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Organic Seed - How to Save Money by Starting Your Own Seeded Plants

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  Buying seeds and potted plants are one of the biggest investments for organic gardeners. I know plenty of gardeners who drop wild amounts of money into buying plants. Now I'm not here to say that's a bad thing, but there is another way that won't break your wallet... start your own organic seeds! If you know what you're doing - and you will because you're reading this article! :) - not only will you save money on seeds/plants but you'll know the exact quality of the plant! Another benefit to starting your own seeds: you can plant much more just because of the money you'll save! The First Thing You Must Consider... Will you start your seeds indoors our outside? I recommend indoors if at all possible... they have a much higher survival rate! How To Start New Seeds From Indoors First, you need to make sure your pots or containers have good drainage! For years I was purchasing and using these nice, new pots until I realized an option that was not only free, bu...
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Buying Organic Seeds

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If you have decided that you want to have a truly organic garden then you really need to buy organic seeds. Even if you have avoided using weed killer or pesticide in your garden, unless the plants are grown from organic seeds they are not truly organic. It is possible that standard seeds have been subjected to various kinds of sprays when they were growing on the parent plant and you have no way of checking this. There is even a possibility that non organic seeds may have been genetically modified or engineered to encourage the growing plant to have certain qualities, such as higher productivity or disease resistance, for example. This genetic modification should not be confused with selective breeding and hybridization that has been going on for hundreds, if not thousands of years to produce the fruits and vegetables that are widely available today. The real danger with the whole concept of genetic modification is that we do not really know what else may be altered when we tamper wit...
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