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Your welcome 🌱

I got it as a tip in the comments on an older video and am so greatful as it makes everything so much easier. Off to water them now 🌱

It really does make things so much easier 🌱

Great green ogress🤣 I’m picturing fraggle rock.

Thank you🌱

That is great to know thank you. They have germinated but are still tiny compared to my stock and snapdragon planted the same day.

@ Noble Flowers had some videos on growing ranunculus from seed that might be helpful to you. With most people growing from corms, there are few videos out there on growing from seed and theirs are the ones I remember were really good. I think the channel’s name’s changed since; if you’re unfamiliar, her name’s Phaedra and they’re in Australia. I remember maybe 2 or 3 videos a couple years ago?, but they may have updated ones by now.

@@lilacmile I watch Phaedra too. I remember her saying she was trying seeds, she was also the first flower farmer I saw trying to reuse her corms but im not sure if she did an update, I will go check.

@@fromthewitchsgarden what is her channel’s name? Is her climate similar to ours? I’m in Portugal, 10b zone, high humidity in winter, scorching summers 😊

@ I couldn’t find any updates but rewatched her video about growing ranunculus from seed from 2 years ago and still thought it really good. Encompassing and concise. Much success with your seedlings!

Hope you are keeping cozy in the snow. I came to Japan for a year after university to teach English and life happened. 18 years later and I still haven’t found my way home yet.

I would say windswept more than glamorous🤣 I really want these freesia to do well this year 🤞🏻

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Thank you, they are all growing well and it is time for me to start selecting for doubles which will be next weeks video. I hope they are useful/enjoyable to you 🌱

Never, but I will take that compliment thank you very much especially as I am usually sweaty and covered in mud/ mosquito bites in my videos 🦟

It really does make watering so much easier. Are you still under snow there? ☃️

@@fromthewitchsgarden nah it's just super frosty and icy just now. We're at -1 so my garden's pretty much gone to pot haha

I couldn’t believe it when I pulled out the little pod and it was just a warped, melted mess. My stock germinated so quickly and are already looking great, the ranunculus has only sprouted one so far though…

Awwww thank you, I mean if you can’t talk about snapdragon seeds for at least 30 mins are you even a gardener at all 🤣

@@fromthewitchsgarden Haha! I concur!

Thank you, I hope it was useful for you 🌱

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😆 thank you

I have a lot to say 🤣

@@fromthewitchsgarden 🤣

The videos are perfect as they are, many of us like long videos.

So many of my favourite from previous seasons have been things I would never have originally chosen but came from a mix or were all I could find, it’s one of the reasons I like to switch a few things up every season and keep trying new varieties and colours. I’m definitely looking forward to spring to see what will pop up.

The first year I grew anemone I didn’t know you were meant to soak them and they all came up fine. I understand why big producers want to pre sprout but for the average grower I really think it’s an unnecessary extra layer of complication…I hope, I may have to eat my words if nothing flowers come spring.

I’m so jealous of your cheaper bulbs 😫 it’s great to hear of someone with similar taste in flowers and colours, your balcony is going to look super dramatic. I think Tokyo lies at the same latitude as Greece, I wonder if our flowers will bloom at a similar time?

You are correct that the red and white tulip are Carnival de Nice and parrot Estella Rijnveld but the black is not Queen of Night it is Continental which often looks more purple in pictures so I am hoping they come through as black as the label suggests.

Today is bloody freezing 🥶 but the weekend was still in the 20s (Celsius). I’m thinking it might be time to put the low tunnels up before the night time temps get too cold and kill off all my freesia like last year.

Me too! I have some plain red tulip and some red ranunculus that I’m hoping will look good with the blood splatter tulips. I have to think of a better name for them than that 😂

Thank you so much, I’m really glad you found it useful 🌱

The new garden is further away which means it’s become a bit of a family weekend affair. It’s a much wilder spot with trees to climb and hideouts to be made though so the kids are enjoying it so far.

I’m hoping that’s the case or it’s going to be a really boring experiment 🤣 good luck with the ranunculus. There are so many fancy (expensive) varieties out there but honestly I like the simple ones best, if you can get them in slightly muted colours.

That good to know, thank you. I was starting to get a little worried as all the other seeds are popping up but there is almost nothing happening in the viola patch. The poppies are taking a while to get going too and I will be so upset if they don’t do well though I think I heard they like to wait for a frost before they start to show.

I just planted out aaaallllllll my tulip and made a wee video while doing it so you guys can see what's going in. Very different from last year's selection so I am looking forward to spring.

@@fromthewitchsgarden I look forward to it!!

That would be nice. They are growing tall and straight so they could be allium.

I love the freesia smell. Other spring flowers have scent: daffodil, hyacinth but it is often too strong and overpowering but freesia are sweet and light and beautiful.

I have a couple of iris in my garden that come up nicely but I have a problem with vase life with them. They are native to Japan so you would think I would get masses of them but nope just a couple every year. Good luck with yours, they are beautiful🌱

Oooooh this is great to hear! They are doing really well so far so fingers crossed 🌱

Tis the season 🧙🏻‍♀️

Me every video: I have no room in the garden, I don’t know where these are going to fit. Also me: so I bought new seeds cause they are super pretty…

They do look a lot like crocus but I am almost 100% sure I didn’t have any in the old allotment.

I look forward to giving him big bunches of flowers to take home to his wife 🖤

@@fromthewitchsgarden Heehee!

@@fromthewitchsgardenthat will be sweet!

I’m hoping for abundantly, tall and straight😬 I think this year will be good but I will have to keep an eye on it next year and see if I get lots of foliage and no flowers then I know it’s time to space things out more.

I know right 😬 I’m very excited for spring 🌱

Don’t be sorry, each to their own though there is a lot of info about the benefits of no till gardening and on my small garden it makes sense. I do use my pitch fork to break up soil compaction and put air into the soil I just don’t turn it. I hope your garden is blooming beautifully.

It was a really good pairing for me and I would really recommend it though this year I have had to move things around so will be putting my stock with my dahlia. I think it should work the same though with the dahlia starting to come through as the last of the stock is cut. Good luck with your tulip, I will be putting mine out in November and have some really pretty new varieties this year.

Great thank you, I hope they are going to make weird huge gnarly looking flowers to match the weirdness of the corms.

I’m starting to see it may have been a blessing in disguise 🌱

Thank you so much, it’s crazy how much joy a wee jar of flowers on the kitchen table brings me.

I do love oriental poppy but it is still illegal to grow them in Japan due to the effects of the opium wars. I have to be really careful with the poppies I grow here. I am very jealous of your bulb haul, your balcony is going to look amazing!

I am concerned they will be very small but the bulbs are bigger than my muscari bulbs and the picture is definitely more of the full hyacinth form of flower. Also I have never seen deep red and peach muscari for sale. I am thinking they will just be very small/short hyacinth but I’m hoping the bulbs will bulk up over time as the colours are amazing.

Yay for black tulip lovers! I heard Kay Von D moved to the middle of nowhere and planted a huge field of black tulip behind her gothic mansion and now it’s a big tourist attraction. I only have 5 bulbs but it’s a start, might take me longer to grow a gothic mansion though. I will add it to next seasons buy list 🤣

@@fromthewitchsgarden Yes to both! I'd take a field and a yurt...haha!

Yay more daffodils, thank you!

They are amazing aren’t they. I know they won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I love them!!!

Thank you, I really missed the amaranth in the garden this year. It’s definitely back on the grow list. The queen lime zinnia series are my favourites too but the señorita were much bigger and showy…(off I go to buy seeds)

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Thank you so much! It’s a fresh start, a slightly bigger spot, great soil and water on site so I am hoping for big full vases come spring.

@@fromthewitchsgarden ps, I just booked a trip to Scotland for next year. My great grandparents were Scottish.

Yay! I am jealous. Where are you planning to visit? I went to university in Edinburgh which is beautiful, I really miss nighttime walks across north bridge and down the Royal Mile and grass market, such a lovely vibe and the ghost tours are great. Everyone goes to Edinburgh though so , if you can, get up into the Highlands and Islands.

@@fromthewitchsgarden Thank you for the advice. I will look for those on our free days. Our group tour is taking us to Inverness, Speyside, Perthshire, St Andrews and Edinburgh.

I was pretty devastated about the bulbs 😫 but considering I didn’t think I would have a garden at all a few weeks ago I’m trying to stay positive and the new garden is bigger so more plants YAY. I just found some bronze fennel seeds too, I had to get them from a fancy organic herb grower, I am really excited to see how they do but the picture on the front looks pretty. Thanks for the recommendation.

@@fromthewitchsgarden Great! I grew a Persian Basil that is so lovely. If you could get any of those seeds to grow I don't think you would be disappointed. It's really pretty while blooming and more so after.