How to Use seedling in a Sentence

seedling

noun

• The fungus was linking the old tree and the young seedling.
  — Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
• To see a seedling grow to 4 feet would take at least two decades.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• Okolie agrees that the project can’t be about shoving any seedling in the ground.
  — Jessica Leigh Hester, Wired, 21 Aug. 2021
• The gardens have been growing the seedling for 18 years.
  — Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
• Sow two seeds per peat pot and clip off the weaker seedling.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2018
• So planting the seedling deep, halfway up the stalk, is good.
  — Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 May 2020
• Both were from the same group of seedlings as the current corpse flower plant.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2019
• Make sure the soil has the nutrients those seedlings will need.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 27 Apr. 2018
• The driveway is lined with trays of plant and flower seedlings.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
• Plant seedlings in fall, at least six weeks before the ground freezes in your area.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Aug. 2023
• To plant seedlings, dig out a little space, put the plant in, add some soil and tamp it down.
  — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2020
• In Arizona, about 2,000 seedlings have been planted as part of the project.
  — Kendal Blust, azcentral, 18 Nov. 2019
• Don’t make the mistake of thinking that a small seedling will stay small.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
• Plant now — from seed or seedling — for harvest in fall.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
• More than two-thirds of seedlings were provided by the DNR.
  — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
• After about 10 weeks from seeding, the seedlings will be the size of a pencil.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
• Hand pulling or digging seedlings is the best method of control.
  — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• The resulting new seedling rose will have blooms like the sport, not the parent plant.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
• Neat rows of oil palm seedlings stretched toward the horizon.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 29 June 2019
• Invest in a light that is large enough to cover the entire tray of seedlings.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
• The seedling put down roots and grew to be about six inches tall after its first year.
  — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
• The seedlings cost about 50 cents apiece to grow and an additional 90 cents to plant.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
• Any method to remove the straw runs the risk of tearing up your new grass seedlings, which don’t have many roots yet.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2019
• The seedlings appear in one to two weeks, followed by flowers in 70-80 days.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
• Everything the seedlings need is already in the seed or will be supplied by the soil.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2018
• Grab the seedling betwixt thumb and forefinger and pull it.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
• Thin seedlings to 18 to 24 inches apart, always leaving the strongest of the young plants.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2018
• When the seedlings are 4 inches tall, snip off all but the healthiest two seedlings.
  — Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
• Fires help melt the waxy coating of black spruce cones until the trees release seeds onto the soil where seedlings can grow.
  — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• For fall plantings, sow seeds indoors in early July and plant the seedlings in the garden in mid-August.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024