Gardening expert Marianne Binetti explains which types of seeds are the easiest to grow into plants. She also explains simple care and fertilizing tips for seedlings.
Growing Tips
- The easiest seeds to grow are radishes and tomatoes, as well as flowering impatiens and nasturtiums.
- The best location to place a mini-greenhouse is near a windowsill, avoiding direct or too-intense sunlight, or on top of the refrigerator, which emits warm air.
Takeout-Container Greenhouse
Steps:
- Save plastic takeout containers and poke holes through the top and bottom.
- Fill with soil and seeds, using an old toothbrush as a digging tool.
- Mist gently with a spray bottle.
Egg-Carton Greenhouse
Steps:
- Poke small holes through the bottom of cardboard egg cartons.
- Save halved eggshells, poke a small hole through the bottom and fill with soil and a seed.
- After a seedling sprouts, replant the shell into a larger pot, allowing the shell to crush in the new soil.
* Note: The eggshell will provide the plant with a healthy dose of calcium.
Muffin-Tin Greenhouse
Steps:
- Fill tin with cupcake liners.
- Fill liners with soil and a seed. (A great trick for being able to spot planted seeds is to mix them with sand before handling.)
- Seedlings react well to fertilizer, but only after four sprouts have formed. Dilute the fertilizer in a misting spray bottle.
Resources Easy Answers for Great Gardens: 500 Tips, Techniques, and Outlandish Ideas
by Marianne Binetti
Sasquatch Books, 2000
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Shortcuts for Accenting Your Garden: Over 500 Easy and Inexpensive Tips
by Marianne Binetti
Storey Books, 1993
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Tips for Carefree Landscapes: Over 500 Sure-Fire Ways to Beautify Your Yard and Garden
by Marianne Binetti
Storey Books, 1990
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Guests Marianne Binetti
Gardening Expert / Author
PO Box 872
Enumclaw, WA 98022
Phone: 360-825-6186
E-mail:
Info@BinettiGarden.com
Website:
www.binettigarden.com
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