buy dry fruits and nuts online India Seed companies produce and sell seeds for flowers, fruit and vegetables to the amateur gardener – PowerPoint PPT presentation
Seed companies produce and sell seeds for flowers, fruit and vegetables to the amateur gardener. The production of seed is a multi billion dollar business, which uses growing facilities and growing locations world wide. While most seed is produced by large specialist growers, large amounts are produced by small growers that produce only one to a few crop types. These larger companies supply seed both to commercial resellers and wholesalers. The resellers and wholesalers sell to vegetable and fruit growers, and to companies who package seed into packets and sell them on to the amateur gardener.
Most seed companies or resellers that sell retail, produce a catalog generally published during early winter for seed to be sown the following spring.
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hese catalogs are eagerly awaited by the amateur gardener, as during winter months there is little that can be done in the garden, so this time can be spent planning the following years gardening. The largest collection of nursery and seed trade catalogs in the U.S. is held at the National Agricultural Library. The earliest catalogs there date from the late 18th century, with most published from the 1890s to the present. Shakers were among the earliest commercial producers of garden seeds the first seeds sold in paper packets were produced by the Watervliet Shakers.
Seed companies produce a huge range of seeds from highly developed F1 hybrids to open pollinated wild species. Many gardeners like to stick to old familiar varieties but each year seed companies produce new varieties for gardeners to try
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Common plant name and the botanical name (in parentheses).
Space and deep how deep to place the seeds in the soil, space between plants (from one row to the other one and from one plant to the other one in the same row).
Height approximate height the plant will reach when mature.
Soil type of soil the plant prefers.
Water It can indicate "keep the soil lightly damp", "bottom water the plant", "drench the soil with water", "daily misting of water" and "almost dry out before re-watering".
Sun full direct sunlight, partial sun, diffused sunlight, or grows well in the shade.
Door if the plant is best suited for growing Indoor, Outdoor or Both.
Live Perennial or annual.
Planting, germination and harvest period This information can be indicated by months or quarters of the year.