Here are other videos on winter sowing flower seeds: Winter Sowing Supplies 10 Essentials: ua-cam.com/video/WPHgpaaLSzY/v-deo.html Winter Sowing Step by Step Guide (2021): ua-cam.com/video/FgUKLh2J8gc/v-deo.html Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2022: ua-cam.com/video/kIJpldn6I5A/v-deo.html Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2021: ua-cam.com/video/49VCZEL7utk/v-deo.html How to Transplant Winter Sown Seedlings into the garden: ua-cam.com/video/5-BfrIyiUAY/v-deo.html
125 jugs last year. Tender annuals, flowers, herbs. I had 42 tomato plants I grew through production. About 20 jugs did not germinate- mostly zinnias, columbine, and variety of flowers. I sowed everything by end of Feb. it will germinate when ready. I have started again and trying to reuse my jugs; which is hard to do as they are very misshapen. This method is so much fun, easy and inexpensive. Thx for your videos.
😮 125, oh my! I want to try winter sowing tomatoes this year. I have winter sown columbine. I only got one or two seedlings. Those are quite picky and they take their sweet time to germinate.
You have very nice hand writing. That's something to be proud of. Here are some notes I've written down for my own use. Enjoy! Does and Don’ts of Winter Sowing: Do Gather all your supplies and prep the jugs to be filled with soil. Only use translucent and clear jugs to plant in. Make sure the jugs have excellent drainage. About 12 to 14 holes on the bottom and 2 or 3 on the side of the jug. Wait to plant seeds until the winter temps are constantly cold and will likely stay cold for the rest of the winter. Use good pre moistened quality potting soil. Fill the jug to at least 4 inches of potting mix in your container. Put a label inside the jug and write on the outside of the jug with an acrylic paint pen. Only plant 3 to 6 seeds per jug. Plant only 1 seed per hole and space them away from each other so they don’t get crowded and tangled up with each other. Soak the filled jugs in a bin of water to make sure the soil is moist. Place jugs in a location to get morning sun and afternoon shade so they don’t germinate prematurely. Have blankets ready to throw over the jugs when the weather gets too extreme. Exercise patients with the process. The seedlings will grow when the temps are right for that seed. When they get planted in the garden they’ll catch up and out perform the store bought plants. Especially the nightshade veg. Check the containers at least once a week If you are in a warm zone where the temps get 80 degrees and higher then open the jugs and vent them. When the temps drop again reseal the jugs. Open the jugs 3 days before planting to let the seedlings acclimate to the full sun. Then transplant into the garden. Don’t Do Don’t fill the jugs with potting mix weeks ahead of time. Don’t start your seeds too early. WS seeds from February through April Use large totes or bins. Do not use potting soil that is moisture control or time released fertilizer. Don’t use peat pots, Peat pellets, Toilet paper rolls. It all molds in the jug. Don’t plant your seeds too deep. Barely cover seed. Really small seeds can stay on top of the soil. Failure to sprout is usually because the seed was too deep. Use a high quality duct tape to seal the jug for the season. Take your jugs indoors.
Yours is one of the best winter sowing video I've seen. In one shot, you covered every question I had. I'm zone 7, Delaware. Trying it for the first time. New sub.
Zone 4 in Wisconsin: great list. Tried winter sowing for the first time last year. About 50% success. My mistake was leaving them outside during a 3 day stretch of 20 F in early May. Too cold for too long.
That is key with winter sowing. If your seeds sprout and you get some freezing days or nights you need to either cover them with a sheet or bring them into an unheated garage for the evening (you should not bring them indoors to a heated space). Just remember to take the sheet off or move them back outside during the day - even if you need to bring them back in at night. I bought a frost cloth and would cover mine during the cold nights - but only those that sprouted.
Great info, Monica! I'm going to try it this year after somewhat of a flop last year. I didn't realize I could try it with Lupines, which makes sense now that I think about it. PS. Congrats on hitting 1,000 subscribers! Yahoo!
I'm trying winter sowing this year, I'm in Canada 6b, glad the seeds I bought by impulse are in your list haha...delphinium lupine poppies...I'm so excited! Thanks for this video!
We are trying to grow tomatoes, onions, peas and peppers for now for the first year. We will try zinnias next. At the same time, little by little we will add lettuce seed, spinach, radishes, beets and carrots to the soil under our clear tubs that are over those plants since fall. Garlic will be sprouting soon too. With the world situation the way it is, gardening will help us. It helps with food bill and stress. Still composting in tubs too with leaves and veggie scraps. Love gardening!
First year to winter sow in the PNW where we have had very little freezing weather. 25 jugs are planted as of yesterday! Looking forward to the results!
So far I have 39 containers outside for winter sowing. Zone 6B here in RI. I think I messed up a few as I sowed two weeks ago but the temps were dropping to 1 degree so I decided to wait a few days.... that turned into a week and my statice and bachelors buttons had germinated inside already! I put them out around a 30 degree day but I think I'll have to reseed as I doubt those little seedlings are going to make it.
Wow, 39 and I’m assuming more since you said “so far”. I’m surprised that your statice seeds germinated with such cold temperatures. Might be a good idea to reseed. The seedlings may not make it if weather drops to single digits. But you never know sometimes they are strong and make it through just fine.
Oh no! That is exactly why I haven’t set them out yet. I just posted about our roller coaster weather. Yea, I think I have to wait or I could be the one with 39 plus jugs in my house🤣🤣 Sorry about your seeds. You are so close to ocean and then those nor’easter storms, that is difficult also, but WI is suppose to be frozen in January and February and we are having spring weather.😮
@@MonicaKatie Itching to start winter sowing, but know it is not quite cold enough, yet. If I plant now they will sprout, so need to wait just a bit longer, so things will stay dormant until the Spring weather arrives. But so want to go out there and get started! LOL!
Thanks for the visual of plants to winter sow. This will be my first year trying in zone 7 and I'm planning on starting the last week of Jan. There were some seeds I wasn't sure of and your list gave me confidence that I had made the right choice to sow soon. I'm anxious to see how it works.
You are welcome. Glad the list helped you out. The first year I had winter sown calendula and lavender in small Gatorade bottles and was amazed that the seeds germinated and that I had strong plants. Happy winter sowing 😊
I started way early for winter sowing. Made many mistakes but it was a good learning experience. So, now I am familiar. I plan to start more, coleus, snapdragons, Foxgloves and petunias. I started 2 jugs with petunias and they look great now! I've lost a few but overall it was successful because of cool flowers and vegetables with perennials. If I would to have listened to this video then might not have started to early. TFS!!!
Many are itching to do some gardening and start a bit too early. But you are right that it is a good learning. I feel that you learn more by making mistakes in the garden because now you know what not to do.
This will be my first year ws and I'm up to 38 jugs so far for perennials. I'm so glad you gave a list because I have most of those already sown and including milkweeds. I'm so excited for this journey and look forward to seeing the outcome in my flowerbeds and containers. I've separated my annuals out and waiting on March or April to sow them. I call Starbucks every other day to get my jugs. I'm in zone 8a Hampton Va.
Glad the list helped you out. Milkweed is a great candidate for the winter sowing method. This is my third year so I’m trying to keep it to 20 containers. I have heard others contact Starbucks to get jugs. I may need to do that for next year. Happy sowing 😊
Thank you! 💚 Found your channel researching winter sowing...such great info. I'm in MI 6a and this will be my first time. Appreciate the key words to look for and the info re: when to start.🌿
Great list and timely topic! We're getting our video ready on this as well. I royally screwed up this year and forgot to collect containers like I have in the past. Great project to work on before I can start many of my other seeds indoors!
Thankfully I had several from the overflow of what I collected last year. I need to send an email to my neighbors and start collecting again so that I just have them ready.
First time trying this year. I have started coneflowers, rudbeckia, poppies, calendula and milkweed. I was so happy to see you add lupine to your list. I tried lupine indoors last years and it didn’t do so well so I’m hoping winter sowing will be a success. Can you start cosmos too?
Lupines worked beautifully for me last year. I lost them after planting because the rabbits ate them to the ground 😢. I hope yours will work well with winter sowing.
Great tips. And a nice list. I will be doing mine next month I think. I'll be honest I never cover them, we usually don't get below 20f though when I have them out, so they're petty hardy in there.
Only need to cover them if some of your half hardy or tender annuals have sprouted. Not sure about the hardy annual and perennials as they can withstand some frost and they are protected by the container.
I have winter sowed poppies and they have sprouted for me. The first year the rabbit ate it when I left the container open. Last year once again the rabbit came along and ate it before I had enclosed the area with chicken wire. This year chicken wire is going up IMMEDIATELY.
@@MonicaKatie i didn't cover anything, just the kids were on, I did rose mallow, and petunias one year. I was shocked to be honest. Safer to cover for sure.
This will be my second year for winter sowing. I winter sow cold to tolerant greens, tomatoes, and perennials. Have you ever sown vegetables? We are in NNY Zone 4a. Take care!
Well consistency in temperature is not in Mother Nature’s vocabulary 2023. Z5a WI has had cold in December, rain and up to 50*F in Most of January and February starts out cold and this week back to rain and 40s. I don’t know when it’s safe to set out jugs. Last year was 2/27 and early March and all was good. What does anyone else think if you have roller coaster weather? Did you start WS’ing yet?
I have only started my native perennials. This year is so inconsistent in comparison to the last several years of my winter sowing. I’ve been holding off on sowing my hardy annuals but will likely sow those the next coming weekends. The issue will be with any of the seeds sprouting early and still getting some very cold days. Will need to throw frost cloth over jugs with sprouted seedlings on those days.
@@MonicaKatie if we get more polar vortexes it’ll take more than a frost cloth. We just came out of below zero. It’s too early to heat the greenhouse and no room at the Inn.
@@dustyflats3832 very true! this yo-yo weather will not fare well for some of our winter sowing. we are expecting 60 degree weather later this week and might stay in the 50s for a few days.
I'm assuming they are somewhere protected? I'd be afraid of them getting too wet outdoors. I have kept them in the refrigerator in the past but I didn't see a difference where those germinated better. Happy gardening.
The number of seeds really depends. If they are seeds big enough for you to be able to count and sow one at a time I would probably only put about 9 in a water jug - but others may do more and pack them in more. If the container is smaller - then I would do less seeds. But some seeds are so incredibly tiny that you end up just sprinkling them as best as you can. You can always thin them out later.
Here are other videos on winter sowing flower seeds:
Winter Sowing Supplies 10 Essentials: ua-cam.com/video/WPHgpaaLSzY/v-deo.html
Winter Sowing Step by Step Guide (2021): ua-cam.com/video/FgUKLh2J8gc/v-deo.html
Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2022: ua-cam.com/video/kIJpldn6I5A/v-deo.html
Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2021: ua-cam.com/video/49VCZEL7utk/v-deo.html
How to Transplant Winter Sown Seedlings into the garden: ua-cam.com/video/5-BfrIyiUAY/v-deo.html
125 jugs last year. Tender annuals, flowers, herbs. I had 42 tomato plants I grew through production. About 20 jugs did not germinate- mostly zinnias, columbine, and variety of flowers. I sowed everything by end of Feb. it will germinate when ready. I have started again and trying to reuse my jugs; which is hard to do as they are very misshapen. This method is so much fun, easy and inexpensive. Thx for your videos.
😮 125, oh my! I want to try winter sowing tomatoes this year. I have winter sown columbine. I only got one or two seedlings. Those are quite picky and they take their sweet time to germinate.
Wow! What an accomplishment!
You have very nice hand writing. That's something to be proud of. Here are some notes I've written down for my own use. Enjoy!
Does and Don’ts of Winter Sowing:
Do
Gather all your supplies and prep the jugs to be filled with soil.
Only use translucent and clear jugs to plant in. Make sure the jugs have excellent drainage. About 12 to 14 holes on the bottom and 2 or 3 on the side of the jug.
Wait to plant seeds until the winter temps are constantly cold and will likely stay cold for the rest of the winter.
Use good pre moistened quality potting soil. Fill the jug to at least 4 inches of potting mix in your container.
Put a label inside the jug and write on the outside of the jug with an acrylic paint pen.
Only plant 3 to 6 seeds per jug. Plant only 1 seed per hole and space them away from each other so they don’t get crowded and tangled up with each other.
Soak the filled jugs in a bin of water to make sure the soil is moist.
Place jugs in a location to get morning sun and afternoon shade so they don’t germinate prematurely.
Have blankets ready to throw over the jugs when the weather gets too extreme.
Exercise patients with the process. The seedlings will grow when the temps are right for that seed. When they get planted in the garden they’ll catch up and out perform the store bought plants. Especially the nightshade veg.
Check the containers at least once a week
If you are in a warm zone where the temps get 80 degrees and higher then open the jugs and vent them. When the temps drop again reseal the jugs.
Open the jugs 3 days before planting to let the seedlings acclimate to the full sun. Then transplant into the garden.
Don’t Do
Don’t fill the jugs with potting mix weeks ahead of time.
Don’t start your seeds too early. WS seeds from February through April
Use large totes or bins.
Do not use potting soil that is moisture control or time released fertilizer.
Don’t use peat pots, Peat pellets, Toilet paper rolls. It all molds in the jug.
Don’t plant your seeds too deep. Barely cover seed. Really small seeds can stay on top of the soil. Failure to sprout is usually because the seed was too deep.
Use a high quality duct tape to seal the jug for the season.
Take your jugs indoors.
Thanks for watching
Yours is one of the best winter sowing video I've seen. In one shot, you covered every question I had. I'm zone 7, Delaware. Trying it for the first time. New sub.
Oh, thank you so much. I'm flattered. 😊 So glad it was helpful to you.
I'm going to give winter sewing a chance this year Joanne from Circleville Ohio
That's fantastic. I hope you have a great time with it. Happy gardening.
Go for it! It works! We live on the south end in Columbus.
By far, the best explanation of winter sowing that I've heard. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks 😊
Congrats on hitting 1,000!!! 🎉❤️
Thank you 🥰
I enjoy watching your channel. You have such good common sense suggestions.
Aw, thank you so much 😊
I am new to winter sowing, THIS VIDEO IS SO HELPFUL!! All your winter sowing videos are helpful! Thank you
Thank you so much. Love that it can help out others. ❤️ 😊
Zone 4 in Wisconsin: great list. Tried winter sowing for the first time last year. About 50% success. My mistake was leaving them outside during a 3 day stretch of 20 F in early May. Too cold for too long.
That is key with winter sowing. If your seeds sprout and you get some freezing days or nights you need to either cover them with a sheet or bring them into an unheated garage for the evening (you should not bring them indoors to a heated space). Just remember to take the sheet off or move them back outside during the day - even if you need to bring them back in at night. I bought a frost cloth and would cover mine during the cold nights - but only those that sprouted.
Great info, Monica! I'm going to try it this year after somewhat of a flop last year. I didn't realize I could try it with Lupines, which makes sense now that I think about it. PS. Congrats on hitting 1,000 subscribers! Yahoo!
Thanks 😊! Glad you will give it a go. Hope we can see your progress in a video.
I'm trying winter sowing this year, I'm in Canada 6b, glad the seeds I bought by impulse are in your list haha...delphinium lupine poppies...I'm so excited! Thanks for this video!
That's great! Happy sowing! ☺
We are trying to grow tomatoes, onions, peas and peppers for now for the first year. We will try zinnias next. At the same time, little by little we will add lettuce seed, spinach, radishes, beets and carrots to the soil under our clear tubs that are over those plants since fall. Garlic will be sprouting soon too. With the world situation the way it is, gardening will help us. It helps with food bill and stress. Still composting in tubs too with leaves and veggie scraps. Love gardening!
Sounds great! Happy gardening. ☺
First year to winter sow in the PNW where we have had very little freezing weather. 25 jugs are planted as of yesterday! Looking forward to the results!
Sounds great! Hope you get great results. Happy gardening.
My first time winter sowing and I'm gonna try sweet peas in zone 8a🌱🌻🌱
That’s great. Happy gardening. 😊
So far I have 39 containers outside for winter sowing. Zone 6B here in RI. I think I messed up a few as I sowed two weeks ago but the temps were dropping to 1 degree so I decided to wait a few days.... that turned into a week and my statice and bachelors buttons had germinated inside already! I put them out around a 30 degree day but I think I'll have to reseed as I doubt those little seedlings are going to make it.
Wow, 39 and I’m assuming more since you said “so far”. I’m surprised that your statice seeds germinated with such cold temperatures. Might be a good idea to reseed. The seedlings may not make it if weather drops to single digits. But you never know sometimes they are strong and make it through just fine.
Oh no! That is exactly why I haven’t set them out yet. I just posted about our roller coaster weather. Yea, I think I have to wait or I could be the one with 39 plus jugs in my house🤣🤣
Sorry about your seeds. You are so close to ocean and then those nor’easter storms, that is difficult also, but WI is suppose to be frozen in January and February and we are having spring weather.😮
I live in Paphos, Cyprus and our temps are still quite high in December. It doesn't get properly cold until January and February.
Here in my area we don't get winter cold until January and February as well. Happy gardening.
@@MonicaKatie Itching to start winter sowing, but know it is not quite cold enough, yet. If I plant now they will sprout, so need to wait just a bit longer, so things will stay dormant until the Spring weather arrives. But so want to go out there and get started! LOL!
Thanks for the visual of plants to winter sow. This will be my first year trying in zone 7 and I'm planning on starting the last week of Jan. There were some seeds I wasn't sure of and your list gave me confidence that I had made the right choice to sow soon. I'm anxious to see how it works.
You are welcome. Glad the list helped you out. The first year I had winter sown calendula and lavender in small Gatorade bottles and was amazed that the seeds germinated and that I had strong plants. Happy winter sowing 😊
Great info. Thank you. I will start my hardy perennials this weekend. First time doing this. Zone 6.
Good luck but I think you will have good success and really enjoy the process. ☺
Wonderful and YES gonna try it.
That’s great! I think you will be amazed. Happy gardening 😊
I started way early for winter sowing. Made many mistakes but it was a good learning experience. So, now I am familiar. I plan to start more, coleus, snapdragons, Foxgloves and petunias. I started 2 jugs with petunias and they look great now! I've lost a few but overall it was successful because of cool flowers and vegetables with perennials. If I would to have listened to this video then might not have started to early. TFS!!!
Many are itching to do some gardening and start a bit too early. But you are right that it is a good learning. I feel that you learn more by making mistakes in the garden because now you know what not to do.
@@MonicaKatie 100 % agreed!!
I have some coleus seeds. Did you have success winter sowing them?
This will be my first year ws and I'm up to 38 jugs so far for perennials. I'm so glad you gave a list because I have most of those already sown and including milkweeds. I'm so excited for this journey and look forward to seeing the outcome in my flowerbeds and containers. I've separated my annuals out and waiting on March or April to sow them. I call Starbucks every other day to get my jugs. I'm in zone 8a Hampton Va.
Glad the list helped you out. Milkweed is a great candidate for the winter sowing method. This is my third year so I’m trying to keep it to 20 containers. I have heard others contact Starbucks to get jugs. I may need to do that for next year. Happy sowing 😊
I thought I was going to stop at 20 jugs but I kept ordering seeds. 😆 but I'm done for now I think.
@@MonicaKatie WOW! MK you have only done this THREE YRS and you have gained so much knowledge??!? THANK YOU FOR SHARING YR EXPERIENCE W/US!!
Great sharing, nice content, now I know what kind of seed can plant on winter. thank you Monica. new friend here.
Welcome. Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful. 😊
1st time trying. looking forward to it
Yay! Hope you have good success. 😊
Thank you! 💚 Found your channel researching winter sowing...such great info. I'm in MI 6a and this will be my first time. Appreciate the key words to look for and the info re: when to start.🌿
Glad it was helpful! 😊
Great list and timely topic! We're getting our video ready on this as well. I royally screwed up this year and forgot to collect containers like I have in the past. Great project to work on before I can start many of my other seeds indoors!
Thankfully I had several from the overflow of what I collected last year. I need to send an email to my neighbors and start collecting again so that I just have them ready.
@@MonicaKatie great idea! And I'm adding a note to my calendar to start saving them later this year!
In going to try flowers this year
That's great! You will be amazed.
First time trying this year. I have started coneflowers, rudbeckia, poppies, calendula and milkweed. I was so happy to see you add lupine to your list. I tried lupine indoors last years and it didn’t do so well so I’m hoping winter sowing will be a success. Can you start cosmos too?
Lupines worked beautifully for me last year. I lost them after planting because the rabbits ate them to the ground 😢. I hope yours will work well with winter sowing.
Great tips. And a nice list. I will be doing mine next month I think.
I'll be honest I never cover them, we usually don't get below 20f though when I have them out, so they're petty hardy in there.
Poppies and kalrabi are my best sucesses
Only need to cover them if some of your half hardy or tender annuals have sprouted. Not sure about the hardy annual and perennials as they can withstand some frost and they are protected by the container.
I have winter sowed poppies and they have sprouted for me. The first year the rabbit ate it when I left the container open. Last year once again the rabbit came along and ate it before I had enclosed the area with chicken wire. This year chicken wire is going up IMMEDIATELY.
@@MonicaKatie i didn't cover anything, just the kids were on, I did rose mallow, and petunias one year. I was shocked to be honest. Safer to cover for sure.
Love your videos
Thank you so much. ☺ Glad you enjoy them. ❤
This will be my second year for winter sowing. I winter sow cold to tolerant greens, tomatoes, and perennials. Have you ever sown vegetables? We are in NNY Zone 4a. Take care!
I have not winter sowed veggies yet. I want to try tomatoes this year. Hopefully I will have good results with that.
Well consistency in temperature is not in Mother Nature’s vocabulary 2023.
Z5a WI has had cold in December, rain and up to 50*F in Most of January and February starts out cold and this week back to rain and 40s.
I don’t know when it’s safe to set out jugs. Last year was 2/27 and early March and all was good.
What does anyone else think if you have roller coaster weather? Did you start WS’ing yet?
I have only started my native perennials. This year is so inconsistent in comparison to the last several years of my winter sowing. I’ve been holding off on sowing my hardy annuals but will likely sow those the next coming weekends. The issue will be with any of the seeds sprouting early and still getting some very cold days. Will need to throw frost cloth over jugs with sprouted seedlings on those days.
@@MonicaKatie if we get more polar vortexes it’ll take more than a frost cloth. We just came out of below zero. It’s too early to heat the greenhouse and no room at the Inn.
@@dustyflats3832 very true! this yo-yo weather will not fare well for some of our winter sowing. we are expecting 60 degree weather later this week and might stay in the 50s for a few days.
Great info Monica 👍🏼😊 🌱 Chip from 🌱 CHIPS WORLD 👋🏼
Thanks so much!
@@MonicaKatie your very welcome 😊🌱 Chip
I keep all my seeds outside in a file box to make sure they cold stratify...even if they done have to. Lol
I'm assuming they are somewhere protected? I'd be afraid of them getting too wet outdoors. I have kept them in the refrigerator in the past but I didn't see a difference where those germinated better. Happy gardening.
Never tried this. How many seeds per jug? Anyone can answer!
The number of seeds really depends. If they are seeds big enough for you to be able to count and sow one at a time I would probably only put about 9 in a water jug - but others may do more and pack them in more. If the container is smaller - then I would do less seeds. But some seeds are so incredibly tiny that you end up just sprinkling them as best as you can. You can always thin them out later.
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