What is the best time to plant apple seeds?
Q. I have several apple seeds than I saved from some apples I picked this weekend. Anyway, I was wondering when and how I should plant these seeds?
Asked by Brutus - Mon Oct 26 07:36:17 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you plant them straight away, they will germinate. However, you will get a better germination rate by popping them in the fridge (not the freezer) for 4-6 weeks before planting. The cool temperatures mimic the winter period and fool the seed into 'thinking' spring has arrived when they are planted.
Answered by unknown - Mon Oct 26 08:17:18 2009

How often should I water my vegetable seeds?
Q. I've just bought a starter kit to grow my own vegetable patch and I'm unsure as to how often I should water the seeds. In the kit there are 5 small pots with compost and 5 packets of seeds (pumpkin, tomato, spring onion, cucumber and carrot). The instruction booklet tells me how to plant the seeds but has no instructions on how often they need watering or feeding. I'm a complete novice at this sort of thing and any advice would be much appreciated. It would be great to be able to eat fresh vegetables that I have grown myself!!
Asked by Danielle H - Thu Mar 20 07:59:33 2008 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments

A. You have a huge variety of plants there!! They will all need different amounts of water once they germinate...until then just keep the soil moist but not soaking. Once they germinate, you will find the pumpkin will grow very fast and probably need transplanting into a bigger pot. The cucumber will also grow pretty fast and need transplanting. You didn't specify the pot size, but a pumpkin should go into a 4" pot, and the cucumber into a 2-4" pot...one plant per pot. The cuke and pumpkin will be ready to transplant into the garden much sooner than the tomato(slower grower) Carrots are usually direct seeded into the garden, not started in pots. I suggest you just go buy a pack of seeds and wait and plant them later in the garden. Good… [cont.]
Answered by Ginny H - Thu Mar 20 11:08:37 2008

How do I get seeds from my basil plants?
Q. They appear to be flowering, are the seeds in the flowers or something? What about parsley? Should I not allow my basil to seed? I have sweet basil and what I believe is peppermint basil, tastes like black licorice.
Asked by The Eco Guy - Thu Jul 30 14:02:24 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you have several kinds of basil or the near neighbors have a different type of basil your seeds may be cross pollinated between two types so the seeds will not breed true being hybrids. This is not always bad but the next generation of basil may be very different from the plants you have this year as a result. Flowers have an ovary that holds the ovum (eggs). Once fertilized, seeds mature where the flower was because, though the petals drop, the ovary develops. To reduce chances of cross pollination between basil be sure there is 50 - 100 feet between different types of basil. Or pinch one variety so the other can flower and be fertilized. Once flowering is complete allow the pinched basil to set flowers at a later time. Be sure you… [cont.]
Answered by gardengallivant - Thu Jul 30 16:05:05 2009