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Propagating Your Plants

A few sources to understand how to propagate your plants.

You can use your windowsills for your seedlings, but eventually a set-up like the one from Sunlite Garden will be on your wish list.

Handy Calculator Tool for grass seed

Many helpful pages listed for seed starting
Making seed pots, germinating and expert advice

Other tips :
Make your own seed tapes:
1. Using black and white newsprint, make one inch wide strips of the newsprint.
2. Make glue using 1/4-cup water to one-cup all-purpose flour.
3. Dab each seed with the flour-water glue and stick them in the center of the strip. Space evenly using the recommended amount of space between each seed.
4. When the glue is dry, roll up the strips and place in separate sealable plastic bags. Use silica packet or one tablespoon of salt to keep dry, if necessary. Place the seed tape into the respective seed packet.
5. Store in a cool place, such as a basement, until spring.
6. When it’s time to plant your seed tapes, lay each strip seed side up in rows several inches deep. Cover with soil and water.

-via gardenplace

2010 Best Planting Dates for Seeds -Look up your area’s ‘Best Planting Dates’.

Winter Sowing

Have you heard of “winter sowing”? that is the practice of germination for seedlings during winter’s cold. How do you do that, you ask? by creating miniature greenhouses out of easy to obtain materials like plastic milk jugs or liter soda containers. This is the ideal method for seeds which require “pre-chilling” or stratification, hardy, or even half-hardy seeds.