10 Basic Mistakes Made When Starting Seeds Indoors: Avoid These Mistakes for Successful Transplants!
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- These are the 10 most common mistakes people make when starting seeds indoors. In fact, I lost count so you get 12 mistakes. Keep this in mind when you start your seeds indoors and you will have better success!
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I learned the boiling water trick a couple of years ago while watching your videos. This year I got lazy and didn't do it ... and had a fungus gnat infestation while my partner and I were working from home because of the pandemic (bad timing!) Lesson learned the hard way, but thanks to your videos I immediately realized what I'd done wrong, and won't make that mistake a 2nd time.
Great very informative video with no extra nonsense! I will certainly follow these tips in the coming weeks
Thats my goal. Thanks for watching and good luck.
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This was so incredibly helpful, clear and to the point. Greatly appreciate the knowledge and painless presentation. I totally screwed my seedlings but now I know why in time to replant! Thank you!
Thank you for all the pointers. Fantastic instruction: detailed, clear, precise. Makes newbies like me make less mistakes. Huge thanks for teaching us. Will be checking out your seeds.
Very appreciated. Good luck.
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Thank's for sharing. Have a good gardening season...
You too!
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seems legit now to put to practice what we've learned. Thank you!
They help. Good luck.
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Always good information! Thanks Gary! 🦠🌱🌿💚
Thanks
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I’d like to sincerely thank you for taking time out of your schedule to break things down for us.
Very appreciated. And glad to help
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Wow! Thank you for this. I'm taking notes what should I do to avoid all those mistake because I'm a beginner and I want to learn to plant my own veggies. Thank you
wow! Thanks for the tip on watering. I've been doing it wrong forever.
Bottom watering is great
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wow. Thanks! I hope you get a million hits. This is vital information
Glad to share. Good luck this year
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So helpful! First year starting indoors and I already made some immediate adjustments!
you're awesome, great work brother ! I've loved the channel for years :)
Thanks so much. Appreciated
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I have lots of problems germinating my plants, you helped me a lot. Thank you
So glad to help. Good luck.
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Your videos save me so much time, money and frustration. Thank you
Great video. I learned more from this video than all the other youtube videos. I wish I saw this before I started. Never knew I was getting leggy plants because my light was weak. Time to buy a new one.
You explain everything so simply but concisely that's why I enjoy so much your channel. Thank you.
Thanks so much.
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You are my authority on anything gardening! For the past 6 months I’ve been obsessively watching ALL your videos because this year I’m starting my garden from seed rather from transplants I would normally buy from Home Depot. I loved choosing from among the varieties of veggies, herbs and flowers that I can grow from seed. Cinnamon basil? Orange thyme? Purple tomatoes? Who knew? I certainly didn’t. Most of this was new to me: seed starting, using grow lights, bottom watering, hardening off, etc. I love that you unapologetically use synthetic fertilizers. I love fish emulsion but not in my house. I am mostly organic but I find that synthetic fertilizers are more practical at the seedling stage. I’m sure you get crap about it but we use what works for us. Thank you for helping newbies like myself have gardening success. ❤
Appreciated! Good luck and let me know if you have questions. For sure no fish emulsion in the house. Each product has its place.
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GREAT VIDEO , excellent your doing well
Thanks
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You are a Godsend. Can’t type enough points to illustrate how much this video has just save our seeds / seedlings!!!!
Glad to help. That is my goal.
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YOU HAVE THE BEST COMMON SENSE ADVICE...THANK YOU
Thanks and glad to share
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I'd say more specialist advice than common sense!
Thank you! Awesome!!
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Thanks..so very helpful! 👩🌾
Glad to share
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Good stuff as always, Gary. Hope the thumb gats better! Cold here in Ontario, but getting ready for seed starting!
Thanks. It is healing good enough. LOL
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Thank You! You've just saved my garden. I've not been using sterile seed mix, but been using old soil from prior years mixed with who knows what. 😳
Now I know to also use hot hot water w/it. Wow, my garden is abt to take off. Thanks again.
Good luck
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Good Tip with the Hot Water ^^ thx ...
It really helps.
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Thank you Sir.
Thank you for clearing up when to turn the lights on. Some people say that seeds don’t need light so my pepper seeds that haven’t sprouted are not under my grow lights. I will put them under the lights right away. Really good information!
Light is good. Good luck.
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18 hours on 6 off 18/6
Great vid packed with good info 👍👍👍👍
Glad to share. Good luck
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Thanks very informative
Glad to share.
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Wow Gary! Congratulations on that beautiful garden. Well done!! You really put alot of hard work into that. Wonderful!! Shoot, sorry. It clicked to your next video. I just watched your video on the different trellises in your outdoor garden. Thought this comment was going there.
Thanks so much. Thats cool. Still appreciated. LOL
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Seed starting for the very first time this year. I'm currently using a 50 watt "plant light bulb" that I believe is radiating blue light and is sitting 3 in. above my seedlings (tomatoes/peppers). I'm one week in and my tomato seedlings are roughly one inch and my peppers are just sprouting. Thank you for all of your videos they've been so helpful in my growing journey!
Congrats on getting started. That sounds like solid growth. Intense light for stock sturdy plants. Good luck.
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Very helpful
I amend and reuse soil. Pouring boiling water in is the best tip I've ever gotten. Better result since hearing you say that. Thank you
Good info on when to water. I always worry about that because it doesn't take much time for a healthy-looking seedling to get all withered up, if i didn't water at the right time.
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Thanks my seedings are doing great after using the boiling water and mixing in a dollar store find aluminum pan!!
Perfect. I love the dollar store.
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Also a good soil tip - you can microwave the soil for 30 seconds per cup to get rid of any potential bug eggs or critters.
Thanks
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Good advice..thanks
Glad to share
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Thank you for your help. Tips are clearly explained. What can I do about the 50 deg soil temperature if I live in a country where the climate never gets lower than that?
Thank you for all the info. I followed all your steps for starting seeds. I already have some germination starting but I noticed my soil seems a little hard. It’s plenty moist. Just hard. What should I do? Or is it ok it’s like that?
Hiya Gary, Thanks very much for your invaluable advice, I love your videos. I've just been on Amazon and I'm amazed and disgusted at how much some vendors are hiking up their garden products prices during this Covid 19 Virus. I'm in England, but I'm guessing that it will be the same everywhere. Thanks again and take care. David 😎🌞
Yeah it is starting to happen everywhere. Hopefully things ease up. Good luck this year and stay safe
Exactly. I was upset by this also. People are gouging everyone. Its saddening. Their products would have sold regardless. No need to exploit the buyers.
Love both of your channel! When transplanting to a bigger pot ( cell to 3in pot), what types of soil should one use?
Inside I try and use stating mix. Outside any bagged potting mix. If I am done seed starting... I would use potting mix indoor cause the damage fungus gnats might do is low.
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enjoyed your video
Thanks as always.
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Holy Cow, I've done this wrong for years! You're the bomb! Thanks so much for all your info, I'm sold on you!
Good luck. Hope you have a great 2020.
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Yup Gary is the reason all my starts are vibrant and healthy!
Ahhh, so thats why I've been getting gnats! Thanks for clearing that up.
Do you think I need to add boiling water if I make my own starting mix out of vermiculite, coir, and worm castings?
Hmmm. Less likely youd get it but a chance they are in the coir. I would add boiling water to anything, I just dont want to chance it.
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@@leyalove3335 yes you can use boiling water that's what I do when I make my own seedling mix
@@MyFirstVegetableGarden Great, thanks!
@@demetriuspowell29 Good to know. My seedlings look great now!
I would add that having any circulating fan will help strengthen the plants. With out it, leggy
Thanks
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Thank you! How far away should the fan be? And when should then be started?
Good video
...also remember a lot of plants set flower and fruit by amount of natural daylight once out in the garden...like mums only start to bloom come fall...unless forced...
True. This lighting is for Staring Seeds and getting them out the door.
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The best video on youtube.
Sounds like Michael McKean....and very informative
Thanks
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Thanks. You too!
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“Indoor there’s no nature here!“😂 made me laugh a little
It is true. LOL. The goal is just transplants.
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I am doing pretty much everything wrong! Thank you so much!
I watch all of the videos I need to pick up bits of info, good video, although I have never had an issue with my home made soil from outside, I take the soil in Feb-March in NJ and let it sit for a few days inside, works great. I also use my left over dried out green tea, it is the perfect amount of nitrogen for the seed once is starts....
I don't but I agree. Plants using local soil if the soil is good as it best mimics the local natural conditions. So, I feel what your thrown down here. 👍
A lot of info here but when he said lumens I had to pause. As plants don't use it for photosynthesis for them it isn't measured like that. But, he was on point about the spectrum that indoor growers are looking for. I would also create a gentle breeze from a fan. Not only will it help strengthen your babies but will also eliminate most mold concerns. And it helps keep the flying critters out of your soil. Mold is bad but your right that there should be a balance of good and bad. Which is also a reason why some add sugars to their watering. It feeds the good bacteria that's present and n turn protect your girls through the soil. Their waste will feed your ladies as well. Not sure how many use a living soil or super soil for their a mediums?
Shane from Migro explains light and what your looking for for medicinal plants. Lighting has come along way since the blurple lights. Which can still hit a good par with a good efficiency. But, some LEDs can be used to go from seed to harvest.
Again hit Migro for more info about light. Shane better explained how is works better than I ever could..
PAR is more important full indoor growing. When just selecting lights for seed starting/transplants, Lumens and Kelvin are good guidelines. 500 lumens vs 5000 lumens matters. For more elaborate indoor growing like flowering, budding and fruiting... other values are important. 8-10 weeks of growth and out the door.
If that works great. Zones are different. I would have an insect fest. For just seed starts... sterile mix. Grow them 8-10 weeks or so and get them outside into soil full of life.
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@@MyFirstVegetableGarden I can see your seedling point for sure. But, again that measurement is for humans and plays little part of the plants development as far as I been taught. And I only mentioned it because yellow is not so useful for plants even in a full spectrum setup. That's why I mentioned par as it is the measurement for what plants need at any stage of its life. And that starting seeds indoors I still would go by ppf instead, but that's just me. But, I can see what your saying there and can agree with you. To be more accurate on my part I suppose the best unit to measure would be using the ypf scale for anything indoors, really.
Btw, ty for sharing your knowledge as there's always a learning curve that's never the same for everyone. If it wasn't videos like yours we'd still be making more errors than not regardles, ty for that brother. 😉
My first seeds I started, I used the humidity dome that came with the starting kit. Is a humidity dome necessary at all with a setup like you have here? I have a setup just like yours with a heat mat this time around. Thanks for all your videos!
Nope. I never use the dome. Not needed less you cant check on them regularly. I found in my area it just seemed to help fungus. It is good to have the tops of the mix dry.
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Very informative and I'm guilty of all 10. We need a video of "how to rescue tall leggy plants".
With leggy plants, at least tomatoes, bury the stem while replanting in potting mix in a plastic cup as soon as first "true" leaves emerge. If you bury the stem, it will turn into roots and you will have a healthier and more stable plant.
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If it is not to late sometimes starting over is best, but if leggy, just more light. and let them work it out
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Great tip
This is very interesting I usually just put the seeds in the ground outside where I want then and they magically grow. No grow lights, no trays no hassle. I usually have a great grow season. Maybe because I live in California? At the end of my grow season I don’t till I cover the old plants with cardboard lay mulch over them and then replant in the spring. Most years my tomatoes self propagate by leaving a few tomatoes on the plants. This gardening thing seems more complicated than it really is. I focus on my soil and nature takes care of the rest. And I never use any type of store bought fertilizers my worms take care of that. It’s all about the soil!
California is nice LOL. My ground is rock froze for a few months and frost just hit us last night.
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Well good for you 🙄
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I’m in Colorado and our grow season is too short. I always have a few volunteer tomatoes but they only ever produce a small handful of tomatoes compared to my other ones that have a few months headstart.
He lives in California enough said😅
Hey ,question for you. Then my plants ate 3-4 weeks old ,can I do 8 hours under grow ligjt and 8 hours on sunny window? Or should I harden them as well ever though it's indirect sun.thank you.
Completely novice gardener here - my very first time starting seed under grow lights indoors just a few days ago and boy do I wish I found this video first! I used seed starting mix (didn’t boil) and also mixed in a little worm castings as it was all I had on hand and thought (wrongfully) that it could benefit from it. I did sprinkle cinnamon on top of the cells in a last ditch effort to prevent gnats....but do you think I should scrap them all and start over correctly? Attempting to start Arugula, basil, cilantro, kale, & peppers. I may be in over my head.
If you dont have gnats, i doesnt mean you will get them. It is a good precaution in the future.
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Gary Pilarchik I definitely will. Thank you very much!
When hardening off, what if I am putting a fully grown pepper and tomato plant outside. They’ve grown to full size in my grow tent and, while I don’t want to kill them, I need to make room in there for the spring seeds. I have a bunch growing under shop lights but the ones I’ve done in the tent seem to come along so much faster
They still need to be introduced slowly. They are big and sturdy but need UV adjustment time.
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Hey Gary, I grew a 72 pack of jiffy pods, just 5 didn't germinate, less than 3 weeks under the grow lights and the cucs, beans and sunflowers must be 8" tall, (I haven't thinned out the weaker seedlings yet). The big guys are so big it appears they are overshadowing the much slower growing Basil, Thyme etc. Should I pull the little guys and give them their own lamp? I have an extra one. I'm worried they don't have access to enough light with the huge cuc and squash leaves hovering over them. Thx Brother
Thanks! I love how you are so informative. Very low "fluff value" in your videos! But I do have questions:
When to start fertilizing plants: how old is mature enough?
How to tell if they're getting too much/little light. No doubt, different for different plants. I suspect I've used too much on nasturtium seedlings. They've up to 4-7 leaves now, and seem a bit pale. Using LED grow lights, 3000K (I had not seen your info first), and the seed package doesn't tell me this. There must be a way to look at them and decide.
Thanks again!
Generally 10-14 days after germination with very diluted water soluble. They mostly need nitrogen
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@@MyFirstVegetableGarden Thanks!
Very helpful info! I've watched many of your other videos and it has made a big difference in my tomato and pepper starts this year. One question regarding fertilizer... I had a hard time finding a 1-1-1 or even 10-10-10 fertilizer. I have Miracle-Gro Liquid All Purpose Plant Food which is 12-4-8. Would I be okay with that, or should I try to find something else? If that works, would I be mixing up at 1/4 strength? Thanks so much!
That is fine. Cut it down by 2/3 or yes at 1/4 strength and it lowers the NPK. If you plants look like they need more add more a week later. But this way you know you arent over feeding.
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Miracle grow plant food with work use 1/4 per gallon of water especially when they start showing their first set of true leaves
I use a 315 watt ceramic metal halide with a 4,000 or 4,100 rated Kelvin hour and I have no problems at all starting seeds growing clones vegetation and flowering. It's also about five feet above it as well on a light mover to get better direct and indirect light for several plants and seed starting trays. And the one that I grow is medical cannabis for my Crohn's disease it's the only medication that has any effect on my Crohn's and Colitis which has left me disabled and without a large intestine for over 20 years now
jeff wolf ...come to Michigan ... you can legally grow up to 12 plants....one is plenty tho...
@@willgaukler8979 Mass is ok they let us have 6 flowering and up to 24 plants total with 18 in Veg.. I usually have 6 to 9 plants in flower and 14. To 18 in veg.. I have 3 flower rooms and harvest every 6 to 8 weeks.. Its a full time job for me.. They gave sick right to grow in 2012 and rec was in 2016. The only reason i voted for.. The cops arrested me in 2014 as a distribution i had 23 veg huge plants 15 foot tall on my deck in the woods..they called it 35 knowing i was under the 24 i was allowed. Judge threw it out when was clear I was not ever going to plead guilty to anything. I also blasted the police report for nothing but lies(like every police report) at the very beginning saying not 35 but 23 and i had all the state info just like they wanted me to have.. Cops didn't care said that is no good and your going to jail.. I was on 29 scripts at the time and since come off of 21 with use of pot I grew
Thats a very specific light. This is just for seed starting and growing to get transplants. Sounds like you have a nice system going.
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Seed starting mix + bottom watering are literally ground breaking in my process because the seedlings also typically get watered much more evenly reducing chance of overwatering!
When I started bottom watering everything changed for the better I was so worried about overwatering I just wasn't giving them enough Everything hermied on me and turned to seed
It makes a difference.
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@@MyFirstVegetableGarden do you do any large seed quantities?
great video. I somewhat disagree with what you say about when to start your peppers - you can start them really at any time and continue to prune and top the plant throughout the winter until it is warm enough to transplant.
That is true. They will actually grow continually in warm climates outdoors. I was focused more on getting them started for areas that have eventual frosts. Thanks.
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true but they'll take up alot of space the only peppers I would start early are the super hots like Tabasco etc
You are great! I am starting late but better than never at all. Interested in your video last year on light boxes. I've never tried that. Do you still think a good idea to try since could put that together while I try to sort out a small shelf light system. Is there a problem with it becoming too hot for the seedlings or plants? I am physically limited and the light box being more portable might make it easier and fun for me to tend. Is there any downside or pitfalls to watch with a light box rather than a shelf light system?
You still have time. Nothing gets too hot now with LEDs really. If the box size is all your need, I would go wit that. It works.
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Newbie here ! 👋🏾 love your videos very informative. I haven’t planted anything yet I have the lights the mats labels. And soil but my question is , is seed starter necessary? I found some better homes and garden professional natural organic professional container mix great deal $1! But will it work or do I need to go back and get seeding mix specifically? Thanks for the channel! Have a great day
It would work. Just hydrate it before you use it. If you can use boiling water that helps too. Good luck.
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White Pride I jus dnt understand why your here harassing me ? Like go be a tough guy somewhere else it’s a video about plants for fuck sake🙄 geesh this is what the kkk is reduced to
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I have light in my Kitchen from sun do I need but grow light for my plant and the seed plant they went light before germin
Question - how do we add the fertilizer to our seedlings? The same way as we water? (from the bottom)
I plug my lights into a timer so I don't forget. 😊
Me too makes 100per cent noing they are on when ment to be ,good for lazyness but growing isn't a lazy business haha
Timer are the best
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Do I absolutely need a grow light over my seeds or can I leave the container planted seeds outside in shaded light?..or do I need to cover them like a green house effect??ive done both,NOTHING happens..I’m in Southern California it’s very sunny here
If I place my seed tray in direct sunlight, will it affect the seeds germination process?
Hi good video IV just started again and put my cracked started seeds in Coco perlite small pots ,and I placed them in my tent with my 300w mars hydro light IV put it far away mebe foot and a half ,can I burn them that close what would u tell me to do I'm beginner so learning and the tops of the 3 are poped out the Coco so want to do it good as possible in times like now growing is brillant thanks for Ur video
So I am not familiar with that light. Holding your hand at seed level and judging the heat helps. Probably at 1 1/2 feet you are too high. I dont think that will burn them. But I dont know that light.
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Hello! Wonderful video, im very new to gardening and ive never grown from seed before; do this was really helpful. What should i do if I don’t have grow lights? Is it alright to just leave them out in the sun?
It’s probably risky, but i just dont have the space or budget for the lights :(
Yeah you can move the flats outside during the day when it is not freezing and in at night. They germinate slower but it works.
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Gary Pilarchik thank you so much for responding! (And so quickly!)
What should I do if my seed all germinate fine, but the seedlings either get too leggy or dampen off and die shortly afterwards (within a week or two)? And for the ones that don't die that quickly, they simply stagnate and don't really grow at all for a long period of time?
I have few questions to ask:
1)Don't we put the starting seed under darkness until the first leaves comes out?
2)Once the first leaves come out, do we need to put liquid fertilizer or only water will suffice?
Incase the liquid fertilizers are required, then what strength is needed?
He said to not add fertilizer for some time after the seeds sprout.
Which soil is best to use?
So I just started my seed starters but I put them in the garage. I'm in GA so it hasn't been under 50 degrees in the past week. I have the correct LED light on and I keep it on. From this video I see that I should turn it off for 8 hrs. My question is should I put it near a window with natural sunlight? In the garage it is dark. Will my seeds not germinate? I dont have the heating pad under it either.
The germinate best at 65-70 degrees. Lower than that it is much slower. But you dont need more light. The window wont really matter
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Gary... I love your channel. I'm starting seed for the first time. Something I'm confused about is light and germination. When starting seeds indoors you seem to advocate lights during germination, before seedlings. I've also read that seeds, during germination like warm, moist and dark or indirect light conditions. Can you help me understand?
saltydog Gary is not answering, 🤔wonder about that as well.
Hi, I know it's a 2 years late comment but hopefully this can help someone else.
I think it depends on the type of seeds. In general, as far as I know, seeds just need water to activate the germination process that triggers specific enzymes.
I successfully germinated (first root and leaves appeared) 88 basil seeds in a transparent food container using kitchen paper and some water (I sprayed 4 times the kitchen paper), in just 4 days, 26C temperature, and very high humidity inside the plastic container. Sometimes the container has been opened to introduce back oxygen and avoid formation of mold.
The lighting in my kitchen was always indirect.
After the first root is emerging, I suggest suppling light as Gary suggested as the seeds will produce the first leaves and orient them towards the light.
You can do that even before showing the first roots, but it's not really needed for most of the seeds.
This applies when growing directly in trays or pots.
The key factors for seeds are temperature, humidity and an almost sterile environment from what I've been reading.
Hope it helps!
Note: I'm an amateur mediterranean herbs grower, I started literally 1 month ago 🙂
I hv a question is it better to grow ur seedlings uncovered or w the plastic dome on i c u dont use them. Thx
I never cover them. I found it breeds more mold and fungus cause of the humidity.
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Are you starting any seeds on a heating mat? If so how do you water them?
Always water when top of mix fully lightens as it signal to water.
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What do I do if my light gets really hot? I can't put it too close or else they wilt.
The distance of the light above the seedlings depends on the light. Don’t put a quality LED grow light 2” from your seedlings or you’ll burn them very quickly. More like 2’ depending on the intensity of the light source.
Would hydro peroxide work to sterilize the pest moss?
Hey Gary,
So I have some LED lights that are 5000 Kelvin and 18000 Lumens. For pepper plants with 3-5 sets of true leaves, how long would you leave those lights on and how far above the plants? I've been leaving them on for 16 hours a day, about 2 inches above the tallest plant. I'm having an issue with purple stems and full black leaves. I cant tell if its a light issue, or if i'm watering too much...
Thanks for making all these helpful videos.
-Chase
Wow. So 18k is out of my league. Leaves and stems can be purple but raise the lights now to 12 inches. And watch them.
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Hey, just following up... so the plants don’t seem phased by me moving the lights up. I’ll probably leave them raised.
I think I identified the overall issue with this years seedlings. Last year I used a miracle grow water soluble fertilizer and had amazing results. This year I tried using a Jobe’s organics water soluble product and I think that’s the issue. Just a nutrition deficiency. I decided to feed the plants with the miracle grow and they are responding well. I’m sure they will be fine once I move the plants outdoors in a few weeks!
Finally, somebody that made it simple, God’s been growing the stuff for thousands of years and people want to make it so complicated it’s impossible to duplicate
light water and earth and food. Good luck.
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I get very much Sunshine where I live and it is a very good location for the plants I don't need no damn growing lights
Gary, once the seed sprouts in the dirt, how often should it be watered?
Well... that varies. You want the top of the starting mix to dry and lighten. When that happens its about watering time. But it varies based on many factors.
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I kept hearing that letting seeds dry out would cause them to die, so I kept my seeds soaked with a humidity tray... You can imagine how that went. Lol.
Hey Gary...I have two flats of tomatoes and pepper plants that I've started from seeds and they have now all sprouted and growing. However I have some mold growing on the top of the soil. I have them under grow lights. How can I get rid of this mold? Thanks for all the great videos.
Rob Vail back off on watering and spray neem oil very lightly near base and on leaves for good measure (without splashing or getting your counter wet)
Are you sure it’s mold tho? What medium are you using? Could be beneficial. Do the plants show any sign of rot?
@@travisvick792 They've only been up for about a week and a half. I'm using 100% coconut coir to start them. I've watered them once a week.
@Farmillionaire - Regerative Agriculture Thanks. The plants don't seem effected but the mold seems to cover the top of the soil.
If its green its algae. As mentioned let the tops of the soil dry but 20 minutes in the sun a day is the best cure.
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Hey Gary , i tried to grow some lettuce with lights and they got leggy what could it be. they had a enough light .
This happened to me last season and figured out my lights were too far away from the trays and they got so leggy and it happened pretty fast. Was able to fix some but it really hurt our yield
What is the water to soil ratio when adding the boiling water to the new soil?
Not really one. TIll it is well soaked.
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Gary I keep hearing about winter sowing. Do you have any thoughts?
Deb Conley ...controlled environment... you can start any time in a dark room...
It works. I am doing that now in clear tubs. Allows me to do warm weather crops that way. Out in the day. In at night. Cold weather crops can typically stay out.
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Love the video! For peppers that will be final planted in pots: Can they be started earlier since they can come in at night to maintain the no lower than 50* soil temp?
Thanks. Yep absolutely. Thats what I am doing for some really larger plants.
Ha! Don’t over love your kids... I mean plants!
My grandpa (he’ll be 103 yrs old in May -no glasses, no walker & better memory than me!)... anyhow he’d always say, “don’t give your kids everything!
Always keep them just a little cold & just a little hungry; otherwise you’ll just spoil them!
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I don’t see any mention of heat mats. Are they necessary/helpful if your house is 65-68 degrees?
Those are good temps. A heat mat would help peppers though at those temps
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Aw shit! Lol
Good info!
Thanks.
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