Always interesting to hear about what does well in other gardening zones. I'm in 8b where you can get at least two crops of watermelons if you do good planning and have access to irrigation. I don't know if you have grow seedless watermelons but as a lifelong watermelon grower and lover of watermelon I would think you might like some of the sweetness and flesh texture of seedless varietes. Other than some special techniques of how to germinate the triploid varietes, they grow similiar to seeded types and they do need a pollinator. They are a little more sensitive to night time temperature when they are young, but once they take off they behave like a seeded watermelons. I think your zone though is ideal for winter squash. I can get winter squash up and out of the ground, produce nice plants, and then have disasterous results with the fruit. I am at the point where I might give up on winter squash. The beetles, vine borers, mildew, and mid to late summer heat destroy the plants and the fruit. Yes I do measures to try to take care of the pest but they work me to death. I might try some of your varieties this year. I am also going to take your advice on some of the flowers you like especially the petunias. I always underestimate the importance of attracting pollinators to the garden especially in the late summer. As always I really enjoy your videos. I know you have your hands full but I wouldn't mind seeing you do a few videos on some of your vegetable prep in the kitchen. Thanks for your videos.
Two crops of watermelons would be nice! I do grow seedless sometimes- and I actually like using Sugar Punch as a pollinator. Due to that solid green/black rind color it's easy to distinguish from other varieties. Honestly, I'm in the same boat you are with winter squash- once the insect pests figure out you've got them planted it's an ongoing battle. We have trouble with high humidity and mildew/bacteria and fungal pathogens here as well. So if I can find something that actually grows and matures- it's a big deal for me! And I'm hoping to do more kitchen prep videos- it's been on my to-do list since the summer... the struggle is always finding the time 😄. Happy holidays!
Good sit and chat. Listening while messing with the blog layout. LOVE the signage. That is a cool brand y'all got Jenna! Communicates a lot just by the font and style. Merry Christmas 🎄
Of course your videos always great. Going to try them tiny bells and them yellow water melon and review with a pen perhaps more. Thanks for helping me and others garden Lady
You are such a wealth of terrific information. Ordered one of the tomatoes you suggested for my friends balcony garden, (forget which one). Wish I had space to grow more after watching your videos, will be trying the celeriac. Hope you have a warm and loving Christmas!
You described a perfect watermelon texture just as I would. Mushy or threads forget it😂. OMG! I just checked the Sugar Punch price and it’s 9.99 for 10 seeds! It’s a hybrid so seeds probably wouldn’t come true to save. I swear the prices of things keep going up each time I check for them. Giant squash-Violina Rugosa is similar. About 18-24” long, fine silky texture, sweet, moist, small seed pocket. Long peach colored peanuts. We didn’t need many to fill the freezer. Some claim better than butternut. Great for desserts. No borers at least. Try again next year to make sure it wasn’t a fluke. I grew baby butternut one year and thought there was something wrong that they didn’t get big. It really wasn’t stated on the pkg that they were suppose to be small😊 yes, they are nice single serves. We have wild spotted horse mint that just hums with pollinators. They sell it and I battle it🤣 I saved some seeds from a zinnia plant in the mixed seeds I saved that looked exactly like the pink one you showed. I had pink and a red that looked like cabbage roses. Can’t wait to see if they come back from the seed. According to prices this year I will be getting serious about finding the right open pollinated plants and saving seed. Thank you for the reviews and Happy Holidays!
Yes- seed prices are getting crazy! The one thing I will say, is watch Gurney's as they do 50% off offers fairly regularly. But I too have been thinking more & more about the importance of keeping some open pollinated selections. I don't see prices going down any time soon. I'll have to look into the Violina Rugosa- thanks for the suggestion! Happy Holidays to you as well!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I just did some math on a few seed packets and the range PER seed was $.23-1.00! Yikes! Yes there are sales and then there are some suppliers that are still affordable. Hopefully they still have the varieties you are looking for during the sale. I missed out already from a supplier that offered free shipping. Lol! Forgot the shipping on the per seed amount🤣
I just started using RUclips for garden lore (a bit behind the times). You're the best, and we're in Southern Illinois zone 6b/7a (we're headed south with global warming), so not too far from your climate. Do you have any lists of your favorites with who sells them? This is so useful! I found a few I have to get for my final seed purchases.
Also a texture fanatic! I get it! It beats flavor every day. I’ll have to check out Sugar Punch, for sure. You use strained squash liquid in baked goods?! 🤯 That’s next level Jenna! Re: bachelors buttons, I don’t know about structure, but I LOVE the dark plum blooms. Can’t get enough.
Glad I'm not the only one hung up on texture! And I probably should- but no, I strain the liquid off the squash and use the solids- discarding the liquid (or giving it to the chickens). It makes for a nicer, less watery puree.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Gotcha. We roasted squash recently and left them in for quite a while in the convection setting and didn’t have to deal with excess liquid. But I’m sure that depends on variety.
Do you do all of your garden by yourself? I take care of my vegetable garden but I have grown kids and they take time too. I would love to be able to grow like you do. I know you said you do your parents garden too. This is my dream to be able to grow like you do.
My dad does help with care & maintenance of the gardens at my parent's place. And my husband helps with the big infrastructure type projects (like fencing). But I have an advantage in that this is my job- so I have more time to devote to gardening than many folks!
Loved both videos and the brief yet insightful comments on each. Thank you . I'm in zone 8B and am looking to try at least a half dozen of your suggestions. One question is the sugar punch watermelon a sprawling plant or can we place it on a trellis?
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the varieties as much as I did- and I'd be curious to hear how they perform in your climate. The Sugar Punch is a large, sprawling plant.
Did you find taste differences in the peppers when they changed color? Do you offer classes? I would love to visit your garden one day. I’m in Kentucky Zone 6. Your work is amazing!!! Happy holidays😊
Yes- the sugars increase significantly as they enter that orange red to bright red stage. I've not considered offering classes, but maybe someday I'll be able to! Happy holidays to you as well!
Just an FYI - Johnny’s is not selling celeriac this year. I just tried to order! I’ve always wanted to try and grow it and this year I have room. Bummer! Any other seed company you recommend? I typically do Johnnys, MIgardener, Park Seed, and Everwilde Farms.
It may be back in stock now? www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/celery-and-celeriac/celeriac-celery-root/brilliant-celeriac-seed-245.html But if not, Territorial also carries 'Brilliant' celeriac: territorialseed.com/products/celeriac-brilliant
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you Jenna! This will be my newest plant to grow this year. I try and pick a new one to grow every year. Ok I lied - I am trying okra too. I have tried before and never got it to grow. Do you grow Okra? any tips? thanks.
like that early corn and celeriac. I'm vegetarian, so i'm always looking for meat replacements. i would rather have buffalo cauliflower than an impossible burger
It's such a treat listening to you. I'm watching this on the coldest Christmas eve in 30 years and you have me yearning to be in my garden. Yeah, I'm not going out there! lol BUT I can be ordering seeds, that is almost as good. As a bonus you gave me an idea of how to use the butternut squash I grew this summer, I still have a dozen or so to deal with. Butter, cinnamon and.... something ,I'll have to try to find what you said. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and yours! 💚
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas- and managed to stay warm! Try some butter, cinnamon and pecans-- maybe some brown sugar or a drizzle of maple syrup depending on how sweet your squash is... yum!
Miss Jenna, I’m in zone 6a in North Carolina at the base of the Smokey mountains. I know we have different altitudes but will these work do you think in my garden as it’s the same zone as yours?
I suspect many of the varieties will do well for you! You might have a bit different disease pressure, so you may need some varieties with slightly different resistances than I do... though I'm guessing you still struggle with some of the same bacterial & fungal issues (such as blight on tomatoes).
Thanks for the recommendations! I added the yellow watermelon to my upcoming order. Spider flower definitely works to keep deer away. I use it for that reason, and it is a harlequin bug trap.
I grew honey nut squash last summer and it is now one of my grow every summer crops. I had all the positive traits you mentioned here in west central Ohio also.
Jenna, what would be your dream gardening zone? I want a winter garden that is just as abundant as the summer. Zone 8b? I’m considering northern central FL not near hurricanes.I’m in ky near you and it’s just too cold. 5 months indoors every year is torture for a gardener!
Ooh... that's a great question and one I've not given a whole lot of thought to. I like winter, and I don't know if I'd want to move somewhere that didn't get cold/snowy. I'd probably stay somewhere between Zone 5 and 7, but someplace with seasons that were a little more even keel- not these ridiculous temperature swings from -5F to almost 60 degrees within a week (and someplace with more sun in the winter). Those temp swings are more stressful on my late & early season plants than if it would just get moderately cold and stay that way. I also like having a 'real' winter to kill of some of the insects and pathogenst that plague the garden.
Hello from East Central Indiana! This is my first year using seed catalogs after seeing this video. I was like a kid in a candy store, which is why I'm going to grow 5 kinds of squash this year to taste test. It's going to be Pink Banana, Argonaut, Honey Nut, Acorn and Cushaw. Thanks for all the helpful information and inspiring ideas.😊
Last year you mentioned a variety of tomato that was blight resistant you were trying. The finger lake long paste and round paste. I've been following to see if it worked. I live in Ohio also and have fought blight forever. I would love to know how it turned out for you
@@GrowfullywithJenna Amazing! Thank you! I struggle so much here in NE Ohio with blight no matter what I do! Your channel is such a blessing to me and a group of my friends that garden as well! Thanks for all the time you take to help us be successful and for replying here!
@@kellynussbaum1091 Also, if late blight (versus early blight) is your main issue there are quite a few Late Blight resistant varieties on the market now. Some of my favorites LBR tomatoes in terms of flavor include: Juliet (grape tomato), Galahad (determinate beefsteak), Mountain Magic (cocktail-- ie larger than a cherry, smaller than a slicer), Bronze Torch and Red Torch (both plum or mini roma), Blushingstar and Darkstar (both beefsteaks).
Have you ever grow Golden Delicious winter squash? Not to be confused with Golden Hubbard, they are not the same. They don't taste the same though they they both look similar.Golden Delicious was developed in 1926 for the baby food market. The Golden Hubbard came out in the late 1800's. The Golden Delicious was a product of the Boston Marrow and the Green Hubbard. The Golden Delicious is smooth and creamy with a great flavor with out adding anything to it. The Golden Hubbard has terrible flavor...in our opinion bland. I have grown both Goldens and the Boston Marrow. The Boston is smooth and creamy with a little flavor, but not as good as the Golden Delicious. The Golden Delicious I have grown off and on (when I could find the extra seeds) for 30 years.I have grown the Golden Hubbard a couple of times and bought them at a large grocery chain. I grew the Boston Marrow two years ago. I was just wondering if you had tried the Golden Delicious. You have to be careful when you buy the seeds because I have found that many seed companies group the two Goldens together. True Leaf Market and St. Clare have the REAL Golden Delicious. I save the seeds every year and also buy the seeds too. I share the excess fruit with our neighbors and relatives. I have a few hundred plants every year, but only keep 3 or 4 of the squash for the freezer. You and your family have a very Merry Christmas!!! Thanks for all the work you do on your shows for us viewers!!! Take care!!!
Not yet-- but I've wanted to every since you mentioned in on my pumpkin tasting video. It sounds wonderful. I hope you & yours have a wonderful Christmas as well, Michael! Take care!
Wonderful video. I have taken notes from parts i and 2. Wondering if you have had luck growing poppies by just broadcasting them on the snow. The Impatient Gardener has suggested this (stratifies the seeds) but so far, no success for me. Kind Regards. Craig
I’m going to write down Leningrad garlic to try next year. I’m in search of a good storage hardneck. I have Music in for this year but it always starts drying out around this time each year. I grew Brilliant celeriac for a couple of years, and liked the flavor,, but without irrigation I couldn’t keep it watered enough to produce nice sized bulbs. May try again this year as I’m finally getting irrigation! Thanks for the recommendations, Jenna, and I hope you and your family have a Wonderful Christmas and New Year!
I’m so afraid to ever plant petunias after they swarmed into y other gardens in my past home making them reseed like weeds. Thank you for the suggestions! My daughter’s preschool class would like to plant flower seeds together to learn about growing flowers to eventually be able to gift their mothers on Mother’s Day. Any suggestions on what to grow?
Oh no! I can't guarantee that these won't self sow! I find that for school projects like this, compact varieties of marigolds or zinnias or dwarf sunflowers work really well.
Review this and water melon lemon drop and sugar punch also prism 🔔 bells are on my list. Many them flowers look great but for 20 pass seasons I've replanting Momma's marigolds that she gave us over 20 seasons ago before her passing. Some plants do return great memories don't they. Thanks looking forward and bet these will be a good selection.
Hey Jenna could you give a grow light update? I’m so confused on all the choices. I just want to grow greens during winter and start seeds in the spring.
So for starting seeds and growing greens, I'm sticking with my T-8 or T-5 fluorescent bulbs. I don't find that I need the full spectrum LEDs unless I'm growing fruiting plants (like tomatoes) indoors to maturity. I am hoping to give an actual video update on this topic soon too!
When you grow watermelon, do you start them indoors? Or just direct seed in may? I was thinking if direct seeding my sugar baby, but my first year growing it.
I was wondering how Bolt corn compares to Silver Queen. Everyone I know just goes all gooey for SQ corn. Watermelons were on the list of things to research for next year. My brother and I both tried Picklesimer watermelons, and the flavor was less than impressive. Might as well have been eating just rind. 😜
Here's an industry secret for you... the majority of sweet corn sold as 'Silver Queen' nowadays isn't even actually Silver Queen. That variety garnered a huge amount of name recognition back in the day, and people associated it with good eating quality (it was-- back when it was introduced), but has since been replaced with other, better white varieties...but growers just tack on the name 'Silver Queen' to whatever white they're growing. There are a few seed companies that still sell true to type seed for the home gardener... but not many. As far as how it compares, Silver Queen is a very late season variety (almost 90 days)- and it is good if you pick it at peak maturity and the bugs/diseases don't get to it first. But it's been so long since I have actually eaten an ear of Silver Queen I couldn't make a comparison to Bolt.
Oh, I love learning little-known facts. Good to know about the sweet corn, and I will definitely be trying to grow a couple rounds of Bolt corn. I have a few gardening friends that will be excited to learn about the corn, as well as the rest of your list. Thank you for sharing your expertise, and have a fantastic Christmas and holiday season.
Thanks Jenna and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! I think I'm going to try celeriac next year for the first time as a celery substitute after my celery is done producing mainly because of the storage reasons you mentioned. Johnny's seems to be a bit expensive but if you recommend I'll give Brilliant a try. When do you generally get your onions started inside for the spring? Won't be long and we'll be starting seeds inside.
Merry Christmas to you as well! Territorial and Burpee carry that celeriac as well- but only slightly less expensive-- seeds are getting pricey across the board. And thanks for the reminder-- I should be starting seeds anything within the next 3 weeks!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas Mrs. Jenna. Stay safe my friend!
Merry Christmas CB! Hope you have a wondeful holiday!
So many great recommendations to add to my seed collection for next year. Thanks Jenna!
Happy to share!
Merry Christmas! Stay warm! Thank you for all that you do! You sure helped me last year!!
Merry Christmas to you as well, Holly!
Always interesting to hear about what does well in other gardening zones. I'm in 8b where you can get at least two crops of watermelons if you do good planning and have access to irrigation. I don't know if you have grow seedless watermelons but as a lifelong watermelon grower and lover of watermelon I would think you might like some of the sweetness and flesh texture of seedless varietes. Other than some special techniques of how to germinate the triploid varietes, they grow similiar to seeded types and they do need a pollinator. They are a little more sensitive to night time temperature when they are young, but once they take off they behave like a seeded watermelons. I think your zone though is ideal for winter squash. I can get winter squash up and out of the ground, produce nice plants, and then have disasterous results with the fruit. I am at the point where I might give up on winter squash. The beetles, vine borers, mildew, and mid to late summer heat destroy the plants and the fruit. Yes I do measures to try to take care of the pest but they work me to death. I might try some of your varieties this year. I am also going to take your advice on some of the flowers you like especially the petunias. I always underestimate the importance of attracting pollinators to the garden especially in the late summer. As always I really enjoy your videos. I know you have your hands full but I wouldn't mind seeing you do a few videos on some of your vegetable prep in the kitchen. Thanks for your videos.
Two crops of watermelons would be nice!
I do grow seedless sometimes- and I actually like using Sugar Punch as a pollinator. Due to that solid green/black rind color it's easy to distinguish from other varieties.
Honestly, I'm in the same boat you are with winter squash- once the insect pests figure out you've got them planted it's an ongoing battle. We have trouble with high humidity and mildew/bacteria and fungal pathogens here as well. So if I can find something that actually grows and matures- it's a big deal for me!
And I'm hoping to do more kitchen prep videos- it's been on my to-do list since the summer... the struggle is always finding the time 😄.
Happy holidays!
Good sit and chat. Listening while messing with the blog layout. LOVE the signage. That is a cool brand y'all got Jenna! Communicates a lot just by the font and style. Merry Christmas 🎄
And beautiful at 19:50
Thank you! And Merry Christmas to you & yours!
Of course your videos always great. Going to try them tiny bells and them yellow water melon and review with a pen perhaps more.
Thanks for helping me and others garden Lady
Thank you, John! Hope you're staying warm & safe!
You are such a wealth of terrific information. Ordered one of the tomatoes you suggested for my friends balcony garden, (forget which one). Wish I had space to grow more after watching your videos, will be trying the celeriac.
Hope you have a warm and loving Christmas!
Thank you, Brian!
I hope you & yours have a wonderful Christmas as well!
Thank you for your time and all the great information hope you and yours have a merry Christmas
You're welcome! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Merry Christmas, Jenna
Merry Christmas to you as well!
Love the sign
Thank you! I got it from Tailored Canvases.
You described a perfect watermelon texture just as I would. Mushy or threads forget it😂. OMG! I just checked the Sugar Punch price and it’s 9.99 for 10 seeds! It’s a hybrid so seeds probably wouldn’t come true to save.
I swear the prices of things keep going up each time I check for them.
Giant squash-Violina Rugosa is similar. About 18-24” long, fine silky texture, sweet, moist, small seed pocket. Long peach colored peanuts. We didn’t need many to fill the freezer. Some claim better than butternut. Great for desserts. No borers at least. Try again next year to make sure it wasn’t a fluke. I grew baby butternut one year and thought there was something wrong that they didn’t get big. It really wasn’t stated on the pkg that they were suppose to be small😊 yes, they are nice single serves.
We have wild spotted horse mint that just hums with pollinators. They sell it and I battle it🤣
I saved some seeds from a zinnia plant in the mixed seeds I saved that looked exactly like the pink one you showed. I had pink and a red that looked like cabbage roses. Can’t wait to see if they come back from the seed.
According to prices this year I will be getting serious about finding the right open pollinated plants and saving seed.
Thank you for the reviews and Happy Holidays!
Yes- seed prices are getting crazy! The one thing I will say, is watch Gurney's as they do 50% off offers fairly regularly. But I too have been thinking more & more about the importance of keeping some open pollinated selections. I don't see prices going down any time soon.
I'll have to look into the Violina Rugosa- thanks for the suggestion!
Happy Holidays to you as well!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I just did some math on a few seed packets and the range PER seed was $.23-1.00! Yikes!
Yes there are sales and then there are some suppliers that are still affordable. Hopefully they still have the varieties you are looking for during the sale. I missed out already from a supplier that offered free shipping. Lol! Forgot the shipping on the per seed amount🤣
Adding the wild petunia and cleome to my seed list! Thanks!
I hope you enjoy!
I just started using RUclips for garden lore (a bit behind the times). You're the best, and we're in Southern Illinois zone 6b/7a (we're headed south with global warming), so not too far from your climate. Do you have any lists of your favorites with who sells them? This is so useful! I found a few I have to get for my final seed purchases.
Thank you so much!
Unfortunately, at this time I don't have a handy list made up, but each of these videos does share the sources for the varieties.
Thanks! I might try the Bolt sweet corn from Holmes and the Brilliant celeriac from Johnny's.
I hope you like them!
Have been waiting for this! 👏
I hope you enjoyed!
Also a texture fanatic! I get it! It beats flavor every day. I’ll have to check out Sugar Punch, for sure.
You use strained squash liquid in baked goods?! 🤯 That’s next level Jenna!
Re: bachelors buttons, I don’t know about structure, but I LOVE the dark plum blooms. Can’t get enough.
Glad I'm not the only one hung up on texture!
And I probably should- but no, I strain the liquid off the squash and use the solids- discarding the liquid (or giving it to the chickens). It makes for a nicer, less watery puree.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Gotcha. We roasted squash recently and left them in for quite a while in the convection setting and didn’t have to deal with excess liquid. But I’m sure that depends on variety.
@@emkn1479 I'll have to try that!
Celeriac, great idea thanks!
You're welcome!
Do you do all of your garden by yourself? I take care of my vegetable garden but I have grown kids and they take time too. I would love to be able to grow like you do. I know you said you do your parents garden too. This is my dream to be able to grow like you do.
My dad does help with care & maintenance of the gardens at my parent's place. And my husband helps with the big infrastructure type projects (like fencing). But I have an advantage in that this is my job- so I have more time to devote to gardening than many folks!
Such a joy to watch when it’s -45 windchill. Celeriac: add to cart :)
Brrrr... stay safe & warm!
Loved both videos and the brief yet insightful comments on each. Thank you . I'm in zone 8B and am looking to try at least a half dozen of your suggestions. One question is the sugar punch watermelon a sprawling plant or can we place it on a trellis?
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the varieties as much as I did- and I'd be curious to hear how they perform in your climate. The Sugar Punch is a large, sprawling plant.
Did you find taste differences in the peppers when they changed color? Do you offer classes? I would love to visit your garden one day. I’m in Kentucky Zone 6. Your work is amazing!!! Happy holidays😊
Yes- the sugars increase significantly as they enter that orange red to bright red stage.
I've not considered offering classes, but maybe someday I'll be able to!
Happy holidays to you as well!
Just an FYI - Johnny’s is not selling celeriac this year. I just tried to order! I’ve always wanted to try and grow it and this year I have room. Bummer! Any other seed company you recommend? I typically do Johnnys, MIgardener, Park Seed, and Everwilde Farms.
It may be back in stock now? www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/celery-and-celeriac/celeriac-celery-root/brilliant-celeriac-seed-245.html But if not, Territorial also carries 'Brilliant' celeriac: territorialseed.com/products/celeriac-brilliant
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you Jenna! This will be my newest plant to grow this year. I try and pick a new one to grow every year. Ok I lied - I am trying okra too. I have tried before and never got it to grow. Do you grow Okra? any tips? thanks.
like that early corn and celeriac. I'm vegetarian, so i'm always looking for meat replacements. i would rather have buffalo cauliflower than an impossible burger
Ooh- if you try the celeriac schnitzel, let me know!
(I'd rather have buffalo cauliflower too).
It's such a treat listening to you. I'm watching this on the coldest Christmas eve in 30 years and you have me yearning to be in my garden. Yeah, I'm not going out there! lol BUT I can be ordering seeds, that is almost as good.
As a bonus you gave me an idea of how to use the butternut squash I grew this summer, I still have a dozen or so to deal with. Butter, cinnamon and.... something ,I'll have to try to find what you said.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and yours! 💚
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas- and managed to stay warm!
Try some butter, cinnamon and pecans-- maybe some brown sugar or a drizzle of maple syrup depending on how sweet your squash is... yum!
@@GrowfullywithJenna THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have all that stuff and will bake some tomorrow. 😀
Miss Jenna, I’m in zone 6a in North Carolina at the base of the Smokey mountains. I know we have different altitudes but will these work do you think in my garden as it’s the same zone as yours?
I suspect many of the varieties will do well for you! You might have a bit different disease pressure, so you may need some varieties with slightly different resistances than I do... though I'm guessing you still struggle with some of the same bacterial & fungal issues (such as blight on tomatoes).
Thanks for the recommendations! I added the yellow watermelon to my upcoming order. Spider flower definitely works to keep deer away. I use it for that reason, and it is a harlequin bug trap.
Happy to share! I hope you like that watermelon!
I grew honey nut squash last summer and it is now one of my grow every summer crops. I had all the positive traits you mentioned here in west central Ohio also.
I'm glad you liked it too!
Jenna, from S. E. Ohio, have a Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you as well, John!
Jenna, what would be your dream gardening zone? I want a winter garden that is just as abundant as the summer. Zone 8b? I’m considering northern central FL not near hurricanes.I’m in ky near you and it’s just too cold. 5 months indoors every year is torture for a gardener!
Ooh... that's a great question and one I've not given a whole lot of thought to.
I like winter, and I don't know if I'd want to move somewhere that didn't get cold/snowy. I'd probably stay somewhere between Zone 5 and 7, but someplace with seasons that were a little more even keel- not these ridiculous temperature swings from -5F to almost 60 degrees within a week (and someplace with more sun in the winter). Those temp swings are more stressful on my late & early season plants than if it would just get moderately cold and stay that way. I also like having a 'real' winter to kill of some of the insects and pathogenst that plague the garden.
Thanks for another great video .
You're welcome!
Hello from East Central Indiana! This is my first year using seed catalogs after seeing this video. I was like a kid in a candy store, which is why I'm going to grow 5 kinds of squash this year to taste test. It's going to be Pink Banana, Argonaut, Honey Nut, Acorn and Cushaw. Thanks for all the helpful information and inspiring ideas.😊
Happy New Year
Garden Phd.
Thank you! You too!
Last year you mentioned a variety of tomato that was blight resistant you were trying. The finger lake long paste and round paste. I've been following to see if it worked. I live in Ohio also and have fought blight forever. I would love to know how it turned out for you
Yes- they worked well. I did end up with some foliar disease, but no blight or septoria leaf spot, and the plants produced up until the frost.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Amazing! Thank you! I struggle so much here in NE Ohio with blight no matter what I do! Your channel is such a blessing to me and a group of my friends that garden as well! Thanks for all the time you take to help us be successful and for replying here!
@@kellynussbaum1091 Also, if late blight (versus early blight) is your main issue there are quite a few Late Blight resistant varieties on the market now. Some of my favorites LBR tomatoes in terms of flavor include: Juliet (grape tomato), Galahad (determinate beefsteak), Mountain Magic (cocktail-- ie larger than a cherry, smaller than a slicer), Bronze Torch and Red Torch (both plum or mini roma), Blushingstar and Darkstar (both beefsteaks).
Can you put straw or or cardboard or paper under them so that they don't get nasty?
Have you ever grow Golden Delicious winter squash? Not to be confused with Golden Hubbard, they are not the same. They don't taste the same though they they both look similar.Golden Delicious was developed in 1926 for the baby food market. The Golden Hubbard came out in the late 1800's. The Golden Delicious was a product of the Boston Marrow and the Green Hubbard. The Golden Delicious is smooth and creamy with a great flavor with out adding anything to it. The Golden Hubbard has terrible flavor...in our opinion bland. I have grown both Goldens and the Boston Marrow. The Boston is smooth and creamy with a little flavor, but not as good as the Golden Delicious. The Golden Delicious I have grown off and on (when I could find the extra seeds) for 30 years.I have grown the Golden Hubbard a couple of times and bought them at a large grocery chain. I grew the Boston Marrow two years ago. I was just wondering if you had tried the Golden Delicious. You have to be careful when you buy the seeds because I have found that many seed companies group the two Goldens together. True Leaf Market and St. Clare have the REAL Golden Delicious. I save the seeds every year and also buy the seeds too. I share the excess fruit with our neighbors and relatives. I have a few hundred plants every year, but only keep 3 or 4 of the squash for the freezer. You and your family have a very Merry Christmas!!! Thanks for all the work you do on your shows for us viewers!!! Take care!!!
Not yet-- but I've wanted to every since you mentioned in on my pumpkin tasting video. It sounds wonderful.
I hope you & yours have a wonderful Christmas as well, Michael! Take care!
Wonderful video. I have taken notes from parts i and 2. Wondering if you have had luck growing poppies by just broadcasting them on the snow. The Impatient Gardener has suggested this (stratifies the seeds) but so far, no success for me. Kind Regards. Craig
Thanks, Craig!
I've not tried that method of sowing poppies- but may try it this year!
I’m going to write down Leningrad garlic to try next year. I’m in search of a good storage hardneck. I have Music in for this year but it always starts drying out around this time each year. I grew Brilliant celeriac for a couple of years, and liked the flavor,, but without irrigation I couldn’t keep it watered enough to produce nice sized bulbs. May try again this year as I’m finally getting irrigation! Thanks for the recommendations, Jenna, and I hope you and your family have a Wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Always the struggle with celeriac AND celery- definitely a heavy drinker!
I hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday season!
I’m so afraid to ever plant petunias after they swarmed into y other gardens in my past home making them reseed like weeds. Thank you for the suggestions! My daughter’s preschool class would like to plant flower seeds together to learn about growing flowers to eventually be able to gift their mothers on Mother’s Day. Any suggestions on what to grow?
Oh no! I can't guarantee that these won't self sow!
I find that for school projects like this, compact varieties of marigolds or zinnias or dwarf sunflowers work really well.
Review this and water melon lemon drop and sugar punch also prism 🔔 bells are on my list.
Many them flowers look great but for 20 pass seasons I've replanting Momma's marigolds that she gave us over 20 seasons ago before her passing.
Some plants do return great memories don't they.
Thanks looking forward and bet these will be a good selection.
What a wonderful way to keep the memory of your mother alive, John!
Hey Jenna could you give a grow light update? I’m so confused on all the choices. I just want to grow greens during winter and start seeds in the spring.
So for starting seeds and growing greens, I'm sticking with my T-8 or T-5 fluorescent bulbs. I don't find that I need the full spectrum LEDs unless I'm growing fruiting plants (like tomatoes) indoors to maturity. I am hoping to give an actual video update on this topic soon too!
When you grow watermelon, do you start them indoors? Or just direct seed in may? I was thinking if direct seeding my sugar baby, but my first year growing it.
I do both, but find that it's ultimately easier just to direct sow.
This over the top cold 🥶 weather sucks!!!!! C’mon spring time!!
Yeah... below zero not counting the wind chill is a little cold for me! Stay warm & safe!
My family likes to use celeriac in chicken soup with other vegetables like onions, carrots, celery stalks, maybe root parsley.
Ooh yum!
I gotta try that corn and watermelon. Merry Christmas
I hope you like them!
Merry Christmas to you too!
I had grown glass corn and raccoon stripped the corn off. How do I prevent that next year? Any suggestions?
Electric fence seems to be most folks’ go-to for raccoons.
Adding these to our list! Thank you Jenna and Happy New Year!
Happy new year to you as well, Christine!
waiting for part 3 :)
Just 2 parts this year :)
Thank you I really enjoye listening to you!!
Thank you!
I was wondering how Bolt corn compares to Silver Queen. Everyone I know just goes all gooey for SQ corn.
Watermelons were on the list of things to research for next year. My brother and I both tried Picklesimer watermelons, and the flavor was less than impressive. Might as well have been eating just rind. 😜
Here's an industry secret for you... the majority of sweet corn sold as 'Silver Queen' nowadays isn't even actually Silver Queen. That variety garnered a huge amount of name recognition back in the day, and people associated it with good eating quality (it was-- back when it was introduced), but has since been replaced with other, better white varieties...but growers just tack on the name 'Silver Queen' to whatever white they're growing. There are a few seed companies that still sell true to type seed for the home gardener... but not many.
As far as how it compares, Silver Queen is a very late season variety (almost 90 days)- and it is good if you pick it at peak maturity and the bugs/diseases don't get to it first. But it's been so long since I have actually eaten an ear of Silver Queen I couldn't make a comparison to Bolt.
Oh, I love learning little-known facts. Good to know about the sweet corn, and I will definitely be trying to grow a couple rounds of Bolt corn. I have a few gardening friends that will be excited to learn about the corn, as well as the rest of your list.
Thank you for sharing your expertise, and have a fantastic Christmas and holiday season.
Merry Christmas from snowy NE Ohio
Merry Christmas to you too!
Thanks Jenna and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! I think I'm going to try celeriac next year for the first time as a celery substitute after my celery is done producing mainly because of the storage reasons you mentioned. Johnny's seems to be a bit expensive but if you recommend I'll give Brilliant a try. When do you generally get your onions started inside for the spring? Won't be long and we'll be starting seeds inside.
Merry Christmas to you as well!
Territorial and Burpee carry that celeriac as well- but only slightly less expensive-- seeds are getting pricey across the board.
And thanks for the reminder-- I should be starting seeds anything within the next 3 weeks!
@@GrowfullywithJenna yes seeds are going up. My next objective will be seed saving I think 😄
Honey nut...Sounds good
It is!!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you as well!