Thank you for all these videos! I love that you live in relatable climate and not in some tropical paradise hahah, it's really useful for us Northern mortals to watch:)
That's exactly how we do it here in Montana as well. Wanted to let you know I'm very happy with my order of seeds from you. Germination has been about 95 percent with what I have planted so far, so a good rate I believe. Thank you for the quickness of shipping as well!
I just got a job at the home depot today in the gardening department and I'm so glad I've been watching your videos for so long! Thanks for all the great knowledge that is worth so much and someday I will have to do something for you when I can to return the favor! Thanks Luke!
Next year I'm building seedling carts! I'm going to build them so all I have to do is roll them in and out of my heated garage for longer spells each day. I will hang my grow lights from the ceiling and that way I can just slide them in and out without having to disassemble anything. I'm sick of spending hours a day shuffling plants in and out and chasing my escape artist cat that thinks it's great fun to squirt out each time I have a hand full of seedlings 🙄 I'm also going to install poly tunnels on each cart so I can utilize the sun more before my starts are fully hardened off. They can be taken on and off with very little effort and I can shut my grow lights off more often.
You are right about the therapy that comes with getting into dirt and touching plants… We have some leafy greens to put in our garden and this video has prompted me to do something about them now! Thanks for the great video friend
Luke, l am so excited to have found your channel! I live in Michigan also and I was experiencing the same weather as you. This means that your videos pertain to me. I am a horrible gardener, but your channel has gotten me excited about gardening again. Thank you..
I don't have the article right now, but playing in the dirt can help people that deal with depression and anxiety... it really calms me and makes me so happy to have me hands in the Earth and to get something back that I can eat is so very gratifying. I'm in zone 7-7a and I started an area in my garden under plastic the beginning of March by just mixing some seeds and throwing them over the dirt and just waiting for them to grow. I now have many greens to harvest and roots crops too. I have several types of carrots, radishes, turnips, cabbages, spinach, kale, Swiss chard, upland cress, sorrel, MACHE, beets, and many lettuces, mustards and arugula.... which I have harvested twice from. Also, in another area I have green beans and sugar snap peas growing. Everything is now under row covers and growing great... happy growing.
Just got my first garden going thanks to you! You’re my go to for gardening. I planted my lettuce high density and I’m super excited about them thank you
i did the same about a week ago. I am very curious to see if i can get this high density to work as i have never tried it. I really like the way it looks on top of the added production
I did this for the 1st time last year. Worked well with cut and come again. . Did 2 separate planting about a month apart. Had enough to give some out to a friends family. The only problem that came up was the 1st planting by the broccoli had some slugs. For the fall, I started those in trays indoors because it was too hot in late August.
Hey there Luke! I have always planted my perennials in the rain and had 100% success. I also try to plan all of my other planting the late afternoon or evening before a rain. It makes for very happy plants 😊
you had me at lazy ahahha. My snow is finally melting off the containers out back and I need to get my greens out into the garden but they're so used to the warm temps...this is perfect.
Gardening is a learning journey. In a year I learned a ton, this year I have already learned a lot. What did I learn? Not to start seeds out to early. I fell into the trap of a warming trend in early February, thinking it would be an early spring, nope. In 5b it turned cold after that, and last week we had the last gasp of winter with snow. Next year I wont start as early, and I will have smaller plants. This year I have 1 foot tall tomato plants that had to be up potted 3 times. Since my seed starting setup is in the basement its 12 steps up to the back door carrying boxes of plants to be hardened off. 6 trips up and down every day to bring them out, then the same number to bring them in. Each step is cementing in my brain dont do this again! Let them stay small so its only 2 or 3 trips.
@@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane Yep, that I likely did, but my old knees are feeling it. I plan on putting almost everything out in the garden on Sunday or Monday, so the classroom will be closing soon, but the lesson learned wont be forgotten.
I could almost feel the cold as you were planting...almost. Our amazingly cool spring lasted until yesterday when the thermometer hit the century mark for the first time this year. And this is how it will pretty much be every day now through the summer. So I’m enjoying the last bits of my spring garden before the heat makes most things go dormant. As with every season, though, there is always something that shines, and for me summer usually means artichokes that seem to thrive in our hot desert climate. Enjoy your spring!
i found some old pea seeds from ten years ago and tried them out. most of the sprouted a couple weeks ago. Im going to try putting them outside this weekend :)
Such a joy to watch. Really seems like a good guy. I've been gardening for only four years this being the fourth. Learning a whole new way of living and eating. Thanks for you videos bro.
Look at you,Cattle panel trellising!😍 Lol I love that you show when you're just as impatient as the rest of us, (starting those peas indoors)🤣💗 You've had such impressive gardening results over the years, this proves you're definitely human. 🦸♂️ Not just superhuman gardening hybrid man,or something.😂 As always,I love your channel. 😄
My lovely wife just ordered me a really nice walk in greenhouse so this should help a lot with seeding/ seedlings and plants - hopefully no need of hardening off! 😉🤞
I start almost everything inside, depends where you live ! I have a short season so I have to, it gives you 4-8 weeks head start. Beets love to be clumped in 3’s, no need for the inch in between....just saves planting time, then you can twist out one in each clump for early harvest. Charles Dowding, who lives in England shows how to start most everything except carrots inside. Starting seeds indoors is the way to go....no rotting seeds, no pests eating your seeds and every seed, even cool weather crops like to germinate in warmth. I just hate hearing gardeners being discouraged to start seeds indoors.
Starting seeds in milkjugs for winter sowing inside a breezeway was the best way to ever get our seeds started. They are bigger, and grow faster in those milkjug greenhouse environment. Hardening them off now.
We planted a blackberry bush four years ago and it didn't do anything for that whole time. This spring, it has some leaves on it and signs of growth! Covered it with chicken wire to keep out the deer. Hope somewhere in the future we get blackberries. Blackberry pie yummo!😊🥧
My local Dollarama sells winter garden gloves -- they are super-thick knit fleece, and have the palms & fingers dipped in neoprene. I've been out planting fall bulbs & doing yard cleanup in 0C (32F) with high winds & sleeting/snow/rain, and my hands, even when the gloves hands get wet, were toasty warm! I LOVE them!
Very friendly and easy to understand enjoying your thoughts on the good and bad of indoor seedlings to the outdoors. Definitely following you and I am just learning but doing flowers. Thanks !
I'm in Chandler ,AZ and this weekend (25th April) we are going to have our first 100 degree farenheit of the year on Saturday, Sunday 105 😬 and over 100 for the following 7 days. I'll be putting up my shade cloth to protect my warm weather plants, peppers, tomatoes etc.
Kimchee McPug yep! Here too! 🙄 I built a portable poly A-frame so I can just slip that over the plants after they have had a little time in the sun. That way I can turn off my grow lights and let the sun do its magic and protect the plants from the sun until they are fully hardened off. I just wait a little longer each day before I put it in place. I still have to drag them all in the house each evening. This morning I had to chip an inch of ice out of the chickens water dish.
I didn't know you could start beets and transplant them. Thanks for that tidbit of info. I like your channel and content very helpful to this newbie gardener!
It’s so strange watching you freezing out there trying to get peas in while I’m already at the point where my cucumbers wilt from the heat every afternoon. Here in Central Texas, I don’t want to be outside much past noon, because we’re in the upper 80’s after lunch.
Very useful tip on growing three beetroot plants together then guiding each plant outwards. I am doing this in autumn here in Melbourne Australia where the weather is ideal for planting. Once the weather turns cold and plants stop growing I am harvesting some for salad leaves and will try to overwinter the rest.
I live up north in grayling MI and in the ausable valley it Frost’s so often that the challenge of growing makes a lot of people not even try to garden anymore lol
Here in SoCal we are already in 90 degree weather. Perfect for all my squash and tomatoes. BTW just placed my first order of TrifectaPlus, hoping to give it a try soon. Thanks.
I just got the gardening bug with these stay at home orders, so happy I stumbled onto your channel! Hopefully my garden is as successful as yours, looks like we're in the same climate.
I love your channel and your products! Thank you for your hard work, your information, and your quality products. So glad you ship out of state! I wish I remember which UA-cam channel mentioned you that brought me here... thanks to them, too!
ive just discovered compressed peat pellets ... ive been gardening for 25 years ( well mostly cannabis) but these things are gold talk about being a lazy gardener :)
I've done it this way for the past 3 years now and I've had much success. I try to keep them in a shady area for a few days before I put them out into the sun.
We've had a crazily warm April here in the UK. I've already had my cool wearhers in for a month and have my tomatoes, peppers and cukes in the ground from yesterday 😮
5:18 I usually plant my peas in cardboard paper towel tubes cut in half or toilet paper tubes. Then I plant the whole thing in the ground. So even if I take a little longer than intended to plant my peas, it's pretty easy getting them in the ground.
Just a note to tell you thank you, I've had excellent germination with the seeds I bought from you, both inside and outside. First year for Tri-Fecta, will be interested in seeing the results. We seem to be having an early spring, usually wait for Mother's Day to get my tomatoes out but may be an a bit sooner this year. No frost for two weeks and a great 10 day forecast. Excited for the (new for me) Orange Roussollini tomato.
I realized my front porch is perfect for hardening off seedlings. It's full sun until about 1PM and then is full shade. I've been leaving my starts out there and they're doing great! The mailman might be a little annoyed with having to sidestep a million plants, though. I just got my peas in the ground yesterday. Today I'm doing beans and potatoes, and this weekend I'll get my broccoli out (it's still pretty small).
Just found your channel and I can tell I am going to love it! Thanks for the advice on the early veggies. I start mine in our garage so they don’t have any time in the nice “climate control” that many do, and was wondering if I needed to go to all the trouble of the traditional hardening off. See ya, I’m heading outside to plant now😊
Nicely done. So I find myself amending soil and fertilizing and pouring a little water in each hole at the time of planting. I realize its just about enjoying ourselves, and you on the other hand made it easier by just going straight in. Can you discuss your timelines for amendment, fertilizing and how you prefer watering in new plants? Always enjoy your content. Be well
I'd like to see some experiments about plant association ! I remember you did an experiment last Fall (I think) by spreading a whole bunch of seeds to test if plants could live in a crowded environment...It made me think a lot (like a loooot) and I'm now wondering how close the plants should be in order to benefit from a plant friend. We see those companion planting tables everywhere but it never says how close the plants should be in order to benefit from it! So this spring, I'll be planting closer than ever but It'd be nice to see someone like you experiment different distances or different companion planting...
I think that if planting closer together, whether of same type or companion, I'm guessing higher soil nutrition must be required, for some, not all plants. With companion planting, if meant to draw insects to self, to spare food plants, vs repelling insects must be considered too. Just a thought.
@@cherylanderson3340 I agree. However, I consider companion planting for nutrients as well. I read that some plants do not thrieve in a soil with high nitrogen content. So.. if I associate plants that thrieve in it , I think it would make a good combo and balance it all.
@@twidledrum36 Yes, it's an extra level of complexity, to pay attention to, isn't it. As some plants will die in enriched soils, & thrive in lean, barren, dry soils, likely with fast drainage, it might work to pot up the desired companion plant, to deal with incompatible needs, & place it near plants which would benefit by that proximity. Nature often has thought of everything, so, more than likely, there might be other plants - with compatible needs, to choose from for a given purpose. Alternately, there are some not too harmful ways to deal with damaging insects - which are easier to use on individual plants, or in small gardens. Also, to draw in pollinators, we have the pleasant solution of planting flowers which attract bees, butterflies, moths, & hummingbirds, nearby.
your plants look really nice I hope they do well I was able to get my cool weather crops out In the garden around the end of march anyway I would like to see some videos with you planting and trellising your summer crops
I really enjoy your informative videos. I value the information even though I live in the desert of southern New Mexico. We're already experiencing temperatures in the upper 80's and 90's are expected next week. We have little to no precipitation until mid summer. It may be challenging but still rewarding.
Every year I plant my garden and start my seedlings too early. We had a week of really nice weather, the frogs were singing, even saw some mosquitoes and though, Yes! Spring is here! Then it snowed for a month... When will I learn lol
I’d love a complete long term growing guide on June bearing strawberries. Like how to keep your patch producing year to year, when/how to fertilize. At what point do you rip it out completely? Should you pick the berries the first year you plant bare root plants, or pinch off the flower? I’m in Michigan too and putting new bare roots in a raised garden bed this year.
In northern Illinois, zone 5b. I'm doing raised bed for strawberries this year and pray they survive the winter. In research I've done it says to pluck off the flowers the first year. I am curious too what Mr. and Mrs. Migardener do. Happy growing everyone!
I Have peas and roots I direct planted in March doing great direct sowed more roots and some cabbage broccoli and cauliflower plants 3 days ago and seeds have already germinated.
Four weeks ago I plant carrot seeds but nothing has appeared yet. I live in melbourne sometimes its cold somtimes its hot. What do i do. good job .. keep it up
You have a lot of great information on when to do everything. I would love if you could put it all in one video! Like a step by step through the weeks and what you can do when. Maybe throw everything onto a schedule or calendar so we can better schedule our seasons. :) keep up the good work!!
I have been an amateur Garden since I was a kid. It's so nice to learn from you some of the things that I never thought about. I've started some seedlings inside and in planning my raised bed plants how far apart should Tomatoes go to get the maximum tomatoes to the minimum amount of space that I've got?
I didn’t catch how you transplanted the carrots.. Is that the crop that you said didn’t have much root development yet? I’m transplanting carrots into my fall garden shortly.. What should I look for to know that they’re ready to be transplanted? Thanks!
Hey Luke thanks for all the inspirational content! I'd really love to see some info about your fruit trees and berries are doing and if you're fertilizing any of that?
I'm going to try that method with beets. I have flats ready that need to be thinned but I guess I don't have to with you method. Would love to see the process for the warm weather crops too. Thanks!
I can't start peas inside to save my life! I tried planting some 2 times about 2 weeks apart and both times the seeds rotted. I soaked the peas overnight and planted them into damp soil in the cells, but evidently the soil must have been too wet. I'm just going to plant them directly outside next time, I have never had trouble doing it that way.
I think brassicas are going to go to seed quickly now that the South is reaching 70-80 degree temps. Many years we sort of just skip spring, and go cold to hot almost immediately. Strange to hear you sniffling and saying you're cold here at end of April. Our frosts end in mid-March zone 8A Started indoor tomatoes late for my father. About 30-40 of them. In tall cells made for tree saplings, thinking it was more than enough room. The shutdown/virus has prevented getting them to him 3 hours away. Those are getting rootbound and require constant water/feeding. Strange year for gardening, but glad to have it.
A way I have seen and am trying for starting peas, is to get a length of eaves trough and plant your peas into it at the spacing you want. sprout them, hoe a trench and gently shunt the peas, soil and all, into the trench. you can plant them without disruption.
I'm following your instructions & vids. I do have one question though, do you fertilize your seedlings & if you do what do you use, how much per cell & how often?
I experimented with a jury-rigged cold frame. Put a tray of small melon starts in it. Now the leaves are curling under and one of them looks dead. Not sure if this is from getting too cold--it was upper 50's outside--or too hot--floor of set up got to 100 briefly--or too sunny--partly cloudy day and frame was covered with a double layer of plastic.
Could you please talk about how to use row cover? My cabbages were bug-eaten last year, and I'd like to do a better job with them and any other crops that need a row cover. Thanks for this! I'm learning as fast as I can :)
Thank you for all these videos! I love that you live in relatable climate and not in some tropical paradise hahah, it's really useful for us Northern mortals to watch:)
100% agree! Thank you for sharing!
I would love to see more videos of you just simply planting out your young seedlings into your garden. ... it’s so relaxing.
me too! so therapeutic
Agreed
That's exactly how we do it here in Montana as well. Wanted to let you know I'm very happy with my order of seeds from you. Germination has been about 95 percent with what I have planted so far, so a good rate I believe. Thank you for the quickness of shipping as well!
I just got a job at the home depot today in the gardening department and I'm so glad I've been watching your videos for so long! Thanks for all the great knowledge that is worth so much and someday I will have to do something for you when I can to return the favor! Thanks Luke!
Next year I'm building seedling carts! I'm going to build them so all I have to do is roll them in and out of my heated garage for longer spells each day. I will hang my grow lights from the ceiling and that way I can just slide them in and out without having to disassemble anything. I'm sick of spending hours a day shuffling plants in and out and chasing my escape artist cat that thinks it's great fun to squirt out each time I have a hand full of seedlings 🙄 I'm also going to install poly tunnels on each cart so I can utilize the sun more before my starts are fully hardened off. They can be taken on and off with very little effort and I can shut my grow lights off more often.
Pro tip : you can watch series at flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.
@Wilson Braxton Yup, been watching on flixzone} for months myself =)
You are right about the therapy that comes with getting into dirt and touching plants… We have some leafy greens to put in our garden and this video has prompted me to do something about them now! Thanks for the great video friend
Luke, l am so excited to have found your channel! I live in Michigan also and I was experiencing the same weather as you. This means that your videos pertain to me. I am a horrible gardener, but your channel has gotten me excited about gardening again. Thank you..
Appreciate you videoing this in the rain for us! You're such a good friend to us subbies - take care!
I don't have the article right now, but playing in the dirt can help people that deal with depression and anxiety... it really calms me and makes me so happy to have me hands in the Earth and to get something back that I can eat is so very gratifying. I'm in zone 7-7a and I started an area in my garden under plastic the beginning of March by just mixing some seeds and throwing them over the dirt and just waiting for them to grow. I now have many greens to harvest and roots crops too. I have several types of carrots, radishes, turnips, cabbages, spinach, kale, Swiss chard, upland cress, sorrel, MACHE, beets, and many lettuces, mustards and arugula.... which I have harvested twice from. Also, in another area I have green beans and sugar snap peas growing. Everything is now under row covers and growing great... happy growing.
Just got my first garden going thanks to you! You’re my go to for gardening. I planted my lettuce high density and I’m super excited about them thank you
i did the same about a week ago. I am very curious to see if i can get this high density to work as i have never tried it. I really like the way it looks on top of the added production
I did this for the 1st time last year. Worked well with cut and come again. . Did 2 separate planting about a month apart. Had enough to give some out to a friends family.
The only problem that came up was the 1st planting by the broccoli had some slugs. For the fall, I started those in trays indoors because it was too hot in late August.
Woohoo first garden!
Hey there Luke! I have always planted my perennials in the rain and had 100% success. I also try to plan all of my other planting the late afternoon or evening before a rain. It makes for very happy plants 😊
you had me at lazy ahahha. My snow is finally melting off the containers out back and I need to get my greens out into the garden but they're so used to the warm temps...this is perfect.
Gardening is a learning journey. In a year I learned a ton, this year I have already learned a lot. What did I learn? Not to start seeds out to early. I fell into the trap of a warming trend in early February, thinking it would be an early spring, nope. In 5b it turned cold after that, and last week we had the last gasp of winter with snow.
Next year I wont start as early, and I will have smaller plants. This year I have 1 foot tall tomato plants that had to be up potted 3 times. Since my seed starting setup is in the basement its 12 steps up to the back door carrying boxes of plants to be hardened off. 6 trips up and down every day to bring them out, then the same number to bring them in. Each step is cementing in my brain dont do this again! Let them stay small so its only 2 or 3 trips.
Wow, that's a hard lesson learned! Well on the bright side, you burned a lot of calories!
@@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane Yep, that I likely did, but my old knees are feeling it. I plan on putting almost everything out in the garden on Sunday or Monday, so the classroom will be closing soon, but the lesson learned wont be forgotten.
These early spring videos are so helpful for me! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us!!
I could almost feel the cold as you were planting...almost. Our amazingly cool spring lasted until yesterday when the thermometer hit the century mark for the first time this year. And this is how it will pretty much be every day now through the summer. So I’m enjoying the last bits of my spring garden before the heat makes most things go dormant. As with every season, though, there is always something that shines, and for me summer usually means artichokes that seem to thrive in our hot desert climate. Enjoy your spring!
I love how you can dig a planting hole with only your fingers (even freezing fingers). Shows how wonderful your soil can be with lots of compost.
i found some old pea seeds from ten years ago and tried them out. most of the sprouted a couple weeks ago. Im going to try putting them outside this weekend :)
Such a joy to watch. Really seems like a good guy. I've been gardening for only four years this being the fourth. Learning a whole new way of living and eating. Thanks for you videos bro.
Look at you,Cattle panel trellising!😍
Lol I love that you show when you're just as impatient as the rest of us, (starting those peas indoors)🤣💗 You've had such impressive gardening results over the years, this proves you're definitely human. 🦸♂️ Not just superhuman gardening hybrid man,or something.😂 As always,I love your channel. 😄
My lovely wife just ordered me a really nice walk in greenhouse so this should help a lot with seeding/ seedlings and plants - hopefully no need of hardening off! 😉🤞
man, she is a keeper, your lady!
great! Still need to harden them off, check out Luke's other videos.
Great wife you have!!
I start almost everything inside, depends where you live ! I have a short season so I have to, it gives you 4-8 weeks head start. Beets love to be clumped in 3’s, no need for the inch in between....just saves planting time, then you can twist out one in each clump for early harvest. Charles Dowding, who lives in England shows how to start most everything except carrots inside.
Starting seeds indoors is the way to go....no rotting seeds, no pests eating your seeds and every seed, even cool weather crops like to germinate in warmth.
I just hate hearing gardeners being discouraged to start seeds indoors.
Starting seeds in milkjugs for winter sowing inside a breezeway was the best way to ever get our seeds started. They are bigger, and grow faster in those milkjug greenhouse environment. Hardening them off now.
We planted a blackberry bush four years ago and it didn't do anything for that whole time. This spring, it has some leaves on it and signs of growth! Covered it with chicken wire to keep out the deer. Hope somewhere in the future we get blackberries. Blackberry pie yummo!😊🥧
I love your videos. They are very informative and have inspired me to start a victory garden. Thanks Luke.
My local Dollarama sells winter garden gloves -- they are super-thick knit fleece, and have the palms & fingers dipped in neoprene. I've been out planting fall bulbs & doing yard cleanup in 0C (32F) with high winds & sleeting/snow/rain, and my hands, even when the gloves hands get wet, were toasty warm! I LOVE them!
Luke, can you please do a complete growing guide on blueberries?
Very friendly and easy to understand enjoying your thoughts on the good and bad of indoor seedlings to the outdoors. Definitely following you and I am just learning but doing flowers. Thanks !
I'm in Chandler ,AZ and this weekend (25th April) we are going to have our first 100 degree farenheit of the year on Saturday, Sunday 105 😬 and over 100 for the following 7 days. I'll be putting up my shade cloth to protect my warm weather plants, peppers, tomatoes etc.
It took me three hours today to drag everything out, fertilize, and drag them all back in. Can’t wait to do it all again tomorrow...*eye roll*
Kimchee McPug Lol 😂
Kimchee McPug yep! Here too! 🙄 I built a portable poly A-frame so I can just slip that over the plants after they have had a little time in the sun. That way I can turn off my grow lights and let the sun do its magic and protect the plants from the sun until they are fully hardened off. I just wait a little longer each day before I put it in place. I still have to drag them all in the house each evening. This morning I had to chip an inch of ice out of the chickens water dish.
I feel your pain.
Tis the season.... wahoooooo, me too in Arkansas. Life is good.
I have always put my plants out in a shaded area for 2 weeks. It works for me
I didn't know you could start beets and transplant them. Thanks for that tidbit of info. I like your channel and content very helpful to this newbie gardener!
Just built my first raised garden and have found the videos very helpful. Will be planting here in Wisconsin this weekend.
It’s so strange watching you freezing out there trying to get peas in while I’m already at the point where my cucumbers wilt from the heat every afternoon. Here in Central Texas, I don’t want to be outside much past noon, because we’re in the upper 80’s after lunch.
Stacy Woodruff Yesss, Texas has been super hot recently, Dallas here
Very useful tip on growing three beetroot plants together then guiding each plant outwards. I am doing this in autumn here in Melbourne Australia where the weather is ideal for planting. Once the weather turns cold and plants stop growing I am harvesting some for salad leaves and will try to overwinter the rest.
I live up north in grayling MI and in the ausable valley it Frost’s so often that the challenge of growing makes a lot of people not even try to garden anymore lol
Here in SoCal we are already in 90 degree weather. Perfect for all my squash and tomatoes. BTW just placed my first order of TrifectaPlus, hoping to give it a try soon. Thanks.
Danny Palma I will never go without it again. You will love it 😀
I checked yesterday, all out of stock
Can't wait to see how you harden off tomatoes and peppers!
I just got the gardening bug with these stay at home orders, so happy I stumbled onto your channel! Hopefully my garden is as successful as yours, looks like we're in the same climate.
I love your channel and your products! Thank you for your hard work, your information, and your quality products. So glad you ship out of state! I wish I remember which UA-cam channel mentioned you that brought me here... thanks to them, too!
Tiana Fernandez I found him from Roots and Refuge Farm. So thankful
Debbie Jackson maybe that was it! I will back track, thanks for the lead ;-)
Once agaiin ! Right on time Luke !!! I sooo needed to know this . Thank you !😄
ive just discovered compressed peat pellets ... ive been gardening for 25 years ( well mostly cannabis) but these things are gold talk about being a lazy gardener :)
I've done it this way for the past 3 years now and I've had much success. I try to keep them in a shady area for a few days before I put them out into the sun.
We've had a crazily warm April here in the UK. I've already had my cool wearhers in for a month and have my tomatoes, peppers and cukes in the ground from yesterday 😮
wow I love gardening, we just made our first raised bed and planting some radishes
Id love to see a full tour of All your gardens and grows indoors and out
5:18 I usually plant my peas in cardboard paper towel tubes cut in half or toilet paper tubes. Then I plant the whole thing in the ground. So even if I take a little longer than intended to plant my peas, it's pretty easy getting them in the ground.
Oh, that's a great idea!
Also try the seedling modules/trays that they make for tree saplings. Normal size, but extra deep. Many in small space.
Very cool! Thanks for the tip
@@marianamunoz6075 You're welcome. 😊
Just a note to tell you thank you, I've had excellent germination with the seeds I bought from you, both inside and outside. First year for Tri-Fecta, will be interested in seeing the results. We seem to be having an early spring, usually wait for Mother's Day to get my tomatoes out but may be an a bit sooner this year. No frost for two weeks and a great 10 day forecast. Excited for the (new for me) Orange Roussollini tomato.
I realized my front porch is perfect for hardening off seedlings. It's full sun until about 1PM and then is full shade. I've been leaving my starts out there and they're doing great! The mailman might be a little annoyed with having to sidestep a million plants, though.
I just got my peas in the ground yesterday. Today I'm doing beans and potatoes, and this weekend I'll get my broccoli out (it's still pretty small).
Just found your channel and I can tell I am going to love it! Thanks for the advice on the early veggies. I start mine in our garage so they don’t have any time in the nice “climate control” that many do, and was wondering if I needed to go to all the trouble of the traditional hardening off. See ya, I’m heading outside to plant now😊
Nicely done. So I find myself amending soil and fertilizing and pouring a little water in each hole at the time of planting. I realize its just about enjoying ourselves, and you on the other hand made it easier by just going straight in. Can you discuss your timelines for amendment, fertilizing and how you prefer watering in new plants? Always enjoy your content. Be well
Really happy with the seed order we got from you!. Broccolini is sprouting already!
I direct sowed my MIgardener mammoth snow peas and sugar snap; but I’m glad I get to see the risks on how to transplant the peas. Thanks for sharing
It works for me. I have done this. Thanks for sharing. !
Brilliant way to plant beet starts!
I'd like to see some experiments about plant association ! I remember you did an experiment last Fall (I think) by spreading a whole bunch of seeds to test if plants could live in a crowded environment...It made me think a lot (like a loooot) and I'm now wondering how close the plants should be in order to benefit from a plant friend. We see those companion planting tables everywhere but it never says how close the plants should be in order to benefit from it! So this spring, I'll be planting closer than ever but It'd be nice to see someone like you experiment different distances or different companion planting...
I think that if planting closer together, whether of same type or companion, I'm guessing higher soil nutrition must be required, for some, not all plants.
With companion planting, if meant to draw insects to self, to spare food plants, vs repelling insects must be considered too.
Just a thought.
@@cherylanderson3340 I agree. However, I consider companion planting for nutrients as well. I read that some plants do not thrieve in a soil with high nitrogen content. So.. if I associate plants that thrieve in it , I think it would make a good combo and balance it all.
@@twidledrum36 Yes, it's an extra level of complexity, to pay attention to, isn't it. As some plants will die in enriched soils, & thrive in lean, barren, dry soils, likely with fast drainage, it might work to pot up the desired companion plant, to deal with incompatible needs, & place it near plants which would benefit by that proximity.
Nature often has thought of everything, so, more than likely, there might be other plants - with compatible needs, to choose from for a given purpose.
Alternately, there are some not too harmful ways to deal with damaging insects - which are easier to use on individual plants, or in small gardens. Also, to draw in pollinators, we have the pleasant solution of planting flowers which attract bees, butterflies, moths, & hummingbirds, nearby.
I am going to try the thing with the beets this fall. Very interesting!
love watching your video from Algeria
your plants look really nice I hope they do well I was able to get my cool weather crops out In the garden around the end of march anyway I would like to see some videos with you planting and trellising your summer crops
I’ll be moving the tomatoes outside Saturday and the peppers in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait!
Muse Verdant yeah it’s about 60 during the day and 45 at night here. I’ll be taking them in during the chillier nights
I really enjoy your informative videos. I value the information even though I live in the desert of southern New Mexico. We're already experiencing temperatures in the upper 80's and 90's are expected next week. We have little to no precipitation until mid summer. It may be challenging but still rewarding.
It's now HOT in California, you cant IMAGINE what it feels like during the day upstairs with no ac.
Hello everyone. Video is so good to see
Please don't forget the warm loving plants like tomato video.
Thank you so much!!!
Yeah. But that one will have to wait for a week or two until after last frost
I’m in zone 7b, in New York and I’m ready to put in some cold hardy palm trees to compliment my garden
I love planting videos! Ty!
Every year I plant my garden and start my seedlings too early. We had a week of really nice weather, the frogs were singing, even saw some mosquitoes and though, Yes! Spring is here! Then it snowed for a month... When will I learn lol
Love watching your videos!! 💖
I totally goofed this process last week. All my seedlings bit the dust.
I’d love a complete long term growing guide on June bearing strawberries. Like how to keep your patch producing year to year, when/how to fertilize. At what point do you rip it out completely? Should you pick the berries the first year you plant bare root plants, or pinch off the flower? I’m in Michigan too and putting new bare roots in a raised garden bed this year.
I second that! I have same questions!
In northern Illinois, zone 5b. I'm doing raised bed for strawberries this year and pray they survive the winter.
In research I've done it says to pluck off the flowers the first year. I am curious too what Mr. and Mrs. Migardener do. Happy growing everyone!
Always good information thank you.
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44 KJV
I Have peas and roots I direct planted in March doing great direct sowed more roots and some cabbage broccoli and cauliflower plants 3 days ago and seeds have already germinated.
I’m doing this right now. Thanks.
I’d love a video on how to get my romaine lettuces as crunchy and thick as in the stores.
I live in apartments in Webster, TX. Thankfully I have a small patch on the corner of our back porch that I've been growing spearmint and lavender in.
Four weeks ago I plant carrot seeds but nothing has appeared yet. I live in melbourne sometimes its cold somtimes its hot. What do i do. good job .. keep it up
You have a lot of great information on when to do everything. I would love if you could put it all in one video! Like a step by step through the weeks and what you can do when. Maybe throw everything onto a schedule or calendar so we can better schedule our seasons. :) keep up the good work!!
Please do an update on the Giant Crimson Tomato and when they will be available.
@@AlliyahPerry I heard that it was early summer they would be out
@@SilentKnight12 the last video about them he said spring
If it went extinct how did you have it.
@@jacobmeekhof8614 exactly
Your soil is amazing
I have been an amateur Garden since I was a kid. It's so nice to learn from you some of the things that I never thought about. I've started some seedlings inside and in planning my raised bed plants how far apart should Tomatoes go to get the maximum tomatoes to the minimum amount of space that I've got?
I am counting the hours until I can plant! I've got a grow room full.
I didn’t catch how you transplanted the carrots.. Is that the crop that you said didn’t have much root development yet?
I’m transplanting carrots into my fall garden shortly..
What should I look for to know that they’re ready to be transplanted? Thanks!
I'd love to see when you plant your lettuce starts outside.
He's like the Mr. Rogers of gardening
Unlucky Fish yesss lol
Unlucky Fish he’s a very knowledgeable man with great advice but he’s nothing like Fred Rogers.
Love all your videos, you do a great job with them!
I love watching your videos!
Hey Luke thanks for all the inspirational content! I'd really love to see some info about your fruit trees and berries are doing and if you're fertilizing any of that?
Thank you for making this video!
I'm going to try that method with beets. I have flats ready that need to be thinned but I guess I don't have to with you method. Would love to see the process for the warm weather crops too. Thanks!
I can't start peas inside to save my life! I tried planting some 2 times about 2 weeks apart and both times the seeds rotted. I soaked the peas overnight and planted them into damp soil in the cells, but evidently the soil must have been too wet. I'm just going to plant them directly outside next time, I have never had trouble doing it that way.
What a great idea. I can even put my tomato plants out on my porch bc it doesn't get any sun until around 5pm.
I think brassicas are going to go to seed quickly now that the South is reaching 70-80 degree temps. Many years we sort of just skip spring, and go cold to hot almost immediately. Strange to hear you sniffling and saying you're cold here at end of April. Our frosts end in mid-March zone 8A Started indoor tomatoes late for my father. About 30-40 of them. In tall cells made for tree saplings, thinking it was more than enough room. The shutdown/virus has prevented getting them to him 3 hours away. Those are getting rootbound and require constant water/feeding. Strange year for gardening, but glad to have it.
A way I have seen and am trying for starting peas, is to get a length of eaves trough and plant your peas into it at the spacing you want. sprout them, hoe a trench and gently shunt the peas, soil and all, into the trench. you can plant them without disruption.
oh wow, It's already 80-90 degrees here in California, and only low 70s at night
Thank you Luke. Love your videos.
I'm following your instructions & vids. I do have one question though, do you fertilize your seedlings & if you do what do you use, how much per cell & how often?
Well Phoenix here, got our first tomatoes and zucchinis in. Hits 100 plus tomorrow so we will see how it goes.
I experimented with a jury-rigged cold frame. Put a tray of small melon starts in it. Now the leaves are curling under and one of them looks dead. Not sure if this is from getting too cold--it was upper 50's outside--or too hot--floor of set up got to 100 briefly--or too sunny--partly cloudy day and frame was covered with a double layer of plastic.
Got my tomatoes set out this week as we should have had our last frost last Saturday, which was really about 10 days later than normal.
Could you please talk about how to use row cover? My cabbages were bug-eaten last year, and I'd like to do a better job with them and any other crops that need a row cover. Thanks for this! I'm learning as fast as I can :)
I am trying to start a garden in Alaska for the first time. Can you discuss tips for growing in colder environments?
My wife is asking "How do keep the rabbits, deer, etc. away from your plants? I don't see any fencing around your property or netting on your beds."
Keep a green construction fence close to house, use marigolds and geraniums and onions and garlic near border.