What's going on everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening Podcast. Today we're answering a basic question and the question is this do seedlings need fertilizer?

So we know that fertilizing plants in general is obviously a good idea when it comes to

gardening and trying to get the most out of your garden, but do seedlings need it?

And this is a great question and we're going to get to it after but do seedlings need it?

And this is a great question and we're going to get to it

after we talk about our sponsor, Garden Maker Naturals.

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gardenmaker.com all right do see things need fertilizer well technically no

and technically yes so the seeds have enough power inside themselves to germinate,

but the nutrients that are essential to healthy growth are not usually present in the soil.

At least in most seed starting mixes.

Now, that's of course different if you are using your own soil mix,

your own seed starting mix.

And if you're a YouTube subscriber on the Epic Gardening

YouTube, pretty soon we're going to have a

video about how to make the best seed starting mix possible and in that particular

video you will have all of the nutrients needed for healthy growth.

However, there's something to be said for the seeds, right?

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