HOW GROWS IT | MINI Seed Starting Update
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- starting seeds indoors
small grown systems work
1st time growing tomatoes and peppers from seed
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Watch out Rachel!!! It's addicting to start your own plants from seeds! You'll be building a greenhouse out back for next year soon 😂 Go get em girl!
Ground cinnamon sprinkled on top of the soil will help prevent yucky stuff from growing on the surface.
PLEASE LOOK UP KNEADY HOMESTEAD!!!! SHE NEEDS ALL THE SUPPORT HER AND HER FAMILY CAN GET. THEY HAD A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK HER HUSBAND, CRITICALLY INJURED HER AND HER 2 YOUNGER CHILDREN!!! EVEN JUST PEOPLE WATCHING AND SHARING HER VIDEOS/CHANNEL WILL HELP!!!
Thanks for letting us know!! Been watching her on and off several years. Will check in with her channel and keep her in prayer!! 🙏🏻
I'm so excited for you Rachel, your seedlings are doing great. Your smiles say your excited too! So happy for you!
Starting your own seeds for the first time.. then seeing your smile when you showed your pepper plants was priceless..
My hubby's granny worked in the school cafeteria for 40 yrs. She would save the used milk cartons and take them home to grampa. He filled the little cartons with dirt and seeds. They had a sunporch on the back of their house where he started all his plants most from seeds he had saved. He was a wonderful gardener and so many times we remark on how we should have been watching and asking questions while he was still with us.
Charles Dowding has excellent videos on "pricking out" baby seedlings for propagation.
Another tip for filling trays... Instead of having to push the dirt down in every individual cell. Simply fill, take another tray and put on top as if you were stacking them, give it a little push down, take it off and finish filling. That way they all get done at once. 💚🌱💚
Zone 8b here.....so far I’ve started peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, potatoes, chard, collards and sweet onions. Praying for an abundant harvest this year for everyone!
I like the Hurricane clip fans on Amazon.
An idea for you..I use my empty seed trays to push the soil down in the cells. It saves time and it's a perfect fit. 😊
To win a greenhouse like that would truly be a blessing on are homestead
Nice Job! Gary Pilarchik (Rusted Garden) does give excellent advice for seed starting and gardening in general. Seed Starting is one of the most fun parts of gardening. Congratulations!
If you like dill, freeze dill butter cubes. It's great on green beans from the garden in winter!
seed starting is addictive!!!!!! i started 80 tomato plants last year....this year I have 300! Yes, I will be selling/giving away a lot of them. I just love seeing those starts poke their heads out. and how much they grow from day to day is amazing!!!!!! Glad you are doing well.
Looking great Rachel. I am tickled for you. Doing great.
You could go ahead and put a new seed in the ones that did not germinate. Nothing to lose. Also - I just learned this season that your brassicas can be cooler in the house.
I had to do that with a couple of my onions that didn't germinate. One worked the second time. One didn't. 🤷🏼♀️ Wasn't meant to be, I guess.
@@ourhomesteadclassroom onion seeds don't stay as fresh as other seeds. I have to plant 1/3 more than I know I need.
Yay I'm so happy for you. All those little seedlings are beautiful ❣️👏
Great job on your seedlings Rachel!
Great job on the 🫑 🌶’s and all your starts. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️🎉
Looks like I need to put my sweet potatoes in a warmer location! Thanks for the updates ☺️
You are doing so good with your starts. Good job!
I just heard of a theme garden yesterday. I thought about trying one in one of my raised beds. It is where you plant everything that goes in to something together. Such as a pizza or spaghetti sauce garden and planting onion, bell pepper, cilantro, basil, garlic, and tomatoes together in one spot. I’m very proud of your seeds💚💚💚 I’m also starting seeds for the first time this year and you inspired me. Awesome job!👩🌾💚🍅☀️🥕
I didn’t read all your comments, but neem oil spray is great for dealing with the fungus. I do the cinnamon, and a fan, but often still get some. The neem knocks it out. :)
Rachel, love your channel. I think you need to keep the top of the soil moist until you think they all germinated then water from the bottom. I use to work at a greenhouse and we would always water from the top until we started to get the second set of leaves. We would always cover the flats with plastic, depending on seed type if they need light to germinate, either clear, white, or black plastic, it greatly increases the germination rate. We would saturate the soil cover with the plastic and rarely had to water until the plastic was removed. I also think seed depth is very important for good germination. Hope it helps!
Your sweet potato starts look fantastic. Don't give up yet on those seeds that have not germinated. Some types take much longer. All of my tomatoes(except one verity) sprouted. I was ready to start over. Then I got busy with something else and when I checked them a few days later, they had germinated. So give them some time.
Hey, Rachel, just found out about Heather and Matt, I thought you might want to mention the situation on here in case some people might want to contribute to the cause.
Cindy I've shared it every where this morning, UA-cam community, facebook group and IG, doing all we can for them
@@1870s Thanks, Rachel, I’m only on UA-cam, so I didn’t know.
I saw it on That 1870’s Homestead first. 😥 🙏
@@1870s yes, thank you for sharing. Your Instagram post was how I found out. My heart hurts pretty badly for them.
So very sad. My heart goes out to that family.
I was lucky enough to find one of those sprayers at Dollar General! I think watering from the top in the beginning really makes a difference!
Hi. Rachel. Don't worry about the seeds you planted. God will help you with all of it. I love that the sweet potatoes are spouting for you. When the time comes to put your seeds in the ground, I will be there to see them start growing. God Bless you Rachel. Have a great day, and don't work so hard. Be safe. Maria. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🍅🍅🍅🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬
Once my starts get their first set of true leaves, I give them fish emulsion at half strength. It makes a difference! I would let those first true leaves get a little bigger first. Everything is looking nice!
Hi, just wanted to let you know to put a little peroxide in the water when you water your seedlings - it helps them grow and will help prevent mold.
I just had to go get one of those sprayers, I came home with 3.
Good job!! Everything looks great! See!! you can do it!!
Great Job Rachel your seedlings are looking amazing- as you know over here in Australia I don't need to start seeds in our house just outside in a huge open potting shed, I do not have fans etc , I just run my hands across the top of the seedlings about twice a day to strengthen them- works for me. Cheers Denise - Australia
I always plant some basil between my tomatoes. It makes the tomatoes sweeter. Then I also have lots of basil in my herb garden!
I am planning to make your onion jam for canning this year. Yesterday I made a small batch of tomato jam. I thought of you guys right away! Delicious, and well worth canning!
Great tips. Also I just picked up one of the mini pump sprayer at family dollar ($5). I've got 3wks before I start my early plants.
Looks great! Thanks for sharing the progress.
All those starts look amazing!!! Great job hun!!!!
Rachael, I know you have a turkey roaster, I sometimes use mine as a heat mat. I actually have a heat mat, but can no longer find it. So stubborn seeds go in the turkey roaster where i can them a bit warmer.
The seedlings look awesome ! I am so happy to see all the sweet potatoes growing so well .
Spring finally getting here. I am just getting going myself. Love the simple setup.
Basil makes a white thick gelatinous coating when they first swell up. It's like a white version of chia seeds. Totally normal in case you see one that gets washed to the top. Freaked me out the first time I saw it.
I use a chopstick as a seed Dibble but pencils work too.
On marigolds did you know they root beautifully so, when I get the first few plants blooming I make cuttings of the prettiest ones out of my mixes.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm starting seeds inside for the first time too, long-time gardener though. These are great tips to help me get going.
I use worm castings in my seed starting mix too. And I too watered/sprayed from the top for a little too long. I had a few cells that started growing green algae/mold - I'm not sure which. I'm hoping that I caught it in time.
Oh, and I second the heat mat. They are fairly inexpensive and my germination rate is usually very high, even with most varieties that say “low germination.” They greatly increase your chances.
I’ve been gardening for a long, long time but this is the first time I’ve ever started my own seedlings inside. So I can relate. I’m having great success and I’m so happy. However, I can tell you that cilantro does not like me. 😊
Looks good. My brassicas are doing amazing this year and it's the first year using heat mats. I know that has made a difference. Be blessed
You should check out Danny at Deep South Homestead. He discourages starting sweet potatoes in water. Get more growing in soil. Better root growth
I think I'm doing just fine but I might try it next year
I just bought some of the worm casting soil can’t wait to use it. I just started researching fans this year still looking but I did buy heat mats love them. Always researching
I started my peppers, and rosemary about a week and a half ago. I plan to start tomatoes, and some herbs later this week. Some of my older (2019) seeds grew mold, and didn't germinate, but it's been good overall. Glad to see you starting your own seeds. I like to cut the trays into 6 cells to be less annoying to handle.
I may have started over 200 plants, with plans to start more...
Your sweet potatoes look great started mine the same day as your video and I have no roots yet
Have fun with your starts!
I think you should wait the 2 first true leafs before transplanting your brasicas.
Our last frost here is usually the 1st week of March. I started lots of seeds the week before the big freeze. I have a grow station set up with heat pads and lights so never worried about cold. Of course we lost power and had our water cut off. Started over and doing ok but have to go back into the city to buy organic sweet potatoes and varieties and that is going to put me behind.
You are doing great my tomatoes are doing great and some of my peppers but can't seem to get good germination with jalapenos.
I don’t know how to start sweet potatoes, so I’m watching and learning.
Great job!! Seed starting is so 2021!!! 😎😎
I’m curious how your winter garden survived the arctic blast and tons of snow?? When I saw your actual living plants in January or February 😃😃😃 I got so excited! I put two old windows over a raised bed and in just one day the soil warmed up. I believe in a few days I’m going to plant spinach seeds!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
I have never heard of sprinkling cinnamon on top of starts. I will need to look into that. I will check out Rustic Farmer too. I live currently in Rockford MI and just bought 5 acres in a rural area north of here. Looking forward to put in a large garden and greenhouse this spring on the property. Your channel has been such a blessing and looking forward to following along on your journeys. Oh, still no canning lids in our stores! Blessings...
Oh that's awesome, big lesson learned for us was we put in a "permanent" garden the first year we moved in and realized it's some of the lowest ground on the property and half our garden floods ever spring. Maybe do something temporary until you see how the sun transitions spring to fall and where water sits.
Want to start my brassicas and herbs this week 😊
Seed starting can be a challenge, but worth it. For a fan I put a oscillating fan on a side table nearby .
Slow and easy wins the race with seeds/seedlings. Learning that still even though i have never gardened without starting my own seeds. Id wait to move them until they got true leaves, the first leaves are so important until they do that i wouldnt risk it.
My baby tomatoes are doing well, I planted indeterminate and determinate varieties. The tomatoes came up so fast I was really worried that the peppers I planted were going to be a bust, but low and behold I have a bunch of baby peppers. This is my first year as well starting from seeds and not going to my nursery to pickup plants. I did cave and I am going to buy Walla Walla starts, I had very good luck with them last year.
You can buy vermiculite and put a layer on top to help regulate moisture so you dont get mold. Ever since I've done that haven't had mold. When are you planning on putting your brassicas out?
Not sure exactly when I am going to harden them off and plant them out. I live in Fort Wayne IN and I'm so antsy for the season to start! But I know patience is best.
FYI holy basil isn't actually basil. It's an herb, and a good one, but don't expect the same kind of basil because it is a whole different herb species.
one larger fan set a few feet away is sufficient for several shelves, you only need to circulate the air lightly
So excited for you! We are experiencing the opposite. My brassicas are doing well. Still waiting and hoping for pepper sprouts. Keep us posted. I want to try starting sweet potatoes in soil vs water. I heard its faster and more effective...hmmm?!
It is much easier and faster in soil. I potted my murasaki purple skinned sweet potato on the 17th in potting mix and have it sat on my fireplace hearth for warmth(no light needed until it sprouts) and its put down many roots and just showing signs of sprouting leaves/slips.
I used to do it in water but they usually rot. I'd be lucky to get one or 2 slips.
The best thing is actually keep them in the warmest area that you have(nothing over 100 °f tho lol ). Even if you try the water way. 🥰
A different video actually exclaimed that sprouting sweet potatoes in water is really just best for teaching kids in a class room how roots grow.
I made over 20 slips from one small potato last year. More than I needed for my pots and raised beds. I also shared some with my aunt .
I'm tempted to head back to trader Joe's and grab one of the purple fleshed sweet potatoes they had. But I'm limited on how much more garden I can dig lol. I have the room but not the energy🤣🥰
So I always have felt like my spring/fall starts don't do well sowed inside. They don't like the heat . I still sow them anyway and once they get outside they are fine. 😀
I love you channel have been watching for a while. I learned everything about seed starting from Gary at the rusted garden. You need to watch him great guy and great channel. He is getting more into organic but he will go over non organic and organic he is super smart. My first year I lost my seeds because I wanted to be organic and didn't feed them. You need to feed them every 10 to 14 days a very light fertilizer once they get there true leaves. What will you feed yours? Thanks for your great content love your channel the canning animals homesteading and tapping of the trees. Thank you.
when filling trays, put an empty tray on top of the newly filled tray and push down to compact the soil in the first tray, not too hard!
Freaking brilliant!
How do you sterilize planting trays? You are so clean and organized! Can't imagine how you can do it all,!
nice sweet potato slips
I just huge a normal larger fan and have it on a timer with the lights
Ur seedling look good I jumped up and down first pepper to germinate. Used the cinnamon method too. But my brassica germinated but man they shooting up got leggy grr no matter how close the grow light idk if it's too warm in the house this week plan move to the green house
Those Cracker Jack marigolds are insane! They were nearly as tall as my tomatoes last year 😊
Have you used any seedling heat mats? I tried that last year, along with the grow lights and had good results.
I just saw on the kneady homesteader that they were hit by a drunk driver head on. The husband was killed, she was injured so badly that they had to air fight her to a larger hospital. Her children were injured too. I hope you would know someway to help another homesteader. Thank you. Please pass this on
Just got one of those spray bottles with the pump, i will be definitely getting a few more. Also will be experimenting with wood vinegar as a pesticide when my order finally gets sent. Wondering if anyone has any experience with it?
Have you ever tried "Mortgage Lifter" tomatoes? They are THE BEST BAR NONE meaty Heirloom tomato out there.
Best flavor too (to me).
They get HUGE
have you tried herb salt to preserve some of the herbs? I did some really yummy ones from basil rosemary lemon etc
Your going to have lots of sweet potatoes.....wink wink. I'm going to maybe order some slips.
Devoted winter sower here 😁 every time I have tried to start seed inside it has failed.
new sub. will try to catch up. thanks
Welcome aboard!
I found a sweet potato sprout coming from my raised bed, must have left one in there. Not sure what to do with it as there is already another one in that spot
HI! I'm a new surbscriber can you please tell me where you got the seed tray. I need one that big and it looks sturdy and can last for years. New gardener here. Thanks for your help.
I have used this fan nearly continuously for 11 months for seed starts, microgreens, kombucha, etc. Works great (although not a clip on, if that's a necessity). www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MXJBGDZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You might see what, if anything, the rusted garden says about worm castings/fish emulsion and fungus gnats. They seem to be what caused an infestation for me. So excited about your new little seedlings! Thanks for updating the progress.
Where did you get your lights, as well as the stands for them? I really like that setup!
Walmart, Ferry Morse brand
@@1870s Thank you! I found it. Looks like this is the one: www.walmart.com/ip/Ferry-Morse-Indoor-Grow-Light-with-T5-Bulb/51036713
Yep that's the one
How long did it take to get some starts growing on them taters?
Peppers are growing !! How do you sterilize the trays?
Just wash in bleach water
I started my sweet potato slips last week. How long does it take for them to start rooting and putting off slips? God Bless
Usually 3+weeks for me to get a good size slip.
Couldn't find the Ruth stout link. But found the video
When is your last freeze in your area. I think it is too soon to be starting mine.
April 28
You are a little more than 2 weeks ahead of us so that makes me feel better. Lol. I am not starting late.
I cannot find unsprayed straw! 😩
Hi hon how often do you water from the bottom?
Every evening
Prior to this, did you direct sow your seeds? or buy starts?
A little of both, depending on which type of plant.
When did you start sweet potatoes?
Feb 1st
Check Home Depot for Gamma Lids
Hi Racheal were did you get your grow lights from?
Walmart. But there's an amazon link in the description.
That 1870's Homestead Thank you Rachel fora quick response. I’m new to gardening and I’m in Michigan as well. My family and I enjoy watching your channel.
For the Kellogg’s breakfast tomatoes, you are going to probably want to check out Cali Kim. ua-cam.com/video/qvKzFd1fEqY/v-deo.html Those are some of her favorite tomatoes, but they grow so big that you have to stabilize them with special care in order to keep them on the vine long enough. She ties hers up with pantyhose, which I’m not really thrilled about considering those are usually made of some kind of synthetic material. But she has a lot of videos on that. Also, I remember you mentioning the kneady homesteader in previous videos. If you have not seen her latest video, I would seriously recommend watching it. She has had a tragic accident and getting others to donate to her go fund me and to watch her channel would be incredibly helpful. Thank you for all you do! 💙💙💙
So how are your sweet potato starts going?
Did you watch?
Didn’t get chance to watch all yet .lol had to fix my kids dinner! Guess you gave update. Will finish soon
I missed the cinnamon trick. I don't know how, but what is it?
Prevents mold and fungus from growing on the damp soil/starter mix.
Flip the dud around!
I'm jealous my first time peppers havent come up since Saturday...I'm not doing anything special just a dome I have LED's so idk if it will produce heat or not...idk some say u got to do this or that some say u dont. Its nerve wracking
Peppers can take up to 3 weeks to sprout so don't be too hard on yourself.
My nadapeno peppers took 7 days but my sweet bell mix still isn't up and its day 13 but they took a long time last year too.
I'm sure me checking them every other hour for the last few weeks is making them shy lol🤭🤣🥰