You can give your flower and vegetable garden a head start and save money by knowing how to germinate seeds. With the right amount of heat and moisture, starting seeds indoors is simple.

Fork over the soil two or three weeks before sowing to encourage the weed seeds in the soil to germinate. They can then be hoed off before sowing crops. Remove the first flush of weeds.

There is, however, an art to growing plants from seeds. It takes a little knowledge, good techniques and a bit of luck. When the process doesn’t go well and germination is poor, it’s easy to ...

Germination is the process by which a plant begins to grow from a seed. Seeds need certain conditions to germinate successfully. Doctor Laura Bowden is a seed specialist, and I've asked her to try ...

However, when it comes to perennial seed, it might be important to pre-treat the seed to aid germination. While most seed will germinate after imbibing water, some seed is dormant. This seed will ...