{"id":1871,"date":"2018-01-26T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/?p=701\/"},"modified":"2018-01-26T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:00:38","slug":"3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things You Need to Know About Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tEver wondered how long you can keep vegetable seeds before they lose their capability to germinate? Or what planting depth is ideal? Or is there a comprehensive spacing guide?<\/p>\n

In this article, we gathered resources to help you get the most of your seeds. For delicious results every time, no matter if you\u2019re gardening at home or farming to sell fresh produce!<\/p>\n

How long can you keep vegetable seeds?<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Most seeds come in airtight pouches or cans to ensure they have a longer shelf life. At Westar we carefully take out the air from the pouches and seal them with state-of-the-art machines. You can watch the process in this video of our packing process<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But once the pouch has been opened, and the seeds have been exposed to air and humidity, with time they begin to lose their ability to germinate. Above you can find a table you can refer to when in doubt about some of the most popular vegetables and herbs!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Plant<\/b><\/td>\nStorage period<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fennel<\/span><\/td>\n1 year<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parsley<\/span><\/td>\n2-3 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomatoes, Beans, Peas, Carrots, Onions, Celery, Beets<\/span><\/td>\n3-4 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peppers, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce<\/span><\/td>\n4-5 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cabbage, Eggplants<\/span><\/td>\n5-6 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pumpkins, Zucchini, Watermelons, Melons<\/span><\/td>\n6-8 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to mention that seeds are most likely to germinate in the first year of their production. Refer to the packaging of the seeds to learn more about their production date.<\/p>\n

To preserve seeds you don\u2019t use upon opening, you can reseal the packaging as tightly as possible and keep it away from direct sunlight and humidity. Always mark the opening date on the packaging to make it easier to know if the seeds are good to use or you need to buy new ones!<\/p>\n

What is the optimal depth for each seed?<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Growing from seeds <\/a>can be a tricky task, especially if you\u2019re planting several vegetables at a time – you have to make sure you put the seeds at the optimal depth and ensure spacing is enough for the seedlings to grow healthy.<\/p>\n

The common saying goes that seeds should be planted at a depth two times the width of the seed itself. If yours is about 1\/16 of an inch wide, it should be planted about 1\/8 inch deep. Large seeds (like beans) may need to be planted inch deep.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re dealing with tiny seeds, just pop them on the surface and barely cover with soil.<\/p>\n

No matter the depth, a rule to follow is to never compact the soil on top of the seed – it should have enough air to breathe. Having that said, some varieties shouldn\u2019t be buried at all because they need sunlight to germinate, like dill and lettuce!<\/p>\n

What is the optimal spacing between seeds?<\/h2>\n

Again, each plant requires a different approach. If the spacing is too tight, the seedlings may suffer from a disease and grow weak; if the spacing is too wide, you\u2019re simply losing a precious asset.<\/p>\n

Here is a guide you can follow for the most common vegetables – it refers to classical row planting (not square foot gardening).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Plant <\/b><\/td>\nSpacing between plants<\/b><\/td>\nSpacing between rows<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artichokes<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n24\u2033-36\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beans (pole)<\/span><\/td>\n2\u2033 \u2013 4\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beets<\/span><\/td>\n3\u2033 \u2013 4\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Broccoli <\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n36\u2033 \u2013 40\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cabbage<\/span><\/td>\n9\u2033 \u2013 12\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n36\u2033 \u2013 44\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrots<\/span><\/td>\n1\u2033 \u2013 2\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cauliflower<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cucumbers (trellis)<\/span><\/td>\n2\u2033 \u2013 3\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n30\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eggplants<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n30\u2033 \u2013 36\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fennel bulbs<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kale<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leeks<\/span><\/td>\n4\u2033 \u2013 6\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n8\u2033 \u2013 16\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Onions<\/span><\/td>\n4\u2033 \u2013 6\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n4\u2033 \u2013 6\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peas <\/span><\/td>\n1\u2033 \u2013 2\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peppers<\/span><\/td>\n14\u2033 \u2013 18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potatoes<\/span><\/td>\n8\u2033 \u2013 12\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n30\u2033 \u2013 36\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pumpkins<\/span><\/td>\n60\u2033 \u2013 72\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n120\u2033 \u2013 180\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spinach (baby leaf)<\/span><\/td>\n.5\u2033 \u2013 1\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomatoes<\/span><\/td>\n24\u2033 \u2013 36\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n48\u2033 \u2013 60\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turnips<\/span><\/td>\n2\u2033 \u2013 4\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n12\u2033 \u2013 18\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zucchini<\/span><\/td>\n24\u2033 \u2013 36\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n36\u2033 \u2013 48\u2033<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nWe hope that these nifty guides will help you plant your vegetable seeds better, ensuring best germination results. Don\u2019t forget to share in the comments your own tips and experience!<\/em>\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

Sources: <\/span>www.thespruce.com<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>www.gardeningknowhow.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tCheck out these resources which will help you get the most of your seeds – for delicious results every time!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[61,58,62],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-best-practices","tag-seeds","tag-vegetable-seeds"],"yoast_head":"\n3 Things You Need to Know About Seeds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out these resources which will help you get the most of your seeds - for delicious results every time!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Things You Need to Know About Seeds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out these resources which will help you get the most of your seeds - for delicious results every time!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Westar Seeds International, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westarseeds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-26T11:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@WestarSeeds\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@WestarSeeds\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Westar Seeds International, Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westarseeds\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/westarseeds\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/westarseeds\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestarSeeds\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-logo.svg\",\"width\":250,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Westar Seeds International, Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/\",\"name\":\"Westar Seeds International, Inc.\",\"description\":\"High Quality Seeds\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/\",\"name\":\"3 Things You Need to Know About Seeds\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-26T11:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-26T11:00:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Check out these resources which will help you get the most of your seeds - for delicious results every time!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/\",\"name\":\"Westar Seeds\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/c8ffd7291549d3de4971f1668efff182\"},\"headline\":\"3 Things You Need to Know About Seeds\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-26T11:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-26T11:00:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":600,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"best practices\",\"seeds\",\"vegetable seeds\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/articles\/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-seeds\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/c8ffd7291549d3de4971f1668efff182\",\"name\":\"Armando Espinosa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4206c2ca2bb7adf9578786e96884f8833b4bdc57d3339f590cf966fd31988610?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4206c2ca2bb7adf9578786e96884f8833b4bdc57d3339f590cf966fd31988610?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Armando Espinosa\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/author\/armando\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westarseeds.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}