I have trouble getting my okra seeds to come up in the spring. I have to plant seeds into my garden two or three times before I get a good stand. I’ve heard that you need to soak the seeds in hot ...

Soaking seeds before planting them mimics the favorable growing conditions after a spring rain. Water is what wakes up many types of seeds and tells them it’s the right time to sprout. So do you need ...

Sometimes the waiting is too much to bear; the waiting for your seeds to grow, that is. It makes one wonder if there’s a way to speed things up. Luckily, there is. While some flowers and vegetables ...