I wanted to thank you personally for giving me the confidence to grow flowers from seed. I have purchased over $65 of seeds, and super excited to see the results. It’s all about the voyage, so I have my gardening diary ready to go!
@@57colliegirl I leave the lid off and drill a few holes in the bottom for drainage. I’ll use this to start lettuce and cool season annuals like viola and pansy and save lights for tender annuals.
I love old fashioned cleome. They bloom all summer, are wonderful cut flowers, and produce many seed pods in the late summer. One of the last things I do in my garden during fall cleanup, is sow the seeds back into the same spot. I get many volunteers in the spring that produce beautiful cleome for the summer.
To all newbies still confused: Take a quarter of your seed packet, throw them to the ground, more full sun than shade. Half of those seeds cover up. Press all the seeds firmly (do not stomp, as you'll crush the seeds) into the ground for maximum contact. And water thoroughly. After that season's test, you'll know what to do with the rest of your seeds. Keep a journal, because you will not remember the conclusion per seed type. I use OneNote.
Thank you so much for explaining this more in depth! I’m very new to gardening but thought I’d read enough to understand. Ive messed up on a few already this year (I live way down south near Tuscaloosa, AL 😉) but I think I still have time to reorder seeds and start over. I just love you and your channel. I can’t imagine this sad, dreary world right now without your beautiful, smiling face. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and garden. You always brighten my day! 🌿
Thank you SO much for this video! As a new grower with seed, I have been so confused about which seeds do well with direct sow, because I don't do well with growing indoors. I love your videos, thanks for the wonderful information!
@@guyjulius8078 thanks and you too! Until last year, I had only grown bedding plants and I sowed Zinnia's with great success, so that has really encouraged me to try more variety this year and I'm really in the dark to a LOT of what to do with seeds!! I've been watching lots of video's and am looking forward to seeing how it all comes out this year🤞
I planted a bunch of sunflower seeds a couple months ago ; forgot to mark where i planted them and yesterday I brought out my weed eater and chopped most of them down…. I thought they were weeds coming up…I did weed the area prior to planting but I didn’t recognize the leaves as sunflowers until I saw the leaves in your video 😢 Live and learn
thank you so much for sharing... I stumbled upon you about 6 months ago and have been watching you ever since. I ordered, on amazon, Cool Flowers and Color me Floral based on your recommendations. Thank you.
Valerie, I also recently discovered Cool Flowers. Did you know the author is on youtube? Lookup TheGardeners Workshop. She reviews each chapter of the book.
Thank you, you give good information but most importantly you help me gain understanding and perspective about growing from seed. I’m a better grower now because of your help. 👏🏼👌🙏
Thank you Danielle for all the information you've been sharing with all of us. I have invested a lot of money on seeds (couldn't resist all those pretty flowers) and am hoping to grow most using the winter sowing method. I will give the ones you suggested for direct sowing a go the way you recommended and hope it all works! So excited to see everything that will be growing/blooming for you and me!
Thank you so much for this informative video it really helps so much as I’m starting out to grow flowers personally for myself, I find it so rewarding to have a vase of flowers grown by yourself xx cannot wait for spring 👩🏻🌾
Buried in snow in Zone 4b, so I must admit to a bit of jealousy for you growing season !! I really enjoy your information and your sweet, encouraging nature. Keep up the good work.
Great tips! Good point about only staying the pricier things inside. I invested in a few expensive seed packets for the cut flower garden next year but I'm hoping to save seeds from them & not have to buy them hereafter! I bought some Blossom bags so hoping they don't cross-pollinate. 🤞 I direct seed a lot of the things you mentioned early in the season because I'm scared of the birds, but also,, I didn't have drip irrigation or anything. Not having drip & having 2 young kids I felt it was actually more convenient to start seeds indoors, where I could easily keep an eye on them, keep them moist, etc. & not have to drag out the kids, (b/c then they fight me when I make them go back in! 😄) The few things I tried to direct sow rarely germinated & my guess is either the birds, or I didn't keep the ground most enough. I would have to go out several times a day & water where the seeds were & the surface would still be bone dry every time. But Ive never grown for cut-flower selling before, just casual growing... so this year I invested in drip irrigation so I can succession sow things outside & just set the timer to go off several times a day for a few minutes!
Thank you Danielle! This was really helpful! I have limited space for sowing indoors , so the list of easy seeds to direct sow in the garden is excellent. I threw lupine seeds in my garden last fall, I hope they come up in the spring. Cross my fingers.👍🌸
This was so helpful! I’m so happy that I found your channel! I’m obsessed with gardening but normally focus on the vegetables. Hoping to start expanding into flowers and hopefully having a cut flower farm someday!
I have had orlaya several years now. It self seeds easily. I haven’t succession planted but in the fall there are babies from the self seeding that I move and then I have flowers in the spring. I bet you would have good luck with fall seeding. This is the first year I am going to really give succession planting an organized try mainly because of your video on it.
Thanks to you, I became aware of Cool Flowers, and last fall I test planted some so I am looking forward to see how that worked here. Your information is always so good and appreciate that you always clarify which zone you are in and the information you are reporting is what worked in your zone, soil, etc. So many You Tubes tell people what and when to plant and it is only Ok for their zone. Seeds are expensive these days so a good reminder to keep testing what works with part of your seeds.
Directly sowing could be tricky if you have a lot of birds in the backyard. Last year, when I spread poppy seeds around, a huge flock of birds joined me immediately.
Bummer Yang Su! Do you think bird netting installed slightly off the ground would help? Or perhaps even frost cloth early on (depending on your climate).
Thank you for the lists; a good place to start for this vegetable farmer. I can't direct sow sunflower either. Bunnies AND deer. The only sunflower that I've been able to grow "outside" was a volunteer in the middle of a squash patch. All my other sunflowers have been in the hoop house. I can't afford the space in the hoop house this year. So...they are going to be netted and protected this year. New sub. Thanks again.
So much great information! I have always struggled with wether to direct sow or start inside. Last year I started zinnias inside and they were awful, but then I direct sowed some and wow what a difference, they were huge!
This is great advice. It gives you parameters that can be worked with. The concept that you will have to account a percentage of plant loss if direct seeding due to thinning out, pests, windblown seeds, weird weather is invaluable. So you can use this info to gauge if you want to baby plants indoors under grow lights - which is a large commitment financially with equipment, space, your time and attention - or let mother nature take off with less attention from you, but much less reliable results, is a smart answer. But my curiosity always takes me to this question. Throughout history, people have grown plants without grow lights or heat mats. They have started plants on a windowsill, or direct sown, probably made their own version of cold frames. So why are we now told that growing under lights is optimal, preferred? All cultures have a history of growing beautiful ornamental plants and vegetables outdoors. The trendy "cottage garden" that everyone wants now was historically planted outdoors flowers among their vegetables. No grow lights there. Could it be that today we want the ornamentals that don't do too well in our conditions? We want them so much so that we have to use lights indoors? Is it a fad that will change if people decide to go more down and dirty? Who would? Not your suburban gardener. Maybe people have forgotten how to grow plants outdoors in a natural setting, (killing rabbits and eating them before they eat our plants...) I don't know, hope someone has some historical knowledge related to planting seeds in the ground. I hope that we can keep the traditional techniques because they're valuable. It's like losing a language. All the complexities that we learned are now discarded in favor of another language because it's the dominant one. When I was a kid/young adult, the only people who had lights were marijuana growers. Now lighting and sprouting our seeds is de rigueur, touted as superior to any other way to grow. Funny that this concept of people who raised marijuana evolved to include containers such as plastic milk jugs (winter sowing), toilet paper rolls, webbed cloths, 36 cells per any seeds. No one promotes direct sowing of seeds. Most of what I see is, "put a seed into the ground? What are you daft?" I enjoyed your video. Thank you
I'm 9b zone and I use to overwinter sowing Nigella Damascena, antirrhinum majus, mathiola incana, viola hybrid Feline, alcea rosea, bellis perenis, linum narbonense, primrose, alyssum, coreopsis, calendula, some ornamental grasses, and all came out great and start early spring flowering. I have compacted clay soy that became waterlogged in winter, we have frost, freezing and snow and those seeds surprises me. Mathiola Incana don't like to have theirs roots waterlogged so in case like that I use to mix a vegetal compost with my clay soil and make a elevate row, so heavy rainfall can be washed away and this works for me. I never lost a mathiola crop. Last year I directly sowed wild scabiosa flowers just for the bees and they became huge early summer. I directly sowed in a mentha piperita and nepeta cataria bed and all they are gorgeous, plenty of flowers and bees. Happy gardening to you all
Great information! I do not have grow lights, so I winter sow seeds in milk containers. Your advice and tips apply to this method as well! Your video was so helpful. There are some seeds I will direct sow, and some that I will want to protect and sow in plastic containers. I am in zone 5b. Have you tried winter sowing? It works really well for seeds that need cold stratification.
Lynette Russell. POPPIES. Do you direct sow or winter sow in milk jugs? I also am in zone5 and CANNOT get poppies to grow. I have tried both ways. This question is open to all in my zone.
This was an amazing informative session great lesson for us all to hear I'm so impressed with the information that you gave and I appreciate it very much if it leads me to be more enthusiastic about my carbon and gives me a normal information🤗 I've just started watching your channel and I'm so impressed and I am glad that I found you and I think I'm going to be a new fan.
I’m converting my garden to as many native species as possible. Many of these have the reputation that they are difficult to germinate. I’m hoping to get enough survivors to self seed once they get started. The attrition rate is probably going to be higher initially, but if the rudbeckia are an indicator, they readily self seed once they get going.
Loved this video Danielle! I'm learning so much from you. So glad you are in my zone. I can follow your timeline and hope for great success!! Thank you for such wonderful information!
I wonder why they don't put this kind of info on the packets? Seems like if we got better at growing them then they would sell more. I just bought Cool Flowers and now watching her videos. Next year I will be better prepared and I will have fun learning new ways of gardening :) Thanks!
The better you get at growing the better you get at seed saving and cloning for propagation. Unfortunately for the seed companies if we were all successful they would eventually go out of business. I wish you countless hours and years enjoying your garden. Keep on growing stuff✌🌍💚
Great video! 🤩 Questions - once you're ready to harvest- what products do you use? Flower food? Conditioner? Do you put anything in your bucket when you head outside to harvest? Do you use a floral preservative for customer purchases? Do you have a video for this already?? Thanks in advance!! (So glad I found this channel [you]!!)
Thank you so much for all the information you provided. I have watched 3 of your videos in a roll tonight and find your presentation and information are very organized and most helpful. I have been watching CZcams gardening channels for the past 2 years, but only this year I have finally come across two channels that are from Zone 6B where I live. I’m so excited to find you and know that can lean on your experience and information. Would you cover Ehinacea (or any coneflowers) and lupine in one of your videos please? I love both flowers but just do have luck to keep the adult plants growing well or sprouting seedlings from seeds.
Thinking about pest and sunflowers. The 1st time I planted sunflower they got to about 2 feet and then one night the deer came and ate the tops off of every plant 🌱. 😩
Just found your channel by accident. Very helpful. I’m curious why you no longer grow stock? As I’ve recently bought stock seeds and this will be my first try growing them... so wonder about if you could share your experience. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing! Could you suggest a reference book for growing flowers that lists things like which flowers are hardy annuals (vs. half-hardy annuals) and most importantly, whether their seeds need cold stratification? This is particularly challenging with flowers like osteospurmums which to my understanding are generally considered half-hardy, but can be more or less cold tolerant depending on the species and cultivar.
Hi Emma! Great question. I wish there was just one book that covered all this. I would recommend both Cool Flowers and Florets Cut Flower Garden to start. I dont believe Cool Flowers specifically says about stratification ( it might I just can't remember), but Lisa will tell you exactly how to sow each hardy annual. I still reference that book. Cut flower garden is more basic but covers tender annuals and some woody cuts also.
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Thank you for helping us out! I have been on the fence on Cool Flowers since it is written from the perspective a warmer zone. But I will give it a try! I am hoping Alan Armitage with update his manual of annuals, etc... #ICanDream
Love your videos. They are very informative. Doesn’t hurt, that you are adorable either.😉 P.S. I am mostly interested in growing flowers, to attract pollinators, for my permaculture farm. However, I would like to make it aesthetically pleasing as well. I am thinking something like a cottage garden would be nice, and easier to keep care of.
I have had no luck with Zinnias coming up . Do they need light to germinate? Also Sunflowers and Tithonia. I do have Rabbits. I will try inside this year. Thank you so much Vidios.
Danielle- I’m the same zone as you in Virginia 6b/7a. We are having our first hard frost tonight (Nov 14th.) I’m a little confused with what I’m hearing on the “tube” lol😂. I have larkspur up as about 1/2 inch seedlings and covered for tonight. But- can I still plant larkspur & bachelor button seeds? My gut is saying no- they will just sit there and be eaten by the rodents & birds- plus the soil won’t be warm enough for them to actually “grow.” Can you tell me if my thinking is right? Maybe I should try the milk jug method…is that “Winter Sowing?”
Thanks so much! This is my first year doing flowers from seed (and only my second season doing anything from seed) so it's a little overwhelming! How early do you sow the things that do need cold stratification? I'm about three months out from my last frost date now and I'm wondering if I'm too late in 7b where we've had a mild winter. I have lavender that I haven't started yet, and I'm waiting on a seed order that has bells of Ireland in it as well.
So for the Hardy Annuals that should be direct seeded in Fall, Bells Of Ireland, Larkspur, etc. If you didn't direct seed them in Fall, do you think direct seed in early spring or winter-sowing method in milk jugs would be best? I was going to try and start indoors bells of Ireland and larkspur, but if it's best to direct seed, should I not worry about starting indoors and just do the early spring or milk jug method instead?
Hi Karie! What zone are you in please? I personally would not start larkspur inside, but instead direct sow it 6-8 weeks before your last frost at this point. You could try bells inside - I have done this with decent germination rates - but bells can be hard!
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm I am NE Ohio, zone 5b. I have done larkspur in the milk jugs before. This is my first time starting Bells of Ireland, Love in Mist, Foxglove. I am just wondering if I should even take the time to start these indoors.....direct sow .....winter sow. From what I have read in the book Cool Flowers, she says to plant in the Fall or early Spring. But I thought I had to start indoors and then plant outside early spring.
@@karie3 from the ones you noted I would only start foxglove under lights. Each flower is a bit different. There a glossary in cool flowers that is very helpful. Check page 138. I think that will help.
Hi! I love your videos and have learned so much from you. Thank you 💟 I’m wondering if you start your Lisianthus from seed, or do you buy plugs? I’m growing them for the second year and I know they are slow but I feel they are so much smaller than they should be. I started them in December and my biggest one isn’t even the diameter of a dime and all the others are significantly smaller. If you are growing yours, do you have a secret to your success? Also, do you over winter your poppies or plant them in late winter/spring? Thanks! Lauren
Hi there! I've done Lisianthus both ways, and now I prefer to buy plugs. I have six lights so I focus on things that go from seed to transplant quickly. What you are saying about your lisianthus sounds right on track for how long they take. I direct seed poppies 6-8 weeks before the last frost with the exception of Iceland poppies - those I put out in the fall. I hope that is helpful!
Thank you for all your excellent information. Do you have any tips for sowing scabiosa? I have not been very successful so far. They do germinate, but a few days later they die as there is no soil to hold onto the seed. I have not been covering them as apparently they need light to germinate. Thanks.
Thank you again for an informative video. Do you find direct seeded zinnias take longer to bloom than zinnias grown indoors and transplanted outside? I'm really interested in direct seeding but wondering if I would end up delaying the bloom time. Our growing season here in zone 6 is so short so wanted to get flowers blooming as soon as possible. So impatient! haha.
Good question. I would say it's a relatively insignificant amount of difference. The main difference you would see is in the first planting of season. To have transplants ready to go out will give you blooms a week or two earlier. But once it warms up I would not bother. That's just me of course!
I would love to know more about when to direct sow or transplant. I'm in zone 6a. Can I direct sow zinnias in April? May? I can find more of this information about vegetables than flowers. Thank you!!
Hi Pamela! Zinnias can be sown anytime after your last frost, but will do best if you wait 2 weeks after that when the soil has warmed. I used to live in 6a. I believe your last frost is usually in May, but check the farmers almanac. Johnny's has reliable information on when to start seeds. There are hardy annuals which can take some cold and can be planted out 6-8 weeks before your last frost, and then tender annuals that need to wait to be sown until after the last frost and the soil has warmed. Think of it almost as you would veggies. There are cool season flowers and warm season flowers. I hope the helps!
Would you mind divulging why you no longer grow Stock? It's my first year growing and I have a few seed packs. I'm wondering if I should prioritize other plants and skip planting the Stock.
I just purchased echinacea seeds and I'm guessing it's something that should have been put in the flower bed in fall. my question is ,if I a direct seed early spring zone 5, will I still be able to see flowers this year?
I winter sowed Echinacea last year. All of my seeds germinated and I had really healthy plants. Mine did not bloom, but one plant developed a bud at the end of the season. I have high hopes for flowers this year.
How do you get the information you need for each seed? I just pulled a couple out and for the most part it’s just the basic info. Is there a “rule of thumb”, book, or general website to find this information out?
I wanted to thank you personally for giving me the confidence to grow flowers from seed. I have purchased over $65 of seeds, and super excited to see the results. It’s all about the voyage, so I have my gardening diary ready to go!
Good Luck! That’s a lot of seed!
Get sowing, I'm close behind you. Lol
Nice list! Another method is winter sowing. I use gallon water jugs as a mini green house.
Tell me...do you put any holes in the jug for ventilation? You have gotten me excited! This is also a way to protect from rabbits. :-)
@@57colliegirl I leave the lid off and drill a few holes in the bottom for drainage. I’ll use this to start lettuce and cool season annuals like viola and pansy and save lights for tender annuals.
Sweet williams and snapdragons and poppies also work well for winter sowing.
I enjoy your videos so much. I only have 3-4 people I watch all the time...and you’re one of my favs!
I love old fashioned cleome. They bloom all summer, are wonderful cut flowers, and produce many seed pods in the late summer. One of the last things I do in my garden during fall cleanup, is sow the seeds back into the same spot. I get many volunteers in the spring that produce beautiful cleome for the summer.
Bunnies are my nemesis as well. Glad to hear u start sunflowers inside and then use netting. Going to try this method.
Great video! You are a natural in front of the camera. I also like that it was short and sweet. Thank you!
May I say you’re very easy to look at, and have such a nice voice. I really enjoy your videos!
To all newbies still confused: Take a quarter of your seed packet, throw them to the ground, more full sun than shade. Half of those seeds cover up. Press all the seeds firmly (do not stomp, as you'll crush the seeds) into the ground for maximum contact. And water thoroughly. After that season's test, you'll know what to do with the rest of your seeds. Keep a journal, because you will not remember the conclusion per seed type. I use OneNote.
Thank you so much for explaining this more in depth! I’m very new to gardening but thought I’d read enough to understand. Ive messed up on a few already this year (I live way down south near Tuscaloosa, AL 😉) but I think I still have time to reorder seeds and start over. I just love you and your channel. I can’t imagine this sad, dreary world right now without your beautiful, smiling face. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and garden. You always brighten my day! 🌿
Thank you so much, you are a very good teacher🙏🏼💕
Thank you SO much for this video! As a new grower with seed, I have been so confused about which seeds do well with direct sow, because I don't do well with growing indoors. I love your videos, thanks for the wonderful information!
Me too!!! I have started so many things for this upcoming spring. Good luck and hope you have great success!
@@guyjulius8078 thanks and you too! Until last year, I had only grown bedding plants and I sowed Zinnia's with great success, so that has really encouraged me to try more variety this year and I'm really in the dark to a LOT of what to do with seeds!! I've been watching lots of video's and am looking forward to seeing how it all comes out this year🤞
I planted a bunch of sunflower seeds a couple months ago ; forgot to mark where i planted them and yesterday I brought out my weed eater and chopped most of them down…. I thought they were weeds coming up…I did weed the area prior to planting but I didn’t recognize the leaves as sunflowers until I saw the leaves in your video 😢
Live and learn
thank you so much for sharing... I stumbled upon you about 6 months ago and have been watching you ever since. I ordered, on amazon, Cool Flowers and Color me Floral based on your recommendations. Thank you.
Valerie, I also recently discovered Cool Flowers. Did you know the author is on youtube? Lookup TheGardeners Workshop. She reviews each chapter of the book.
Thank you, you give good information but most importantly you help me gain understanding and perspective about growing from seed. I’m a better grower now because of your help. 👏🏼👌🙏
Good information at right time 👍
Experience & experimentation is important.
Honest /good/ direct/ experienced/ practical advice. I love it.
Thank you Danielle for all the information you've been sharing with all of us. I have invested a lot of money on seeds (couldn't resist all those pretty flowers) and am hoping to grow most using the winter sowing method. I will give the ones you suggested for direct sowing a go the way you recommended and hope it all works! So excited to see everything that will be growing/blooming for you and me!
Thank you so much for this informative video it really helps so much as I’m starting out to grow flowers personally for myself, I find it so rewarding to have a vase of flowers grown by yourself xx cannot wait for spring 👩🏻🌾
Buried in snow in Zone 4b, so I must admit to a bit of jealousy for you growing season !! I really enjoy your information and your sweet, encouraging nature. Keep up the good work.
Great tips! Good point about only staying the pricier things inside. I invested in a few expensive seed packets for the cut flower garden next year but I'm hoping to save seeds from them & not have to buy them hereafter! I bought some Blossom bags so hoping they don't cross-pollinate. 🤞 I direct seed a lot of the things you mentioned early in the season because I'm scared of the birds, but also,, I didn't have drip irrigation or anything. Not having drip & having 2 young kids I felt it was actually more convenient to start seeds indoors, where I could easily keep an eye on them, keep them moist, etc. & not have to drag out the kids, (b/c then they fight me when I make them go back in! 😄) The few things I tried to direct sow rarely germinated & my guess is either the birds, or I didn't keep the ground most enough. I would have to go out several times a day & water where the seeds were & the surface would still be bone dry every time. But Ive never grown for cut-flower selling before, just casual growing... so this year I invested in drip irrigation so I can succession sow things outside & just set the timer to go off several times a day for a few minutes!
Thank you Danielle! This was really helpful! I have limited space for sowing indoors , so the list of easy seeds to direct sow in the garden is excellent. I threw lupine seeds in my garden last fall, I hope they come up in the spring. Cross my fingers.👍🌸
You give me the confidence to try cool flowers!
Thank you for this video. You have a talent for taking an overwhelming task and making it understandable.
Thank you. I might be late for some this year but I'll know better for next year. I love it.
This was so helpful! I’m so happy that I found your channel! I’m obsessed with gardening but normally focus on the vegetables. Hoping to start expanding into flowers and hopefully having a cut flower farm someday!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I have had orlaya several years now. It self seeds easily. I haven’t succession planted but in the fall there are babies from the self seeding that I move and then I have flowers in the spring. I bet you would have good luck with fall seeding. This is the first year I am going to really give succession planting an organized try mainly because of your video on it.
Great video presentation...easy to follow, non hurried, clear and concise..thank you
Thanks to you, I became aware of Cool Flowers, and last fall I test planted some so I am looking forward to see how that worked here. Your information is always so good and appreciate that you always clarify which zone you are in and the information you are reporting is what worked in your zone, soil, etc. So many You Tubes tell people what and when to plant and it is only Ok for their zone. Seeds are expensive these days so a good reminder to keep testing what works with part of your seeds.
Thank you for the list! New property this year that’s too big to buy plants so seeds are more affordable!
Directly sowing could be tricky if you have a lot of birds in the backyard. Last year, when I spread poppy seeds around, a huge flock of birds joined me immediately.
Bummer Yang Su! Do you think bird netting installed slightly off the ground would help? Or perhaps even frost cloth early on (depending on your climate).
Birds were obviously hungry. Perhaps some bird feeders?
This is a brilliant video. To the point and expertly executed! Thank you
Ah yes a list! Ive started a spreadsheet in hopes that ‘future me’ updates it with lessons learned
I'm starting seeds today & greatly appreciate this video - great info!
I have bunnies and deer too, sunflowers would never make it without starting them ahead and I caged them until they reached around two feet!
Thank you for the lists; a good place to start for this vegetable farmer.
I can't direct sow sunflower either. Bunnies AND deer. The only sunflower that I've been able to grow "outside" was a volunteer in the middle of a squash patch. All my other sunflowers have been in the hoop house. I can't afford the space in the hoop house this year. So...they are going to be netted and protected this year.
New sub. Thanks again.
So much great information! I have always struggled with wether to direct sow or start inside. Last year I started zinnias inside and they were awful, but then I direct sowed some and wow what a difference, they were huge!
Zinnias are quick and easy! They cut and come again! Such a pleasure! This is my 2nd yr. doing zinnias.
This is great advice. It gives you parameters that can be worked with. The concept that you will have to account a percentage of plant loss if direct seeding due to thinning out, pests, windblown seeds, weird weather is invaluable. So you can use this info to gauge if you want to baby plants indoors under grow lights - which is a large commitment financially with equipment, space, your time and attention - or let mother nature take off with less attention from you, but much less reliable results, is a smart answer.
But my curiosity always takes me to this question. Throughout history, people have grown plants without grow lights or heat mats. They have started plants on a windowsill, or direct sown, probably made their own version of cold frames. So why are we now told that growing under lights is optimal, preferred?
All cultures have a history of growing beautiful ornamental plants and vegetables outdoors. The trendy "cottage garden" that everyone wants now was historically planted outdoors flowers among their vegetables. No grow lights there. Could it be that today we want the ornamentals that don't do too well in our conditions? We want them so much so that we have to use lights indoors? Is it a fad that will change if people decide to go more down and dirty? Who would? Not your suburban gardener.
Maybe people have forgotten how to grow plants outdoors in a natural setting, (killing rabbits and eating them before they eat our plants...) I don't know, hope someone has some historical knowledge related to planting seeds in the ground. I hope that we can keep the traditional techniques because they're valuable. It's like losing a language. All the complexities that we learned are now discarded in favor of another language because it's the dominant one.
When I was a kid/young adult, the only people who had lights were marijuana growers. Now lighting and sprouting our seeds is de rigueur, touted as superior to any other way to grow. Funny that this concept of people who raised marijuana evolved to include containers such as plastic milk jugs (winter sowing), toilet paper rolls, webbed cloths, 36 cells per any seeds. No one promotes direct sowing of seeds. Most of what I see is, "put a seed into the ground? What are you daft?"
I enjoyed your video. Thank you
Just finished watching this video and thank for putting it together for us, it’s been super helpful to me for some new seeds I’m trying this year.
I'm 9b zone and I use to overwinter sowing Nigella Damascena, antirrhinum majus, mathiola incana, viola hybrid Feline, alcea rosea, bellis perenis, linum narbonense, primrose, alyssum, coreopsis, calendula, some ornamental grasses, and all came out great and start early spring flowering. I have compacted clay soy that became waterlogged in winter, we have frost, freezing and snow and those seeds surprises me. Mathiola Incana don't like to have theirs roots waterlogged so in case like that I use to mix a vegetal compost with my clay soil and make a elevate row, so heavy rainfall can be washed away and this works for me. I never lost a mathiola crop.
Last year I directly sowed wild scabiosa flowers just for the bees and they became huge early summer. I directly sowed in a mentha piperita and nepeta cataria bed and all they are gorgeous, plenty of flowers and bees.
Happy gardening to you all
Thank you! Very helpful. Love how you share and explain!
Great information! I do not have grow lights, so I winter sow seeds in milk containers. Your advice and tips apply to this method as well! Your video was so helpful. There are some seeds I will direct sow, and some that I will want to protect and sow in plastic containers. I am in zone 5b. Have you tried winter sowing? It works really well for seeds that need cold stratification.
I've done this! It worked great for some flowers..others not and I'm not sure why
Lynette Russell. POPPIES. Do you direct sow or winter sow in milk jugs? I also am in zone5 and CANNOT get poppies to grow. I have tried both ways. This question is open to all in my zone.
@@sandrakay8540 I have not tried poppies.
would you tell me what seeds you hv had success w for winter sowing. I'm also in 5b this is only my 2nd time winter sowing. ty
Very soft kind and thorough. Thanks so much
Loved your tips on how to identify DS versus indoor sowing. I might be too late for DS poppies and larkspur in 6b. Both are my favorites.
This was an amazing informative session great lesson for us all to hear I'm so impressed with the information that you gave and I appreciate it very much if it leads me to be more enthusiastic about my carbon and gives me a normal information🤗 I've just started watching your channel and I'm so impressed and I am glad that I found you and I think I'm going to be a new fan.
I’m converting my garden to as many native species as possible. Many of these have the reputation that they are difficult to germinate. I’m hoping to get enough survivors to self seed once they get started. The attrition rate is probably going to be higher initially, but if the rudbeckia are an indicator, they readily self seed once they get going.
Thank you for the tips. Now I know why my seeds did not sprout when I planted them directly.
Loved this video Danielle! I'm learning so much from you. So glad you are in my zone. I can follow your timeline and hope for great success!! Thank you for such wonderful information!
So informative - thank you!
I wonder why they don't put this kind of info on the packets? Seems like if we got better at growing them then they would sell more. I just bought Cool Flowers and now watching her videos. Next year I will be better prepared and I will have fun learning new ways of gardening :) Thanks!
The better you get at growing the better you get at seed saving and cloning for propagation. Unfortunately for the seed companies if we were all successful they would eventually go out of business.
I wish you countless hours and years enjoying your garden. Keep on growing stuff✌🌍💚
^^ Truth.
Every fruit/flower seed I buy I always find myself googling whether they need to be cold strat.
Great video! 🤩
Questions - once you're ready to harvest- what products do you use? Flower food? Conditioner? Do you put anything in your bucket when you head outside to harvest? Do you use a floral preservative for customer purchases?
Do you have a video for this already??
Thanks in advance!! (So glad I found this channel [you]!!)
Great info-thank you so much! 💚👩🏼🌾
Very helpful thank you!
Good and useful info Danielle
Thank you so much for all the information you provided. I have watched 3 of your videos in a roll tonight and find your presentation and information are very organized and most helpful. I have been watching CZcams gardening channels for the past 2 years, but only this year I have finally come across two channels that are from Zone 6B where I live. I’m so excited to find you and know that can lean on your experience and information. Would you cover Ehinacea (or any coneflowers) and lupine in one of your videos please? I love both flowers but just do have luck to keep the adult plants growing well or sprouting seedlings from seeds.
I also purchased Floret's new Zinnia so thank you for letting us know how you're going to grow yours.
Thank you so much for this information! I found it extremely helpful!
Why have you stopped growing stock? Thanks for the great video. I gain a lot of knowledge from your videos.
Great information, thank you.
Thank you 💜💜💜
Great job.
Very educative. Thank you so much.
I would direct sow the sunflower seeds just to feed the bunnies 🐰 😌 I find them too cute
Loved this video!!
Great info. ☺️
Awesome tips thanks
Great advice. Thanks!
Thank you
🌱🌿🌸GREAT INFO🌸🌿🌱
Grasshoppers love dahlias here. Wont plant those gorgeous flowers here sadly.
Great info thanks!
Neighborhood rabbits ate all my sweet potato leaves and coneflower last year.
I'm adding mint and tulsi to deter them
Mint can be very invasive unless contained.
@@judyb.5573 I keep the mint in containers 👍often I'll trim it back and sprinkle the crushed leaves around my veggies to deter rabbits and squirrels.
Can you put a link to your favorite netting u use to protect new seedlings?
Thinking about pest and sunflowers. The 1st time I planted sunflower they got to about 2 feet and then one night the deer came and ate the tops off of every plant 🌱. 😩
💚Make green
make clean💚
great tutorial thanks.
Just found your channel by accident. Very helpful. I’m curious why you no longer grow stock? As I’ve recently bought stock seeds and this will be my first try growing them... so wonder about if you could share your experience. Thanks!
Hi Julieta! I'm so glad to virtually meet you! I stopped growing stock because of the high pest pressure I kept recieving.
Thank you for sharing! Could you suggest a reference book for growing flowers that lists things like which flowers are hardy annuals (vs. half-hardy annuals) and most importantly, whether their seeds need cold stratification? This is particularly challenging with flowers like osteospurmums which to my understanding are generally considered half-hardy, but can be more or less cold tolerant depending on the species and cultivar.
Hi Emma! Great question. I wish there was just one book that covered all this. I would recommend both Cool Flowers and Florets Cut Flower Garden to start. I dont believe Cool Flowers specifically says about stratification ( it might I just can't remember), but Lisa will tell you exactly how to sow each hardy annual. I still reference that book. Cut flower garden is more basic but covers tender annuals and some woody cuts also.
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Thank you for helping us out! I have been on the fence on Cool Flowers since it is written from the perspective a warmer zone. But I will give it a try! I am hoping Alan Armitage with update his manual of annuals, etc... #ICanDream
Love your videos. They are very informative. Doesn’t hurt, that you are adorable either.😉
P.S. I am mostly interested in growing flowers, to attract pollinators, for my permaculture farm. However, I would like to make it aesthetically pleasing as well. I am thinking something like a cottage garden would be nice, and easier to keep care of.
I have had no luck with Zinnias coming up . Do they need light to germinate? Also Sunflowers and Tithonia. I do have Rabbits. I will try inside this year. Thank you so much Vidios.
You’re so great ❤️
Danielle- I’m the same zone as you in Virginia 6b/7a. We are having our first hard frost tonight (Nov 14th.) I’m a little confused with what I’m hearing on the “tube” lol😂.
I have larkspur up as about 1/2 inch seedlings and covered for tonight.
But- can I still plant larkspur & bachelor button seeds? My gut is saying no- they will just sit there and be eaten by the rodents & birds- plus the soil won’t be warm enough for them to actually “grow.” Can you tell me if my thinking is right?
Maybe I should try the milk jug method…is that “Winter Sowing?”
Thank you for all of your wonderful videos. You mentioned getting your envy zinnia seeds in bulk. Where do you purchase from?
Hi Julie! I get them from Johnny's.
Eden brothers and Everwilde farms sells seeds in bulk
Thank you so much very helpful
What are your flower beds sizes
Thanks so much! This is my first year doing flowers from seed (and only my second season doing anything from seed) so it's a little overwhelming! How early do you sow the things that do need cold stratification? I'm about three months out from my last frost date now and I'm wondering if I'm too late in 7b where we've had a mild winter. I have lavender that I haven't started yet, and I'm waiting on a seed order that has bells of Ireland in it as well.
will u please give me a list aboout rabbit resistant plants? last year I plant lots of seedsonly cosmos and Cliforiia poppy left some thank you
Should Giant Double Flowered Zinnias also be directly sown?
Should Giant Double Flowered Zinnias also be sown?
So for the Hardy Annuals that should be direct seeded in Fall, Bells Of Ireland, Larkspur, etc. If you didn't direct seed them in Fall, do you think direct seed in early spring or winter-sowing method in milk jugs would be best? I was going to try and start indoors bells of Ireland and larkspur, but if it's best to direct seed, should I not worry about starting indoors and just do the early spring or milk jug method instead?
Hi Karie! What zone are you in please? I personally would not start larkspur inside, but instead direct sow it 6-8 weeks before your last frost at this point. You could try bells inside - I have done this with decent germination rates - but bells can be hard!
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm I am NE Ohio, zone 5b. I have done larkspur in the milk jugs before. This is my first time starting Bells of Ireland, Love in Mist, Foxglove. I am just wondering if I should even take the time to start these indoors.....direct sow .....winter sow. From what I have read in the book Cool Flowers, she says to plant in the Fall or early Spring. But I thought I had to start indoors and then plant outside early spring.
@@karie3 from the ones you noted I would only start foxglove under lights. Each flower is a bit different. There a glossary in cool flowers that is very helpful. Check page 138. I think that will help.
Hi! I love your videos and have learned so much from you. Thank you 💟
I’m wondering if you start your Lisianthus from seed, or do you buy plugs? I’m growing them for the second year and I know they are slow but I feel they are so much smaller than they should be. I started them in December and my biggest one isn’t even the diameter of a dime and all the others are significantly smaller. If you are growing yours, do you have a secret to your success?
Also, do you over winter your poppies or plant them in late winter/spring?
Thanks! Lauren
Hi there! I've done Lisianthus both ways, and now I prefer to buy plugs.
I have six lights so I focus on things that go from seed to transplant quickly. What you are saying about your lisianthus sounds right on track for how long they take. I direct seed poppies 6-8 weeks before the last frost with the exception of Iceland poppies - those I put out in the fall. I hope that is helpful!
Thank you! I’d say the plugs sound like a great idea. Where do you like to purchase plugs?
Thank you again! 🌱🌱🌱
@@joeschiavi9615 I purchase mine from a local amish woman, but if I didn't have her I would use farmerbailey!
Thank you for all your excellent information. Do you have any tips for sowing scabiosa? I have not been very successful so far. They do germinate, but a few days later they die as there is no soil to hold onto the seed. I have not been covering them as apparently they need light to germinate. Thanks.
Hi Irene! Scabiosa should be planted 1/4 in deep. I like to always water from underneath, and keep my T8 bulbs 2 inches from the plants at all times.
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm thanks so much! I will give that a try.
Thank you again for an informative video. Do you find direct seeded zinnias take longer to bloom than zinnias grown indoors and transplanted outside? I'm really interested in direct seeding but wondering if I would end up delaying the bloom time. Our growing season here in zone 6 is so short so wanted to get flowers blooming as soon as possible. So impatient! haha.
Good question. I would say it's a relatively insignificant amount of difference. The main difference you would see is in the first planting of season. To have transplants ready to go out will give you blooms a week or two earlier. But once it warms up I would not bother. That's just me of course!
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Awesome! Thx for the info!
I would love to know more about when to direct sow or transplant. I'm in zone 6a. Can I direct sow zinnias in April? May? I can find more of this information about vegetables than flowers. Thank you!!
I am also in zone 68. I believe most zinnia packages say to sow them after the last frost, which is usually early to mid May.
Oops. 6a
Hi Pamela! Zinnias can be sown anytime after your last frost, but will do best if you wait 2 weeks after that when the soil has warmed. I used to live in 6a. I believe your last frost is usually in May, but check the farmers almanac. Johnny's has reliable information on when to start seeds. There are hardy annuals which can take some cold and can be planted out 6-8 weeks before your last frost, and then tender annuals that need to wait to be sown until after the last frost and the soil has warmed. Think of it almost as you would veggies. There are cool season flowers and warm season flowers. I hope the helps!
I am experimenting how this direct sow method translates to balcony planters... I have fierce squirrels and a raccoon here! crazy!
Bird netting will keep them out
Would you mind divulging why you no longer grow Stock? It's my first year growing and I have a few seed packs. I'm wondering if I should prioritize other plants and skip planting the Stock.
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I want to make greenhouse of flowers pls send me more information about seeds flowers thanks
do you do any winter sowing? sowing seeds in bottles and setting them out in the cold.
I just purchased echinacea seeds and I'm guessing it's something that should have been put in the flower bed in fall. my question is ,if I a direct seed early spring zone 5, will I still be able to see flowers this year?
You might be able to winter sow them in a milk jug right now.
I winter sowed Echinacea last year. All of my seeds germinated and I had really healthy plants. Mine did not bloom, but one plant developed a bud at the end of the season. I have high hopes for flowers this year.
Hi Kathy! I would try winter sowing for the echinacea. You can do that now. It will not bloom this. But it will bloom the following year.
@@NorthlawnFlowerFarm Thank you.
@@lynnetterussell7611 Thank you.
How do you get the information you need for each seed? I just pulled a couple out and for the most part it’s just the basic info. Is there a “rule of thumb”, book, or general website to find this information out?