Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...

Germinating seeds in paper towel used to be a popular way to test seeds for viability. But more and more people are using ...

When I teach vegetable gardening, I love to share my favorite way to germinate seeds using a paper towel. Paper towels can be used for any seed that needs to be buried, even just a little bit.

It's spring, and the desire to grow plants is in the air. Not only are the beautiful flowers in nature inspiring us, but retail stores are also encouraging us by placing loads of gardening supplies ...

Twelve lots of sweet corn seed carrying between 5 and 51% levels of surface-borne Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon were studied. Six of the lots treated with captan, Vitavax 200, or a combination of the ...

A simple test will tell you if your seeds are likely to make an appearance in the garden this spring. (Samuel Goldstein) Will they or won't they? That's the perennial question when you nestle seeds ...