Planting Seeds in Containers to Start Seedlings Indoors

This eHow clip covers planting seeds in containers as the first stage of raising seedlings indoors. In the creator's description, urban horticulturist Stan DeFreitas gives three points to follow: press the soil down slightly, plant each seed at a depth equal to its own length, and keep the soil moist for the whole germination period. Small containers are recommended for starting seedlings. The video runs about 1 minute 9 seconds.

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Gardening From Seeds : How to Plant Seeds in a Container, by ehowgarden on YouTube. 1 min 9 s.

Video length
1 min 9 s
Time to do it
Varies
Difficulty
Easy
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What this tutorial covers

  • Packing the soil down slightly before planting, rather than leaving it loose.
  • Seed depth guidance: bury a seed as deep as the seed itself is long, so depth varies with seed size.
  • Moisture needs to be maintained throughout germination, not just at planting.

Limits and exclusions

  • The supplied description does not name specific seed varieties, a soil or seed-starting mix, container sizes, watering frequency or a germination timeline.
  • There are no creator-supplied chapter timestamps for this video.

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