I live in Zone 3 in Canada and I hope some of your viewers would be interested in how winter sowing does in our severe conditions. I used 4 litre milk jugs and had much better success than expected. The jugs were placed in a sheltered place on the south side of our house, so full sun. The seeds that were successful were ones that are zone hardy perennials in my zone. The temperatures we were dealing with were as low as -40. A fun experiment and may be helpful to those who run out of space indoors for seed starting.
@@chelseap7881 this winter has been really cold and I don't need to tell you it's going to be a late spring. I'm finding everything is slow this year. I would check that the soil is still moist and move them into a sheltered, south facing area if possible. You may still get better growth. I think we will all be planting late in Canada this year. Your seeds are just responding to this cold spring. Good luck!!
@@barb9181 Absolutely agree Barb, we are going to have to be patient this year. Zone5 🇨🇦 here my ws jugs just starting to germ and now I'm covering them for the cold week ahead.
I love how real you are Jenny!!! It really helps me know that even if we have some failures lessons learned. I was so discouraged that I have many jugs that look tiny and others are growing out of the containers. Thank you for always encouraging me to keep trying ❤️🌼🌸🌺
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Congrats on your successes! Every year in gardening is always an experiment. I say “ Live and Learn”. I admire your determination and willingness to try new things!!
I sowed foxglove Camelot seeds inside. I thought they were a failure- they took so long to germinate and are still tiny but look healthy and I think nearly all germinated. So don’t give up on them! And here in Toronto Ontario my winter sowing is way behind. My WS pansies are just starting to germinate whereas my indoor sown pansies were planted out last week in pots and urns and are fantastic. Ready to bloom.
Winter sowing does take a lot longer time (later in the calendar, I mean). But as a method, it takes away the requirement for indoor lights and space and supplies. So, it's a cost savings, at the expense of time. Trade off.
Make sure in WS that the soil is saturated with water when planted. Looks like several of yours dried out. Ensure top and bottom holes are adequate. Looking forward to see your poppies😊
Yes, mine dried out, I think from the holes being too small on some of the containers. The containers that stayed moist had better holes. Live and llearn. :-)
Hey Jenny - I just love this video. Gardening is definitely trial and error and we learn as we go. For me, it's so much fun and I think you've done an overall excellent job. Thanks so much for sharing
Hi Jenny! This is the first year I’m doing winter sowing in jugs and I hope I get as much success as you did. Thank you for this video…it’s giving me hope for spring!
Loved this video! I was dying to see how they all did. Your Fixglove looks like my Poppys. Tiny. Nothing on my Coneflower yet. I'm in zone 5B though. Soooo interesting about the clear container on the Foxglove. I did milk jugs but I have started saving some juice containers for next year. Very informative and interesting.
I did winter sowing with Earl Grey poppies in a small clear bucket and as usual too much seeds. But I had great success and I just carefully took everything and planted without separating them and disturb the roots. The result was a massive “shrub” with poppies that bloomed from early June to mid August! I’m definitely doing the same this year and making more than one poppy shrub! 😁
Yes, poppies do excellent in WS. I also took clumps and planted. They were the show of the flowerbed. They reseeded and early winter I seen a mess of wonderful green plants beefing up for spring this year!👏🏼👏🏼
Last yr I got delphinium in Lowe’s died one for $3 bring home replant, cut down,it’s bloom for me 2 times pretty blue . This spring I will plant them in better place in garden.
I have different results from winter sowing. My seedlings are much larger from that method vs those that I’ve had under lights. Interesting🤫. I ran out of containers and used some ziplock bags, which produced the best for me.
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden trying it this year, but concerned about leaves touching bag if it gets too cold or wet. I think it will be good if you could transplant them out right away. I’m putting a styrofoam bowl in a gallon bag to give structure for roots.
Most of my winter sowing was in clear jugs from the distilled water I use for my CPAP. Most of them worked except foxgloves. I'm in 8b, so my winter's are not usually awful. Now I'm sowing into the composted soil, except for echinacia which dislikes good soil. My natural soil has rocks and they like it. Weird, but okay. Thsnks, Jenny for all your help. Even your failures cheer me up because they help me understand that we can't be successful all the time. That's hard for a type A. Gardening teaches patience whether you want to learn it or not.
I just realized my seedling in milk jar is way smaller than those in clear plastic jar. That makes a lot of sense. I thought it’s just different varieties. Thank you for your work!
You did such a good job. So many different plants. I’m sure you saved so much money by starting those plants yourself. The natives and some of your other seeds need cold stratification of 30-60 days (maybe in the refrigerator seeing you are in MD and don’t get long enough cold 40 or below), and will not bloom until next year. I also had mixed results last year but will try again this year!
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden Hi Jenny, thanks for the great video. I’m from Hungary and happy to see you growing these Poppies. Best wishes, Tamina Tünde.
Well done you! it has been such a hear winter for us here in the UK! we have struggled with with really low temps! well for us! I lost a LOT more plants then I normally do!
Thanks so much for the update and advising how to plant the results. I'm in zone 4 so nothing yet. I'm excited for next month to bring enough warmth to get them going 😍🌞
Its fun to see what did well in your area! I did my first winter sowing in North Central Texas (8a) this year and had a lot of success with hyssop, salvia, and rudbekia. I did have to water quite frequently because we had such a dry winter. Definitely such a fun experiment!
This was very helpful for me. I haven't seen any germination activity here in zone 4b, but I don't expect much. I placed one container under a downspout and discovered it soaking in water. The others, in raspberry containers, tipped so soil jumbled. I saved Baptisia seed with the intention of direct sowing them in fall as nature would. Still haven't planted them though. You will have a very colorful garden.
Good video, I am also in 6b/7 in western NC. I had great success last year with winter sowing but this year it was a bust. I'm pretty sure we didn't have enough rain throughout the winter and I didn't supplement it. I had great success under lights, the Lisianthus and Snaps have been out for a couple of weeks and the Ranunculus and Anemone have been out for a month. Everything else is in the little (6x8) unheated greenhouse so as soon as I can get to it, the planting out will commence. Just love this time of year, it's all so exciting. Hopefully no more frosty nights.
Thank you Jenny. You give me hope that mine will still germinate. I’ve had 0 success with my outdoor sowing BUT I think we’re still to cold outside for them to spread their little wings. I also think that the winter sowing jugs location is a big factor. Full sun yes, but I have mine on a table and I think if they had a more solid surface beneath them they would get more heat from the solid surface warming up with the sun shining on it. Just a thought on that, I probably am all wet with that thought but I’m not giving up! Thank you again! 🌷💚🙃
If you are patient, many of your plants will grow and do well. It is a cold year, at least here in IL. Many of the seedlings are so hardy, once they are big enough to transplant, they grow fast. Sometimes a week after checking a bunch of seedlings will pop up, so don't give up. I haven't been able to grow delphinium either.
Yes, thanks, I've covered many of them back up and I'm giving them more time... some of them were definitely ready to plant though! So it's good that I checked on things. :-)
Thank you for the reveal. It is good reference even for this year. I’m sure you realized that there were many variables to containers and location of containers that could have affected germination. Soil, I think you used seed starter? I’m not particularly fond of it as I think it gets too wet and no nutrients. My foxgloves last year came up, but I think I let them dry out. They are so tiny and delphinium also. Both I’ve never grown and it was my first year last year to WS. But I sure had a lot of coneflowers, lavender, poppies, snapdragons, brassicas and leafy greens. Yes, size of holes could definitely make a difference and flat tops to containers could allow maybe too much moisture? And yet others were too dry to allow germination. It’s was a Terribly Hot spring last year. We had 90*F in Z5a, WI-crazy hot🥵 so another reason some containers were dry I’m sure. Not too bad though for a few packs of seeds. We may have to wait a year or two on some plants, but it’s easier on the pocketbook 😊 This year I’m trying a ton of new to me perennials too many to list and I’m concerned about the very very tiny seeds. We will see🙏. I haven’t grown carnations in awhile and will do inside. Inside also planted petunias, geraniums, non stop begonias, hibiscus and artichokes. Lol, I’m new to all except petunias and all are doing excellent with a very tiny slow go on geraniums. The hibiscus seed I tried to nick and stopped when one of the five flew over to the drain-ugh! I put all in a baggie with damp p. towel in container with geraniums on heat and they sprouted in TWO DAYS! 🎉 This year I’ve read many are having problems because spring is 3 wks early on east coast and some cold snaps took them out. I’ve set some in shade but may have to put all in shade for a bit longer as the temps are swinging drastically. Happy gardening!
I think I use regular potting mix for soil, can't remember for sure. I have decided not to do winter sowing this year. The benefits outweigh the cons for me. I want to do indoor sowing so I can have earlier blooms.
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden yes, earlier blooms and that probably answers the question of will it work for large onions, probably not. The one thing I am hoping for is at least starting perennials. Would love to have the mess all outside. This year is first time ever having what I believe is aphids on herbs inside. They don’t touch the rosemary though. Have a fan on but still bothered with a bit of mildew, sigh.
My winter sowed Baptisia didn't emerge until close to June in zone 6, not sure if that's normal, but yours might still come up. Love how you angled the camera, your backdrops look beautiful.
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden I was fortunate that I didn't dump the pot after I thought they have failed, and stuck some Lupin seeds in. The Lupins died after the second set of true leaves for some unknown reason. Then mysterious seedlings started to pop up. I thought they were late germinating Lupins. But after the first true leaf came out, they turn out to be Baptisia. So good luck to your Baptisia!
Baptisia australia or False Indigo require an inoculant, they're in the legume family. Prairie Moon Nursery sells the inoculant for that seed if you want to try it again this year.
Zone 7B. I had best luck with sowing my foxglove seeds in September (at the same time as Monty Don). I got a good germination rate and they were good sized seedlings when I planted them out in my garden in late October. They took the frigid February 2021 weather like champs. They are putting up bloom stalks right now. I'm going to sow some Camelot and Dalmation this fall so I'll get a bloom next year. I have had good luck with transplanting poppies and larkspur when it was just prior to a cool rain and it was going to be overcast for a couple of days. I've actually set out/moved these plants in a drizzle and they never even wilted down. I've got some poppies to get out, too. I didn't think I had any germination from direct sowing in the fall, but seedlings have popped up and hopefully I'll get a show in about a month. I have very little luck with delphinium seeds. Luckily I found some plants in 4 inch pots to plant with the 2 that came back from last year. But it is so fun to uncover those seedlings!
So fun! This is my first year and our first year in our new home, so I am starting with a blank slate. This has already saved me thousands of dollars I’m sure! I’m in 5b/6a and wondering if I need to cover things that are ready to go out like Bachelors Buttons, once I plant them in the ground? Our temps are still 30-40s at night. Thanks so much!!
Some things (known as "cool season" plants) will do fine in the 30's and 40's, others ("warm season" plants) need nights no lower than 50. Google should be able to help you out. Good luck!
I’m not big on using milk jugs just cuz of the opaqueness- most plants need more light. This was interesting! I winter-sowed several seeds also and had great success on bachelor buttons, scabiosa, daisies, sunflowers, and a few more - my gomphrena is still tiny - I really want those to grow.
I guess if all I had was milk jugs, I wouldn't know that clear was better, but the side by side was pretty convincing. :-). sounds like your garden will be lovely!
My winter sowing did about the same. The foxgloves in my jug look really good but small. I wonder if they need more warmer days to grow. Lol I had some jugs of poppies that we’re looking beautiful but my German Shepard puppy had her way with the jugs out in the yard. My nasturtium in 2 containers we’re looking really good but we got a ton of rain the other night and their looking pretty yellow and mushy. What I found is some snapdragons, sweet peas and lemon berry violas did pretty good. I had delphinium too that didn’t fair well. I just want to add I did red solo cups in a clear container with mostly different snapdragons. I found this method to be the easiest to keep conditions right for them. As far as soil level and moisture control. Also, no tipping over or doggie running off with them. I think I was able to put 20 red cups in one container. Definitely, going to use that method next year for all winter sowing. Thanks for sharing your winter sowing. It’s always fun to get extra plants for a fraction of price. Ha, now we gotta pot all these babies and find places for them. Take care. ❤
I'm on my second year of winter sowing (zone 4b) and I've definitely found that it's not the way to get early plants. 😅 But I love how hands-off it is. I'm trying some new things this year and I'm excited to see what happens!
The HANDS OFF method isnt. Thats why you leave the caps off and let Nature take care of everything. What you could do is let the plants germinate indoors and then move the jugs outside in a sunny area. Just be sure to keep an eye on the forecast, screw the tops on and protect them if a frost is expected
Good day. I am wondering that for those that are dry, for winter sowing when you check throughout the winter season and see that they may be dry don't you need to water a little bit. So that they don't dry and then they will germinate. Anyways looking forward to see them planted and any updates on them. So exciting. Really looking forward to the blue poppies. Happy planting and have an amazing day.
Jenny, I loved watching this video. I live in Arkansas and started mine a little later than last year. Did some the end of January and then first week of February. About 75% of mine did good, the others have algae ugh. I’ve read others have had the same problem, maybe too much moisture in our area? I’ve sown flowers and vegetables, I’m still waiting to see if some more of them will come on.
Yes, I'd say let them keep trying... some are just later than others. As you saw from mine, some of mine were absolutely ready to plant out, and others not even sprouted yet. Good luck!
Try pre sprouting your delphinium seeds first. Place them on a moist sheet of paper towel inside a Tupperware container. Close the lid loosely and set them out on the kitchen counter. They will sprout in a couple of days. Then transplant them into trays and put under your grow lights. I’ve had close to 100% germination using this method.
I had a tremendous winter sowing outcome! Foxglove, canterbury bells, canna lily, spinach. BUT not so great with the purple cherokee tomatoes. They are alive, but pretty small. Oh well...
This was my first year to do this. I am in zone 4 so I didn’t do mine till March but so far nothing not one of the 20 containers have sprouted anything.
Well, some of them were definitely ready to be planted out (foxgloves, for example), while others are still working. After the warm weather spell we are having, I'll be closing them back up and letting them continue to grow.
Have you tried this outdoor planting method before? I had to look away. Lunaria aka money plant is invasive in my experience. You were able to grow it because it’s a tenacious plant. My mother warned not to plant anything wort, and she was right.
Lunaria is not invasive here. We do have a little in our neighborhood, but it hasn't been creeping or invading anywhere. In fact, I've failed three times with it so far. It's known to be a great native pollinator at this time of year, and beautiful as well. I'm not worried. :-) Yes, Ive done Winter Sowing before, and I always like to try it and see what works and what doesn't. I usually try new varieties each year just to learn more.
Winter sowing doesn’t give you earlier seedlings. This is a common misunderstanding. The purpose of winter sowing is to give you hardier seedlings and is an option for those who can’t after grow lights are don’t have the indoor space.
My winter sown delphs didn’t germinate at all. My first year doing that so wasn’t sure if it would work. It was a fail but i will try it again next year. I haven’t given up yet!!
Do not give up yet on those natives , some of them need 2 years to sprout, just put them in a semi shade position and keep them watered , leave through the winter again and next spring you should have sprouts
I didn't have much luck winter sowing compared to indoors. I am going to sow snaps for planting this autumn, after seeing Janey's I'm trying it. I figure if I can get at least one of anything to germinate, I've have seeds for next yr. WOW, I am impressed with your blue poppies, who did you buy yours from.? Yrs ago Monty Don talked about how hard they are. Foxglove are my favorite, It was hot yesterday.!
I can't remember exactly where I got the poppies - either Botanical Interest or Baker Creek. I'm not sure if snapdragons will withstand a zone 7 winter, but you could always try and see! Good luck!
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden I planted snapdragons and they came back. Lisa Mason Ziegler has snaps in her cool flowers book. Are you a or b up there.? I bet they'd do ok for you. Thanks for the either or site for the seeds.
I'm in NW Indiana zone 5b, 1st time winter sower. I planted up 9 milk jugs, 6 have success. Still nothing from the columbine, borage or butterfly weed. started 1/20 . I haven't opened them yet , just peaked inside.
I didn't find that poppies got transplant shock. They need to be planted out as early as possible. I found they did better when planted in the cooler temperatures. Also, plant them in clumps rather than trying to separate them into individual plants.
Thanks for the update Jenny. I have same on most of my winter sowing. (NJ zone 7 )Question, My indoor snapdragons and purple bell vine sprouted but stopped there..any ideas?
The stock is actually supposed to be yellow-ish if it has double flowers. That's how you can tell early on which one of your seedlings will have double flowers (single flowered ones would be greener). Thank you for showing us your WS results, it's always so interesting to see :)
It's sad more didn't germinate. :( I definitely prefer indoor sowing in the individual cell trays. Besides being able to control temperature, light, and water indoors, but trying to get them out of the jugs and separate them seems like doing surgery. I'm not that patient and steady. haha.
I think I'm finding that there are pros and cons to all methods of gardening. Gardeners are industrious people who find ways to do things that suit their needs... that's why there are so many "right" ways! :-)
I'm not sure! I guess there's a chance that seeds could sprout and then be too small to survive the winter. It's probably dependent on what you're sowing.
I use potting soil, not seed-starting soil, for winter sowing. They need the nutrition that the potting soil offers. Unfortunately it also has larger chunks in it. I could sieve it, but that's more work than I care to worry about. :-)
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden I love you videos. I am new to seed planting and was not sure whether to use regular potting soil or thinner soil. Thank you for letting me me know it is ok to use regular soil. Thanks again. Maria Oh! I love your new rock wall you had done down the hill 🌺
Most of what you planted could be viewed as hardy annuals also.this is my fourth year at Winter Sowing. I think your containers are just too dry. I am in 6a. I make all my holes up about about 1 inch with none on the very bottom.
I live in Zone 3 in Canada and I hope some of your viewers would be interested in how winter sowing does in our severe conditions. I used 4 litre milk jugs and had much better success than expected. The jugs were placed in a sheltered place on the south side of our house, so full sun. The seeds that were successful were ones that are zone hardy perennials in my zone. The temperatures we were dealing with were as low as -40. A fun experiment and may be helpful to those who run out of space indoors for seed starting.
are they up already? i’m in a zone 4 and only have a couple sprouts so far
@@chelseap7881 this winter has been really cold and I don't need to tell you it's going to be a late spring. I'm finding everything is slow this year. I would check that the soil is still moist and move them into a sheltered, south facing area if possible. You may still get better growth. I think we will all be planting late in Canada this year. Your seeds are just responding to this cold spring. Good luck!!
@@barb9181 Absolutely agree Barb, we are going to have to be patient this year. Zone5 🇨🇦 here my ws jugs just starting to germ and now I'm covering them for the cold week ahead.
Thanks Barb! As you can see, yes, some viewers are interested!!! :-).
I love how real you are Jenny!!! It really helps me know that even if we have some failures lessons learned. I was so discouraged that I have many jugs that look tiny and others are growing out of the containers. Thank you for always encouraging me to keep trying ❤️🌼🌸🌺
Happy you're finding these videos helpful! Happy growing!
Looking set each plant in turn really helped. This didn’t feel rushed which I liked. Thank you.
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I would say ur winter sowing is successful.. I am looking forward to mine.hopefully is good.
yes, I agree. Hope yours is great!
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden thank you jenny! 😊🇨🇦
Congrats on your successes! Every year in gardening is always an experiment. I say “ Live and Learn”. I admire your determination and willingness to try new things!!
Yes, that's my life motto!!!! Happy growing!
I sowed foxglove Camelot seeds inside. I thought they were a failure- they took so long to germinate and are still tiny but look healthy and I think nearly all germinated. So don’t give up on them! And here in Toronto Ontario my winter sowing is way behind. My WS pansies are just starting to germinate whereas my indoor sown pansies were planted out last week in pots and urns and are fantastic. Ready to bloom.
Winter sowing does take a lot longer time (later in the calendar, I mean). But as a method, it takes away the requirement for indoor lights and space and supplies. So, it's a cost savings, at the expense of time. Trade off.
Hey Susan. Up here in Collingwood and our daffodils are 1.5 -2wks behind. Wow lots of us Canadians in the comments today's 😁
Make sure in WS that the soil is saturated with water when planted. Looks like several of yours dried out. Ensure top and bottom holes are adequate. Looking forward to see your poppies😊
Yes, mine dried out, I think from the holes being too small on some of the containers. The containers that stayed moist had better holes. Live and llearn. :-)
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Love turning the container upside down and then 10:34 cutting it. Love this. Great reveal.
Hey Jenny - I just love this video. Gardening is definitely trial and error and we learn as we go. For me, it's so much fun and I think you've done an overall excellent job. Thanks so much for sharing
Aw, thanks! yes, we learn by trying and failing and correcting and trying again! Happy gardening!
Hi Jenny! This is the first year I’m doing winter sowing in jugs and I hope I get as much success as you did. Thank you for this video…it’s giving me hope for spring!
Best of luck!
Loved this video! I was dying to see how they all did. Your Fixglove looks like my Poppys. Tiny. Nothing on my Coneflower yet. I'm in zone 5B though. Soooo interesting about the clear container on the Foxglove. I did milk jugs but I have started saving some juice containers for next year. Very informative and interesting.
So glad you found it helpful! Good luck to you as your spring continues to arrive!
Wow! Came a cross this vedio from the pass. I remember it well. So good to see you. You must have been very life busy with life. Have missed you. 😞
I did winter sowing with Earl Grey poppies in a small clear bucket and as usual too much seeds. But I had great success and I just carefully took everything and planted without separating them and disturb the roots. The result was a massive “shrub” with poppies that bloomed from early June to mid August! I’m definitely doing the same this year and making more than one poppy shrub! 😁
wow, that sounds awesome!
Yes, poppies do excellent in WS. I also took clumps and planted. They were the show of the flowerbed. They reseeded and early winter I seen a mess of wonderful green plants beefing up for spring this year!👏🏼👏🏼
Last yr I got delphinium in Lowe’s died one for $3 bring home replant, cut down,it’s bloom for me 2 times pretty blue . This spring I will plant them in better place in garden.
I have different results from winter sowing. My seedlings are much larger from that method vs those that I’ve had under lights. Interesting🤫. I ran out of containers and used some ziplock bags, which produced the best for me.
Good to know the plastic bag method works well. I've seen it but haven't tried it. Happy growing!
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden trying it this year, but concerned about leaves touching bag if it gets too cold or wet. I think it will be good if you could transplant them out right away. I’m putting a styrofoam bowl in a gallon bag to give structure for roots.
Fun stuff Jenny! Beautiful flowers in bloom🌿🌷🌿 in your background. A little snow here this morning😛
Ugh, so sorry about the snow!!!!! spring is coming, surely!
Most of my winter sowing was in clear jugs from the distilled water I use for my CPAP. Most of them worked except foxgloves. I'm in 8b, so my winter's are not usually awful. Now I'm sowing into the composted soil, except for echinacia which dislikes good soil. My natural soil has rocks and they like it. Weird, but okay. Thsnks, Jenny for all your help. Even your failures cheer me up because they help me understand that we can't be successful all the time. That's hard for a type A. Gardening teaches patience whether you want to learn it or not.
You are so right!!!! thanks for watching! sounds like your gardening season is off to a great start!
Had to use some filters to run across your video and so happy I did! You have the sweetest personality! Glad to see someone else’s real results
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Come back again soon! :-)
Thank you for this valuable information. 🇨🇦 .. i think indoor sowing is more for me. I think i will be a lot happier with the results.
Best of luck!
I just realized my seedling in milk jar is way smaller than those in clear plastic jar. That makes a lot of sense. I thought it’s just different varieties. Thank you for your work!
Happy that this helped you! have a great gardening day!
You did such a good job. So many different plants. I’m sure you saved so much money by starting those plants yourself. The natives and some of your other seeds need cold stratification of 30-60 days (maybe in the refrigerator seeing you are in MD and don’t get long enough cold 40 or below), and will not bloom until next year. I also had mixed results last year but will try again this year!
Thanks so much! 😊 Yes, it was a bit sketchy with some of them, but overall, it's a great method! have fun this year.
Great job on the Himalayan blue poppy! I'm excited to see them bloom!
Thanks, me too! But I realized I did a typo - they're Hungarian, not Himalayan.
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden Hi Jenny, thanks for the great video. I’m from Hungary and happy to see you growing these Poppies. Best wishes, Tamina Tünde.
End of January...Thanks for the helpful hints. Will try it for the first time this winter.
Good luck!
I like the hunk of seed method! It's still too early for most of my starts. So I'm just babying them along. Thanks. Great as always!
Thanks for watching. Good luck with yours!
Well done you! it has been such a hear winter for us here in the UK! we have struggled with with really low temps! well for us! I lost a LOT more plants then I normally do!
So sorry to hear that! Climate change is really messing us all up!
My daughter and I are going to try that next year. Looks like fun
Yes, give it a try! It IS fun!
I would call this a success. Besides, your Spring interest game by the steps is on point. Happy Easter!🐣🌷✝️
Thank you! Yes, I do love that garden by the steps right now! Happy Easter to you as well!
Thanks so much for the update and advising how to plant the results. I'm in zone 4 so nothing yet. I'm excited for next month to bring enough warmth to get them going 😍🌞
Yes, spring will be at your doorstep soon!
Its fun to see what did well in your area! I did my first winter sowing in North Central Texas (8a) this year and had a lot of success with hyssop, salvia, and rudbekia. I did have to water quite frequently because we had such a dry winter. Definitely such a fun experiment!
Awesome! I definitely should have watered ... just got lazy, I think. One of these days I'll learn!
You have some lovely seedlings 🌱 Jenny 🌸💕🌸
:-) Thanks! Hope your garden is coming along.
This was very helpful for me. I haven't seen any germination activity here in zone 4b, but I don't expect much. I placed one container under a downspout and discovered it soaking in water. The others, in raspberry containers, tipped so soil jumbled.
I saved Baptisia seed with the intention of direct sowing them in fall as nature would. Still haven't planted them though.
You will have a very colorful garden.
With any luck! Good luck to you!
Good video, I am also in 6b/7 in western NC. I had great success last year with winter sowing but this year it was a bust. I'm pretty sure we didn't have enough rain throughout the winter and I didn't supplement it. I had great success under lights, the Lisianthus and Snaps have been out for a couple of weeks and the Ranunculus and Anemone have been out for a month. Everything else is in the little (6x8) unheated greenhouse so as soon as I can get to it, the planting out will commence. Just love this time of year, it's all so exciting. Hopefully no more frosty nights.
I think I should have watered mine, too. Live and learn. Happy growing!!!!
I grew agastache indoors under grow lights and they did amazing!! I now have 8 healthy plants!!
Awesome! I did a lot of stuff indoors this year, but wanted to try winter sowing as well. We learn so much by trying things! Happy gardening!
My snapdragons are also small in the milk jugs, thanks for bringing this to our attention 🌸🐝
Good luck with yours!
Jenny, just watched an order video. Good timing. I'm getting ready to do some seed planting. Happy New Year, '2023'!
Have fun!!!!
Thank you Jenny. You give me hope that mine will still germinate. I’ve had 0 success with my outdoor sowing BUT I think we’re still to cold outside for them to spread their little wings. I also think that the winter sowing jugs location is a big factor. Full sun yes, but I have mine on a table and I think if they had a more solid surface beneath them they would get more heat from the solid surface warming up with the sun shining on it. Just a thought on that, I probably am all wet with that thought but I’m not giving up! Thank you again! 🌷💚🙃
You might try putting them on a concrete or asphalt area if you have one. Or even dark soil. Good luck!
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden thank you🌷💚🙃
If you are patient, many of your plants will grow and do well. It is a cold year, at least here in IL. Many of the seedlings are so hardy, once they are big enough to transplant, they grow fast. Sometimes a week after checking a bunch of seedlings will pop up, so don't give up. I haven't been able to grow delphinium either.
Yes, thanks, I've covered many of them back up and I'm giving them more time... some of them were definitely ready to plant though! So it's good that I checked on things. :-)
Thank you for the reveal. It is good reference even for this year. I’m sure you realized that there were many variables to containers and location of containers that could have affected germination. Soil, I think you used seed starter? I’m not particularly fond of it as I think it gets too wet and no nutrients.
My foxgloves last year came up, but I think I let them dry out. They are so tiny and delphinium also. Both I’ve never grown and it was my first year last year to WS. But I sure had a lot of coneflowers, lavender, poppies, snapdragons, brassicas and leafy greens.
Yes, size of holes could definitely make a difference and flat tops to containers could allow maybe too much moisture? And yet others were too dry to allow germination. It’s was a Terribly Hot spring last year. We had 90*F in Z5a, WI-crazy hot🥵 so another reason some containers were dry I’m sure.
Not too bad though for a few packs of seeds. We may have to wait a year or two on some plants, but it’s easier on the pocketbook 😊
This year I’m trying a ton of new to me perennials too many to list and I’m concerned about the very very tiny seeds. We will see🙏. I haven’t grown carnations in awhile and will do inside. Inside also planted petunias, geraniums, non stop begonias, hibiscus and artichokes. Lol, I’m new to all except petunias and all are doing excellent with a very tiny slow go on geraniums. The hibiscus seed I tried to nick and stopped when one of the five flew over to the drain-ugh! I put all in a baggie with damp p. towel in container with geraniums on heat and they sprouted in TWO DAYS! 🎉
This year I’ve read many are having problems because spring is 3 wks early on east coast and some cold snaps took them out. I’ve set some in shade but may have to put all in shade for a bit longer as the temps are swinging drastically.
Happy gardening!
I think I use regular potting mix for soil, can't remember for sure. I have decided not to do winter sowing this year. The benefits outweigh the cons for me. I want to do indoor sowing so I can have earlier blooms.
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden yes, earlier blooms and that probably answers the question of will it work for large onions, probably not. The one thing I am hoping for is at least starting perennials. Would love to have the mess all outside. This year is first time ever having what I believe is aphids on herbs inside. They don’t touch the rosemary though. Have a fan on but still bothered with a bit of mildew, sigh.
My winter sowed Baptisia didn't emerge until close to June in zone 6, not sure if that's normal, but yours might still come up. Love how you angled the camera, your backdrops look beautiful.
Good to know, thanks! I'll keep the container cared for until then!
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I was fortunate that I didn't dump the pot after I thought they have failed, and stuck some Lupin seeds in. The Lupins died after the second set of true leaves for some unknown reason. Then mysterious seedlings started to pop up. I thought they were late germinating Lupins. But after the first true leaf came out, they turn out to be Baptisia.
So good luck to your Baptisia!
Baptisia australia or False Indigo require an inoculant, they're in the legume family. Prairie Moon Nursery sells the inoculant for that seed if you want to try it again this year.
Good to know, thanks!
Zone 7B. I had best luck with sowing my foxglove seeds in September (at the same time as Monty Don). I got a good germination rate and they were good sized seedlings when I planted them out in my garden in late October. They took the frigid February 2021 weather like champs. They are putting up bloom stalks right now. I'm going to sow some Camelot and Dalmation this fall so I'll get a bloom next year. I have had good luck with transplanting poppies and larkspur when it was just prior to a cool rain and it was going to be overcast for a couple of days. I've actually set out/moved these plants in a drizzle and they never even wilted down. I've got some poppies to get out, too. I didn't think I had any germination from direct sowing in the fall, but seedlings have popped up and hopefully I'll get a show in about a month. I have very little luck with delphinium seeds. Luckily I found some plants in 4 inch pots to plant with the 2 that came back from last year. But it is so fun to uncover those seedlings!
Thanks for the tips! w'ere headed to some cooler wetter weather in the next few days, so I'll try moving the poppies and larkspur then.
I had success with zinnia, lupine and some daisy. No luck with canterberry bells or delphiniums either. Thanks for sharing.
thanks for watching! Good luck to you!
So fun! This is my first year and our first year in our new home, so I am starting with a blank slate. This has already saved me thousands of dollars I’m sure!
I’m in 5b/6a and wondering if I need to cover things that are ready to go out like Bachelors Buttons, once I plant them in the ground? Our temps are still 30-40s at night. Thanks so much!!
Some things (known as "cool season" plants) will do fine in the 30's and 40's, others ("warm season" plants) need nights no lower than 50. Google should be able to help you out. Good luck!
I’m not big on using milk jugs just cuz of the opaqueness- most plants need more light. This was interesting! I winter-sowed several seeds also and had great success on bachelor buttons, scabiosa, daisies, sunflowers, and a few more - my gomphrena is still tiny - I really want those to grow.
I guess if all I had was milk jugs, I wouldn't know that clear was better, but the side by side was pretty convincing. :-). sounds like your garden will be lovely!
My winter sowing did about the same. The foxgloves in my jug look really good but small. I wonder if they need more warmer days to grow. Lol I had some jugs of poppies that we’re looking beautiful but my German Shepard puppy had her way with the jugs out in the yard. My nasturtium in 2 containers we’re looking really good but we got a ton of rain the other night and their looking pretty yellow and mushy. What I found is some snapdragons, sweet peas and lemon berry violas did pretty good. I had delphinium too that didn’t fair well. I just want to add I did red solo cups in a clear container with mostly different snapdragons. I found this method to be the easiest to keep conditions right for them. As far as soil level and moisture control. Also, no tipping over or doggie running off with them. I think I was able to put 20 red cups in one container. Definitely, going to use that method next year for all winter sowing. Thanks for sharing your winter sowing. It’s always fun to get extra plants for a fraction of price. Ha, now we gotta pot all these babies and find places for them. Take care. ❤
Sounds like yours are coming along well! yes, finding space is always a problem! but, so much fun!
I'm on my second year of winter sowing (zone 4b) and I've definitely found that it's not the way to get early plants. 😅 But I love how hands-off it is. I'm trying some new things this year and I'm excited to see what happens!
Yes, definitely not early. But stronger, easier, and no need for indoor equipment. :-)
The HANDS OFF method isnt. Thats why you leave the caps off and let Nature take care of everything.
What you could do is let the plants germinate indoors and then move the jugs outside in a sunny area. Just be sure to keep an eye on the forecast, screw the tops on and protect them if a frost is expected
Put the foxglove on a HEAT MAT and under a grow light.
Yes thats how I got 24 huge plants this year. Can't wait for their beautiful blooms.
Well, I do have foxgloves inside, but this was a winter sowing experiment, so.... ;-)
Good day. I am wondering that for those that are dry, for winter sowing when you check throughout the winter season and see that they may be dry don't you need to water a little bit. So that they don't dry and then they will germinate. Anyways looking forward to see them planted and any updates on them. So exciting. Really looking forward to the blue poppies. Happy planting and have an amazing day.
Yes, I should have watered - biggest lesson learned this year. :-)
So fun!!! Glad for you!
Thanks!
Jenny, I loved watching this video. I live in Arkansas and started mine a little later than last year. Did some the end of January and then first week of February. About 75% of mine did good, the others have algae ugh. I’ve read others have had the same problem, maybe too much moisture in our area? I’ve sown flowers and vegetables, I’m still waiting to see if some more of them will come on.
Yes, I'd say let them keep trying... some are just later than others. As you saw from mine, some of mine were absolutely ready to plant out, and others not even sprouted yet. Good luck!
Needed slow release fertilizer with planting mix to jump start. I've planted some of your choices in milk jugs with 100% success..
Thanks for the info!
Try pre sprouting your delphinium seeds first. Place them on a moist sheet of paper towel inside a Tupperware container. Close the lid loosely and set them out on the kitchen counter. They will sprout in a couple of days. Then transplant them into trays and put under your grow lights. I’ve had close to 100% germination using this method.
Great to know, thanks!!! I've done that method with other seeds, will try with these!
Great job ❤
I had a tremendous winter sowing outcome! Foxglove, canterbury bells, canna lily, spinach. BUT not so great with the purple cherokee tomatoes. They are alive, but pretty small. Oh well...
May I ask what zone your in? 🌷💚🙃
Awesome!
This was my first year to do this. I am in zone 4 so I didn’t do mine till March but so far nothing not one of the 20 containers have sprouted anything.
In good time. They have to have the right temps. It's still early for zone 4, I think.
I think it's too early to expect zone 4 sprouts yet. Keep holding on... it'll come!
Wow! Out of all rebels for winter sowing, yours had the most flops. Did you check to see if they were drying out at all?
No that was probably part of my problem.
More of yours may sprout, too, with warmer temps and watering. I have had to water my jugs several times this spring.
Yes, I think that was my biggest mistake this year. Lesson learned. :-)
Dear Jenny, ich had to lol about your mini seedlings! Meggi
I think you open the containers way too too soon.
Well, some of them were definitely ready to be planted out (foxgloves, for example), while others are still working. After the warm weather spell we are having, I'll be closing them back up and letting them continue to grow.
I am crossing my fingers!
For MySQL seedlings aß well
Good job!
Thanks! :-)
Have you tried this outdoor planting method before? I had to look away. Lunaria aka money plant is invasive in my experience. You were able to grow it because it’s a tenacious plant. My mother warned not to plant anything wort, and she was right.
Lunaria is not invasive here. We do have a little in our neighborhood, but it hasn't been creeping or invading anywhere. In fact, I've failed three times with it so far. It's known to be a great native pollinator at this time of year, and beautiful as well. I'm not worried. :-)
Yes, Ive done Winter Sowing before, and I always like to try it and see what works and what doesn't. I usually try new varieties each year just to learn more.
Winter sowing doesn’t give you earlier seedlings. This is a common misunderstanding. The purpose of winter sowing is to give you hardier seedlings and is an option for those who can’t after grow lights are don’t have the indoor space.
Yes, I do understand that. Thanks for the info! :-)
and the upside down jar with the red lid doesn't have a hole in the top. Maybe it heated up quicker and could keep the heat in more efficiently.
It had about 50 small holes in the top (the size of a metal skewer), and the soil was consistently moist.
My winter sown delphs didn’t germinate at all. My first year doing that so wasn’t sure if it would work. It was a fail but i will try it again next year. I haven’t given up yet!!
Another commenter suggested pre-sprouting them in wet paper towels... that might work for you? Good luck!
Do not give up yet on those natives , some of them need 2 years to sprout, just put them in a semi shade position and keep them watered , leave through the winter again and next spring you should have sprouts
Good to know, thanks!
I didn't have much luck winter sowing compared to indoors. I am going to sow snaps for planting this autumn, after seeing Janey's I'm trying it. I figure if I can get at least one of anything to germinate, I've have seeds for next yr. WOW, I am impressed with your blue poppies, who did you buy yours from.? Yrs ago Monty Don talked about how hard they are. Foxglove are my favorite, It was hot yesterday.!
I can't remember exactly where I got the poppies - either Botanical Interest or Baker Creek. I'm not sure if snapdragons will withstand a zone 7 winter, but you could always try and see! Good luck!
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I planted snapdragons and they came back. Lisa Mason Ziegler has snaps in her cool flowers book. Are you a or b up there.? I bet they'd do ok for you. Thanks for the either or site for the seeds.
@@itsmewende Good to know! Also, re: poppies, they're Hungarian Blue, not Himalayan Blue like I put in the video.
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Oh ok, I did see Hungarian Blue at Baker Creek. Thanks again.
I'm in NW Indiana zone 5b, 1st time winter sower. I planted up 9 milk jugs, 6 have success. Still nothing from the columbine, borage or butterfly weed. started 1/20 . I haven't opened them yet , just peaked inside.
Columbine will take a while, don't give up. Not sure about the others, but good luck!
I didn't find that poppies got transplant shock. They need to be planted out as early as possible. I found they did better when planted in the cooler temperatures. Also, plant them in clumps rather than trying to separate them into individual plants.
Good to know, thanks! We're due for cold on Sunday and Monday, so maybe I"ll do them then. Thanks!
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How do you get the seedlings out of the milk 🥛 jugs and other containers !!!!????
Oh , okay you talked about getting the seedlings out of the containers at the end of the video !!!! Thank you very much !!!!
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Thanks for watching. :-)
Thanks for the update Jenny. I have same on most of my winter sowing. (NJ zone 7 )Question, My indoor snapdragons and purple bell vine sprouted but stopped there..any ideas?
I'm guessing they need fertilizer? I used a weekly application of a 1/2 strength fish emulsion fertilizer (stinky!) on my seedlings. Good luck!
I think plants that need cold stratification are best in winter sow. Most annuals are not for winter sow. I am in Baltimore County.
There's a concept called "spring sow" as well, which is aimed at more warm weather plants.
The stock is actually supposed to be yellow-ish if it has double flowers. That's how you can tell early on which one of your seedlings will have double flowers (single flowered ones would be greener). Thank you for showing us your WS results, it's always so interesting to see :)
There's something about the shape of the seed leaves, too, but I'm not sure.
I don t feel bad now, I was a jug failure!
It's sad more didn't germinate. :( I definitely prefer indoor sowing in the individual cell trays. Besides being able to control temperature, light, and water indoors, but trying to get them out of the jugs and separate them seems like doing surgery. I'm not that patient and steady. haha.
I think I'm finding that there are pros and cons to all methods of gardening. Gardeners are industrious people who find ways to do things that suit their needs... that's why there are so many "right" ways! :-)
What kind of fertilizer
Great video! what if you winter sow too early?
I'm not sure! I guess there's a chance that seeds could sprout and then be too small to survive the winter. It's probably dependent on what you're sowing.
Just plant the whole clump of poppies don’t try to separate them
I'm thinking I'll do exactly that! Thanks!
Yeah, on the seeds you did get
Absolutely! :-)
Do you know if the Camelot Foxgloves are supposed to bloom a second year as well as the first?
Yes, I've heard that they do. Hoping these grow well.
It looks like you soil has to much mulch in it. I thought your seed soil is light and easy for seeds to go thru.
I use potting soil, not seed-starting soil, for winter sowing. They need the nutrition that the potting soil offers. Unfortunately it also has larger chunks in it. I could sieve it, but that's more work than I care to worry about. :-)
@@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden I love you videos. I am new to seed planting and was not sure whether to use regular potting soil or thinner soil. Thank you for letting me me know it is ok to use regular soil. Thanks again. Maria
Oh! I love your new rock wall you had done down the hill 🌺
None of my 15 winter sowing jugs gave me anything, not sure what I did wrong 😑
It might be too soon for you... and make sure you keep them moist (unlike me). Some of mine were ready, but some were not, and they'll keep growing.
Most of what you planted could be viewed as hardy annuals also.this is my fourth year at Winter Sowing. I think your containers are just too dry. I am in 6a. I make all my holes up about about 1 inch with none on the very bottom.
Thanks for the info, great tips.
Hey Jenny if you’re ever in York, PA I would love to have you visit my gardens. I’m in zone 6b/7a (thanks climate change).
That would be lovely!
I think it was the yo yo temps...
Could be. Also, I should have watered. Also, it's just too soon for some. I'm going to cover many of these back up and let them keep going.
Looks like the soil is too heavy...like a mud ball...Lots of fails....but better to but $2 seed pack than one $5 plant someone else grows. NICE TRY!
Well, I was happy with how many did germinate... it's all good. :-)