How do i grow plants and flowers from seeds ?

I have plantrd seeds indoors. they come up , but most of the time become very long and leggy. someone suggested they need more sun, but they get full sun most of the day. any tips on how to sew healthy seedlings and successfully transfer them to a outside gsrden ?

How do i grow plants and flowers from seeds ?
I had a rough time planting seedlings the first time I tried tomatoes -- I was using one of those peat pellet seed-growing table-top green house units. The plants came out stringy and not able to tolerate the outside climate when I tried to plant them.





In my experience, if growing from a seed, it should only take between 4-8 weeks to have a seedling sturdy enough to transfer to a larger pot. If you haven't been letting your seedling experience direct sunlight AND the cooler or warmer air of the outside, you should try putting them in a shady area outside of your home during the day after the plant has reached 8-10 inches in height. That shade, as long as it has sunlight just outside of it, is much 'brighter' to a plant than you and I would perceive.





After a few days (3-4), move them into partial sunlight...and about a week after that, to full sunlight. Soon after that you should transfer to a larger pot or plant them in your yard. Make sure you water on a daily basis, unless they are getting rain. Fertilizer can scorch new plant roots, so I wouldn't recommend it until they are put in a larger pot.





It's strange, but without the 'hardening' effect of the warmer and cooler temperatures, and the impact of direct sunlight, plants won't build the kind of cellular strength necessary to thrive.
Reply:Yes.Try germinating on wet folded paper towel inside a ziplock bag in sunlight for a week.Transplant to pot with GARDEN SOIL.When the plant breaks thru the top layer, let it grow untill there are distinctive "top" AND "BOTTOM" LEAVES.Fill up to bottom leaves with POTTING MIX.The biggest mistake most ppl make is not putting more soil on top once it breaks thru the soil.This will strengthen the shaft and make it stronger.Once it is strong enough, transplant to garden.For small flowers, use same but use those small egg carton type planters untill they are strtong enough to be transplanted.Garden soil is better because it has more nutrients.Also, use a mix of 50/50 garden soil and fine mulch IN THE GARDEN.
Reply:Yes, long and leggy means they need more sun.





If it's warm out, you can start them outside. If you start them inside, then put them out in full sun or a few hours, bringing them back in at night, and increasing their outside time until they are outside permanantly after about a week.





It's almost impossible to give a plant "full sun" inside, even in a south-facing window, unless it's one o those windows that "sticks out" rom the house.





Transplant them into the ground when they have a couple true leaves (as opposed to the seed leaves). Some plants like it better when they are sown directly where they will grow, as they don't tolerate transplanting.