Champion Seeds Gardening Tips

  PLANTING GARLIC IN THE FALL TO HARVEST IN THE SPRING  Champion Seeds Planting garlic in the fall? But what about the snow and cold winter? That’s no problem for the delicious bulb that is garlic, planting in Mid-October allows your garlic to grow during the fall and spring. So you have nice healthy garlic by late June. Selecting the Right Garlic When choosing garlic, you want to ensure you pick varieties that will survive your climate. For Northern USA and Canada, you’ll want to choose a Hard neck variety. Hard neck refers to the garlic's literal hard neck, these varieties do best in colder winters and withstand quite cold winters. If you live somewhere with mild winters that stay just below freezing, you can probably go with a soft neck variety. As a rule of thumb, you should always choose organic local garlic. This ensures the garlic is grown locally and can withstand your climate. Some people use Seed Garlic from online vendors, however, I feel it can b...

    5 House Plants even you couldn’t kill Champion Seeds There are two types of plant killers out there. The one that hovers over their plant all day watering constantly hoping that through sheer love their plant will grow. Then there’s the one who enjoys plants, but keeps forgetting to water for a week or two… or three. No matter which one you are, we are going to find you some house plants even you can’t kill.

  10 late season crops YOU CAN plant now   Champion Seeds After all your planning and hard work, you finally start to reap the rewards from your garden. Your quality Peppers are growing more and more fruit every day, but your lettuce has bolted and all your carrots are harvested. You can't help but feel sad and miss your other vegetables. It's late in the season though, what could you possibly plant?! What you need to know! Before you actually get started planting you need to realize planting fall crops is a little different that planting in spring. Fall planting is a great way to squeeze another harvest into our oh so short growing season. ·        Make sure you are using quick to harvest varieties, for instance, carrots range from 55-90 days depending on the variety. You need to be aware of your first frost date and plan 1 week ahead. ·        Harvest those summer crops now, the extra size you wil...

5 Steps to growing the perfect peppers Champion Seeds Gardening can often be overwhelming. Especially when you plan on investing so much of your time towards creating the perfect garden. With so many different kinds of plants, each with their own needs and weaknesses you want to make sure you get as much right as possible.  So, when it comes to peppers here are 5 proven steps for growing the healthiest peppers.

  When and How to prune your peppers Champion Seeds To prune or not to prune? This is a question a lot of beginner gardeners struggle with. Even I admit.... its very hard to chop off part of your pepper plant you’ve worked so hard to grow. There’s not always one definitive right answer. We’re going to take a look at when you should prune, and how you should go about pruning.   When to Prune Your Pepper Plants There are two main schools of thought: early and late-season pruning.  Early season pruning is usually considered the most important type of pruning. Often called 'topping' a pepper, is when you cut the top portion of your young seedling to stimulate bushier plant growth. Topping works best on young healthy peppers grown properly.  Late season pruning involves pruning old and damaged leaves, along with others to reduce energy use in the plant and help ripen peppers. Late Season pruning can also take place as a way to prepare your plants for overwinte...

                              How to maximize your germination success   Champion Seeds                                                             Germinating Seeds is an essential part to any gardeners growing process. We all know how disappointing it can be to see such a low percentage of all seeds germinating. Why does it have to be so difficult to start pepper seeds, or any seeds for that matter?? I’m going to talk about some tips and tricks that I have learned over the years that that can help you maximize your germination rate, and make sure you get upwards of 90-100% germination on your seeds! This article covers germination only, if you want tips to growing your own pepper, check out our other article on how to grow the perfect ...