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We asked plant experts to troubleshoot your seed-starting struggles. Here's what they had to say.

If you’ve ever planted seeds with big hopes and tiny results, you’re not alone. Many people assume gardening requires grow lights, heat mats, humidity domes, and an entire shelf of gadgets just to get ...

Paris Alston: This is GBH's Morning Edition. Even with the clouds throughout the day, yesterday was gorgeous and today is shaping up to be even nicer. GBH meteorologist and gardening expert Dave ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat leaves from the milkweed genus, Asclepias spp., so it’s critical for those butterflies that we try to grow as many of these plants as we can. Collecting ...

With the right planning, you can start seedlings indoors for hardier plants in the garden. Learn how to germinate seeds quickly, with instructions for seed starting mix and DIY paper pots to get ...

Even though March may seem as if it’s very early in the spring season, it’s a perfect time to plant according to your climate or, if you’re ambitious and you choose the right plants, plant your entire ...

Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...

Scientists have uncovered new insights into the way seeds use gene networks to control when they germinate in response to environmental signals. Scientists at the University of York have uncovered new ...

Temperatures will be too hot for the seeds of one in five plants by the year 2070, Australian researcher says Global heating will make it much harder for tropical plants around the world to germinate, ...