Greenhouse, growing plants from seed help??

Question

i've decided to grow flowers from seed, and was wondering if anybody has any tips, ideas, ect, or if you have any good websites that helped you,( that have free tips, plans, growing in greenhouses, ect) or landscaping ideas? thank-you so very much :)

Answer 1

Try this site:

http://www.greenhousegarden.com/assoc_orgs.htm

Answer 2

I did peat moss pods, and they were great. At any Home Depot, Lowe's etc you can buy a tray of 70 pods for less than $15. They are in a little green house container that's great until the sprout. I bought seeds for herbs, veggies, and flowers. In all I produced enough pods for $40 that would have cost me $4 a plant if I bought them in the store. From once you get an inch or so of growth, harden them outside for a few days and then transplant them. The can go into containers or into the ground. Don't use fertilizer until you have a good size plant, it will burn the seeds/seedlings and kill them. If they are going to go outside I would do some geraniums because they are natural mosquito repellents, same with catnip and marigolds. I would do some annuals, but perennials give you more bang for your buck. As far as landscaping there are a lot of beautiful things you can do. I have three beds in my front yard, the are bordered with rocks, not brick, concrete any other preformed border. One of the beds is against a fence and there are peoniess in the back row, and tiger liliess on the front row. Now, when I say row that's a very loose term. The peonies are blooming now, above the lilies, and then later in the summer the peonie will die off, I can cut them back below the lilie line and then the lilies bloom. They are both annuals and spread every year so they keep getting better. Another bed is next to a trellis it has two kinds of climbing roses, a low creeping rose bush and a mini rose. I have filled the holes with a beautiful dark green vine. The vine grows faster than the roses, but can be cut back as the roses take stage. The last garden is at the end of the driveway, it a vague oval with some really be rocks at different places in the middle. It has all my annuals, and I plan on putting in some tulips this fall. I have a big variety of color there. I didn't plant more than 6 of the same flower in the bed. I have snap dragons and salvia from the center back, because they are a little taller. I have petunias, geraniums, marigolds, dianthus, & a couple of other flowers that had really bright colors. I scattered those everywhere, a couple in the back, ,between the rocks and the prettiest blooms up front. Every year it changes a little depending on the flowers I see when shopping. I don't lay things out in a orderly fashion, I just try to not put two of the same color next to each other. I also made one of those baskets that are all the rage right now. I purchased the basket, potting soil, peat moss and flowers for about $25 which is about what they go for, but I think mine is prettier, and I have a sense of pride with it. Start with a grass or tall flowers in the middle. (Snap dragons, salvia etc) I did purple grass. Then you do low lying flowers on the next row, I did yellow petunias. Then hanging of the egde I put a vine with little pink flowers on it. The basket was a 16" basket and I did one grass, three petunias and three vines. I then covered the dirt with peat moss so it looked prettier until the flowers filled in. I also planted the vines almost on their sides so the fell over the edge nicer. It hangs on the porch and looks great. Things to remember, the natural look is better. A straight row of marigolds, followed by purple petunias with red snapdragons in the back is an out dated look. Your grass should be the only thing that looks prim and proper. Another bed that I've seen that's very modern, but I have't tried it is a monochrome bed. Pick a color, say red and do all red flowers. Salvia, petunias, dianthus and hydrangias. If you are doing grass also it really makes a difference to do a water treatment (live Revive) and fertilize regularly. I hope this helps, good luck.

Answer 3

It is now too late in most of the US to start from seed in a greenhouse. Put the seeds right in the ground outside. Follow the directions on the package. Use one of the fortified potting soils. This should do it.
Nest year, start earlier, like late march and early April in the greenhouse.

Answer 4

You can check out HGTV's website. They have an amazing amount of resources a and can direct you to websites that have specific information for the zone that you live in.

First thing to do is note what part of your property gets the morning/afternoon sun and what are your shady areas?

I love bleeding hearts, they come back bigger every year and love the shade.

Good luck!