How to Sow Flowers
If you want a beautiful garden, then try sowing your own flower seeds. To sow seeds means germinating your seeds. You can start sowing seeds indoors by planting them in trays filled with potting soil. You can also sow seeds outdoors in the ground. If you choose to sow your seeds outside, the best time to do this is when there is no threat of frost and the sun warms the ground. Late spring or summer is the best time to plant annual flower seeds outdoors. Choose a sunny location, and in a few weeks time, you can enjoy beautiful flowers. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Pull the weeds in the area you want your flower garden to be. It needs to be as weed-free as possible.
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Using a spading fork or tiller, dig up the ground. Add some good compost to the soil and continue to mix this in until finely combined.
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Rake the area to get the soil crumbly. If you see any weed roots, pull them out. Remove any large rocks and hard clumps of dirt. Level out the ground as best you can with your rake.
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Lay a cane or the handle of the rake across the garden bed. Gently press down on the handle to create a shallow depression in the soil. This procedure is termed as a drill. This works to make a row for the small seeds. For large seeds, use the edge of your hoe. To find the correct depth for your row, check the back of your seed packet.
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Using the sprinkle head of your hose, moisten the row you just made with water.
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Look at your seeds. If seeds are small, carefully sprinkle them on top of the ground in the depression you just made. Make sure they are thinly scattered. Using your hands or the flat edge of the rake, gently cover the seeds with dry soil. Press the soil down so the seed will have good contact with the soil.
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Plant larger seeds such as sunflowers or sweet peas in a row that is deeper. Sow these to a depth of around an inch and space them 3 to 4 inches apart. These you can pick up one at a time and space out appropriately.
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Shove a stick or some kind of marker at each end of the rows, so you know where your flowers are. At one end, place a label so you can remember which flowers you planted there.
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Water the area gently. Use a sprinkler nozzle. If you do not, you may wash the seeds out of the row, or push them deeper into the ground. Do not let the soil dry out, but don't keep the soil soggy wet either.
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Tips & Warnings
If the seeds are small, put some sand or sawdust in a dish. Add your seeds and mix them with the sand or sawdust. This will make it easier to space out the seeds.
Do not work the ground when the soil is wet. This will make the soil hard. A way to check the moisture content of your soil is to take a handful and squeeze. If it does not stay crumbly, it is too wet to dig or till. It is a good time to pull the weeds. Also, try not to walk on your freshly tilled garden. A good way to avoid that is to put boards across and walk on them.
