Marigolds make easy-care bedding flowers and container plants, plus they can be used for companion planting and cut flowers. While starter plants are often sold at garden centers in spring, growing ...

This time lapse demonstrates planting a marigold from a seed to flowers over 70 days. The marigold seed was chosen randomly ...

If you’ve ever planted seeds expecting to see them emerge in a few weeks, only to be disappointed with no sprouts or sprouts that die, then you know the difficulties of germinating seeds. Seed ...

Here are some good tips for germinating seeds that are hard to start or are having trouble germinating. Have some patience though as it could take anywhere from three days to three weeks for a seed to ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Non-sprouting seeds can sound discouraging but it is nothing to stress about. Not all seeds are the same; most of them need variable conditions for optimum growth. Ms Annet Nalumu, a farmer in Lira ...