What is Seed Scarification? // Knowledge Nugget #3

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, Wellness, Gardening, Leisure, Eco Therapy, Nature Therapy, Self Care, Health & Fitness, Houseplants, How To, Home & Garden, Mental Health, Plants

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🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Growing your own plants from seeds is one of the most gratifying experiences in the garden. Watching a tiny seed become a full-grown plant just gives you the most amazing feeling as a plant parent. However, seed starting is a whole different science and practice on its own and requires special soil, different care, grow lights and water monitoring, and interesting practices to make sure that your seeds actually sprout: seed scarification is one of those practices that may seem intimidating, but takes your seed starting game into a whole different level. Leslie Halleck, my plant friend and Bloom and Grow Garden Society's resident horticulturist, gives us the know-how behind seed scarification in this Knowledge Nugget!Join the Bloom and Grow Garden Society!The Bloom and Grow Garden Society is your one-stop shop for plant parenthood growth. When you join, you'll gain full access to the Garden Party Community Platform and App PLUS monthly plant care lectures with Horticulturist in Residence Leslie Halleck, monthly office hours with Leslie to troubleshoot your personal plant care issues and monthly Growing Joy Calls with Maria to develop our community of Society Members and explore the plant/person connection.Click here to join us!Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast,so you don't miss the amazing episodes we have coming up!In this episode we learn:[01:29] How to access Leslie Halleck’s planty lectures[02:59] What is seed scarification for?[04:16] Different ways to scarify a seed[04:32] Mistakes to avoid when doing seed scarification[07:05] Your open invitation to the Garden Society!Follow Maria and Bloom and Grow Radio:PRE-ORDER LINK: Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants) by Maria Failla, Illustrated by Samantha LeungJoin the Bloom and Grow Garden Party Community Platform & App AKA the plantiest and kindest corner of the internet!Take the Bloom and Grow Plant Parent Personality Quiz (Get the perfect plants, projects and educational resources for YOUR Lifestyle)Support Bloom and Grow Radio by becoming a Plant Friend on Patreon!Instagram and Facebook: @BloomandGrowRadioTiktok: @bloomandgrowradioSubscribe to the Bloom and Grow Youtube Show! /BloomandgrowradioWebsite: www.bloomandgrowradio.comJoin the (free) Garden Club: www.bloomandgrowradio.com/garden-club

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0:00.0	I'm so excited to share this nugget of knowledge with you today, Plant Friends, because it's always been a really confusing concept to me.
0:06.8	And I regret being intimidated by it and taking the time I took to dive into this concept because man seed starting has been so fun it's
0:16.1	been one of the most joyful ways that I've interacted with plants in the last couple of
0:19.8	years because it's totally sparked that inner delight that I used to have as a newbie when I had just started out with tropical plants.
0:27.0	There's just the most amazing feeling that you get when you take this tiny little seed that you can barely see and you stick it in some
0:34.1	soil and it bursts forth and develops into a plant let alone if you can eat whatever
0:38.8	it produces after if you know you know you know what I mean But seed starting is kind of a whole different science and
0:46.4	practice on its own or acquire special soil, different care, growlites and water
0:51.3	monitoring and interesting practices to make sure that your seeds actually sprout.
0:57.0	And seed scarification is one of those practices that I just had no interest in even trying because I was just like what the heck is that?
1:05.6	But no fear in today's nugget of knowledge, our horticulturist and residents in the
1:10.4	Blumen Gros Garden Society, Leslie Halleck,
1:12.8	will be walking us through why seed scarification is so important
1:16.7	and gives us some suggestions on how to do it
1:18.9	if you're Jones in to try it.
1:20.9	So welcome back to another negative knowledge on Blue Mangro Radio.
1:30.0	Hello, hello sweet plant friends. I hope you've had beautifully planty weeks and that you are
1:35.2	enjoying this new mini series that we have been sharing on Blumengrow radio. It's many episodes,
1:40.3	they're never going to be over about five to ten minutes that are little nuggets of knowledge that are being shared in the Bloom and Grow Garden society.
1:49.0	Obviously to get the full benefits of these lectures and of Leslie and everything that's going on.
1:54.8	You must join us in the Garden Society, but there's so much good conversations and knowledge
1:59.2	going on.
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