February is a great time of year pour yourself a warm cup of coffee or tea and sort through all of your seeds from seasons past. Take stock. What do you have left? What do you need to order more of? In order to test how well your seeds will do this season (especially if they are more than one year old) is to perform a germination test. Below is a how to video, but here are some quick steps as well:
1) Moisten one towel and arrange your seed on the sheet. If the seed is large (peas, beans, corn), apply another moist towel on top and roll the 2 sheets together into a tube.
2) Once rolled, the paper towel should be placed inside a plastic bag or Ziploc to keep it from drying out.
3) Finally, place the plastic bag in a warm spot (e.g. on top of the fridge).
4) Check to see if the seed has germinated (sprouted) Most seeds will germinate within 5-7 days.
6) You may want to transplant the little sprouts to pots, so that germinated seed doesn't go to waste!
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