If these videos are useful to you, then this playlist might be too - My FULL PLAYLIST FOR NEW GARDENERS: ua-cam.com/play/PLjhUBZdMh-4nP4Y6ppYldLiASuYXD4mkB.html
For me , 5pm on a Sunday everything stops, even cooking dinner! Because it's Eli & Kate's new video launch. Another amazing video. Thank you so so much xx
@@eliandkate good choice. I love brisket, slo cooked with roasted veg... Having Thai mossaman chicken curry here to use up an onion, a lime and carrot. The smell is amazing. 😀😀😀
I spent the day in the greenhouse planting all my herbs. My neighbors daughter came over and helped plant and we made her some little window sill planters for her house! Fun times! Next weekend is getting my peppers and tomatoes going.
Oh hell's bells, there I was thinking my last frost would be the middle of April...and it's not...because I moved house last year...and NEVER gave it a thought😂 Thanks for reminding me🤗
My mother used to read Rotkappchen to me when I was little. You were very close to saying it correctly. It's better known as Red Riding Hood. Rot means red. Thanks for another great video. I always enjoy seeing what you are doing.
Ooooh I'm getting excited!!! lol. My seeds are ready to go and yesterday I got the sweet peas in. I'm still waiting a bit before I really get going. Thanks again for all the tips.
@@eliandkate we only went for the plain classic 6x8 in the sale and this allowed us to splash out on the integral racking and extra auto vents on our limited budget plus even with our new base we are still within our planned budget, more left for the ancillary items we are going to needs as you know, there’s more to greenhouse than the greenhouse 😂⚠️😂
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. 😊 I just bought a green Marmande tomatoe at the grocery store to use the seeds for new plants. Funny that you just mensioned this sort. 🙆 I love to try new tomatoe varieties by picking them up at farmers markets and stores.
I'm growing a lot of the same as you this year, too. We had perpetual spinach last year and it was lovely. Definitely growing it this year, as well. I'm with you for the foxgloves - I'm planting two from seed this year and if they come up and bloom, bonus!
Spacing info you should be able to get from the seed packets or company website. Mostly that’s only relevant to sowing outdoors because you aren’t going to move them. Size of module tray is really up to you. The smaller the more often you’ll have to pot on but smaller also gives you a bit more control over moisture etc 😀. What seeds are you sowing?
Rocket and spinach work best direct down outdoors Sow sparingly so you don’t need to thin them out too much and give them about 20cm between rows Radishes are a bit easier cause they are bigger seeds. Give them about 3cm of space between plants
I have a lot of flowers in jugs already that needed cold stratification! First time doing this. I'll see what happens! I'm trying a dahlia from seed also! I'll follow along so I have a control to compare! Your perfect!👍🏿 I like your phrase "Under Cover"! I'm ready with row covers, plastic and cold frames! Let seed dropping begin!😂 Thanks a bunch!!!
10/10 😜 I’ve got a a few of the same flowers as yous plus some grey striped sunflowers 🌻 I can’t wait to see them bad lads in full bloom. I grew 15 “container sized” dwarf sunflowers last year but I transplanted 4 of them into my raised bed. We’ve all here the story of Jack and his bean stalk, but noooo one has herd the tale of Chris and the “Christ all mighty that’s not a dwarf” sunflower. They grow to 5ft with an almost 12” head, much to the dismay of it’s kin whom only reached the dizzy height of roughly 700mm with little cute heads. This year let’s grow the giants 😁🤷♂️🤦♂️
Hi Would you do a video talking about your garden journal and give examples of what you write. A lot of gardeners say to do this but no one has actually shown how to go about it, it would really be helpful. Also great video about how you plan what to plant
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you must be clairvoyant Valerie, we are actually working on that video already. It will be similar to our garden planning video, we'll actually make a journal with you guys and leave a link for anyone who wants it.
i know exactly what you mean by a lot of slugs i had some nice cabbage growing not know i need to pull them up but that's part of it in my book. all the best ivan
So cool! I have planted snap dragons too and calendula, rudbeckia, cosmos too! The cosmos are wee bit lanky. It's my first time with snap dragons they sound like a good old fashioned one. I'm really looking forward to a mass of mesembryanthmum magic carpet mix in the front garden veg trug. I brought some cute Dwarf sunflower seed little dorrit which I'm gonna succession grow I think. Thanks for the channel recommendation from green side up 😀
You might get a few flowers from the Foxgloves (as we discussed in mails). But if not they will grow on much bigger and stronger for the following year. Doing that I have had Foxgloves over 8ft tall in the past...Steve...😃 ***Thanks for the shout out!***
Thanks Eli! I sowed some Luffa seeds under heat and light early Jan, they look like triffids already 😳 I tried taking them out of the propogator they were only out 10 mins and didnt like it, I've put them back in but they are in desperate need of being potted on. I have a tunnell on the allotment but I think I need a green house at home rather than using lights in the garage. I've convinced the other half that my 'bench' is better under the window, it only took me 4 hours to sort it out . . . . . . . . Flowers, I'm wanting to do them big time this year! 😀 Take care x
Great video Thankyou! I’ve sown my tomatoes today exciting times 🥳 last year I grew Guardsman spring onions they were brilliant I’ve never had any luck with Lisbon either . I never have any luck with Cosmos they go leggy overnight but I’m going to try it again you’ve inspired me 🤞xx
Frost date website very interesting thank you. New to gardening even though done few in pots many time over years including potatoes, courgettes, peas and beans. But now's time we are starting raised beds.So excited
Great video as usual. I've sown peppers, chilli's and aubergines so far. Itching to get tomatoes started but going to wait another week. Like you I follow greenside up, I sent him some Greek beans and carlin peas last year to try.
My current heated place is the windowsill in my office/just off my kitchen with a radiator underneath it Its working, cost my tomato seeds and aubergine are now shooting and are almost ready to pot on...:-)
Look at that lovely greenhouse, it's got glass and everything! 😂 I grew ishikura last year after watching Steve @greensideup and they were fabby. Also, I've got a foxglove variety for this year that's an annual rather than a biennial, it's called foxy, you're welcome to some seeds 😊
@@eliandkate Yep!! Friday is our next available day. Just got to keep everything crossed that the frame survives until then! Especially with wind warnings Wednesday and Thursday! I'll get seeds to you asap 😊
Morning ladies, not sowing a lot but I am doing zinnias again this year I just love the colours but I also grew some “black” cosmo seeds not impressed out of 20 9 germinated and most of those look like poop. Thank you for sharing as always 🐝 safe ladies
28 degrees C yesterday, and close to that today. No rain for weeks, and we have no idea when we’ll get some, or when the weather will turn cold again, from a blast of cold air from Canada. So, we’re up in the air as to what I safe to plant here in California. The bright side is that taking the old VW Bug for a spin has been a delight.
So I planted fox glove last year at this time…….. my flower beds dropped over the last few months and I’ve had to top them up……. You’ve got it the fox gloves had to be taken up. Not remembering what they were I composted them. So mine didn’t flower and I went and killed them about two weeks ago 🤦♀️. Great video and thanks again.
Thank you so much for including flowers in your video, it's so usefull to know which seeds need heat and those that don't. I plan to grow the heat ones in my laundry room next to a radiator as I dont have an elec point in my greenhouse. The rest I can sow and leave in the greenhouse. I watched another site and they sowed echinacea, poppys and delphiniums outside in milk jugs as they need a cold period to start ? Have you tried any of these methods? I had such a bad year growing last year with my veg its made me want to have a veg rest lol and concentrate on flowers this year.
I tried the milk carton thing the other year (there's a video if you want), but I wasn't impressed at all. I spoke to a few US subscribers and they said that the idea of this method is for the types of seeds that would normally be out in the garden exposed to the cold - which kind of makes me wonder what the point is? I would just leave those ones out in the cold? But I'm very aware I maybe just don't understand it properly :D
I think there are some seeds that have to have to be chilled before they will germinate...I think this is what they are trying to achieve ..I always thought lavender had to go in the fridge before you could sow it but I may be wrong. Anyway, I will go and watch your video on that one then. BTW you are doing a great job here on you tube, you can really see you love gardening and you have a fun sense of humour about it all. Have a great week.
I don’t know if UK folks can use them, but across the pond we use heat pads. They are waterproof mats we plug in. You place seeds that need heat in pots or trays on top of mat, which is plugged into electric.
😂 yeah they’re used extensively here too. But just remember that hot crops need heat all through their life cycle not just for germination. So before you sow, consider where you will grow those plants until it heats up outside.
Loved your video want to try a lot your talking about. I'm in Texas so it was warm day before yesterday and now it's in 30's . Do you have info to give me about poppies
@@eliandkate all just a dream right now. It’s snowing sheets as I’m sitting here with my coffee. Hard to believe it’s only 80 days till I can get into the garden. 🤔
I ask also growing Rotkappchen and I also have great deal of trouble to pronounce it. Mine were sown I early Jan and are sound 10 cm tall. My idea is to put them in small pots with marigolds, quite ornamental. I am also sowing Veranda Red is also small tomatoes varieties.
Really enjoyed your video this week I do cosmo, rudbeckia,calendula every year. Foxgloves I grew for the first time in October, 2020 the display I got in 2021 was fabulous, they are now a must for our garden Zinnias are great I grew them for the first time last year, try them 👩🌾 shame your videos are not longer Perhaps you should do midweek ones too as the seasons become busier! 🤔👏💐
@@eliandkate I’ve sent you over a couple of photos on Instagram messenger of my foxgloves I grew in 2020 for 2021 Flowering, really thrilled with my first time of sowing and growing theses beauties hope you don’t mind me sending you the photos 😀
@@eliandkate I remember visiting my great-grandma while she was on her death-bed. She was unresponsive except for 2 times during my last visit with her. One, when I first walked in and she opened her eyes for a second, and two, when I told her that the potatoes that I had been keeping her updated about for a while had finally been harvested and turned out great. She smiled. I’ll always remember that. She knew I worked hard on those potatoes. Watching your vids and thinking about gardening again this year reminds me of that. May need to pick up some seed potatoes and give it another shot.
Fantastic video Eli, gave me a couple of ideas and now o have to get some more seeds! One question...How long do you have your vitapod grow lights on for in a day? Thank you
Hi Linda, times will depend on what plants you are growing, some plants need 12 hours daylight, some need less, so it's a case of checking how much actual daylight they are getting and then adding on the extra with the grow lights, adjusting as the days get longer/shorter.
Rotkäppchen is German and means Little Red Riding Hood. It's pronounced with a long o and and an ae sound. Otherwise you were absolutely right :) Thanks for yet another informative video!
So behind in watching stuff and sowing stuff. Have you done and update on your overwintered peppers? Mine are looking ok, need to pot on my other peppers from seed.
These ones don’t. There are other seeds I’m holding off until late next month when it’s a bit warmer, but remember this is my greenhouse etc… you need to make a decision about your seeds. You can’t assume that your situation will be identical to some random person on youtube 😀😀😀
@@eliandkate agree Eli I’m doing me and your doing you!! As you often say on your channel My green house temperature reading was 13.5 this afternoon, we do live in west Berkshire area. I’ve sown the carrots today in the root trainers 👏 Going to hold off with cosmos etc till the weekend . Happy Gardening 👩🌾
Foxgloves -- Try tricking them into believing this is there second year. Don't know if it will work for foxgloves but it does work for artichokes, Put them in a cold refrigerator (below 10C / 50F but above freezing.) for about a month. If you try this. Let me (us) know the results. -- Ray Delbury USA
If you have similar temperatures to me they should do. The current temperatures mean they will germinate and grow quite slowly, which is a good thing as the smaller plants need less than bigger more established plants where they will need warmer temperatures.
I want to grow a lot more flowers this year, and I'm really having to stop myself as the greenhouse isn't heated, and I know if I bring seed trays into the house I'll have fungus gnats all over the place. So I'm trying to be patient and do other jobs (there are SO MANY OTHER JOBS) around the garden until it warms up. I was interested to see you're sowing snapdragons - I've also got snapdragons and rudbeckia to sow. Do you think it's ok to sow them in an unheated greenhouse yet? Or should I stick to chitting potatoes?! My last frost date is mid-May. Thanks for another great video!
I grow in my house and to avoid fungus gnats I put boiling water on my potting soil, cover for an hour and use it when it’s cooled. It’s also stopped damping off.
Hi Eli..am going to sow some King of the North peppers myself this year. If I sow them indoors on a heat mat..will I be able to put the seedlings into my unheated greenhouse soon after..or do they still need to be kept indoors till later 🤗
Hi Gail, peppers are a hot crop so they need heat to germinate but will also need heat through their growing cycle, I would keep them indoors until the nights warm up, so for us that's usually late April.
@@eliandkate I have a rhino greenhouse 3rd year now. Love it. Just subscribed to you for hints and tips. Going to try the potting compost from one of your videos this year
I DT, there's a link in the description to where to get the storage boxes, and the are arranged by what Kate referred to as the Womble system .... overground, underground etc., ie by type rather than by season, lol.
It depends on the amount of sunshine Irene. If it’s sunny it can feel considerably warmer, at this time of year 4 or 5 degrees difference but if it’s not sunny or at night the temperature drops considerably as there’s nothing to heat the greenhouse, so it can sometimes even be a degree colder. That’s why I always talk about understanding what plants are hardy enough for your garden or about protection from frost
Not long. Hang in there. Remember I'm also lucky enough to have a greenhouse and a heated propagator. Folk here without these things can't be sowing either. Hang in there. 😍😍😍
Hello Eli, "Rotkäppchen" is a German word meaning nothing more than "Little Red Riding Hood". But you can type the word into Google and listen to the correct pronunciation. Greetings Claudia from Germany.
😂 you missed all of that unfortunately This is an old video now and was part of a whole season of growing with different methods and timings and was a great way to visually show folk what to expect. Was a fantastic season that one 😀 can only hope this season is as good.
If these videos are useful to you, then this playlist might be too -
My FULL PLAYLIST FOR NEW GARDENERS: ua-cam.com/play/PLjhUBZdMh-4nP4Y6ppYldLiASuYXD4mkB.html
For me , 5pm on a Sunday everything stops, even cooking dinner! Because it's Eli & Kate's new video launch. Another amazing video. Thank you so so much xx
Awwwww what's for dinner tonight then? Kate making brisket 😃😃
@@eliandkate good choice. I love brisket, slo cooked with roasted veg...
Having Thai mossaman chicken curry here to use up an onion, a lime and carrot. The smell is amazing. 😀😀😀
Your full play list for new gardners...! Aaaw Eli, you are sooooo helpful.👌❤
hopefully there are some gems there for you :D
You are awesome! I have greenhouse fever, it must be contagious because I think you’ve caught all the way across the pond! Blessings!
Ha ha ha oh its spreading everywhere 🤣🤣🤣
I spent the day in the greenhouse planting all my herbs. My neighbors daughter came over and helped plant and we made her some little window sill planters for her house! Fun times! Next weekend is getting my peppers and tomatoes going.
Awwwwq that's cute 😍
Thanks for another great video. Growing veggies is great but thinking about growing flowers 🌸 makes my smile. Bring on the sunshine ☀️
Me too.... I wasn't originally that excited by it, until my first flowers from seed.... then I was hooked
The plant map link was so helpful. Thank you!
You're so welcome! 😍😍😍
Brilliant video - great to hear another Scottish voice. I’ve just got my plot and am sharing it on UA-cam too. Thanks for all the tips.
😀 you are welcome
I love your attitude / Your manner of speaking -- Ray Delbury USA
🙂🙂🙂🙂
Oh hell's bells, there I was thinking my last frost would be the middle of April...and it's not...because I moved house last year...and NEVER gave it a thought😂 Thanks for reminding me🤗
🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh that sucks, but thank the bug man that you checked
Beautiful seed variety to sow in February. Thanks for sharing💚
Bring on June when we have all the gorgeous blooms 😍😍😍
My mother used to read Rotkappchen to me when I was little. You were very close to saying it correctly. It's better known as Red Riding Hood. Rot means red. Thanks for another great video. I always enjoy seeing what you are doing.
Thanks loads 🙂🙂
Ooooh I'm getting excited!!! lol. My seeds are ready to go and yesterday I got the sweet peas in. I'm still waiting a bit before I really get going. Thanks again for all the tips.
Good luck!!😀
Your videos are fantastic Eli! 👌 Thank you.🙏❤
Glad you get something from them Jen :D
thanks for the information you provided on the rhino, it is truly appreciated . The green house is a gift to my wife.
Wow….. she’s one lucky woman. What colour did you get her?? 😀😀
@@eliandkate we only went for the plain classic 6x8 in the sale and this allowed us to splash out on the integral racking and extra auto vents on our limited budget plus even with our new base we are still within our planned budget, more left for the ancillary items we are going to needs as you know, there’s more to greenhouse than the greenhouse 😂⚠️😂
Sounds brill
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. 😊 I just bought a green Marmande tomatoe at the grocery store to use the seeds for new plants. Funny that you just mensioned this sort. 🙆
I love to try new tomatoe varieties by picking them up at farmers markets and stores.
Oh that will be exciting to hear about
Epicness!!! Its so nice to hear some different options for growing actually. Thanks for sharing hun xox
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I'm growing a lot of the same as you this year, too. We had perpetual spinach last year and it was lovely. Definitely growing it this year, as well. I'm with you for the foxgloves - I'm planting two from seed this year and if they come up and bloom, bonus!
Ooh, that's good to know, might get in touch with you as I have some ideas, I'll be in touch!
@@eliandkate I look forward to hearing what your ideas are. 😁
Hi Eli, geat video about sowing seeds and lots of advice too 🙂 thanks for sharing & take care 🙂
Love your videos. Could listen to you all day! Please can you do more videos showing us how you sow all your different seeds
Emmm what is it you are struggling with?
@@eliandkate mostly the spacing of different seeds and what size modules to start them in
Spacing info you should be able to get from the seed packets or company website. Mostly that’s only relevant to sowing outdoors because you aren’t going to move them. Size of module tray is really up to you. The smaller the more often you’ll have to pot on but smaller also gives you a bit more control over moisture etc 😀. What seeds are you sowing?
@@eliandkate I can never get rocket and spinach right also really struggle with radish!
Rocket and spinach work best direct down outdoors
Sow sparingly so you don’t need to thin them out too much and give them about 20cm between rows
Radishes are a bit easier cause they are bigger seeds. Give them about 3cm of space between plants
I have a lot of flowers in jugs already that needed cold stratification! First time doing this. I'll see what happens! I'm trying a dahlia from seed also! I'll follow along so I have a control to compare! Your perfect!👍🏿 I like your phrase "Under Cover"! I'm ready with row covers, plastic and cold frames! Let seed dropping begin!😂 Thanks a bunch!!!
March is a big month for us. I’m so excited
I have been sowing today. Forget about beetroot, thanks for the reminder !
You are entirely welcome 🙂🙂🙂
10/10 😜 I’ve got a a few of the same flowers as yous plus some grey striped sunflowers 🌻 I can’t wait to see them bad lads in full bloom. I grew 15 “container sized” dwarf sunflowers last year but I transplanted 4 of them into my raised bed. We’ve all here the story of Jack and his bean stalk, but noooo one has herd the tale of Chris and the “Christ all mighty that’s not a dwarf” sunflower. They grow to 5ft with an almost 12” head, much to the dismay of it’s kin whom only reached the dizzy height of roughly 700mm with little cute heads. This year let’s grow the giants 😁🤷♂️🤦♂️
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hi
Would you do a video talking about your garden journal and give examples of what you write. A lot of gardeners say to do this but no one has actually shown how to go about it, it would really be helpful. Also great video about how you plan what to plant
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you must be clairvoyant Valerie, we are actually working on that video already. It will be similar to our garden planning video, we'll actually make a journal with you guys and leave a link for anyone who wants it.
Fab looking selection of seeds.
I see you've been getting the same weather as me 🌧😃
By that you mean grey and rainy??? 😢😢😢
i know exactly what you mean by a lot of slugs i had some nice cabbage growing not know i need to pull them up but that's part of it in my book. all the best ivan
It's all learning 🙂🙂🙂🙂
So cool! I have planted snap dragons too and calendula, rudbeckia, cosmos too! The cosmos are wee bit lanky. It's my first time with snap dragons they sound like a good old fashioned one. I'm really looking forward to a mass of mesembryanthmum magic carpet mix in the front garden veg trug. I brought some cute Dwarf sunflower seed little dorrit which I'm gonna succession grow I think. Thanks for the channel recommendation from green side up 😀
Oh I grew dwarf sunflowers last year…. Epic. They’re in my list for this year again.
You might get a few flowers from the Foxgloves (as we discussed in mails). But if not they will grow on much bigger and stronger for the following year. Doing that I have had Foxgloves over 8ft tall in the past...Steve...😃 ***Thanks for the shout out!***
Jeesh, mine are never that big 🙂🙂🙂
Great video!! So excited to start lots of seeds, thanks for the tips and inspiration!! 🌱☀️
No problem Sandra, so how far off is your frost date? You got long to wait?
@@eliandkate April 15th, so a little time to go. We just got a cold frame set up, so I am experimenting with that!! 😁👍🏻
Thanks Eli! I sowed some Luffa seeds under heat and light early Jan, they look like triffids already 😳 I tried taking them out of the propogator they were only out 10 mins and didnt like it, I've put them back in but they are in desperate need of being potted on. I have a tunnell on the allotment but I think I need a green house at home rather than using lights in the garage. I've convinced the other half that my 'bench' is better under the window, it only took me 4 hours to sort it out . . . . . . . . Flowers, I'm wanting to do them big time this year! 😀 Take care x
Yeah its good to remember that the hot crops like tomatoes peppers etc need to stay in heat for the foreseeable 🙂🙂🙂
Great video Thankyou! I’ve sown my tomatoes today exciting times 🥳 last year I grew Guardsman spring onions they were brilliant I’ve never had any luck with Lisbon either . I never have any luck with Cosmos they go leggy overnight but I’m going to try it again you’ve inspired me 🤞xx
You and me growing together!!!
Great video, thanks Eli.
Glad it was useful 👍
Frost date website very interesting thank you. New to gardening even though done few in pots many time over years including potatoes, courgettes, peas and beans. But now's time we are starting raised beds.So excited
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, off to start my flower seed.
Have fun!
Great video as usual. I've sown peppers, chilli's and aubergines so far. Itching to get tomatoes started but going to wait another week.
Like you I follow greenside up, I sent him some Greek beans and carlin peas last year to try.
Ooh will be interesting to see how they do 🙂🙂
@@eliandkate have you grown greek gigantes beans? I have some seeds if you would like some
I haven't no. We don't have loads of space so I don't grow things that we don't eat. Hence I'm boring and don't try new things without planning 🙂🙂🙂
My current heated place is the windowsill in my office/just off my kitchen with a radiator underneath it Its working, cost my tomato seeds and aubergine are now shooting and are almost ready to pot on...:-)
Excellent 🙂
Look at that lovely greenhouse, it's got glass and everything! 😂 I grew ishikura last year after watching Steve @greensideup and they were fabby. Also, I've got a foxglove variety for this year that's an annual rather than a biennial, it's called foxy, you're welcome to some seeds 😊
I know.... glass!!!!!
It's dry today but I bet you guys are working 😪😪😪😪
Please please to seeds 😃😃😃😃
@@eliandkate Yep!! Friday is our next available day. Just got to keep everything crossed that the frame survives until then! Especially with wind warnings Wednesday and Thursday! I'll get seeds to you asap 😊
Morning ladies, not sowing a lot but I am doing zinnias again this year I just love the colours but I also grew some “black” cosmo seeds not impressed out of 20 9 germinated and most of those look like poop. Thank you for sharing as always 🐝 safe ladies
🤣🤣🤣🤣 love your honesty
28 degrees C yesterday, and close to that today. No rain for weeks, and we have no idea when we’ll get some, or when the weather will turn cold again, from a blast of cold air from Canada. So, we’re up in the air as to what I safe to plant here in California.
The bright side is that taking the old VW Bug for a spin has been a delight.
Oh a wee drink in the bug would be fab 🙂🙂🙂
So I planted fox glove last year at this time…….. my flower beds dropped over the last few months and I’ve had to top them up……. You’ve got it the fox gloves had to be taken up. Not remembering what they were I composted them. So mine didn’t flower and I went and killed them about two weeks ago 🤦♀️. Great video and thanks again.
Doh! 🤦
Great video, great information 👌👌🙂🙂
Thanks Ashley, glad you liked it! 😍😍😍
Thank you so much for including flowers in your video, it's so usefull to know which seeds need heat and those that don't. I plan to grow the heat ones in my laundry room next to a radiator as I dont have an elec point in my greenhouse. The rest I can sow and leave in the greenhouse. I watched another site and they sowed echinacea, poppys and delphiniums outside in milk jugs as they need a cold period to start ? Have you tried any of these methods?
I had such a bad year growing last year with my veg its made me want to have a veg rest lol and concentrate on flowers this year.
I tried the milk carton thing the other year (there's a video if you want), but I wasn't impressed at all. I spoke to a few US subscribers and they said that the idea of this method is for the types of seeds that would normally be out in the garden exposed to the cold - which kind of makes me wonder what the point is? I would just leave those ones out in the cold? But I'm very aware I maybe just don't understand it properly :D
I think there are some seeds that have to have to be chilled before they will germinate...I think this is what they are trying to achieve ..I always thought lavender had to go in the fridge before you could sow it but I may be wrong. Anyway, I will go and watch your video on that one then. BTW you are doing a great job here on you tube, you can really see you love gardening and you have a fun sense of humour about it all. Have a great week.
I don’t know if UK folks can use them, but across the pond we use heat pads. They are waterproof mats we plug in. You place seeds that need heat in pots or trays on top of mat, which is plugged into electric.
😂 yeah they’re used extensively here too. But just remember that hot crops need heat all through their life cycle not just for germination. So before you sow, consider where you will grow those plants until it heats up outside.
Loved your video want to try a lot your talking about. I'm in Texas so it was warm day before yesterday and now it's in 30's . Do you have info to give me about poppies
Not sure, would depend on the info I suppose.... what is it you need to know?
On how to grow them. The Iceland Poppies are supposed to be able to put out when it's still cold
“May the fourth” be with me on my last frost date🤣
Lol, Luke, Jack Frost is your father......
@@eliandkate 🤣🤣🤣I’m dying ❤️
Plant out sfter May 5th so all will Live Long and Prosper 🖖
@@eliandkate all just a dream right now. It’s snowing sheets as I’m sitting here with my coffee. Hard to believe it’s only 80 days till I can get into the garden. 🤔
I ask also growing Rotkappchen and I also have great deal of trouble to pronounce it. Mine were sown I early Jan and are sound 10 cm tall. My idea is to put them in small pots with marigolds, quite ornamental. I am also sowing Veranda Red is also small tomatoes varieties.
I've had loads of success with them before. Can't wait 🙂🙂🙂
Really enjoyed your video this week
I do cosmo, rudbeckia,calendula every year.
Foxgloves I grew for the first time in October, 2020 the display I got in 2021 was fabulous, they are now a must for our garden
Zinnias are great I grew them for the first time last year, try them
👩🌾 shame your videos are not longer
Perhaps you should do midweek ones too as the seasons become busier! 🤔👏💐
Ha ha ha I'm afraid I have a job and a family Susan so once a week is already A LOT of work 😀😀😀😀
@@eliandkate hope you get so many views you can give up work to get paid to do what your so good at and passionate about 👩🌾👏💐
😀😀😀😀 awwwww thanks
Im lucky enough to be in a job I love....
@@eliandkate 👍 so are we, we have our own business supplying and fitting all new floorings 🤩
@@eliandkate I’ve sent you over a couple of photos on Instagram messenger of my foxgloves I grew in 2020 for 2021
Flowering, really thrilled with my first time of sowing and growing theses beauties hope you don’t mind me sending you the photos 😀
That's us inspired!
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Love it, thanks!
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Seed sowing is important.
Tis indeed 😀😀😀
Rott kappchen is German for little red riding hood. Fun fact.
Thank you so much
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@@eliandkate I remember visiting my great-grandma while she was on her death-bed. She was unresponsive except for 2 times during my last visit with her. One, when I first walked in and she opened her eyes for a second, and two, when I told her that the potatoes that I had been keeping her updated about for a while had finally been harvested and turned out great. She smiled. I’ll always remember that. She knew I worked hard on those potatoes. Watching your vids and thinking about gardening again this year reminds me of that. May need to pick up some seed potatoes and give it another shot.
What a great video, (they all are!) my sweet pea packet says to soak overnight is that a new system - or should you always soak sweet peas?
It's one of those things a lot folk do with big seeds like peas to speed up germinating 😃😃😃
Great info
Fantastic video Eli, gave me a couple of ideas and now o have to get some more seeds! One question...How long do you have your vitapod grow lights on for in a day? Thank you
Hi Linda, times will depend on what plants you are growing, some plants need 12 hours daylight, some need less, so it's a case of checking how much actual daylight they are getting and then adding on the extra with the grow lights, adjusting as the days get longer/shorter.
@@eliandkate Perfect, thank you.
Rotkäppchen is German and means Little Red Riding Hood. It's pronounced with a long o and and an ae sound. Otherwise you were absolutely right :) Thanks for yet another informative video!
Oh thank you!!!!!!!! That's awesome 👌
I totally commented the same thing. They’re super cute too! Imma need to find these seeds in the US. :)
They taste fab as well 😃😃
So behind in watching stuff and sowing stuff. Have you done and update on your overwintered peppers?
Mine are looking ok, need to pot on my other peppers from seed.
Not done an update yet cause its hard to say anything. They are just sticks lol
Will just have to see in april
@@eliandkate mine have 4-6 inches of growth on them. Keep having to remove buds from them.
Mine are maybe dead then lol
@@eliandkate I hope they are not and just having a nice sleep before blossoming.
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Hi Eli great video again this week
Can I ask if the flower sowing seeds
Have no form of heat what so ever
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These ones don’t. There are other seeds I’m holding off until late next month when it’s a bit warmer, but remember this is my greenhouse etc… you need to make a decision about your seeds. You can’t assume that your situation will be identical to some random person on youtube 😀😀😀
@@eliandkate agree Eli
I’m doing me and your doing you!!
As you often say on your channel
My green house temperature reading was 13.5 this afternoon, we do live in west Berkshire area. I’ve sown the carrots today in the root trainers 👏
Going to hold off with cosmos etc till the weekend . Happy Gardening 👩🌾
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You doing you
Let me know how it goes though, it’s all a bit exciting
Ouff im waiting for snow to melt the ground to unfreeze, but i already have my seedlings inside started
It's been incredibly mild here.... no snow and not really the usual cold either. Long may it last.
Foxgloves -- Try tricking them into believing this is there second year. Don't know if it will work for foxgloves but it does work for artichokes, Put them in a cold refrigerator (below 10C / 50F but above freezing.) for about a month. If you try this. Let me (us) know the results. -- Ray Delbury USA
Great video. Quick question, with dahlia and cosmos seedlings survive in unheated greenhouse? I’m in same frost area as you. Thanks
If you have similar temperatures to me they should do. The current temperatures mean they will germinate and grow quite slowly, which is a good thing as the smaller plants need less than bigger more established plants where they will need warmer temperatures.
@@eliandkate Thank you
I want to grow a lot more flowers this year, and I'm really having to stop myself as the greenhouse isn't heated, and I know if I bring seed trays into the house I'll have fungus gnats all over the place. So I'm trying to be patient and do other jobs (there are SO MANY OTHER JOBS) around the garden until it warms up. I was interested to see you're sowing snapdragons - I've also got snapdragons and rudbeckia to sow. Do you think it's ok to sow them in an unheated greenhouse yet? Or should I stick to chitting potatoes?! My last frost date is mid-May. Thanks for another great video!
It all depends on the temperatures in your greenhouse. Things tend to be fine in mine from the back end of February onwards
@@eliandkate Hoping for a more consistently warm spring this year. Will start monitoring greenhouse temps again.
Fingers crossed 🤞
@@eliandkate Very tightly!!
I grow in my house and to avoid fungus gnats I put boiling water on my potting soil, cover for an hour and use it when it’s cooled. It’s also stopped damping off.
Hi Eli..am going to sow some King of the North peppers myself this year. If I sow them indoors on a heat mat..will I be able to put the seedlings into my unheated greenhouse soon after..or do they still need to be kept indoors till later 🤗
Hi Gail, peppers are a hot crop so they need heat to germinate but will also need heat through their growing cycle, I would keep them indoors until the nights warm up, so for us that's usually late April.
I am going to ask for small mini green house just to keep veggie seedlings in
If it's German, Rotkakkppchen is pronounced "rort kap shen". Means little red cap.
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Hi! I'm about to buy a rhino greenhouse, are you happy with yours? Thanks!
I am very happy with mine 😀
@@eliandkate I have a rhino greenhouse 3rd year now. Love it. Just subscribed to you for hints and tips. Going to try the potting compost from one of your videos this year
Glad you’re finding our channel useful Linda
Rotkäppchen is German for Red Riding Hood! X (Pronounced roat-kep-chen... not ch as in church ch as in Loch)
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Where did you get your seed storage system from? Are they colour coded by sowing month?
I DT, there's a link in the description to where to get the storage boxes, and the are arranged by what Kate referred to as the Womble system .... overground, underground etc., ie by type rather than by season, lol.
You have an unheated greenhouse. What is the temperature difference between inside and outside?
It depends on the amount of sunshine Irene.
If it’s sunny it can feel considerably warmer, at this time of year 4 or 5 degrees difference but if it’s not sunny or at night the temperature drops considerably as there’s nothing to heat the greenhouse, so it can sometimes even be a degree colder.
That’s why I always talk about understanding what plants are hardy enough for your garden or about protection from frost
We can not SOW ANY THING YET….Zone 5A here!
Not long. Hang in there.
Remember I'm also lucky enough to have a greenhouse and a heated propagator. Folk here without these things can't be sowing either. Hang in there. 😍😍😍
Hello Eli,
"Rotkäppchen" is a German word meaning nothing more than "Little Red Riding Hood".
But you can type the word into Google and listen to the correct pronunciation.
Greetings Claudia from Germany.
Thanks Claudia 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
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It is better to sow tomato’s half march or your plants would be too big by half may
😂 you missed all of that unfortunately
This is an old video now and was part of a whole season of growing with different methods and timings and was a great way to visually show folk what to expect.
Was a fantastic season that one 😀 can only hope this season is as good.