There are easy ways of sowing and there are complicated ways of sowing, there are of course also easy complicated ways of sowing 😉 I wrote a bit about raising woody plants from seed in Part 1 of my slightly beyond normal gardening endeavors. Uncomplicated seeds germinate in something close to room temperature or a bit more within a week or two, but in addition to those kinds of seeds there are several ones that require a few tricks. Cold treatment is the most common one, but there are fire treatments, hormone treatments and all sorts of minor tricks. Cold treatment the easy way, sometimes I have been using the refrigerator, but then usually seeds in vermiculite in small plastic bags. This year I am just soaking, chipping, cold treating and using a heat mat. That is a minor league season for me.. An invaluable help is the Seed Germination Database and I can also strongly recommend Ken Druse’s “Making More Plants”. My Mother makes her own labels with a laminator. Muutama sana ja linkki siemenkasvatuksesta, en tänä vuonna ole tehnyt mitään niin erikoista: liuottamista, viilausta, kylmä käsittelyä ja lämpömaton käyttöä vain 🙂 Några ord och länkar om frösådd, jag har inte gjort något särskilt komplicerat i år: bara lite blötlagt, filat, köldbehandlat och använt en undervärmesmatta 🙂