Seed starting Q&A 🌱| Answering all your questions
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2021
- You have seed starting questions and I’m answering them! This is a long video, so if you’re looking for specific topics, just click on the time stamps below to be beamed straight to them.
2:10 Seedling issues and hardening off
5:35 Spindly seedlings and damping off
11:00 Watering
14:56 Potting on seedlings
18:38 Fertilizing
20:16 What to start when
22:08 Thinning and pinching
25:03 Direct sow or start inside?
27:07 Equipment
27:10 Soil blocks, plastic trays or peat pots
30:40 Grow lights
32:14 Heat mat
34:54 Seed starting without equipment
35:22 Winter sowing
41:18 Plant specific and design questions
42:20 Strawberries from seed
My name is Erin and I love sharing inspiration and information with real-life gardeners. I live and garden in southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5.
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When you said why you'd plant from seed as "because it's winter, and i'm bored." Yeah, I felt that! 😂 I thought i was the only one 🌺🥀🌼🌻
same!!
23:27 “They don’t have feelings. They don’t care.” 😂🤣 Best line ever. Thank you for the encouragement!
Disagree
@@mgreen5274 So....plants have feelings?
Buying seeds is addictive. LOL. How many of us have dozens of seed packets?
And still, I keep ordering more!! 😂
Dozens? Oh man ... I hope I only have dozens, but I feel I've bumped up into the hundreds category.
✋🏾 Guilty as charged. Started gardening in 2019 and I already have 100+.
Can you share some of your seeds with me am in Jamaica .
At least dozens lol
I'm late to the party and catching up on the video! With regards to growing lavender from seed--I've had a ton of luck with putting lavender seeds on a wet paper towel inside a plastic ziplock bag and leaving on a sunny window sill to germinate. Once the sprouts are about half an inch tall, I transfer them into soil. Don't necessarily need to do this all as once as seeds will sprout at various times. Big thing to remember is that lavender seeds require stratification before trying to germinate. So toss into a ziplock bag (dry) and leave in the fridge for a few weeks. As the seedlings get bigger, transplant into larger pots to avoid getting root bound--lavender seems really sensitive to that and can stunt their growth. Most seed packets say 200+ days until bloom; I would say don't expect blooms until the following (2nd) year. It's safe to plant out into the landscape once the plant is about 4 inches tall. Hope someone finds that helpful! Took me a few years of trial and error... Totally worth effort though!
I start my seeds on top of my fridge across from a vent. The airflow makes my seeds grow strong and keeps them from getting moldy, and the heat from the fridge and vent keep them warm.
Brilliant!!!
Is the vent on the fridge or is it an air vent?
“I get bored and next thing you know there are 1,000 seedlings in my basement.” Yep!! 🤣 Thanks for such a thorough video, Erin! Been starting seeds for a while, and I love it! Every year I feel like I learn new things and make new mistakes. Always learning!
Finally catching up on this! Thanks for the mention. These videos are a ton of work- thanks for putting it together!
Very encouraging, Erin!! Thanks
Great video Erin! Thank you for all the information. Love your videos!
Great video Erin! 🌻🌼🌺
Absolutely ❤️ this!! Confidence is what we need. Thank you!
This is exactly the information I have been needing. Thank you for sharing all this and for the attention to detail.
Excellent info here! Thanks so much!💕🌸🌱
Erin thank you so much for all of this info. It is so valuable and I can't wait to start my garden this year.
loved the chapters, so helpful!
This was an excellent video. You gave us so much good info. Thank you! I so appreciate you and your channel!
Super helpful! Thank you for the inspiration
Thank you for answering my question! You’re the best!
Great info Erin, thank you.
I loved learning from this video! Thanks, Erin!
Best channel I’ve found for garden ty!
Thank you for the info, Erin! I learned several tips that will definitely help me - much appreciated!
Excellent explanations, thank you! You are very articulate!
Erin this is an amazing video! So full of really pertinent information all in one spot. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm taking notes!!
What a great video...so well organized. Thanks for doing this and sharing your knowledge.
Amazing video! So much great information - love your videos!!
I agree, a wealth of knowledge! I will be referring back to this video many times. Thanks so much.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. You are amazing.
THANK YOU Erin. So helpful! ! I agree. Don't stress. Just try. Its all part of the journey
Great information Erin. I appreciate your experience. Thank you so much.
New to your channel and so excited to have found you! You are the gardening UA-camr I’ve been looking for! Thank you so much for what you do, and being you!!!!
REALLY GOOD INFO ERIN!!!
Thank You!!! ❤❤❤
Great information. I'm anxious to get started.
Excellent, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. Have a blessed day!
Thank you for this video and yes, I have to keep in mind not to overthink it. Keep it simple.
Very informative video! Thank you 😊 🌸🌺. About lavender-I’m in 6b and bought three lavender plants a year and a half ago on clearance for $1 each. They struggled because I didn’t plant them for months. Finally October came around and I planted those root bound dried up plants in 1/2 sand and 1/2 peat moss, and added some lime, and planted them mostly above the ground for good drainage. They survived the winter and then took off in the spring with all new growth. This winter I’ve collected about 20 cuttings and stuck them in sand for propagating. If these root well, then I’ll have a lavender hedge from $3 of plants, and about $5 total of sand/peat moss. They grow so fast! I also collected seeds which I plan to germinate! It’ll be a fun experiment to see which ones grow better-the seeds I collected or the cuttings!
This was awesome, so comprehensive. thanks so much!
WOW! You put a lot of work into this and it is greatly appreciated. Thank you
I'm like you just can't wait to feel the dirt on my hands i do a little indoor sowing just to make me feel happy thanks for all your great answers.
Igloo makers were the best! Thanks for putting this video together! Lots of helpful tips ☺️
Erin I could watch and listen to you talk for hours, I think I’m in love LOL
Wow. So. Much. Helpful info! Thank you, thank you! Now I want to go start some seeds! 🤗
Thanks Erin. This is great information. I may consider winter sowing one day.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Love your videos! So much GREAT info.❤🌸❤ Now, let the seedling games begin! 😂
Great information just as I’m getting ready for seed starting!!! 🌻🌻
Omg!! So happy youtube suggested your channel to me. I’m in Milwaukee and starting my first garden this year and starting seeds! ❤️
Thanks so much Erin, very helpful!!!
Thank you very much for all the effort putting this info together. I am in very mild winter, humid summer in South Africa, but learned a lot. Saving this one for later reference. Thanks again xx
I absolutely love how you keep it real, Erin! I don’t have the patience to wait for a Shasta daisy to grow from seed. I’m buying the plant! 🌱🌱🌱
The only thing I wanted to say was that a small fan helps so much to reduce dampening off. Increasing airflow helps any excess moisture evaporate and therefore less mold/fungi. As a bonus you also get stronger stems from simulating wind 🍃
I tease out seedings in water. When you have too many seedlings growing close together and want to preserve as many as possible, put clump in bowl or bucket of water and pull out one at a time - water is a de-tangler
Thank you, JP. I’ll give this a try. And thanks, too, for your book suggestion. I’ll be sure to check it out! 😊
Do you think this would work with snapdragons?
Excellent video...more! thank you!
Awesome video Erin!!!!💚 I love you so much we are all in this together!!🌿🌱🌟💚🌸🌺
Erin, such a GREAT video and packed with so much great information. I especially love the part to not be so stressed about it. I just bought a seed starting setup with grow lights and excited to get it put together. Seriously gotta start my spreadsheet and I think that will truly take some stress out of it. Thanks again so much!
Great advice! Thanks! Seed starting in the winter months really helps with my spring fever. I like to feel like I’m working on my garden year round. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😃🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😃🌱🌱🌱🌱
I just watched this video 3 times and took notes. Thank you for making this, it's very helpful. ♥
Oh gosh how refreshing is that you just keep it all the way real: I GET BORED! Ha exactly and its great practice. Thanks Erin
Fantastic information! So many more people are going to have first time (and 2nd time) success starting seeds because of this. THANK YOU! 🥰
Thank you, Erin! Great info, I was taking notes! I got lots of seed starting equipment for Christmas this year and my seeds arrived recently. Now we wait.. and thanks to you I know how to figure out when my last frost is. Can't wait to see how the first year goes. I'll be thrilled if I have anything that actually makes it out into the garden.
Thank you, Erin, for the wealth of information you’ve shared here. I have to take notes to retain it all. I love the suggestion about creating a spreadsheet with all the growing requirements for my flower seeds. So much easier than repeatedly having to look up the same info.
Thank you for putting this together, Erin! I really enjoy the process/challenge of starting seeds. I started with veggies 2 years ago, annual flowers last year and this year will be growing some perennials flowers.
Amazing video answers to so many of my questions! 💗 thank you 🤗
Thank you SO MUCH for the great info! And I like what you had to say about thinning... it IS hard. Just want them all to grow. But great advice. Can’t wait for our garden this year!
Thank you so much Erin for all this great information! It was a lot but it was fantastic and explained in a well paced way. Very encouraging for a newbie like me starting seeds for the first time this season through mostly winter sowing
As always, informative!
Thanks for answering my question. I think winter sowing and direct sowing are the way for me to go for now. Thanks for helping me explore my options!
Thanks for the video, I’ve just ordered my first seed catalog and can’t wait to see what treasure I think I could possibly have success with. Look forward to seeing your upcoming videos on how yours are doing and surely get great tips. 👍❤️😊
I love the detail information you give on all the shrubs you feature on your vidios.
Great video, Erin! I need all the help I can get!🤞🏻Thanx much!
Thank you for answering my question! You are the best!! I will let you know if anything grows for me!
I’m a complete newbie and loved, loved, loved this video (as well as your easy going personality). I found this to be so helpful and would be thrilled if you decide to make another one on seed starting! 🌱
Repeat watch for me…. I loved this video last year and learned even more this year!
thank you for this absolute wealth of information!! i've started seeds here and there, and i got nervous about all the gear. your winter sowing advice is so helpful and i'm going to try it (as soon as i have enough milk jugs) 🌸
Excellent video and very informative!! Thank you!
Loved this, you are a wealth of info! I’d love a video show and tell of climbers that you’re trying from seed- it’s so fun to try new annual climbers!
Thanks Erin Great video!!
Thank you! This video was so helpful! I'm on year 3 of starting seeds and am so confused by all the different information. It was great that you covered it all in one video. It really connected the dots for me. The general overview, common sense information was what I was missing.
Thanks 🙏 so much. You are such a sweet heart. Wow when he made you; all things sweet he said.
Wonderful video Erin. Thank you so much for doing this. Great questions and great answers. I am trying winter sowing this year for the first time. Also putting some things under lights. Thank goodness I am retired and finally have time to try these things. Zone 6a in kansas city mo. A retired microbiologist so the garden gives me a place to experiment still just love it.
Such great information!! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this!
Just a thought about seed starting on a dime - great recycling opportunity is to use egg cartons for trays. Plastic ones have an instant dome that folds over and you can just poke holes in the bottom of the cells and place on a waterproof tray like a boot tray or foil baking pan. The cardboard ones will work like peat pots but no dome...
You are a rockstar. I love your casual, straight-forward way of explaining things. I'm winter showing a bunch of things this year and hoping for success with at least 50% to cut down costs for my planting budget this year. Can't wait till spring.
Great information, Erin. I did poppies via the winter sowing method last year and they did well. Am hoping their seed pods will spread a little love for this year.
Very informative, thank you!
excellwnt as always! enjoy your videos.
thanks!
WOW Erin excellent information, thank you sow much(haha). You’ve answered a lot of questions for me. I’m saving this video for easy reference. It seems as if you’ve been posting more videos lately, I really appreciate that. Your in my line up of favorite people to watch, Thanks again! Excellent!! 💚🙃
Love U - very approachable personality, straight to the point, and full of knowledge - Excited to learn from you! New Subscriber here...Blessings
Great video, thank you Erin...so, I'm one of those crazy gardeners that actually took a dozen tomato seedlings with me on a long weekend get away! What was I to do....couldn't risk them drying out . 😊
This is truly heroic gardening at its best. I can't tell you how much I love this story.
You made me laugh.
It's good to know that I'm not the only one that does things like that! :-))
OMG she answered my question on her video!!!! Thank you! Thank you! I will talk to my local nursery to buy some starts.
I agree with your comment on those compostable pots-they take a long time to break down and we’re a problem for the plants I left them in.
So much good information. I'm trying the winter sowing method this year.
Side note: Laura from Garden Answer just had her little seedling - Samantha Grace.
Best Q& A ever! Love your attitude!! I always learn something and I identify with you, but I always have a hard time thinning our seedlings ha! I grew Fox gloves inside last spring and purchased 6 foxgloves plants in bloom. So I had the blooms last year and my babies (which look great) will bloom this spring. Best of both worlds. I always love your Q&A, thanks again!
Just placed my second seed order in two days🤞🏻! Thanks for helping this newby 😬
Great video! Thank you! Would you consider talking more about how you use your greenhouse to harden off seedlings? I was hoping to use mine for the same purpose
Thank you! Great info!😊💜🌷
Thank you soooo much this was so helpful. Yes another video please!
I feel like I have taken a master gardener course and so appreciate the time and effort you put into this video. I am fortunate to be able to start seeds without grow lights or heat mats because I live in Florida and the conditions for seed germination are perfect in our winter and spring months. Most of the plants I start from seed would never make it in the scorching summer heat of Florida so in May we load up a u-haul truck with hundreds of plants that I started in Florida and transport them to my zone 6 garden in NC. I have been doing this for 20 years and hope never to have to stop this hobby!
That's great! We will be in Phoenix Arizona for the next three months, and I brought seeds to start for our zone 6b garden. Hope the plants will survive the drive back, though. As Erin said, it will only cost a few dollars for the seeds and supplies and it is worth the experiment!
Can't wait to try vermiculite this year. Damping off was so discouraging last year! Thanks for the suggestion!
Excellent information🌺
Thank you Erin!
This was so helpful!