Germination Ideas, Tips & Guides

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For many home growers, gardeners, and farmers, spring is a busy time in the gardening year. In the period running up to and immediately after the last frost date in your area, you might be sowing a wide range of seeds for your food-producing gardens.

In container gardening, one of the biggest challenges lies in finding the right growing medium for the plants that you wish to grow. Most gardeners will source the potting mix they use from a store.

No matter how much TLC you give your lawn, chances are you’ll occasionally need to patch a sparse area. It’s not difficult, but timing is everything. “The earlier you get warm season grasses started, the better,” says Clint Waltz, PhD, turfgrass specialist at the University of Georgia. “Plant after the last expected frost date in your area when the soil temperatures are 65 degrees and rising.” (Check local soil temperatureshere).

Are parts of your plants covered with black splotches or a dark coating?If so, it’s possible they are suffering from

Despite doing as many tasks as possible in advance of our first summer garden opening of the year tomorrow, there will always be things that can only be done nearer the time – and not just deadheading! There is furniture to be rearranged to create our pop-up café, signs to erect in the garden, cups and plates to be brought down from the loft and a whole host of other things. Having toiled since I first got up this morning, I didn’t realise till part way through the afternoon, towards the end of deadheading the roses yet again, just how tired I was (not helped by the steadily increasing temperature), so I permitted myself a break  and sat down on the shady bench behind the shed. This vantage point provides a pleasing panoramic view (partially shown above), taking in the gallery and (well-stuffed) main borders, the bronze heuchera bed, the clematis colonnade and the fringe of the woodland edge border.

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Help your garden bees this summer and autumn with the GardenAdvice Team by sowing a few seeds to help provide food and shelter for bees in your garden.

Somehow, miraculously (and thankfully) seed starting season is just about here once again. Perhaps in no other year (or years?) has thinking about starting a garden ever been more essential.

Saturday morning was filled with house chores and food shopping, and the afternoon was filled with a bell ringing competition, so there was no time in the day to pop out in the garden. So on Sunday after a little morning ringing (usual) and then a tip trip (not usual) first thing, when I finally got home I was in the garden for the rest of the day.

Harvesting zinnia seeds from your garden saves you the cost of purchasing new zinnia seeds for the next season.

Growing these exotic blooms is not that hard if you know the right way. Here’s all you need to know about How to Grow Orchids from Seeds.

Chillies grow very well in containers – but they do have some specific needs. To discover the ‘tricks of the trade’, I met up with (and filmed) professional chilli grower, Steve Waters.

Here are some nifty DIY Mini Indoor Greenhouses that are perfect for small spaces to grow your favorite houseplants without worrying about the cold!

Mowing the lawn seems like a straightforward task, right? But did you know that there is a right and a wrong time to do it?

Those unused newspapers can be the best pots for growing seedlings–Sow countless of seeds and after the germination, plant them into the soil directly without removing the newspaper pot. It’ll decompose quickly in a few days, and your plant will grow happily ever after. Sweet Story!

Your chances of success depend on the health of your starting inoculum. Ideally, you should handpick leaves that are green and plump, without any marks or discoloration.

You can either grow Bamboo as an ornamental plant or as a privacy screen; it is going to enhance the beauty of your garden with its dense green and vibrant foliage! Learn How to Propagate Bamboo in detail in the article below.

ThePowder Puff Plant, a native of South America, is widely used as an ornamental plant for its striking flowers, which elevate the look of gardens. Scroll below to get all the know-how about growing it easily!

Gelatin is a translucent, colorless, and flavorless material, widely used as a thickening agent. It also has uses in food, medications, drug, vitamin capsules, photographic films, papers, and the cosmetic industry. But did you know that it can also be used in your yard? Here are some of the Gelatin Uses in the Garden.

If you’ve ever been mesmerized by the gently flowing tail of a fish underwater, you’ll love fishtail palms. They have large leaves with a shape reminiscent of the graceful caudal fin of a goldfish or betta fish.But before you rush out and buy one, I’m going to level wi

The best part of living somewhere cold and snowy is that the wildflowers that bloom after winter bring me a sense of delight I can’t quite describe.Here in Alaska, it’s the wild roses, bluebel

Weeds – those opportunistic, unwelcome plants that can effortlessly outcompete your edibles and ornamentals.If only there were an easy way to keep them at bay!Wel

Good ol’ spinach. It’s so nutritious that it has become an avatar for healthy eating. It thrives in weather too cold for lettuce, and it matures so fast that you can have multiple harvests each season.There’s so much to love about the versatile little gr

Gardeners everywhere battle weeds throughout the growing season. But I’m here to offer some unconventional advice.I’m going to encourage you to grow them, or at lea

Here’s everything about Growing Celery in Containers that will help you cultivate it easily for your kitchen!

We have some of the most amazing Succulents You Can Grow From Seeds in this article for you! They are in trend, and it is the best way to have them without spending a lot of money.

While choosing one of the methods you should remember that growing sedum by seed has a disadvantage of not getting a true plant. It means the plant that germinates from seed will not be the same as mother plant. So, sedum propagation is from cuttings is better to multiply to your sedum plants.

Soaking seeds in the vinegar helps the germination process happen quicker than usual as it allows the outer layer to break down easily, which aids in seed sprouting. Want to know more? Just have a look at How Vinegar Improves Seed Germination below.

If you like the pop of colors in your garden and want to include the best flowers for it, then check out these Best Types of Zinnia Varieties!

Not only for the flax seeds, but you can grow flax for its beautiful blue flowers. Growing this plant is not difficult in pots!