The seeds should be sown early in the spring time.
Thus the seed was sown for the later success of the company.
With that, the seeds for the peace process were sown.
Maybe the seeds had been sown during her first marriage.
But the seeds of trouble were sown by that growth.
However, the seeds had been sown in my mind - they just took a long time to grow!
For several species, the seeds should be sown in spring.
The first seeds of the coming conflict had been sown.
And the other seed has been sown, for good or ill.
The seeds of the current trouble were sown almost a decade ago.