My favorite plants to grow from seed + new varieties I'm trying
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2024
- Today I'm sharing my must-grow varieties that I start from seed along with when I start them.
My 90% frost free date is May 10. You can find your average last-frost date with your zip code here: www.almanac.com/gardening/fro...
Here's some of the seed-starting gear I use:
Seed storage boxes: amzn.to/3HZRzjM
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○ Charles Dowding 60-cell tray: bit.ly/CD60tray
○ 40-cell durable tray: bit.ly/40celltray
○ Green bottom watering tray: bit.ly/greenbottom
○ Small seed tray: bit.ly/smallseedtray
○ Even smaller seed tray (not shown): bit.ly/smallerseedtray
○ Standard seed tray (sub for the square one I show): bit.ly/standardtray
○ Maxi root-trainer: amzn.to/41L9ofd
○ Giant tray: bit.ly/gianttray
○ Heavy duty 1020 bottom tray: bit.ly/1020bottomtrayHD
-------------------- CELLS & DOMES --------------------
○ Epic 4-cells (use code IMPATIENTGARDENER for 5% off): bit.ly/Epic4cell
○ Tall humidity dome: bit.ly/talldome
○ Short humidity domes: bit.ly/shortdome
○ Biodome growing system (use IMPATIENTGARDENER15 for 15% off): bit.ly/biodome60
----------------- HEAT MAT -----------------------
○ 4’ 4-tray heat mat: amzn.to/3kxeQS1
○ 2-tray heat mat: amzn.to/3ZngrIK
--------------------- GROW LIGHT --------------------
○ My favorite grow light: bit.ly/LEDT5growlight
------------------------ OTHER GEAR --------------------
○ My soil tray: bit.ly/solitray
○ Another soil tray: amzn.to/41B4r8D
○ Concrete mixing tray: bit.ly/3kDesl2
○ Soil scoop (aka 50-ounce ice scoop): amzn.to/3KJo7Rq
○ My favorite timer: amzn.to/3Y9huLv
○ Wire shelving unit: amzn.to/3SyrrRz
○ Mylar reflective film (to wrap shelving unit): amzn.to/3ZqyhdP
My name is Erin and I love sharing inspiration and information with real-life gardeners. I live and garden in southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5b.
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I wish you would do a follow up video on these same seeds (plants) in late July or August - whenever the plants are in their prime so we can see what they look like & how they are faring during the season. It's great to hear you describe them, but it's not even close to seeing your actual real-world results. Thanks.
Every year I grow scarlet emperor climbing bean by using cotton string I tie from my upper deck to the lower deck. It faces south and I just have a narrow 10” of dirt between the cement and the grass that I plant the seeds in. They grow all the way up and over the upper deck railing and up the hummingbird feeder arm, must be 20 feet. You get flowers, a show to watch as the bumble bees and hummingbirds go along and then you get beans. In fall I cut the cotton string off and bundle the whole mess up and throw it in the compost pile, also save the seeds from the pods that get too big.
Not me sitting here saying “Pelleted” over & over. My husband “WHO are you talking to?”
Thanks for including your start dates! Im in zone 5b so I can rely on your dates for my seed starting timing too.
My must have is Lemon Thyme. Not only does it smell WONDERFUL when you brush against it, it’s delicious in so many summer dishes… grilled chicken, fish, fresh salads, etc. I can not live without it.
Hi Erin, just want to mention a sweet pea tip my mother, who is not a gardener, tought me. I'm also a Wisconsin gardener. Direct sow sweet peas seeds outdoors on Good Friday. I've had great success the last 3 years & will the doing the same on March 29th.
Sugar snap peas are an all time favorite for me. They rarely make it to the house since I usually eat them directly from the vine.
Mahogany Splendor Red Hibiscus. This is an awesome annual that has beautiful, deep red leaves. The maroon flowers are tiny and rare. I grow them for their foliage as substitutes for Japanese Maples (which do not do well in Central Valley CA) in full sun or light shade. By August, these gorgeous plants are 3-4' wide and tall and laugh at our hot, dry, windy summers They continue to look great until sometime in November, when I just pull them up. I grow them from seed or cuttings taken in Sep/Oct. Cuttings root easily in water or dirt and can be grown in 4" pots in an unheated greenhouse until all threat of frost is over in spring.
Cypress vine is very easy to grow and the hummingbirds adore the red or pink flowers.
YESSSSSS. I am so glad you're growing the purple tomato!
Always fun to hear gardener's favorite plants and seeds, so thank ya. Of course I'm still LOL about sweet peas being your "gateway" plant and the "I like seeds." nod to A Christmas Story, hahaha!
Nigella is one of my favourites as well. I only had a handful come up from one packet of seeds the first year. Year 2 they were everywhere and I wasn’t mad about it.
Roma bush beans are sooo good. They’re flat and stringless and tender even when they get a little bigger than ideal. I blanched and froze a few bags of these and they preserve well. We got probably 3 big harvests from the same plants! Love them when making loubie bzeit and stir fry dishes 🤤
Zucchini recommendation here. I love it so much I will not grow anything else! It’s a vining type and is delicious plus it will mature into a delicious winter squash! I get the seeds from baker creek heirloom seeds.
I, too, snatched up a pack of Floret's Precious Metal zinnias. Been waiting 2 years for those. I could never have a garden without nasturtium, nicotiana, sweetpeas and zinnias!!😊
I so agree about lettuce and I have been trying methods to extend the season: I still have some Little Gem, mâche and Merveille de Quatre Saisons under two layers of frost cloth. The LG started to stretch during the shortest days of the year but is now putting out nice short crispy leaves the way it is supposed to. I invested in a cold frame that I put on top of one of my raised beds. I recently put in transplants of LG and Arctic King. I am in Zone 7a (formerly 6b) NY Hudson Valley and we have had temps down in the low teens. In fact, we were having a warm spell so I hardened off the transplants and put them in the coldframe right before the temps plunged and we had a Nor'easter with 9 inches of snow. I actually think the snow did a good job of insulating the cold frame. Anyway, going to see how far into our hot humid summers I can grow lettuce. Always fun to experiment and there is just something completely miraculous about seeds. PS: Spanish Flag is a great annual vine. I first saw it in a park in NYC and was smitten. I think you will like its drama.
I direct sowed lemon and tangerine Signet marigolds for the first time and was surprised how much I loved them. They smelled wonderful!
I love the "Cupcakes" Cosmos with their ballerina skirts! I'm growing Larkspur "Fancy Blue Purple" with Bells of Ireland for a new combination this year. I'm also taking a seventy- foot row of my veggie garden to grow cut flowers and also trying Floret's Dahlia seed "Shooting Stars" for a challenge. I had good luck growing Purple Bell Vine under lights last February here in central WI by keeping them on a heat mat the ENTIRE time they were in pots, including in early May when I finally moved them out to my greenhouse. Watered them only when the soil looked dry. Planted them as 3-4" foot vines on string trellises in early June.(We had a very cold Spring). I was able to winter one of them over, and it is trailing along and blooming under lights this winter, with very light watering.
Dragon tongue bush bean is a must have for me!