Enjoy your plants from you own planting from seeds. There is nothing more rewarding then seeing your own plants growing from seeds you planted. It is very easy no trick or not a single green thumb necessary.
Here are quick easy steps to germinating(producing) from a seed.
1) Save your seeds from plants, best time is when the plant stops producing flowers, wait until the plant has fully produced the seeds usually in the Fall time period. If the seed is dark in color and dried usually that is the time to harvest.
2) If you picked the seeds early and seeds are not ready be harvested according to step 1 - don't worry, just let the seeds dry out in the sun or somewhere it will be dried eventually.
3) When seeds are completely dried your next step is to save them in nice dry place to be planted later in Spring time. Remember any moisture and mildew will damage the seeds. Oh yeah, make sure there are no little bugs on the seeds because they will create infestation.
4) Planting your saved seeds is the next step. Put dried seeds two to three inches in the ground and keep moisture on them. The trick here is the ground must be moisted and the warmth from sun (artificial heat is ok too) will aid in the germination. If you have a hard seed like an acorn or redbud seed just soak it in water or nick it with knife before sowing it in the ground, this process help breaks the skin of the seed to get it germinated quicker.
In summary, a seed must dried, then planted in moisted and warm ground before it can germinate. Follow these steps and you will have plenty of plants.
Happy Planting!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
YOUR HAIR IS FOOD FOR YOUR TREE
Did you know that you can feed trees with hair, yes the hair on your head. It is a slow releasing form of nitrogen.
Don't pitch your hair in the trash next time you get a hair cut but save it as food for your trees.
What you need to do is to mix the saved hair with oatmeal and some of water then ball it up about a fist/softball size. Put the balled up hair and oatmeal under the roots of the tree and cover it up really good with dirt. Try not to damage the tree roots.
Best to time to do this in the fall and I am pretty sure you could do this anytime. Remember this is a slow releasing nitrogen to your tree and you will not notice your tree's growth spurts quickly but your tree will gradually grow larger and healthy in time.
Happy Planting!
Don't pitch your hair in the trash next time you get a hair cut but save it as food for your trees.
What you need to do is to mix the saved hair with oatmeal and some of water then ball it up about a fist/softball size. Put the balled up hair and oatmeal under the roots of the tree and cover it up really good with dirt. Try not to damage the tree roots.
Best to time to do this in the fall and I am pretty sure you could do this anytime. Remember this is a slow releasing nitrogen to your tree and you will not notice your tree's growth spurts quickly but your tree will gradually grow larger and healthy in time.
Happy Planting!
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