Bubel, Nancy. <br/><br/>
The seed-starter's handbook  
by Nancy Bubel ; ill. by Robert Shetterly ; photos. by Mike Bubel. 
 - Emmaus, Pa :  Rodale Press,  c1978. 
 - xviii, 363 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Why start your own?;<br/>First the seeds;<br/>Choose your medium;<br/>Containers;<br/>Sowing seeds early indoors;<br/>Germination;<br/>What seedlings need;<br/>Transplanting;<br/>Growing on;<br/>Light;<br/>Soil preparation;<br/>Mapping out the garden;<br/>Hardening off;<br/>The art of planting out;<br/>Cold frames and hotbeds;<br/>Early care of the young transplant;<br/>Direct seeding;<br/>Kelp;<br/>Raising seedlings for the fall garden;<br/>The competition: insects and animals;<br/>The young seed-planter;<br/>Growing vegetables from seed;<br/>Why save seeds?;<br/>Annuals, perennials, biennials;<br/>How seeds are formed;<br/>Backyard plant breeding;<br/>Hybrids;<br/>Selection;<br/>Care of the seed-bearing plant;<br/>Collecting seeds;<br/>Preparing the seed;<br/>String seeds;<br/>Viability;<br/>Seed-saving tips for specific plants;<br/>The garden diary;<br/>Seed exchanges;<br/>Seed banks;<br/>Selling your seedlings;<br/>Seed catalogs<br/> <br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0878572090 : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vegetable gardening.<br/>Seeds.<br/>Plant propagation.<br/>Organic gardening.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>635/.04/31  / B917