HYB: Seed planting

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Hello, Everyone,

Last fall I experimented with planting seeds directly into their beds versus planting them in pots.

That’s me, planting on either side of the soaker hose.  I used an old Sharpie pen with the blunt end marked at ¾ of an inch, placed the seed on the soft, damp ground, pushed it in and firmed the ground over it.  If the seed had already sprouted, I made the hole with pen first then dropped it in with the root down.  The pen also served as a measure of distance between seeds, 5 inches.

At the same time two crosses of approximately 36 seeds each went into large pots.

Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9