I look forward to your month by month gardening start list every year, I’ve watched them time and time again. Thank you for posting them and sharing your knowledge. Also, if you ever have the desire to do the same for seed starting flowers month by month, I would be extremely interested!
I cover my brassicas with a half bottle in the garden late march early april and remove when it's too hot during the day. Also, i harden off my plants by building a small temp hoop house with whatever i have lying around, plastic sheeting over a short wooden frame or over short wire decorative fencing that has a rounded top shape, or windows laid on top of a deeper wooden box also works great. I just get inventive with what i have and try to be resourceful. .
I have limited indoor space under growlights, so I have been picky about I what I start from seed. Last year, I thought I would just buy some of my pepper plants instead of starting them from seed. People will change the tags on plants at big box stores, so some of my bell peppers turned out to be very hot peppers. I know people who had this happen to them for tomatoes. I grew parsley from seed and really like it. It is a biannual, but I had it in a pot and it must have been too cold for it. Another thing is this is a great time to order their seeds from seed companies.
Hey Rick this is great advice for people. Last year I started 16 weeks before my last frost and got stuff out 8 weeks before. The cabbage and broccoli did excellent. I think I did the lettuce later. But everyone was shocked how well I did last year.
Thank you for the list of things I can start now. I’m experimenting with some of these varieties in domed trays in my greenhouse and it’s going well so far. Wonderful that you are doing workshops for growing food!!! It is greatly needed and I wish you a huge success with this endeavor!!
Thank you 😊 I also start Mediterranean herbs that may or may not survive the winter in my zone (6b / 7a). For example, rosemary never makes it (I'm still experimenting with ways to overwinter it outside), but most of my thyme does. Even still, I start thyme, just in case, and then give away whatever I don't need. I also set my winter sowing outside on the porch at the beginning of January - any wild flower or flower that needs cold stratification. I organize my seeds in December, put them in starting order, and then get to work in January. It's been a hectic few weeks, so I'm thankful for this video ... nothing new, but reminder are nice and it's also encouraging and motivating. 😊❤
Just also watched your seed starting video from three years ago. Good refresher.! One question I had was about the heat in the garage. Mine is set at 50*. After the garage they go to an unheated greenhouse. I am in zone 4, Montana.
My entire garden is in raised beds and grow bags. Even with the hoop houses and frost covers are these still ok to plant at the usual transplant time? This is my first above ground garden in a new hardiness zone (5b), I’ve only done in ground (successfully!) and this is a new adventure for me.
Everything I mentioned are very hardy, if you have protection they should be fine. Just base the planting times off your frost dates like I mentioned in the video.
Thanks, good info. I'll add that a lot of greens will make it through the winter in garden beds. I had fully grown kale that survived in southern VT last winter, though admittedly it was a mild one. It did eventually succumb to the deer later in the spring! So last fall I planted some kale, collard, spinach, and bok choi seedlings I started as a test, since with climate change, who knows what the winter will be like. Mulched them a bit. Maybe I should have done so heavier since we don't have much snow as insulation now, and it's been down in the lower single numbers, but they appear to be ok. Hopefully it's not just torture for them. I'm looking forward to early greens if I can net them before the deer find them.
It's very ridiculous how much seedlings cost!!! We started gardening ~20 years ago (well, my youngest did - it was / is a passion of his) - I was very thankful he got us started!!! Now he's almost 28 and trying to get back to having more time to be in the garden. I've kept it going, his wife does some, my oldest has a bigger garden, and my son-in-law grows a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes each year. It's my most favorite activity!!! 😊
So exciting! I’m ready! I’ll be tired of it by May but right now I’m excited 😅 I’ve heard that quick-maturing determinate tomatoes can be started in January for a super early harvest, round 1. Thoughts? I’d love to try it. Maybe with a plastic cloche for protection. Last year our frost ended almost a month early…I want to be prepared this year with big transplants.
Great information for a new gardener like me. Questions: I have a heat lamp but the planting cells are about 1 inch square and 3 inches deep. How long do you keep the new plants in this small container? Do you transplant into a larger one before moving to a cold frame? Do you water the plants once they are in the cold frame in March/April? Thanks Roger
First off, a heat lamp isn't going to give you enough light. With the containers it really depends on the crops. For things like lettuces, greens and most flowers those 1 inch pots are fine. With larger plants like tomatoes, peppers, and brassicas you will need to pot them up into a larger container after about 4 weeks.
RICK!! Now I want to plant broccoli & cauliflower instead of skipping it this year! I'll need to see if you have any videos on growing it. If not.... hint hint!!
Thanks for this video! I am so excited to start another gardening year! Do you have any tricks or tips for starting chive seeds? My chive seeds never germinate or die soon after germinating.
Hmmm. . . I've never had a big problem with them. They are very similar to onions, just plant a bunch of seeds in one pot and keep them moist. Be sure the seeds are fresh, onion family seeds only last for about a year.
😂12 weeks for brassicas-that’s 3 months😂. They would be producing if I did that. Unless you’re growing onions for record size I don’t even start those until March with last frost date 5/12. Onions and hot peppers need a bit longer but most everything else only 4-8 weeks.
Zone 5a here and I am wanting to try onions from seeds, thanks for the reminder. But I'm not sure how this year will work out, we have a new cat/kitten and he is a terror. lol
Rick, Dwarf and Determinant tomatoe plants are so hard to find in Utah. I always start mine by seed but about the time they are loaded with green fruit we get a frost. This past fall I took starts from some of the plants and rooted them. They are thriving and big enough to plant out. Of course it is waaay too early. But I'm not sure what to do with them at this point. Is there a way to get them out sooner so I can get more ripe tomatoes before the frost? Shall I siply root more cuttings from these plants in order to have them at the right size when planting out? How can we plant tomatoes in a hoop house earlier? Is that even possible?
My Garden Is going to be a LOT smaller this year. I'm tired of growing NEW things that I find I don't like, so am sticking to Peas Corn String Beans, tomatoes, breakfast radishes, romaine lettuce, red potatoes, walla walla onions, watermelon, and cantaloupe. The herbs - GONE!, squashes - Gone! , the greens - ALL GONE! and am going to grow just enough for picking, no more canning! Call it burnout, or saving money, whatever, but am DONE with big beautiful back-breaking gardens, instead, just a small weedy one that's FUN!
I am in Canada zone 5. I wonder about hardening off the early plants? Sucj as onions or leeks...is the process the same as in the hotter weather? Will the seedlings die? What is the process?
Yes, you should harden them to the cooler temps, assuming it is colder outside when you are ready to transplant them. Usually 5-7 days of progressively longer exposure to the outdoor weather will take care of it.
Do I really need a grow light? Did Leeks for the first time last year from seed but at the same time as my tomatoes - turned out fine but could maybe have been larger - guess I need to start in January!!!
Wait, you plant onion seedlings out 6 weeks before last frost date? How warm is the soil there at that point? Im not sure I could even get a hole in the ground in mid-early March which would be 6 week before my supposed last frost date.
I just got a couple of cold frames going. Do you direct sow anything into the cold frames in Jan? I understand you probably have crops in there to harvest while you grow your seedlings. We are in zone 6b
Honestly I'm not flippen Gardner but I'm getting into some gardening certain fruits and vegetables and one thing I keep running into with all these videos everyone says this zones and that zone and honestly I do not want to become a professional Gardner but a quick pop up map of these dam zones everyone keeps flapping about would help others in different areas help them understand !! Yes I find some of these videos helpful BUT lord love an ugly duck ! That me btw lol PLEASE, PLEASE either show or have hanging in the background somewhere a simple easy to understand map of these stupid zones you all talk about ! Thanks from a not so green thumb lol
Really zones are more about how cold things get in your area. Zones are better for the hardiness of perennials (things that you don't have to plant every year). Looking at your last frost date in the spring is a lot more important for seed starting. I recommend googling "planting calendar" and the almanac has a great site where you just enter your zip code and it will tell you last frost date in the spring and the first frost date in the fall/winter (assuming you live in a cold enough area that gets frost temps). Hope that helps!
You literally just posted this video while I was questioning what I should be starting this month! It's like you read my mind!!❤❤
That's awesome, I'm glad I could help!
I grow all my own starts. I save seeds too. Making gardening more affordable.
Thank you for adding chapters with proper chapter names, not everyone likes to watch a 10 minute video to get a 10 second list
I look forward to your month by month gardening start list every year, I’ve watched them time and time again. Thank you for posting them and sharing your knowledge. Also, if you ever have the desire to do the same for seed starting flowers month by month, I would be extremely interested!
Thanks, I'm glad you find the videos helpful!
I cover my brassicas with a half bottle in the garden late march early april and remove when it's too hot during the day. Also, i harden off my plants by building a small temp hoop house with whatever i have lying around, plastic sheeting over a short wooden frame or over short wire decorative fencing that has a rounded top shape, or windows laid on top of a deeper wooden box also works great. I just get inventive with what i have and try to be resourceful. .
Perfect timing!!! Can’t wait to learn more!
I have limited indoor space under growlights, so I have been picky about I what I start from seed. Last year, I thought I would just buy some of my pepper plants instead of starting them from seed. People will change the tags on plants at big box stores, so some of my bell peppers turned out to be very hot peppers. I know people who had this happen to them for tomatoes. I grew parsley from seed and really like it. It is a biannual, but I had it in a pot and it must have been too cold for it.
Another thing is this is a great time to order their seeds from seed companies.
It must take a lot of work to provide this much info. Thank you!
You're very welcome. I enjoy making these videos!
Hey Rick this is great advice for people. Last year I started 16 weeks before my last frost and got stuff out 8 weeks before. The cabbage and broccoli did excellent. I think I did the lettuce later. But everyone was shocked how well I did last year.
Love the background of power tools and other wood-working tools! Perfect for making an amazing garden. Love it! New sub
Thanks for subscribing! I'm glad you like my setup.
Thank you for the list of things I can start now. I’m experimenting with some of these varieties in domed trays in my greenhouse and it’s going well so far. Wonderful that you are doing workshops for growing food!!! It is greatly needed and I wish you a huge success with this endeavor!!
Thank you 😊 I also start Mediterranean herbs that may or may not survive the winter in my zone (6b / 7a). For example, rosemary never makes it (I'm still experimenting with ways to overwinter it outside), but most of my thyme does. Even still, I start thyme, just in case, and then give away whatever I don't need.
I also set my winter sowing outside on the porch at the beginning of January - any wild flower or flower that needs cold stratification.
I organize my seeds in December, put them in starting order, and then get to work in January. It's been a hectic few weeks, so I'm thankful for this video ... nothing new, but reminder are nice and it's also encouraging and motivating. 😊❤
Thank you for this info. It was wonderfully informative and to the point. I need more details on hold to use cold frames
Just also watched your seed starting video from three years ago. Good refresher.! One question I had was about the heat in the garage. Mine is set at 50*. After the garage they go to an unheated greenhouse. I am in zone 4, Montana.
That will be okay for cool season crops, but will be a problem for warm season crops like tomatoes, and peppers. They would like it warmer
Going to attempt growing my own onions this year from seed.
Good luck with your onions! It is a good month to start them.
I’m so ready to start planting! Thanks
My entire garden is in raised beds and grow bags. Even with the hoop houses and frost covers are these still ok to plant at the usual transplant time? This is my first above ground garden in a new hardiness zone (5b), I’ve only done in ground (successfully!) and this is a new adventure for me.
Everything I mentioned are very hardy, if you have protection they should be fine. Just base the planting times off your frost dates like I mentioned in the video.
Thanks, good info. I'll add that a lot of greens will make it through the winter in garden beds. I had fully grown kale that survived in southern VT last winter, though admittedly it was a mild one. It did eventually succumb to the deer later in the spring! So last fall I planted some kale, collard, spinach, and bok choi seedlings I started as a test, since with climate change, who knows what the winter will be like. Mulched them a bit. Maybe I should have done so heavier since we don't have much snow as insulation now, and it's been down in the lower single numbers, but they appear to be ok. Hopefully it's not just torture for them. I'm looking forward to early greens if I can net them before the deer find them.
It's very ridiculous how much seedlings cost!!! We started gardening ~20 years ago (well, my youngest did - it was / is a passion of his) - I was very thankful he got us started!!! Now he's almost 28 and trying to get back to having more time to be in the garden. I've kept it going, his wife does some, my oldest has a bigger garden, and my son-in-law grows a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes each year. It's my most favorite activity!!!
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Thank you!
great timing
Thanks!
Celery has to be started early inside too
I put in 100- 150 tomatoes and over 200 peppers + all the other stuff
Wow. Where do you live? I won't start tomatoes for other 2 months.
So exciting! I’m ready! I’ll be tired of it by May but right now I’m excited 😅
I’ve heard that quick-maturing determinate tomatoes can be started in January for a super early harvest, round 1. Thoughts? I’d love to try it. Maybe with a plastic cloche for protection. Last year our frost ended almost a month early…I want to be prepared this year with big transplants.
It just depends on when your last frost date is. Normally with the Wall O Waters you can get them planted 4 to 6 weeks before that date.
@ this was a person in a cold zone, I don’t think they mentioned those. I’ll look into them.
Great information for a new gardener like me. Questions: I have a heat lamp but the planting cells are about 1 inch square and 3 inches deep. How long do you keep the new plants in this small container? Do you transplant into a larger one before moving to a cold frame? Do you water the plants once they are in the cold frame in March/April? Thanks Roger
First off, a heat lamp isn't going to give you enough light. With the containers it really depends on the crops. For things like lettuces, greens and most flowers those 1 inch pots are fine. With larger plants like tomatoes, peppers, and brassicas you will need to pot them up into a larger container after about 4 weeks.
RICK!! Now I want to plant broccoli & cauliflower instead of skipping it this year! I'll need to see if you have any videos on growing it. If not.... hint hint!!
I don't have anything on UA-cam, but I do have a full growing guide course on Broccoli in The Gardening Academy.
the seed starting seminar-will you guide us when to seed what seeds throughout the season? Eva
In this one we will be talking mostly about the basics of the seed starting process.
Thanks for this video! I am so excited to start another gardening year! Do you have any tricks or tips for starting chive seeds? My chive seeds never germinate or die soon after germinating.
Hmmm. . . I've never had a big problem with them. They are very similar to onions, just plant a bunch of seeds in one pot and keep them moist. Be sure the seeds are fresh, onion family seeds only last for about a year.
How much sun do these plants need ? Thanks for the reminder!!
I grow them under lights. The lights run for 14 to 16 hours a day.
😂12 weeks for brassicas-that’s 3 months😂. They would be producing if I did that. Unless you’re growing onions for record size I don’t even start those until March with last frost date 5/12. Onions and hot peppers need a bit longer but most everything else only 4-8 weeks.
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Zone 5a here and I am wanting to try onions from seeds, thanks for the reminder. But I'm not sure how this year will work out, we have a new cat/kitten and he is a terror. lol
Rick, Dwarf and Determinant tomatoe plants are so hard to find in Utah. I always start mine by seed but about the time they are loaded with green fruit we get a frost. This past fall I took starts from some of the plants and rooted them. They are thriving and big enough to plant out. Of course it is waaay too early. But I'm not sure what to do with them at this point. Is there a way to get them out sooner so I can get more ripe tomatoes before the frost? Shall I siply root more cuttings from these plants in order to have them at the right size when planting out?
How can we plant tomatoes in a hoop house earlier? Is that even possible?
My Garden Is going to be a LOT smaller this year. I'm tired of growing NEW things that I find I don't like, so am sticking to Peas Corn String Beans, tomatoes, breakfast radishes, romaine lettuce, red potatoes, walla walla onions, watermelon, and cantaloupe. The herbs - GONE!, squashes - Gone! , the greens - ALL GONE! and am going to grow just enough for picking, no more canning! Call it burnout, or saving money, whatever, but am DONE with big beautiful back-breaking gardens, instead, just a small weedy one that's FUN!
Nothing wrong with a small garden. They key is that you enjoy it and don't feel over whelmed! Good luck this year!
I am in Canada zone 5. I wonder about hardening off the early plants? Sucj as onions or leeks...is the process the same as in the hotter weather? Will the seedlings die? What is the process?
Yes, you should harden them to the cooler temps, assuming it is colder outside when you are ready to transplant them. Usually 5-7 days of progressively longer exposure to the outdoor weather will take care of it.
Thanks!
Do I really need a grow light? Did Leeks for the first time last year from seed but at the same time as my tomatoes - turned out fine but could maybe have been larger - guess I need to start in January!!!
Wait, you plant onion seedlings out 6 weeks before last frost date? How warm is the soil there at that point? Im not sure I could even get a hole in the ground in mid-early March which would be 6 week before my supposed last frost date.
I feel like we need to stop thinking in zones. Zone 6a here and barely any of this applies to where I live. Our last frost isn't until May ~28th.
100% agree. Should be based on frost dates.
Which is why I stated at the beginning of the video that your frost date is the most important thing.
I just got a couple of cold frames going. Do you direct sow anything into the cold frames in Jan? I understand you probably have crops in there to harvest while you grow your seedlings. We are in zone 6b
Seed prices are getting outrageous so learn seed saving !!!!!;😊
Where to get a potting soil in January? The stores have it only in spring.
Home Depot and Lowes have potting soil inside the stores.
@@jacque62 OK, thanks, will check it out. I was looking in Tractor Supply and they don't have it till spring.
You got to realize that most gardens don't do cold frames ... so focus on what applys to your average gardener😊
I would like to sign up for the class but I don't see the link.
Here's the link
learn.ourstoneyacres.com/landing-page-page-1091-8971
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What about cabbage??
Honestly I'm not flippen Gardner but I'm getting into some gardening certain fruits and vegetables and one thing I keep running into with all these videos everyone says this zones and that zone and honestly I do not want to become a professional Gardner but a quick pop up map of these dam zones everyone keeps flapping about would help others in different areas help them understand !! Yes I find some of these videos helpful BUT lord love an ugly duck ! That me btw lol PLEASE, PLEASE either show or have hanging in the background somewhere a simple easy to understand map of these stupid zones you all talk about ! Thanks from a not so green thumb lol
Google your zone by zip code
Just google "growing zone for my area" ...it will pop up...I'm in West TN and my zone is 7a....
Really zones are more about how cold things get in your area. Zones are better for the hardiness of perennials (things that you don't have to plant every year). Looking at your last frost date in the spring is a lot more important for seed starting. I recommend googling "planting calendar" and the almanac has a great site where you just enter your zip code and it will tell you last frost date in the spring and the first frost date in the fall/winter (assuming you live in a cold enough area that gets frost temps). Hope that helps!
You being serious or a bot?