a pack of seeds is 99 cents and you get a LOT of seeds, the price of water is pretty low where I live. failure isn't very costly. you are not allowed to count your time. gardening is fun. that's why we do it. you are not being judged on your end product. the reward is fresh air, exercise and mental health, not the number and size of your zucchini.
I personally just got home from Walmart, everyone is panicking about the toilet paper, I raided the seed isle, got 10 dollars worth of 20cent packets hahaha!!
You're the man. My mom was a freaking amazing gardener. 100% of the produce we had growing up, she grew. Unfortunately, gardening was her alone time. Now I'm learning as a grown man. Thanks for your content.
THANK YOU!!! I'm an intermediate gardener, but I have been flummoxed by how to work around wildly unpredictable weather. It's hard to plan when Mother Nature decides to give a dose of late July weather in late May or early October, or follows that up with January weather in November. Advice on what plants are super hardy was exactly what I've been looking for.
I grew borage, cosmos and calendula last Aug 2019 here in Los Angeles as my trio of pollinator flowers and they started to flower around Dec 2019 and is still heavily flowering now in Feb 2020.
Jeloration Garden I just planted borage wheh is it mature I love the leaves in salad 🥗 but I don’t have flowers yet. Can I eat the flowers and how can I get more plants
Im in my second year, and first year of starting plants indoors. I still consider myself a beginner and likely will for a few years. Herbs are defiantly easy, and my basil and sage have little seedlings under the lights. Cucumbers are also easy, I had 3 plants and must have gotten 25 nice sized ones last year. I must have been lucky with my tomatoes last year. I grew an indeterminate and I didnt prune them well in the beginning. Still out of 7 plants I must have gotten 200 tomatoes. The largest were a little bigger than a tennis ball. It was a fantastic experience.
I'm starting my first raised bed vegetable garden and herb garden this year and had no idea what vegetables to start with. This video is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you so much, Luke. 😃
Thank you soooo much for doing this video series! I feel a "fewf" kind of relief. The world of veg and flowers from seeds is so vast it's really hard to know what one would be up against and what to take into consideration. Amazing about the spinach; I'm putting that to the test.
@@bcrouch2626 The leaves and blooms are good in a salad. Roots are good as a tincture. Though, please, don't go picking them from your lawn or unknown location. You have to be sure you are picking them from a place that has not been sprayed with a pesticide/weedkiller. They stay in the soil for 2 or more years so be very sure that you pick from a zero pesticide/weedkiller location.
elines acevedo garlic 🧄 requires cold 🥶 climate in order to form the big bulb, that’s why Canada 🇨🇦 and North America are very easy to grow garlic 🧄 Tropical 🏝 you can grow coconut 🥥 then , we can never grow coconut here but it’s very easy to grow papaya and coconut for you guys
Sherry Lu trade some of your garlic with people who can’t grow it due to climate. And get some things from them that YOU can’t grow, because of climate.
I’ve been looking forward to growing this since i read about it. My seed packet is at the front of my seed box haha. Something about it has inspired me. Planning on finally putting it in the dirt on Monday.
I live in Kentucky, zone 6b. Bunching onions grow wild here, so I definitely agree with that being a beginner level plant. Thanks for the other recommendations. I just watched your video on Apple trees, very helpful!
Cabbage white butterfly has ensured we've not yet gotten a head of cabbage haha; one day we'll get row covers. Sage should definitely be atop the list for ease of growing, just grows itself; as well as for beauty and pollinator love after it's first year, the flowers are absolutely loved here.
i have recently been watching different sites..im impressed with how many people have great things to say about your seeds and germination as well as your knowledge... i have been following you for a couple yrs...way to go go.. i hope you are flourishing
I was so happy to buy most of my seeds at a michigan business! I'll also be getting some started tomatoes and maybe strawberries from the local farmer's market. Keep growing!
I spent the last several months in East TN. The leaf lettuce that I planted last fall grew through the winter, freezing temps, snow, ice, sleet...and is still growing strong. I use it as a cut and come again crop. So easy for a beginner. It is in the planter along the sidewalk in front of the house.
Thanks Luke! Last year was our first garden and my carrots and onions didn’t take. I don’t feel so bad now knowing they are tricky. We learn so much from you, thank you!
The only way I managed to grow an onion was by planting one very small onion that was already going green in my fridge. I brought the pot inside and left it alone. It grew and its seedd gave me more onions (although only three). I let them reproduce on their on there, I don't move them. I only use their leaves for soup and once in a while pop one of the bigger onions. Its not much but I've learned a lot.
I might add zucchini to this list, especially if you prune some leaves out to keep good airflow. Its so abundant, more than once I have arrived home to a huge bag of zucchini dropped off on my porch after turning down yet another neighbor's offer to, "Please take some off of my hands!". LOL!
Yes. Zucchini are ridiculously easy to grow. I always advise people not to plant more than three seeds. Because if even one sprouts you'll have more than you need.
So many of these tips are fantastic and really offer a confidence boost for beginners. I am really apprehensive, though, about the Borage. I purchased these but then discovered that, in my area, it's so invasive and thorny that it's more frustrating than it's worth. We are told here in Central Tennessee that Borage is impossible to get rid of once it flowers and seeds. I would love some additional tips about it since it has so much to offer. I really appreciate all your knowledge and tips, You have some great advice here, and I do love your seed packs.
Great crops for beginners! I like how you explained why. I accidentally grew lots of purslane last year - it came up in my pots and acted as a really great ground cover mulch - and good for salads and things too. Other easy to grow and good tasting edible "weeds" are dandelion, chickweed, red clover, amaranth/pigweed, lambsquarter, plantain, common mallow and pineapple weed.
I'm a beginner gardener but so far I have an 85-90% success rate so I could take a total blow right now and I won't be bothered a bit. I'm super determined to grow my garden!
I wondered where the MI came from in MIgardener! Now I know. Love your channel ❤️. I've only been watching for a few months but I always learn something. Thank you!
Fantastic information, MIgardener! I'm late planting some of my garden this year. Thankfully a lot of my 4-pack plants are hearty and do well planted late in season.
Nice to hear about the dill. I only had maybe 4 come out of the ground last year. Was wondering if I'd see them in the Spring as I'd like them to fill out the space without getting more seeds.
Potatoes ought to be on this list. I've had more than my share of gardening frustrations and failures over the years, but potatoes are hands down the easiest crop I've ever grown. You can either buy seed potatoes, or just take any potatoes from the store that have sprouted on their own and put them in the ground. They can be planted early in the season, and multiple times in the year due to their fast maturation. They're highly resistant to deer and groundhogs, since the plant is toxic. They require very little water, and don't like being overwatered. They can easily be companioned with kale and other leafy greens, or anything else that has shallow roots. The only challenge is that potatoes are heavy feeders, and they grow best in loose (and preferably acidic) soil, so you still need to work and properly amend the soil. That said, they'll grow fine in compost. You can easily grow them in containers, as long as the container is big enough. I would recommend potatoes to any beginner.
Could you include on the site an option for indeterminate or determinate tomatoes? I'm hunting for determinate varieties and it's hard! Love this video.
Thank you for the amazing video! I would suggest to add nasturtiums to this list. They are basically a weed. The leaves and the flowers are edible. The leaves make for great wraps! The seeds can be pickled and have a flavor like capers.
Never fear failure that is how we learn. I am not a beginning gardener but I am in a new area which means changes in growing that even after a few years I am getting used to. We all have failures even with things we have previously had success with. Last year I hadly got any zucchini or cucumbers thing I am usually giving away.
Beetroots are great! Grew my first crop this season and finished with about 6 kilos which became amazing beetroot relish with the occaisonal roast as well, and the leaves are great in salads lile you said!
Thank you so much for doing this series! Our last frost is coming up pretty soon in Arizona, and I can't wait get things rolling in the garden. What varieties of determinate tomatoes would you recommend? I already have Roma started for things like pasta sauce, but is there a determinate that would be good for other tomato uses (i.e. salsas, burgers, ect.)? Last year was my first successful harvest. I love your channel and it would not have been possible without your growing guides. So thank you Luke!
Man I love your videos. Very easy to understand and applies well to another fellow midwesterner like me in Illinois. You sould make a midwest themed video. Help explain what to start in what months. Keep up the good good!
My only thing I'd day is, plant stuff you'll eat! 😁 if you like salad, plant microgreens, basil, and tomatoes! 😊 you can make your garden as difficult or as easy as you want, patience also grows in the garden ❤ good luck out there!
Happy Tuesday...awesome video 😊thank you for sharing...I will rewatch this and take notes...m a,beginner so I need to get much information as possible. Have a safe and warm week.
Thanks so much for the video and explanation of why. I grew beans and potatoes as well as tomatoes for my first garden. Do I need to rotate where I planted them this next year?
love this vid bro, turnips are easy to grow also. i hate turnips though lol. i grew a couple a few months back ehhh. but it is very beginner friendly. made some turnip fries also. werent that bad. If i wasnt conditioned to potato fries i wouldve probably enjoyed them more. I still grow the turnips but only for their greens. i dont eat the turnips, give them away to anyone who wants them. Raddish is pretty good, if you get a bunch of seeds by chance really good source of nutrients if harvested as micro-greens (usually 10 days max from planting). With respect to that i guess all seed variants considered a micro green are easy growers when it comes to growing the plant out completely. as far as onions go, once the roots come out and you see some green you can grow onions in a cup of water if it comes down to it honestly. You can cut and regrow the onions also. Sweet potatos is also semi easy but i havent seen your intermediate vid yet, going to that one next.
I’ve tried growing several of the plants discussed that you said are impossible to kill. I’ve killed them. Lol. Not on purpose it happened because of the job I have. I’m hardly home enough to take care of my indoor garden. I’ve actually killed three dill plants. I am getting better at gardening tho. I have a purple bell pepper plant that I put in my garden last year and thought for sure it was dead but I left it where I planted it because it still had a few green leaves left. Well it now has two full on purple bells and three more flowers so I think leaving it alone might have actually done it some good. I am a very proud purple bell papa. Hahaha.
So I'm going to give unsolicited advice based on my experience this year. I am garbage at watering properly anything other than one plant at a time. But I set up a shoe organizer garden this winter inside my house on a wall opposite a nice big window. And the first few seedlings died because of this issue. But I found a thing about filling jars with water and using cotton wicking rope to water. Got my first ever successful dill, oregano, thyme etc. In my shoe organizer I put jars down the center set of pockets. Cut the rope to where it fit neatly into the bottom of each plant and into the bottom of each jar. Then tucked the ropes in, and poured water into the jars. I could see when it needed water, it watered each plant without much involvement from me. And I forgot to water it for over a week and it was fine. The water was just empty instead of only half full. I would highly suggest using a similar jar and wicking method for indoor gardeners if forgetting to water is an issue
A little something for other container gardeners, making their own mix: expanded rock. It won't rise like perlite, or put a lot of dust in the air. But, vermiculite!, you say. Yes, but it compacts, which can lead to dry areas, unseen from the top. I found some expanded shake at a local landscaping supply store. It's heavier, but otherwise great as a replacement for perlite or vermiculite. At the end of the season, it's all still dark, damp, and filled with bugs, right down to bottom of the container.
I’m so glad you did this video! Definitely a beginner gardener here. Had a bad experience with the two little tomato plants last year (completely wiped out by hornworms) I’m planning on “growing big” this year ! Zone 7b SW TN 8’x12’ raised bed with 8 compartments. I have almost all the seeds you mentioned😊 would love to see a video on controlling garden pests!🥕🥒🍅😜
Cheryl Schumacher. I think Territorial Seeds was where I found a "beneficial bug", a "bad bug deterrent", and a "bee lover" sheet of flowers that has appropriate flower seeds in the sheet. It's like a thin roll of paper with the seeds in it and you just put it where you want it, under a bit of dirt and they grow from that. And you can never go wrong with marigolds.
Leslie Kendall I do have Marigold and Nasturtium seed I’ll be planting in a couple of weeks before the veggies go in I’m hoping this will help. I’ll definitely check out territorial Seeds, thank you!
@@cherylschumacher1832 I do the nasturtiums, too. There are also certain herbs that planted around veggies will deter bad bugs. I just googled it one time when I was searching for plants that benefit other plants. Who would've known that strawberries like lupine?
Leslie Kendall I think I saw something about rosemary ( I bought seeds for that too) I’m determined to have at least one tomato this year without having to spray any chemicals! Have you ever used or needed to use BT?
@@cherylschumacher1832 I put the helpful flowers on each side of my veggie beds. My tomatoes I put in large containers. And I've never had to use anything for bugs on the tomatoes. Actually, I've never used anything on anything. Just thought the flowers were doing their job. Well, I did once put ant pellets down in the strawberries. And I sprayed the fruit trees when I first planted them last spring just in case they brought anything with them.
Luke I am doing above beds this is my first time growing veggies I am thinking of doing automatic soaker hoses and know some plants require more water than other so was going to plant my plants in each bed according to water needs is this ok? Or will I ruin my veggies with polenation issues?
Purslane grew like a weed in our garden when I was a kid! I was taught that they were a weed and we pulled them. But we didn't know we could eat them! I found this out as an adult. It was always my favorite weed to pull. I wish we would have known lol.
I don't know if anyone else is interested in butterfly gardening. I have a butterfly garden and it contains herbs for black swallowtail butterflies. If you find caterpillars on your dill or parsley, please consider asking around to see if anyone in your area raises butterflies. Cabbage is a host plant for cabbage white moths. I let my chives bloom and the pollinators love it! I saw a nessus sphinx moth on mine last summer.
@@lesliekendall5668 I looked it up and it looks like it's a variety of Beebalm/ Monarda. It's a very pretty variety. I have Beebalm in my garden now, but I'm moving and starting all over and have been looking for a new type!
@@liztrotter725 Cool. I have mine in the front yard and exotic looking plants are rare in Idaho (naturally) and everyone walking by asks me what it is and gives a compliment. I plant in this area to bring the Monarch butterflies around. Something I stopped seeing in WA decades ago. I remember when I was young, my Gma (in Idaho) saying that the Monarchs were dwindling because the expanding farm fields would always wipe out the milkweed that the butterflies loved. I even had a strange experience with a hummingbird after I planted those flowers. I had never seen them around before. In fact, I'd never seen one at all before. Anyway, I saw that their coming to that flower had been awhile so I cut the dead heads off and that really brought out the scent and they came back. So one day I was hand watering the lawn and you'd think an animal would be shy of the water, especially a skittish bird but a hummingbird came right up to me and just hovered there in front of me for the longest time. So I finally said, "are you thanking me for the flowers?". It was such a silly thing to say but when have you ever had an animal come right up to you and just stay there! Lol.
Dandelions! Can eat the leaves, flowers, and roots! And for some unknown reason I can grow them without trying or even planting them! I had a basil that I tossed on the deck to die. By the end of the season, the dang thing had bark! Tomatoes are easy to grow, challenging to grow well.
My biggest issue as a first time gardener was the amount of failure in starting from seed. It was so disappointing that I just went to the hardware store & started buying small plants. Homedepot has a 1 year warranty on plants so if it died at the end of the season I just bring it back & get a new one. Do you sell seedlings or small plants? Or is it just the seeds?
At 10:00 in this video you spoke about following the spacing on the back of the package of seeds, however, in your High Intensity video, you advised to always divide the Plant Spacing on seed packets by two because spacing is typically off of plant diameter. Do MIgardener seed packets already have the spacing divided by 2 for high intensity planting or are they standard and we should still halve if we plant to use the high intensity/density method? I'm sitting now looking at my MIgardener Gooseberry Tomato and Crookneck Squash seed packets trying to plan out the design of my upcoming 3 - 4x8 raised beds :) Also, do you have a video about garden bed planning with companions, etc. Thanks!
I probably should have watched this BEFORE buying seeds. No regrets though! When I knew I'd be able to have a garden this year I was so excited and I look at my seeds and have enjoyed them already! I'll remember these for my next order though!
For tomatoes - I'd recommend some kind of cherry tomatoes. My first year gardening I had some troubles with my romas, low yields with other larger tomatoes, but my indeterminate cherry tomatoes went absolutely gangbusters. I seriously can't wait to start them this year. I had to cut the tops off my plants when they got got tall enough I wouldn't be able to reach them, later in the season I stopped picking off the suckers and just let them go, two of them ended up snapping the giant bamboo poles I had them fastened to.
Awislyle. My same experience with tomatoes.. And when fall comes on strong, uproot the plants and hang them indoors upside down on a nail or hook. You'll get the rest to ripen after nature brings on the snow.
They're also great, especially heirlooms, for using like herbs. I can grab a handful every few days. Some of the weaker producers, like Black Cherry and Chocolate Sprinkles, will keep producing until the frosts kill them, which here, is usually well into December. IMO, that's a good trade off for not having buckets dulling late summer, only to die quickly later on. I also like less sweet varieties, personally, and that seems to be part of what they breed many of them for.
Beyond a kit, which is a wonderful option, it would be great if each seed packet sold online said if it was best suited for beginner, intermediate, or advanced gardeners.
Tried pickling cucumbers for the first time this past year. Direct seed. Got 1 plant that did not produce any fruit. No idea what happened. Will try again and maybe sprout and transplant this time.
Boom all seeds mentioned.
Early Growing Season:
Giant Nobel Spinach
Giant Red Mustard
French Breakfast Radish
Lincoln Peas
Parisian Carrots
Flowers:
Borage
Marigolds
Herbs:
Basil
Cilantro
Parsley
Sage
Thyme
Bouquet Dill
Chives
Leafy Greens:
Lacinto Kale
Cabbage
Collards
Broccoli Raab
Tokyo Long Bunching Onion
Bush Beans
Leaf Lettuce
Beets
Tomatoes (determinate)
Straight 8 Cucumber
Green Purslane
Thanks a million!
Thanks!
Thank you !!
My hero
Mi gardener thank you, I saw your list after I wrote comment 🤦♀️🤦♀️
You should make “kits” that include all of these for different level gardeners!
Great idea!
Yes please!
Stephanie Strait yes!
Stephanie Strait great idea🙋🏿
Stephanie Strait 🤔🤔🤔take it a step further add the grow zones as well... like a starter package for each zone!
a pack of seeds is 99 cents and you get a LOT of seeds, the price of water is pretty low where I live. failure isn't very costly. you are not allowed to count your time. gardening is fun. that's why we do it. you are not being judged on your end product. the reward is fresh air, exercise and mental health, not the number and size of your zucchini.
Nelda Hargo. I actually have a friend named Nelda in CA. Have you ever met another one?
@@lesliekendall5668 I've met a few people who knew a Nelda, usually some elderly long dead relative, but never one in person
@@neldahargo29 LOL. My friend is an older gal, too but it was the first time I'd ever heard the name. At least your name isn't Margo.
I personally just got home from Walmart, everyone is panicking about the toilet paper, I raided the seed isle, got 10 dollars worth of 20cent packets hahaha!!
Wow. Thank you, I needed that, haha.
*Not all varieties*
@2:24 - spinash (Giant Noble)
@2:43 - mustard (Giant Red)
@2:53 - radish (French Breakfast)
@3:35 - pea (Lincoln)
@5:01 - borage & marigold
@5:11 - carrot (Parisian)
@6:25 - basil
@6:39 - thyme
@6:51 - cilantro
@6:57 - parsley
@7:22 - sage
@7:47 - dill
@8:32 - chives
@8:57 - swiss chard
@9:14 - kale
@9:33 - cabbage
@10:14 - collards
@10:37 - broccoli-rabe
@11:07 - onion* (Bunching)
@12:16 - bush bean
@13:05 - lettuce* (Leaf)
@14:05 - beet
@14:39 - tomato* (Determinate)
@15:46 - cucumber (Straight Eight)
@17:10 - purslane
🐐 🙌🏾
Thank you! 😊
You're the man. My mom was a freaking amazing gardener. 100% of the produce we had growing up, she grew. Unfortunately, gardening was her alone time. Now I'm learning as a grown man. Thanks for your content.
I would add Tarragon to that list. Very easy and it comes back year after year. Thanks for the tip on Sage and Thyme!
THANK YOU!!! I'm an intermediate gardener, but I have been flummoxed by how to work around wildly unpredictable weather. It's hard to plan when Mother Nature decides to give a dose of late July weather in late May or early October, or follows that up with January weather in November. Advice on what plants are super hardy was exactly what I've been looking for.
I grew borage, cosmos and calendula last Aug 2019 here in Los Angeles as my trio of pollinator flowers and they started to flower around Dec 2019 and is still heavily flowering now in Feb 2020.
Jeloration Garden I just planted borage wheh is it mature I love the leaves in salad 🥗 but I don’t have flowers yet. Can I eat the flowers and how can I get more plants
Im in my second year, and first year of starting plants indoors. I still consider myself a beginner and likely will for a few years. Herbs are defiantly easy, and my basil and sage have little seedlings under the lights. Cucumbers are also easy, I had 3 plants and must have gotten 25 nice sized ones last year. I must have been lucky with my tomatoes last year. I grew an indeterminate and I didnt prune them well in the beginning. Still out of 7 plants I must have gotten 200 tomatoes. The largest were a little bigger than a tennis ball. It was a fantastic experience.
Sage was the first thing I grew...I am on year 4 and it’s still going. I’m in 6a and it’s doing just fine in a low tunnel, I cut from it this weekend.
I'm starting my first raised bed vegetable garden and herb garden this year and had no idea what vegetables to start with. This video is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you so much, Luke. 😃
I was hooked in the beginning with the promise of an exciting episode about gardening....
Did I keep my promise? :D
As always
Do you have a video on good things to grow in children's gardens? That would be nice to see. Also thank you for including purslane.
Thank you soooo much for doing this video series! I feel a "fewf" kind of relief. The world of veg and flowers from seeds is so vast it's really hard to know what one would be up against and what to take into consideration. Amazing about the spinach; I'm putting that to the test.
Another “weed” that is great is dandelion. You can eat flowers, leaves, and root. Great Diuretic.
Taryn Sikes so good for the liver.
How do you learn what to do to eat them ????
@@bcrouch2626 The leaves and blooms are good in a salad. Roots are good as a tincture. Though, please, don't go picking them from your lawn or unknown location. You have to be sure you are picking them from a place that has not been sprayed with a pesticide/weedkiller. They stay in the soil for 2 or more years so be very sure that you pick from a zero pesticide/weedkiller location.
@@tarynsikes4053 thank you
Taryn Sikes. It might be because of the diuretic aspect but it also helps lower blood pressure.
You forget to mention garlic 🧄
Garlic 🧄 is the most encouraging crop I’ve ever grown, just dig a hole 🕳 and throw it in and it grows 😂 so encouraging
I've never had luck with garlic, but maybe it's because I live in the tropics
elines acevedo garlic 🧄 requires cold 🥶 climate in order to form the big bulb, that’s why Canada 🇨🇦 and North America are very easy to grow garlic 🧄
Tropical 🏝 you can grow coconut 🥥 then , we can never grow coconut here but it’s very easy to grow papaya and coconut for you guys
Sherry Lu arrange a barter system 😎
Biff Johnson ?? What does that mean??
Sherry Lu trade some of your garlic with people who can’t grow it due to climate. And get some things from them that YOU can’t grow, because of climate.
Thanks for your videos. A lot of videos on here are based on warmer climates, since I'm in Canada 🇨🇦, Michigan weather is a perfect match
I think this is my favorite MIgardener video so far!
Claytonia / miners lettuce! Mine has lasted year round and it’s super easy to grow! Also has more nutrients than spinach!
I’ve been looking forward to growing this since i read about it. My seed packet is at the front of my seed box haha. Something about it has inspired me. Planning on finally putting it in the dirt on Monday.
VI Tropicals I love growing it and it’s so pretty in a salad
@Emily M Is it too late to plant this lettuce seed?
I live in Kentucky, zone 6b. Bunching onions grow wild here, so I definitely agree with that being a beginner level plant. Thanks for the other recommendations. I just watched your video on Apple trees, very helpful!
Cabbage white butterfly has ensured we've not yet gotten a head of cabbage haha; one day we'll get row covers. Sage should definitely be atop the list for ease of growing, just grows itself; as well as for beauty and pollinator love after it's first year, the flowers are absolutely loved here.
Thanks Luke! I’m probably not a “beginning gardener” but sure do appreciate the advice and suggestions.
Now I understand why all my gardening groups recommend you. ☺️👍🙏
i have recently been watching different sites..im impressed with how many people have great things to say about your seeds and germination as well as your knowledge... i have been following you for a couple yrs...way to go go.. i hope you are flourishing
I was so happy to buy most of my seeds at a michigan business! I'll also be getting some started tomatoes and maybe strawberries from the local farmer's market. Keep growing!
My #1 absolute favorite hands down is slow bolt arugala. They are the tasty, fast growing and slow to bolt in heat!
Please make a list of all of the starter vegetable seeds you recommended and link them to your website store so we can buy them :)
Thanks Luke for the Tomatoes, Golden Zucchini, & Cucumber seeds!!
Thanks for your support! :)
I spent the last several months in East TN. The leaf lettuce that I planted last fall grew through the winter, freezing temps, snow, ice, sleet...and is still growing strong. I use it as a cut and come again crop. So easy for a beginner. It is in the planter along the sidewalk in front of the house.
Thanks Luke! Last year was our first garden and my carrots and onions didn’t take. I don’t feel so bad now knowing they are tricky. We learn so much from you, thank you!
Leslie Worthy. I've been planting maybe 10 years now and still have never produced an onion.
The only way I managed to grow an onion was by planting one very small onion that was already going green in my fridge. I brought the pot inside and left it alone. It grew and its seedd gave me more onions (although only three). I let them reproduce on their on there, I don't move them. I only use their leaves for soup and once in a while pop one of the bigger onions. Its not much but I've learned a lot.
great video! I just needed that!!! thanks!!
I might add zucchini to this list, especially if you prune some leaves out to keep good airflow. Its so abundant, more than once I have arrived home to a huge bag of zucchini dropped off on my porch after turning down yet another neighbor's offer to, "Please take some off of my hands!". LOL!
Mi gardener could you the seeds you’ve mentioned in each video, I can’t listen & write 🤣🤣😕😏
List seeds I meant
Yes. Zucchini are ridiculously easy to grow. I always advise people not to plant more than three seeds. Because if even one sprouts you'll have more than you need.
Nice video!! For some reason I never succed with marigolds... It seems so easy when you watch on youtube, but never works in my garden. 🤷🏼♀️
So many of these tips are fantastic and really offer a confidence boost for beginners. I am really apprehensive, though, about the Borage. I purchased these but then discovered that, in my area, it's so invasive and thorny that it's more frustrating than it's worth. We are told here in Central Tennessee that Borage is impossible to get rid of once it flowers and seeds. I would love some additional tips about it since it has so much to offer. I really appreciate all your knowledge and tips, You have some great advice here, and I do love your seed packs.
Great crops for beginners! I like how you explained why. I accidentally grew lots of purslane last year - it came up in my pots and acted as a really great ground cover mulch - and good for salads and things too. Other easy to grow and good tasting edible "weeds" are dandelion, chickweed, red clover, amaranth/pigweed, lambsquarter, plantain, common mallow and pineapple weed.
I would have liked to see the list in the description for reference. Great info
I wanted to plant bush beans and was hoping to have the confidence to do so. I thought I needed a trellis. Thank you!
When it’s in season can u do a video on strawberries
Love the prices of your seeds I bought what was in stock and can't wait to plant them
Purslane is actually super delicious. It tastes kind of like lime and cilantro mixed together (to me anyway) I suggest trying it!
I'm a beginner gardener but so far I have an 85-90% success rate so I could take a total blow right now and I won't be bothered a bit. I'm super determined to grow my garden!
I wondered where the MI came from in MIgardener! Now I know. Love your channel ❤️. I've only been watching for a few months but I always learn something. Thank you!
Fantastic information, MIgardener!
I'm late planting some of my garden this year. Thankfully a lot of my 4-pack plants are hearty and do well planted late in season.
Nice to hear about the dill. I only had maybe 4 come out of the ground last year. Was wondering if I'd see them in the Spring as I'd like them to fill out the space without getting more seeds.
Just what I needed to know for beginner success! Thank you!
Potatoes ought to be on this list. I've had more than my share of gardening frustrations and failures over the years, but potatoes are hands down the easiest crop I've ever grown. You can either buy seed potatoes, or just take any potatoes from the store that have sprouted on their own and put them in the ground. They can be planted early in the season, and multiple times in the year due to their fast maturation. They're highly resistant to deer and groundhogs, since the plant is toxic. They require very little water, and don't like being overwatered. They can easily be companioned with kale and other leafy greens, or anything else that has shallow roots.
The only challenge is that potatoes are heavy feeders, and they grow best in loose (and preferably acidic) soil, so you still need to work and properly amend the soil. That said, they'll grow fine in compost. You can easily grow them in containers, as long as the container is big enough. I would recommend potatoes to any beginner.
Could you include on the site an option for indeterminate or determinate tomatoes? I'm hunting for determinate varieties and it's hard! Love this video.
Whether you can or can't... you're right! 😘
Very informational and helpful Luke! Thank you!
I love this channel so much. It's like you read my mind
Thank you for the video. Yay! Cabbage. My cabbage are growing. But I hope they flourish and grow larger.
Thank you for the amazing video! I would suggest to add nasturtiums to this list. They are basically a weed. The leaves and the flowers are edible. The leaves make for great wraps! The seeds can be pickled and have a flavor like capers.
But they take a bit of work to get the seeds to grow
I love your company. I found you last year and order all the time now. Thank you.
so excited to start my own garden this spring!
Never fear failure that is how we learn. I am not a beginning gardener but I am in a new area which means changes in growing that even after a few years I am getting used to. We all have failures even with things we have previously had success with. Last year I hadly got any zucchini or cucumbers thing I am usually giving away.
Beetroots are great! Grew my first crop this season and finished with about 6 kilos which became amazing beetroot relish with the occaisonal roast as well, and the leaves are great in salads lile you said!
Thank you so much for doing this series! Our last frost is coming up pretty soon in Arizona, and I can't wait get things rolling in the garden.
What varieties of determinate tomatoes would you recommend? I already have Roma started for things like pasta sauce, but is there a determinate that would be good for other tomato uses (i.e. salsas, burgers, ect.)?
Last year was my first successful harvest. I love your channel and it would not have been possible without your growing guides. So thank you Luke!
I would like to know this as well. (zone 8a)
Man I love your videos. Very easy to understand and applies well to another fellow midwesterner like me in Illinois. You sould make a midwest themed video. Help explain what to start in what months. Keep up the good good!
My only thing I'd day is, plant stuff you'll eat! 😁 if you like salad, plant microgreens, basil, and tomatoes! 😊 you can make your garden as difficult or as easy as you want, patience also grows in the garden ❤ good luck out there!
Some of these I just like to grow because of space. I grow every one of these. Some are good for containers and greenhouses.
Happy Tuesday...awesome video 😊thank you for sharing...I will rewatch this and take notes...m a,beginner so I need to get much information as possible. Have a safe and warm week.
Can Bush beans grow in a container? If so what size? Any particular variety you like?
Luke, love your videos. Awesome job👍
very well thought out video ...invaluable info !
Thank you for your support!
Great overview! I’ll put together a list or easy to grow plants for next season based on this information.
Thanks so much for the video and explanation of why. I grew beans and potatoes as well as tomatoes for my first garden. Do I need to rotate where I planted them this next year?
Gardening is like life...failures are disappointment, but a learning opportunity.
love this vid bro,
turnips are easy to grow also. i hate turnips though lol. i grew a couple a few months back ehhh. but it is very beginner friendly. made some turnip fries also. werent that bad. If i wasnt conditioned to potato fries i wouldve probably enjoyed them more. I still grow the turnips but only for their greens. i dont eat the turnips, give them away to anyone who wants them.
Raddish is pretty good, if you get a bunch of seeds by chance really good source of nutrients if harvested as micro-greens (usually 10 days max from planting). With respect to that i guess all seed variants considered a micro green are easy growers when it comes to growing the plant out completely.
as far as onions go, once the roots come out and you see some green you can grow onions in a cup of water if it comes down to it honestly. You can cut and regrow the onions also.
Sweet potatos is also semi easy but i havent seen your intermediate vid yet, going to that one next.
Thanks Luke!
I love the challenge of growing something new or something unusual. If it doesn't work out then C'est La Vive.
I’ve tried growing several of the plants discussed that you said are impossible to kill. I’ve killed them. Lol. Not on purpose it happened because of the job I have. I’m hardly home enough to take care of my indoor garden. I’ve actually killed three dill plants. I am getting better at gardening tho. I have a purple bell pepper plant that I put in my garden last year and thought for sure it was dead but I left it where I planted it because it still had a few green leaves left. Well it now has two full on purple bells and three more flowers so I think leaving it alone might have actually done it some good. I am a very proud purple bell papa. Hahaha.
You can buy these glass water globes....they water your plants for you.
So I'm going to give unsolicited advice based on my experience this year.
I am garbage at watering properly anything other than one plant at a time.
But I set up a shoe organizer garden this winter inside my house on a wall opposite a nice big window. And the first few seedlings died because of this issue.
But I found a thing about filling jars with water and using cotton wicking rope to water.
Got my first ever successful dill, oregano, thyme etc.
In my shoe organizer I put jars down the center set of pockets. Cut the rope to where it fit neatly into the bottom of each plant and into the bottom of each jar. Then tucked the ropes in, and poured water into the jars.
I could see when it needed water, it watered each plant without much involvement from me. And I forgot to water it for over a week and it was fine. The water was just empty instead of only half full.
I would highly suggest using a similar jar and wicking method for indoor gardeners if forgetting to water is an issue
A little something for other container gardeners, making their own mix: expanded rock. It won't rise like perlite, or put a lot of dust in the air. But, vermiculite!, you say. Yes, but it compacts, which can lead to dry areas, unseen from the top. I found some expanded shake at a local landscaping supply store. It's heavier, but otherwise great as a replacement for perlite or vermiculite. At the end of the season, it's all still dark, damp, and filled with bugs, right down to bottom of the container.
I’m so glad you did this video! Definitely a beginner gardener here. Had a bad experience with the two little tomato plants last year (completely wiped out by hornworms) I’m planning on “growing big” this year ! Zone 7b SW TN 8’x12’ raised bed with 8 compartments. I have almost all the seeds you mentioned😊 would love to see a video on controlling garden pests!🥕🥒🍅😜
Cheryl Schumacher. I think Territorial Seeds was where I found a "beneficial bug", a "bad bug deterrent", and a "bee lover" sheet of flowers that has appropriate flower seeds in the sheet. It's like a thin roll of paper with the seeds in it and you just put it where you want it, under a bit of dirt and they grow from that. And you can never go wrong with marigolds.
Leslie Kendall I do have Marigold and Nasturtium seed I’ll be planting in a couple of weeks before the veggies go in I’m hoping this will help. I’ll definitely check out territorial Seeds, thank you!
@@cherylschumacher1832 I do the nasturtiums, too. There are also certain herbs that planted around veggies will deter bad bugs. I just googled it one time when I was searching for plants that benefit other plants. Who would've known that strawberries like lupine?
Leslie Kendall I think I saw something about rosemary ( I bought seeds for that too) I’m determined to have at least one tomato this year without having to spray any chemicals! Have you ever used or needed to use BT?
@@cherylschumacher1832 I put the helpful flowers on each side of my veggie beds. My tomatoes I put in large containers. And I've never had to use anything for bugs on the tomatoes. Actually, I've never used anything on anything. Just thought the flowers were doing their job. Well, I did once put ant pellets down in the strawberries. And I sprayed the fruit trees when I first planted them last spring just in case they brought anything with them.
Luke I am doing above beds this is my first time growing veggies I am thinking of doing automatic soaker hoses and know some plants require more water than other so was going to plant my plants in each bed according to water needs is this ok? Or will I ruin my veggies with polenation issues?
I love this guy!
Purslane grew like a weed in our garden when I was a kid! I was taught that they were a weed and we pulled them. But we didn't know we could eat them! I found this out as an adult. It was always my favorite weed to pull. I wish we would have known lol.
This is my first year gardening and before seeing this video I actually already purchased quite a few of the seeds you mentioned haha
I don't know if anyone else is interested in butterfly gardening. I have a butterfly garden and it contains herbs for black swallowtail butterflies. If you find caterpillars on your dill or parsley, please consider asking around to see if anyone in your area raises butterflies. Cabbage is a host plant for cabbage white moths. I let my chives bloom and the pollinators love it! I saw a nessus sphinx moth on mine last summer.
I planted an exotic looking plant/flower that's cold hardy for butterflies called Jacob Cline and come to pass that the hummingbirds just LOVE it.
@@lesliekendall5668 BeeBalm?
@@liztrotter725 Bee balm what exactly?
@@lesliekendall5668 I looked it up and it looks like it's a variety of Beebalm/ Monarda. It's a very pretty variety. I have Beebalm in my garden now, but I'm moving and starting all over and have been looking for a new type!
@@liztrotter725 Cool. I have mine in the front yard and exotic looking plants are rare in Idaho (naturally) and everyone walking by asks me what it is and gives a compliment. I plant in this area to bring the Monarch butterflies around. Something I stopped seeing in WA decades ago. I remember when I was young, my Gma (in Idaho) saying that the Monarchs were dwindling because the expanding farm fields would always wipe out the milkweed that the butterflies loved.
I even had a strange experience with a hummingbird after I planted those flowers. I had never seen them around before. In fact, I'd never seen one at all before. Anyway, I saw that their coming to that flower had been awhile so I cut the dead heads off and that really brought out the scent and they came back. So one day I was hand watering the lawn and you'd think an animal would be shy of the water, especially a skittish bird but a hummingbird came right up to me and just hovered there in front of me for the longest time. So I finally said, "are you thanking me for the flowers?". It was such a silly thing to say but when have you ever had an animal come right up to you and just stay there! Lol.
I think these videos are a great idea. Love it!
Things I wish I knew a few years ago. But still very helpful. Going looking for the next one, intermediate.
Dandelions! Can eat the leaves, flowers, and roots! And for some unknown reason I can grow them without trying or even planting them! I had a basil that I tossed on the deck to die. By the end of the season, the dang thing had bark! Tomatoes are easy to grow, challenging to grow well.
My biggest issue as a first time gardener was the amount of failure in starting from seed. It was so disappointing that I just went to the hardware store & started buying small plants. Homedepot has a 1 year warranty on plants so if it died at the end of the season I just bring it back & get a new one.
Do you sell seedlings or small plants? Or is it just the seeds?
love your videos as a new gardener. however i wish you talked more about native agriculture.
Grow fearless!
At 10:00 in this video you spoke about following the spacing on the back of the package of seeds, however, in your High Intensity video, you advised to always divide the Plant Spacing on seed packets by two because spacing is typically off of plant diameter. Do MIgardener seed packets already have the spacing divided by 2 for high intensity planting or are they standard and we should still halve if we plant to use the high intensity/density method? I'm sitting now looking at my MIgardener Gooseberry Tomato and Crookneck Squash seed packets trying to plan out the design of my upcoming 3 - 4x8 raised beds :) Also, do you have a video about garden bed planning with companions, etc. Thanks!
Wish i would have watched this before i ordered. Lol. Thanks for the info!! 💚
oh my gosh! i just realized the seeds were your brand! awesome! will definitely have to order some.
Love your videos so helpful to everyone.
Sending off my first seed order. Thank you for sharing.
Great video. Have you grown any Holy Basil/Tulsi before MIgardener????
Love growing it, we grow it every year.
this guy can smile with his eye
I have been getting ready to plant some Borage in my garden for a few weeks now. I just found out yesterday that it's a dangerous carcinogen!
Luke a lot of the vegetables you talked about I grow every season there great varieties
I probably should have watched this BEFORE buying seeds. No regrets though! When I knew I'd be able to have a garden this year I was so excited and I look at my seeds and have enjoyed them already! I'll remember these for my next order though!
Definitely wishing I had ordered some greens!
Thank you! you are so helpful to this first time gardener about to be.😮Me before your videos 😬 And after 🤓 🍅🥕🥦🥬 🤞
Great video.. could you list the seed packets that you covered so I don’t have to take notes
This is very helpful, thank you! Can you do one on flowers pls?
For tomatoes - I'd recommend some kind of cherry tomatoes. My first year gardening I had some troubles with my romas, low yields with other larger tomatoes, but my indeterminate cherry tomatoes went absolutely gangbusters. I seriously can't wait to start them this year. I had to cut the tops off my plants when they got got tall enough I wouldn't be able to reach them, later in the season I stopped picking off the suckers and just let them go, two of them ended up snapping the giant bamboo poles I had them fastened to.
Awislyle. My same experience with tomatoes.. And when fall comes on strong, uproot the plants and hang them indoors upside down on a nail or hook. You'll get the rest to ripen after nature brings on the snow.
They're also great, especially heirlooms, for using like herbs. I can grab a handful every few days. Some of the weaker producers, like Black Cherry and Chocolate Sprinkles, will keep producing until the frosts kill them, which here, is usually well into December. IMO, that's a good trade off for not having buckets dulling late summer, only to die quickly later on. I also like less sweet varieties, personally, and that seems to be part of what they breed many of them for.
Beyond a kit, which is a wonderful option, it would be great if each seed packet sold online said if it was best suited for beginner, intermediate, or advanced gardeners.
Love this video. Thank you
Tried pickling cucumbers for the first time this past year. Direct seed. Got 1 plant that did not produce any fruit. No idea what happened. Will try again and maybe sprout and transplant this time.