I love Baker Creek's catalog because of the history. It is better than any magazine you can find. And info in Johnnys is also so valuable! Love this video!- MJ
Yes - THIS! Seed catalogues, seed packets, supplier websites have so much information - read them 😀 Brilliant video - so glad to see you encouraging this
Only discovered you this year but loving all that you teach, Im writing and taking notes like crazy for my binder. I have always gardened but never started seeds and that is how I first found you, thru your seed starting and making your own seed starting mix. Thank you for all the information.
Great information Gardener Scott. Whether you’ve been gardening for 1 year or 30 there’s always something new to try and learn! And a lot of it can come from the catalogs!
For 2022, I already have all of the catalogs you review, except two, and I'm going to request those today! Each time that I receive another seed catalog in the mail, I usually sit down and read it from cover to cover, making notes about plants that look interesting that I might enjoy trying to grow. I don't order everything that catches my "gardener's wishful eye", but I do order quite a few seeds. I'm fairly new at gardening, having retired three years ago and finally enjoying the time to do it with more focused time and energy. I've learned so much from the seed catalogs, as you have described so well in this nice video.
Seed catalogs today are much more informative than they were years ago when we started to garden. That is one reason I save one of each catalog that comes in the mail from year to year. Seed companies probably figured out that they could retain customers easier with a more helpful catalog. It is only good business practice to do so. Besides, it helps to get more people interested in gardening with fewer simple mistakes. Enjoyed! Take care!
I ordered the Baker Street Catalogue this year (and I was reading along with you as you read from it). My mentally handicap-able mother saw one look at the "pretty flowers," and grabbed it out of my hands. She then declared she didn't like sunflowers, and asked for seeds. I told her that because she got her flu shot, her pneumonia shot, and her shingles shot without flinching, she could get three seed packets. She ordered four. I then tried telling her that the pictures on the front cover were sunflowers. She doesn't believe me.
I'm sure someone has already mentioned this but many universities have "extension programs" that give great regional information. For example, Texas A&M had a huge agriculture/horticulture extension program that ranges from large scale to home gardeners. It includes information about scheduling your season, varieties that grow well in your area, and all sorts of great things. Highly recommended googling your local universities + "extension program" to see if they even have workshops or classes if not the wealth of free info
*I only discovered your channel this year, my dear friend SCOTT, but it is by far one of the best gardening channels out there! You have definitely rekindled the flames many people for a return to the ground, please don't stop gardening, keep up the content, bravooo, GO GO GOOOO*
Just subbed you happy G 🥰🐝🐞🦋🌾🥀🌱😃👍🌻 Praying I get the strength to get making my garden videos by February. I have some great ideas for starting seeds but UA-cam removed them and I can't find them then I was banned. You'd think I was wild and crazy 🤣😂 I got really discouraged and struggling with health issues. I won't give up though!! Been stacking seeds in the mean time. 😃👍🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😂🌻🐝🦋🐞🌾🥀
Excellent. You are like that grandpa gardener in the family that some of us never had to pass on your valued wisdom. Thank you for more catalog info....back to the computer😊
Great advice! I spend so much time gawking over all the pictures I overlook how much I could learn. Thanks for sharing! This makes me think I should have more catalogues...🤣
This is great info! These are kind of like a UA-cam video in print form. I have a Totally Tomatoes and the Jung catalogue sitting on the table. I shall have to peruse them now.
While Baker Creek catalog is a wonderful read and has the best photography of any seed catalog I know, it is not one for true beginner gardeners, as it usually doesn't even give the time to harvest for most of their seeds. I think is it best for experienced gardeners. I find Johnny's and Territorial to be the best for beginners, or perhaps even Pinetree which has small packets which allow you to try varieties to find the best for your micro-climate.
Thanks for great video. I love to curl up with seed catalogs in front of the fire in the winter. i find even more info and videos on their websites. (Johnny's is one of my favorites)
Last year, I received catalogs that had "sowing calendars" inside them that you could remove from the catalog. I took these out and put them in the 3-ring binder I use to plan my garden beds with. It was AWESOME to have a quick reference to refer back to instead of trying to remember which catalog had what information or constantly looking at the seed packets. Plus, the information doesn't really change much from year to year, so I can keep them in my binder to refer back to for years to come. SOOO glad I read through these catalogs and came across these treasures! I can understand why some companies are going to "online only" catalogs, but it's just not the same as being able to make notes in the catalog as you are looking through things. I'll take my paper copies, save them for a year or two (unless there is specific information I want to save), then shred them and turn them into compost for my flower beds. :) Then, I don't feel like I'm "wasting paper" at all. ;) Great video as usual!
Thanks. I'm ordering catalogs TODAY. Regarding letting insects do their thing, lol. I remember the margined blister beetles that surprised me among the tomatoes. Boy did I get a quick education! Neem oil did the trick but it was a battle. Fortunately we have a good sprayer. You have to cover the entire plant, underside and all. Whew! That was worse than picking off tomato hornworms. Lol! Ain't gardening fun?
Great video. I had tried growing oregano, without success, and then I read the seed packet and it said " sow seeds on top of the soil and do not cover". When I did that, guess what, I got lots of oregano plants. DUH ! Thanks so much for all of your videos.
I got my Bakers Creek one about 2 weeks ago but honestly wasn't going to look through it because I assumed the it would just be a list of seeds or on the website. I am going to read it now! Thank you for the video!
Thank You Gardener Scott! I have most of those catalogs and have to say I have never really read them cover to cover. I will have to look at them more closely.
I've already been reading through some of my catalogs. Last night I was reading about tomatoes because I want to try some new types this year....although I just ordered my sun sugar type. They will be a staple I grow every year. I love them.
@@mimi27513 mine were about 8' tall. I'm thinking put an okra and a sunflower seed in each hole!!! The okra plants were really pretty and were easy to pull up. Don't know anything about sunflowers.
s andy I grew a few different varieties of okra including an orange & a red! This year I’m going to grow some in an area to provide shade for my chickens. I’ll keep them out until they have sturdy stalks. Sunflowers are fun. Try and succession plant so you have them all summer.
So now I've got to grow blueberries...that specific information sounds challenging...therefore, I get excited about it. Lol. Those catalogs are awesome! I can't wait to get some!
I cut out the photos and descriptions that I need from the seed company catalogs who don't include that info.. I put that info next to the packages missing the info.
Love Territorial seed catalog. Hate it when you get seed packets with so little information. I always go on line and research any seed I am not familiar with. Just today I started a tray of petunias, although I grew petunias last year I forgot how I started them (improved journal taking}. Petunias should be exposed to light, not buried... the seed packet said nothing about sowing, go figure. Another great video Scott.
I ❤ catalogs. I can't stop reading them all. Only thing I want to keep getting them so need to order something even small from them all. Gardener Scott, have you heard anything about these shortages expected 2022? Hearing fertilizer, BT, and all garden supplies organic or not gonna be difficult to grab..your thoughts?
At 12:05 you said aluminum sulfate. I think you misread that. It should be ammonium sulfate. Aluminum sulfate would poison your plants. There's a wealth of information in seed catalogs. I am going to start collecting them.
@@GardenerScott You are correct. I am 70+ and would be afraid to put aluminum of any kind in my soil. Google says: More aluminum sulfate than this at any one time can result in aluminum toxicity, which can kill your plants. Do not apply aluminum sulfate in quantities greater than 5 pounds for every 100 square feet of garden area to avoid aluminum toxicity and injury to plants.
Ok I have to find out which seeds needs to germinate a year before growing, so I can avoid getting it-- there's no way I'd remember where I planted it!
The seed catalogs... Ya... I refer to them as garden porn! 🤣😂🤣😂 Nothing wrong with having stacks by the bed right? Dreaming of trellises and paths lined with everything beautiful!! ❣️🤗❣️🌷🌾🥀🦋🐝🌻🐞🌸🌱😃👍
I never thought about the catalogs being a source of education. Thanks for this video.
I love Baker Creek's catalog because of the history. It is better than any magazine you can find. And info in Johnnys is also so valuable! Love this video!- MJ
you are very much the bob ross of gardening
I really enjoyed this video. You’re so patient & calm. You’re like the Gardening Dad I never had. 🌸😊
This is great free information! TFS 👍🌱
This is a great tip for new gardeners. Folks need to listen to this one. Its pure Gold
This is great. Most of my early mistakes I figured out was lack of research. Catalogs are great.
Yes - THIS!
Seed catalogues, seed packets, supplier websites have so much information - read them 😀
Brilliant video - so glad to see you encouraging this
Only discovered you this year but loving all that you teach, Im writing and taking notes like crazy for my binder. I have always gardened but never started seeds and that is how I first found you, thru your seed starting and making your own seed starting mix. Thank you for all the information.
Great information Gardener Scott. Whether you’ve been gardening for 1 year or 30 there’s always something new to try and learn! And a lot of it can come from the catalogs!
For 2022, I already have all of the catalogs you review, except two, and I'm going to request those today! Each time that I receive another seed catalog in the mail, I usually sit down and read it from cover to cover, making notes about plants that look interesting that I might enjoy trying to grow. I don't order everything that catches my "gardener's wishful eye", but I do order quite a few seeds. I'm fairly new at gardening, having retired three years ago and finally enjoying the time to do it with more focused time and energy. I've learned so much from the seed catalogs, as you have described so well in this nice video.
Seed catalogs today are much more informative than they were years ago when we started to garden. That is one reason I save one of each catalog that comes in the mail from year to year. Seed companies probably figured out that they could retain customers easier with a more helpful catalog. It is only good business practice to do so. Besides, it helps to get more people interested in gardening with fewer simple mistakes. Enjoyed! Take care!
I ordered the Baker Street Catalogue this year (and I was reading along with you as you read from it). My mentally handicap-able mother saw one look at the "pretty flowers," and grabbed it out of my hands. She then declared she didn't like sunflowers, and asked for seeds. I told her that because she got her flu shot, her pneumonia shot, and her shingles shot without flinching, she could get three seed packets. She ordered four. I then tried telling her that the pictures on the front cover were sunflowers. She doesn't believe me.
I'm sure someone has already mentioned this but many universities have "extension programs" that give great regional information. For example, Texas A&M had a huge agriculture/horticulture extension program that ranges from large scale to home gardeners. It includes information about scheduling your season, varieties that grow well in your area, and all sorts of great things. Highly recommended googling your local universities + "extension program" to see if they even have workshops or classes if not the wealth of free info
*I only discovered your channel this year, my dear friend SCOTT, but it is by far one of the best gardening channels out there! You have definitely rekindled the flames many people for a return to the ground, please don't stop gardening, keep up the content, bravooo, GO GO GOOOO*
Did you see his spaghetti video yet??!!
Just subbed you happy G 🥰🐝🐞🦋🌾🥀🌱😃👍🌻 Praying I get the strength to get making my garden videos by February. I have some great ideas for starting seeds but UA-cam removed them and I can't find them then I was banned. You'd think I was wild and crazy 🤣😂
I got really discouraged and struggling with health issues. I won't give up though!! Been stacking seeds in the mean time. 😃👍🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😂🌻🐝🦋🐞🌾🥀
@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 it was a pleasure to inform me with your video my dear friend, keep it up
Those seed catalogues are like encyclopedias. There is a lot of helpful information in them. Cheers, Scott! ✌️
Just ordered all mine! Thank you
I enjoy the catalogs for their color and easy to understand organization. It's something you don't get online
Excellent. You are like that grandpa gardener in the family that some of us never had to pass on your valued wisdom. Thank you for more catalog info....back to the computer😊
Great advice! I spend so much time gawking over all the pictures I overlook how much I could learn. Thanks for sharing! This makes me think I should have more catalogues...🤣
Another great video thanks gardener Scott
This is great info! These are kind of like a UA-cam video in print form. I have a Totally Tomatoes and the Jung catalogue sitting on the table. I shall have to peruse them now.
Baker Creek shared your video on Facebook. You video was very informative.
Great tip!
While Baker Creek catalog is a wonderful read and has the best photography of any seed catalog I know, it is not one for true beginner gardeners, as it usually doesn't even give the time to harvest for most of their seeds. I think is it best for experienced gardeners. I find Johnny's and Territorial to be the best for beginners, or perhaps even Pinetree which has small packets which allow you to try varieties to find the best for your micro-climate.
Thanks, Scott! I really enjoy reading seed catalogs and thanks to the links you shared, I have ordered some more! Already planning some orders.
Information is empowering. The more you know, the more you want to know!
Thanks for great video. I love to curl up with seed catalogs in front of the fire in the winter. i find even more info and videos on their websites. (Johnny's is one of my favorites)
Last year, I received catalogs that had "sowing calendars" inside them that you could remove from the catalog. I took these out and put them in the 3-ring binder I use to plan my garden beds with. It was AWESOME to have a quick reference to refer back to instead of trying to remember which catalog had what information or constantly looking at the seed packets. Plus, the information doesn't really change much from year to year, so I can keep them in my binder to refer back to for years to come. SOOO glad I read through these catalogs and came across these treasures!
I can understand why some companies are going to "online only" catalogs, but it's just not the same as being able to make notes in the catalog as you are looking through things. I'll take my paper copies, save them for a year or two (unless there is specific information I want to save), then shred them and turn them into compost for my flower beds. :) Then, I don't feel like I'm "wasting paper" at all. ;) Great video as usual!
Totally agree and WONDERFUL ideas!!! Thanks! 😃👍🌱🐞🌾🥀🦋🐝🌻
Thanks. I'm ordering catalogs TODAY. Regarding letting insects do their thing, lol. I remember the margined blister beetles that surprised me among the tomatoes. Boy did I get a quick education! Neem oil did the trick but it was a battle. Fortunately we have a good sprayer. You have to cover the entire plant, underside and all. Whew! That was worse than picking off tomato hornworms. Lol! Ain't gardening fun?
Great video. I had tried growing oregano, without success, and then I read the seed packet and it said " sow seeds on top of the soil and do not cover". When I did that, guess what, I got lots of oregano plants. DUH ! Thanks so much for all of your videos.
Thanks so much! Just ordered the ones I didn’t have.
I got my Bakers Creek one about 2 weeks ago but honestly wasn't going to look through it because I assumed the it would just be a list of seeds or on the website. I am going to read it now! Thank you for the video!
Thank You Gardener Scott! I have most of those catalogs and have to say I have never really read them cover to cover. I will have to look at them more closely.
fabulous information. Thank you!
I also save the seed catalogs, some do have a lot of info, as well as some seed packets. Thank you ❤️❤️🌻🌻
Great information! I’ve got a few new catalogs on the way from Companies I haven’t heard of. Thanks!
I've already been reading through some of my catalogs. Last night I was reading about tomatoes because I want to try some new types this year....although I just ordered my sun sugar type. They will be a staple I grow every year. I love them.
I am gonna plant some okra seeds in front yard. Pretty plant and grows for me!!!
My Baker creek okra grew over ten feet!
@@mimi27513 mine were about 8' tall. I'm thinking put an okra and a sunflower seed in each hole!!! The okra plants were really pretty and were easy to pull up. Don't know anything about sunflowers.
s andy I grew a few different varieties of okra including an orange & a red! This year I’m going to grow some in an area to provide shade for my chickens. I’ll keep them out until they have sturdy stalks. Sunflowers are fun. Try and succession plant so you have them all summer.
Great educational chance, I've learned a lot from catalogs way back before UA-cam University opened.
Thanks for your teaching Sir
So now I've got to grow blueberries...that specific information sounds challenging...therefore, I get excited about it. Lol. Those catalogs are awesome! I can't wait to get some!
Thank you! I appreciate this video’s every year! Your a great teacher!
YES!!!
Thanks. I just ordered all the catalogs! Already ordered other ones a few weeks ago so they should start arriving soon.
I cut out the photos and descriptions that I need from the seed company catalogs who don't include that info.. I put that info next to the packages missing the info.
Love Territorial seed catalog. Hate it when you get seed packets with so little information. I always go on line and research any seed I am not familiar with. Just today I started a tray of petunias, although I grew petunias last year I forgot how I started them (improved journal taking}. Petunias should be exposed to light, not buried... the seed packet said nothing about sowing, go figure.
Another great video Scott.
I ❤ catalogs. I can't stop reading them all. Only thing I want to keep getting them so need to order something even small from them all.
Gardener Scott, have you heard anything about these shortages expected 2022? Hearing fertilizer, BT, and all garden supplies organic or not gonna be difficult to grab..your thoughts?
I've heard some similar concerns. Early ordering is a good idea. I've already noticed low or no inventory on some of what I wanted.
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Love this channel!! ❣️🌸😊🙏🌱🌾🥀🦋🐞🐝😃👍🌻🥰❄️
At 12:05 you said aluminum sulfate. I think you misread that. It should be ammonium sulfate. Aluminum sulfate would poison your plants.
There's a wealth of information in seed catalogs. I am going to start collecting them.
I read it accurately. It is commonly sold in nurseries and online for soil amending: amzn.to/3zw80iw
@@GardenerScott You are correct. I am 70+ and would be afraid to put aluminum of any kind in my soil.
Google says: More aluminum sulfate than this at any one time can result in aluminum toxicity, which can kill your plants. Do not apply aluminum sulfate in quantities greater than 5 pounds for every 100 square feet of garden area to avoid aluminum toxicity and injury to plants.
Ok I have to find out which seeds needs to germinate a year before growing, so I can avoid getting it-- there's no way I'd remember where I planted it!
LOL!
Ive had people make Gumbo without Okra. It just felt wrong.
I don't know why the seed companies that I buy from won't send me a catalog....does it cost money or what?
More companies are going to online catalogs to save money.
I just nearly threw out all the seed catalogues that I got for free! Not anymore!
The seed catalogs... Ya... I refer to them as garden porn! 🤣😂🤣😂 Nothing wrong with having stacks by the bed right? Dreaming of trellises and paths lined with everything beautiful!! ❣️🤗❣️🌷🌾🥀🦋🐝🌻🐞🌸🌱😃👍
I don't recommend seed catalogs...I ordered & planted tons of seeds but not one catalog ever grew!!!
I'm ashamed of two things: 1. How long it took me to catch on to this. 2. How hard I laughed after I got it.
I appreciate your sense of humor!