{"id":4940,"date":"2026-03-25T13:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:06:32","slug":"get-growing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/2026\/03\/get-growing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Growing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Get Growing Early: A Guide to Seed Starting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9sSrz2Gd4PY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table caes-extended-core-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>The newest video from the Center for Urban Agriculture follows  Dr. Bethany Harris and Whitney Ottinger as they take you inside the UGA greenhouse in Griffin, Georgia for a hands-on walkthrough of starting seeds indoors &#8211; from planning and supplies all the way through hardening off and transplanting.<br>This video covers :<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&#x1f331; How to read your seed packets and time your planting around Georgia&#8217;s last frost date <br>&#x1f331; Which crops to start indoors (tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, lettuce) vs. direct sow (beans, corn, carrots, squash) <br>&#x1f331; Why garden soil doesn&#8217;t work for seed starting &#8211; and what to use instead <br>&#x1f331; Bob Westerfield&#8217;s rule of thumb: plant seeds twice as deep as their size <br>&#x1f331; How to keep seedlings stocky and strong with 14-16 hours of light a day <br>&#x1f331; The hardening off process most people skip &#8211; and why it matters<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanag.uga.edu\/get-growing-early-a-guide-to-seed-starting\/\">Check out the full Get Growing Guide compiled from UGA Extension resources on the Center for Urban Agriculture&#8217;s webpage.<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest video from the Center for Urban Agriculture follows Dr. Bethany Harris and Whitney Ottinger as they take you inside the UGA greenhouse in Griffin, Georgia for a hands-on walkthrough of starting seeds indoors &#8211; from planning and supplies all the way through hardening off and transplanting.This video covers : &#x1f331; How to read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-continuing-education-and-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4942,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4940\/revisions\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}