The owners and staff at Soares Nursery are well-qualified to serve your needs for plants and landscaping. Unified by a passion for gardening, our friendly team of very knowledgeable horticulturists is devoted to excellent customer service. On our team, some have degrees, a few are Massachusetts Certified Horticulturists, all have decades of experience in the plant trade and as avid gardeners. We are pleased to share our knowledge so that your garden will thrive!
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The Latest Dirt: Seeding Tips
I thought it would be fun to share my seed starting operation with you.
Nothing fancy - I have used this system for 25 years and have grown thousands of seedlings of my unusual treasures that we then pot up at the nursery (and of course a few for my own garden!).
1) Organizing the seeds – a simple plastic box, with cards separating each growing week. I note 8 weeks and 6 weeks from the last frost date (May 30) so that I can then place seeds in the proper sowing week. I also set aside seeds to be sown in late July for fall crops. Early weeks are for lettuces, kales, perennials – all the cool season crops. As we get closer to week 22 (the magic frost free date) I add warm season crops – tomatoes, marigolds, ornamental vines, etc.
2) The seeds get started on my light bench: 3 rows of fluorescent light bulbs on adjustable chains that I can raise as the seedlings get taller.
Some words from our happy customers!
You Made My Day!
Many thanks to all of you personal shoppers working behind the scenes to fulfill orders for curbside pickup! This beautiful sunny spring afternoon I planted the flat of violas I picked up yesterday. Transported me straight to my happy place – my zen zone. Indeed you do ‘make gardeners smile’!
Robin
