My Experiences When Germinating Seeds

I am not sure how many people have tried to germinate seeds from seed trays and then get irritated when they don't germinate the way you think that they should.  I know I have and have been extremely aggravated in the past.  Well like many other people, I have researched how to make my germination rate better. 

 Well who would have known that Jiffy gives you the best instructions on how to germinate seeds and it is right on the packaging too!  I laughed at myself for not doing this before.  So last week I decided that I needed to start germinating some tomato seeds, in fact I am trying to germinate 108 tomato plants.  Well the first tray was a 36 seed tray that I have 12 Best Boy Tomatoes and 24 Brandywine Tomato seeds.  As you can see in the picture below that I have a 100 percent germination rate on the 36 seed tray.  

So here are the steps that I took to achieve this 100 percent germination rate.

    1. For the 36 seed tray I took 5 cups of warm water and poured over the peat moss pellets.

        Let the water soak in and expand which I gave it an hour. And if needed drain the excess water out         of the tray. 

    2. Then I dropped 2 to 3 seeds in each pellet and then covered them.

    3. After that I put the lid on the tray.

    4. And then I stored the seed tray in an area where it would not receive direct sunlight.  

For our seeds it takes 7 to 10 days for them to germinate.  Always look at your seed package to see how long it takes for the seeds to germinate.  We used Burpee Seeds for our tomato seeds.  You can get the seeds at either Amazon.  You can get these seed trays at Amazon.  

I hope this helps you get the best germination rate possible and wish you happy gardening.  

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