Speed up germination for some veggies and flowers by soaking seeds before planting.

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Kent Bradford, left, and Alfred Huo, seen here with a flowering lettuce plant, found that lettuce could be prevented from flowering by increasing the expression of a specific microRNA in the plants.

Fold the bottom of the paper towel over the line of seeds and then gently roll it up and place it inside of a plastic bag.

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If you’re like me, you’ve made the mistake of thinking that everything in a bag of grass seed is in fact grass seed.