Hey Gang! Here's your monthly planting guide video! Thanks for watching and making these videos so popular. Last month's video had 260k views! You guys are amazing!!
Even though I have organized what seeds I am starting , I truly look forward to your guides! I'm in 6a Connecticut very similar to yours. I have taken one of your courses and it has been a game changer for me! My issue was timing and my fall plantings were the best ever! I still have kale, collards, parsley cabbage, rads, onions and broccoli alive! Thank you for easy instructions and organizational tips! Wall of waters will be my next challenge this early spring! Blessings
Thank you for this video about what to plant or seed start in February. I already have now 11milk jugs with cool weather/ cold hardy plants and plan to get some of the leafy greens going this weekend in more milk jugs. I also plan to get seeds starting indoors with the peas green beans tomatoes peppers and squash along with herbs and flowers. I have used the Dollartree soil and the new alternative soil bricks in the milk jugs but I also put some perlite and vermiculite in the Dollartree soil. Thank you again for this quick video.
This is so awesome, thank you so much. Especially about beating the frosts on them and even tomatoes! I just compiled once again for our general Dayton Ohio area. You are so awesome for allowing me to be doing that for our neighborhoods. :)
Great video as always. Pulled out my spinaches, lettuces and asian cabbage to do this week, and for flowers Larkspur, lobelia and gazania seed heads I harvested in autumn. Seee you next time!
I'm assuming you meant Memorial Day. Remember we are not talking about warm season crops yet. Everything I listed today was cool season crops that are frost tolerant.
I've got everything in milk jug terrariums except for the celery seeds i'm waiting for in the mail and if anyone wants to have sweet potato slips ready on time, you should get your sweet potatoes in glasses of water now.
The Wall O Waters sounds like a great idea, but how do the flowers get pollinated that early in order to actually produce tomatoes? This is a really helpful video, which I have saved to my playlist.
This is all part of the early growth of the plant really before they start to flower. By the time flowers start to show up you will have taken the wall o water off. Also don't forget, tomatoes aren't bee-pollinated, they are mostly wind pollinated, so even if you do get flowers you can just reach in and give the plant a shake once a day to help pollination. But really you will have the wall o waters off before you need to worry about it.
I have a vacation planned March 6-16. What suggestions to have for keeping my baby plants moist? Is there something I can set up so I don’t need to get somebody to water them. Thank you.
Boy that is a long time to not be watered. If you have them in a cool garage that would help, but 10 days is a really long time. You might need to get someone to come in every few days to water. For me that is the great thing about having adult kids, I can just have one of them stop by.
No, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, Kale is more hardy than lettuce, I already started kale in January to go out in March. These February plantings are to go out in April, so a second round of Kale and the first round of lettuce.
I would suggest you check out Calikim - She is a California UA-cam gardening and her content might be better for you, at least when it comes to planting times.
I usually agree with every bit of advice you give on dates, but I have admit, I disagree about the flowers. Most of those flowers you mentioned are not frost tolerant, and if you put them out in mid-April you run a big risk of die off. I have bad memories of a few years ago when I killed three or four entire flats of flowers (they weren't even in the ground yet, just out on my patio!) because the forecast said around 34 for the low, and lo and behold, it got down to 32 or 31 and they all died. I tend to be pretty aggressive with the dates with the cold-tolerant vegetables, but I have been very careful with the flowers since that incident! My advice would be to wait a few more weeks, maybe until March 1st or even March 15th, and plan to get them out around the average last frost date. They grow fast once the frosts are gone, and most of those last all summer!
Jeff you miss heard. The flowers take 10-12 weeks indoors before your last frost. You should start them now, but unlike the other things I talked about those won't go out until after your last frost. They just need more time indoors to be ready by your frost date. Sorry I should have been more clear.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Ah, okay, I went back and it is true you did not say put them out before your last frost, so that I agree with. I guess it depends on how big you want them to get. Most of those flowers you mentioned are pretty fast growers (other flowers grow much more slowly) and for me, seem to get a little too big if I start them too early, but I suppose that is a personal choice. Also, one thing I have learned is the bigger the plant, the trickier it is to harden off. Another factor is your weather in April and early May. The last few years has been so unpredictable! Flowers are complicated because there are literally hundreds of types!
Just a heads up, please DO NOT buy the “Wall O’ Water” brand tomato protectors. As a commercial gardener I ordered over $300.00 worth of product from them last year and they charged my card and I never received any product, nor would they return multiple phone calls or emails. After reading reviews they have done this to many many customers. I used old Christmas lights and fabric row cover instead and it worked great.
Wow thanks for letting us know. That's too bad I've always like their's. But I've also used several of the no name brands and they have worked well too.
I just wish I would have read the reviews before purchasing, would have saved a lot of headache. As the owner of a few small businesses I understand you can have product issues and delays, but taking someone’s money with no intent to deliver and then the total lack of any response whatsoever is basically fraud.
Because even with the wall o waters there is always a risk of a REALLY cold snap that will kill the plants. I'm willing to risks 3 or 4 plants, but not the 20 that we normally plant.
@@StoneyAcresGardening ok thank you! Do they need to be outside? I’m zone 5b and I’m tempted to see if I can get by with keeping the tomatoes and various other late season plants under a grow light 💡
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Hey Gang! Here's your monthly planting guide video! Thanks for watching and making these videos so popular. Last month's video had 260k views! You guys are amazing!!
For February planting indoors...
1) Lettuce 2)Spinach 3)Swiss Chard 4)Kale 5)BokChoy 6)Broccoli 7)Cauliflower 8)Cabbage 9)Kolrabi/Brussel Sprouts 10)Bunching Onions/Scallions 11)Celery 12)Petunias/Zinnias 13)Marigolds/Cosmos 14)Tomatoes (with wall o waters)
Thank you for the list.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the list!
I appreciate the list! Thanks for the video😘
I used some homemade compost in my last round of seed starting, Jan 18th, and now have 7 volunteer tomatoes. I’m not complaining.😂🍅
Nice!
Even though I have organized what seeds I am starting , I truly look forward to your guides! I'm in 6a Connecticut very similar to yours. I have taken one of your courses and it has been a game changer for me! My issue was timing and my fall plantings were the best ever! I still have kale, collards, parsley cabbage, rads, onions and broccoli alive! Thank you for easy instructions and organizational tips! Wall of waters will be my next challenge this early spring! Blessings
Thanks!!
Thank you for this video about what to plant or seed start in February. I already have now 11milk jugs with cool weather/ cold hardy plants and plan to get some of the leafy greens going this weekend in more milk jugs. I also plan to get seeds starting indoors with the peas green beans tomatoes peppers and squash along with herbs and flowers. I have used the Dollartree soil and the new alternative soil bricks in the milk jugs but I also put some perlite and vermiculite in the Dollartree soil. Thank you again for this quick video.
You are welcome!
This is so awesome, thank you so much. Especially about beating the frosts on them and even tomatoes! I just compiled once again for our general Dayton Ohio area. You are so awesome for allowing me to be doing that for our neighborhoods. :)
Glad it helped!
I have use the wall of water for two years its a game changer i love it
They really are!
Very good content!! I am starting my lettuces and pink Chinese celery this week.
Good luck!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
great information to follow this year.....June Riggs
Glad it was helpful!
Great information as always!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video as always. Pulled out my spinaches, lettuces and asian cabbage to do this week, and for flowers Larkspur, lobelia and gazania seed heads I harvested in autumn. Seee you next time!
Very nice!
Thank you for this awesome information 🌺🌼💖🍃
You are so welcome
I have always been told to plant labor day. Southeast Michigan. Trying to decide what I want this year.
I'm assuming you meant Memorial Day. Remember we are not talking about warm season crops yet. Everything I listed today was cool season crops that are frost tolerant.
I've got everything in milk jug terrariums except for the celery seeds i'm waiting for in the mail and if anyone wants to have sweet potato slips ready on time, you should get your sweet potatoes in glasses of water now.
The Wall O Waters sounds like a great idea, but how do the flowers get pollinated that early in order to actually produce tomatoes? This is a really helpful video, which I have saved to my playlist.
This is all part of the early growth of the plant really before they start to flower. By the time flowers start to show up you will have taken the wall o water off. Also don't forget, tomatoes aren't bee-pollinated, they are mostly wind pollinated, so even if you do get flowers you can just reach in and give the plant a shake once a day to help pollination. But really you will have the wall o waters off before you need to worry about it.
How often you put water after start seed?
Depends on where they are and the conditions. My starts indoors get watered about every 3 day.
If I had a small greenhouse could I have the tomatoes in pots instead of the wall of waters
That depends on the temperature in the green house. You need to be able to keep it above freezing.
I have a vacation planned March 6-16. What suggestions to have for keeping my baby plants moist? Is there something I can set up so I don’t need to get somebody to water them. Thank you.
Boy that is a long time to not be watered. If you have them in a cool garage that would help, but 10 days is a really long time. You might need to get someone to come in every few days to water. For me that is the great thing about having adult kids, I can just have one of them stop by.
I would have thought kale and some other are more hardy than the lettuces. That's usually how I put them out. I'll try reversing it this year.
No, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, Kale is more hardy than lettuce, I already started kale in January to go out in March. These February plantings are to go out in April, so a second round of Kale and the first round of lettuce.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thanks!
In mid Missouri I think I’m zine 6b but not sure. Different links say different
Have you checked the USDA site, you can put in your zip code and it will give you the zone. Google USDA plant hardiness zones.
In California, my last frost data has come & gone... your talk it way too late for me. What can I do now?
I would suggest you check out Calikim - She is a California UA-cam gardening and her content might be better for you, at least when it comes to planting times.
I usually agree with every bit of advice you give on dates, but I have admit, I disagree about the flowers. Most of those flowers you mentioned are not frost tolerant, and if you put them out in mid-April you run a big risk of die off. I have bad memories of a few years ago when I killed three or four entire flats of flowers (they weren't even in the ground yet, just out on my patio!) because the forecast said around 34 for the low, and lo and behold, it got down to 32 or 31 and they all died. I tend to be pretty aggressive with the dates with the cold-tolerant vegetables, but I have been very careful with the flowers since that incident! My advice would be to wait a few more weeks, maybe until March 1st or even March 15th, and plan to get them out around the average last frost date. They grow fast once the frosts are gone, and most of those last all summer!
Jeff you miss heard. The flowers take 10-12 weeks indoors before your last frost. You should start them now, but unlike the other things I talked about those won't go out until after your last frost. They just need more time indoors to be ready by your frost date. Sorry I should have been more clear.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Ah, okay, I went back and it is true you did not say put them out before your last frost, so that I agree with. I guess it depends on how big you want them to get. Most of those flowers you mentioned are pretty fast growers (other flowers grow much more slowly) and for me, seem to get a little too big if I start them too early, but I suppose that is a personal choice. Also, one thing I have learned is the bigger the plant, the trickier it is to harden off. Another factor is your weather in April and early May. The last few years has been so unpredictable! Flowers are complicated because there are literally hundreds of types!
Just a heads up, please DO NOT buy the “Wall O’ Water” brand tomato protectors. As a commercial gardener I ordered over $300.00 worth of product from them last year and they charged my card and I never received any product, nor would they return multiple phone calls or emails. After reading reviews they have done this to many many customers. I used old Christmas lights and fabric row cover instead and it worked great.
Wow thanks for letting us know. That's too bad I've always like their's. But I've also used several of the no name brands and they have worked well too.
I just wish I would have read the reviews before purchasing, would have saved a lot of headache. As the owner of a few small businesses I understand you can have product issues and delays, but taking someone’s money with no intent to deliver and then the total lack of any response whatsoever is basically fraud.
@@StoneyAcresGardeningAny suggestions about no name brands and where to purchase? New zone 5b gardener here. Thank you much.
Never thought of using Christmas lights to help cold frames. Thx
@@Philtabit49 tomato cages, clear garbage bags, and clothes pins. If that s not enough planted too early.
Why not plant all tomatoes early?
Because even with the wall o waters there is always a risk of a REALLY cold snap that will kill the plants. I'm willing to risks 3 or 4 plants, but not the 20 that we normally plant.
@@StoneyAcresGardening ok thank you! Do they need to be outside? I’m zone 5b and I’m tempted to see if I can get by with keeping the tomatoes and various other late season plants under a grow light 💡
Ok?!😂
Thanks for watching