Maintaining Wild Tip
by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member
When sowing seeds indoors, be sure to use sterile soil mediums and new or thoroughly cleaned containers to prevent diseases. As soon as seeds sprout, provide ample light to encourage stocky growth. Baby plants want stable warm temperatures, regular watering, air circulation, and extended daylight by supplementing with lights. Damping off, spindly growth, and fungus gnats can be a problem for young seedlings.
About our new Maintaining Wild series:
To help you keep up with your native garden care in 2026 we’re posting a maintenance tip each week on our website and on Facebook. These tips will include native garden specific tasks as well as some basic gardening advice.
A new tip will appear weekly on Facebook, on Friday at 1 pm.
To join the discussion, comment on our Facebook page.
Stay tuned for a new garden maintenance tip each week to help get you out into the garden and make 2026 a year for Maintaining Wild. Let’s have a discussion and share our knowledge!
View all tips on a single page: https://stlwildones.org/maintaining-wild-tips/
