Seed Starting
- Intro: A Little Botony – The Science of Seeds and Germination
- Practical Applications:
- Choosing Seeds
- Obtaining Seeds
- Germination Techniques in General
- Containers, Seed Starter Mixes, Heat
- Stratification – Cold Wet, Boiling Water
- Demonstrations:
- Seed Balls
- Seed Trays
- Heat Mat
- 6-Packs
- Peat Pellets
- Broadcasting
- Cold Wet Stratification (Asclepias speciosa) (Showy Milkweed)
- Miscellaneous Interesting Stuff
- Acorn sprouting
- Bean seedlings
- Starting tomatoes and peppers
- Calculating times to start seeds
- Closing Observations
- Questions
Materials for Seed Starting
- Seed Balls
- Asclepias spp. Seeds (Botanical Interests, Seed Balls, other brands)
- Heat Mats, with and without trays and covers
- Trays, cell packs
- Peat pellet trays
- Peat or Cow pots
- Seat Starting mix
- Peat Moss
- Perlite
- Coconut coir
- Small bags of horticultural sand
- Trowels
- Grow lights
