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How Many Seeds per Cell? Chart by Crop
One fresh seed per cell for most transplants, two or more for older seed, then snip to the strongest. A crop-by-crop chart with the exceptions: big seeds, onions and scallions sown as clumps, and beets.
Seeds That Need Light to Germinate (and Seeds That Need Dark)
Lettuce, celery, dill and oregano need light to germinate, so sow them on the surface. A sourced light vs dark chart for vegetables, herbs and flowers, with how to sow each kind.
Why Your Cucumber Plant Has Only Male Flowers
Standard cucumbers open male flowers first and female flowers about a week later. How to tell them apart, what holds the females back, gynoecious and parthenocarpic varieties, and how to hand pollinate.
How to Overwinter Strawberries: Mulch, Pots and Raised Beds
Cover strawberries with 4 to 6 inches of clean straw once a few frosts have hardened them off, and before lows drop below 20°F. Move pots into an unheated garage, and rake the straw off in spring when new growth starts.
Trees You Can Tap for Syrup: Sap Sugar and Ratio by Species
Sugar, black, red, silver and Norway maple, box elder, birch and black walnut can all be tapped. A chart of sap sugar, gallons of sap per gallon of syrup by the Rule of 86, season compared with sugar maple, and flavor, plus a sap Brix chart for your refractometer reading.
Sheet Mulching Calculator: Cardboard and Compost for a No-Dig Bed
Sheet mulching turns grass into a no-dig bed with cardboard and layers of greens and browns. Enter your bed size to get the cardboard, cubic feet, bags and cubic yards for every layer.