Seed Starting Advice for Success

(Jamestown, NY, February 22, 2022)- Are you going to try starting your own seeds soon? Do you know how to do it? Do you know when to start the different varieties of plants? Head out and buy those seeds, or order from your seed catalogs. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County Master Gardeners are available to answer your seed starting questions! Master Gardeners are spread-out all over Chautauqua County eager to start their own seeds and to give advice!

Call the Master Gardeners at 716-664-9502, ext. 224 or email: chautauquamg@cornell.edu. Starting in April, Master Gardeners will be available in person every Wednesday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at their Help Desk in the Carnahan building at Jamestown Community College. If you would like your gar-den or lawn soil pH tested, bring a small dry soil sample to the Help Desk and the test will be done im-mediately.

Chautauqua County Master Gardeners are eager to help fellow gardeners with advice and identifica-tion of plants, trees, and garden bugs! They look forward to a wonderful gardening season.

The Master Gardener Program is one of many programs offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County (CCE-Chautauqua). CCE-Chautauqua is a subordinate governmental agency with an educational mission that operates under a form of organization and administration approved by Cornell University as agent for the State of New York. It is tax-exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The association is part of the national cooperative extension system, an edu-cational partnership between County, State, and Federal governments. As New York’s land grant uni-versity Cornell administers the system in this state. Each Cornell Cooperative Extension association is an independent employer that is governed by an elected Board of Directors with general oversight from Cornell. All associations work to meet the needs of the counties in which they are located as well as state and national goals. For more information, call 716-664-9502 or visit our website at www.cce.cornell.edu/chautauqua. Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.

Last updated February 22, 2022