193-Digging Deeper into Seed Starting with Garden Professor John Porter-Encore Presentation
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Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Many factors affect whether seeds started indoors will grow to become seedlings that are strong and healthy enough to transition into the garden, survive and prosper. On this week's encore episode, John Porter of The Garden Professors shares his non-negotiables for success when seed starting.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lampel. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, it's Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.3 | Show. |
| 0:24.3 | Well, as of today, the release of this podcast, we have just relaunched Master Seed |
| 0:29.3 | starting, my online course in the online gardening academy, and it is that time of year. |
| 0:34.0 | And because of that, because we've been so busy getting ready for the relaunch, it's |
| 0:38.2 | an amazing amount of work. |
| 0:39.5 | I wanted you to have a podcast that's relevant to the season, but it is one that we did a |
| 0:43.9 | couple seasons back, but it's a good one. |
| 0:46.0 | It's with John Porter. |
| 0:47.0 | He is one of the garden professors, that elite team of horticulturists that are part of |
| 0:52.0 | the group that Dr. Linda Chocker Scott put together a while back. |
| 0:55.4 | She's been a frequent guest on this podcast, but John is going to talk to us about |
| 0:59.4 | lighting and the soil mixes and the germination mats. |
| 1:02.9 | We're going to touch on the subject of certified organic seed and GMO seed and whether that's |
| 1:07.4 | a thing. |
| 1:08.4 | So today is a really nice overview on a lot of the topics related to seed starting, such |
| 1:13.6 | as with the lighting, but John does a great job of getting into talking about LED versus |
| 1:18.2 | fluorescent and the different light frequencies involved in LED lights and the sophistication |
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