{"id":30835,"date":"2018-02-11T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30835"},"modified":"2018-02-11T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:43:45","slug":"a-step-by-step-guide-for-starting-seeds-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30835","title":{"rendered":"A Step-By-Step Guide for Starting Seeds Indoors"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Step-By-Step Guide for Starting Seeds Indoors<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/center>While the weather outside is still on the chilly side, many are making use of their time indoors and get a headstart on the upcoming gardening season by starting seeds indoors. Doing so results in earlier and longer harvests. This economic gardening method doesn\u2019t require special equipment \u2013 just some moist soil, comfortable temperatures, and some TLC!<\/p>\n

Seeds need perfect growing conditions to grow healthy: water \u2013 allows the seed to swell up and the embryo to start growing, oxygen \u2013 so that energy can be released for germination, and warmth \u2013 germination improves as temperature rises.<\/p>\n

Starting longer growing varieties like herbs, broccoli, cauliflower, and onions can greatly benefit from indoor growing methods. This gives the gardener a headstart and helps to control the growing environment.<\/p>\n

A Step-By-Step Guide for Starting Seeds Indoors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home gardeners can start vegetable and flower seedlings indoors between 4 to12 weeks before the last average spring frost in their area, which means it\u2019s time to get started! Above all, start with good seeds. At Ready Gardens, we\u00a0prefer time-tested\u00a0heirloom varieties<\/a>. These\u00a0plants have\u00a0been\u00a0shown to\u00a0have outstanding\u00a0flavor and\u00a0good harvests. Heck, if these seeds were good enough for my grandparents, they\u2019re good enough for me. As well, you want to ensure that your seed starting mix has\u00a0nutrients\u00a0<\/a>to feed young plants when they start growing their true leaves. Adding perlite and vermiculite can do wonders for emerging seedlings.<\/p>\n

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  1. Fill a flat or other container with moist, sterile germination mix. Add enough mix to fill the container within an inch of the rim. Gently pat the soil down for even distribution.<\/li>\n
  2. Plant seeds according to their growing instructions. Some seeds can be planted in rows or scattered onto the soil\u2019s surface.\u00a0Typically, seeds need to be planted at 1\/2 inch below the soil surface and covered with soil.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    A Step-By-Step Guide for Starting Seeds Indoors While the weather outside is still on the chilly side, many are making use of their time indoors and get a headstart on the upcoming gardening season by starting seeds indoors. Doing so results in earlier and longer harvests. This economic gardening method doesn\u2019t require special equipment \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[346,4555,16667,18479,12602,1145,866],"class_list":["post-30835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-gardening","tag-oxygen","tag-ready-gardens","tag-seed-starting","tag-tess-pennington","tag-warmth","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30836,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30835\/revisions\/30836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}