Sow Seed Now For Glorious Mornings With Morning-glory
If you share with the state of Arizona, with every farmer in the nation, and with me an antipathy for the strangling growth and the prolific brittle, white roots of
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Grow Desert Plant From Seeds
If you are a house plant enthusiast interested in the infinite variety and simple austerity of succulents, you are fortunate, indeed. These sturdy individuals are made-to-order for gardeners with a
How to Raise Flowers from Seed
For 25 cents, you may purchase a packet containing 200 to 1,000 petunia seeds of the finest named varieties. Properly cared for, germination will be at least 75% percent, and
Look What’s Packed In A Packet of Seeds
A seed packet is small. Filled with perennial seeds, you could balance it on your little finger and scarcely feel any weight. Plants will grow from those seeds, bringing immeasurable
How To Treat Your Seeds For Improved Growth
As a rule, the principal reasons for treating seeds with chemicals before sowing them are to prevent seed decay and damping-off of seedlings. During the past year, however, I have
Flower Seed Farms: Where Your Seeds Are Grown?
About 5,500 acres of California’s most fertile soil is being cultivated at present to produce flower seeds not only for American gardeners but for a good part of the world,
What Is Hiding In Old Seed Catalogs
This is the month for seed catalogs. They greet us with alluring pictures of dainty bulbs, astonishing varieties in annuals and perennials, gorgeous colors, new odors, and flavors quite unsurpassed.
Don’t Crowd Your Vegetable Seeds
Thickly sown vegetable seeds cause many disappointments in home gardening. The seedlings often come up so crowded that none has a chance for average growth unless the rows are thinned
Don’t Let Those Seedlings Die!
Doesn’t it make you mad to find that flat of special seedlings damping off? You spent a lot of time planting the seeds and waiting for germination, you watered them,
Speed Propagation With A Soil Heating Cable
Would you like to speed up the propagation of a favorite plant? Grow a few “hothouse” plants in a “cool” greenhouse. Accelerate growth on plants in outdoor frames? Get a