Seed Starting Chart

Can anyone tell me where to find a chart just like the one linked to that includes a greater index of seeds. Thanks
http://www.savvygardener.com/Features/seed_starting_calendar.html

This is the most useful site on seed-starting that I have found:

http://earthnotes.tripod.com/seeds.htm

Nice links!

That is a neat site Kay. I think I'm going google-ing and see what else I can find. Thanks

This is some more good info, even though its not a chart. But it only concerns vegetables.
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/L174.htm

This one is even better (scroll to bottom of page) But still not complete.
http://homeharvest.com/jumpstartyourgarden.htm

Another good one
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8703.html

WOW Thanks Ever So Much!!

Judy

Thanks for starting this thread, Ansonfan - I appreciate everyone's links and have squirreled them away in my germination file in my favorites.

Going by the order of how useful the following have been to me, here are a few more someone else might like to try:

http://tomclothier.hort.net/ - If you have a lot of different kinds of seed, this one is great because it shows you how to group different kinds of seeds together that have the same germination method. For this, I use 3 links on Tom Clothier's web page:

1) The Germination Databases at the top have germination methods organized by plant, which I copy into a master list of all my plants.

2) Scroll down to the bottom of the web page to "Developing your own seed start scheduling database". I copy and paste to a notebook on my computer the chart Clothier gives here that attaches a code to each of his germination methods. Next, I copy and paste the name of each plant under the code where it belongs. After a while, groups of plants will accumulate under some of the codes, and you can do each group all at once.

3) Scroll down the bottom all the way to "Determining weeks before last frost" in your area. Again, after cutting and pasting this page to my notebook, I just cut and paste the names of plants where they go with respect to the number of weeks or days to last spring frost.

One more thing that makes this easier for me: In #1, I enter all the different methods of germination if I'm going to use more than one by the name of each plant. Those codes get copied and pasted along with the name of the plant into the charts for codes and scheduling so that, as I sow, I will remember how much seed to save for the next method.

http://www.robsplants.com/seed/germination.php - I like the way this one explains the baggy method, both with coffee filter and pot (Go to top right corner of web page & click on "Seed")

http://www.onrockgarden.com/ - more detail in 'splaining things and more variety in plants

http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/index.htm - If the foregoing don't have it, this one might

Am adding a few more that I don't use so much, but that, like many of these websites, have such a wealth of information about seeds and gardening in general -

http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/germination.html - the great thing about this sight is the way it explains and keeps things simple - I also love the pictures of seedlings and much else

http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/kw7743/1 - Scroll down to the search box in the left column to find plants

http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html - I found this one only recently. If I weren't working with such unusual seed, perhaps this would be the best place to start

I haven't found any one website with germination information for all the plants I'm trying to germinate this winter/spring, but between the first few, I've been able so far to find anything I'm looking for.
There is one printed reference I cannot urge folks strongly enough to acquire:

Seed Germination Theory and Practice by Norman C. Deno
139 Lenor Drive
State College, PA 16801

This is the most comprehensive reference on both germinating a huge variety of seeds and understanding related techniques that I know of. This book will take the mystery out of germination techniques and put it back into existence itself.

You are a gem. Thanks for the input.

You're welcome - most came from DG - Shirley1md was one source and Tammy another and participating in the seed exchange this winter of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) & searching for germination methods for their seed produced a couple more.

It sure would be nice to have a permanent sticky at the top of this forum for different propagation techniques. Now that Gardenwife and Dave have made it possible to link to single posts instead of entire threads, maybe an indexing system might be easier & more efficient to do - every topic in the sticky could be a hyperlink directly to a DG source. I'd do it in two sections - one for internal DG links and another for external links, since the latter tend to disappear.

Here's what Dave & Gardenwife did for us:

whole thread: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/688967/#post_3142447

Individual post on how to do it: http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3142447

It would be good to read the whole thread, because Dave puts in a link to download the Firefox browser which he says works best with DG, and some pros & cons of that are discussed.

Also, there's more how-to about using your favorites section as a file box with single posts - just like you've been doing with whole threads. If you haven't been doing that, it's a wonderful way to store information from DG that you'd like to refer to in the future.

The right side of my brain has just collapsed.

ansonfan, I'm with you. We've got gardeners here that could easily run for president. I'm having to print this informative data so I can read it over and over just to get pieces of it to sink in. I guess I'm not the sponge I used to be in my younger days of absorbing new information.

I know what you mean, some days my brain feels more like a cheap, torn, used-up bargain brand paper towel than a sponge.....

-Erin

Don't remember if I added this one. Scroll down to find chart.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm1.html
This one from T&M seems to be the best.

Thanks for all the links! I've never tried the baggie method before and I want to. Really like the last one you posted ansofan!
:) Donna

And a few more - for those of you with nothing to do .
http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/seedpods.html
http://www.victoryseeds.com/frost/
http://www.virtualseeds.com/Germination.html
http://www.heirloomseeds.com/schedule.htm
http://www.growinginstructions.com/

Found a really great one. Tells starting time. Vesseys.
http://www.veseys.com/us/en/gardeninfo/guide/flowinfo/achilleap

Y'all don't want any attention-challenged Mrs. Maggoo's running for public office - lol. That stuff I posted does not sit on top of my brain where I can reach it whenever I want - fortunately for me, a friend showed me how to use the favorites on ol' 'pooter for filing. May we all be able to locate the left halves of our brains when butterfly-soaking-up time comes around again.

Funny Funny
I think my brain has sufficiently recovered and I carry on a normal conversation lol. That info does take some time to absorb, but its good stuff and I hope to be able soon to take advantage of all the features on this site. I just wonder how that info ~ how many weeks before the last frost date to start seeds indoors ~ has been so overlooked by all of the companies. I found the Vesseys Company (linked above) to be pretty much complete, but not on the herbs. I finally gave in to googling each individual plant and finding many of them that way. I will keep a record and maybe someday we will all have that "VITAL" information easily accessible.

And I forgot to say also including the light/dark requirements and other vital info necessary to starting seeds early indoors.

Bless your souls for the links!

And again, thanks to all of you for posting your own finds. I think that this thread can be very helpful for those who are growing from seed.

I tagged it! I'm glad I had it still in my watch list so I could.

Anyone grow corn in 5 gal buckets ? I got some seeds that take 220 days + depending on temp .

You got me on that one Tony. Why does it take so long to grow? And hows the foggy weather in UC.

It is supposed to have ears up to 3 feet and the stalk is from 18 to 20 something feet tall - depending on soil - weather and time to frost . May or may not keep growing up to a year .
Since the stalks are worth as much as the corn / bigger is better . [ in Mexico - they chop up and use as animal feed in winter . Cross breeding makes everything smaller and matures quicker .
I want to try growing in 5 gallon buckets to stop cross breeding . I figure I can plant this or next month in 5 gal and get a couple more months growing time . won't have to move till about 6 foot tall .
I'll look for web site with info and post in a minute or 2 if I can find it .
Raining right now , but we need it . A little cold , might get a sprinkling of snow above 1500 tonight . Outside about 45 right now .

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/swish/accboth?query=choclero+mays&sort=swishrank&si=0&.cgifields=si&.cgifields=reverse
The above is all one web address .
If you order , they send either 100 or 200 seeds . Only they experimental growers , so don't said it's a hobby . I did and they send them but said no more . [ to me ] They also want to know how ,they did . You have chase down each link to find what you want .
You can do a search on giant vegetables . I use Dogpile search engine - not as many duplicates as google

Thats facinating Tony. I'm going to have to do some reading up and see what its all about. Thanks for sharing.