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
• 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
• 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
• Grab the seedling betwixt thumb and forefinger and pull it.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
• When the seedlings are 4 inches tall, snip off all but the healthiest two seedlings.
  — Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
• Starting seeds inside gives your seedlings a warm and safe start.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
• Second, be sure that the outer seedlings are covered by the light source as well as the center.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
• And each guest can take home a free tomato plant seedling, part of the chain’s partnership with FFA.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Apr. 2022
• Giant hogweed doesn't grow to 14 feet overnight; the seedlings and saplings start out much smaller.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 16 July 2018
• As part of the program, all third-grade students in the city receive a potted seedling to take home to plant and care for.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 2 May 2022
• The surplus year has brought more maple seedlings and white pine cones too, Agostini said.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024