Seed Starting Process - How Many Seeds to Sow, When to Sow Seeds & Where to Plant Them in the Garden
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- My Seed Starting Process
How Many Seeds to Sow
When to Sow Seeds
Where to Put Them in the Garden
Links mentioned:
Frost Date Calculator: www.almanac.com/gardening/fro...
Johnny's Selected Seeds: www.johnnyseeds.com/
Step 1 - Decide where you will plant your seeds
Measure the space, Plot out the space on graph paper (I used 1 block = 6”)
Step 2 - Decide what seeds to grow
Think about the conditions you have - soil type, how much sun you have, drainage, etc. Will you plant annuals or perennials? Do you have a color scheme in mind?
When will your plants bloom? (Seed to bloom time)
What is their full size (width and height)
Sometimes the seed catalogs don’t have all of the information on them so you’ll have to look that information up online.
Step 3 - Determine when to start the seeds
Look up your frost date at almanac.com/gardening/frostdates
Will you start indoor or outdoor (each plant is different and seed packet or website will typically recommend indoor or outdoor)
If Outdoor: Sow outdoors after your last spring frost date
If Indoor - Count backwards from your last spring frost date based on how long it will take to germinate the seeds. If it will take 6 weeks, count back 6 weeks from that spring frost date. That’s the date you sow the seeds.
Step 4 - Determine seed to bloom time
This is the number of weeks from “seed to bloom”
Count from the day you sow your plants FORWARD on the calendar. This will tell you when to expect your plants to start blooming outside… so you’re not left in the dark.
Step 5 - Determine how many seeds to sow
Determine how much space each plant needs in your garden bed based on the final spacing provided on the packet or seed website. This will either say “mature size”, “recommended spacing”, “final spacing” or something similar
Plot out your plants on the graph paper. Then count each variety.
To account for failure in germination, sow 20-50% more seeds than you will need. I usually sow 1.5x what I need because I’m new to seed starting and expect about half to fail.
Hardening off seedlings
After the last spring frost date, check the weather and make sure that mother nature is cooperating and there’s no frost in the forecast. Then, begin hardening off your plants. Take them outside for 1 hour on day 1. Keep increasing the time each day for 5 days.
After 5 days they are ready to be transplanted in the garden. Put them in the spaces that you plotted out earlier. Make sure you water them regularly and protect them from wind, heavy rain, or any unexpected late frosts.
Save your seed packets
I highly recommend saving the seed packets… even if you don’t have any seeds left in them.
The packets contain valuable information that you can refer to throughout the growing season.
At the end of the growing season, you can collect seeds from your plants so you don't have to buy the seeds next year. If you still have the packets you can store them in the original packaging until next year.
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1st timer here, ty for all the information such a help. 2024 😊👋
Glad it was helpful!
This was really helpful, thank you!
great teacher!!!
Thank you! 😃
Thank you very much for the information.where have you been? Every thing i needed to know.
Such a great video. Thank you!
You're very welcome happy seed starting 😊
Omgosh, I just found your channel. I did subscribe. Thank you so much. Im in east texas.
Aww thank you
Try winter sowing. So easy and no indoor mess.
I do winter sow some hardy annuals, but you cannot winter sow tenders
@@PrettyPurpleDoor check out the juicing gardener on CZcams. She winter sows tenders. I did tomatoes last year.
Thanks I will check it out! If it worked in Illinois it should work here 😊