This video explains the advantages of starting your own seeds, and goes over what you’ll need.
Ever since I set about gardening , I ’ve always had a fascination with seeds , and how they can rise into the beautiful and generative plants we savour in our garden each day . It was n’t until the last few years , that I took on one of the most ambitious , yet rewarding aspects of horticulture : starting your own transplants from seed .
PART I
1 . advantage of Starting Your Own seeded player
• Access to hundreds of singular and heirloom seed varieties available online or locally• Control the seedling / transplant ’s growth from the beginning• And of course , a not bad sense of accomplishment
2 . What Do You Need ?
Basic eed germination necessity : clean , grunge , gentle wind , pee and possibly heat
Light :
• Grow lighter ( strongly recommend ) or very sunny window• Timer – set for a minimum of 12 hours
body of water :
• Hand - held spraying bottle – good quality one with an adjustable nozzle• Small tearing can or pitcher• Water storage containers – for room temperature water storage
Soil :
• Soilless semen - starting mix
If you ’re mixing your own [ not explained in video ] you ’ll need:• Peat moss or coir• Vermiculite and/or perlite• Compost , sifted• Small garden trowel and cultivator• Plastic reposition bin w / chapeau
• formative tray or tub – for mixing soil premix and water• Seed starting containers or tray – peat , charge plate , or your own containers• Labels – plastic or Mrs. Henry Wood – write plant life , variety and date• Permanent marking or pen
PART II
3 . What Do You take ? , Con’t .
• Pen , marker , chopstick , etc . to make planting holes• Towels or blankets to pass over area or for cleanup• Boxes to hold seedling – from sweeping social club and grocery stores• Seeds – current and anterior class ’s semen are probably still viable . If they ’re older , you cantest them .
Optional :
• Heat lustrelessness – strongly recommended for seeded player that require heat to germinate• Liquid constitutional fertilizer – once they start reaching transplant size
Not mentioned in TV :
• Calendar or notebook ( electronic or paper ) – to record dates and notes
4 . shuffle the planting mixing and piddle
• Think the body of moist cake
5 . Planting and watering seeds
• Different ways to make planting holes• Planting seeds• Watering the soil commixture afterwards
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