8 Spring Seed Sowing Tips

8 Seed Sowing Tips For Spring

• Start with using the best quality potting mix you can afford, this will help give your seedlings the best start to life!
• Raise your seeds as seedlings in a greenhouse like environment rather than direct sowing (large seeds such as beans and corn will do best direct sown). You will find a windowsill often does not have all day sun and will make your seedlings become leggy. 
• Make sure the variety you are sowing is being sown in the correct season. Check “when” on the packaging to make sure you are good to go!

• Make sure the variety you are sowing is being sown in the correct season. Check “when” on the packaging to make sure you are good to go!
• See if the seed needs light or darkness to germinate - this will also be on the label of each variety.
• Teeny tiny seeds such as snapdragons and poppies should be watered from underneath or with a mister, this is to prevent seeds getting washed away or dislodged too far down in the soil. Tiny seeds need to stay on the surface of the soil to germinate.
• Sprinkle vermiculite over your freshly sown seeds, this will help keep the soil moist and helps prevent mould. It will also help hold those teeny tiny seeds such as poppies and snapdragons in place. Vermiculite will let light in. 

• Label your work :) Then when it comes to planting out the seedling you will know what variety it is and where to place it in the garden.
• Lastly, don’t rush the seedlings straight from the greenhouse into the ground… this is when transplant shock can occur. Slowly harden them off to the outside world by putting them outside for 1hr a day, building up to 6hrs a day over a week.