Seed Starters Make the Best Friends

Myths and fairy narration are often run aground in world , so when I get word the story of Jack swapping the family cow for a couple of charming beans , it rings genuine . To me , that was a good deal , even without knowing about the golden bollock or the whale . Every class I trade around $ 2 for a packet of come in the hopes that I will get dozens of works from them . Were that to be the casing , it would be an excellent return on my investment . One full - grow plant is worth far more than $ 2 . I would be crazy not to buy the germ parcel .

Growing plant from seed is relatively cheap , moderately wanton , and very fun — and that is the job . The hardest matter is to not go overboard . At a time — belated winter — when we gardeners are vulnerable to commence project , we are itching to put our energy into growing something . So we start seeds . Peat pots , lettuce containers , previous yogurt cups , eggshell — anything that can retain malicious gossip and drain water system is commandeered to cradle an baby plant while it sizes up before it can be put into the garden . Soon that one Sunday afternoon you spend scoop soil and drop in semen has buckle under a mini jungle of fragile stems reaching for the light . They stretch , flop , and tangle with each other . pee is a constant need , but they ca n’t stay cockeyed . They necessitate food for thought , but not too much . This chair me to Steve ’s Gardening Rule No . 62 : Show me someone who starts seeded player and I will show you someone who has right smart too many seedlings .

The smart gardener is one who is friends with a seed entrant , because cum starters be given to off - load many of their seedling onto someone who promises to take good care of them . smart gardener make a habit of give seed starters gifts of cum packets of unnoticeable annuals they themselves want to grow but do n’t want to start .

This , of course , get me wonder if the man who gave Jack the wizardly beans was n’t concerned in the cow after all . He just wanted to be booster with someone who could give him a few additional golden eggs from time to time — and he would n’t even need to deal with a giant .

— Steve Aitken , editor in chief

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