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@@stephaniestuff1651 absolutely! Winter sowing works most anywhere, as long as you experience seasons in your climate. 💚🌱

@@K414nn4love that you have fallen in love with gardening - it is truly the best! I have never used straight compost, but have used it to “stretch” potting mix before when I was running low. I might try mixing it with coco coir or perlite to make sure it is light enough for the seedlings to get air to their roots and grow. Also, here is an answer I found from Trudi on using compost in general…hope it helps! 💚🌱 “I am leaning on towards it might be too rich, not for germination, but may foster faster growth that weather would normally control and that weak growth could die off. However, I think mixing it with ground in a draining bucket, dowsing it with a kettle boiling water to kill seeds and bacteria or virus; then you can use it. Compost is a great additive to soils, you can also put it down now and dig in to the beds you plan for your WS seedlings. You can use it mixed in with some soil but otherwise it's great for the ground where you will put your transplants.”

@@JoyfulfarmerThank you so much for the insight! I think it won’t hurt me just get a bag of potting mix, I really want to be successful with my two types of Gaura and Native Penstamons! Thank you❤️❤️❤️🤗

@@tommielourogers4327 wow! That is amazing that you are finding a way to grow your own food despite the challenge of contaminated soil. I wish you a very productive 2025 garden! Thank you for watching. 💚🌱

@@Gotchapic that is amazing! Wishing you the best 2025 garden! ☺️💚🌱

@@DaraRich great question! True winter sowing is done in winter in vented containers and seeds will not sprout until conditions are right for them outside. You would sow at the same time we do, but your seeds will hold off sprouting until it warms up in the spring, a little later than ours here in the southern US. In areas with shorter growing seasons (last frost date in spring to first frost date in the fall) seed selection is going to be key in being successful with winter sowing. It works especially well for seeds native to your area and plants that are perennial to your climate, but any temperate seeds can be sown that are not tropical. How long is your growing season?

@ Our growing season is pretty long (5b), but as you say in the video there‘s issues in the spring with changing temperature patterns. My challenge differs from freezing to burning of the plants in containers. The same in our little unheated greenhouse. But I guess winter sowing could help me cope with limited space for indoor propagation for my large outdoor field. Every year there’s a little struggle with planting out in April and babying the cold sensitive seedlings at the same time. I know what procrastination and dying of baby plants is like🫣😉 Maybe a try in temperate varietys like lavender, parsley, kohlrabi, lettuce(…) would work here. Thank you for the video and also for taking time for your nice answer☺️. I appreciate it

@@DaraRich sounds like you have some of the same issues with fluctuating temperatures that I do. We have the occasional polar air that reaches us here in 8a and it can reach the negative teens Celsius. I don’t like losing plants…I do cheat and modify this method for certain plants by bringing some inside or giving them extra cover, and I talk about that in Part 2 which should post this weekend. This will be the first year I experiment with putting some of my winter sowing containers in our tunnel to see how that goes. I hope the experimenting will work out for you and wish you the best growing season in 2025! Thank you for watching!💚🌱

@ thank you, that’s nice! Wish the same for you.😃🌱 I‘m looking forward to part 2! Especially the better sprouting rates in coneflowers sound interesting! Maybe it also works with passion flowers or gumweed (which isn’t native here, but luckily I got some seeds recently to grow them for medicinal purposes)

@@vetgirl71 that may be the one piece on information I didn’t emphasize well in the video. Classic winter sowing works for any zone and any location because it works with the climate and natural rhythms of your area. It is especially useful for native plants and plants that are perennial to your zone, but can be used for all but tropical plants. The only exception is when you are growing annual veggies you may have to choose shorter days to maturity varieties if your growing season (last frost date to first frost date) is on the short side. Trudi created the method in the 70s and it is well proven to work in any zone. Hope that helps! Happy growing. 💚🌱

@@vetgirl71 also, if you want to connect with other growers in northern zones who winter sow, there is a great teaching group on Facebook called “Winter Sowers - the Original”. Highly recommend. They stick to the tried and true method. facebook.com/share/g/18H3iMV7Vm/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Here is a post with info from Trudi to help understand the concept and zones. 💚🌱facebook.com/share/p/17wCwzvzU6/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Anywhere where you have seasons you can do this. It is a very old method.

Yes! The beauty of it is that it works for any zone. It works especially well for plants that are native to your area. Thank you for watching! 💚🌱

@@cathymonck3726 thank you! ❤️🐶

You can up-pot individual plants into 4” pots or solo cups and put them inside a large clear tote or something similar to keep them growing in their environment in a vented container until it is time to plant out. 💚🌱

So glad it is helpful! Thank you for watching!💚🌱

Thank you for the kind words. I’m so glad that it will be helpful. 💚🌱

That’s great! I wish you a wonderful 2025 garden! Thanks so much for watching. ☺️💚🌱

It was a gift from a student. 😊

Welcome! Thank you for watching! Zone buddies. ☺️💚🌱

Me too! Thanks for watching. ☺️💚🌱

Sure! That should work out just fine. I would just check the moisture levels now and then. And depending on your last frost date, I’d make sure they are outside as it gets closer and as the days get longer right before spring. Happy growing and thanks for watching! 💚🌱

@@Joyfulfarmer Thank you very much for the feedback. Looking forward to Part 2 of your winter sowing series.

Love it! Winter sowing has worked well for me for all of those seeds! I love agastache for tea too! Hope your 2025 TX garden is super successful. Welcome and thanks so much for watching! 💚🌱🐈

Welcome! So glad you are here! 💚🌱 I love Andrea from VW but nope, not sisters. Thank you for the lovely compliment though! She is great. ☺️

@Joyfulfarmer thank you for the answer. I would have lost a bet lol.

@@JamysOnJericho 😂 love it

So glad you found it helpful! Thank you for watching. I hope you have an amazing 2025 garden! 💚🌱

I subscribed…

I am so glad it popped up for you! And so glad it is helpful! Thank you for watching.😊💚🌱

So glad you are here, and thank you for watching! Love finding other growers nearby! ☺️💚🌱

@@Annastasia666 I will have to try that one! Sounds amazing! Thank you for watching. ☺️💚🌱

You can winter sow in any zone! The seeds will sprout when conditions are right in your climate. It’s pretty amazing. 💚🌱 thanks so much for watching.

And a student of mine gave me the sweater! I am not sure where she found it! 💕💐

@@Joyfulfarmer amazing. I actually picked up some things in Dollar tree after watching your video. They have a lot of great clear party cups that I’m gonna put in a tote and give it a try. I also subscribed since I am expanding my suburban backyard garden, and adding veggies and fruit trees, and all the things. Even started my own channel here that I really should be more active on

@@Joyfulfarmer I hope that student got an A+ because that sweater is incredible🥰

@@CottageontheCorner Love it! That should work great. I hope you have an amazing 2025 garden. Subscribed to your channel! 💚🌱

Welcome!

You're welcome! 💚🌱

Thank you so much for the kind words... So glad to have another Texan find the channel! And, yes, absolutely…such a great way to make more room under the grow lights! Hope you have an incredible 2025 garden! ☺️💚🌱

@@lillylane8832 welcome!! So glad you are here! And thank you for sharing your experiences in the comments section! 💚🌱☺️

Love it! I hope you have the best winter sowing year yet! Thank you for watching. 💚🌱

Only if it isn’t food grade.

@@shareathought769 there are ways to get around it with winter sowing…aluminum foil pans work fine. You could also put a layer of wax paper between the soil and the plastic container. The lids/covers do need to be translucent or transparent, so those do have to be plastic unless you know someone who does glasswork and can add holes. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts! 💚🌱

You show many containers to use but from my experience and observation of others they may not be the best for every area. I’m Z5a and our last 2 winters were extremely warm. What happens is the seeds germinate too soon and freeze and with all the rain some rotted. This year I set them on the east side of house and they did well. Some used large tubs with individual small pots with little success. The trick is to have a good balance of soil to air so they have enough moisture and remain frozen until it’s time. Many dried out. The weather changes are making garden tricky. I wonder if just using an old fashioned cold frame would be the same, but would need to monitor lid on hot days.

@@lmullens75 So happy you found the channel! Thank you for watching! 💚🌱…and thank you for sharing your experiences!! I’d love to hear more about the organic varieties you found didn’t work for you..super curious! 🙂

@ “speckled roman” organic is the one that I can remember tonight. They were a really wimpy variety compared to the non organic other varieties I have. The plants barely even made it through the seedling stage. Have to baby them a lot. The tomatoes are AMAZING, but not near as productive as other varieties.

So glad to hear it! It’s so much fun, I hope it works out well for you! 💚🌱

@@jewelskitchen you’re so welcome! Thank you for watching, as always! I treasure your encouragement!💚🌱

@@topofthehillgarden6161 thank you so much. Same to you! 💚💚💚🌱🌱🌱

@Joyfulfarmer 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

I questioned if it was some other creature 😅

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Sorry

Yes I use leaves and turn them into mulch then just add some additional nutrients like bone meal blood meal maybe some sheep manure and chicken

That is awesome. 💚🌱👏👏

@@nataliyachepurnova29 thanks so much for watching! It’s a joy! 💚🌱

Yes!🙌