In my bedroom which has the best lighting coming in I have lettuce mix, bulb lettuce, garden mix lettuce, parsley, basil, mint, lavender, avocado, all kinds of peppers, and decorative exotic plants, most seeds still, others huge, and believe me, if it was not for people like yourself, helping us out, I will never know we can do this ourselves. So I want to say, THANK YOU.
They grew very nice in that window. You mentioned not bringing in soil from outside. Well I did and ended up with a free ant farm. They brought piles of dirt outside the holes on the bottom of the pot.
Thanks! Yep, there is no telling what you bring inside until they start crawling around. Haha I have tried growing the plants in front of the sunny windows before (not directly on the windowsill) and they had to stretch for light and got "leggy" - not healthy plants at all - so this worked great!
You'd be amazed how well many plants can grow on your windowsill in 16oz cups. Look at any kind of lettuce, as well as arugula, radish (you can eat the greens), green onion, hot peppers, kale, all herbs, and most especially: beans! You will likely need to fertilize, so they have enough nutrients in that small area, but there's absolutely no reason you couldn't see real harvests of all of these things a mere month or two after planting seed.
Bless you for this idea. my family's drill went missing with a semi recent move, and I wondered what I could substitute a drill with. I had planned to use a sewing pin to poke holes, but your idea seems better.
Donna, what a great idea! I really like the configuration of the double cups to make pots. I have lots of south facing windows and they would be perfect for this idea. And we love salads. Many thanks for this fun and delicious idea!
thanks for sharing this tip I have a very small space to work with and very limited on what I can grow indoors so thanks so much for the video I can't wait to actually try this today actually!!!
Thanks a lot for this video. It really helps me a lot. I have a problem before on when to spray fertilizer on my lettuce but after watching this video ot is WOW! THANKS..
I hope yo show it soon. I have been tweaking it during the cold months to make it as inexpensive as possible so most people can do it. I just do not have much time to dedicate to it is spring, summer, and fall.
A sunny windowsill gets a surprising amount of light! I run a 1500W LED and it produces, at best, 20k lux from 24in away. A sunny windowsill can see 50k lux, no problem. There are few grow lights that will deliver as much energy as a sunny windowsill and, if you go outside to direct sunlight, you can be looking at 200k lux: nothing artificial comes close.
@@RainbowGardens And free! LOL My setup only costs $15mo but that's still $15 more a month than the nuclear reactor at the center of our solar system costs to operate...
Hey Donna , very cool ! I am doing the exact same thing due to lack of space . Ill share a pic of what I have growing on G + . I am looking forward to the other growing system you have been working on for more than a year now isnt it , that you showed us at the end of the video .
Hey there, I look forward to seeing what you are doing. :) Yes, I have been using that little system for almost 3 years now (winters only) and tweaking it all along the way. I am trying to make it very inexpensive so everyone can do it.
If I only have a little lettuce, then I tend to harvest from the outside in. Usually, I have a lot growing in different stages, so I harvest the baby plants, leaving some to mature.
Great question! All plants require a certain amount of space in order to grow well (space requirements depend on the plant). If I leave all the sprouts to grow crowded, they will continue to grow but at a slower rate and smaller size. This is okay if you want baby leaves, however I have found (particularly when growing indoors), it is best to give them space to mature to large leaves.
@@hsgoose333 Sure! If they are fresh seeds, you may have good results. If the seeds are a few years old, they may not sprout. That is why I plant a couple, to ensure germination.
I am afraid you will not receive enough light from a NE facing window. However, since I made this video, I reviewed a great light bulb for growing greens. You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/QUqwug-xRtk/v-deo.html
Great, give it a try and if there is not enough light, those light bulbs are only 15 watt so they do not use much electricity and LED's last a very long time.
Lone Surviver Well it like all the lettuce you see online seems to be like starting at ground level. My seedlings are 1cm tall, which doesn't look quite right. I'm not sure how people are even getting seedlings that grow so low
It stresses them when transplanted and, therefore,, attracts more disease and pests. Leaving the young roots intact and undisturbed grows a better plant.
WHEN are we going to address our plastic obsession? I think I'll use paper cups & recycle something around my house to use as a tray. The paper won't degrade before the plants are large enough to transplant in my old flower planters that I now use to grow food (: I love that more people are gardening in small spaces & cities. We should all be composting & worm farming for fertilizer as well! Lol!
Because it makes things grow beautifully when you cannot grow outdoors in the soil where natures provides many of the needed nutrients which cannot be otherwise obtained growing in a controlled environment.
For all those with opinions: Are you eating the food she grows? No. Then mind your own business and do whatever you want to do. Do your own damn videos and shut up. I'm grateful for the knowledge. Thanks for the video! :)
The water soluble fertilizers do not provide enough nitrogen for sterilized soil. Growing like this does not provide soil building nutrients like growing outside, for instance in my organic garden where I use the Jobes. Generally speaking, an organic water soluble fertilizer will not contain more than a total of 10, N+P+K. The Jobes is 5-2-3, this does not provide near the nutrients needed when growing in sterile soil or seed starting mix (no nutrients).On the other hand, Miracle Gro is 24-8-16 and has plenty of nitrogen for a healthy leaf plant. If strictly growing organic is your goal, you can always use organic soil from outside, but do know you risk bringing in many other things with it as well, inside your living space. if you choose to do that, the organic water soluble ferilizer should be fine.
Rainbow Gardens those are percentages. Use compost or more of the organic fertilizers. Might as well buy for the grocery store if you're gonna put all those poisons in your produce. But that's just my opinion.
I use organic methods outside of my living space in my organic garden AND my square foot gardens. Humans often take vitamin supplements in order to get the nutrition they need because we cannot always get enough from the foods we eat. For example, an elderly person who has failing eye health such as age related macular degeneration benefits GREATLY from taking supplements with Lutein. The Lutein actually slows the progression of the disease. But there is no way they could consume enough greens to get what their eyes need to prevent blindness. I feel the same about plants. I will give them natural nutrition whenever possible but have absolutely no problem giving them supplements. I enjoy eating fresh picked vegetables right out of my own home, grown without pesticides, even organic pesticides. Organic pesticides are used to grow produce just as much as the synthetic pesticides. The synthetic are just a chemical copy of the organic....
If it's not organic it may have GMO's which are really affecting human health in a negative way. I am disappointed in your approach although you may need the sponsorship to keep this site going. I would find another way to get paid.
Bhazleton you wouldn't know what a GMO is if it smacked you in your simpleton face . You're no doubt one of these fools who think every plant that isn't organic is GMO.....get a brain tard.
In my bedroom which has the best lighting coming in I have lettuce mix, bulb lettuce, garden mix lettuce, parsley, basil, mint, lavender, avocado, all kinds of peppers, and decorative exotic plants, most seeds still, others huge, and believe me, if it was not for people like yourself, helping us out, I will never know we can do this ourselves.
So I want to say, THANK YOU.
They grew very nice in that window. You mentioned not bringing in soil from outside. Well I did and ended up with a free ant farm. They brought piles of dirt outside the holes on the bottom of the pot.
Thanks! Yep, there is no telling what you bring inside until they start crawling around. Haha I have tried growing the plants in front of the sunny windows before (not directly on the windowsill) and they had to stretch for light and got "leggy" - not healthy plants at all - so this worked great!
We live in a 192 sq. Foot Tiny House- I have been growing micro greens indoors, but I am going to try this- Thanks for the idea
You'd be amazed how well many plants can grow on your windowsill in 16oz cups.
Look at any kind of lettuce, as well as arugula, radish (you can eat the greens), green onion, hot peppers, kale, all herbs, and most especially: beans!
You will likely need to fertilize, so they have enough nutrients in that small area, but there's absolutely no reason you couldn't see real harvests of all of these things a mere month or two after planting seed.
I over seed and then transplant. Romaine has been the most successful with this method.
I heat up an old screwdriver on my gase stove's burr works great to make holes in plastic flour pots etc also hanks for sharing etc,
Bless you for this idea. my family's drill went missing with a semi recent move, and I wondered what I could substitute a drill with. I had planned to use a sewing pin to poke holes, but your idea seems better.
A Quart size Zip Lok bag can be ysed to slip over those cups also Works for me.
Donna, what a great idea! I really like the configuration of the double cups to make pots. I have lots of south facing windows and they would be perfect for this idea. And we love salads. Many thanks for this fun and delicious idea!
Thank you so much! You are lucky to have many sunny windows. I hope you all can enjoy fresh salads this winter. Brrrrrrrrrrr
I know right!!!
thanks for sharing this tip I have a very small space to work with and very limited on what I can grow indoors so thanks so much for the video I can't wait to actually try this today actually!!!
Thank you for this wonderful idea. It has gotten too hot for my lettuces outside, and now I canl grow them inside.
Thanks a lot for this video. It really helps me a lot. I have a problem before on when to spray fertilizer on my lettuce but after watching this video ot is WOW! THANKS..
Thank you for sharing Donna, looks cool easy to plant and grow then harvest!
Thanks for your video. Just started lettuce seeds last weekend. I didn’t know about using cling... great suggestions.
why not use a compost tea or organic non chemical fertilizer instead of miracle gro?
I have been looking forward to the indoor grow system you built and use!
I hope yo show it soon. I have been tweaking it during the cold months to make it as inexpensive as possible so most people can do it. I just do not have much time to dedicate to it is spring, summer, and fall.
Hello and thank you for the vid! You might get better results with colored cups or foil wrapped.....Roots don't like sun light....Peace!
U could just clip the corners of the cups to make holes
love it. easy way to grow yammy lettuces.thanks
Great video! I'm doing a lot more indoor gardening this year as well. Love it! Merry Christmas...:)
Your voice reminds me of my 1st grade teacher.
lol
... yay & thank u ... l'm encouraged !!! ... ❤
why you cut the sprout ?
Greetings from the Philippines!
Very informative watching here in philippines
Hello, great vedio,we have a shredder, a grinder and a dryer. Do you need one?
Good ideas! Thank you for sharing
Good very good video
Super helpful everyone else explains it terribly
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this very helpful tutorial video.
Can you reuse the same soil?
Hello mam, im also a gardener, thanks for sharing, more power to ur channel, so helpful,godbless
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
Awesome video I absolutely love your channel!
thanks for your great tips and help on growing food...
Wow. Very nice growth.
A sunny windowsill gets a surprising amount of light!
I run a 1500W LED and it produces, at best, 20k lux from 24in away.
A sunny windowsill can see 50k lux, no problem.
There are few grow lights that will deliver as much energy as a sunny windowsill and, if you go outside to direct sunlight, you can be looking at 200k lux: nothing artificial comes close.
Very true! The real thing is always the best!
@@RainbowGardens And free! LOL My setup only costs $15mo but that's still $15 more a month than the nuclear reactor at the center of our solar system costs to operate...
So I can trim them 2-3 times what would be a good rotation to have lettuce all the time?
Really nice system Donna!
Thanks Elyse!
Absolutely amazing video
Awesome idea! Thank you for sharing sweet voice! 😍
Thank you.ill try this.
Hey Donna , very cool ! I am doing the exact same thing due to lack of space . Ill share a pic of what I have growing on G + . I am looking forward to the other growing system you have been working on for more than a year now isnt it , that you showed us at the end of the video .
Hey there, I look forward to seeing what you are doing. :) Yes, I have been using that little system for almost 3 years now (winters only) and tweaking it all along the way. I am trying to make it very inexpensive so everyone can do it.
That was lovely, others harvest outside in and don't cut center leaves, u think that makes a difference on regrowth?
If I only have a little lettuce, then I tend to harvest from the outside in. Usually, I have a lot growing in different stages, so I harvest the baby plants, leaving some to mature.
What a pleasant voice and cute accent you have there. Thanks for the growing tips, I didn't know it gets bitter after a few times.
Nicely done.
How many hours of sunlight are needed per day?
My windows allow about 8 hours of sunlight a day. However, many windows block ultraviolet rays, so be careful that your windows will allow it.
Interesting video! Thanks for sharing!!
Maybe a dumb question (I'm a newbie) - Why do you put several seeds in the cup if you then cut all the sprouts except one?
Great question! All plants require a certain amount of space in order to grow well (space requirements depend on the plant). If I leave all the sprouts to grow crowded, they will continue to grow but at a slower rate and smaller size. This is okay if you want baby leaves, however I have found (particularly when growing indoors), it is best to give them space to mature to large leaves.
@@RainbowGardens Thanks for replying! Is it ok, then, to just put one seed in the cup and see if it sprouts?
@@hsgoose333 Sure! If they are fresh seeds, you may have good results. If the seeds are a few years old, they may not sprout. That is why I plant a couple, to ensure germination.
@@RainbowGardens Awesome, thanks so much! Love your channel!
Great video!
will this work with windows that face north east?
Do you live in the northern hemisphere?
yes Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Thank you for responding so fast
I am afraid you will not receive enough light from a NE facing window. However, since I made this video, I reviewed a great light bulb for growing greens. You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/QUqwug-xRtk/v-deo.html
got a compass found out the windows are more East a little south facing, I think I wanna give this a try thankful for
all your help
Great, give it a try and if there is not enough light, those light bulbs are only 15 watt so they do not use much electricity and LED's last a very long time.
Okay!
Hi, I'm trying to grow lettuce but it seems my seedlings have kind of long stems and they are falling over. Is that normal?
Cranking All Day no usually that is a sign you grew them too long I believe but I remember google having info on that
Lone Surviver Well it like all the lettuce you see online seems to be like starting at ground level. My seedlings are 1cm tall, which doesn't look quite right. I'm not sure how people are even getting seedlings that grow so low
It is called bolting and the cause is not enough light. Do a search
@@richlaue It's called leggy ness! 😩
@@mioangel1227 or spindly
That was awesome.
very interesting. i hope i can do it.
I'm guessing your from the south.. God love that accent!
Grow lights Ae to expensive for my budget I depend on the Sun on my window sill all day etc.
Thank you!
I am definitely going to try this! I cocncur ... great video!
Thank a lot
Aamzing
Wonderfull
Thanks so much!
Live in a apartment building with a little sun light
My friend lived in a North facing appartment that got little to no sunlight. He grew mushrooms instead.
❤️ lovely
Thank you!
THANK U !! IAmStarting To GROW MY LETTUCE IN MY HOUSE
Why wouldn't you transplant the seedlings instead of cutting them down
It stresses them when transplanted and, therefore,, attracts more disease and pests. Leaving the young roots intact and undisturbed grows a better plant.
Fox farms grow big works great
You murdered those plants.
WHEN are we going to address our plastic obsession? I think I'll use paper cups & recycle something around my house to use as a tray. The paper won't degrade before the plants are large enough to transplant in my old flower planters that I now use to grow food (: I love that more people are gardening in small spaces & cities. We should all be composting & worm farming for fertilizer as well! Lol!
Why not reuse cups forever??? Hummm??
roots dont like light,use no see plastic.
a candle and a nail save money.
Why would you eat food grown with miracle grow or anything with the word fertilizer on the product for that matter?
Because it makes things grow beautifully when you cannot grow outdoors in the soil where natures provides many of the needed nutrients which cannot be otherwise obtained growing in a controlled environment.
I almost subscribed until you recommended miracle grow, That is poison! Very sad that you are advising others with horrible techniques.
@@bsflower13 you can always use organic fertilizer
@@eyegardentx You should only be recommending organic fertilizer, I already use it :) Not lining Monsanto's pocket book.
For all those with opinions: Are you eating the food she grows? No. Then mind your own business and do whatever you want to do. Do your own damn videos and shut up. I'm grateful for the knowledge. Thanks for the video! :)
Organic doesn't provide what??? I WAS a new subscriber, but sorry, that made absolutely NO sense. Good luck, and God bless.
The water soluble fertilizers do not provide enough nitrogen for sterilized soil. Growing like this does not provide soil building nutrients like growing outside, for instance in my organic garden where I use the Jobes.
Generally speaking, an organic water soluble fertilizer will not contain more than a total of 10, N+P+K. The Jobes is 5-2-3, this does not provide near the nutrients needed when growing in sterile soil or seed starting mix (no nutrients).On the other hand, Miracle Gro is 24-8-16 and has plenty of nitrogen for a healthy leaf plant.
If strictly growing organic is your goal, you can always use organic soil from outside, but do know you risk bringing in many other things with it as well, inside your living space. if you choose to do that, the organic water soluble ferilizer should be fine.
Rainbow Gardens those are percentages. Use compost or more of the organic fertilizers. Might as well buy for the grocery store if you're gonna put all those poisons in your produce. But that's just my opinion.
I use organic methods outside of my living space in my organic garden AND my square foot gardens. Humans often take vitamin supplements in order to get the nutrition they need because we cannot always get enough from the foods we eat. For example, an elderly person who has failing eye health such as age related macular degeneration benefits GREATLY from taking supplements with Lutein. The Lutein actually slows the progression of the disease. But there is no way they could consume enough greens to get what their eyes need to prevent blindness. I feel the same about plants. I will give them natural nutrition whenever possible but have absolutely no problem giving them supplements. I enjoy eating fresh picked vegetables right out of my own home, grown without pesticides, even organic pesticides. Organic pesticides are used to grow produce just as much as the synthetic pesticides. The synthetic are just a chemical copy of the organic....
If it's not organic it may have GMO's which are really affecting human health in a negative way. I am disappointed in your approach although you may need the sponsorship to keep this site going. I would find another way to get paid.
Bhazleton you wouldn't know what a GMO is if it smacked you in your simpleton face . You're no doubt one of these fools who think every plant that isn't organic is GMO.....get a brain tard.
Thank you
Welcome!