The new seed-starters handbook /
Bubel, Nancy.
The new seed-starters handbook / - Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, �1988. - xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-371) and index.
Section One: Starting Seeds Indoors -- Why start your own? -- First the seeds -- Choose your medium -- Containers -- Sowing seeds early indoors -- Germination -- What seedlings need -- Transplanting into new containers -- Growing on -- Light -- Problems -- Section Two: Moving Plants Outdoors -- Soil preparation -- Mapping out the garden -- Hardening off -- The art of planting out -- Cold frames, hotbeds, and cloches -- Care of the young transplant -- Direct seeding -- Treating plants with seaweed extract -- The fall garden -- Insect and animal pests -- The young seed-planter -- Section Three: Special Techniques and Situations -- Starting seeds in the greenhouse -- Growing vegetables in the greenhouse -- Starting wildflowers from seed -- Starting trees and shrubs from seed -- Section Four: Saving Seeds and Making Further Plans -- Why save seeds? -- How seeds are formed -- Choosing seeds to save -- Collecting and preparing seeds -- Storing seeds -- Viability of seeds -- Seed-saving tips for specific plants -- Further challenges -- The garden diary -- . Seed catalogs -- Seed exchanges -- Seed banks.
Describes the advantages of starting seeds indoors, discusses containers, growing media, light, and water, and tells how to transplant young plants into the garden.
0878577475 9780878577477 0878577521 9780878577521
87027698
Seeds.
Sowing.
Gardening.
SB121 / .B83 1988
635/.0421
SB121.B8
The new seed-starters handbook / - Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, �1988. - xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-371) and index.
Section One: Starting Seeds Indoors -- Why start your own? -- First the seeds -- Choose your medium -- Containers -- Sowing seeds early indoors -- Germination -- What seedlings need -- Transplanting into new containers -- Growing on -- Light -- Problems -- Section Two: Moving Plants Outdoors -- Soil preparation -- Mapping out the garden -- Hardening off -- The art of planting out -- Cold frames, hotbeds, and cloches -- Care of the young transplant -- Direct seeding -- Treating plants with seaweed extract -- The fall garden -- Insect and animal pests -- The young seed-planter -- Section Three: Special Techniques and Situations -- Starting seeds in the greenhouse -- Growing vegetables in the greenhouse -- Starting wildflowers from seed -- Starting trees and shrubs from seed -- Section Four: Saving Seeds and Making Further Plans -- Why save seeds? -- How seeds are formed -- Choosing seeds to save -- Collecting and preparing seeds -- Storing seeds -- Viability of seeds -- Seed-saving tips for specific plants -- Further challenges -- The garden diary -- . Seed catalogs -- Seed exchanges -- Seed banks.
Describes the advantages of starting seeds indoors, discusses containers, growing media, light, and water, and tells how to transplant young plants into the garden.
0878577475 9780878577477 0878577521 9780878577521
87027698
Seeds.
Sowing.
Gardening.
SB121 / .B83 1988
635/.0421
SB121.B8