The urge to garden while the frost is still in the grpund may be partiy satisfied by sowing seeds of annuals and vegetables before plantingout time. This will also enable you to grow the newest kinds and your own selections of varieties of such annuals as petunias, snapâ€" dragons, annual phiox and verâ€" benas, without baving to search the area in May for available plants and taking a chance that DO IT NOW, BE READY FOR MAY This man is sowing seeds on milled sphagnum moss. Don‘t Delay! Call today! GROBE NURSERY LTD. Sowing Indoors Will Increase Plant Do you want a GREENER and SMOOTHER LAWN this year? 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Also remember that many, if not most, annuals will grow quite well and flower early enough if sown directly outside in early May. Those that cannot be grown too successfully from sceeds sown outside are petunias, snapdraâ€" gons, ‘annual phlox, lobelia, verâ€" bena, salvia, ageratum and fibâ€" rousâ€"rooted begonias. New homes with few plantings around them can use a very large number of annuals and the most These are slow growing and must be started earliere to get a long season of flowers. The new much advertised Carefree strain of seedling geraniums are also in this category. them in the house or sow them Before starting your annuals, you will need receptacles such as fish flats, peat pans. coffee cans, clay or peat pots and pans. and milled sphagnum, soil, ferâ€" tilizer and labels. Fine seeds may be sown on top of the sphagnum‘moss with no covering or tamping atâ€"all. When sowing is finished. water the seeds with a fine mist spray. or if they are very small, imâ€" merse the pot to the rim in a pan of water and leave if until thewater just starts to soak through the moss. The pots of small seeds should be covered with a sheet of glass until all the seeds have sproutâ€" ed, or you may use polyethyâ€" lene in the form of a tent wrapâ€" ped tightly around the pot. If glass is used, this will need to be wiped dry each day. Polyâ€" ethylene may remain on the pot until the sceedlings germinate. since it holds the moisture and allows free air passage. Place the seed pots in a warm window but keep them shaded from the sun until the seeds have germinated. Then remove the glass or polycthylene. To sow the seeds, tear out a corner of the seed packet and tap the envelope with the foreâ€" finger. scattering the seeds evenâ€" ly and thinly over the surface of the medium., Press these down lightly with the tamper so that they become embedded; then spread enough sphagnum moss over the seeds to just cover them. Large seeds need to have deceper covering than fine seeds. A good rule of thumb is to cover the seeds twice their depth in medium., _ As soon as the young seeds haveproduced theirthird leaf,. To provide space for further growth of annuals be prepared to construct a cold frame to harâ€" den the plants later on. and also be quite resigned to the fact that you are going to take over every available sunny window in the home and sacrifice decor for utility for several weeks. To start seeds use good garâ€" den soil, peat moss and sand in equal parts for the soil mixâ€" iure. Top this with a halfâ€"inch layer of milled sphagnum moss, which you can purchase already prepared. Before filling the containers with soil, place broken pieces of pots, gravel or stonc at the botâ€" tom. As you Till a pot. gently {irm the soil. Stop filling when the soil is within an inch of the top then smooth the surface over with a block aor the bottom of a pot. At this time moisten the milled moss and add half an inch on top of the soil and tamp this down. 25 Gallon Automatic Hot Water Heater Waterloo Square, Waterloo 93.00 UNION GAS 743â€"2691 , rememâ€" each seedling into the hole and transplant them into flats or peat pets containing a good fertile them singly. 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