Garden Pic Wednesday: How To Sprout Seeds
Wednesday's are my free-day to spend how I want out in the garden, if it's nice and it's very nice this week. Tonight and the next couple nights, 56 to 59 F, which is cool for north Florida. Today, I edged some beds and moved the nice St.Augustine grass from those locations to bare spots, planted some new plants that came in the mail and mowed that north side of the lawn. The plants that got planted included a Rue shrub, an Imperial Artichoke, a French Thyme and a type of butterfly milkweed. Today's pictures are how to force seeds to sprout using plastic wrap and a paper towel: T his is a good method for the following cases: 1) For fine or small seeds that might get lost in direct sowing. 2) For checking what seeds might still be good in those seed packets you've had for a couple years. 3) For checking seeds you saved from last years flowers or veggies to see which ones will sprout. 4) For getting a quick start by sprouting some seeds, such as...