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Starting Seeds Indoors

Suggested Seed Starting Kit

1. Metal Tray, 15" x 13" x 2".

2. Vermiculite (expanded mica) in which to sow the seed.

3  Soil Thermometer.

4. Plastic Sprinkler Head.

     Nothing is left to chance when you use a Seed-Starting Kit.
It includes everthing you need to be sure that you will have good
results.  Use it outdoors.  Use it indoors at a sunny window.  You
can gain weeks of growth by using the Seed-Starting Kit early
indoors and transplanting to the garden at the right time.  You
may move the tray of seedlings outdoors for hardening of the
seedlings first and transplant later to the Garden beds.

     The Seed-Starting Kit has side funnels for watering.  You do
not disturb the soil surface or seeds or knock over delicate
seedlings. . . No seeds "lost." . . . No seedlings destroyed when
watering.

     False bottom holds water which rises to seeds and roots
everywhere in the growing medium.  A "can't lose" drain screw at
one side lets you drain away any excess water.

     Sterile Vermiculite comes free of fungi which might harm
seeds. Ideal for bringing moisture to and draining excess
moisture from sprouting seeds.   Permits healthy, vigorous root
growth,  When you transplant, the roots come out perfectly and
easily.

     A sprinkler head fits a soft drink bottle.  Fits, also, a
metal sprinkler can if sealed in place with clay or putty.  Handy
for fine, slow, surface sprinkling where desired.  Little or no
disturbance of soil surface and delicate seedlings.

     A Soil Thermometer keeps the guesswork out of sowing and
transplanting.   Set the soil thermometer in the Seed Starting
Tray or set it in garden beds as needed.  Tells when Vermiculite
or soil temperatures are right for sowing, sprouting.


Edward A. G. McTague

Copyright Mary's Gardens 1955, 1996