Gardening: What is the best way to plant fresh vegetable seeds?
March 7th, 2009 | by Michael |
oysterStar asked:
I am curious, how to plant the seeds of fresh vegetables. I'm doing some research and delicate that some say should sit in a refrigerator for dry about four - five weeks. I never really havoc with a garden, but I think it was fun to try if I could through a certain deposit purchased packages of seed, but also fresh vegetables from the warehouse. What 's the best trick?
JOAN
I am curious, how to plant the seeds of fresh vegetables. I'm doing some research and delicate that some say should sit in a refrigerator for dry about four - five weeks. I never really havoc with a garden, but I think it was fun to try if I could through a certain deposit purchased packages of seed, but also fresh vegetables from the warehouse. What 's the best trick?
JOAN
4 Responses to “Gardening: What is the best way to plant fresh vegetable seeds?”
By Sptfyr on Mar 10, 2009 | Reply
I wouldn’t even bother trying to harvest seeds from grocery store veggies. Many of these are hybrids and will not produce the same product you originally purchased. However, you can easily purchase the seeds in packets for the vegetable you like that are ready to go. You can use peat cells or seed starting mix in plastic pots to start seeds indoor about 8 weeks prior to planting outside or you can wait until last Spring freeze and then sow them directly into the soil being sure to follow planting directions.
By Joanne A. W on Mar 12, 2009 | Reply
There are flowers that drop their seeds on the ground (self-seeding) and go through a cold winter in order to grow new flowers. These types of flower seeds or veggie seeds need to have about six or more weeks of cold before planting in the spring.
But not all seeds need to go through this in order to grow.
Read the instructions on the seeds’ packets to find out how to grow them.
A beginner gardener does best by planting “bedding” plants. These are plants that are already about 4 to 6 inches tall. You buy them at gardening certers or nurseries. Make sure the instructions are with the bedding plants that you buy.
By versantly on Mar 13, 2009 | Reply
skip the seeds and buy the seedlings in the nursery during growing season.
By reader on Mar 15, 2009 | Reply
I don’t think that you would be very satisfied with the results of planting seeds from grocery store produce, except maybe winter squash or pumpkins. You could try just rinsing and drying those seeds, but I’m not guaranteeing success or anything. Many vegetables are easier to grow from plants just because to grow them from seeds and get a yield you need to start them indoors under lights. However there are many vegetables that are easily grown from seed sown directly in your garden after the danger of frost has passed. Some examples are: radishes, beans, lettuce and many other greens, sometimes cucumbers, carrots, beets, any member of the squash family, melons ( if you have a long enough growing season ), peas and I’m sure some that I am forgetting. It is alot of fun to put seeds in the ground and later harvest and eat from them. Even without perfect success it is rewarding and if you want to do it at all you definitely should. Gardening is an ongoing learning process, frequently involving trial and error, but it is endlessly satisfying.