Germinate

A friendly and thorough guide to everything gardeners need to know to successfully germinate seeds and raise healthy seedlings.

Germinate offers what no other seed-starting book on the market does: condensed germination and seed-saving information for nearly five hundred kinds of edible and ornamental plants, from arugula to yucca and amaranth to zinnia. Author and horticulturist Joseph Tychonievich leaves no gardener behind. Beginning with the fundamentals of seed function and dormancy, then delving into specific seed-starting techniques, Joseph offers clear, step-by-step instructions for germinating and harvesting the seeds of vegetables, herbs, annuals, biennials, perennials, shrubs and trees, and more.

Including helpful photography, Germinate serves as a comprehensive guide for novice seed starters, experienced gardeners, and even professional growers—all alongside an expansive encyclopedia.

Whether you want to save seeds from heirloom vegetables in order to live a self-sufficient life, sow a bed full of cut flowers to fill vases in your home, collect seeds from native plants to for a pollinator garden, grow a shade tree for the front yard, or cultivate succulents for your windowsill, Germinate will show you how to do it.

From container selection to light considerations to soil mixes, Germinate covers seed starting and saving from A to Z.