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10 Seed-Starting Tips

How a practiced propagator gets seedlings off to a healthy start

by Adrianna Vargo
Few gardening pursuits are as rewarding as growing and nurturing your own plants from seed. As the nursery manager at the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Monticello, I have started thousands of ornamental and vegetable plants from seed. I am still awestruck by the beautiful potential locked inside each tiny seed that crosses my fingers on its way to becoming a plant. But growing plants from seed is not always an easy task, and over the years I have developed and adopted the following techniques to ensure that seeds get a healthy start.

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