Growing Tips & Resources
Gardening Basics
Seed Pops Make Seed Starting a Snap
We love starting from seed here at Modern Sprout – we’ve even got a post on five great reasons to...
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Gardening Basics
Prep Your Wildflower Garden for Fall
As autumn approaches, thank your wildflowers for a summer of beautiful blooms with a few thoughtf...
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Gardening Basics
Biodiversity: The Guide For Beginners
The hard truth is that habitat loss is the number one reason we are losing biodiversity at an unp...
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DIY
Pollinators Are Biodiversity Heroes
We first learn about bees and their pollinating counterparts as children sitting in science class...
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DIY
The Mini Guide To Seed Pops
Natural sunseekers, all of our Seed Pops are total sun hounds. Plant in a growing space that gets...
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DIY
5 Great Reasons To Start From Seed
1. Seeds grown in your home will thrive in your home! Not all nursery plants or store-bought adol...
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Gardening Basics
Gardening By The Zones
If you’re reading this, you may be trying to figure out when to start seeds for your outdoor gard...
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DIY
Everyone Could Do With More Green
The benefits of growing at home are numerous. Plant care is a meditative practice and has been sh...
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DIY
The Guilt-Free Guide to Seed Starting
Green horn, green thumb, less waste.
Way back in my growing journey I had a lot of anxiety surrou...
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DIY
The not-so-secret science of small seeds
All Modern Sprout kits come from humble beginnings. Starting your grow kits from seed is an incre...
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Biophilic Design
Apartment Living: Growing Green in Small Spaces
You may not know this, but we started in an apartment. Our partnered founders Nick and Sarah star...
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DIY
Just Keep Growing: Fall Transplants
The typical growing season may have ended, but we’re not done yet. Let the good times roll by bri...
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Gardening Basics
HARVESTING: Prepare your garden for Fall
Temperatures are dropping, sunlight is becoming more scarce, and it’s almost time to say goodbye ...
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DIY
Seed Balls - How do they work?
I see them EVERYWHERE. What’s a seed ball?
They’re adorably small, they’re stylish, and may just ...
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Gardening Basics
“Harvestables:” The Shorthand Guide to Starting from Seed
Maybe you’re fresh on the seed starting scene, or you have a history of starting with transplante...
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Gardening Basics
POP goes the planter!
They’re adorable-we know. But there’s more than meets the eye to our seed pops!
What’s in these s...
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Gardening Basics
I planted my seeds, now what?
You’ve brought home your new planting kit. Maybe you have one of our many Garden Jars, a seed sta...
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Gardening Basics
Essential Tools for any Plant Parent
As a newbie gardener, my knowledge of the best way to care for my plants can be swayed by one gre...
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