If you're ready to begin planting flowers, produce, or fruit trees from seeds, it's important to understand what seed ...

When starting seeds indoors or outside in the garden, ensure they have the right conditions for germination. It's crucial to ...

For the best germination, most seeds benefit from some bottom heat in the range of 10 to 20 C. Household temperatures are usually fine, but a heat mat can provide a consistent, even temperature ...

All seeds contain specialized cells that mobilize and grow when the germination process is triggered by moisture, temperature and sometimes light. Moisture and stored nutrients energize the embryo ...

The goal is to plant at temperatures that will ensure the quickest germination. You do not want your seeds sitting in damp soil and rotting instead of growing. I happen to have a soil thermometer ...