7+ MISTAKES to AVOID Seed Starting in your Florida Fall Vegetable Garden
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2023
- Looking to have a Successful Fall Vegetable Garden but feel unsure on how to start seeds. Check out this video where I cover all my mistakes.... so that you don't make the same ones. Get a jump start on your seed starting in your tropical garden.
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I feel completely defeated right now. Ants, bugs, weeds, heat, humidity. So over it!
One more tip. Need to control fungus gnats? These eggs are in most seed starting mixes. When you initially moisten the soil, use boiling water. This will kill most of the eggs. Keep in mind there is no other micro life in this soil. So, your not killing anything else. And, if you have already started your seeds, try sprinkling cinnamon on the top of your soil. I've done this may times. It smells great and doesn't hurt the plants. I've been doing this the last few years and it works like a charm.
Watering - I've killed my share of seedlings. Some of the best advice I got was to bottom water only. Let the tray soak in water until the top soil is wet, then pull the tray out. Then when it's dry at least 1-2" from the top, set back in tray to soak and bottom water. No more killing my seedlings!
Thanks for being our cheerleader: I will…until! Last year with Hurricane Ian, I definitely felt like giving up, but planted things in pots and kept some plants going. Just keep plugging along- it’s all learning.
I've been gardening in Florida for over 10 years now, and you always teach me something new or remind me of something I knew but forgot. Thank you so much for all the knowledge and for saving my mulberry! It's finally growing after 4-5 years at 5ft tall 😁
I learned the hard way that birds think seedlings are especially yummy. I start. Mine indoors under row light till stronger and slowly introduce them to out doors
I LOVE the paper towel and then aerogarden ...i hsve been succesful this year with my milkweed seeds 😂❤❤❤ the tomatoes just growing wild fro. the compost 😂😂
To add… I have been searching for information on planting seeds forever and this is the first comprehensive video I have seen.
I do the same for seed starting mix and prep. However, if I cannot get seed starting mix, I can make my own with vermiculite and peat moss/coconut coir and some garden soil that I have sifted to get the bigger pieces out. I have taken potting mix and sifted out the bigger pieces to get seed starting mix too. I got a hand pump liquid spray bottle with an adjustable nozzle for misting. It holds about a quart and a half. I use it for misting seedlings and also for applying liquid foliar feed. The other thing i do with seedlings is put them in a tray and take one cell out and add water into the tray and put the cell back and let them water from the bottom up to get the seedlings to stretch to seek water source at the bottom. About an hour later, any remaining water in the tray gets dumped out onto a potted plant or another plant that needs it. I sit the seed trays on top of mulched soil in a flower bed where they will get dappled morning sun for the first few weeks. The flower bed is always under the eaves of my house so any rain deluge will not affect them as i place a hard plastic cover over them with a vent for the rain event, and take it off afterwards. Then move them to a more open location for more sun once they get two sets of true leaves.Yes, the Summer heat is challenging. I've got bunching onions, red and yellow onions, summer savory, spotted bee balm, slo-bolt cilantro, clary sage, snapdragons, echinacea, and dill seedlings up now. Plastic trays do get hot in this heat, so I have to make sure that the tray sits on soil or mulch to keep the tray cool and I could cook the seedlings with that too! I wish I had white seed starting trays instead of black ones, they would repel heat better.
Lol when did you film this? You jinxed it 😂 I live in same area haven't had rain for days then yesterday and day before we got 4in of rain
I personally like to leave some room on top of starter pots. Add seed then sprinkle soil on top.
I have been subscribed to your channel for some time now, and I must say... your videos keep getting better and better.
This is great! This basically explains why I have no luck with any kind of seed!
Thx for the tips …!
Jackie I love every one of your tips! Here are a couple more. Ever have a dampening off issue? Try to water from the bottom instead of the top (you can do this if you have some sort of try underneath) and don't give them as much love lol. For the first couple of years, I watered my seedlings to death...literally! Water only when the soil is dryer on the top. If the soil is dark in color on the top, it has enough water. If you do have a tray underneath, don't leave excess water in the tray. Spill it out. It's taken me some time to know how much water to use so I don't have to do this but it's worth taking the time to learn. Hope this helps. I many hundreds of plants before learning this.
Aha! thanks so much! I didn't even know there was seed starting mix! No wonder so many of my seeds that are teeny tiny don't come up!
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Prefect timing. I have been making so many of these mistakes. I do start more seedlings than I need and just give the extra away.
BTW a small greenhouse is always a plus. Pretty cheap too. Well worth it. So many people put off a green house in Florida but climate control, pest contol, irrigation control makes seedlings way easier.
Your videos are such a great resource, I wish you put chapter marks for easier reference/rewatchability