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Hands-on seed-starting workshop planned in Delta Junction

Gardeners in Delta Junction are invited to a hands-on seed-starting workshop to learn tips, tricks and the best methods for starting seeds that will grow into healthy plants during our short but intense ³ÉÈËӰƬ growing season.

The class, offered by the University of ³ÉÈËӰƬ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Partners for Progress in Delta, will include advice on suitable plant varieties, starter pots, containers and mediums. Learn about soil mixes, lighting, watering, fertilizers and planting and transplanting schedules for your gardens or greenhouses. It also will touch on when to start plants indoors or directly in the garden and how to care for young plants. It also will show you how to save your own seeds for the following year.

The class is part slide presentation and part hands-on, fingers-in-the-dirt instruction on how to start seeds. It will include handouts and website and book recommendations. Take home what you plant during class for an early start to your 2025 gardening experience and, on a deeper level, practice the "reap what you sow" lifestyle.

The class will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at the Delta Career Advancement Center classroom, 1696 N. Clearwater Ave., Delta Junction.

This class is free, but registration is required. To register, please contact  info@deltacareeradvancementcenter.com or call 907-895-4605. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Eve Karczmarczyk at eekarczmarczyk@alaska.edu or 907-895-4215. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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