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From video: 10 Seed Starting Mistakes RUINING Your Germination
Published: March 22, 2026

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Your seeds should be sprouting… so why aren’t they? In this video, you’ll learn the 10 most common seed starting mistakes that stop germination — and exactly how to fix them using real plant science. If you’ve ever planted seeds and gotten poor germination, uneven sprouting, or nothing at all, one of these mistakes is likely the reason. • Why temperature can completely stop seeds from sprouting • How overwatering suffocates seeds (yes, really) • Which seeds NEED light to germinate • Why old seeds quietly fail • The truth about soil, oxygen, and seed respiration • How to troubleshoot failed germination step-by-step 🧪 Science-Backed Sources: Seed germination physiology overview: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847211000309 Temperature effects on germination (meta-analysis): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2014.00233/full Oxygen and seed respiration study: https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/54/382/1655/457809 Light and phytochrome control of germination: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355896/ Seed dormancy and stratification mechanisms: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100334 Helped Design A Plant Sensor! Grab one of these here is the link: https://earthone.io/?ref=GARDENINGINCANADA For a Discount code: GARDENINGCANADA 👩‍🔬 G R A B A P L A N N E R Paperback 2024 Garden Planner: https://geni.us/1Q7xaE 📝 S T A Y I N T O U C H Website/Blog & FREE printables: https://gardeningincanada.net Instagram: www.instagram.com/gardeningincanada ➡️ A F F I L I A T E S Westcoast Seeds Affiliate Link: https://bit.ly/33mGGaI Seeds Now: https://www.seedsnow.com/?rfsn=6354409.1f000b 🎉 S O C I A L S 👩‍🔬PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/gardeningincanada INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/gardeningincanada FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GardenInCanada/ 👩🏻‍🦰 A B O U T M E: Ashley has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan. At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science. Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners. Disclaimer This description or comments section may contain links to affiliate websites. I receive a commission for any purchases made by you on the affiliate website using such a link. This includes the gardening in Canada website. You should assume all links both on the gardening in Canada YouTube, Blog, and all other social media are affiliates and I will receive compensation.