Don't Make These FIVE Mistakes When Seed Shopping
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2022
- We see a lot of people make these mistakes when seed shopping. In this episode we will cover all these mistakes and how to prevent them.
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Luke I received my book you signed. I cried, no one ever has called me their hero. I told you that I suffered 4 strokes just over a year ago. Recovery has been hard, but as I said I didn't grow anything this past year, but what I will say I'm growing in containers and I'm excited about it. I ordered and received my seeds and now collecting containers. I can't wait! By God's grace I survived and I went home. Now I hope to grow big this coming season. Thanks! 😊
Praying for an abundant harvest and joy for your growing season!
I am like very excited about the coming spring. I also had a Stoke earlier this month. Mine was minor. I now have vertigo.
You will be suprised how much you can grow in your containers
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@@Alexis_9339 I've done the same! May God bless your garden, Karen.
I have no self control when it comes to buying or acquiring seeds. It's a weakness I don't think I want to overcome 😪 😅
I have the same sickness. I just can't seem to help myself
So, you're saying our (mine too) seed stash is Iike Luke's?! 😂😅
Wait!
Is that a bad thing?😄
@@trishthehomesteader9873 Nope I think it's a great illness to have. I plan to grow everything I possibly can.
Same here it's like going to Macy's I can't stop. 😂
@@trishthehomesteader9873 😂😂😂 not a bad thing!
Every gardener heard you say, "...you can't fit everything..." and every gardener thought to themselves, "Challenge, Accepted!"
Right??? LOL
Pretty much. Hahaha
Or maybe they thought what I did: SO WHAT?!? LOL
I'll buy more grow bags & get more grass plowed up. No problem. 😂
@@goatkidmom See? easy peasy!
I recognize that I’m a seed collector. It’s an obsession. At least it’s not teacups.
I love growing my food every year.
Yes less dust 😂
I feel a little called out as i have a teapot collection lol. Seeds are probably easier to store.
Luke, I’ve always felt you were transparent and good hearted. I shop here before I shop anywhere else and have bought seeds from you for a few years now. So happy to watch you (and your family) grow your dreams and encourage others.
I tell my husband I MUST have seeds ❤️ all seeds. I I must add we live in a one bedroom apartment. The owner of the apartment complex gave my husband and me the side yard for our plants. We r lucky
It might be a good idea to have the soil tested for possible contaminants or grow in containers if in an urban area.
I use containers. We are thinking of raised bed. Thanks for the idea about soil testing.
Only buying what you eat is a lesson I learned many, many years ago!!
In 2021 I grew tomatillos from a seed packet I bought in 2012 (9 years). Then this last summer a bunch of tomatillos came back as volunteers from 2021’s fallen fruit! Total win.
In 2020/21 grow seasons I grew carrots from seeds packaged in 2003.
Ugh. You guys make me realize I wasted a fistful of seed packets from years ago, thinking they must be dead! Shoulda just tried em out 😣
@@tinkertailorgardenermagpie Seeds kept in their packets and put with uncooked rice and stored in the fridge can last 15+ years easily. Always worth storing if they're heirloom genetics.
@@tinkertailorgardenermagpie the germination rate drops, but most seed packets will still produce some plants for quite a while if stored properly.
Yep. I threw a half a packet of cauliflower seeds into a seed tray last spring. They ALL germinated. The seed was from 2009. (I squeeze goats too 😊)
Hi. My name is Ke Le and I'm a seed-a-holic! I don't have too many seeds, I just don't have enough land!
I found you a few years ago. I was hurt, out of work, depressed. I started a garden and struggled but I started listening to your tips and it's improved the last 2 years. 2023 will be even better. I container garden in my apartment patio. Thank you so much
He seems genuinely encouraging and excited about gardening.
Is this the introductory video to the "Seed Buyers Anonymous" group? 😉 Just joking. Great tips!
My daughter and I both put in seed orders on your 2023 season opening day. We both wanted self-blanching cauliflower, but neither of us needed 300 seeds (even though I use seeds for several years) so I bought that, and we'll split it. She bought something else with a high seed count that we'll split, but I don't remember what it is right now.
My mom and I buy one of us pays for the order and the other pays them Bain cash for half. When they come in we split them. If she wants one I don’t want any of the. I add a pack of something only I want to even it out
Our local garden club runs a seed library. Basically people donate their unused excess seeds so other people can have free seeds. Having been a recipient of free seeds from a generous garden many years ago. I am thrilled to be able to share the wealth.
I appreciate the fact that you caution about over buying seeds. I always want to buy three times as much as what I can actually use. I went ahead and bought my MI 2023 seeds so I can get started on some of the leafy things now. (which I usually forget to buy until things are mostly sold out. lol)
Luke it’s so nice of you to be honest with us instead of just trying to sell your seeds. Great ideas on this video!
I miss my fresh lettuce 😭. Going to try inside again especially after hearing there is a lettuce shortage. Not hip on commercial grown at all, plus too many recalls and I think we have enough sickness floating around that we just don’t need it from our food as well.
Oh sharing this with the hubs. My addictive shopping is power tools his is seeds.
Love the tips! Especially number five. If you don’t like it, don’t grow it. Thank you for being honest! Love the seeds I get from you. High quality, great packaging and the website is easy to navigate. Keep up the great work. It is appreciated.
Luke, I ordered seeds from you last year and already this year, and I really appreciate the way you handle your business. $2.00 a pack and no shipping with orders over $12. Awesome! This year, I ordered some varieties I want to try but wouldn't have paid $4 a pack for them somewhere else. I can't wait to see what a Black Krim tomato tastes like, or a Kellogg's Breakfast or an Armenian cucumber. Thank you so much for your excellent business model!
Great tips in your video, but zones do matter with onions! Short day, intermediate day, long day. I'm in zone 8a (short day) but right on the edge of the intermediate zone, so I can grow either.
Much success to you! You've worked hard for it!
Yes! The price of some seeds elsewhere are hideous! Over $1 A Seed! Grateful MIGardener is reasonably priced!
I like to pick one thing I haven't tried every year just to see if I like it.
You’re totally spot on talking about only buying seeds of things we KNOW we’re going to eat if we grow them. Making it more of a habit as the years go on. Good reminder for all of us.
Really good advice, Luke. I moved to a new state and could not find a community garden with a fence (welcome deer, elk, and neighbors). I started late in the season and in a 4 foot wide row, that I rented, I grew as much as I could vertically to allow sun to hit my other plants. I obtained sticks, twine, cages and anything I could find to grow melons and squash vertically. I even saved onion bags and knee high nylon hose to support the weight of the fruit when growing vertically. Some of the immigrants to the USA taught me a lot about using innovative ways to conserve water and use tree branches. What a wonderful learning curve on innovation and my garden is thriving. Every year I learn something new. This year I started succession planting.
I just placed my first seed order with you guys! I grew up gardening with my pappaw and am so excited to have one of my own now
Don't tell me how to spend my money!!! I feel so attacked lol. I think I hit every single "don't do this" you said.
I just ordered seeds from you, just enough to fill in the gaps in my seed box. :) Gonna see what the wild Oklahoma weather kills this year!
I mainly do container gardening. Mostly 5 gallon bucket and 27 gallon tote sip's. Watermelons do well in sip containers. You just have to have the right variety, Sugar Baby, which also do well on trellises.
Excellent! Know which seeds last for a a few years and how to store them. I am growing tomatoes from seeds I bout 7 years ago.
Don't forget about the excellent storage conditions discovered with Abe Lincoln tomatoes, lol.
Another useful video. How about one on which of your seeds do well in containers and which seeds can be stored the longest?
Storage info would be interesting!
Wonderful recommendations!
"Growing zone" might actually apply, e.g., gardeners in Florida can't grow cool-weather loving plants for most of the year, and can't grow some plants at all. The same holds true for plants in far northern states: can't grow citrus out of doors in Maine, for instance.
Plants have much narrower temperature tolerances than humans when it comes to reproduction, meaning making blossoms and setting fruit/going to seed: peppers and tomatoes are heat lovers, but if the weather is too hot for them they just hang on, without making any fruit. And if the gardener is unlucky, then in that gardening year the too-hot weather might last late enough in the year that no peppers or tomatoes get harvested by that gardener.
The "Zone" most people are talking about when they ask if they can grow tomatoes in, say, 6a or 8b, is their Cold Hardiness Zone which as you rightly observe is intended to tell the gardener or homeowner-landscaper whether that flowering crabapple tree will survive the average coldest temperature of the winter in that specific location.
Thanks Luke, been there, done that, literally turning over a new leaf! Great information and love your very genuine heart for gardening and fellow gardeners! 💚😉
Thank you, Luke, for all these great tips. You inspired me to garden 4 years ago! 😊 Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you Luke!🙂
Now that it's out of the teens (°), I'm getting the itch for more seeds! HappyDance!
Blessings! 💚
Thanks Luke! You’re info is always great. I ordered my new seeds from MI Gardner can’t wait for them to get to my home.
I decided to take a break from sorting out all of my Migardener seed collection when I found this video! I am seeing what percentage of Migardener seeds are of my total seed collection. Certainly at least a third, possibly more! Thanks for all of the wonderful variety and special sales.
Lol! Also enjoying the dad jokes on Facebook!
What you said about growing zones and growing seasons- glad you differentiated between the two. Very helpful information ☺️
Hi! Luke and Sindy and the team, thank you again for my seeds that I ordered months ago. I had been ordering seeds from Mi gardener fow a while, and I have to tell you that I am fully satisfied with all the seeds I purchased from you. All the seeds I have sown few years ago and lately this year are Awesome/ healthy seedlings and produced plenty either for salad or fruits vegetables. And I will order again in the future. Happy gardening every one January is coming very soon.
I really appreciate your approach to gardening & your desire to do right by your viewers.
Thank you for remaining so down-to-earth all these years.
Thank you for your seed store. The prices are great and shipping reasonable!! Very refreshing!! Just placed an order!!❤️
Started a garden this year, have appreciated all the information in your videos, plan on ordering my seeds from you for the spring. 👍
So many great info, I actually have to watch in increments and go think about what you just said and go try it! Thanks for sharing.
Great info for newbies 👍
Before I found you on UA-cam years ago, I had no idea there were so many varieties of seeds! I just bought the same old, same old seeds at Wally World. I didn't know about starting seeds ahead of time indoors, in cold climates (I'm in MN).
Your taught me almost everything I know about gardening. As far as over-buying seeds shhhhhhh don't ruin my fun ;)
Thank you for keeping these seeds affordable and sharing on how to grow food. My garden has really pulled us through these food insecurity days.
Really good advice Luke. Thank you for what you have done for gardening! It must be incredibly satisfying knowing you are educating so many people on how to live healthier! I know I have learned a lot. Well done 🤠
Love your channel! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great video, 👍 I appreciate the run down on zones vs season windows, I was sweating the timing on some of the things I want to grow. Very helpful, and I will check out your seed selection !! ✌️ ☮️ 🕊
such good information
Your seeds are starting to show up in the FB Gardening groups in the Philippines. People are so excited to see varieties they have never seen!
Your passion warms my heart! Thank you for your honesty and information.
Hi Luke! I noticed several gardeners on UA-cam sharing seeds they purchased from your seed store. I will be checking out your website. And thanks for sharing the do's and don't on purchasing seeds. Very helpful info.
Great advice & knowledge! Thanks for sharing! Growing zones are tricky when you have some sheltered areas & some where the wind exposure is cooler, too. I’m in Alberta, Canada, fairly close to the Rocky Mountains & our season is short. But my daughter has huge greenhouses now, so the heat loving crops thrive in them. Blessings to your family 🤗💗🇨🇦
I'm excited to start planning my 2023 garden. Last year was my first year and it didn't go well, mostly because of neglect. I have so many questions. Your videos have been helpful. I'm going to dig deeper (figuratively) this winter as I plan. Thanks for all the great information you share.
Thanks for your kindness ! On the topic of garden space, I have a tip for those who have more, like, lawn space, but which they don't exactly want or feel able to turn into a dedicated garden space just yet : U can grow squashes/pumpkins there, anyway, probably ! As long as you're ok with making a hole in the ground for the plant. Add some compost to it, mulch around the plant with cardboard and mulch, like grass clippings, hay, whatever. Leave the lawn in between as-is and carefully move aside vines to mow as long as you can, or put down black plastic or some sort of mulch, either quite deep or with paper or cardboard under it. Helps to mow grass twice in 2 days, to weaken, along with shorten, it 1st. Obviously, doing this means you're killing your lawn-grass, but if the reason u were otherwise limiting your garden space to what u had, thinking you didn't have enough resources to enlarge it or begin another one. To begin this way, needing only a little compost and hopefully free or low cost mulches, and possibly not fencing,(depending on your deer), this could help ! May have to put chicken wire/wire rabbit fencing protection ( maybe even a plastic jug with top cut off & some air holes punched into sides after weather gets hot) around each squash plant until they're far enough along the rabbits leave them alone. Anyways, this could help u keep your main garden space all available for other things. This idea also can be similarly used in planting on the edge of your garden, letting the vining plants sprawl onto lawn, and on the garden side, into your potatoes or anything else they won't bother much or be in the way ( I dig my potatoes at end of season).
My chickens are good at leaving behind seeds from veggies left overs and these seeds almost always turn into plants. I’ve grown an eye for keeping on the lookout for squash, cucumber, zucchini, etc. seedlings while mowing because they pop up all the time. I mow around them, mulch with compost and let the chickens take care of the squash bugs
Love this! Good idea, that is me... slowly expanding and not sure which direction etc. Thanks for the tip
Very smart!!
When my son was 10 he left the seeds & 'guts' spilling out of his Jack o' Lantern's garish open mouth, which then was placed on the front porch. The following May we were Absolutely GOBSMACKED to discover 2 rouge seeds had managed to move around, overwinter & grow in our front yard flower bed! They were decent sized Big Max, Especially after surviving a Colorado Winter & Cold Spring! We've been intentionally planting a few out there ever since. 😁
The neighborhood has grown to expect it and we've had Many great conversations with folks stopping to ask about the huge trailing vines in the yard, or kids monitoring the P'kins growth thru the Fall as they walk by, all because of the happy 'accident.' Then we carve the pumpkins while they're still on the vine which look Amazingly Cool when lit up. 😊
Budget? Noooo. Seed retail therapy is how I get through winter. Lol. Good thing I share seeds and they also last more than one year.
I just placed my first order. I'm excited to get started. I'll plant my peppers and tomatoes inside in starter pots on February 2nd here in Arizona.
I recently ordered $60 of seeds from you and I want to sincerely thank you for keeping the prices as reasonable as you do. I was able to get a diverse variety that I am really looking forward to growing this summer. THANK YOU!
I've never spent so much time looking at produce but your site and produce is so beautifully laid out it was hard not to,I hate not having space as these would just be lovely to grow.Good job 👍
Excellent video. You are so genuine and down to earth. I’ve bought seed from you three times now and will continue to as well. Such an informative video. Thank You.
Love the new store...watching your channel for a long time.
Thanks Luke for sharing
Luke I've been watching your vids for years now. You're as enthusiastic as ever & have grown your passion into a wonderful business. Looking forward to learning & growing more thru you. 😊
Luke totally enjoyed your book, I found it to be very informative and unlike any other gardening book I’ve read! I’m enjoying this video about seed mistakes one can make when buying seeds especially at this time of year when one is inundated with catalogs. Although I’m a seasoned gardener I’ve found your UA-cam channel informative and surprisingly I’ve learned quite a bit. Thanks for all you do. Good luck with the growth of MIgardener and a very happy new year to you and yours.
Thank you for your help and video I’ll check for the old tomatoe that you have
My favorite store for seeds and one of my top 3 channels
Great points and exacting what I started doing for this new season, thank you Luke.
Great tips! On the flip side though, this year I grew things I had never even eaten before. Nothing went to waste & I found a love for new produce in eating fresh, dehydrating, canning & fermenting.
Wow Luke, the store looks beautiful! Great info from one of my favorite gardening channels! I hope you and your family had a very merry Christmas and I hope you have a great new year!🎉😊🌱🌿
Thank you for making seeds affordable! I checked many other websites and they were all double the price of yours. They came quickly and everything was correct. Great job over there!
Excellent advice. Everyone should watch this before ordering seeds.
I just placed my first order with you while watching!! Super excited. Been watching you for a few years but took a break from gardening last year and I’m ready!! Even container gardening from seed is so much work. Can’t wait to try the Ananas Noire Tomato.
Thanks Luke, good info!
Great video Luke. I am so guilty number 1, but it's ok because I do donate plants. You can grow a 🍉 in containers I have done it and takes time, patience and trellises.
Thank you for your knowledge.
I just bought seeds from you today online and I’m glad to know I have this video for future purchases but I love your videos there so informative and very welcoming.
Excellent advice. If I haven’t grown something before I will only get one packet of that kind of seeds. If I like them, I can save seeds or get more seeds for next year.
Awesome video! I love the idea of seed shopping with a friend!
Growing season vs. Growing zone. Thanks Luke. Knowledge is power!
Good video! Thank you for pointing out the benefits of a garden club. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 12/30/2022.
Love your business and honesty and passion.
Thank you. This was great advice.
Your honesty is refreshing. Thank you for the tips and your more then fair pricing of your seeds. Your business is thriving because of you, your wife and all of your employees. Thank you everyone.🌱🍆🍅🥬🌶🫑🧅🥕🌽🧄🥒🌻🌼🌷🌹🌱
Just ordered my 2023 seeds. Can’t wait.
Great tips Luke!
Thank you for sharing your tips and wisdom! A lot of great information, as always 😉
I’ve been gardening for 20+ yrs and I’ve never learned the distinction of growing zones applying only to perennials! Brilliant light bulb moment! Btw I’m having my behind handed to me here in Tx. I grew up growing in Ca and it’s EASY but here west of Fort Worth….nope starting all over like a newbie. Thanks for the great info!
With GREAT respect to MRS. MIGardener...(and my own gorgeous and wonderful husband)😜 Luke, I am positively swooning over your wealth of knowledge and your sharing it all these years with us in your videos. This one couldn't come at a better time. I am working on what seeds to purchase for my spring garden here in North Florida. For anyone reading this, I first purchased some of family MIGardener seeds for my fall garden this year. Not a dang one disappointed. Every seed I planted germinated (and I bought several)! Also, I love their packaging. Several reasons include: size, much more compact than ones I've purchased from other companies so saves space in my seed organizer and in my opinion helps with less environmental waste. The beautiful photographs, the textured matte (non-glossy) finish, and the clear growing info. on the back. I am one of those people who tends to jump ALL IN on my hobbies (my husband can attest to this). I have an extremely hard time deciding on what flower/veggie seeds to purchase (and yes, sometimes because of the beautiful pictures😂). Mainly though because there are sooo many plants and varieties of those plants that i've never even heard of but want to try once I've seen them. This comes from my Dad because as a kid we planted (just the basics) some tomatoes, okra, peas, marigolds, beans and radishes in our small backyard garden. When you have tasted FRESH veg that you have grown yourself, particularly tomatoes, there is no better on the planet. Ya'll, i used to take a salt shaker out with me, dust off a tomato on my shirt and eat that thing like an apple with an occasional shake of the salt, or eat peas and beans straight off the vine as well. Sadly, my Dad passed many years ago but a couple years ago I had a life change where I HAD to start taking time for myself and I remembered how much I loved gardening with my Dad and wanted to do it even more now. For nostalgia, for peace, and for helping to feed my own family. So you can see how I don't think of budgeting FIRST. Thanks Luke for reminding me I don't have all the money in the world, 🤣 God Bless you and the entire hard working MIGardener crew/family and the folks here online. May we all have a wonderful and prosperous garden in the new year! GROW BIG!
I make room in my garden for 2 new varieties. Last year I got one eggplant from a neighbor I didn't think I liked them but it was free. It was my third most productive and my family loved it.
Love this video! I already spent a ton on seeds from the 2023 catalog, but I have the spade so I don’t feel as bad now haha happy 2023!
Thx! Always helpful info. 😀
This was very helpful. I'd love to see even more videos like this. Thanks for parsing it out for us. ~ Lisa
I am newer to your channel and gardening…there are many reasons I purchased seeds from you in November…and I made mistake 1&2 in this video but I’m happy to have supported your business because of the integrity you continue to show (one of the reasons I wanted to buy from you). Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
Thank you so much for the information!!! I found out about your company through Becky from Acre Homestead and I am so glad I did. I love that you are based in MI, like myself so a lot of your advice applies to my own environment. I am a very new gardener and this year I took the plunge to start in containers to try and make it easier on myself to learn, and boy have I had an excellent learning curve this year 😀. I look forward in learning and growing more in the coming growing years to come!!
I start my peppers and indy tomatoes mid October. Works great for me here in Charlotte, NC. It gives me a 5 MONTH head start. Look, if you overwinter your pepper plants, start the seeds then too! Duh!
Those giant crimson seeds I got from you are doing amazing! 100% germination. 8" tall already! Can't wait to share them with an herb society I speak to a few times a year.
Great, educational video!
Thanks for the video!!!
Such great ideas!!!
Thanks Luke!
Love MIGardener seeds! I just got a big package of seeds, including the Giant Crimson Tomato!
thanks for the info on zones, never used them before and didn't understand them. I don't usually grow perrenials, so they won't apply to me.
I am 57 yrs old and have dabbled in gardening since I was a girl. I never fully understood that info until TODAY. Glad I tuned in. I'm in MN... growing season: too darn SHORT!!
...too many seeds - guilty ...seeds for vegetables plants that I don't have room for - guilty ...bought seed then changed my mind and bought a different variety - guilty I think I need to phone a friend!🤣😀
Best place to buy seeds! Can't wait to start planting.