Knowing how much water and warmth different seeds need to germinate will improve your changes of getting a great crop of vegetables
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any of our minds will soon – if they haven’t already – turn towards sowing seeds. While germination appears to happen willy-nilly in the wild, this process requires a certain set of factors to take place. Different seeds require different conditions, and knowing what your seeds need will mean more successfully germinate and fewer are wasted.
To an unimaginative eye, a seed looks inert. Yet they are packed with genetic information and biological processes poised to unfold. All it takes is the right configuration of signals and stimuli from the environment to let them know it’s time to dare to grow.
The most obvious prerequisite for (most) germination is water. While watering freshly sown seeds seems simple, it is this that causes the coat to swell and break open, and the enzymes within to activate. Too much water and the seed rots before this can happen; too little and it remains dormant.
