Autumn seed sowing: tips for using propagators
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- It's the end of October and the weather has definitely turned cold. Winter is coming to my greenhouse so today we are going to talk about how we can help keep the soil in the greenhouse warmer so that we can still be sowing and growing seeds for our winter vegetables. We're going to be using propagators to do this, so I'll be showing you some of my favourite unheated propagators and telling you what features to look out for and I'll be showing off my new purchase, a vitopod heated propagator with grow lights.
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T-shirt and Hori Hori 😁
I found your channel almost 2 years ago when I wanted to learn more about growing in a greenhouse. I immediately became intrigued and thoroughly enjoyed your personality! I now have a greenhouse of my own (named Willie Nilly for fun) and have spent the first few months getting organized and planting some microgreens, spinach and a few other plants. You also peaked my interest with the Hotbin composter, which I also indulged in earlier this summer. I used to plant a garden each year, but look forward to extending the growing season and discovering what I can grow in our cold midwest winters.
Thank you and Kate for sharing your experiences and knowlegde with integrity, compassion and humor.
oh you got a hotbin? Was it crazy expensive shipping costs?
Tee-shirt and Hori hori
Hello from Portland, Oregon! Long-time listener, first-time caller...
What I love about The Kitchen Garden channel: Everything! But specifically your laid-back conversational style combined with expert gardening tips. I'm always entertained while learning something new.
Why I put up with listening to Eli waffling if I'm not from the UK: I wouldn't call it "put up with," more like "thoroughly enjoy." And just between us and all of You Tube, if I weren't from the US, I'd want to be from the UK.
Favorite content: I love the general updates about what you're currently working on in your greenhouse and garden. It's full of timely reminders and motivation to try something new.
What I'm doing in my garden this coming year: I'll continue with lots of vegetables from seeds, started in our greenhouse and transplanted to our raised beds, but I also have big plans (hopes? dreams?) for creating an English cottage garden with lots of flowers and some edibles.
Thanks for all the great content, and may I add: fantastic tee-shirt modeling and lovely new haircut! All the best from one gardener to another.
Portland Oregon you're not very far away, I'm in Spokane Washington
Glad you're finding motivation, I think sometimes it's too easy to get stuck in our comfort zones and miss out on new and exciting things :D I like to try to push myself a little bit here and there. Doesn't always work, but hey you learn through the trying
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I’ve been watching for just under a year when I purchased my first home with my own garden and greenhouse🏡 I had the gardening bug but no knowledge of what to do and when🏡 Being a complete garden novice your channels given me a guide to navigate my greenhouse and garden, it’s kept me right and given me tips and tricks! Even when it’s not gone according to plan your videos are easy to follow and keeps me wanting to plant more! 🌱 🪴
That is awesome!
T-shirt and horihori. And yes! Signed!! Brilliant idea. I started watching about a year ago and subscribed immediately. You are educational, delightful, funny, warm and a nice way to start my mornings. I bought a greenhouse shortly after watching you insulate with bubble wrap. I am excited to use my greenhouse to extend my season this year and start early next year. Plus it looks so lovely sitting in my garden. I have tried the hoop tops on the raised beds and am trying a pallet stand for my strawberries in the spring. I get so many ideas from you. Thank you both for all the videos and for welcoming us into your garden.
no... thank you for keeping us company :D
I learn so much from your videos and get so inspired! My husband and I are working on building my polycarbonate green house that will have electricity and thermostat-controlled heater and windows. I'm so excited! I've got SOOOO much to learn about growing in greenhouses. You're teaching me loads! Job well done on your videos. 👏
Grateful in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado!
Wow that’s gonna be amazing!
Wanna come build me one???? 😍😍😍
YIPPEE! GIVE AWAY TO USA - I’m in New Jersey, USA and haven’t a clue how long I’ve been watching, but I back tracked watching all your videos (even bike riding to work) right after I found your videos. ❤️ I would love another t shirt because I ordered black lettering on grey which doesn’t stand out very well. Also I would love both of your signatures on your old gardening knife! I don’t have one, but think it will inspire my family members into helping put seedlings in the garden with me - too fun tool! My husband loves Kate’s ingenuity and I love your humor!! We aren’t the same climates, but you’re helping me grow in cooler weather in my area. I have to get some of those propagators for my daughter, who’s new apartment and cats would keep them gardening in the ‘city’ while I’m in the country growing outside. THANK YOU for including subscribers in USA! 💕 🇺🇸
are you sure you're not in Canada?😋
Please tell me you don't really watch our videos when you are cycling.... dangerous young lady!
@@eliandkate I don’t own a bicycle, but I loved watching your rides in places I’ve never traveled. Yes. I’m in New Jersey, USA living in the ‘country’, but 8 minutes from stores. I would love a bike, but my time is limited so it would probably sit in the garage more than be ridden.
Ahhhhh hadn't realise you were watching me ride to work lol
Tee shirt and hori hori entry: I discovered your site earlier this year over the Summer after purchasing my first greenhouse kit. I will say putting up a greenhouse is a long process and after it was completed wished I had gone bigger. Live and learn.
I love your youtube channel and it has provided me with a lot of helpful information since I am new to greenhouse gardening. I enjoy watching you and your partner from the USA - Ohio to be exact.
I would love and treasure the two gifts with signatures if I win. I am over 18.
I've never heard a single person say they are happy with the size they bought, including me 😀
Vitapod giveaway. I'd use it either in my greenhouse (most probably), or indoors, depending on how cold of a winter we get. Narrowing down what I'd sow in it is impossible! Tomatoes, cucumbers, tender annuals - so many things! Love and appreciate all your content! I think I found your channel in the summer of last year. Having attempted to make a video or two myself, I know how hard it is to think and speak and do things and manage the technology all at once, and that's really not easy - and then there's the editing and uploading time, so I massively appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating useful and entertaining content, and making it available for free. I like how we are roughly doing the same things at the same time of year, like growing garlic, so just when I need tips about something, very often you magically come up with a video on that topic! But I enjoy the garden and greenhouse tours and more generally chatty videos too, as I also watch videos to relax. Thanks for doing this live video, it was fun! :D
hurrah permission to be chatty :D
@@eliandkate 😁
Hi there from Colorado, USA! I found your channel via Gardener Scott's yt channel about 6 months ago and sooooo happy I did! You always brighten my day and inspire me with my garden. I love how you explain the what's and why's of what you do in yours. Even though I'm an old fart who's been gardening for over 55 years, I'm still learning from you. Would LOVE A Vitapod to accompany my little setup in our hobby room where I grow microgreens all winter. I've been wanting to grow baby greens to add to what we have since our outdoor growing season is so darn short. And, YES, your signed hori hori knive would be AMAZING as well! Love that idea! Thank you for your hard work to bring us such enjoyable and quality videos full of great information!
doesn't matter how long we garden, we're always learning - that's why it's awesome :D
T-SHIRT & HORI HORI Well considering I’ll be 37 tomorrow I’m definitely passed the 18 year minimum. Oh and Kate’s right by the way, you really should sign the Hori Hori, that’s a major part of its story. I started watching a few months ago(maybe more now, I can’t remember. I think it was around when you did the video on understanding fertilizers) and I got hooked and subscribed after 1 video. I just love how you guys approach things, without taking it too seriously and appreciating the good with the bad. And all with a great sense of humor! Life needs a great sense of humor! Actually, if it wasn’t for your video on how to get peppers to ripen faster I would’ve ended up with quite a few green peppers! Right after watching that I went outside and trimmed the leaves away to expose the sun and got rid of the tiny ones. My husband thought I was nuts(he’s probably not wrong, just not for the reason he thought). They started changing by the next day! You were like my pepper miracle😂. All jokes aside you guys have created an informative and entertaining channel(it’s harder to be successful at both than people realize)! I do only have one complaint though; I find myself wishing your videos were longer… you’re just too entertaining 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you!
longer???? Jeesh you are a glutton for punishment :D
Been with you, I think for over 6 months (just moved and got my 1st greenhouse, I'm 57 😢) I love the heated and lighted propogater and would use it in the greenhouse. Love your channel as I'm just learning and stay near Glasgow, so weather can get a tad cold 🧣🧤🧥🧦🤣
I've learned a lot from you guys, so thank you x
and rainy!!! 😀
I’m from Washington, originally from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, and where I live now (central WA; 90 miles east of Seattle) is two zones colder. We just finished putting up a Climapod greenhouse, and I was looking around for videos to help me get the most from it, and I found this one, and love it! You cover everything I need to know and very well; we also have friends who have lots of advice, but videos are the best visual for me. We haven’t heated the greenhouse; I haven’t figured out how I want to set it up yet-we put it on a wooden foundation, and are trying to figure out, stupidly after the fact, how to protect that foundation for the life of the greenhouse before I start heaping gravel and/or dirt up against it. So we have lots to do. But in the meantime, I can get our tomatoes, squashes and greens going much, much earlier with what I’ve learned so far, so thank you!! So I guess to answer your question, I’ve been subscribed for maybe a month now? Not very long, but it’s certainly helped me out! (And, being of Scottish heritage, I love all things Scottish-we’re planning a trip over the pond in a few years!)
There are a few other handy greengouse videos you might find useful... 8f you ha ent watched them already.
Heating the greenhouse: ua-cam.com/video/rVkv-WMdZFc/v-deo.html
Making the best of your greenhouse
ua-cam.com/video/iAZPHpt3oR8/v-deo.html
Hubblewrspping tour greenhouse
ua-cam.com/video/RC5MuROe5FY/v-deo.html
@@eliandkate Thank you so much! I’ll check those out, and in the meantime I’m hoping that Greenhouse Sensations will sell overseas as well. So excited to have a way to get more growing throughout the seasons! I always took the longer growing season down south for granted-my worst problem was overgrowth of blackberries (which, while a problem, was a delicious one!). This is a completely new world, and I can’t wait to get started exploring it! Thanks again-I’m off for shopping!
Oh you won't have a problem with blackberries or brambles we call them. They grow very well here... VERY WELL to the point where lost folk consider them an awful weed.
T-shirt and hari-hari please. We have been suscribers for nearly a year. First I got my husband's old phone, and had his you tube account. Then came the time to finally upgrade my phone 📱, the internet was passing me by, in the old poor 📡 phone that we got free. So I have my very own UA-cam account, woo hoo!! My husband hears me starting your videos and asks, "is that Mrs.Doubtfire"? I smile and say yes, and we hang on your every word. We enjoy learning, and love your approach to practical gardening. As you and Kate work together for the common goal of growing your own food and have an enjoyable space to relax and spend time in, my husband and I do the same. We see our outdoor space as our rejuvenation for our soul's and our mental health. We are in Northern Michigan and our weather is very close to your weather currently. We start our plants indoors on heat mats under grow lights on a rolling rack with 6 shelves (We just graduated to this setup this year). In the past plants were started on the chest freezer, kitchen table and dryer top, in other words any water resistant flat surface. The upgrades proved to reap huge rewards as far as a large increase in garden harvests. As far as another reason why I enjoy your video's, my father's side of the family is Scottish and I have never had the chance to meet any of the family members who may still be in Scotland. I would believe that my great grandmother would have sounded like you, so I am enjoying the calming sound of your voices. Keep up the great videos, and we will continue to keep watching.
Do you know where in Scotland they are from?
@@eliandkate Off the top of my head no, but I will look for the family book(through many stored boxes to locate), and see if it gives me a location.
Vitapod please.
I found this channel from the recommendation of Steve from green side up. I love anything gardening in particular the veg plot. Just built a 6 X 8 greenhouse back in march, raising seedlings, growing tomatoes and I have 4 large raised beds for veg. This channel gives tips, information, reminders to do stuff and you ladies are so entertaining. Thank you
Glad you ate enjoying things 😀
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I would use it indoors initially to raise veg seeds (may get electricity in greenhouse at some point). Our very few windowsills are full of cacti so the grow lights would be especially useful.
I have been subscribed for around 2 years. My partner Tim was looking at composters and found your vids on the hotbin (which we now have). I have watched pretty much all your veg growing gardening content! You are such a natural presenter and I find your content very helpful and relatable to my own garden in terms of size, raised beds and especially now we have a greenhouse.
oh I feel your pain on no space... our window sills are full of jade plants or spider plants :D
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I'd be using the Vitopod for getting a head start on next years planting as a little cold here and I start about a month behind but also for some of my more fussy carnivorous plants .
I joined about five months ago when looking for ways to stop dreaded slugs munching their way through my garden and greenhouse. I hit subscribe about 5 mins into a video as I knew that this was my sort of space to hang out. My favorite content is when you show the things that haven't gone to plan. Seeing someone make mistakes and learning from them really helps. I've had garden disasters and sometimes need the reminder that we 'all' do and we learn, adjust and move forward.
100%. we all learn from experience and feedback so all those annoying little things that go wrong are essential.
I've had some utter clangers over the years :D
Lol, great idea to give away things. I've only discovered you a couple of months ago, but I have learned so much already as a newbie. So thanks for that. My greenhouse is standing and looks amazing. I build 2 large garden beds in there and planted garlic, onions, some spinach and different lettuce. It's all experimental at this point. I am not expecting much. I also propagated some hydrangeas and other plants of my garden. The only thing that sucks is, that there is no electricity in it. But I have a beautiful greenhouse, how cool is that!!
Thanks Eli for another informative video!! Greetings from France ( where it's currently chilling too)🙂
Fabby that you're finding it all useful
Tshirt and hori hori (scary scary is what my husband calls it since they are so sharp!) I started watching a bit over a year ago and look forward to your videos with my Sunday coffee! I find the content so helpful as I live in 8b Seattle area,with a climate similar to yours, and I have a glass greenhouse about your same size, so I always have something applicable to learn. Just love what you do!
cooooffffeeeeeee..... I miss coffee :(
T-shirt and horihori
I've been a subscriber for a year or so. I was first drawn to this channel because the climate you deal with is somewhat similar to what I'm dealing with here in Western Washington State, cool and lots of rain. So it's more applicable than some other youtubers. But I love the greenhouse content. I'm slowly wearing my husband down on getting one.
Jennifer from Buckley, Washington
Ha ha ha just promise him lots of tasty fruit and veg
Tshirt and Hori hori.
Hi there I am watching you from Germany for quite a while.
Just love your style and your attitude toward gardening I also like you not only bragging about your successes. We learn a lot from our failures!
Next year I will have a go at tomatoes in the green house again. This your I lost the whole harvest to fungi, as did most people over here.
Can't wait for next spring! Love, Gudrun
Yeah blight was a bit issue here in the UK too
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I would love to use this for my peppers and tomatoes so I can get an early start! Will probably pop it in my spare room. I’ve only been subscribed a few months but I find you so informative and love your Scottish accent and enthusiasm! I love hearing all your tips and tricks and aspire to have my allotment as neat and tidy as your garden!
It's a bit easier to keep a wee garden tidy than an allotment 😀
Hi eli and Kate, love your channel have been watching for a couple of months now, you inspired me to get my first greenhouse which arrived 2weeks ago, so now watching your tips for kitting it out, I believe a propogater would be awesome addition to start sowing seeds earlier, I'm itching to get started now I have my very own greenhouse, yippee
new greenhouses are sooo exciting... all that potential :D
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I would use for having in the greenhouse when I start moving the tomatoes and chillies out of the house propagator outdoors 😊 as always fab content Eli! Much love 💕
you would need 10 to fit all your tomato seedlings in there :D
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- I would use the Vitopod in the house to get tomato/pepper/chilli seedlings off to a good and early start, and possibly flowers for our hanging baskets. I do have sunny windowsills but the seedlings still stretch dreadfully so the addition of grow-lights would be amazing. The propagator being heated will allow me to start things earlier and maximise the season...
- I first subscribed earlier this year when my long-held (I've been in this garden for 20 years) dream of a glass greenhouse finally became part of a definite garden re-development plan, so I went off to do lots of research! I found your channel and soaked up all the information on greenhouses and using them because you present in a very accessible way and are not afraid to share when things don't work out as expected. I subscribed almost immediately because as well as being full of useful information you have a light touch which keeps it entertaining. Greenhouse content is my current favourite because that is my new obsession 😉 but I enjoy it all. I am very excited to start greenhouse gardening and I think I will have to try hard not to be over-ambitious at first!
Thank you for all the work you put into this channel and congratulations on passing the 10,000 subscribers mark 🎉
couldn't agree more... get those peppers started early :D
Yay! T-shirt & Hori Hori giveaway :D Would wear the t-shirt all the time and omg, the hori hori?! Yay!
I found your channel earlier this year and I just absolutely love it! You are a wealth of information and I personally love all of your info on greenhouse and composting! You have given me the confidence that I can do it as well. Much love from California :)
There will be a wee compost update soon 😀
I'm so jealous of your greenhouse tools. I would love to have a greenhouse. I started seeds for the first time in my living room last year. My husband called it my plant nursery. Heat mats and grow lights. I learned of you channel from "Gardener Scott". Love all your content. TFS
So we were both doing the same thing last year, I started mine indoors on mats with lights too :D
@@eliandkate Hubby was surprised at my success with the tomatoes and peppers. Great fun!
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I would use the vitopod in the house to get my peppers started early. This year I really struggled to get them started in the spring, so they are only ripening now! I subscribed to the channel just under a year ago on the winter lockdowns, when I was buying my first greenhouse - I've found all your how to videos really clear and helpful. After watching the channel I bought quad grows and they have been a massive success with cucumbers and tomatoes in the greenhouse!
So this year we have to get your peppers tk be a success 😀
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I found you at the end of last year and love your content, sense of humour and of course accent! We’ve had our allotment 14 years and have learnt so much from your tips. And now have lovely sharp secateurs etc thanks to you!!
The giveaway would help get things started and 🤞🏻for a better blight free tomato year.
Keep up the great work👍🏻👏🏻
Blight has been a nightmare for a lot of folk this year 😪
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1 - If I were to be lucky enough to win, I would give my tomatoes a head start. I don't have a greenhouse, so it would be indoors and working away until spring. It would also give me a chance to start off seedlings to replace things throughout the growing season. Definitely would come in handy!
2 - I discovered this awesome channel this spring, when searching for help for gardens in Scotland. I *love* your style - the way in which you present your content, make things easy to understand, and even talk about your failures (which is rare in UA-cam Land). I've learned so much from your channel and your content.
I also think you're very kind to include people outwith the UK for a giveaway just for them, as well. That's why your channel is so amazing. 💗
oh there are so many failures :D there's another Eli screwed up video coming very soon :D
@@eliandkate These should be called "Blooper Reels I Made For Your Entertainment" 😂
😂😂😂
Those look super cool, I love how they stack up like that. Can't wait to see how they work.
I'll keep you updated 😀
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I have been watching your channel now for just over a year and subscribed instantly. I look forward to watching your new videos as they come out but I have watched older ones as well. I decided to start growing vegetables not so long ago and have been getting bits and pieces together. I am at this moment in time looking to getting my first quad grow and having a try at tomatoes and peppers. So if I was lucky to win the vita pod it would be to start my peppers/tomatoes. I would be putting them indoors as my greenhouse doesn’t have electric in it yet.
Your channel is one of my favourites along with Jessie at plot 37 and Toni at simplify gardening. Your videos really got my interest going and have helped me get my confidence up, so thank you and look forward to your next one.
A little bit of confidence goes a long way 😀
I would love a Vitopod propagator. I would use it in the house for the electric connection. I have been watching your channel since the Spring, and I love the straightforward and enthusiastic explanations of how to grow vegetables. I also like to see all the gadgets and things you have bought.
Garden gadgets are always a bit of fun 😀
Tshirt and horihori giveaway.. I’ve been a subscriber maybe a year, and always enjoy your videos. Even when the topic is something I already feel comfortable in my knowledge of I usually learn something anyway! Greetings from southeastern Australia where our growing season is really kicking off now 😀
I imagine thjngs really are kicking off with you 😀
Vitapod giveaway please - if I'm lucky enough to win this, I would use it in my Greenhouse to start off my Tomatoes, although I had good results last year, with starting them off in my spare bedroom windowsill, that bedroom is now for granddaughter sleep overs 🥰.
I found your channel about two years ago, whilst trying to choose a greehouse, and you've given me great tips since ever since. I especially like the fact that I can relate to your comments regarding the Scottish weather 😁
Hurrah for "local" knowledge
Hi guys vitapod giveaway I joined this group when it was first set up cause I love your posts on the scottish gardening group.My passion is gardening and wildlife. I grow the majority of my fruit herbs and veg Your videos are fantastic you make them so easy to understand and break everythin down and your so down to earth. I would use the vitapods to grow veg over winter and start off my tomatoes and peppers in them. My tomatoes got blight this year. I have learnt so much from watching your videos my garden is looking amazing lots of flowers still in bloom with lots more buds still got beetroot leeks neeps herbs spring onions growin. Watching your videos and reading your posts has made me a better gardener thankyou so much for making my happy place even more special
I'm realising how lucky I am to have never had blight. It seemed to affect almost everyone I know this year :(
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I'd love to grow more tomatoes earlier in the year. Have just started my own channel..you was one of the channels to inspire me to start. You and malcolm kingswell. ( You may have seen me guest star in the summer ) .I've been watching your channel for about 2 years now but have gone back further haha . I was impressed at a Scottish garden growing and fighting the elements. Loving the UA-cam family that have cheered me on. Overwhelmed. So thank you for the inspiration. I feel I've won either way having my own channel now. Take care Danny x
😀😀😀 lovely to hear you feeling so positive and enthusiastic
Looking forward to this video.
Thanks for all the videos you produce, they are helping to inspire us in our garden and give us confidence
We are complete novice gardeners and at the moment are totally amazed each time we produce something we can eat!
It I the most unreal feeling isnt it? I remember being ridiculously excited at my first harvest of courgettes...
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I have subscribed to your channel for over a year now I cant wait to a Sunday to see what you have got for us all to watch. I was lucky enough just to get a new greenhouse last year so it was a learning curve some success and some failures but you have taught me if you don't try then you don't know and wont learn. Your advice has been so vital to helping me and explained so simple and in an interesting way that makes gardening for me so enjoyable. As I have no electric in my greenhouse I would try Vita Pod in my garage with grow lights to see how it does and try and get a good start to the growing season as am in Northern Ireland and get something similar climate to what you get. Please keep up the good work and I love the updates on your growing and love the reviews you do as I never knew about a Quad grow system before but will defo know try it after seeing your results. I love the fact it is weekly with you and we you let us see how things are growing and what to do at what time of year its a great help for novice gardeners and not like other channels where they flood you with technical jarken and information that a long time gardener knows and it just confused me and nearly puts me off gardening you speak to people with respect and give us information in a fun informative way love the videos and blogs keep up the good work and thanks a million.
no thank you David, that was lovely to hear how useful you are finding things :D
😂😂😂🇨🇦 I put up with your waffling because your fun, knowledgeable but mostly you include the good the bad and the ugly. So sure I would love an Eli and Kate signed hori hori and T-shirt in size 36 chest. Thank you for sharing as always your thoughts and ideas Ali from Canada ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe ladies
😀 the good the bad and the ugly at your service
Love the haircut...I had a Stewart heated propagator which sadly only lasted three seasons before it burnt out. Still use it as a cold propagator because its really sturdy and useful for cuttings which stay moist in there. These look more grown up so will have a look for when/if I get heating in the greenhouse.
grown up :D I love it
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1. Growing chillies and tomatoes and teaching my son the joys of gardening as we learn together.
2. Started watching your videos around 3 months ago after researching greenhouses. Subscribed after the first vid I watched. Really enjoy the greenhouse trials and tutorials with the honesty along the way.
Currently building my first Rhino greenhouse (unpainted though ☹️) 8x6 to hopefully house a heated propagator.
Same size as mine 😀
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I would use mine indoors as my greenhouse doesn't have electricity in it. It would be a major help in starting off peppers and tomatoes for sure in the spring time. As this year I tried to keep seedlings warm with hot water bottle which helped somewhat but it's just not the same as a vitopod.
I subscribed to your channel in the beginning of this year I believe when we were in lockdown and I spent lots of time gathering informations of how to grow certain things. Since I subscribed your channel I learnt lots of things and tricks. I really enjoy the garden tours and the product reviews such as vitopod and quadgrow. You inspired me to buy a quadgrow which I did end up buying this year to grow my tomatoes and I saw the difference and it made my life easier rather than ending up over or underwater my plants. So thank you very much for all the videos keep them rolling :)
the hot water bottle is genius, I would never have thought of that.
Its quite helpful to try and warm up the seedlings in the chilly winter season just shame cant fit so many pots on them. But helps somewhat to lower the bills that forever seems to be becoming more and more expensive.
Vitapod Giveaway. Peppers, peppers, PEEEEPPERS! Every year I sit there watching the compost on the seed trays, for weeks! untill the little rascals device to show their heads. Vitapod will be so great to help speed up things and make the germination a bit more reliable. I have been following you for a few months. I live in South Wales. I finally got an allotment plot a couple of months ago. The videos I most enjoyed were the ones where you showed how you use your greenhouse trying to get as much as you can out of it. Although I don't have a greenhouse, I'm planing to get one for the allotment I hope I can find a decent second hand one for next year. I also really enjoyed the collaboration you did with Niall Gardens for the hot composter. Thanks for all your effort making entertaining and informative videos!
Awesome that you're finding the videos useful.
Tee shirt and Hori Hori knife - yes please. Love you greenhouse tips. We built our greenhouse last year and your videos have been helpful. Purchased the Bluetooth thermometer you recommended among other things. Cheers. 😀
The question is... are you obsessed with checking the temperature?
@@eliandkate Yes always! Need to replace the battery already. 🤷🏼♀️
😀😀😀
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Early next year I’ll be starting off my chilli peppers. As usual, I have more seeds than I really need so I’ll be taking over the utility room as a propagation space. This year I started late and my seeds germinated way too late. I had to resort to getting some small plants and grow them on instead. I vowed that next year I will be prepared.
I’ve learnt so much from this channel, I only subscribed during 2021 but I’ve watched nearly every video. I have plans to organise my greenhouse better and make it work for me over the next year. I grew a mountain of basil for home made pesto which has been fabulous. I have garlic in the ground, turnips for Christmas and a real plan to make my own hot sauces and spicy ketchups. Without the channel, I’m pretty certain I’d be bumbling around as before with stunted or leggy plants and feeling quite disappointed with my growing season. Far from that this year as I got a better grasp of the nutrient needs of my plants and watering routines. My peppers survived the scorching temperatures with some ad-libbed shading and I’ve made some pretty fabulous pizza sauces.
One thing’s for sure, I can’t wait until those first seeds go in the soil next year. I can already feel that it’s going to be a good one because I have a plan - something I’ve never really got to grips with before. Thanks Eli and Kate, you’ve been proper inspirations.
bring on Jan :D
T-shirt and Holly Holly, I have been subscribed to your channel I think don't quote me but at least a month now. I have watched every single video you have put up I never thought it over a three and a half day. Of time I have been on UA-cam since 2009 doing my best to share my garden experience with the world, here in the United States we don't have the privilege of having an allotment. I have been watching a lot mint gardening videos for years and when I discovered you in your garden I absolutely fell in love when it comes to my favorite part of your channel I am not 100% sure because I love all of it especially the greenhouse and the conversation I also enjoy the raised garden beds and the way you guys built them. You both are very natural I know Kate doesn't like being in front of the camera but she's really good at it I wish she will get over it someday and join you in the greenhouse. I absolutely love everything you guys do I look forward to the opportunity of winning a t-shirt I will feature it on my channel and the Holly Holly gosh I hope I'm saying it right would be an awesome treat especially if you all signed it yes it sounds silly it is absolutely fantastic. My family originated from Wales way back in the 16 hundreds and then moved to Worthing Sussex England my mom came to America in 1973 and brought her enthusiasm for gardening with her and of course I got addicted.
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Hori Hori, it's a japanese hand tool for gardening. Trowel with edges to deal with roots
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I would use the vitapod indoors to start growing toms and peppers. This has been my first year growing my own veg and it was a bit of a struggle getting things going early on as I didn’t have greenhouse or much suitable space indoors for germinating seeds.
I subscribed about two months ago when I was looking for vids on greenhouse setups and I happened upon your vid about your new Rhino greenhouse. As a result I ordered one and should take delivery before Christmas - I’m very excited! So far I’ve liked all of your videos. You explain things very clearly and I love your positive attitude.
Tomatoes and peppers seem to be the order of the day
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I would likely have it on my windowsill, although I could potentially have it in our small hand-built greenhouse, but I love being able to keep an eye on them easily when they are inside and watch things growing day by day :D
I'm very new to gardening and growing, only getting into it since lockdown last year and I've definitely caught the gardening bug! At the time, my mum and I were looking to buy a greenhouse, so the first video I watched (and when i also subscribed) was your "Which is better polycarbonate or glass greenhouse?" video. In the end we managed to get my step-dad to actually build us a little lean-to style one, half wood and the top half from polycarbonate sheets. Reminds me.. I still need to give it another couple coats of paint haha.
I have been finding trying to start plants from seed to be the most fun, challenging and exciting thing and I keep wanting to see what things I can grow from seeds I've taken from fruits and plants, as well as tricky things for a bit of a challenge. I seem to have a thing for fuchsias, and I have managed to get a cutting of one of my favourites growing on my windowsill, which I'm going to attempt to try and make into a 'standard', but what I really want to try is to see if I can cross pollinate some and try to grow the mixes from the seeds! I think the propagator would be brilliant to try that out!
This past year I've just been using some seed trays with clingfilm over them, and the top half of plastic bottles as make-shift propagators, so having a proper bit of quality kit would be just fantastic :D Fingers crossed!
You are not the only person who has mentioned putting it on their window sill... you guys must have huge window sills... I can only get a small half size seed tray on mine :(
@@eliandkate Ahh I should elaborate, I have a little table pushed up to my window so I can put plants on it 😁
Oh brilliant plan 😀
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I subscribed to your channel earlier this year and just love watching your videos and what you do in the garden, you always seem to drop so many nuggets of information into each one. I particularly like how you help with those sort of problems and points in a gardener’s life when we think oh no what have I done wrong, or why me! You calmly explain and I think phew, it’s not just me and this is what I can do. Love the humour too, (outtakes on insta are great). I don’t have a greenhouse, although I take in what you tell us just in case, one day🤔, but did managed to grow peppers properly a a couple of years ago in bit of a heatwave and attempts to start indoors this year rather than the chilly shed failed dismally! The vitapod would be great to start these off indoors, probably on a table somewhere and get some chillies in there too. Look forward to seeing how things grow over winter.🌱
oh everyone of us has those "why me?" moments :D
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Hi Eli & Kate, I’ve been growing our own vegetables for a couple of years now having inherited a greenhouse with our house. My first year, beginners luck I guess I had a fabulous crop of tomatoes, aubergines and peppers. This last year was not so good even with trying propagating indoors. I would absolutely love a Vitapod and keep looking at them but am struggling to justify the cost being a novice still. If I was lucky enough to win the Vitapod I’m not sure I’d be able to wait until next year to start using it for my tomatoes!
I’m not sure when I found your channel but you’ve been my go to for all things gardening since I started two years back. Along with yourselves I enjoy Jessie at Plot 37, Tony C Smith and Richard & Paul to name a few. It’s great for me to suck up all your knowledge that you kindly make time to share with us so regarding my favourite types of video I’d have to say all of them! Thank you Jane x
This year has been a bad year generally wearherwise and affected all of us. The weather has a huge affect on everything we grow, even in a greenhouse.
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It will be used indoors to help with all the plants for the allotment also should help stop the cats killing the plants.
I subscribed about a year ago, tbh your joy for gardening is what I like and why I have stayed...
I am going to trying some new veg to eat and broaden what I eat.
Football getting in the way so only just catching up, its a mad giveaway.
yeah, cats are far too interested in my seedlings here too. Then look at me like it's my fault.
@@eliandkate mine just chase each other and then jump in the middle of them... Lost quite a few tomatoes plants due to them... Haha
Penny sits on them :(
I’d love to enter the raffle for the shirt + knife! Forgot what I was supposed to comment exactly- Love your channel, and congrats on 10K!!! My favorite thing on your channel would be greenhouse stuff, but I love everything you guys do :) keep up the good work guys!!
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Vitapod giveaway. I’m a relatively new subscriber from earlier this year based in Glasgow. I don’t grow veg but want to increase the number of flowering annuals and perennials in the garden. Given our rather short growing season (especially 2021!) this may just make all the difference. I’m currently trying some autumn sowing of hardy annuals in attempt to get a head’s start. Love your informative, no nonsense videos. Thanks, Jules
This year has been mental hasn't it?
Poor spring hot summer but lots of rain
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Definitely. I honestly thought I would never get stuff out the greenhouse this year as I still had tiny plants struggling in June!
Just shows you...
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I would use it to expand the capacity of my windowsills which quickly run out at the start of the growing season … no electricity in the greenhouse :-(
I started subscribing about a year ago as we moved into a new house, where I finally had a greenhouse and more space to grow.
I watch lots of UA-cam videos but find yours has slightly different content than many of the others which just talk about what to sow…. Educational, with a fun twist. I especially like how you take into consideration different things to consider, that not all of the other channels do :-)
Adele,
I'm so happy to hear you say that - that is exactly what I'm trying to do, talk about the whys and what fors rather than just tell you what to do... because it's not always relevant to other people, much better to understand why :D
@@eliandkate well you do it well :-)
Vitapod giveaway please.. if I’m lucky enough to win I’d use it grow my first vegetables ever! I have recently started looking after a few house plants and found it amazingly helpful for balancing my mental health so I’d love to expand this new interest and grow my own vegetables! 😀
Oh an exciting turn of events.
Vitapod giveaway, definitely will use in greenhouse to start vegetables earlier as you did, so they can go into the quadgrows nice and early, can't remember when I joined your channel probably start of lockdown at a guess, thanks and best of luck
:D yeah I think I remember your wee "face" appearing around then :D
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Only found you earlier this year but every video you post is invaluable and informative!
I like all your content as it covers indoor and outdoor and means I can plan for the future when I eventually get a greenhouse!
I'd use the vitopod indoors in the kitchen to get things like tomatoes and chilli's started and maybe experiment with some other plants too!
Fab video as always Eli! Hope you find a good home for the hori hori too! 😁
Jen x
Whispers.... it might be a bit bug for the kitchen 😀
@@eliandkate whispers back... I'll make it fit! 😂
Vitopod Giveaway. Hi I first started watching you when you did a review of the hot composter. I can’t quite recall when I started subscribing to your channel.
I enjoy your lighthearted approach. I think that you’re a natural teacher and I’ve learned quite a lot from watching your channel. I like your product reviews. I bought the hot composter. I also bought the Quadgrow planter and even although it was placed outside I’d some lovely tomatoes this year. No mean feat as I also live in Scotland. I’d use the Vitopod to start many seeds and definitely my tomatoes. I have a small town garden but still manage to grow some fruit and veg.
Town Gardens can be super productive if you plan 😀😀😀
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1, I think I would use the vitapod to give my tomatoes a head start but would also be tempted to use it for peppers if I'm lucky enough to win it.
2, I discovered your channel and subscribed straight away earlier this year. I'm a newbie to gardening and growing my own veg. I bought a greenhouse earlier this year and I'm in the process of turning my under loved garden into a kitchen garden. Your channel has been invaluable and I have learnt loads. Even my kids have taken an interest.
I'll be using mine for peppers and tomatoes in Jan too
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Hi Eli and Kate. I have been watching your videos now for about a year and really love all the information you give us. I am fairly new to growing from seed as I have never trusted myself not to mess up before. I'm still not having a lot of luck but am persevering, I have managed to grow cucumbers! I have a beautiful garden which I inherited and am trying not to spoil!! I have a potting shed but no greenhouse so a heated propagator and grow light would be fantastic. By the way, I have just had a new grandson whose name is Eli. I love your channel. Best wishes, B xx
Awwww well give little Eli a hug from me
Vitapod giveaway. Love your channel Eli. Ive been a member for 12 months (learnt loads). I would use the vitapod for growing my chilli plants indoors. #keepupthegoodwork.
always good to get the chilies started early 😂
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Omg this giveaway is the ultimate dream!!
1. I will use this indoors at the moment. I’m wishing for electric in my greenhouse and hoping to add electric one day. So until then it will be indoors.
2. I’ve been subscribed since January. I subscribed when I brought my first poly greenhouse and was at home suffering with covid and was UA-cam searching greenhouse videos and found your videos and I’ve been hooked since then. I think I watched all of them over the course of a few weeks. I’m definitely a seasonal grower and don’t tend to do much in the winter. My greenhouse went up to late this year so I was behind on most things however with this prize I can start earlier 😊. I love all your content (especially the video with me in it 🤣😉) it’s so reassuring to see “normal” gardening and love how honest you are.
Keep up the good work both of you 🙂
Eve aka: the novice Kent gardener
(especially the video with me in it 🤣😉) 😂😂😂
@@eliandkate haha well they are all brilliant but that one had a extra special sparkle
Vita pod giveaway!!! I would love this prize I’d use it in my greenhouse to grow my tomatoes chillies peppers and aubergines ! I also grow a lot flowers for hanging baskets for my family it would be amazing for me because there’s only so many windowsills and table space🤣 I joined you when I got my allotment 4yrs ago I love your down to earth way of growing ,you explain things brilliantly you’ve given me so much confidence Thankyou so much ♥️xx
You know, I do actually remember you appearing in the comments for the first time :D Back them the channel was small enough that I knew everyone :D
Teeshirt and Hori Hori Give Away please. I have been a subscriber for a year now. I found your channel when I was looking for greenhouse info. I live outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US. I loved learning about your new greenhouse and your interior use. Some day I hope to build my DIY-vintage window greenhouse. It will include your folding staging(brilliant!) and angled brace shelving that has the board to turn the triangle into a storage area. Many US you-tube channels I watch are from the south or West coast high dessert. You teach me about compact gardening in a climate colder than mine. It helps me learn to successfully grow for my climate. I have 4 raised beds and 1 in-the-ground bed. This summer was my second growing season. I grow lots of veg (tomatoes, beans, peas, peppers, greens, etc) and flowers for the pollinators.Your accents and dry humor keep me coming back. I could just listen to you speak - the garden info is a bonus. I would be honored to win a tee and your old personalized knife.
There's just not enough small garden stuff on youtube is there?
@@eliandkate They don't make me laugh like you do or want to be a beautiful teeshirt model like you!
🤣 Great vid. What an awesome giveaway!!!
Good luck guys !!!
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t-Shirt and Hori Hori -- I love this channel because I found it when the pandemic began and I was putting in my first greenhouse. Eli brings a lot of good and FUN content. Katie is amazing and I just enjoy the content....glad to be a part of this international garden community.
it is an amazing community :D
Love those hoop houses. You did great making em. I got the Same propagation chamber. Perfect for clones
I have to say I do love my hoops… best thing I ever did.
T-shirt and hori hori: I subscribed sometime during the pandemic. I used to live in several acres, which required trees and bushes to even approach a dent in the landscape that approached a garden. After moving to town, I embraced perennials with a passion, day lilies, bearded iris, bulbs, etc. Now I am in my fifties, and I am starting to grow a few more “useful” plants which include vegetables and perennial food crops (apples, peaches, pears, raspberries, rhubarb, asparagus, walking onions, etc.) I love to watch your channel for two reasons. 1) My eldest daughter works at a “big cat” sanctuary. When the animals are happy, they chuff at her. I love to listen to your enthusiasm when you also are “chuffed” about something. 2) I have greenhouse envy. I have long term plans to build a greenhouse that incorporates a couple of my mother’s stained glass window creations. These are two renderings of my children…priceless! For now, I start seedlings in my basement with grow lights. Anyway, love your content! Best!
I dream of having enough space for trees etc 😀
@@eliandkate My challenge is trying to preserve my sunny locations. When I start pouring over the seed catalogs, my plans often exceed my space, lol. I did just visit the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. They had created a fence line as a visual divide between two spaces in the garden by using espalier fruit trees interspersed with supports. Very clever!
Espalier is a fantastic idea, especially for smaller spaces
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I would definitely use it in my greenhouse, I have been thinking about putting electric in so this is the perfect opportunity. I loved your vids on organising and keeping it tidy, I have purchased the metal canes you use for tomatoes, can’t wait for next year to try them out. Hopefully have an earlier crop.
I found your site earlier this year. So helpful and honest, I really enjoy the way you try new things. I am trying carrots in my greenhouse, I love them but not had any success growing outside. The way you use space in your garden is amazing, colourful with flowers and resourceful with edible crops..
I want sooo much more in the garden but Kate keeps me sensible :D
@@eliandkate yes I have a Kate sitting on my shoulder, she keeps me in check especially with clothes shopping 😆
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Would attempt to grow a pepper plant that actually bears edible fruit as this years were we well , pants . Will use it my new Rhino green house which I bought in May after watching you in yours
I am a paramedic in Lincolnshire and in the wee small hours love to watch your cheerful vids between jobs to keep me sane
Keep up the good work
X
I can't imagine how I can possibly be attached to keeping anyone sane 🤣🤣🤣
T-shirt and Hori Hori. Love watching and learning about how to use a greenhouse. this year I built a greenhouse and now I need to learn everything I can about ways to use it. I love gardening and now hope to garden all year. I live in western New York state. U.S.A. in a zone 5b.
Bring on the 4 seasons gardening
T-shirt and Hori Hori: I am currently building my first greenhouse using reclaimed windows. I found you yesterday by luck when doing a UA-cam search looking for greenhouse tips. I've only seen a couple episodes, but it's cold and rainy today so needless to say I'll have a lot more viewed today, unless my boss is reading this then I'll be cold and wet from working really hard today. I've been growing a few tomatoes, squash, and peppers for a few years. I have a two year old granddaughter that loves hanging out with her Papa in the garden. I have to keep an eye on her because she'll pick everything and eat it right there. Unfortunately I had to have several large trees removed due to them dieing, but that gave me more sun so now I can grow more stuff. We are so excited about our new growing opportunity and my one year old granddaughter that will be able to join us in the garden next summer. Love the videos.
it's sad to lose a tree, we lost our lovely rowan last year and took ages to get used to the garden without it, but more sun is a good thing 😀
Good luck with the new greenhouse and keeping that wee yin in check so she doesn't eat everything before you get the chance 😂😂😂😂
I could listen to your voice all day every day. Lol
Ha ha ha you’d get bored eventually, trust me 😂😂😂
@@eliandkate lol enjoy your weekend and thank you ..
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Hi Eli and Kate, Beautiful South Yorkshire here. I subscribed to your channel around 6 months ago now and I am new to growing my own vegetables. I am very limited in space and most of my vegetables are grown in pots (Apart from when I borrow my neighbours garden lol). I would use the vitapod indoors to start my tomatoes and aubergines and any other early crops I might like to try, It would sure make life a lot easier for me. You tube is such a wealth of information and tips and ideas and you always put a smile on my face which is really welcome on the lonely evenings. I love the reminders you give on when it is time to start planting different crops and the best way to do it. Thank you so much for the good work, Take care, Ivy
Veggies in pots is a fab way to go. You can only work with the space you've got 😀
Vita pod giveaway hi Kate I've been subscribed 4 a about a 1 year. I started watching about keeping greenhouses warm in cold climates. 🥶 I use my greenhouse 4 growing banana plants 🪴 and I've just started growing palms 🌴 . With no luck thanks Adam
bananas are apparently THE fashionable plant of 2022... you may find your knowledge is sought after by newbies :D
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I grew chillis for the first time this year with different variations of success lol I’ll use this to start my chillies off indoors early.
I only found thus channel quite recently a few months ago, I like the way you deliver your content it’s fun and bubbly, plus you generally answer the comments especially if it’s a bit of light hearted banter both on here and the FB page.
So are you planning some new varieties to try or sticking ro the tried and trusted?
@@eliandkate trying some new ones, basket of fire, ghost pepper poblano and scotch bonnet. And I’m trying king of the north on your recommendation 😊
Ohbwill be interesting to see how you get on with king of the north
Eli and Kate. I would love to be the winner of your signed (by Kate and Eli) hori-hori, and another shirt (I have a short-sleeve Kate and Eli Kitchen Garden shirt, but I could use a long-sleeve one for winter).
But why pick me?
Actually, I have no special reason to be chosen (or to win) over any others who love your channel. We all appreciate the time and effort, both you (and Kate) put into your productions.
For my part, Sunday’s are special to me, and your videos are something I look forward to every week. Watching and listening to your videos during Covid, I have gotten to sort of spend some good times (however vicariously) with like-minded folks, without having to worry about getting so much as a sniffle. And I appreciate the fact that for non-Scottish listeners, like me, you slow down a “wee” bit and soften your Glaswegian accent for us.
Your videos are easy-listening and absorbing for more reasons than that, of course. They’re very professional, well-edited, and get to the point of what you’re trying to impart. And you make the listener feel comfortable. Unlike so many know-it-all UA-cam videos that I’ve seen, your down-to-earth, and sometimes humorous, manner of presenting your message and experience is very refreshing.
And to be honest, I’m rather picky when it comes to judging people. Politics here in the U.S. has made me so, I suppose. But you and Kate come across as just normal, down-to-earth folks, and it’s just so nice to see “normal” human beings when I turn on my iPad.
I’m sure you guys have your faults, and you’re on your best behavior while filming, but over the years, I’ve developed a sense for figuring out who is being disingenuous and who is not. And you guys have easily won my confidence.
(So do I sound like Mr. Rogers? You’ll have to Google him and find out, haha.)
Anyway, if I don’t win the brass ring, you can always mail me a postcard from Scotland, and I’ll be perfectly stoked (that’s Californian for “well chuffed”).
Stay safe, and thanks again.
Tim Donahoe
Yeah I totally understand that... the past few years has been weird and a lot of negative stuff about. It's nice to find some little smiles here and there.
Maybe I should give you a giggle and do a video with me at full speed 😉
@@eliandkate, Eli, that might be funny, but I have a feeling you don’t slow down that much-but just enough.
Although, you might go into town and get some old-salt heavily-accented Weegian, and get him to say a few lines, and immediately after, you translate for us. That might be good for a laugh.
that would be my dad :D
Vitapod giveaway please! I would use it at home to grow aubergines 🍆 peppers 🫑 tomatoes 🍅 & cucumbers 🥒 as I have now only just got my allotment a few weeks ago!🙌🏻😃 I found your channel in the summer of this year, and have really enjoyed watching ever since, I have always enjoyed gardening, and I’m a very busy person, I work as a healthcare assistant at my local hospital, and I live down south of England near Brighton.
Oh a new allotment. Lots of exciting opportunity. Have you got it all planned out already?
Yes have done a plan of what is there now, and also a rough plan of what I intend to do, it’s a quarter size plot that is 7 metres by 9.5 metres, but it has an amazing view!😃👍🏻
T-shirt and Hori Hori: first of all love all of your enthusiasm and information on gardening. Though I am across the ocean and in a harsher climate I have used a lot of your advice and have had success with it. Love to listen to you as my father and grandparents immigrated to Canada so listening to you is like eating the comfort food of PB&J. I changed out my greenhouse this year and built removable shelves just like you have in your greenhouse. They paid off big time this year as I was able to successfully grow tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse. Next year I am expanding the technology in the greenhouse for better environmental control as well as watering. I would be thrilled to win your signed Hori Hori and a T Shirt. Love the channel and have been following you for a couple of years on social media. Always appreciate when you respond to a question or comment.
Oh exciting stuff happening in your greenhouse then 😃😃😃
Have a check of the community tab Michael 😀 you're a winner
T-shirt and hori hori please.
I have been subscribed a little over 5 months. I don't have a greenhouse but am hoping next year my husband will build me a hoop house.
I enjoy all your content and your videos are always informative helpful no matter where you live so you being in Scotland still makes your videos relevant to everyone. Being in South Central BC Canada we have a cold winter not much grows unless you have a hoop house or greenhouse. I have grow lights and a heat mat so I am going to attempt to grow some greens in the house as well as some perennials I am taking cuttings from.
Have a great week see you next Sunday. Bev
I imagine you guys have mUCH colder winters than us...
Hi Eli, I would love to use the vitapod for all my warm weather seedlings, peppers, aubergines, tomatoes, herbs and cues. Took over the dining room last year with a stand, shelves and few lights but had a poor season growing and ran out of space. I joined your channel a week ago after your brilliantly clear and informative Rhino greenhouse videos and your sunny personality. Bought my 1st greenhouse, a Rhino and got the accessories from greenhouse sensations thanks to you, so should be ready to get growing when it arrives! Thanks so much. Joyce B x
😀 glad the videos are helping Joye, but worth noting, the videos are greenhouse videos 😀 The brand is irrelevant 😂😂😂😂
@@eliandkate Lol of course, I was looking for a 1 and done with the greenhouse don't have the money to buy better later etc. I need to know how and what to grow in the greenhouse as well as useful accessories and you've helped me with that. Thanks. I love that you reply to comments xx
I do my best to reply at least on the week a video is released, not as easy on the older videos but I can try 😀
Giveaway Pods, Vitapod. Found your chanel about a year ago when I started my veg plot. I'm growing peas, beans, toms, broc,cabbage, carrots, sweetcorn, onions, potatoes, parsnips rocket and salad leaves. No greenhouse so I will be using my porch window sill and popping seedlings them outside when it's sunny. I'm looking forward to using your peas and bean advice didn't know they grew in different ways. You always seem to give interesting tips that are so very useful. Like your chanel as you are very friendly, it's like you are chatting to us and I find myself answering you ......🤣🤣🤣🤣. Anyway this is 3 comment as some reason they don't want to work. Fingers crossed its the lucky one. Thanks to you both for all your hard work.❤
It worked 😀😀😀😀😀
@@eliandkate phew😁🤣👍
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Would love it for my chillies and tomatoes please in the house. Been a subscriber for a few months. Like your greenhouse content.
it would be awesome for your chillies, let you get them started early and have a longer growing season for them :D
T-shirt & horihori.
Hi, I love listening to you chat Eli and have gotten some fantastic tips from you, especially to do with compost and compost mixes which I've found I'm getting even better yelds after moving to your mixes. I Love your garden and how you've set up your greenhouse. I've searched everywhere over here in Ireland for a hori hori (sorry if that's spelt wrong) I can't find them anywhere here. Like you I have an 8x6 greenhouse, mine is policarbonat but I had a problem with the height of it for tall plants so this last spring I got my daughters fella to build a 2 foot high insulated wall to sit the greenhouse on and he also insulated the floor. I am absolutely thrilled to bits with the end result but unfortunately that left it very late in the season to start peppers so none this year. You always bring a smile to my face so thank you for being you and love to you and Kate from Ireland. Donna. X
😂😂😂 lovely to have you with us Donna and we actually did the same thing with out old greenhouse :D There's a video somewhere...
Afraid you missed the competition :( this video is from last year.... this years winter greenhouse videos started about three weeks ago though so you can catch up
Vitapod Giveaway. I’ve been a subscriber for only a few weeks, love watching your video, I am in South Wales , I haven’t got a greenhouse, only started grow for two years , build myself a raised bed this year (love yours ,going to make net hoops like yours next year ), carrots,onions, peas, runner beans. Grew tomatoes,peppers,cucumbers and courgette in pots, but lost most of them, when I dug them up they didn’t have many roots, and I think I didn’t start them early enough. It would be great to have the vitapod to get a great start and stronger plant to cope with Welsh rain weather.
With our weather, don't put courgette plants outside until end of May... they prefer the warmer weather
Vitopod giveaway - If I was lucky to own one of these, I would use it to start off peppers. I was too late getting going with my peppers last year in the greenhouse and on;y got a few little ones which unfortunately the dog ate. (I was going to give them to the guineapigs) the propagator would certainly be of benefit.
I have been watching and learning with you guys since March and subscribed in about May.
You know I think starting the peppers early is a good thing 😀
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Your UA-cam channel was the first I ever subscribed to, probs about a year ago. I have a tiny yard full of plants and a community well-being garden in a local park. I loved your hori hori video, it made me get one, best gardening tool ever. I wish I had a Rhino greenhouse, for the well-being garden, but I’ve learned so much about raised bed gardening, growing tomatoes and flowers too from you. If I had a heated propagator, I’d use it in my house to start off seeds for Grow Your Mind, my community garden, in my house, and fill up all my windowsills too, like I did last year. I had actual sweet pea flowers in February on my bedroom window sill last year. Xxx
I do love my hori hori it is absolutely so useful
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I would use it in my garage as I dont have a greenhouse at home just a polly tunnel on my allotment.
I subscribed when you did the co lab inviting Malcolm Kingswell along, Love the fact you do so much in your garden, I've just taken on a second allotment, so it would come in handy for setting allsorts off 😊 - Thank you for taking your time to make the video's! In South Yorkshire not as quite as cold as you guys but we are not in Devon lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣 would you rather be in Devon or Kent?
@@eliandkate hmmmm, no i dont think so , id have to start again on my allotment lol 😂😂
oh Hello Eli, you are so much fun to watch. I just turned 70, inherited my very first 6x8 greenhouse ( the previous owner is upgrading to a 30x 96' one so didnt wat this piddly little thing!
I live in Kemptville Ontario Canada, zone 5a and this is going to be quite the adventure youve started me on. Binge watching as many of your shows as I can..and making quite the list of tools I will require.
Thankyou so much for all your vital information and especially your humour!
Carry on mate!
Linda Bridgeman
Hey Linda
Awesome to have you with us
Now I’m not great with the zone thing cause we don’t use them but is zone 5 in Canada like in the US, basically blooming freezing!!!????
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Actually Eli, Bloody freezing is more apt.
I have recorded Feb 1 last year -17 C windchill -20..
soooo.. I may not starts seeds if thats coming again!!! lol
😂😂😂
boy oh boy - so glad I don't have to deal with anything like that
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I would start off some winter greens and cabbage in my unheated greenhouse then take it 'ben the hoose' to start off tomatoes 🍅, peppers 🌶 and maybe a melon 🍈 🤔
As I am new to greenhouse gardening I subscribed to your channel in about January as I saw you had a Rhino. I was then hooked 🪝 to your other content. As I am now considering growing fruit I would be interested in seeing more of what you guys do. Oh and the hotbin! 😁
😀 hotbin update coming soon
@@eliandkate Excellent! I will love to hear your experience versus mine especially as we have been experiencing the same changeable weather ... 🌧🌈☀️🌧❄☀️
Vita pod Giveaway, I’ve watched your Chanel a few years now Eli, as I don’t think we are far away, and similar climate, loved all your hotbin vids in particular, would love a vita pod to get a head start either in greenhouse or maybe in my attic/loft, great presentation, fingers crossed.
oh attic... first person to mention having a growing station in the attic :D
@@eliandkate yes,that is where I usually sprout my tatties,it’s really my home recording place,guitars etc but could find room to do a bit off sowing and growing,nothing strange rest assured 😂😇
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I’d use the vitapod in my house to get things going. Pretty new to all this stuff. Pre pandemic if only grown mold. Last year grew some
Tomatoes and this year I’ve added cucumbers, peppers, courgettes and winter squash.
Managed to unsubscribe while trying to see if UA-cam would show how long I’d been subscribed so currently two days but before that it was last summer I think but may have been early spring this year.
Enjoy all the videos but as I’m quite new to it all the technique stuff is particularly useful
ha ha ha yeah the unsubscribe thing is cause youtube isn't exactly user friendly is it? :D
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I would use it in my potting shed for tomatoes, peppers and chillis. I found your site about 18 months ago when I was buying my hotbin. Must say you sold it to me . 😊 Really look forward to watching your videos as I also grow veg in my garden.
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1. Will be used to start my peppers also, started them indoors this year but they were a bit leggy due to lack of light. Still I did end up with a fair crop. I would use this in my greenhouse instead now.
2. Subsrcibed in Feb 2020 when I moved house and had space for a greenhouse. Found your video on buying a greenhouse very useful. I love the grow along parts that give me things to focus on, like over wintering pepper plamts which I am also trying this year.
I can confidently say there is going to be more grow along stuff... a lot more :D
Have a check of the community tab Tim, congratulations. You won 😀
@@eliandkate OMG WOW thank you so much. 😁
I use heat mats in my house. I put a piece of corrugated cardboard between pad and plant tray to keep from overheating tray.
Vitapod Giveaway - Also your giveaway too. I subscribed to you a few months ago. We only started gardening this year, when we moved into our bungalow in Prestatyn, we never had a garden before then. So it our first garden. Believe it or not we managed to grow cucumbers, courgettes, peppers and tomatoes this year from plug plants successfully, both inside the greenhouse and outside right up to beginning of November. We also grew strawberries from plug plants as well. It’s been so great that I would like to start growing from seed in the next year. Due to your recommendation and through watching your video I have bought the quadgrow and the veggie podgrow too from Greenhouse. I found that I absolutely love gardening and watching the plants grow. My husband does the heavy lifting as I can’t due to Osteoarthritis everywhere in my body, but I can do a lot sitting down. I love your videos as you make it seem that anyone with the will to grow veg can do it.
Hey Wendy, thanks for dropping by, your plans sound great and wow you’ve had a fantastic year of growing. I’m well impressed. Unfortunately this video is a few months old now so I’m afraid you’ve missed the competition, sorry 😢
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I would use the vitopod in my greenhouse, I would use it to germinate my chilli pepper crosses that I made this season. I’ve been watching your channel since early lockdown in Covid 2020 , your quad grow inspired me to buy and they have been amazing this season with a bumper harvest that all goes into my Dorset devil chilli powder that I make and share with family and friends- roll on next season 👌👍chilli rules 🌶
😂 Yeah I always found it that the chillies did way better in a quadgrow than in an actual chilli grow
Go figure
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I would love to use it in my greenhouse. I could get lots of veg and flowers started off in this. Looks amazing 😁
I have been watching for a few months now, but only subscribed today. I love how simple and fun you make everything. I only have have a greenhouse and a few beds for planting too. You have shown me that I can still grow so many things with the space I have. Thank you x
it's surprising what you can do with a little bit of space... granted I'd love a bigger, sunnier garden but it's still really exciting... Just about to sow onions for the first time :D
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Hi Eli and Kate. Came across your site just coming up for a year now before my first ever greenhouse was delivered in January 2020. Binged watched all your ptevious videos. Hubby thought I had left him as he never saw me for weeks sitting in another room watching You Tube 😂 Would use the Vitapod indoors as unfortunately I didn't put power in my greenhouse, something I now regret. 😔
To be honest, sometimes power in the greenhouse is overrated D: I use it more for the radio than anything else :D
VITAPOD GIVEAWAY. Naturally JB recommended your channel and love the simplicity of you explanations and easy to follow. If I were to win this amazing giveaway I would set up a solar panel at my allotment and use it in the polytunnel. This year has been such a struggle with rain and slug war, your enthusiasm has kept me going 😊
Heya Anita,
Are you new to us then ir did you come from one of JBs earlier videos?
JB is a great guy, I enjoy kittle poodles around the plot with him.