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| Photo Credit: Robert Smaus |
| Small 7- by 10-inch wood flats help make sprouting seed easy. |
Most people start vegetable and flower seed in anything they come across – nursery packs, cottage cheese containers, egg cartons. But you’ll have more success starting seed in old-fashioned wood flats – and they’re better-looking to boot.
A long time ago, nurseries used wood to start their seed. But wood proved difficult to clean, and disease became a problem. Eventually cheap, disposable plastic replaced the wood. But home gardeners don’t have this problem because they don’t use wood flats as often, so it’s a good option for you to try. For starters, wood flats make it easier to germinate seed, because the wood regulates temperature and moisture (just like a terra-cotta pot). They don’t get too hot sitting in the sun or get cold overnight. And since wood sucks up excess moisture, the soil doesn’t get too wet.
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