1. I assemble the necessary materials:
Seeds (both packaged and ones that I saved last fall):
AND:
Paper towels, sandwich bags and a marker:
Paper towels, sandwich bags and a marker:
2. I dampen a single paper towel and place approximately 10 seeds on it:
Make sure that they perfect! If they look like this, throw them OUT:
3. Then, wrap up the paper towel and place it in the sandwich bag that has been label with the type of seed and the date. Like this:
4. Put them in a nice sunny area and wait for them to sprout.
- If most of them germinate, then sow lightly.
- If only half sprout, sow heavily.
- And if less than half sprout, they are not viable and you should buy new seeds.
13 comments:
That is great advice! Susie the ideas behind this are brilliant.
Thank you so much for your prayers during this challenging week or so.
May your seeds multiply and your fields clap their hands
Very good idea Susie. This method is better than the traditional method we follow. Sow everything and wait to see if it germinates. One can be sure here to see which are good.:)
great advice! I'm making my garden bigger this year I'm so excited!
Wow, I'd never know that.
You never cease to amaze me
xx
oh so that is how you do it...
good idea, very interesting. catherine
I can't wait to work on our seeds. I tried my hand at drying some green beans leftover from last year. Can't wait to see if I was successful or a failure :)
What does sow heavily or lightly mean? As always I'm so impressed with what I learn from you. You rock!
I never would have known this. Thank you!!!
I had no idea! Thanks so much for sharing this with pics.
Oh my gosh..you should consider putting videos up on YouTube!!!
Nice to know. I have a bunch of old seeds, I'm not sure about, it's good to know what to do with them.
This is a great idea although I have already planted and used my old method - sew a lot, hope they come up, thin when needed. The lazy person's method :)
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