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Winter Sowing Container Comparison 2024, late May 2024, Toronto, Ontario.
This video shows you the results of my winter sowing of 2024. This is my second year of winter sowing, and once again, I’ve compared a few different containers, and I’m showing you the reveal from late May 2024 in Toronto, Ontario.
00:00 Intro
00:57 Cat treat/Greenies containers
01:37 Ice cream tub
02:12 Storage bins
03:00 Salad/spinach containers
04:09 Clamshells
04:55 Water jugs
05:32 Apple cider/vinegar bottles
06:13 Juice and pop bottles.
7 Steps to Winter Sowing in Pop, Juice & Vinegar Bottles
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RUclips Short: Winter Sowing Reveal! 13 Native Species in Juice and Pop Bottles
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00:00 Intro
00:57 Cat treat/Greenies containers
01:37 Ice cream tub
02:12 Storage bins
03:00 Salad/spinach containers
04:09 Clamshells
04:55 Water jugs
05:32 Apple cider/vinegar bottles
06:13 Juice and pop bottles.
7 Steps to Winter Sowing in Pop, Juice & Vinegar Bottles
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RUclips Short: Winter Sowing Reveal! 13 Native Species in Juice and Pop Bottles
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Direct sowing spotted bee balm (monarda), hoary vervain (verbena) & butterfly milkweed (asclepias)
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I direct sowed seeds for three native plants: spotted bee balm, hoary vervain and butterfly milkweed in November 2023. Watch the reveal in August 2024. I also share tips on how to increase your chances of success when direct sowing. 00:00 Intro 00:43 Sowing seeds for spotted bee balm 02:01 Spotted bee balm reveal 02:28 Sowing seeds for hoary vervain 03:47 Hoary vervain reveal 04:12 Sowing seeds...
I buried whole seedheads in pots in the fall. Did anything germinate? Native plant seedling reveal.
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Today’s video, which is from Toronto, Ontario, shows you how I buried whole seedheads last fall and how they germinated in the spring. I didn’t sort the seeds, or separate the seeds from the chaff or stem. I just buried them whole in six inch pots. You can watch the reveal. 00:00 Intro 00:32 Burying whole seedheads in November 01:30 Results in mid May 02:47 Blue stemmed goldenrod 03:03 Spotted ...
Winter sowing experiment: Will a winter sown enclosed pot germinate earlier than an open pot?
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Winter sowing experiment: It’s about growing native plants from seed, outdoors in the wintertime. I had taken five native plant species, and I sowed seeds in one pot and covered it with a vented plastic lid, so they were “winter sown” according to the excellent Trudi Davidoff method, and in the other pot, it was kept open and exposed, aside from plastic mesh to keep out animals. The goal was to...
How to Remove Milkweed Fluff from Milkweed Seeds
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Separate fluff from milkweed seeds by following these steps: 1. Get a pod that has split open. 2. Stay outside. 3. Hold down seeds with left hand, especially your thumb. 4. Open pod with right hand. 5. Squeeze seeds with left hand, while pulling away fluff with right hand. 6. Keep pulling until you remove a huge chunk of fluff. 7. Transfer seeds from the pod into an envelope.
7 Steps to Winter Sowing Using Pop/Soda Bottles, Juice Bottles and Vinegar Bottles
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Learn the 7 steps to winter sowing in plastic bottles in under 5 minutes. 00:00 Intro 00:49 Supplies 01:34 Step 1 Add drainage holes 01:59 Step 2 Cut the bottles in half 02:13 Step 3 Add soil 02:37 Step 4 Add seeds 03:42 Step 5 Labels bottles 03:57 Step 6 Tape bottles shut 04:09 Step 7 Put bottles outside
8 Winter Sown Plants that Bloom First Year | Winter Sowing | Native Plants 2023
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Look at eight native flowers that bloomed the first year, after being started from seed just months before. 1. Anise hyssop 2. Black eyed Susan 3. Blanketflower 4. Blue vervain 5. Boneset 6. Spotted bee balm 7. Lance leaved coreopsis 8. Great blue lobelia
8 Lessons Learned from Winter Sowing 2023 | Native Plants | Plant Propagating | Seed Starting
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This is a quick video on 8 lessons learned from winter sowing. #1 Use potting soil, not triple mix. #2 Do fewer species. #3 Put labels on the bottoms of the containers. #4 Don’t put containers on any fallen leaves. #5 Don’t overwater your containers. #6 Take full advantage of days when it’s above freezing. #7 Don’t overseed. #8 Use your own seeds. WINTER SOWERS Facebook group group...
Top 10 Easy Seeds to Winter Sow 2023 | Native Plants
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Want to try winter sowing for the first time, but don’t know which plants are best for beginners? In this video, I’ll share the 10 plants that - for me personally - had super high germination rates. I estimate that these ten plants had over 95% germination, which let me enjoy dozens of seedlings. How to find plants that are native to your area: Lady Bird Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org/col...
Native Plant Seedling Identification: 8 Species | Seedling ID
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Lost the label of your native plant? Help identify your young seedlings by looking at pictures of smooth blue aster, black eyed Susan, spotted bee balm, purple coneflower, butterfly milkweed, white wood aster, blue vervain and spotted joe pye weed. Music supplied by WeVideo: This Happy Ukelele
2023 Winter Sowing Container Comparison | Winter Sowing Reveal May 2023 | Native Plants Toronto, ON
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Find out how different winter sowing containers worked out for me as I started many species of native seeds. Results are from mid May 2023, Toronto, Ontario. 00:00 Intro 00:55 Ziploc bags and 6 inch pots 02:43 Small storage bins with nursery pots 04:04 Spinach/salad containers 06:08 Wiper fluid and vinegar bottles 07:08 4 litre water jugs 08:04 Yogurt containers 09:30 Juice and pop bottles Reso...
Wow!!! You have so many new plants! Exciting! They all look great! 💚
Beautiful collection! Everything looks so happy!
I have a heat mat, light and 1020 starter trays. I find i get high propagation rates when i setup this up in the corner of my laundry room. Im going to go big just before last frost next year with a hand full of favorites.
I use milk jugs and i think they turn out the best. I have used dollar store food containers and they got brittle the first year, i won't be using them again. I winter sow in January because it gives me a garden interest while it is cold out and nothing going on in the garden. Thanks for the video.
@@sannaericditsler4034 Wish I had access to milk jugs, but thankfully we have other items to re-purpose. Agree with what you said about January. It's an opportunity to garden during the cold weather. Thanks for watching.
Very helpful comparison! I've used several of these container types--but never thought to tape 2 together, for example. Great tip!
@@ofrecentvintage Glad it was helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for including the months. So excited to sow in winter. ❄️
Very helpful! I’m new at native gardening and will be using containers for a while (only renting for now). Thanks for including the scientific names of the plants!
I had the same experience with hoary vervain. I tried two seasons of direct sowing and nothing both tries. Definitely winter sowing for them is better. Like you, I had better luck direct sowing butterfly weed and I did swamp milkweed, but still prefer winter sowing them too because of better germination, giving me more plants to use. I do continue to do some direct sow of the two milkweeds and supplement with the winter sown ones. I have a very large area to fill. A side note, I had only one plant germinate with the direct sow of common milkweed, which surprised me. Thank you for your update video.
Interesting to hear about your experience - thank you. Good luck filling up your large area.
I only sow in milk jugs and sometimes I get nothing out of that. I didn't get butterfly milkweed to germinate at all. I guess I did ok because I did get the hoary vervain to germinate but I only got 1 or 2 plants. I like to winter sowing because it gives me an interest in the winter when nothing else is happening in the garden. Thanks for the video.
@@sannaericditsler4034 Yes, winter sowing is a great winter activity. Good to hear you got one or two hoary vervain - I like this plant.
When direct sowing I always put some seed on bare surface soil and stir some into the soil, no matter what the directions are. Then I cover it with a one foot small wire cage ($1.25 at dollar store.) Pin the cage down with weed fabric pins so squirrels ,rodents can't get in easily. Leaves may make seeds rot, but the cages let in snow but not leaves. This method works well for me, and the area is marked with the cages so you know where the plants will come up. Leave the cages on , so rabbits don't eat the seedlings when they come up in spring.Remove cages when the plants reach the top of the cage, (about a foot).
I really like this idea of cages. Thanks.
What are the cages sold for at the dollar store? I will have to go see if I can find some, I have trouble with rabbits eating new plants to the ground.
@@sannaericditsler4034 the wire cages are white or black metal mesh. Round and Cone like but flat on top. Shaped like a vase ,but metal mesh to keep out rabbits, mice , squirrels.
@@sannaericditsler4034I’ve used the Dollar store mesh garbage cans to protect plants. The ones with the mesh bottoms are better as they let in more light but are harder to find lately. I do use the metal bottom ones too. They are usually found in the school/office supplies aisle.
For the soda/juice bottles, do the labels need to be removed?
@@PaulDzielinski I prefer to remove the labels in order to let more light in.
Can't wait to try this, and of course, learn from my mistakes...😅
Glad to hear you'll try it out.
so lucky to find this video! i’m a newbie at gardening & i’m also an hour away frow toronto. i recently started repurposing our recyclable plastic junks into pots like you too, and i’m definitely gonna be taking note of all your winter experiments ❤ very helpful content
@@traceymendoza8877 Thank you! Good luck with your sowing.
What a cool video!
I agree!
Looks like you know what you are doing!!
Thanks, it's my second season of winter sowing, so it gets easier every year.
Mother nature. She's one tough lady.
She sure is.
Interesting experiment 🌱👍
Yes, thank you!
Fascinating experiment! Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed seeing the results of this.
Thank you. I enjoyed this experiment.
Did you bury the seed heads or surface sow them with tamping them down?
I buried them all with a thin layer of soil. I could no longer see them. But the purple coneflower popped out of the soil on its own.
I learned and tested Swamp milkweed just snip the end of the seed with nail clippers and leave it in warm water until it sends out its radical(1-5 days) or leave it in water (5-20 days) for germination then pot them right up.
This sounds super cool, and I want to try this method.
Good job, I believe your covered pots that had great results were covered much better/more than the covered ones that didn't have great results.
Yes, thanks!
Do you mind sharing what kind of mesh that is?
I used a product from Home Depot called "Everbilt 15 ft. L x 36-inch H Black Plastic Fencing with 1/2-inch x 1/2-inch Mesh." It effectively keeps out wildlife, but it's not great for keeping out weed seeds, since the holes are kind of big. This wasn't a problem for these five pots, but it was a problem for some pots I did in November - there were a lot of weed seeds still flying around, so many weeds came up in those particular pots.
@@NativePlantsNearLakeOntario Thank you so much for taking the time for a detailed response! I'm dealing with a lot of sprouted weed seeds right now, so I appreciate your mentioning that specifically as well. I think I'll try to find this mesh for fencing and maybe try tulle to cover pots I'm seeding. Thanks again!
Great experiment! I'm south of you in New York so I think I'd have similar results. I didn't know there was a milkweed for shade!
Yes, I'm excited to plant out the poke milkweed, but I'll need to remember to protect it from rabbits.
@@NativePlantsNearLakeOntario I didn't know rabbits eat milkweed...! I don't have bunnies but I do have raccoons, skunks, groundhogs, opossums and squirrels in my city backyard. Hopefully none of them get the milkweed munchies! I'm going to look for this variety.
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where should i place my containers? does it need sunlight shining directly onto the containers? or can it be anywhere outside?
Wiper fluid has toxic chemicals! Why would you put plants in a wiper fluid bottle? Those poor butterfly’s and other helper insects. 😡👎🏼👎🏼
This is great!🌱
Fantastic video!
I love this! Please share more seedling videos, when you can.
Very informative and fun to watch, too. I loved seeing your little seedlings almost as much as I love watching my in person seedlings grow.
Thanks for sharing 👍.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber to your channel.
I tried to subscribe , but , RUclips says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Keep making gardening videos and I'll keep watching !!!! Thank you very much !!!!
Been waiting for someone to make this video!!! I think I’ll try the yogurt containers w just clear tape on top since that’s what we have the most of on hand
Fantastic.
This is my first year trying the jugs method. Next year I am using jugs (I think) and also looking into using buckets with custom made domes (to eliminate transplanting).
First year! Good luck, I'm sure you'll get lots of sprouts.
@@NativePlantsNearLakeOntario I hope so. Up to 18 containers
I'm glad to have found your channel because I also live in Ontario, in Scarborough, specifically. My main purpose in gardening is to plant for pollinators so most of my ornamental plants and herbs are those preferred by our native pollinators. However, it's hard to find some of the native plants that grow in Ontario. If they are available, they are pricey like bloodroot, sweet Joe Pye Weed, blue cohost, etc. Like you, I use different kinds of containers that can be recycled which my daughter finds an "eyesore." But once my plants are transplanted and bloom, bees, butterflies, birds, dragonflies are their regular visitors. Modesty aside, our councilman sent me a certificate of appreciation for what he deemed a 'beautiful garden." For me, my better reward is the buzzing bees, the flitting butterflies and dragon flies and the foraging birds, not to mention the rabbit and the squirrel that nibble the leaves of my echinacea and the flowers of my sunflowers. It's ok they need to survive, too, for as long as they leave some for the pollinators. I am now your subscriber. Thank you for sharing very useful information about winter sowing of native plants in Ontario.
Congrats on the certificate and for attracting all kinds of wildlife. Yes, some plants can be expensive, but thankfully we can grow many from seed.
Very helpful. I am new to winter sewing, so I appreciate your informative information.
If you do not have milk jugs in Canada, how is milk packaged there? Thanks for the ideas for winter sowing.
It depends on your province or territory. In Ontario (where I live) and in Quebec, we buy milk in 4 litre bags (in which there are three small bags). I'm not sure about other places, but I think milk comes in jugs in some prairie provinces.
BC has milk jugs
Thank you! This seems so approachable with your explanations!
This was so helpful. I am going to try this, I never thought about pop bottles, great idea.
Great video. Right to the point. Most people are wind bags on here. Thank you
Glad you liked the video.
Have you tried Snowberry? Also do I ignore the package instructions regarding stratification when winter sowing native flowers
I can share my personal approach, although I'm still learning. When a plant needs 90 days of stratification (pale purple coneflower, turtle head) I make sure I sow them by early-mid January so they experience enough cold. When a plant needs 60 days of stratification, I sow them in January, or even early February. When a plant needs 30 days, I sow them anytime in January or February. When a plant doesn't need any stratification, I sow them in January, February, or early March. It's ok to over-stratify a plant (toughens them up). It's not good to under-stratify a plant. Lastly, I have never tried snowberry. Good luck.
If you take a walk on garbage day you can find lots of water jugs in your neighbour’s recycling bins. The extra large ones are great for covering plants after you plant in case of frost just cut the bottom off.
I am a bit shy but I'm not ruling out this excellent suggestion. Especially since I drink tap water, and I don't even drink much juice or pop.
@@NativePlantsNearLakeOntario we are in Hamilton. I am able to collect enough jugs each fall/winter that I can recycle them after I finish with them. If the bins are at the curb you don’t need to ask. We walk the dog each evening and on garbage day find one or 2 each week. You get to know who puts them out.
Thank you so much for making this video, you saved me a ton of time in trying all these different methods.
So when are you sowing the seeds and putting them outside ?
Do ya'll have Chobani yogurt in Toronto? Thatbrand has excellent, thick clear lids. I often use them for " water saucers" to collect drainage under pots. Or to keep them stabilizeed, put inside the clear bins. The US milk jugs are thun walled & become brittle in TX sun here. I like using the rhicjer walled gallon White distilled vinegar bottles which I use as a fabric softener / stain cleaner for laundry. Also using 50/ 50 vinegar water spray to get rid of fungus gnats for inside sowing/ rooting cuttings that my nursery center suggested on fruit tree cuttings. Did not want to use chemicals on edible plants so Im trying this spray & baits / added sugar & dish soap.🤞
Unfortunately I haven't seen that brand called Chobani - it would be handy to find a brand with clear lids since I eat yogurt every day. Good luck with getting rid of the fungus gnats on your indoor sowing.
@@NativePlantsNearLakeOntario Another brand with a clear lid is Fage--my favorite brand luckily.
I also had the idea to use yogurt containers this year, luckily the brand i use already has clear lids ! I also like how easy it was to just snap the lid back on, instead of cutting bottles and taping which can be time consuming
Nice video! Once the native plants germinate and grow true leaves, what do you feed them, and what soil do you use when you up-pot them?
It's good to re-purpose these plastic containers 👍🏻 I do that as well. Greetings from Berlin 💕
Yes, feels good to re-use these items instead of putting them straight into the recycling bin.