Winter Sowing for beginners (How to, Supplies, Seeds and Other Random Thoughts)
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- You don't need a lot of supplies or expensive things to start winter sowing, in fact, by reusing some plastic items from the recycling bin, you might have everything that you need already.
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When you said you hate to thin seedlings, I cannot tell you how much I relate. It feels like I put in so much effort and time and money into planting what I do and to thin plants that are doing well is so painful and I never want to. It’s why we had 4x as many tomatoes last year as we originally intended.
OMGosh yes! Especially tomatoes!
I try to only plant as many seeds as I'm comfortable with handling lol. I had 3 tomato plants in one of those fresh step buckets and I didn't want to thin them, they got huge together, then one day they all wilted. I saved two of them and repotted the second one.
For carrots I'll take my craft tweezers and wrap them with tape to prevent damage and I'll premake tiny holes to transplant the tiny sprouts. That took a while but I got a good crop.
This is my 3rd year winter sowing, I love this method . I start all my brassicas, a few peppers, tomatoes, herbs and flowers
I use sifted Happy Frog potting mix. It removes chunks of wood, larger perlite and other debris that the seeds might stick to instead of getting in contact with the soil.
This is SO clear, SO well explained. Thanks. You also avoid that bugbear of amateur presenters - having music playing all the time. It is wonderful just to be able to focus on your voice. David
Agree. It's so annoying when people have background music while giving information. She does an excellent job
yes, I hate the ones with music......I love to hear the speaker .....no music.
Winter sowing tomatoes produced the sturdiest plants. Usually now I don’t plant tomatoes I just wait for the freebies to pop up on their own 😊
Awesome!
Due to time constraints, I decided not to plant any of our Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes last season (2023). I was pleasantly surprised to find several volunteer Sweet 100s come up in one of our beds where evidently my husband had thrown some that had not made it the year before. I just love volunteer plants that decide to seed themselves. I also got a couple of pumpkin plants this past year also, what a treat.
My mother in law loves the Big Mama tomato, but last summer all of her seedlings of that variety failed. Surprisingly, while I was tending her garden for her I found about 6 volunteers and immediately staked them up. They did really well, and I made sure to save seeds for her this year.
@@suzycowan5072sweet 100 cherry tomato - is hybrid. Volunteer plants from hybrid parents might not look and taste as the parent plant. If you want same taste, must try to plant from the hybrid seeds again.
This woman really knows what she's doing. The entire channel is proof!
Thank you!
When deciding what soil to use, we have to remember that a seed starting mix does not have any nutrients in it at all. God gives each seed just enough nutrients within its casing to help it come up to just its first set of true leaves and then it is up to us to feed them and give them the nutrients they need, often times we must also up-pot the seedlings into larger containers until they are finally moved into the garden. But when using a potting mix that already has all of those extra nutrients in it, then we are able to just leave it alone, and let them grow the way God intended until they are then ready to be moved into the garden. Using potting mix is so much less work for the gardener, and not so shocking to the seedlings.
Not true at all Miracle-Gro seed starting has all the nutrients seedlings need your commitment has no logic
Thank you so much! I was raised working with my family in the garden. I prefer your simple guidance. 👍
@@JoseGonzales-ul9sv huh? Do you really believe that you know more about how to grow a seed that the seed itself knows? Seems to me that seeds have been growing without a lick of human intervention since the beginning..
Thank you SO MUCH!!! I've never started seeds before, and only used the starts from the store for 2 years. I was SO lost as to what the difference was. I felt so out of the loop! Thank you!😊🙏
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I love winter sowing here in NY set it and forget it. Never had to water.
I planted some Rudbeckia/Black Eyed Susan in my garden a couple of years ago - it's the most gorgeous, vibrant, prolific plant - always covered in bees and butterflies. Isn't fussy - drought tolerant. And each year it's spread and grown bigger and more beautiful. Produces some nice seed heads at the end of the season as well - highly recommend.
I don't winter sow my tender warm season plants like cosmos until mid March here in zone 6a. My reason is because of out crazy weather that can be warm enough for them to germinate and then freezing enough to kill them. I have to watch and cover them when the temps dip too far after they germinate. I love winter sowing and have had 100% success.
Definitely will be winter sowing. I have a small home with a big yard. So growing more seedlings would really help with prices going up
I agree! It leaves some room for other things! I just checked the price for bulk compost and it doubled from last year 😩😩😩
Wonderful, I hope to translate into all languages so that we can benefit more and more from your valuable information
Thank you very much for this informative video. Your winter sowing method is very nice and neat. I love it so much.
I’ve even seen people do ALL their seeds this way. They just do the warm season plants later. That would be great for folks who don’t have room indoors.
I think so too!
Thank you Roxana for sharing your setup for winter sowing and explaining what it is. You taught me how simple and fun it can be. I wasn’t keen on saving plastic containers and cutting them, then planting and taping them back up. Appreciate your channel and learn so much from watching your content. Wishing you much success on your winter sowing seeds outdoor. You’ve given me the encourage to just try it and see what happens!
Thank you so much!
I was hoping you would do a winter sowing video!!! Love it! Love your videos!!
Make sure the potting soil you have has compost or fertilizer in it. Many don't have much in terms of nutrients for winter sowing. Seems the only thing with compost or food in them anymore are organic or miracle grow so you may have to add some yourself. Stay away from anything with moisture control of any kind. They tend to cause root rot unless it's a dry location.
Thanks for the tips! I think that if I get a lot of green tall plants I can do a bath of liquid fertilizer at some point.
Excellent video! I appreciate all of the detail you provide about winter sowing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are so organized! Thanks for sharing!
And..I’m using clear bins just like you in the video. Thank you for the clear direction 😊…looking forward to learning the freezer trick 😊
Agree on using potting mix for winter sowing. Seed starting mix is usually sterile (no nutrients) so if you have to keep plants for any length of time in those containers before you can plant them, they will likely need to be fertilized. Great video Roxanna!
Thank you!
Yes. I heard another gardener on UA-cam mention that. Use regular potting soil for outdoor winter seed sowing.
I have used my salad spinner 🤭 to sift out the bigger chunks such as twigs. That was fun.
Roxanna you make this look like i can do this, and I am going to try, you give me confidence that I can and I believe that I can, thank you so very very much!!!!!!!! This is going to be fun!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
Good luck Janice!!
I had success with milk jugs last year but I'm going to try your method instead. It seems easier, faster, & tidier. Thank you for the idea!
I've been using this for years. It works so well and I'm glad to see others doing the same! Happy gardening and God bless🙌
Thank you!
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Thanks for giving us another winter sowing method 🌼🐝
Great video as always! 😊 Winter sowing is the only way I sow my Sahara Rudbeckia. It always did great for me. But, just like you said, you can’t completely ignore them. They sure are beautiful flowers! You will be hooked 💚
Im so excited for my rudbeckias!
Hi, I started my winter sowing on Feb. 5th, I checked on them yesterday and I'm seeing seedlings, so exciting , I live on Ohio, zone 6 , love the channel, happy gardening, Ann
This weather has been weird, I hope our winter sowing plants do well out there.
Agree that everything going up in prices motivated me to try growing things from seed like tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. I'm also getting into canning so that I can keep what I grow.
Watch out! Canning is addicting ❤️
The library had a demo from the master gardener last night. Very interesting. We used milk jugs. I’m hoping it works. I like your storage container better. Maybe I’ll do my leafy greens this way. They said the flower seeds do really well especially with the stratification process. Wish I could include pictures of the hang outs.
There are so many ways to get this done! I like this one better because they are easy to setup and handle
I have been doing winter sowing fir a few years now, and I've learned a lot.
I will only do poppies WS they do so well. Also brassica, greens, perennials. And some some flowers I want a lot of.
I also use the containers to grow my beans, but I want until it's warmer out.
I've used milk jug containers for winter sowing years ago. It was awesome. I haven't done any sowing this year because one day we have winter temps, and the next, we have spring/summer temperatures. I love the totes idea. Great video, and thank you!❤️🌷
I understand, we have been getting some warm days here lately and it worries me that my seeds in the totes are going to get a bit crispy and starts germinating, this weather has been so weird in the last few years.
I've been saving all the clear water jugs and Kitty litter jugs to start other small ones in they're awesome you can we actually fit a whole 6 pack in them. Getting usto 8b as so many tjings can be sown so early. I sell my extras at the local farmers market.
I love all the varieties! So so excited for your garden space this year. My first year WS i ended up with 6 plants and lots of algae and draining issues. But thats ok because i learned so much in our climate with so much rain/snow and not much sun. I saw another YT vid where someone lived in a similar climate and she really had to double the drainage holes and even make larger angled slashes around the bottom of her containers. That worked for me. So the next year i over compensated and had an incredible amount of plants. i couldn't believe it and decided to experiment and plant them in diff conditions in my garden to see where they grew the best. Huge learning curve. I am hooked! This year i have planned less and trying new varieties.Def had to remember that being in a zone 5 is completely diff than the zone 6 or 7 who have healthy large seedlings earlier and mine need more time to get there.Perennial Rudbeckia seem to germinate later like they do in nature and did really well. This will be 2nd year and i cant wait to see the blooms. I would like to start tomatoes , indetermiate , but in large pots. Love that you showed your larger containers and how that could be easier than milk jugs that i did. Thanks for another great vid!!!
Good luck with everything friend!
When did you put your trays out in the winter? I’m in 5B and this will be my first try at winter sowing.
This video was amazing. I started winter sowing last year for the first time. It worked pretty good. I like your set up, and this was a nice refresher. I also use the plastic containers you use, I never did like the milk jugs.
This my first year trying the milk jug method. I still have seeds I want to start, gonna give this a try. I love all your knowledge you share with all your viewers. Down to earth and easy to watch. Thanks for sharing
OMG, Roxanna! This is a game changer for me.
I haven't had success starting seeds either method, indoors or out.
Those sealed bins are perfect.
Last year, I used berry containers, lettuce "clamshell" containers and critters or wind tossed them around.
Another advantage to winter seed sowing, you don't have to babysit the seedling sown indoors by moving them outdoors everyday.
No matter how I planned for last avg. frost date in my area it's really subject to that season's weather conditions.
I saw MI Gardener do something similar. He cleared off snow from his raised bed and planted seeds directly onto the soil. I think he planted carrots. Then turned over the bin as a dome, secured it with rocks and it also had drilled holes for rain to get in.
I saw that video of MI gardener and I have been wanting to do something but my beds are not ready, I add compost once the weather allows it and it’s still frozen outside, but that’s basically why I have a hoop house set up on one of my beds, so much fun trying new things!
I like the bins because last year the snails ate every thing except a few nasturtium .. very sad .. this is perfect for keeping the snails away!
I will try your way of winter sewing. It's the first time I have seen it done this way.
Good luck!
Great video. I have not had much success past two years with jugs. I am going to try this method this year. Your videos are VERY professional!
Thank you Susan! You definitely should try it and see if it does better for you.
That is a great tip for using the mesh tray inside! I've not had the best luck with winter sowing with only a few exceptions. My best success also came from sowing directly in 2.5" pots (but no covers) and these did amazing compared to the jugs so I'm doing a bunch of test pots (1 per variety) as well as sowing indoors for insurance. I've not had an issue with critters but speeding up germination and growth would be great, so I may pick up a bin to see how that goes. Great video!
I think the bin is definitely better for me! Super easy to water too if I’m in a hurry!
This is such an easy setup, far easier for me than it is with jugs and bottles. I’d rather just try and recycle them. I got a few large bins discounted because they were already damaged. Since I’m going to drill holes anyway, that worked perfectly. But now I’m going a little overboard with the amount of plants 😅
Lol isn’t that how things go normally with us? A little overboard 😂
Awesome video with great relatable advice Roxanna! This is my 3rd year with winter sowing and I grow any seed that tickles my fancy and I've had great luck with it for the most part. I've bought all kinds of containers as well as used salad, muffin, take out containers, etc. for the seed starting (as long as they had lids so I didn't have to cut and tape). I ignore them for the most part unless precipitation is low and when we get frost later on.
Good job Leía! I think I ignored mine a little too much the first year 🙈
@@SoilandMargaritas It's a little too easy for things to go wrong in gardening. I lost a huge container full of beautiful coleus since I didn't realize the container was too hot with the lid on! I kept on watering it and wondered why they were falling over dead! I really admired the ones you grew from seed! 😃😃😃
Never thought of starting my seeds this way. Thank you so much. I'll be setting seeds for flowers, but manly for veggies. They were flipping expensive here last year. Thanks!!
So happy to see this video from you 💗 I will be starting mine this weekend!
Woot woot! Good luck!
Thank you for this video! I had already decided to try winter sowing this year but this will help me use all my little 2.5 inch containers and protect from all the bugs.
Just found your channel!Love how you explain everything you are such a good Teacher!I will watch you from now on! Greetings from Canada Ontario Zone4a!
Awesome! Thank you!
i could tell this was going to be informative right off the bat, great video thanks !
Such a great idea! I use regular potting soil or soil + compost from my beds!
After watching your video a month ago I started 3 different types of lettuces, 2 different types of peas, spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and strawberries on February 27th in zone 6b. I'm pretty happy with the resullts, after 2 weeks all vegetable seeds were germinating except for the strawberries. Thank you for the video
AWESOME! That makes me happy!
I was so happy finding your channel. I’m also in a zone 5-6 in upstate ny. I can’t wait to try this
This technique makes so much sense to me. It's very similar to what happens when seeds naturally germinate in your garden over the winter. Thanks for sharing your setup. This season I am trying to cold stratify soil blocks, but I think I'm going to try your method next season. Very clever.
Thank you!
I must say the best winter sowing video...thank you so much l am going to try it tomorrow l have the seeds going to pick up the containers...love love what a great idea!!❤
Hola Roxanna. I have that blue Salvia here in Central Florida for the last 2 yrs. I cut them down when they freeze and they just come back every time.
Oh I bet! They were doing so great late in the fall for me!
Thank you for a very informative video (without background music!) Using the totes with individual containers solves the problem of separating seedlings that do not like root disturbance, like lupines. I couldn't figure out how to get around that using the gallon jugs. I also garden in zone 5.
I like your set up! I don't have enough milk jugs, so this will work perfectly!
Yup! Plus setting up 120 milk jugs will be a lot harder, also the view from my neighbors 🙈😬
Excited to starting winter sowing tomorrow in zone 10b! Moisture is the challenge I am planning tackle. Have my spray mister ready! 🎉
I'm so glad I watched your video! I love this method and can't wait to try it. I already have several clear tots but will have to look for lids.
Good luck!
What a great method for winter sowing I’ve got to try! I always use gallon milk jugs-(distilled water actually) for winter sowing. I share your disdain for thinning seedlings. In fact, I have transplanted perennial sprouts from viability testing into winter sowing jugs with some success here in zone 6B. The only problem I experienced was last year when temps got into the low 20’s several nights in a row. Otherwise the seedlings survive. This year I’m not pre-sprouting though as it is time consuming and risky. So I just turn my head tossing out those sprouts.
Roxana, did you moist the soil?
I think I’m going to try this this year with a few things. Not only I do not have space indoors, but also the price of power for the lights has skyrocketed in Europe since the war started 😱
Great video, as usual 🙏😊
I did a bit, I don’t like to work with dry soil because that stuff always flies everywhere, it’s not completely soaked but just enough moisture to hold it together.
This year I'm using my hoop house that I usually grow my pumpkins on. That changed my life. I'm covering it with 7 mill greenhouse film and I'm starting as much as I can in there I'm gonna give it a try I lost so much stuff last year I don't know if it was a crazy Storm that blew through but we woke up and everything was dead in the garden so I'm using row covers this year and I'm gonna grow under as much cover as I can.
I love it, this is how I winter so in the bins
It is an awesome way compared to the mill jugs!
Thank you for this content. I will be growing this way...
I will also be growing tried and true seeds this way with prepared containers that have ollas installed. I make ollas.
I will probably use a one-gallon with a small olla and then transplant the one-gallon set up so as not to disturb the roots.
Hello, I’m new to your channel and I thought I would jump on my phone and leave a message right away. I love your explanation about winter sewing I often watch gardening videos all day long on the TV Roku device, which doesn’t give me the opportunity to comment so often I find channels that are absolutely charming, and because of that, I don’t get the opportunity to tell them I decided I’m not doing that this time I have watched a few of your videos. I absolutely love them. I was on a search for winter sewing some flowers, since I seem to always fail at that, because when it comes time to get Garden vegetables in I kind of forget about the flowers. This year I thought I would try winter sewing and I’m so glad I found this video. I am in the mountains of North Carolina zone 6B the new guidelines says were now in 7A but I don’t believe that at all I error on the side of zone 5. I look forward to watching more videos, and what you have to come happy gardening.
Hey! Welcome!!!
This what I have in head for weeks to cool to see it here I’m happy I found your channel ❤ I’m thinking about double I’m sweet potato vines 😊
Loving the colourful pots 🥰
Thank you!
Zone 6a - Have been winter sowing for the last couple of weeks. Fingers crossed I have good results. Great Video!
Thank you!
Very inspiring! I will get started. Thanks for sharing!
Great video, I am inspired to buy some bin’s tomorrow and get started🙂
Thanks for sharing. Im in 8b and 9a and usually direct sow but this year I’ve started a lot of sends indoors and so far so good. Great video
Awesome! Good luck with all your seeds!
Really enjoyed this video. So many different flowers and they are all stunning 🤩 if you decide that you have too many, I will buy some from you, no kidding 😊
Aww thank you Carmen!!
Scarlett sage salvia and the white Amni look like must-haves.
Hi and greetings from Germany.
New follower and I will extend my winter sowing.
Thanks for visiting!
Excellent idea and teaching. Thank you.
I use metal slide fasteners to close my opened seed packages.
I like the idea of using that tote, I have tried milk jugs but didn’t love it. I also garden in Zone 5 Illinois. I also had to look up the source of your colorful pots.
That is awesome! I love the totes better for sure!
Does containers are a fabulous idea 💕
interested in seeing the cosmos from winter sowing,.. I've always have just sprinkled the seeds out and they go wild.
I am sure I showed them somewhere on my summer videos.
I’m in !!! Will shop for totes today !🌻❤️
Perfect! Good luck Tracy!
I always do winter planting. I usually starts January. Zone 9b
It was wonderful to see all the plants that you’re growing. Winter sewing in zone 9A Will be a challenge for me I don’t know much about it I am just starting. I don’t have room for shelves and containers and lights. I may look into winter sowing for zone 9A. Thank you for that video it was very interesting. I saw MIgardener do something very similar with containers.
I’m in Tx, zone 8a, and I did winter sowing this year. I did a bunch of poppy seeds and echinacea seeds, and so far, I’ve had 100% germination in all my containers I’ve planted. I know I’m not as warm as u r, but just wanted to give u some encouragement that it does work well in a warmer zone. I forgot to mention that I stratified all my seeds first bc we just don’t get cold enough here, and both poppies and echinacea germinate better if they’ve been stratified first. Happy gardening! 🌻🍃
@@loricawley54 so you actually put the seeds in the containers and then put the containers in a plastic bin and left it outside? What month did you do that? Thank you so much for your feedback
@doowopshopgal I did mine in plastic clear water jugs bc I already had them from when the main city water supply line broke and the entire city was w/o water. I cut them and made a hinge in the area of the handle, put drainage holes in the bottom, filled them with potting soil, planted the seeds, watered them in with a mister so as not to disturb the seeds, taped them back together, labeled them, left the top lid off, and put them outside on the south side of my house bc it gets the most sun. I started the seeds 1/21/23. I've checked on them once a week since then bc we don't get a lot of rain (and hardly ever have snow) here just to make sure they haven't dried out, and they've been fine. All jugs have germinated, and I planted 8 jugs. I've nvr done it how Roxana showed today, but did what several other channels have shown in the jugs, and it works well here. Hope this helps!
@@loricawley54 Well this sounds very interesting I do have a south facing window and I don’t have jugs but I do have plastic containers. The coldest it has gotten here is like 26 for a couple of days and then it goes back up into the 50s I’m going to try this same method I can start them maybe in December since we are a little warmer or maybe in November even. I would just have to sacrifice my time and some seeds just to see what works for me but I am so glad for this community and thank you for your help. I am new at Gardening and I really want to make this work. I used to love to plant flowers but now it’s more sensible and sustainable to grow food.
@@doowopshopgal remember Lori mentioned she stratified the seeds first (possibly putting them in the fridge for a few weeks before?) so don’t forget about that.
I've grown the lions ear/lion's mane and they are fabulous! Very dramatic. Very tall. Take zero care once up. Has really brutal spines. Self sows easily. I'm in zone 6b.
Those things were INTENSE! I just don't have a big enough property for them, but they did really well!
Using the milk jugs you dont have to transplant out so fast. Since spring weather is so unpredictable i feel like bigger plants will be more stable in the rain and wind once theyre planted out. I will be also doing seeds just like you did in this video too. Thank you for bring us along.
I have many of the seeds you were starting and I do have limited space indoors
Winter sowing is perfect then! Good luck!
I like your idea better and it would be neater to store away till next year. I’m looking at all the small plastic containers that I have and trying to figure out where to put this mess. I will be looking for your containers. I already have to pots from watching you last year. Thank you, great video
Go for it! And good luck!
I remember when I learned about winter sowing from a UA-cam video and I asked if will be possible to use regular potting soil and the lady got upset about regular potting soil, she said if you are going to use regular cheap soil don't even try it and don't come here in a few weeks complaining about winter sowing, she was recommending a very expensive potting soil.😊😊
LOL sometimes I wonder if mother nature looks at us doing and trying all these things and just shaking her head
@@SoilandMargaritas 😂😂
@@SoilandMargaritas Yes, yes she does.
LOL I just use the seed starting mix from Walmart and when the plants start to take off fertilize with 1/2 strength Neptunes Harvest. Ill use potting soil if I’m not going to plant them right away or growing them for our plant sale or give away to friends.
I really enjoyed this video thank you 😊
Definitely trying this
Good luck Cheryl! 🌿🌿🌿
Good job!🌸
I have found the seed starting mix doesn't stat as moist as it needs to be. Especially when it got warmer, the seed starting mix dried out much faster than regular potting mix. In my experience, sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos do very well with winter sowing. As well as perennials too
Oh I might try zinnias this way!
I have grown Rudbeckia winter sowing in milk jugs where I didn't do ANYTHING like you did and it did GREAT. I was shocked. Milkweed did well too. Coneflower.....nope.
Nice! Thank you, that gives me hope!
Roxana, yo también voy a empezar un montón de semillas. Aunque trabajando en un garden center también voy a comprar plantas 😂. But I do know that things have definitely gone up from last year, based on what I’ve seen from what we have been getting this year. Great video, I am going to be doing my winter sowing this weekend. Also, those bootstrap containers are on point!! Love them!
No me imagino si yo trabajara en un garden center 😩🙈 I would wanna get everything!
@@SoilandMargaritas girl! You don’t know the half of it! I do get a lot of clearance plants, plus my discount. So I do save but, my eyes get so big and I want them all!!
If you do plan to thin this year, you could just go ahead and put them in other parts since you said that you always wind up with so many plants, or you could put some on the side let them grow together and sell some or give some to some people that are in need that they cannot afford to buystuff
Great tips!
Hello, new to the channel. I live in Indiana also growing in my backyard have 6 chickens. I follow zone 6 and I am in Central Indiana 12 mins from downtown area.
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Same! This is my first video of yours and I've been hesitating on the clear bins vs milk jugs but you sold me! I already have the bootstrap farmer pots so this will work perfectly! Thank you so much!!
Believe it or not we have had 11 1/2" of rain in the last 18 days. So even with holes in the bottom, the pots were getting too wet. So hubs took a small plant saucer, turned it over, and elevated one corner of the tote box. The water drained out. If the pots start looking like they need water again, I will remove the plant saucer.
I was going to mention that, put them on a high spot so they are not sitting on the ground, that is a LOT of rain!
Another informative video! So do you occasionally hand water these if there is no rain or snow? or does the humidity create enough moisture to keep them going? Thats a lot of plants so excited to follow along with the progress. Thanks for sharing :)
Yes, I check them constantly mainly because I’m out there cleaning or walking past them, so it’s easier just to peek inside, if they look dry I just give ‘em them a nice spray and the lid keeps the moisture nice and long there.
@@SoilandMargaritas Seems easy enough, I might give this a try Thanks :)
Love your videos! Just found you ❤
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Thank you
Im in zone 5 and ive only been here for 3 years. Im still trying to figure out when to start seeds and best, cheapest way.
Hi, I love your video! Thank you for all the information. Where did you get all the small containers? Everything looks so neat. 😊
From bootstrap farmer, here is the link for the small 2.5" containers, but most of my colored trays/containers are from them > shrsl.com/49xjg
Hola, me das mucha esperanza que también lo puedo hacer, pero puedes mostrar cómo las pones afuera de tu casa porfavor. Gracias que tengas un lindo día 🙏
Los pongo donde les pueda dar el sol y pueda llegarles la lluvia y la nieve, y donde esten seguros del viento.
Hy thanks for sharing👍👍👍
Loved your video! Very informative! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This will be my first time trying winter sowing. Other videos that I have watched said that you can start your seeds in December or January. I live in zone 5b. Should I not start them that early? I have also read not to put in direct sun until around March or April so that the seeds will not germinate. What are your thoughts on that? You mentioned one of the cons of getting fungus. What can be done to prevent that and what do you do if you get it?
December or January is super early for me, I try late Feb or Early March, more sun means the containers will dry out quickly so putting them in a bit of shade is helpful but once they start growing greens you wanna have them on as much sun as possible. Fungus is a given especially if you get wet springs, I don't fight it and just leave it. I mention that winter sowing is more for the fun of it but I always have a backup indoors just in case.
Thank you!!
At was the name of seed company you mentioned? Outdoor something?
Those double click cosmos are so pretty.
I agree, seeds are definitely higher this year. I imagine nursery plants will be sky high this year.
That’s “Outdoor Pride”, I have gotten a lot of seeds from them before and I’m happy with the results!