What are the essential points that should be kept in mind while sowing the seeds
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3 months since the seeds were sown, plants have reached this size. | Source
Step 10: Plant Out
Once plants have reached the stage where roots are starting to emerge from the bottom of the pot, they can be planted out to their final location. If the plants are half hardy annuals (e.g. marigolds, petunias, asters), wait until the danger of frost has passed before planting out.
The poppies I sowed earlier in the year.
The poppies I sowed earlier in the year. | Source
What Flowers are Easy to Grow From Seed?
Annuals:
Sunflowers
Candytuft
Petunias
Marigolds
Calendula.
Asters
Annual poppies
Biennials
Wallflowers
Canterbury Bells
Foxgloves
Perennials:
Delphiniums
Aubretia
Oriental poppies
What is Direct Sowing?
This is when you sow seeds directly in the ground in their final location rather than sowing them earlier indoors in containers and transplanting outside.
How Do You Sow Seeds Outside?
You can sow seeds directly in the ground. This is often done with vegetable seeds or hardy annual flowers. The best time to prepare ground is when it's dry, especially if it's clayey, otherwise you can end up with a complete mess and clumps of mud stuck to your boots!
Seeds should usually be sown in early spring as recommended on the packet.
Dig the ground and turn over the sod to a depth of about 4 to 6 inches. This is best done before winter so it can be left for several months for frost to break up the soil. Alternatively slice off the top inch of vegetation.
Loosen soil with a fork or use a chopping motion with a spade to break it up.
Rake the soil to a fine tilth so that it's fine and crumbly. Remove stones, weed debris, roots, sticks etc.
Use a line as a guide if you're sowing vegetable seeds. This helps to keep things neat and it's easier to walk between rows. Space the seeds and sow to the recommended depth. A rule-of-thumb is that depth should be three times the diameter of a seed. Press small seeds into the ground with covering. If you've got lots of seed to spare, sow a few together at each spacing to maximise the chances of germination. You can thin and transplant excess seedlings later.
If you're sowing flower seeds, you can scatter seed and rake in rather than sowing in rows.
If sowing large seeds, use a pencil, lollypop stick or similar to make a hole. Alternatively you can make a long furrow or groove in the ground and sow into this.
Use a fine spray mist to moisten the ground.
Thin seedlings once they germinate