Best Ways to Germinate Any Vegetable Seed

Early spring is the best time to start a lot of vegetable seeds. Here we share three simple ways to start any vegetable seed easily.

Time: 20 Minutes Cost: $1 Difficulty: Easy

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We can divide Seeds into 3 categories by size- small, medium, and large

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For small seeds  like Chilli, Fenugreek, Capsicum , Radish, Tomato, Spinach, Brinjal, etc. you can keep the seeds in a moist tissue paper and seal it in a bag

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Its important that the tissue paper that you're using is just moist and not soaked in water otherwise it won't work. Secondly, you can keep the bag near the window- it will help maintain good temperature conditions.

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The seeds will sprout in about 7-10 days 

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And you can plant the the sprouted seed (~ 3-5cm) directly in soil.

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For the large sized seeds. The major issue with these bigger seeds ( like zucchini, squash. pumpkin, and most gourds ) is that the outside coat is too hard. So we need to soak it in water overnight .

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And then start them in seedling trays(recommended) or in soil directly.

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The list of medium seeds includes: okra/ bhindi , cucumber, beans, cauliflower, peas, ect

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For medium seeds- you can choose either of the 2 methods. Either you can soak in water or you can put them in tissue paper and let them sprout. 

The tissue paper method is my personal favorite because it saves a lot of space

Both of these methods are general methods and would work for most seeds!

Materials used for this project:

• Seeds
• Tissue paper
• Plastic bag
• Water sprayer (optional) to soak the tissue paper