Speed up germination for some veggies and flowers by soaking seeds before planting. Soaking seeds before planting them mimics the favorable growing conditions after a spring rain. Water is what wakes ...

Since we’ve passed seed catalog season, it’s now time to get ready to start seeds indoors for some of the vegetables we plan to grow in our spring and summer gardens. For example, the Master Gardeners ...

Starting your own plants from seeds can save a lot of money and give you way more choice than you’ll find at plant-buying time... even in the biggest garden centers. When you start your own seeds ...

If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and, of course, ...

During almost 50 years of these columns, I don’t think I have ever suggested starting strawberries from seed. One of the main reasons is because you need to start them this time of year if you want to ...