You can give your flower and vegetable garden a head start and save money by knowing how to germinate seeds. With the right amount of heat and moisture, starting seeds indoors is simple. When the ...

Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate, has a long history of use in gardens to supplement nutrients that the soil may be lacking. It's often marketed as a versatile garden aid, with claims it can boost ...

Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...

In an earlier post I wrote general themes for starting seeds in hot weather. Here are some specific tricks. Viability and vigor of seeds deteriorates when they are stored in warm places, especially if ...

This time-lapse compiled of several seeds sprouting. Each seed was sown under moist soil and was filmed till their roots are ...

Corn planting populations. It’s a balancing act. The secret is knowing which factors impact corn populations - including seed variety, seed quality, weather and soil conditions — and how to ...

It takes as many growing degree days for forsythia shrubs to burst into bloom as it does for crabgrass seeds to germinate. If you don’t want crabgrass in your lawn, those blossoms mark the perfect ...

Each spring, I prefer to start most of my vegetables from seed selected from numerous seed catalogues. I personally enjoy growing several varieties of tomatoes and peppers that are not locally ...