RHS How to Grow Plants from Seeds

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781784727628
  • Weight: 448g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 214mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Sep 2021
  • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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' How to Grow Plants from Seeds is a great little book - a hand-holding, step-by-step guide with clear pictures and instructions. It demystifies the process and covers flowers as well as vegetables and herbs. A most useful present for anyone wanting to get started on sowing seeds.' Country Living

'Whether you want to grow a cutting garden or a harvest of fresh produce, discover the basic rules for success.' The Garden


How To Grow Plants From Seeds
does away, once and for all, with the idea that there's something difficult about growing direct from seed. There's no need to rely on the professionals to raise seedlings for you: seeds are not only cheap to buy and environmentally friendly but, if you follow a few basic rules, they're also fantastically rewarding, not least because a single packet will usually leave you with plenty of spares to swap with fellow enthusiasts.

Whether you're a novice or an experienced gardener, if you want to nurture an impressive cutting garden or aim to have a bounteous harvest of fruit and vegetables, here's what you need to know, presented in a straightforward and accessible way. You'll discover the basic rules for different seeds, their sowing preferences (Indoor, under cover or direct- to-plot? Surface-sow or cover up? Water or spray?), how long they take to germinate, and how to prick out, pot on and raise your infant plants to become sturdy, productive adults.

The book opens with a basic primer showing how seeds work, to give every grower the best chance at success. This is followed by extensive chapters on raising food and flowers from seed with plenty of detailed plant profiles included, and finally there's a guide to collecting seeds from your plants and how to save and swap - so that you, too, can become a seed evangelist.

Sophie Collins is a writer, editor and gardening fanatic. She is the co-author of the last Christmas's hit nature gardening book, RHS How Can I Help Hedgehogs

Melissa Mabbitt trained in horticulture at Bodnant Gardens in North Wales and works as a gardener and garden designer. She has written for the RHS members' magazine The Garden, as well as Garden News, Garden Answers, Landscape and Modern Gardens, where she was Gardening Editor.