5 Seed Starting Mistakes that Might Be Ruining Your Garden (And how to fix them!)
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Have you struggled to start seeds indoors successfully year after year? You may be making some of the same mistakes I was!
Thank-you for all of your insight into your seed processing. It is very helpful.
God bless 🙏
I like these shorter videos. My time is limited, so the more to the point, the better. Thanks!
Thank You Sweetie..
I really honour Your Service in sharing the Devotion You have to thriving
I got a bunch of those silicone seed trays and they're amazing
Good advice
I'm so glad I clicked on this this morning. I've been making many of these mistakes for years 😱
How do you empty the trays after filling the bottom with water please?
Thank you for so many great hints!
I'm happy to see you name my Missouri local seed company! I love Baker. Never had less than 90% germination, and I really enjoy their seed requisition program and the impact they have. Great video!
I took a space blankets and put it behind the plant rack to reflect the light back on them and it only cost me $3.00 and my plants love all the light.
In their latest email campaign, Baker Creek seeds made it clear they are helping to fund the invasion by donating seed proceeds to other countries and NGO's that are communist or marxist in nature. Never ordering from them again. They are not an american company. Any purchases you make with them funds your own invasion.
Thank you! 🙏🏻
I store my seeds in the same containers!
Baker Creek definitely can't be trusted for "heirloom" since they passed off the purple galaxy tomato that is gmo with a snapdragon
Such a quality video. Thanks guys!
What a great view!
i bought a soil blocker and am using soil blocks for the first time and wondered if you have made these and what you thought?
Thanks
Thank You So Much Carolyn. God Bless You And Your Family Always.
Do you top water when you're trying to get the seeds to germinate? Then, bottom water after the seeds germinate.
I subscribed before I watched the video because I appreciated how you started off. Brief intro, a little B-roll and, straight into it. Everything also looks great! Nice set-up. Looking forward to more. Well done.
Why not use Chlorine dioxide in place of bleach? I don't like bleach, either.
That might explain the "Sweet Gypsy peppers" I planted two years ago that turned out to be vulcanic hot!
Great advice on this topic. I didn't even think about growing away from. Natural light. Your mention of larger isn't always better is so true with tomatoes. There was a study done to see if tomatoes produced better if planted in flower or before they budded up and it found if they were in flower they didn't produce as well. My guess is it was, as you mentioned, they were somehow stunted by being transplanted at that time.
great storage idea.
Thank you so so much for all this info! I just got lights and heat mats for the first time this year and as soon as you stressed that they were GERMINATION mats, I went downstairs and unplugged them all! Thank you!
You know? I read when you cut the top off a carrot you can't really grow a new carrot/set. Well, my 5-year-old proved that wrong. If we don't buy from a known farmer, we buy Organic. We had taken a top, and I was gonna put it and just water and let it grow roots. But we planted it. That little boy got three fat little carrots off of it. If I could send a picture, I would show y'all.
I know the video is not necessarily about this. But I thought I would share his accomplishment. He has organic basil growing in the window as well.
I planted packaged onion seeds as well as seeds I saved a few years ago. None of the packaged seeds germinated while my saved ones had fantastic germination. I'm a believer in seed saving. The grow lights are a game changer. 😊
I have the hardest time with my tomato, pepper and eggplant seeds- all my other seeds do fine (cucumbers, all squash, herbs, some floral seeds). I do use the steps and tips you gave (including getting sprouts restaurant trays for individual starter pots), research other factors for my area (5b, Northern Colorado), but my tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant just don't like any of the steps I take to make them strong good starts.
I do not add any fertilizer to the seedlings (whether natural/ organic or chemical)- we never really had an issue with the starts not having any fertilizer. Maybe that's what I will need to change up this time around.
Does it decrease their life span if where I keep them freezes in winter? I was thinking in nature they overwinter fine out in nature, but I'm not sure if I'm decreasing their value.
Thanks for sharing this! I learned a few more things about starting seedlings ❤
I finally purchased a photo case for my seeds and I love it. I also grabbed some index cards and as I am seeding I make notes on the cards and put them in the box that the seeds are in. I like that way better than messing with a notebook.
Well presented video. Learned alot, as Im about to seed start for my first time. You & Josh are great!
Loved this video! The music didn't even bug me.
I have been watering my seedlings with the water I draw off of my fish tanks and don't know how I raised seedlings without it.
Deb from the fertile but wet Pacific coast, now in Troy Montana… where I'm learning what I can grow in a bed of big rocks lol.
So u mention away from sunlight….so leaving the seeds out in a room with no windows but my grow lights on….is that okay short term during the spring seed starting months?
Love all your videos, I've got my things ready try antibiotic sauve so will watch that one again now!!
Thanks for the tips. I don't even have a good place to grow seedlings but that doesn't stop me. I didn't know about fertilizing them.
Synchronicity! Reading a gardening magazine, making my plan for tomorrow's planting, picked up phone to take photo of something and saw your notification. You are amazing Caroline. Thankyou so much for generously sharing your wealth of knowledge ❤
I appreciate you sharing what you've learned from your mistakes. Great video!