Garden Affair : Seed germination and Bulb plantation

 The preparation for spring show has begun in my garden, the immense  joy of growing seeds and planting bulbs and observing the journey of them becoming into   flowering plants is a therapeutic experience for every Nature lover. 

The seeds sown when turn into saplings it is almost an experience of nurturing a child. 

                                                         Seeds sprouts 

Adenium cotyledon 

A bulb ready for plantation

A sweet pea plant grown from seeds 

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Seeds Germination techniques

 This is my own experience in seeds germination that involves majorly three techniques that have worked for me most of the times with failing only once in a while  for Flowering and Vegetable seeds generally. 

Here I have grown Baby corn seeds by two techniques ;

                                        

    Seeds dispersed on potting soil and then covered with   light soil mixture;

                                      Seeds wrapped within Moist tissue paper until germinates ;

                                                             

                         

There is another method for growing  seeds that have hard layer by soaking them for a night in water and then sowing them in soil mixture in the morning .

While all of these techniques work successfully it would be advisable to grow small seeds directly in the soil mixture as there is no need for soaking them in water for germination.

I will add updates about the germination of the above Corn Seeds in the upcoming weeks.

Scattered Clouds on the sky

                                                  

Mirabilis  Blooms 

                                     

An Owl spotted on tree after many years in my neighbourhood                                               

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Sowing Flower seeds for Winter / Spring

Winter Flowers are adored by everyone for their beauty and different varieties and colors.Mostly winter flowers bloom profusely in spring in our region .It creates heavenly scenic beauty in the garden.There are seedlings available in garden centers between the months of September to early December to plant seedlings to get a show by the time spring strikes .But not everyone gets access to plant nurseries and garden centers to get some ,you can easily start your flower seedlings by getting seeds online or from seeds selling shops .


Once you have got seeds to start sowing process you need

- A container or pot you can take a plastic basket too ,container should be wide in size preferably ,depth is not that important ;
- Garden Soil ,whatever is available in your place make sure its clean from dust particles and gravels ;
- A plastic sheet or wrap or even a polythene would do ;
- A string or Rubber band to tie the sheet 
- Coco peat its good for water retention which helps in germination but still its optional(you can find it online or any garden shop )

I have started flower seeds of Cornflower ,Carnation,Dahlia ,sweet peas and more.



A container could be like this



                                 

                               A plastic container with Dahlia seeds dispersed on it
                                                                                  

                                                          A Plastic Basket 

 After filling container from soil seeds should dispersed gently giving each seed  ample space 



Next step is making thin layer of cocopeat on container after seeds are placed 



                                                                   

Last step is to cover your container with plastic transparent sheet or cling wrap  and tie it with rubber band or string                                                                                                                    

A plastic cover helps in easy and rapid germination and retains moisture in soil which helps seeds to sprout  .                                                                                                                                              

                                                    
Happy Sowing !!

In the next post  Ill try to talk about  sowing of vegetable seeds .