Sowing flowers in late winter is a fantastic way to get beautiful blooms come summer. It is an enjoyable and budget-friendly ...

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Seeds are fragile at this stage, and factors such as lighting, moisture, and temperature can have an enormous impact on their germination rates. Whenever you start a plant from seed, instead of ...

A germination chamber set at about 25°C leads to a high germination percentage and shortens the time span before seedlings ...

Get a jump start on the gardening season with a workshop on starting your garden from seeds at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at ...

You may be tempted to pre-germinate grass seed to speed up the process. However, expert Ryan Walts tells us the downsides you ...

Get ready for the upcoming gardening season by visiting with garden center and landscaping vendors and attending some of the ...

Learn the ins and outs and the pros and cons of the popular new snail seed-starting method and give it a try in your garden ...

This initial growth phase produces a taproot which will anchor the plant and absorb nutrients from the soil. Understanding this process helps growers to optimize their germination techniques and get a ...

Several traits are associated with WL tolerance at germination. Small seeds in soybean showed a higher germination rate than large seeds when exposed to WL (Sayama et al., 2009). Testa (seed coat) ...