One word of advice if you are pricking out seedling from a seed mix with mixed colors/varieties, etc: Don't throw out the smaller or weak ones, as these are often the ones with brighter colored flowers. If you don't need all of them, take a selection of different shapes and sizes.
I leave the leftovers to grow a few more days and do a second round. Even single variety has a range of germination days. I love this technique for lots of seeds - salad too!
I noticed 3 trays of packet seed popped up about 14 days and just this morning at about 28 days the seed i collected from last year are just waking up 😃😃 yes ! So dont give up on them
I had no idea about this! So if I plant any seeds whose packet says “___ mix” such as Zinnia State Fair Mix or Gazania Sunset Blend then I should prioritize the smallest seedling if I can only choose one to keep? Instead of keeping the biggest strongest one and thinning out the smaller ones?
My dad sold bedding plants when I was little. He sat us all downstairs doing this at 10 yrs old and paid us per tray . We loved it and he called it transplanting. Snapdragons are my nicest childhood memories. And my first tabby cat was named marigold. Great video, thanks
I watch a European vlog “ Green Side Up” that I love. He uses this method with almost everything. He plants in sifted potting soil. Glad to see it’s working for you
Gosh I've watched 29 seconds of this video and I'm laughing my butt off. Serina your the best. "Look at this stupid dust!" is EXACTLY what I would say!! Keep being awesome, you guys. You've got a fan in Iowa
I use this technique as well! For very small seeds and to sprinkle them a bit more evenly, I usually mix them with a bit of sand. It usually results in a better spread.
I love the sprinkling method and do it as often as possible 🌻Glad you are showing this. Done it with leeks, celery, many many of the flowers and more, even tomatoes and peppers. It is easy and it saves space, especially if you can plant them out directly and skip a repotting step. (After hardening them off of course). I sow in deeper trays or containers and in regular potting soil, sometimes with a layer of seed starting mix ontop. The seedlings can grow for a longer time in the trays, and after the first set of true leaves I start giving them soluble fertilizer. If they start to look a bit tired, or if growth is stunted, then I can usually just lift up the mat and add soil underneath. This works especially well for leeks.
This is exactly how I sow and up pot my Snapdragons! I didn't see anyone do it, I learned from trial and error! I use several smaller containers and I got over 100 in a much smaller container and MORE TO GO! Lowe's had snapdragons for $1.87 a plant!!
I tried this method 2 weeks ago on my tomatoes and peppers. I was able to successfully transplant every single one without any loss! I normally put 2-3 seeds in each cell so when the all came up, I am so amazed and happy and now have more than double what I need. I have learned so much on your channel. This will be my 5th year gardening.
Been gardening, farming and marketing for a little over 25 years, but have never used open tray seeding, however in an effort to learn something new to me I will give it a try, thanks for the video and for helping me to believe I can! Maybe you can teach an old dog a new trick!!😊
In the UK this is the normal way most hobby gardeners start seeds - seemed really odd to me that this is presented as a novel technique. I was always taught never to touch the stem and always pull the seedlings out by a leaf just because if you accidently break a leaf it can recover but not from a broken stem. Plug trays and soil blocking is becoming increasingly popular here now in part influenced by how UA-camrs in the US & Canada do things.
Yeah I do the same as Charles Dowding. Prick out at the first leaf stage (people seem scared of transplanting cotyledons but they are surprisingly tough), fully saturate everything, pull up clump, hold by leaf, tease apart, plant deeply up to the leaves, water in. What do you prick out into though if not a module tray? Pricking into even the smallest standard pot feels massively wasteful.
@@Scott3387 Personally I use module trays a lot but worth remembering that the typical UK garden is very small so often people only need a few of each plant. Direct sowing in the soil is also still a very common practice here and most gardeners don't have grow lights.
"Dust" 🤣 Holy cow, that looked like only a teaspoon or so of those seeds. 5,000! Crazy! Glad you showed us. I have small packs of snapdragon seeds, unopened. Now I know to be extra careful opening them, and not assuming that there's only a little dust and no seeds in the packets. Your method is much better than a magnifying glass and tweezers!
I hear ya flowers friend😊. I tried horticultural vermiculite, and it's organic by the way. In a shallow tray, I used a plastic mushroom holder that comes from the grocery store. Dampen the vermiculite, sprinkle them on the surface, spray bottle surface a bit, heat mat. In a few days you can either pot up, I do three in one cell or soil block. Or leave them in until second leaves form. The roots are a inch long! Just make sure you keep damp. I'll spray the side as well to bring more moisture to roots. I kept them under grow lights for weeks😃
LOVE THIS!!! It makes supreme sense and takes the drudgery out of sowing all "dust" like seeds. I watched it twice so far. I wonder if using a channel flat (20 row seed flat) would also be helpful in saving space, seed starting mix, and time. Then 20 different kinds of seeds can be germinated in the space of one flat. The channel flat is shallow and requires a shallow germination or shallow leakproof tray to go underneath. The good news is the shallow bottom tray can be used with other flats that have high cell counts. Standard humidity domes fit on top. I found a great tip is using a silver metallic sharpie pen to number the rows on the flat from 1 to 20 and keeping a list instead of making teeny labels. For more than one channel flat, write A, B, C... on the ends in silver sharpie. I am getting ready to try all of this out.
I bought one of the channel trays to try. I was going to do the different varieties at once but then I started getting worried about germination times. I didn't want to end up with some germinated and some not. Then I'm stuck deciding whether to risk harming the seedlings with too much humidity or accidentally letting the seeds dry out.
But you could seed the same thing in different colours, which is what I do in channel trays!! Then you know they will pretty much develop at the same time for pricking out!!
It's also great for lettuce. And you can do the same thing right in the ground in the warmer months. I actually did this by accident after I let a lettuce plant go to seed. It dropped all its seeds in one place, and I transplanted dozens of them into evenly spaced beds, and it was SO little work! It saved my fall lettuce crop, since I had a bunch of failures in the intentionally seeded trays.
Pricking them out with a metal point ice pick works better than anything else I’ve used of the years. The roots won’t get snagged. For a smoother transition lightly sand paper file the ice pick to remove any fine micro rust that may form.
One method i have tried in the past is using a pencil and sowing into cells. Wet the end of the pencil so it is a little tacky then dip into seeds and poke into surface of soil. I found that you may have a few seeds stick and grow in the center of each cell, then just thin out as they grow. I do this with most small dust like seeds.
Snapdragons are a first for me this year and when I saw how small the seeds were I wanted to throw them away 🤣 This video was so helpful 😍 Thank you so much 💚
Microdust. 🤣🤣 I do similar. Last year I found massive difficulty in germinating them in soil so I used damp kitche roll instead and as each germinated, moved them into cells. What a beautiful flower from such a pain of a seed!
Hi Serina! I love this video and have watching it many times to make sure I'm not missing anything. As a new flower grower, I wanted to fall plant these babies. Last year I did this technique and it worked great. This year, did the same and they all died!! I don't know if it was the soil, they were too young, too much water, not enough, I don't know. Fortunately I only did one cell tray and still have many more in flat trays to transplant. Hope they do better. My potting mix is a combination of compost and peat. Do you think that was the problem?
great tip... I find really fine seeds.. I like to add a little bit of coffee grounds and mix... then they are a little easier to spread without clumping.. I have a little trouble with dexterity. thanks for the tip
I can definitely see how it's important to do this method when sowing hundreds of seeds on a mass scale. We didn't because we are such a small farm, but I think I'd like to try this method as we grow!
It usually takes me sooo long to pot up because I am usually so scared of hurting their roots. I also feel like I have to get the seed starting mix up to the exact same level on the stem as it previously was, or its going to rot the stem... But watching videos like this makes me feel like I don't have to be as cautious! 👍
Serina, do you germinate in a warm area or cool? I've heard snaps like cool(obviously for growing they do) but wasn't sure that applied to germination as well? Also, do you dome yours and when do you take the dome off? Thanks so much!!
Thank you for showing this!! I’m just starting with trying to grow snapdragons and I almost threw the whole tray out the window trying to put one of those dust seeds in a cell one seed at a time 😂
great video. I am planning next week to sow my very first snapdragon seeds (zone 5b so May 15th last frost) and I am trying to learn all the techniques for these just as a home hobbyist.
It works with lots of plants. Anything that isn't sensitive to transplant shock is worth trying, especially if it's a low germination rate or tiny seed
I am a complete novice at gardening. Is the compost to take the seeds different from the compost taking the germinated seedlings? It looks different, and may I ask if you water seeds from underneath to stop them getting mouldy?
This is a common nursery technique for poor germ seeds. A few ways we make it more efficient is to loosen the soil in the tray first then pull the seedling from the leaf not the stem, place the tray in front of you so you aren't twisting to get plants and no need to pre dibble the holes just use your stick to push plants in mid root so if you accidently snap the roots there is still some left to grow. We also plant snap supper deep so they don't fall over.
Nice, I didn't look anything up about sowing snap dragon seeds. I opened the package up and was like "oh hell no" and just trinkled in the seeds and hoped I could pull them apart like tomatoes 😂 then I found this vid so thank gosh
Yup, I normally do plug trays because it's what I have going. You can use anything though. It definitely doesn't have to be a space this large, you could use a small tray too
When I saw people using a toothpick for snapdragon seeds, I nearly screamed, but I didn't. I have a tremor and arthritis in my hands, so that method was a no starter. Seeds (even Johnny's) are cheaper than plants and I blithely sprinkled mine in a jug for winter sowing. It worked fine. No shade on Johnny's. They have varieties no one else has, and the are employee owned.
Oh man this is so great! Wish I knew about this before I sowed them all haha. I’ll have to try another round just to see how this compares! Also, this is my first time with snaps, do they take forever to sprout and grow or is it just me?! When can they be transplanted (certain height? What to look for?) thanks!
What if I also didnt spread them out well...? I have a bunch of tiny sprouts now very close to each other. Should I be worried about them not having enough space to grow for the next week or two before transplanting them?
Thanks for the great vidéo. 😀😀 am looking for advice for sowing pin cushion scabious seed. The packet says sow normal. Some people soak them or chill them. Can i ask what you recommend. Cheers 😃
I'm also growing pin cushion flowers for the first time this year, started them inside a few weeks ago, no soaking or chilling and they are doing great so far!
Ok, I started my snap dragons a month ago and they’re still just one skinny stem with one small leaf- if they even germinated. I moved them out of the warm greenhouse and next to a window, so I hope that will turn them around! I wonder if I should start again though 🤔🙄
How do you get such nice snapdragon seedlings? Mine are so small and fine, not thick and healthy looking like yours. I have them under a light in seed starting mix and they just germinated a few days ago.
using channeled trays makes taking seedlings out so easy. You just pull the whole row out soil and all and pull the seedlings out and less damage to the seedlings. Also if you get damp off it limits the damage
We use pro mix usually. But we just buy whatever our local growing stores brand is selling. We get organic when available and add powdered fertilizer to it
Hi and thank you for your channel / uploads! My seedlings seem really long, spindly, leggy and weak very quickly after they've germinated. I know with many plants they can be planted deep. I'm using grow lights (LED full spectrum from Amazon which slot into a regular lamp her in Scotland) but I'm now wondering if they're not as good as they claim to be, if I'm keeping them on too long, if I'm missing some other basic elements as everything I've germinated to date using similar techniques looks WAY more leggy and not like your seedlings in this video. Any suggestions please?... Many thanks and keep up the great content. 👍 🏴
This is how green houses plant seeds. You do not need to poke a hole. You drape the roots across the cell and use a sharpened pencil to gently push the root in. Much faster. So fast it can be done on a conveyer belt.
Agree. My snap game is weak because of my love hate relationship with the seeds. I use the same technique. My gomphrena game is weak too. 🤣Good luck on your season.
I have saved several spice shakers for that very thing. Some of the holes are a little bigger for larger seeds. I might just tape off some for smaller seeds?
I don't think I'd bother putting them into a shaker, because the time it would take to put them in the shaker, I could just have sprinkled them instead.
But if it’s mixed with fine sand or cornflour over the top of vermiculite, you can still see where you’ve been, for spreading correctly and it falls between the cracks of the vermiculite so it’s still going to get light to sprout while the vermiculite protects it from any drying out or mould!?! It’s worked for me with other seeds so going to try this with Snaps! Thank you from Australia!!
Hiya loved how you did them my seedling are still growing I planted in march and they are so tiny I'm no good with the sprinkle of seeds haha there's loads in the tray
One word of advice if you are pricking out seedling from a seed mix with mixed colors/varieties, etc: Don't throw out the smaller or weak ones, as these are often the ones with brighter colored flowers. If you don't need all of them, take a selection of different shapes and sizes.
I leave the leftovers to grow a few more days and do a second round. Even single variety has a range of germination days. I love this technique for lots of seeds - salad too!
Great point. I also do the second round idea too, to get all the seeds
I noticed 3 trays of packet seed popped up about 14 days and just this morning at about 28 days the seed i collected from last year are just waking up 😃😃 yes ! So dont give up on them
Good to know, thank you!
I had no idea about this! So if I plant any seeds whose packet says “___ mix” such as Zinnia State Fair Mix or Gazania Sunset Blend then I should prioritize the smallest seedling if I can only choose one to keep? Instead of keeping the biggest strongest one and thinning out the smaller ones?
My dad sold bedding plants when I was little. He sat us all downstairs doing this at 10 yrs old and paid us per tray . We loved it and he called it transplanting. Snapdragons are my nicest childhood memories. And my first tabby cat was named marigold.
Great video, thanks
Beautiful memories. ❤
I watch a European vlog “ Green Side Up” that I love. He uses this method with almost everything. He plants in sifted potting soil. Glad to see it’s working for you
Gosh I've watched 29 seconds of this video and I'm laughing my butt off. Serina your the best. "Look at this stupid dust!" is EXACTLY what I would say!! Keep being awesome, you guys. You've got a fan in Iowa
Great tip! I struggled last year. After watching this video I used a small powdered sugar sprinkler to sprinkle my tiny seeds. Worked like a charm!
Much easier then 1 by 1
I use this technique as well! For very small seeds and to sprinkle them a bit more evenly, I usually mix them with a bit of sand. It usually results in a better spread.
Love from India, Nagaland ....my snaps are in full bloom now...we can grow flowers here 365 days..n I grow for myself...
So lucky!
I love the sprinkling method and do it as often as possible 🌻Glad you are showing this.
Done it with leeks, celery, many many of the flowers and more, even tomatoes and peppers.
It is easy and it saves space, especially if you can plant them out directly and skip a repotting step. (After hardening them off of course).
I sow in deeper trays or containers and in regular potting soil, sometimes with a layer of seed starting mix ontop. The seedlings can grow for a longer time in the trays, and after the first set of true leaves I start giving them soluble fertilizer.
If they start to look a bit tired, or if growth is stunted, then I can usually just lift up the mat and add soil underneath. This works especially well for leeks.
Great tips!
This is exactly how I sow and up pot my Snapdragons!
I didn't see anyone do it, I learned from trial and error!
I use several smaller containers and I got over 100 in a much smaller container and MORE TO GO! Lowe's had snapdragons for $1.87 a plant!!
It's definitely expensive to buy every single plant when you have a lot of space to fill
Wonder how much Lowe’s is charging today for one snapdragon plant.
I tried this method 2 weeks ago on my tomatoes and peppers. I was able to successfully transplant every single one without any loss! I normally put 2-3 seeds in each cell so when the all came up, I am so amazed and happy and now have more than double what I need. I have learned so much on your channel. This will be my 5th year gardening.
Been gardening, farming and marketing for a little over 25 years, but have never used open tray seeding, however in an effort to learn something new to me I will give it a try, thanks for the video and for helping me to believe I can! Maybe you can teach an old dog a new trick!!😊
I don't do this for veggies other then tomatoes and peppers, because most veggies have good germination rates and the seeds are a lot easier to handle
In the UK this is the normal way most hobby gardeners start seeds - seemed really odd to me that this is presented as a novel technique. I was always taught never to touch the stem and always pull the seedlings out by a leaf just because if you accidently break a leaf it can recover but not from a broken stem. Plug trays and soil blocking is becoming increasingly popular here now in part influenced by how UA-camrs in the US & Canada do things.
Thats funny since the soil blockers are made in UK haga
I was about to say the same thing to be honest about pulling it by the leaf and never the stem!
Yeah I do the same as Charles Dowding. Prick out at the first leaf stage (people seem scared of transplanting cotyledons but they are surprisingly tough), fully saturate everything, pull up clump, hold by leaf, tease apart, plant deeply up to the leaves, water in. What do you prick out into though if not a module tray? Pricking into even the smallest standard pot feels massively wasteful.
@@Scott3387 I've been pricking out into my mini soil blocks, and its working beautifully.
@@Scott3387 Personally I use module trays a lot but worth remembering that the typical UK garden is very small so often people only need a few of each plant. Direct sowing in the soil is also still a very common practice here and most gardeners don't have grow lights.
"Dust" 🤣 Holy cow, that looked like only a teaspoon or so of those seeds. 5,000! Crazy! Glad you showed us. I have small packs of snapdragon seeds, unopened. Now I know to be extra careful opening them, and not assuming that there's only a little dust and no seeds in the packets. Your method is much better than a magnifying glass and tweezers!
I hear ya flowers friend😊. I tried horticultural vermiculite, and it's organic by the way. In a shallow tray, I used a plastic mushroom holder that comes from the grocery store. Dampen the vermiculite, sprinkle them on the surface, spray bottle surface a bit, heat mat. In a few days you can either pot up, I do three in one cell or soil block. Or leave them in until second leaves form. The roots are a inch long! Just make sure you keep damp. I'll spray the side as well to bring more moisture to roots. I kept them under grow lights for weeks😃
LOVE THIS!!! It makes supreme sense and takes the drudgery out of sowing all "dust" like seeds. I watched it twice so far. I wonder if using a channel flat (20 row seed flat) would also be helpful in saving space, seed starting mix, and time. Then 20 different kinds of seeds can be germinated in the space of one flat. The channel flat is shallow and requires a shallow germination or shallow leakproof tray to go underneath. The good news is the shallow bottom tray can be used with other flats that have high cell counts. Standard humidity domes fit on top. I found a great tip is using a silver metallic sharpie pen to number the rows on the flat from 1 to 20 and keeping a list instead of making teeny labels. For more than one channel flat, write A, B, C... on the ends in silver sharpie. I am getting ready to try all of this out.
You can totally use channel trays! I don't do too much of this, so I don't feel the need to buy the specific trays. But they work great!
I bought one of the channel trays to try. I was going to do the different varieties at once but then I started getting worried about germination times. I didn't want to end up with some germinated and some not. Then I'm stuck deciding whether to risk harming the seedlings with too much humidity or accidentally letting the seeds dry out.
But you could seed the same thing in different colours, which is what I do in channel trays!! Then you know they will pretty much develop at the same time for pricking out!!
It's also great for lettuce. And you can do the same thing right in the ground in the warmer months. I actually did this by accident after I let a lettuce plant go to seed. It dropped all its seeds in one place, and I transplanted dozens of them into evenly spaced beds, and it was SO little work! It saved my fall lettuce crop, since I had a bunch of failures in the intentionally seeded trays.
Great idea
Pricking them out with a metal point ice pick works better than anything else I’ve used of the years. The roots won’t get snagged. For a smoother transition lightly sand paper file the ice pick to remove any fine micro rust that may form.
You gave me great success on my first year with snapdragons. Truly enjoy your delivery, insights, and technique.
One method i have tried in the past is using a pencil and sowing into cells. Wet the end of the pencil so it is a little tacky then dip into seeds and poke into surface of soil. I found that you may have a few seeds stick and grow in the center of each cell, then just thin out as they grow. I do this with most small dust like seeds.
I do that technique for a lot of stuff, especially long and skinny seeds. But snaps drive me crazy
Snapdragons are a first for me this year and when I saw how small the seeds were I wanted to throw them away 🤣 This video was so helpful 😍 Thank you so much 💚
They are annoyingly small
This style of transplanting is simply genius!!!
Thank you two.
Thank you for this great advice. I am getting more serious about prestarting things. After 50 years I am still learning!
I did this with a lot of my seeds last year. Such a great way to just get things started.
Microdust. 🤣🤣 I do similar. Last year I found massive difficulty in germinating them in soil so I used damp kitche roll instead and as each germinated, moved them into cells. What a beautiful flower from such a pain of a seed!
Definitely a pain, lol
Hi Serina! I love this video and have watching it many times to make sure I'm not missing anything. As a new flower grower, I wanted to fall plant these babies. Last year I did this technique and it worked great. This year, did the same and they all died!! I don't know if it was the soil, they were too young, too much water, not enough, I don't know. Fortunately I only did one cell tray and still have many more in flat trays to transplant. Hope they do better. My potting mix is a combination of compost and peat. Do you think that was the problem?
great tip... I find really fine seeds.. I like to add a little bit of coffee grounds and mix... then they are a little easier to spread without clumping.. I have a little trouble with dexterity. thanks for the tip
I can definitely see how it's important to do this method when sowing hundreds of seeds on a mass scale. We didn't because we are such a small farm, but I think I'd like to try this method as we grow!
Coffee stir sticks as labels is a brilliant idea! Never thought of that
I needed longer sticks for my tall paper pots, so they work well
Chopsticks. They come free with a Chinese meal.
Chopsticks. They come free with a Chinese meal.
Thank you Serena! This is very cool and I bet when you get in the flow it is very calming.
It goes a bit quicker once I get into the grove
Thanks so.much..i.planted a bunch and I was wondering whats next...I totally see why this is the way to go...you ROCK
It usually takes me sooo long to pot up because I am usually so scared of hurting their roots. I also feel like I have to get the seed starting mix up to the exact same level on the stem as it previously was, or its going to rot the stem... But watching videos like this makes me feel like I don't have to be as cautious! 👍
Hi Ian and Serina
Am doing a rewatch. More know-how videos like these would be great for days when the climate is less accomodating ...
Hello from
Oregon USA
Thank you for sharing!
Excellent! I’ve had no luck with growing snapdragons; this video is inspiring me to try again!
Oh my goodness! Thank you for sharing this!!! Those snapdragon seeds are a nightmare!
Columbine and basil seeds are the same way.
I had to prick out basil seedlings last year. It worked very well. I grew seven different varieties.
Serina, do you germinate in a warm area or cool? I've heard snaps like cool(obviously for growing they do) but wasn't sure that applied to germination as well? Also, do you dome yours and when do you take the dome off? Thanks so much!!
Thanks you for this video. I am at this stage with my snapdragons, so super helpful to see it done. Thanks for sharing!!
we have been doing this for years with pepper and tomato starts but have never thought about doing small flower seeds like this. Thanks!
Thank you for showing this!! I’m just starting with trying to grow snapdragons and I almost threw the whole tray out the window trying to put one of those dust seeds in a cell one seed at a time 😂
I’m planting snap dragons for the first time this year, so this is perfect timing!
This is SO helpful! I have been struggling with my snapdragons this year. I will be trying this method!!
Thank you One of the best videos I've watched in a long time. This is going to save me a ton of time. Thanks again for the great video.
Thanks!
great video. I am planning next week to sow my very first snapdragon seeds (zone 5b so May 15th last frost) and I am trying to learn all the techniques for these just as a home hobbyist.
They are pretty cold hardy, so you can plant them out a bit before last frost too
The stick in potting soil always works for me too hahahahaha Glad there's more of us!
I love watching you guys, all the best in 2022 take care.
Thanks, this technique will be helpful to me. Does it work with other flower seedlings, while avoiding transplant shock?
It works with lots of plants. Anything that isn't sensitive to transplant shock is worth trying, especially if it's a low germination rate or tiny seed
Good start for new season
I had to do this today with my lobelia and cosmos seedlings, I went a little crazy with the teeny tiny seeds haha
Some of these stupidly tiny seeds are just foolishness when you're trying to start them. Great tip! Thank you :-)
This will be my second year growing snap dragons. Thanks to you🧡🌱
Your videos are so inspirational.
Thanks
I am a complete novice at gardening. Is the compost to take the seeds different from the compost taking the germinated seedlings? It looks different, and may I ask if you water seeds from underneath to stop them getting mouldy?
You are my favorite UA-cam channel!!!!
I use chop sticks. They are the perfect size and have rounded tips.
Good tip
This is a common nursery technique for poor germ seeds. A few ways we make it more efficient is to loosen the soil in the tray first then pull the seedling from the leaf not the stem, place the tray in front of you so you aren't twisting to get plants and no need to pre dibble the holes just use your stick to push plants in mid root so if you accidently snap the roots there is still some left to grow. We also plant snap supper deep so they don't fall over.
Surely helpful for many gardeners out there:))
Awesome! I’ll be starting snaps soon. Bought some gorgeous Potomac and Madame Butterfly varieties I’m excited for this year!
I need to start my Potomac too
I am using this!! Thank you!!! I was going crazy
Nice, I didn't look anything up about sowing snap dragon seeds. I opened the package up and was like "oh hell no" and just trinkled in the seeds and hoped I could pull them apart like tomatoes 😂 then I found this vid so thank gosh
Snaps are the worst, lol
Thanks for the tip. I don’t think I was putting mine deep enough in the plugs!
Great video and tips!!! Greetings from Michigan! 😊
How long do you keep in the new tray once they have been transplanted into individual cells?
Great tips, thank you so much
Could you do your sprinkle method over the plug trays? Have you ever tried that?
Yup, I normally do plug trays because it's what I have going. You can use anything though. It definitely doesn't have to be a space this large, you could use a small tray too
I’ve got mine going in a tray now - hopefully they’ll be ready to transplant next week!
When I saw people using a toothpick for snapdragon seeds, I nearly screamed, but I didn't. I have a tremor and arthritis in my hands, so that method was a no starter. Seeds (even Johnny's) are cheaper than plants and I blithely sprinkled mine in a jug for winter sowing. It worked fine. No shade on Johnny's. They have varieties no one else has, and the are employee owned.
Seeds are definitely cheaper then plants!
Oh man this is so great! Wish I knew about this before I sowed them all haha. I’ll have to try another round just to see how this compares! Also, this is my first time with snaps, do they take forever to sprout and grow or is it just me?! When can they be transplanted (certain height? What to look for?) thanks!
They definitely take a lot longer then most things I grow
What if I also didnt spread them out well...? I have a bunch of tiny sprouts now very close to each other. Should I be worried about them not having enough space to grow for the next week or two before transplanting them?
Did you do the same for your Fever Few seeds? I find those seeds to be DUST. Great job on your start to a new season way to go!!
No, the feverfew and rudbeckia got individually seeded. They are a pain though, so it might be worth a try, lol
When you sow the seeds in the tray, do you add more mix on top, or do you just water to get the seed into the soil?
Thanks for the great vidéo. 😀😀 am looking for advice for sowing pin cushion scabious seed. The packet says sow normal. Some people soak them or chill them. Can i ask what you recommend. Cheers 😃
This is my first year growing them. I'm going to direct seed them with my seeder fairly soon
I'm also growing pin cushion flowers for the first time this year, started them inside a few weeks ago, no soaking or chilling and they are doing great so far!
Very good. I do something similar, with tobacco seeds.
Ok, I started my snap dragons a month ago and they’re still just one skinny stem with one small leaf- if they even germinated. I moved them out of the warm greenhouse and next to a window, so I hope that will turn them around! I wonder if I should start again though 🤔🙄
thank you so much!!!
How do you get such nice snapdragon seedlings? Mine are so small and fine, not thick and healthy looking like yours. I have them under a light in seed starting mix and they just germinated a few days ago.
The centers of my snap seedlings are yellowish, but otherwise healthy. Also some leaves are cupping. I am wondering if the lights are too close???
using channeled trays makes taking seedlings out so easy. You just pull the whole row out soil and all and pull the seedlings out and less damage to the seedlings. Also if you get damp off it limits the damage
How deep to plant seeds?
My snapdragon seeds are not germinating at all. I put them in soil blocks under grow lights for 16 hours. Should I soak the seeds first?
Yaaaaas! Much easier and efficient even with the extra step! Can I ask what brand of soil you are transferring them to? It looks ideal!
We use pro mix usually. But we just buy whatever our local growing stores brand is selling. We get organic when available and add powdered fertilizer to it
@@YouCantEatTheGrass thank you very sweetly!
Hi and thank you for your channel / uploads! My seedlings seem really long, spindly, leggy and weak very quickly after they've germinated. I know with many plants they can be planted deep. I'm using grow lights (LED full spectrum from Amazon which slot into a regular lamp her in Scotland) but I'm now wondering if they're not as good as they claim to be, if I'm keeping them on too long, if I'm missing some other basic elements as everything I've germinated to date using similar techniques looks WAY more leggy and not like your seedlings in this video. Any suggestions please?... Many thanks and keep up the great content. 👍 🏴
Your lights should be down close maybe 3" from the seedlings. They need a dark period just like we do. Seedling also do better with bottom heat.
This is how green houses plant seeds. You do not need to poke a hole. You drape the roots across the cell and use a sharpened pencil to gently push the root in. Much faster. So fast it can be done on a conveyer belt.
Good idea!
Very helpful. I have nerve damage in my hands and can't deal with tiny seeds
That's hard 💗
Excellent ❤
Thank you!
when do you plant them out?
Needed to see this! Thank you!
Thanks for this! I am DONE with the snapdragon pepper dust! I can't understand why they're not pelletized like foxglove, canterbury bells, etc.
I've heard that you can get pelletized snaps from ball seeds, which is an American wholesale option
Do you use a heat mat or dome to germinate the snaps?
Thanks love that idea!!
do the seeds breed true?
Great video. Thanks!
what time of the year do you do this for zone 9?
That’s how I planted my petunia seeds last year. Trying snaps this year! 🙂
It should work for lots of stuff
Can you pikle it and put in soild block
How can I get snaps without lights? I've tried in my cold frame in blocks and direct sow. Not one has germinated😒
Thank you great video great advice 😘
Good morning. How did you get them so big so fast? Mine were sown at the same time and are so minuscule I have to hold them at an angle to see them.
Yes, that’s my question too. Snap! (Sorry, terrible joke.)
These are 2-3 weeks from seeding. They grow slow, and can be fussy to germinate. Just give it a bit more time
Agree. My snap game is weak because of my love hate relationship with the seeds. I use the same technique. My gomphrena game is weak too. 🤣Good luck on your season.
Have you ever used a salt shaker to distribute seeds? I'm going to give it a try, hoping it will do the trick.
I have saved several spice shakers for that very thing. Some of the holes are a little bigger for larger seeds. I might just tape off some for smaller seeds?
I don't think I'd bother putting them into a shaker, because the time it would take to put them in the shaker, I could just have sprinkled them instead.
@@YouCantEatTheGrass good point!
But if it’s mixed with fine sand or cornflour over the top of vermiculite, you can still see where you’ve been, for spreading correctly and it falls between the cracks of the vermiculite so it’s still going to get light to sprout while the vermiculite protects it from any drying out or mould!?! It’s worked for me with other seeds so going to try this with Snaps! Thank you from Australia!!
Hiya loved how you did them my seedling are still growing I planted in march and they are so tiny I'm no good with the sprinkle of seeds haha there's loads in the tray
They are slow growing. Mine take at least 2 months till they are able to plant outside
@@YouCantEatTheGrass thank you that's good to know