Seed videos are so much fun because everyone has an opinion on everything. I love to hear why someone likes, loves or hates a plant or specific variety. Who has a climate that will not work with their favorite variety so what they try to do to work around. I am on a fixed income so I am very budget conscious and therefore can not afford the fancy boxes for seeds. I do use a system of Ziplock bags to sort plants and smaller ones for variety sorting. All are labeled nicely, this was a must per my wife, although she never touches any of the bags or seeds. You showed one seed that did not germinate for you. I had spinach one year that spilled out and there was spinach in every single pot 1-2 plants it was crazy. Next year the same seeds planted 4-5 times never germinated in all different ways. The next year I put 4-5 seeds per cell hoping for anything and they all came up. This over three years from the same seed packet so go figure. OK bye for now
looking good your pick, I have so many chilli plants its amazing, but my special one is the Scotch Bonnet plant, it took 2 years before I started getting flowers on the plant and now for the 2 nd year running the bush is big and all these flowers and now you can see the scotch bonnet growing, I have heaps, i make curry sauce with them and the long red chilis I make Chilli Jam...
I grew Aji Charapita and they are zippy and fruity. Supposed to be the most expensive pepper in the world by weight because of how much labor it takes to harvest them. They are prolific and wonderful!
I just ordered some of these as well. Thanks for the info on harvesting / cost ...I wondered why they were sold at such a High price. Heck I just want to taste them at this point
I tried growing them indoors a couple years ago and I think I just didn't give them enough space. I'm hoping outdoors I'll get a good harvest and a better idea of the taste of them!
It has been interesting to see your thought processes in action. This type of video is very helpful for beginning gardeners. I’m looking forward to your next step.
It was cool to hang out with you while you plan out you gardening for the season to come😁. I have only recently started doing regular gardening(last year)and it was horrible, lol😂. As bad as everything went though, I'm going back at it again with what I've learned from the mistakes I've made and with some tips and tricks I've seen in your videos and a few other creators(only like 2 others, im picky about who I watch, lol) I'm sure this season will be a lot better, especially since I have more of a plan now and just going on a whim.
This will be my third year to garden. My second year was definitely better than the first. Got brave enough to try a few new things. One thing that helped the most is a better understanding of soil. I now think good soil is probably the most important factor.
@@sharondwhite47 I thought with what I already grow, doing basic vegetable gardening would be easy but it didn't turn out that way, lol. Soil biology is definitely key for sure, with anything someone is growing, it's hitting the rite balance of good and bad biology that's the tricky part, and watering, lol 😂
Hi! I planted some of my pumpkins in a corner of my garden and then just trained all the vines out- of -bounds ! It worked great. I also let them grow in paths which I don’t recommend due to the fruit being at the end of vines. (Unlike sweet potatoes. You can train those out of beds and it’s okay if you step on em a little)
I think you have the Butterfly Milkweed, orange, and I grow a lot of it. I have never had a skin reaction to it, and never saw the white milky sap on this plant. I believe it is the Common Milkweed that has the milky sap that can be irritating to your skin. The Butterfly Milkweed is very pretty, and I had Monarch cats on it the first year I grew it. It's a lot of fun to grow, and doesn't spread as aggressively as Common Milkweed. Another benefit is that Butterfly Milkweed attracts aphids, a great trap crop to keep them away from other plants.
@@AuxhartGardening, interesting! In my experience, it's just a pretty little bush type plant. And I've never seen sap come from it? I did with the Common Milkweed I grew last year. I think it's worth a try, and maybe add more natives in a particular area away from normal traffic? Though I see all the seeds you plant to grow already. LOL I put in a pollinator garden last year, and the ecosystem benefits have been very positive, and interesting. I can't wait to see what happens this year. Happy Gardening!
Have you considered growing borage? Seems like you'd be interested since it's a great pollinator plant and companion herb to tomatoes, peppers, squash. Edible cucumber-flavored flowers too. Have fun trying to fit it all in the garden this year!
My goodness if I had to choose from that many seeds I would be so confused!!! Not to mention my garden would be way to big to manage! Enjoyed another informative video thanks
you sure do have a big collection of seeds ,,, I really love tomatoes to eat fresh, I don't really know the names as long as they taste good,, the ones from the store are nothing at all like home grown.
I think you might be a seed addict like me! 😂 Love the details that you give in your videos and I always learn something new. If you’ve got seeds that you think you might never use you might could check your local library to see if they have a seed swap basket. Mine does that and I think that is so cool. I’m hosting my first ever seed swap party next month and I’m so stoked!
Picking seeds is so full of sweet anticipation for the coming season. I need those containers! Where did you get them? Blessings to your garden this year! May it grow well and be productive! xoxo
Love your seeds-storing system! You have inspired me to tidy up my collection of seeds -- and to get some of them planted (indoors) for my spring garden.
OK, now you are giving my seed-collection-in-a-shoe-box a real inferiority complex. They are demanding a color-coordinated, labeled and decorated designer home, too. lol Interesting tip on Italian sundried tomatoes! I did wonder how those delicious bits got soooo tasty. Could you please list at least your favorite plant in each category? I did catch the name or recognized the covers on many, but not all. Draco is the most affectionate kitty. Very camera-hogging.
I'll do my best Tomatoes: San Marzano and Amish Paste Sweet Peppers: Ajvarski (great for making Ajvar!) Hot Peppers: I talked about Capsicum Annum vs Capsicum Fructescens vs Capsicum Baccatum, and I'm most excited about my Aji Charapita peppers Cucumber: Armenian Long Eggplant: Antigua is my fav Peas: Telephone Fava Beans: Aquadulce Beans: Blue Coco and Chinese Red Noodle Bean Basil: Emily, Purple, Lemon, Lime, Cinnamon, Thai That's the bulk of it. Was there anything else in particular you wanted to know the name of?
@@AuxhartGardening Thank you. I knew I had no chance of getting Ajvarski right, and it does sound very interesting. My Charapita is the only pepper I need to start again; the seedlings hated the cold snaps, even wrapped. Aquadulce sounds interesting, too, but I may have to work out the seasons for Florida....by the time seeds get here, may be too warm. Looking forward to your 2023 garden!
This is my 3rd year trying to grow cumin. Year one I couldn't get it to germinate and last year they germinated but only wanted to survive for a couple weeks. Fingers crossed this year is the year 😅
What about cherry tomatoes? There are some crazy good varieties that fall into must taste and must regrow for our family. Black beauty was a disappointment but so pretty I’d grow it again just to see if it tastes different than last year.
I mostly use tomatoes for processing into salsa and sauce. I'm actually not a fan of raw tomatoes so far, so snacking tomatoes like cherry tomatoes don't make my list. Maybe someday when I've got more extra room I can try them again, but currently I'd rather use that space for larger tomatoes.
well girl;;;lol;;;;like you I have a large quantity of seed packs;;;;lol;;;I started planning my garden spaces for all the seeds I have and shrunk the reccomended spacing to two thirds of reccomended;;;lol;;;still come up with two and a half acres to get them all in ;;;;;think I'm going to start over and downsize conciderably;;;;while I have the land and the water the cost of watering;;; well too much and the thought of all the harvesting and preping food for storage for future food source was more than I could handle;;;so I almost going to start over with a few staples;;;;lol;;;;;my of my;;;;I have two five gal buckets packed with seed packets; from saved and purchased;;;;lol;;;;;think its time;;;however won't be thrrowing away just prioritizing for groceries for survival and the rest pick a couple to play with;;;;love all types of pepper sauces dehydrated fermented so think that will be my play plants''''thanks for still tubing as many of us cannot afford to patreon all we watch;;;some patreons have quit tubiing all together;;;;;so thank you again;;;thumbs up and keep em comin
Black Beauty was my single seed challenge a few years ago, delicious tomato for sure.
I found that Chinese red meat radish does best for me in the fall. They get huge but are one of the tastiest radishes I've grown.
Getting close to that 10K sub milestone. I hope the spring boost will get you over the top. Nice selections.
I love your seed organizers! So cute. Thank you for such an educational video, gave me ideas for things in my spring garden.
I love your seed organization! That's a great way of doing it!
Godspeed!
My favorite part of your seed collection is your peppers. Good luck in 2023, and thanks for sharing.
I'm always looking for a way to organize our seeds. Thanks for the tips Rachel.
Seed videos are so much fun because everyone has an opinion on everything. I love to hear why someone likes, loves or hates a plant or specific variety. Who has a climate that will not work with their favorite variety so what they try to do to work around. I am on a fixed income so I am very budget conscious and therefore can not afford the fancy boxes for seeds. I do use a system of Ziplock bags to sort plants and smaller ones for variety sorting. All are labeled nicely, this was a must per my wife, although she never touches any of the bags or seeds.
You showed one seed that did not germinate for you. I had spinach one year that spilled out and there was spinach in every single pot 1-2 plants it was crazy. Next year the same seeds planted 4-5 times never germinated in all different ways. The next year I put 4-5 seeds per cell hoping for anything and they all came up. This over three years from the same seed packet so go figure. OK bye for now
looking good your pick, I have so many chilli plants its amazing, but my special one is the Scotch Bonnet plant, it took 2 years before I started getting flowers on the plant and now for the 2 nd year running the bush is big and all these flowers and now you can see the scotch bonnet growing, I have heaps, i make curry sauce with them and the long red chilis I make Chilli Jam...
I use those boxes too! They are great for storing seeds. I love seed starting season!
Thanks . This was informative.
I love how organized your seeds are!
Thanks! I got the containers at Michael's. They're marketed for photos.
I grew Aji Charapita and they are zippy and fruity. Supposed to be the most expensive pepper in the world by weight because of how much labor it takes to harvest them. They are prolific and wonderful!
I just ordered some of these as well. Thanks for the info on harvesting / cost ...I wondered why they were sold at such a High price. Heck I just want to taste them at this point
I tried growing them indoors a couple years ago and I think I just didn't give them enough space. I'm hoping outdoors I'll get a good harvest and a better idea of the taste of them!
You have a bunch of really cool seeds Rachel I'm looking for to seeing your garden in 2023
It has been interesting to see your thought processes in action. This type of video is very helpful for beginning gardeners. I’m looking forward to your next step.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
It's good to see that I'm not the only one with a large seed collection.
me too
You are like me. I want to grow all of mine too. I am bringing quite a few containers into the garden this year
Really wanting your beans and turnip seeds!
It was cool to hang out with you while you plan out you gardening for the season to come😁. I have only recently started doing regular gardening(last year)and it was horrible, lol😂. As bad as everything went though, I'm going back at it again with what I've learned from the mistakes I've made and with some tips and tricks I've seen in your videos and a few other creators(only like 2 others, im picky about who I watch, lol) I'm sure this season will be a lot better, especially since I have more of a plan now and just going on a whim.
This will be my third year to garden. My second year was definitely better than the first. Got brave enough to try a few new things. One thing that helped the most is a better understanding of soil. I now think good soil is probably the most important factor.
@@sharondwhite47 I thought with what I already grow, doing basic vegetable gardening would be easy but it didn't turn out that way, lol. Soil biology is definitely key for sure, with anything someone is growing, it's hitting the rite balance of good and bad biology that's the tricky part, and watering, lol 😂
Thanks for watching! I'm glad I can help you out.
I love your videos. I can't wait for this garden season. 💕
Thanks!!
Looking forward to starting our starts of tomatoes 🍅, black cobra peppers 🌶, jalapeños and cucumbers.
Seed storage system looks neat and organized! Choosing what seeds to grow for a small space is hard.
Hi! I planted some of my pumpkins in a corner of my garden and then just trained all the vines out- of -bounds ! It worked great.
I also let them grow in paths which I don’t recommend due to the fruit being at the end of vines. (Unlike sweet potatoes. You can train those out of beds and it’s okay if you step on em a little)
Yeah two years ago my pumpkins took over the entire garden, walkways and all!
Sun dried tomatoes for the win! We like to use cherry tomatoes for that, so good!
Wow nice seeds varieties
I think you have the Butterfly Milkweed, orange, and I grow a lot of it. I have never had a skin reaction to it, and never saw the white milky sap on this plant. I believe it is the Common Milkweed that has the milky sap that can be irritating to your skin. The Butterfly Milkweed is very pretty, and I had Monarch cats on it the first year I grew it. It's a lot of fun to grow, and doesn't spread as aggressively as Common Milkweed. Another benefit is that Butterfly Milkweed attracts aphids, a great trap crop to keep them away from other plants.
The seed packet I had, had warnings on it about the sap. Maybe I can set it up in a corner of the yard away from where I'm walking all the time.
@@AuxhartGardening, interesting! In my experience, it's just a pretty little bush type plant. And I've never seen sap come from it? I did with the Common Milkweed I grew last year. I think it's worth a try, and maybe add more natives in a particular area away from normal traffic? Though I see all the seeds you plant to grow already. LOL I put in a pollinator garden last year, and the ecosystem benefits have been very positive, and interesting. I can't wait to see what happens this year. Happy Gardening!
Looking forward to some fresh tomatoes!!
Have you considered growing borage? Seems like you'd be interested since it's a great pollinator plant and companion herb to tomatoes, peppers, squash. Edible cucumber-flavored flowers too. Have fun trying to fit it all in the garden this year!
I'm gonna use borage as a companion plant for my strawberries!
My goodness if I had to choose from that many seeds I would be so confused!!! Not to mention my garden would be way to big to manage! Enjoyed another informative video thanks
I be old and have done more collecting that her age;;;lol;;;nothing wrong with preparing for future;;;
I'm the same way when I start seeds. I want to grow everything!!
you sure do have a big collection of seeds ,,, I really love tomatoes to eat fresh, I don't really know the names as long as they taste good,, the ones from the store are nothing at all like home grown.
I think you might be a seed addict like me! 😂 Love the details that you give in your videos and I always learn something new. If you’ve got seeds that you think you might never use you might could check your local library to see if they have a seed swap basket. Mine does that and I think that is so cool. I’m hosting my first ever seed swap party next month and I’m so stoked!
Thanks for the tip!
Picking seeds is so full of sweet anticipation for the coming season. I need those containers! Where did you get them? Blessings to your garden this year! May it grow well and be productive! xoxo
I got mine from Michael's.
I also got mine from Michael’s
Great video, so organized. Maybe I can do better.
I love those containers for my seeds as well. best thing I ever bought at Hobby Lobby.
My fourth entry. Thank you for the opportunity.
Did you say seed giveaway?!??!?? 😲❤️🌱🙌
What a great way to organize seeds. I have been starting up pepper plants for now. Hope i win some seeds🤞👍🙏
Gaujillo. Poblano, Pasilla Bajio. The Holy Trinity of Chilies
Love your seeds-storing system! You have inspired me to tidy up my collection of seeds -- and to get some of them planted (indoors) for my spring garden.
Did someone say seeds!😊🌸👍
OK, now you are giving my seed-collection-in-a-shoe-box a real inferiority complex. They are demanding a color-coordinated, labeled and decorated designer home, too. lol
Interesting tip on Italian sundried tomatoes! I did wonder how those delicious bits got soooo tasty.
Could you please list at least your favorite plant in each category? I did catch the name or recognized the covers on many, but not all.
Draco is the most affectionate kitty. Very camera-hogging.
I'll do my best
Tomatoes: San Marzano and Amish Paste
Sweet Peppers: Ajvarski (great for making Ajvar!)
Hot Peppers: I talked about Capsicum Annum vs Capsicum Fructescens vs Capsicum Baccatum, and I'm most excited about my Aji Charapita peppers
Cucumber: Armenian Long
Eggplant: Antigua is my fav
Peas: Telephone
Fava Beans: Aquadulce
Beans: Blue Coco and Chinese Red Noodle Bean
Basil: Emily, Purple, Lemon, Lime, Cinnamon, Thai
That's the bulk of it. Was there anything else in particular you wanted to know the name of?
@@AuxhartGardening Thank you. I knew I had no chance of getting Ajvarski right, and it does sound very interesting. My Charapita is the only pepper I need to start again; the seedlings hated the cold snaps, even wrapped.
Aquadulce sounds interesting, too, but I may have to work out the seasons for Florida....by the time seeds get here, may be too warm. Looking forward to your 2023 garden!
So many interesting varieties! Hope you can fit them all in and they do well for you.
This is my 3rd year trying to grow cumin. Year one I couldn't get it to germinate and last year they germinated but only wanted to survive for a couple weeks. Fingers crossed this year is the year 😅
Congrats on your 2023 Plan. I hope you are able to fit everything you want to grow into your space!!
I’ve never heard of oda peppers. Just went on eBay and bought some. I have an addiction
Hmmmm, I think I’m a biodynamic grower too 🤔 Very interesting.
What about cherry tomatoes? There are some crazy good varieties that fall into must taste and must regrow for our family. Black beauty was a disappointment but so pretty I’d grow it again just to see if it tastes different than last year.
I mostly use tomatoes for processing into salsa and sauce. I'm actually not a fan of raw tomatoes so far, so snacking tomatoes like cherry tomatoes don't make my list. Maybe someday when I've got more extra room I can try them again, but currently I'd rather use that space for larger tomatoes.
Hello. My name is Jennifer and I am a seed adidict!
well girl;;;lol;;;;like you I have a large quantity of seed packs;;;;lol;;;I started planning my garden spaces for all the seeds I have and shrunk the reccomended spacing to two thirds of reccomended;;;lol;;;still come up with two and a half acres to get them all in ;;;;;think I'm going to start over and downsize conciderably;;;;while I have the land and the water the cost of watering;;; well too much and the thought of all the harvesting and preping food for storage for future food source was more than I could handle;;;so I almost going to start over with a few staples;;;;lol;;;;;my of my;;;;I have two five gal buckets packed with seed packets; from saved and purchased;;;;lol;;;;;think its time;;;however won't be thrrowing away just prioritizing for groceries for survival and the rest pick a couple to play with;;;;love all types of pepper sauces dehydrated fermented so think that will be my play plants''''thanks for still tubing as many of us cannot afford to patreon all we watch;;;some patreons have quit tubiing all together;;;;;so thank you again;;;thumbs up and keep em comin
I’ve got a problem. Too many seeds
Could I use my leftover seeds from last year?
Yeah absolutely! If stored in a cool dry environment seeds can keep for several years.
@@AuxhartGardening thanks!
Can you share where you got those plastic containers? I want to save my own seeds like you do and the ones on Amazon are super small
I had one sent to me as a gift, but the other two I got at Michael’s