10 Seed Starting Hacks You Must Know
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Knowing these seed starting hacks will certainly make your life easier. These hacks will help to germinate seeds faster, provide adequate watering to your seedlings, and make more plants using thinnings to create more seedlings.
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I love your content and appreciate that you aren't constantly gesturing and talking unnaturally. You get to the point and the points you make are solid and educational. Your smile is contagious too. Thanks for the reminders. I knew all these things, but some I had forgotten to implement.
Glad you like the content! :)
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Yes, like the content, love the smile!😊
Awesome.....I like the idea putting aluminum foil in the cardboard...Thanks ..our good wishes
You are the first video educating us to REPLANT the thinned out weaker seedlings! I LOVE that, waste not want not philosophy! Thanks Jag!
Glad you like the concept, I have a whole video on this ua-cam.com/video/3l6voV67kKU/v-deo.html
Bottom watering also helps prevent fungus gnats from populating. They love moisture on the surface of the soil. But I also microwave moistened seed starter mix for 90 seconds before use and have never had an issue with them. You can use boiling water instead of microwaving. Just let the soil cool before planting.
The coconut coir also prevents fungus gnats from inhabiting. And two things I really enjoy about your channel:
You do things most other gardeners say not to do such as when thinning. Most other gardeners say don't pull them up by the root as you can damage the remaining plant's roots. They say cut them instead. I like how you say make an attempt to keep the one your thinning and transplant it. The second thing I really like about your channel is your beautiful accent. Keep up the great job!
wow i never knew this! thanks!
@@ThatBritishHomestead I learned that from another great youtube gardening channel called Next Level Gardening.
As a new gardener I appreciate these tips sooo much!! Thanks Jag!!
Thank you for an excellent presentation! I particularly liked that you encourage us to transplant excess seedlings and not discard. 😊
Indeed that's my favorite as well along with the bottom watering to act as a heat buffer as well as keeping the seedlings moist.
I full on love your videos
You are so thorough, covering all bases. Your optimism and joy is evident!
I'm left feeling less overwhelmed and ready to go
Thank you so much for sharing all your acquired wisdom with us😁
You are so welcome! I am very glad you like the content! :)
Thank you so much from British Columbia in Canada❤
The spinach container with the cardboard is a great idea, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
I’m interested in permaculture too, as one of the other viewers mentioned. We live in the west. It rains a lot all at once and then it seems, it will not ever rain again. ❤😅
Thanks Jog for all these tips. I started using various size "Cow Pots" instead of peat pots. Follow the directions in using cow pots. All the best !
Yes cow pots are great! they were out of stock when i was trying to purchase.
Thank you for replanting the thinned seedlings. We had a litter of pigs many years ago that had a tiny runt. I raised her in the house in the woodbox by the wood cookstove on goats milk. She ended up being bigger than all the other piglets. Don't sell those thinned seedlings short. They can turn out just fine !
Thanks Jag, always enjoy your videos 😉😊🌱
Jag's got the best info for brown thumbers like me! Thanks to him my thumb is starting to turn green.
New subscriber.
Appreciate your honest, no nonsense tips 😊
Could you please do a video on how to naturally deter rats from a garden and especially from the compost, the vege patch, etc.
Thank you for this video! I just started growing micro-greens and some other plants using the very same techniques you described! I have a young daughter and I worry about how all the Pesticides in our food sources might affect her immune system.
I love repurposing things that usually end up in the landfill. Thank you for such great ideas!
It's good to see how much water you put in the bottom tray. I was being much too minimal! Also I do have good success with gently separating the seedlings and repotting. I don't want to waste because I'd like the largest harvest I can get to share with others. I have found peat pots dry out SO much more quickly so I stopped using them. I love the idea of the huge bin to put soil into trays without making a mess. Thanks!
As always this video was SO informative. I appreciate the effort you put into these and the fact you keep them short.. Your directions are clear and concise..
GREAT VIDEO! very educational,to the point and informative. Love your channel, just subscribed, keep those videos coming! Thanks 😍🎖💎
The coco coir was a great tip. Thank Jag. Keep on growing...
Thank you Jag. Great information. I'm starting my bean's tomorrow.
I like the way you put so much information in your videos without the long, drawn-out backstories. I'm learning a lot, thank you.
thanks for all of your videos
Oh oh, I use spinach containers with egg cartons to section off! 😂 This is great! I'm not the only one! 😂
Thank you Jag. Great tips!
Great tips! I'll be using them for my next seedling batch!
Thank you
Much respect to your green thumb. Your knowledge is valuable to all who are learning gardening. Thank you sir, from wet California. Loving all the rain.
Yup, its pouring again, thanks for the kind words!
Awesome. Concise. I came up with the half toilet roll n my own. I tried cutting and folding the bottom. Too much work. I tried the whole roll. Too deep. I put the bottomless half tubes in a dollar store tray. Et voila
The egg shell idea is genius for certain plants. Super organic 👍🏻
you are amazing - a guru! I am forwarding this video to others - thanks so much you and your plants have a great day !
Thank you for sharing the video and your support!
Hi Jag
I love your videos. I discovered you only a few weeks ago but have caught up on all of them. I’m wondering if you have any tips (if there are any) to fix sun burnt seedlings. I’ve always liked to garden, but have never been really serious about it and always bought plants ready to be put in the ground. But this year I bought a small plastic greenhouse and started seedlings for the first time. Some didn’t grow, but next year I’ll try some of your tips, the seedlings that grew looked great. I got excited and started gardening off my seedlings, not watching your video first and sun burnt them. I could cry, they look so sad and dying. Can they be saved or will I have to buy plants again?
I've learned so much from your page🌻🤗
Great info!
Thanks Jag for your useful tips ❤from uk ❤
In North I wouldn't suggest his peat pots, egg shell or TP rolls. Easily mold. We have a long indoor season to prepare either they outgrow or pots mold.
Nicely explained, well demonstrated 👌👌👌
Thank you so much, excellent video . God bless you🙏❤️
Great teacher
Great video as always 😊 I'm starting more seeds today and making another video soon. Thanks for sharing this info and have a great day and happy gardening 🌿🌱😊🤗
Are you adding any kind of air holes to the spinach containers?
I do not, I keep the lid a little loose on top for air.
@@DaisyCreekFarms thanks! I love the stackable way you’ve found of doing this
Great video. Thank you
Very good seed starting hacks 🌱TFS!
THANK YOU, VERY INTERESTING 🤓🤓🤓🤓
Great job, your videos are short and straight to the point , I'm thankful for your help.
Thanks for your support!
Your doing a great job
Thank you jag
Very helpful p ful info
How’s lily doing and when are you gonna start the permaculture farm u said u were going to in the beekeeping video
Thank you for sharing this information with us
Mind blown!
yup!
Thank you the seeds will grow fast thank you Jag
😁 thank you for being a Teacher
Jag, amazing content once again!!! When making your growing medium, is there a brand of organic potting soil that you prefer to use. All I am finding here in North Texas are potting mixes.
Thank you for sharing you wealth of knowledge and experience with us.
Reusing those spinach containers is definity a good idea but I don't know if I would put them in sun or grow lights because of the plastic leaching with UV exposure. Most of those containers are PET/PETE which are number one plastics and the FDA does says they do leach under heat/UV. So I reuse HPE and Polyethylene (2 and 5 respectivity) instead where possible. HPE are like food grade buckets, not clear milk/water jugs, etc. You are likely to find Polyetheylene in flimsy plastic nursery pots. Tougher ones might be HPE.
You do not put them directly in the sunlight, you put them next to a window so it can get indirect light.
@@DaisyCreekFarmsMost windows have a uv filter these days, anyway. I use led lights to grow my seedlings indoors that have the right temp and brightness. I figure if it's safe to eat in, I can grow seedlings in it. You don't keep domes on long enough to leach diddly squat, anyway. 😵💫
Is miracle gro a good soil to grow food in pots?
I'm curious if I use the peroxide, will I still get those pesky fungus gnats ?
If you add a little h2o2 when watering, then it would get rid of fungus gnats in pots and tray. I have a video on this here: ua-cam.com/video/_3BAW3x3574/v-deo.html
Sterilize your starting mix/medium by mixing it with boiling water. It will help kill off any gnats residing within and also offer the needed moisture for the soil. Of course wait till soil mixture cools off before planting your seeds.
@@kimakeem9965 well, thank you for your help.
Thanks bro
your seedlings looks so lovely. do you use grow lights or just the windows? we have grow lights that we use as our house is so tiny and we just dont have the space in the house and have our starts in the garage!
Cool info tho 👌
I was able to save some money on seed starting trays this year by cutting our car littwe containers in half.
I can fit 30 jiffy expanding pellets in there, and the taller walls offer some wind protection here in the Midwest during the hardening off process.
What did you cut in half??
I live in Lakeland FL and I don't have shelving near windows so is it okay to grow seedlings outdoors or will the heat be too muche?
Great video ,,always great information
Good information!
1st view jag! Love your work
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This is my first year starting seeds inside. I do not have a window suitable for light to get in so I bought grow lights. Setting up next week. Do I really need heat mats? I do have one bedroom where morning only light comes in. This is new for me. Recently found you and I really like how you explain things and get to the point strait away. Thank you for any advice in advance.🙂Also, do I really need that coconut stuff? Sounds like a good idea but I've never heard of it. Need to add I'm in zone 6.
If you are growing in a warm area of your home you do not need heat mats. Most seeds germinate perfectly fine without them. I start almost all my seeds indoors on a shelving unit that I bring into the dining room. While I have two heat mats, i don't usually use them and the seeds are just fine. Often heat mats are used if seeds are started in a cold basement or garage. But even there they are not strictly necessary. I recently watched a video testing germination rates with or without heat mats. All seeds germinated the same way except the ones on the heat mats germinated two or three days earlier (all other conditions being the same). In the grand scheme of things, that's not much of a difference. Light and water are much more important.
@@sbffsbrarbrr thank you. I need all the correct advise I can get.
I use heatmats as I germinate in my sun room, which is 40s/50s, but if you're germinating in your house which is typical temp (68 degrees), then it's not needed.
You don't need grow lights while germinating, but as soon as the seedlings pop up,they do need strong light, or else be transplanted right away to the garden.
@@michaelgusovsky thank you for responding. Every tip helps me.
I'm in zone 6 as well and having a heat mat would serve well if you're not able to set plants outside in the sun and warmth right now. It's really good for growing things like really hot peppers or eggplant but it's not mandatory that you have one. If you decide not to get one just plant a few extras in case some don't germinate and expect to wait a bit longer for them to come up.
I thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have been very disappointed and discouraged about gardening as I have been trying to get my seeds to germinate without success. I think soaking the seeds will help. Is soaking good for all the seeds?
Someone suggested putting seeds in water to test their viability, but they neglected to say how long I'd have to watch and wait; would I be able to know immediately, or maybe it might take all night before I could tell if it was a good seed? These questions may seem silly, but when you don't know, it can be devastating. Especially if it's important. Good gardening is important to me!
Furthermore, pressing the seeds down the way you did, along with adding the coconut coir as a top layer, is absolutely the best idea I've heard in a long time. Thank you again for sharing. I don't feel as sad now. 🙂💓💗
As a general rule, soaking is great for all seeds - and for how long you need to wait to see if they're viable is all dependent on what the seed will grow. I do this with celery plants and they can take up to a week to show viability. Some might only take a few days but generally once you see the sprout emerge from the seed husk... you've got a viable seed :) Once you see the sprout, remove it and plant it in your growing medium - or the sprout will drown and rot in the water.
Look into the baggie method to germinate your seeds. I have had success using this method.
Great info, jag, but 1 question:
I never wanted to use Coco coir (or toilet paper roll) seedling trays because it seems like the seedling will have to struggle to push through the material to extend its roots, and roots will become rootbound.
I've heard another gardener echo these thoughts, too.
You're sure it won't inhibit seedlings?
Maybe I need to do a side by side experiment.
I have never had an issue with the toilet paper rolls for starting peas. Remember, you have to keep the soil moistened, and moisture breaks it down over time, so it expands quite easily. NOT to mention, the worms love cardboard. Now if you have a hardened cardboard roll like they use for foils, I don't use those for the reason you mentioned... but regular paper towels and tp rolls are easy peasy for roots and breaking down. In fact, I've had them break down before planting before.
If you use the peat pots, or any paper-like product, just make sure to bury the tops or cut them away when you transplant your seedlings. That rim above ground will suck all the moisture out of the soil around your seedling in the ground. I just snip it off at time of planting unless it's one I can fill up with more soil and bury the whole thing, mulching over it.
@@paddyotterness Yes, egg shells take a year or so to break down. I mentioned this in "7 Things You Can Bury in Garden" video. When growing in egg shells. Break the egg a little before planting, I show this in the video but I did not say it. I should have mentioned.
Hi Michael, Toilet paper rolls degrade quickly if kept moist and roots grow through them and under them. I also do not cover the bottom. Make sure to bury the entire roll under the soil and the rim should not show up above ground.
@@joanies6778 thank you!
Had same problem with toilet paper rolls... Cut one side with scissors before planting
Hi Jag, thank you for these very useful tips.I am starting a new garden.I would like to know how to plan a vegetable garden for all year round. I am from zone 9. What should I grow each season? Thank you for your encouragement & inspiration.
Hmm, another video idea. Another subscriber also asked for this. Will make the video! :)
Thank you, Jag. Also , can you please educate us about combination crops what grows well with what? Thank you
I feel a sunflowers pain went put in a pot and moved around when it just wants to dance with the sun.
Great Ideas?
Hi Jag❤
I’m in Canada. And after seed starting we have to keep plants in sunlight for couple of hr each day than we have to plant in raised. But my problem is I have job now and everyday I’m coming home @ 5:30. So can I keep my seedlings under green net in morning and bring them in when I come home? And if it is yes than what kind of green net I have to look for? As we don’t have nursery in our town so I have to buy it from Amazon. Can u pls guide me so that I can decide wherever I can start my seedlings or not ?
I had good results germinating some micro dwarf tomatoes using toilet paper cores but after I moved them into a 1 qt container they developed some fuzzy white mildew looking stuff on top of the soil. Other tomatoes I started in solo cups didn't do this. 🤷♀️
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I am going to show my wife this seedling transplanting she hates killing plants. Well then again can't say I like killing them seems like a waste.
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Note..on bottom watering make sure the trays hit the bottom...i have several plug trays that dont!!!!!!!!
That why he said he does them half way.
I tried this, but the paper roll got very moldy.
It's good, that's how they will decompose underground when planted and worms love the mold.
hi jag, i love your content. is your full name Jag or is it Jagjit? there is a very famous singer in india whose name is also jagjit singh. maybe you would like his music, itis on youtube. i love india
Yes I have listened to Jagjit Singh's music. He was my Mom's Uncle's classmate in Punjab. My name is Jagmeet. It means the Friend of the World. Jagjit means the One Who Wins Over the World.
@@DaisyCreekFarms wow very amazing. i am a new gardener and your channel is very helpful to me thank you
Where in nature does hydrogen peroxide get on seeds 🤔👀
Where in nature do seeds grow in trays and then get planted in ground? The idea is to garden in harmony with nature by using products that break down into natural non toxic elements. H2O2 breaks down into water and oxygen. Hope this helps.
handsome 🙂