Burpee Seed Starter: A Guide to Growing Flower, Vegetable, and Herb Seeds Indoors and Outdoors (Paperback)

by Maureen Heffernan (Author)

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Product Description
For more than a century, Burpee has been a household name for vegetable and flower seeds. Now, the basics of seed-starting popular annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs can be found in one easy-to-use volume.In addition to the extensive encyclopedia of seed-starting organized by plant, there is information on sowing indoors and outdoors, thinning, transplanting, troubleshooting and much more. Peppered throughout are tips on frost free dates, purchasing seed, seed viability and different equipment available to help the home gardener plant seed. Extensive appendices include information on average first and last frost dates, planting charts and seeds that need light to germinate.Maureen Heffernan is the Director of Public Programs at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. She was the leading contributor for the Burpee Complete Gardener.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons; 1 edition (February 12, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028610024
• ISBN-13: 978-0028610023
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #128,493 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of two manditory books for gardeners, February 17, 1999

By	Paul Galioni (Susanville/Nevada City, California) - See all my reviews

One of two mandatory books for gardeners who can't afford the $200 Ortho book. First comes Sunset's Western Garden Book and then comes this Burpee seed book - ever wonder how come those Dogwood never seem to germinate - or how come Trillium, despite your twenty years of trying, just seem to lie there mocking you? This book explains all those arcane secrets that seem to defy any logic you can come up with.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to staring seeds, October 22, 1997

By A Customer

Every thing you need to know about starting plants from seed. This book is an encyclopedia listing hundreds of plants, with many pictures. Detailed information about starting each from seeds. Before you buy seeds, get this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful though not exhaustive, November 11, 2001

By	Lisa Wagner (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the first book I've found that specializes in growing from seed. It gives some good advice on equipment, and some good insights into procedure. It is published by Burpee and somewhat biased toward Burpee products. A few of the charts in the appendix are indespensible -- such as first- and last-frost dates by city, and recommended seed-starting and planting times for vegetables. Unfortunately there is not also such a list for flowers and seed-fruit, but it is a good starting place. It should also be noted that 155 of the books 256 pages are spent on a plant-by-plant index that provides information similar to that provided in other garden books, only scewed slightly towards growing from seed. So less than half the book is really focused on seed-starting.