How to START SEEDS! (+ UPDATES at weeks 1, 2, 4, and 6)
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- It's time to start seeds again! I am starting these seeds very early, as it's still the dead of winter in my zone 9b garden. I was just too excited and couldn't wait! I actually started filming this video in January 2023 and it is now December 2023, which means I'm ready to give you my progress report. There was one flower that really thrived in our VERY HOT and DRY summers. Can you guess which flower it was? I planted everything from zinnias to cosmos, snapdragons to sunflowers, and marigolds to basil.
Also, as a side note, I am aware that growing these seeds in the middle of winter without lights would produce some leggy stems. But like I mentioned earlier, I was just too excited and needed new growth to look forward to. All seeds were planted somewhere between 1/8 to 1/4 inch deep, as the seed packages instructed. I kept these seeds in a west-facing window, so they received a lot of afternoon light. I watered them once every 3-4 days. I had a ton of fun planting these and watching them grow from seeds to beautiful flowers. Looking forward to next spring!
As always, thanks for watching!
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Tray, Potting mix, and Seeds
02:32 Spoiler: The Flower that grew best!
03:00 Back to seeds :)
03:29 Time to plant
04:21 Labeling
04:43 UPDATE: 5 days after planting
05:26 UPDATE: 1 week after planting
05:53 UPDATE: 2 weeks after planting
07:01 UPDATE: 4 weeks after planting
07:29 UPDATE: 6 weeks after planting
07:53 Planting in the garden!
08:12 Final results and thoughts
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- Asters need cold stratification, I usually don't get lucky with Lavender either but I would cold stratify those as well that way they believe its time to sprout.
- Cracked egg shells repel snales, and they obviously decompose so just line your bed with spikey egg shell.
- The trays you have are some of the most cost effective for individual planting, but when you do as many plants as I do, which is about half a million....I just take a walk through the neighborhood night before or morning of recycling day and scavenge for good tupperware/plasticware and mass seed. it does create clusters but it beats trying to poor onesies twosies into each hexagon. You can then just dip the entire container in water and use a screw driver to seperate the clusters of seedlings and transplant.
- With this method you would have to be willing to take losses, as there will be many. When you are doing hundreds of thousands of seeds its just survival of the fittest, a one man army wont have time to do it all proper and what not unless its your livelihood....I work in tech during the day.
- Eden Brothers, Outside Pride, Everwilde Farms, and SeedNeeds are some of the seed stores I recommend. Everwilde farms being the cheapest... This year I am really stoked for the Sea Holly and Rattlesnake Master, some Globe Thistle....but really I am excited for each and every breed, of which I am starting hundreds of.
Great info! Thank you for sharing :)
wow! 🤩 Thank you for this suggestion! We eat a lot of eggs in this house and the shells usually go into the ever-growing compost pile or worm bin. We have mega snail issues in the Deep South and this idea will save me a lot of headaches this year! 😊
Basil will spread everywhere. Trust me we planted one lemon basil plant 4 years ago and now have 100s of them come up each year.
Thanks for sharing! I will definitely keep this in mind.
Caution.. Sunflowers do Not like transplanting, so will produce better if seeded directly in the garden.
For snail repellent, save your egg shells.. Let them dry out in a tub on the counter.. Then break them up into small pieces, about 1/4"-1/2" in size.. When you set your plants in the garden sprinkle a line of shell pieces about 3" wide on the surface around each plant.. Slugs and snails have such thin, soft skin, and the egg shells have sharp edges.. As they try to cross the line the egg shells will cut their skin.. The slugs/snails will dry out and die.
Some people have suggested making a line of garden lime around plants.. Supposedly, lime burns their skin, so they don't cross it.. The problem with that is you will be changing the pH in the immediate soil around each plant.
Thanks so much! My grandma always sprinkles egg shells around her tomato plants. I knew it was a snail repellent but I never understood exactly how it worked. Thanks for explaining! :)
Hello fellow gardener, I used to have a difficult time with lavender seeds also UNTIL I discovered cold stratification!!! This is where we simulate a cold period in nature for the seed by sticking the seed packet in the fridge for a few days. Many seeds require cold stratification, and you should notice more seedlings after this process. I was never able to sprout a lavender or rosemary seed before until I learned about cold stratification. Columbine flowers also benefit from this process. Last year, I was able to sprout 4 different types of lavender into beautiful plants after sticking their seed packets in the fridge for about a week. I highly recommend you give it a shot. Now, I try to research each seed variety to learn about their requirements. Not all seed packets list all of the seeds' requirements. 🌷🪻Happy gardening!!!
Oh, nice! I’ve heard of larkspur seeds needing to be refrigerated before planting, but never lavender seeds. I will definitely try that the next time I plant lavender :) Thanks for the info!