until you are ready to put them into the ground or their outdoor , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail containers. Keep them moist and give a little liquid feed at weekly intervals. If the plants , Tillers - How to Find the Right Tiller for the Job look as though they are getting leggy, they don't have enough light , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond and must be moved. Seed planting is usually done early in the year (check packet for details). When the plants , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail look quite sturdy and the weather , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond has warmed up in spring, , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers Safe? you can put your plants , Tulips: Anything But Typical outside during the day to "harden" off. Make sure they are sheltered from heavy rain or wind. While the nights are still cold , Reasons to Garden Organically or there is a danger of frost, you will need to bring the plants , Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat' in at the end of the day. Make sure that slugs and snails can't reach your new babies - a hungry slug can eliminate all your hard work at a sitting. When all danger of frost has passed, you can put your plants , Gardening Tips, Hints and Advice in their permanent homes , How to Grow a Pineapple in your garden. , Abatement With DDT Concept Needs Second Look If you don't fancy all that fiddling around, there are a number of plants , Container Gardening Is For Everyone which can be sown from seed , How to Naturally Dry Hydrangeas direct into the garden. , Tick Bites To do this, make sure that the soil , Choosing Fish for the Garden Pond is a fine tilthe, sow your seeds , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond in rows or clumps and cover with a little soil. , To Salt or Not to Salt Your Pond Water , Do It Yourself: An Attractive Rock Garden Anyone Would Be Proud Of sparingly and when they have germinated and grown on a little, thin them out to whatever distance apart it says on the packet by discarding the weakest looking seedlings. Whichever method you choose, you should have a lovely bright garden , How to Find and Work With a Porch Swing Contractor To Install the Porch Swing of Your Dreams for the summer. , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers  ------------------------------------------------------- Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Gardening ------------------------------------------------------- |
  
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