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With spring on the horizon, its time to wake up the garden.
Some plants do better when added to the garden as seeds instead.
To confirm which plants to never buy as seedlings, we chatted with gardening experts.
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Carrots
Carrots are highly productive vegetables when directly sown in the garden from seed.
In fact, they do better this way.
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And as with carrots, planting them as seedlings can result in a smaller yield.
Longfellow Bilodeau suggests buying more green bean seedlings if you opt to plant these instead of seeds.
This provides more value.
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However, that all said, there might be some instances when buying from seedlings is a good idea.
Wildflowers
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Never buy wildflowers as seedlings.
Lima Beans
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Lima beans should be grown from seed.
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But thats not all.
Most garden varieties orcommon beansdo not like being transplanted.
Jones explains how they don’t like their roots disturbed and are better to directly sow.
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Instead, plant these crops as seeds directly into the ground for the best results.
Id only consider a transplant if I were a few weeks late on sowing.
Sunflowers
When acting as a perennial, sunflowers shouldnt be bought as seedlings.
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