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A glossary to help cut through seed-packet jargon and confidently plant indoors
Jessica Damiano’s glossary clarifies seed-packet terms and guides timing for indoor seed starting using local frost dates to help gardeners avoid common planting mistakes.
- The AP glossary decodes seed‑packet jargon for home gardeners, explaining terms like 'scarify' and using The Old Farmer's Almanac ZIP tool for last‑frost timing advice.
- Seed-Packet jargon often frustrates gardeners, as terms like 'stratify' mean cold exposure and 'scarify' means nicking seeds, while hybrids are controlled crosses and open-pollinated seeds 'grow true' for saving.
- Days to maturity shows harvest timing for direct-sown seeds versus seedlings started indoors, germination rate estimates sprout percentage, and thinning removes overcrowded seedlings to 2 or 3 inches apart.
- Starting seeds indoors at the correct time helps home gardeners ensure seedlings are ready to transplant on schedule, while clarifying germination rates, days to maturity, and thinning reduces wasted seed and effort.
- Most seed packets advise starting seeds indoors a few weeks before the 'average last frost date', which can be found using the 'Old Farmer's Almanac ZIP-code tool', creating seasonal urgency for gardeners planning spring sowing.
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A glossary to help cut through seed-packet jargon and confidently plant indoors
By JESSICA DAMIANO Planting seeds sounds straightforward and, frankly, it should be: Buy a seed, plant it, add water and watch it grow. But one look at the back of a jargon-filled seed packet can have you spewing expletive-filled rants to no one in particular. Fear not. With this handy glossary at your side, you’ll not only understand exactly what you’re buying and what it will expect from you, but you’ll also avoid attracting sideways glances a…
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