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Sowing Seeds

Get your seedlings off to a healthy start

Gary Junken

Few gardening pursuits are as rewarding as growing and nurturing your own plants. But growing plants isn’t always an easy task. In this video, Alyson Brown, propagation manager at White Flower Farm in Litchfield, Conn., demonstrates some techniques that are sure to help you get your seeds off to a healthy start.

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