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Alaska Pea plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Alaska Pea from Seed

Alaska Pea is an early shelling pea ready in about 55 days. Learn direct sow timing, vine support, thinning, and harvesting smooth round pods for fresh shelling or soup.

Anaheim Pepper plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Anaheim Pepper from Seed

Grow mild Anaheim chile peppers from seed: indoor start timing, transplanting, full-sun care, heat requirements, harvest from green to red, and kitchen uses.

Astro Arugula plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Astro Arugula from Seed

Grow Astro arugula from seed with tips on its mild flavor, broad strap-leaf shape, fast baby-leaf harvest, succession sowing, and managing bolt in warm weather.

Bouquet Dill herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Bouquet Dill from Seed

Learn how to grow Bouquet Dill from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, timing, germination, spacing, watering, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Broccoli plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Broccoli from Seed

Learn how to grow broccoli from seed, from cool-season timing and transplant care to firm head formation, pest prevention, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Broccoli Raab plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Broccoli Raab from Seed

Grow Broccoli Raab from seed with direct-sowing timing, succession planting, watering, pest prevention, troubleshooting, and tender-bud harvest tips.

Calendula flowers growing in a garden

How to Grow Calendula from Seed

Grow Calendula officinalis from seed with tips on cool-season timing, direct sowing, deadheading for long bloom, self-seeding, and edible petal use.

Catnip herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Catnip from Seed

Learn how to start Catnip seeds with practical guidance on sowing depth, temperature, germination, spacing, harvest timing, and troubleshooting.

Champion Radish plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Champion Radish from Seed

Learn how to grow Champion Radish from seed, with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, spacing, watering, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Chives herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Chives from Seed

Learn how to grow chives from seed with practical guidance on germination, light, spacing, repeated harvest, and edible purple flowers for home gardeners.

Cilantro / Coriander herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Cilantro / Coriander from Seed

Learn how to grow Cilantro / Coriander from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, succession sowing, germination, spacing, and troubleshooting.

Collard Greens plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Collard Greens from Seed

Learn how to grow Collard Greens from seed, with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, spacing, watering, pest control, and troubleshooting.

Common Thyme herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Common Thyme from Seed

Grow common thyme from seed with practical guidance on shallow sowing, slow germination, drainage, perennial care, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Cucumber plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Cucumber from Seed

Learn how to grow cucumbers from seed with practical help on warm-soil sowing, spacing, trellising, pollination, harvest, pests, and troubleshooting.

Cumin herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Cumin from Seed

Learn how to grow cumin from seed — including the long warm season it needs, indoor starting for short climates, sowing depth, spacing, and seed harvesting tips.

Danvers 126 Carrot plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Danvers 126 Carrot from Seed

Learn how to grow Danvers 126 carrots from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, soil prep, thinning, watering, and troubleshooting forked or stunted roots.

Dark Opal Basil herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Dark Opal Basil from Seed

Learn how to grow Dark Opal Basil from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, timing, temperature, spacing, watering, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Delicious Tomato plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Delicious Tomato from Seed

Grow Delicious Tomato from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, indoor timing, transplanting, spacing, staking, watering, and beefsteak troubleshooting.

Di Cicco Broccoli plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Di Cicco Broccoli from Seed

Learn how to grow Di Cicco Broccoli from seed, including indoor starting, sowing depth, cool-season timing, spacing, watering, side-shoot harvest, and troubleshooting.

Dwarf Greek Basil herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Dwarf Greek Basil from Seed

Learn how to grow Dwarf Greek Basil from seed - compact globe habit, container and windowsill tips, warm germination, pinching, and harvest guidance for home gardeners.

Dwarf Mix Cosmos flowers growing in a garden

How to Grow Dwarf Mix Cosmos from Seed

Learn how to grow Dwarf Mix Cosmos from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, timing, temperature, spacing, watering, bloom care, and troubleshooting.

Genovese Basil herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Genovese Basil from Seed

Learn how to grow Genovese Basil from seed with practical guidance on warmth, sowing depth, light, pinching, spacing, watering, and troubleshooting.

Iceberg Lettuce plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Iceberg Lettuce from Seed

Learn how to grow Iceberg Lettuce from seed, with practical guidance on shallow sowing, cool-season timing, heading culture, watering, and troubleshooting.

Lacinato Kale plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Lacinato Kale from Seed

Grow Lacinato kale (dinosaur kale) from seed with tips on sowing, spacing, cold tolerance, harvesting dark savoyed leaves, and troubleshooting common problems.

Large Leaf Basil herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Large Leaf Basil from Seed

Learn how to start Large Leaf Basil from seed with practical guidance on warm sowing temperatures, depth, light, transplant timing, pinching, and troubleshooting.

Lavender Vera herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Lavender Vera from Seed

Grow Lavender Vera from seed with guidance on cold stratification, patient germination, drainage, sun, transplanting, troubleshooting, and bloom timing.

Lemon Balm herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Lemon Balm from Seed

Learn how to grow Lemon Balm from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, timing, temperature, spacing, watering, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Lemon Basil herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Lemon Basil from Seed

Learn how to grow Lemon Basil from seed — warm germination, Thai and Lao culinary uses, pinching flowers to extend harvest, and care tips for this citrus-scented basil.

Lemon Cucumber plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Lemon Cucumber from Seed

Grow Lemon Cucumber from seed with our practical guide on sowing, harvest timing, when to pick round yellow fruit, spacing, and troubleshooting tips.

Luffa Gourd plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Luffa Gourd from Seed

A practical guide to growing Luffa Gourd from seed, with sowing depth, heat needs, trellising, harvest timing for sponges, and troubleshooting.

Mammoth Sunflower flowers growing in a garden

How to Grow Mammoth Sunflower from Seed

Learn how to grow Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower from seed: direct sow timing, soil prep, spacing, staking giant stems, and harvesting edible grey-striped seeds.

Oakleaf Lettuce plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Oakleaf Lettuce from Seed

Learn how to grow Oakleaf Lettuce from seed, with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, germination, spacing, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Parisian Carrot plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Parisian Carrot from Seed

Parisian Carrot grows round, golf-ball-sized roots in heavy soil or containers where long carrots fail. Learn sowing, thinning, harvest timing, and storage tips.

Red Acre Cabbage plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Red Acre Cabbage from Seed

Learn how to grow Red Acre Cabbage from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, transplanting, spacing, watering, and troubleshooting.

Roma Tomato plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Roma Tomato from Seed

A practical guide to starting Roma tomato seeds indoors, including depth, warmth, light, transplant timing, spacing, watering, and troubleshooting.

Roquette Arugula plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Roquette Arugula from Seed

Grow classic Roquette arugula from seed. Covers its intense peppery flavor, deeply lobed leaves, fast growth, bolt behavior in heat, and succession sowing tips.

Round Zucchini plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Round Zucchini from Seed

Grow Round Zucchini from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, soil warmth, spacing, pollination, harvest size, and common troubleshooting.

Savoy Cabbage plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Savoy Cabbage from Seed

Grow Savoy Cabbage from seed: indoor starting, transplanting, soil prep, spacing, cold-hardy harvest, and troubleshooting for crinkled, tender heads.

Sensitive Plant plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Sensitive Plant from Seed

Learn how to start Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) seeds with practical guidance on scarification, warmth, sowing depth, germination, and troubleshooting.

Slow Bolt Arugula plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Slow Bolt Arugula from Seed

Learn how to grow Slow Bolt Arugula from seed, with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, spacing, succession planting, and bolt-resistant harvest.

Spaghetti Squash plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Spaghetti Squash from Seed

Learn how to grow Spaghetti Squash from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, warm-soil timing, spacing for vines, watering, curing, and troubleshooting.

Sugar Ann Pea plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Sugar Ann Pea from Seed

Learn how to grow Sugar Ann snap peas from seed, including early sowing, compact-vine support, spacing, watering, harvest timing, and troubleshooting.

Sugar Snap Pea plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Sugar Snap Pea from Seed

Learn how to start Sugar Snap Pea seeds with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, germination, trellising, watering, and troubleshooting.

Summer Savory herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Summer Savory from Seed

Learn how to start Summer Savory seeds with practical guidance on sowing depth, warm-season timing, germination, spacing, pinching, and harvest.

Thai Basil herb growing in a garden

How to Grow Thai Basil from Seed

Learn how to grow Thai Basil from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, warm-season timing, soil temperature, spacing, pinching, harvest, and troubleshooting.

Tiny Tim Tomato plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Tiny Tim Tomato from Seed

Learn how to grow Tiny Tim Tomato from seed, with practical guidance on sowing depth, indoor starting, container care, light, watering, and troubleshooting.

Vates Collard plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Vates Collard from Seed

Grow Vates collard greens from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, spacing, cold hardiness, slow-bolt traits, harvest, and troubleshooting common issues.

Waltham 29 Broccoli plant growing in a garden

How to Grow Waltham 29 Broccoli from Seed

Learn how to grow Waltham 29 Broccoli from seed with practical guidance on indoor starting, transplanting, spacing, watering, side-shoot harvest, and troubleshooting.

White Stem Pak Choi plant growing in a garden

How to Grow White Stem Pak Choi from Seed

Learn how to grow White Stem Pak Choi from seed with practical guidance on sowing depth, cool-season timing, germination, spacing, pest protection, and bolting prevention.