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Seed Starting 101

Our favorite way to spend the winter months is daydreaming of all the things we want to grow when the ground thaws. Planning your space, prepping your tools, and gathering the seeds that will make 2023 your greenest year yet! To set the tone, our staff loves the Kitchen Herb Kit with 7" Self Watering Planter for simple indoor growing with everything you need ready to go! Or want to try an adorable addition to your sunflower arsenal once you can get outside? The new Teddy Bear Sunflower has warmed all our hearts and makes us wish summer would come faster.

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WHAT TO GROW NOW

NORTHERN ZONES 3-6

Indoor herbs are your best bet!

SOUTHERN ZONES 7-10

Keep those cold-weather crop growing, beets, radishes, and broccoli.

NEW Varieties to liven up the garden

Adorable pops of yellow, vegetables in shades of gray, and new organic varieties top the list of 2023 new must-haves for your growing space!

Tomato Seeds, Yellow Pear

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Sunflower Seeds, Dwarf Teddy Bear

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Squash Seeds, Grey Zucchini

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Watermelon Seeds, Charleston Grey

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Organic Tomato Seeds, Heirloom Brandywine Red

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Organic Radish Seeds, Sparkler

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Give your garden a colorful head start

Our favorite little guys are back for preorder with more beautiful flowers to choose from and featuring Pantone Color of Year 2023. Plantlings begin shipping by grow zone March 13th.

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Petunia Easy Wave Plum Vein

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Calibrachoa
Cabaret

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Geranium Ivy Precision

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What you need now: Tools for Germination

Every seed starts to grow by germinating. Germination is when the seed pops out of it’s shell and begins growing roots (down) and stems (up). We have the tools and steps to get those seeds going!

Germination 101

Step 1: Fill a tray with moist seed starting mix or expanded peat 

Step 2: Add seeds

Step 3: Cover with a humidity dome or plastic wrap 

Step 4: Place on a heat mat (no light needed for most varieties)

Jiffy 36mm Seed Starting Greenhouse Kit

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Seed Germination Heat Mat

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Single Grounded Outlet Timer

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Garden Marcus Book bundle

Our friend Marcus Bridgewater (@garden_marcus) wrote a book! Titled "How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself". Marcus says, “It covers mental health, physical fitness, and spiritual awareness, drawing from what I've learned in my garden and my life.” Grow your garden and yourself with this organic seed & book bundle offered exclusively at ferrymorse.com.

Seeds include easy-to-grow organic favorites: Arugula Roquette, Sweet Basil, Cilantro, Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach, Parris Island Romaine Lettuce, and Evergreen Bunching Onion.

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We have lots of things growing on our site!