Hi Esther! Another informative video and I love the fact you get to the point with what you want to demonstrate. Allows for me to watch a number of your videos in one sitting. I did try something that I wanted to share with you. I cut a gallon water jug in half completely and found that the top slides inside the bottom half with a pretty snug fit. My thinking is to cut out the duck tape step so that if I have to water I don't have to rip the tape off. This is definitely an experiment like winter sowing is my first time experience this year as well. You are bringing that side of me out which is pretty neat. Thanks for taking the time to share your science lab with us. And I love the cats in the garden. I too put a netting over my monarchs every year in hopes they make it :)
Hi Esther, the Celosia looks awesome! I cannot wait to see it in your planters! I've managed to gather six more jugs for planting tomorrow. I'm sowing Spotted Bee-Balm and the rest of my peppers. I'm excited to see the next update on your new garden plot. 😎
good morning Esther.. I was wondering if you would show some address (like p.o. box) where people can send you seeds. I had marigold and zinnia and some other very interesting flowers and saved tone of seeds. I would be very happy to send you some now that you have the rented ares you could use lots of seeds. Like zinnia and marigold, just trow them all over, they will grow.
I finally got about 9 gallon jubs planted...put way too many seeds in, but some of them are older seeds so i just will cover my bases! If they all grow im going to have to have a seedling sale!
Hi Esther, thank you for another great video. I'm a beginner gardener trying my hand at sweet peas for the first time and sowed them yesterday. Excited to see how your sweet peas turn out through winter sowing, I'd love to try them that way next year!
Last year I grew the Plumeria zinnias and put them in a coco coir lined planter on my deck with microdwarf tomatoes. It wasn't my smartest gardening combo, but I plan to do the short zinnias again. Nasturtiums grow really well in containers as well during cool season. Mine looked amazing in hanging pots all spring and I had several neighbors bring up how nice they were on our deck.
I am very interested in the winter sowing. Tried for the fist time this year. I think two of my containers have drown, because I forgot to cut holes in the bottom. Looking forward to seeing the results of your new plot of land, you have a lot of clean up to do to get it ready for planting. Good luck with your garden
I don’t winter sow but I certainly will be able to use the cat treat container idea for protective domes for seedlings (with holes drilled, of course)!
How exciting Esther! Was just out looking my jugs and some are starting to go. Unfortunately going to have ❄️ and cold after 55 F yesterday. 70 today. Learning experience for sure. Good luck with your flowers!
Wish will solve a week and a half of 20's. Don't think it will work. Good news not everything up so will hopefully see something out of the experiment.
@@kittiew260 yes fingers crossed for you. Are daytime temps in 20s too? They can survive a week of nights in 20s if covered at night. The sun in daytime will warm them up 10-15 degrees warmer than outdoor temps. You may yet be ok.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures yes going back to full blown winter. It's OK have them started inside mainly brassica up. One thing I have learned always have a backup plan.
Hi Esther! Me too! Hoping for marigolds this year, last year none came up :( but 1st time I'm growing celosia, got the idea of velvety brains from you last year, my local park allowed me to harvest a head of seeds from there!
Wohoo about trying the celosia! I hope they turn out great. That stinks no marigolds came up for you last year. I've had success with them in the past and I hope you do this year as well.
Hi Esther! I'm in Baltimore zone 7b and I'm going to winter sow in a large volume this year - I have Statice, Gomphrena, Yarrow, Amaranth, Perennial Aster, Joe Pye-Weed, Spider Flower. Do you think any of these are not a good candidate for winter sowing or do you have any advice on the timeline for when to start these for the winter sowing? I see that you have had great success with this method so I thought I'd ask for any thoughts you may have. Much appreciated!!
Hi Esther, a couple of questions about the "Temptations" container. I usually have containers that have room for 4" of soil and 6" of growing room. How tall was that container so that you'd have that growing room? My last frost date is April 27th, when can I put my flower seeds in shorter containers like that and when should they be safely transplanted into my containers? What about lettuce and things like red noodle beans? I have a pack of Queen Lime zinnias that I don't want to take a chance with. As always, thanks so much for your help:) P.S. Your hair looks so pretty today:):):)
Thank you for the compliment about my hair. The containers you described sound like they'd work fine. I should note, this is my first time trying those cat treat containers. I'd say as long as the container is big enough, you can winter sow them at any point in your winter sowing season.
Hi Esther this is my 3rd year winter sowing. I love it so much! Also, this is my 2nd year winter sowing flowers. I sowing 8 flower varieties. How many flower seeds should I ws in each milk jug? I want to dedicate a 4ft by 4ft section of my garden for flowers to attract more pollinators.
Hi I am in zone 7 a d first time winter sowi g in jugs my vegetable are coming g out of the hole I. The top of the jug.can I 0pen the jugs ?still have some chilly nite. NO FROST can I plant now? s
Any frost hearty plants you can transplant if they have their 2nd set of leaves, but summer plants you want to wait to transplant until after your average last frost date for the area and really not until nights both the past few and the next several are consistently in the 50s.
Hi! Should I continue to winter sow even though our days r from 60 to 80+, and nights r 27- to 60?🪴I have to keep containers in shade cuz plants r cooking in there during day.
What zone/area are you in (or when is your average last frost date?) For zones 8+ you are probably getting near the end of the window for winter sowing (through March) but zones 7 and lower have until mid-April
Thanks for covering this topic.
You are most welcome!
Hi Esther, your excitement is contagious! I love watching your videos and sowing along. Thank you for the uplifting content :)
Thank you. I'm so glad you find my videos uplifting!
Good luck on the Winter sowing! I'm doing some winter sowing for for first time thos year.
Awesome. Glad to hear it!
You show great restraint in the number of seeds you sow in each container
Haha thank you. Less work on the other end.
Thanks for the suggestions!
You are welcome!
Hi Esther! Another informative video and I love the fact you get to the point with what you want to demonstrate. Allows for me to watch a number of your videos in one sitting. I did try something that I wanted to share with you. I cut a gallon water jug in half completely and found that the top slides inside the bottom half with a pretty snug fit. My thinking is to cut out the duck tape step so that if I have to water I don't have to rip the tape off. This is definitely an experiment like winter sowing is my first time experience this year as well. You are bringing that side of me out which is pretty neat. Thanks for taking the time to share your science lab with us. And I love the cats in the garden. I too put a netting over my monarchs every year in hopes they make it :)
Thank you. I look forward to hearing how your experiment goes. Good luck!
Wonderful video, Esther! You know I'm a veggie WSer but this made me want to Winter Sow some flowers! :)
Thank you Sheryl!
Nice selection❄️🙃💚
Thank you!
Hi Esther, the Celosia looks awesome! I cannot wait to see it in your planters! I've managed to gather six more jugs for planting tomorrow. I'm sowing Spotted Bee-Balm and the rest of my peppers. I'm excited to see the next update on your new garden plot. 😎
Awesome. Spotted bee balm is a great plant. Thank you!
I loved those asters last year! I am trying them this year in my milk jugs. Fingers crossed!!
Wohoo! They are such pretty flowers.
good morning Esther.. I was wondering if you would show some address (like p.o. box) where people can send you seeds. I had marigold and zinnia and some other very interesting flowers and saved tone of seeds. I would be very happy to send you some now that you have the rented ares you could use lots of seeds. Like zinnia and marigold, just trow them all over, they will grow.
Awe thank you. I don't have a PO box set up yet but maybe sometime in the future.
I finally got about 9 gallon jubs planted...put way too many seeds in, but some of them are older seeds so i just will cover my bases! If they all grow im going to have to have a seedling sale!
Nice. Always better to have extras than not enough. Great job!
I never see dusty millers seeds.Just started my winter sowing today...exciting. 🙂
Awesome. This is my first year trying to grow them. Fingers crossed.
Another great video! Love you choice of flowers 💐 can’t wait for your next video!! 😊
Thank you!
Hi Esther, thank you for another great video. I'm a beginner gardener trying my hand at sweet peas for the first time and sowed them yesterday. Excited to see how your sweet peas turn out through winter sowing, I'd love to try them that way next year!
Thank you!
Great mix of seeds. I need to get my flower seeds planted. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. 👌
Thank you!
I’m so glad I found this video! I have a lot of containers, but they are getting so expensive to
fill with annuals every year.
Glad you found it helpful!
This video is worth it’s weight in gold! Please do an update video when you can!
Thank you. Will do especially once they start sprouting and again when I transplant them into the garden.
Esther, your garden is going to be gorgeous!
Thank you!
Last year I grew the Plumeria zinnias and put them in a coco coir lined planter on my deck with microdwarf tomatoes. It wasn't my smartest gardening combo, but I plan to do the short zinnias again. Nasturtiums grow really well in containers as well during cool season. Mine looked amazing in hanging pots all spring and I had several neighbors bring up how nice they were on our deck.
That's a great tip. Thank you!
You are just bubbling over with blooming optimism.🥰 Ain't it great?🌺🏵️🌻
Thank you!
I can't wait to see your garden
Thank you!
Wow quite the collection of winter sow jugs!!!! I have about 35 at this point but will be doing some more tomorrow hopefully!
Nice. Yeah this is a lot more than in the past. I may be biting off a lot here.
I am very interested in the winter sowing. Tried for the fist time this year. I think two of my containers have drown, because I forgot to cut holes in the bottom. Looking forward to seeing the results of your new plot of land, you have a lot of clean up to do to get it ready for planting. Good luck with your garden
Oh no. That's too bad about those jugs. At least you can re-use them. Thank you!
I don’t winter sow but I certainly will be able to use the cat treat container idea for protective domes for seedlings (with holes drilled, of course)!
Yay. I'm glad I gave you another idea for a protective dome!
Those pink flowers are gorgeous. Where did you get the seeds?
Baker creek
How exciting Esther! Was just out looking my jugs and some are starting to go. Unfortunately going to have ❄️ and cold after 55 F yesterday. 70 today. Learning experience for sure. Good luck with your flowers!
Just cover sprouted jugs with a heavy blanket on freezing nights. They'll be ok.
Wish will solve a week and a half of 20's. Don't think it will work. Good news not everything up so will hopefully see something out of the experiment.
@@kittiew260 yes fingers crossed for you. Are daytime temps in 20s too? They can survive a week of nights in 20s if covered at night. The sun in daytime will warm them up 10-15 degrees warmer than outdoor temps. You may yet be ok.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures yes going back to full blown winter. It's OK have them started inside mainly brassica up. One thing I have learned always have a backup plan.
Hi Esther! Me too! Hoping for marigolds this year, last year none came up :( but 1st time I'm growing celosia, got the idea of velvety brains from you last year, my local park allowed me to harvest a head of seeds from there!
Wohoo about trying the celosia! I hope they turn out great. That stinks no marigolds came up for you last year. I've had success with them in the past and I hope you do this year as well.
Hello Ester, I like your garden and how you do things. New to you, subscribed
Thank you. Welcome to my channel!
Hi Esther! I'm in Baltimore zone 7b and I'm going to winter sow in a large volume this year - I have Statice, Gomphrena, Yarrow, Amaranth, Perennial Aster, Joe Pye-Weed, Spider Flower. Do you think any of these are not a good candidate for winter sowing or do you have any advice on the timeline for when to start these for the winter sowing? I see that you have had great success with this method so I thought I'd ask for any thoughts you may have. Much appreciated!!
Yes they should all do well with winter sowing. You can start in late Jan/early February.
Hi Esther, a couple of questions about the "Temptations" container. I usually have containers that have room for 4" of soil and 6" of growing room. How tall was that container so that you'd have that growing room? My last frost date is April 27th, when can I put my flower seeds in shorter containers like that and when should they be safely transplanted into my containers? What about lettuce and things like red noodle beans? I have a pack of Queen Lime zinnias that I don't want to take a chance with. As always, thanks so much for your help:) P.S. Your hair looks so pretty today:):):)
Thank you for the compliment about my hair. The containers you described sound like they'd work fine. I should note, this is my first time trying those cat treat containers. I'd say as long as the container is big enough, you can winter sow them at any point in your winter sowing season.
I have a question?? I have a bunch of those “cat treat” type containers. How are you going to get the plants out through the top?
Haha. That's a very good question. Probably with a spoon and a prayer
Hi Esther this is my 3rd year winter sowing. I love it so much! Also, this is my 2nd year winter sowing flowers. I sowing 8 flower varieties. How many flower seeds should I ws in each milk jug? I want to dedicate a 4ft by 4ft section of my garden for flowers to attract more pollinators.
I'd say under 10 in most cases. I've been doing 6-8 for most flowers on average for a 1 gallon container.
One additional thought. Sometimes the seeds are so small all you can do is sprinkle them and that's ok to do too
Hi I am in zone 7 a d first time winter sowi g in jugs my vegetable are coming g out of the hole I. The top of the jug.can I 0pen the jugs ?still have some chilly nite. NO FROST can I plant now?
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Any frost hearty plants you can transplant if they have their 2nd set of leaves, but summer plants you want to wait to transplant until after your average last frost date for the area and really not until nights both the past few and the next several are consistently in the 50s.
Hello Esther, what did you use for taping the jug?
Duct tape
Do you find that growing flowers helps with the veggies in general? Or mostly the marigolds?
I find that growing flowers in general helps attract pollinators (bees, butterflies etc), which in turn helps your vegetable garden.
Hi! Should I continue to winter sow even though our days r from 60 to 80+, and nights r 27- to 60?🪴I have to keep containers in shade cuz plants r cooking in there during day.
What zone/area are you in (or when is your average last frost date?) For zones 8+ you are probably getting near the end of the window for winter sowing (through March) but zones 7 and lower have until mid-April