STARTING SEEDS INDOORS & What Works EVERY Time!
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Today I'm starting seeds indoors. Learn how to start seeds indoors, when to sow seeds inside, what works and doesn't work, and seed starting mistakes to avoid! If you're a beginner or a gardener who struggles to find his/her green thumb, this video will be all you need to get started & sow seeds successfully.
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I like to use red solo cups; they are cheap, reusable, and deep so they give the roots more room and hold more moisture, meaning I don’t have to up pot before transplanting into their final homes. I start multiple seeds in red solo cups and then divide the seedlings out so that they each have their own cup, or remove the extra seedlings from the cups so that there is one plant per cup, and it works well for me.
I do the same. 😊
My exact method! It's so perfect!
Yes, they work great too. You reminded me that I tried to do this when I first started growing indoors here in France. The only thing available at that time was tiny plastic cups that we would serve preschoolers with in the US lol I think Solo cups might be available on Amazon nowadays but haven’t checked since I have all my supplies now.
@@NowGardening ahh, I see, totally makes sense. Use what you can get your hands on! Here in Canada you can buy a big pack of red solo cups for cheap and you can find them easily around here, so it makes a lot of sense for me to use them in my situation.
Solo cups are generally good and less expensive than some alternatives. I wish Solo made them in more sizes. I've seen the 12 oz, (360 ml) and 1 oz. (30 ml) sizes, but still, one need not use the whole cup, eh?
"We're not burying treasure here." LOL!! Nice channel - like learning basic gardening from a friendly neighbor, with great bone structure.
Ha, your comment made me laugh. I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos
This is a great video because it’s simple, it’s not too long and it’s right to the point. And it makes me feel much better about not spending a lot on expensive seed starting containers.
That’s great to hear. Thank you and here’s to lots of great harvests this year.
I use solo cups as well, but I cut the bottom out of one and set it in another solo cup. When its time to go to the garden, I prepare a hole that will fit the solo cup, then set the one with the bottom cut out into the hole. Not disturbing the roots at all and my transplants do really well.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Janice. I just saw this on another RUclips channel last week and absolutely love this idea! I’ve added solo cups to my list to buy when I go the US next month, so I can try it. I can’t get them over here in France.
Love this!
Hi Valerie!
I love the clear see-through containers. I’m nosy and like to see what’s happening under the soil. 😂
Thanks for the tips and tricks!
Me too! I even tried see-through food-grade buckets last year for a container experiment, but the plastic couldn’t take the sun and heat and broke before the season was out
Tak, ten film był bardzo pomocny:) Dziękuję.
Thanks 😊
Thanks for the good ideas, concepts, attitudes, and advice.
My pleasure. I’m glad you enjoyed it
I agree about the peat pots. I've dug them up the following season and they look pretty much like when I planted them. Even after throwing them in the compost bin they take a while to break down. I wouldn't recommend them, but if you have some lying around that you want to use try this. When you up pot, gently tear the bottoms out, then tear one side down all the way. Make sure that they are good and wet when you do this. Then you can plant the whole thing with minimal shock to the root system.
I love the reduce, recycle, reuse! Most of us already have these things in our homes.
Thanks for the tip, Jason. I just discovered an unused 10-pack of them yesterday and was trying to thing of how I could use them instead of throwing them away.
@@NowGardening I've seen, and done this, years ago - making my own small, square seed starting pots (up to 4 inches size), with nothing but newspaper folded into the correct shape. You can directly plop these biodegradable containers in the ground and the roots will push through the thin paper as needed. I'll try to find the link, brb..
@@NowGardeningHere is the first one that pulled up on youtube - there are others under this topic, as well. Cheers! ruclips.net/video/7dlGQP81yfo/видео.html
One way I toughen up my plant sets is to set up a fan set on low that will blow across the plants and then rotate the trays of plants once a day. The movement that the fanned air causes seems to make the plants stronger, but you have to watch the dryness of the soil.
Great tip. I mention fans in one of my videos on seedlings, and you’re right, it helps strengthen the plant and get them ready for the real-world conditions of the garden. I’ve seen that wind can be a big killer for transplanted seedlings if they’re not prepped beforehand.
Thanks for all these great tips! It’s encouraging to see results too.
You are so welcome. Good luck with your seed starting!
Love that you reuse and also use your own seeds
Thank you. I’m a huge fan of saving seeds and reusing plastic just makes good sense 😊
Thank you for sharing what doesn't work. I leave a couple of think I never thought of..👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome, glad it helped and thanks for your comment 😊
What a great video. Love the tip on clear containers for viewing growth phases.
Thanks for your comment. I hope you're off to a great start.
Thank you! Just subbed. I also believe in reusing and repurposing. Your tips here and in your other vids have been a great help in understanding why my beginner veggie garden -- and trying to start seeds indoors -- was a flop last season. You get to the point without needless rambling, and have a most articulate way of speaking.
Thank you for your comment and for subbing. I hope this will be your year for getting a garden started. Once you have a few successes, you’ll love it. Our first attempt here years ago was a disaster, but we changed a few things and it’s been great since. Good luck and thanks again!
You're extremely helpful! 🌹🤗💓 Thank you for sharing your tips with us!💓
You are so welcome! I’m glad it helped
thank you! im about to try this year and you just saved me some money!
Glad I could help! Good luck and I’d love to hear how your first year goes!
Just recently found you. I love your channel. I love how short, but very informative your videos are. I'm an intermediate skill level gardener. You're concise, but provide important details. I feel confident after I watch a video that I'll be able to do the things you show and have an idea what I'm doing.
Hi Salem, your message made my day. Thanks for taking the time to send it, and I’m happy to hear my videos are helpful to you. I hope you have an amazing gardening year ahead!
We love to use yogurt cottage cheese and sour cream containers. Keeps plants better for indoors vs constantly up potting. We start our tomatoes and peppers in February for planting out end of May in greenhouses. Better to be mature in our short season. Reusable is great for sanitizing also and drilling drain holes. Vs peat pots that are useless. They end up drying out and or molding. Great info!
Great idea!! Thanks for sharing your tips!
Awesomeness Val!! You know, we're big fans of frugality!!
We got almost all our Trays, pots and mats last June. Everyone around here buys their starts from a garden center, 1 week later, all those items are in their recycling bin on the curb, waiting for a good home 😁😁😁
I wanna plant some more stuff now !!
Cheers J&C 🌱😁🌱
That’s so cool and I appreciate that about you guys. I enjoy seeing the second life you give to things. I picked up canning jars off the recycling corner today. Figured I can use them for organizing if not for actual canning. I hate seeing things just thrown away for no reason.
Great tips Valerie.. I use old carry out containers too! 🌱
Love that, Barb. I like my reused stuff better than any trays or kits I’ve bought through the years.
Information that is very useful for sowing seeds is very useful for my agricultural inspiration
Glad to hear that. Good luck with your garden
Totally agree re: the "biodegradable" pots - they might be biodegradable over years, but they limit seedling growth for sure - sometimes I'll even find them still clinging on at the end of the season when I'm cleaning things up or even in the ground still hanging on the following year!
I’m stunned that they sell them as something to plant directly. I went back and looked at the package to see if perhaps they just meant biodegradable in the big scheme of things, but right on the packaging was a picture of someone transplanting them into their garden.
I think the degrading pots/cups are a poor execution of a good idea. Too often they are either too weak for the seedling stage or too strong/lasting for the grow-out stage (as you say). I would like to see some R&D here, especially with trials of wheat paste or corn paste-based papier-mâché. Still, the problem is that delicate balance of strong enough for the seedling stage while dissolving quickly in the ground at the grow-out stage. Thanks for adding your comment.
@@jwstanley2645agree! Go for it R&D folks! We need something just right! Not too weak, but something that will degrade soon enough to avoid inhibiting growth! And go!
How have I not found you before? I just sat down today looking at seeding kits. You saved me money! I have indoor and outdoor ponds I've built and just started growing some succulents to add to dress up the area around my indoor pond. Wanted to do some herbs. Your tips are just in time. I'm subscribing.
Welcome and thank you for your sweet message. Your project sounds exciting!
I like the idea of reusing containers. Thanks
It’s really practical. I love it
This is great information! Just found you today and learning lots. I was about to start my garden but felt a bit lost/anxious. Thanks for the info, and a big thanks for keeping it economical. I watched a lot of videos by other RUclipsrs and cost is rarely a consideration for a lot of them. Thanks again
Thanks for your comment. Don’t get discouraged. Gardeners make growing seem much harder than it really is. After seed starting, I have several videos that might help you with starting economical garden beds once you’re ready for that. Let me know if I can help 😊
Thanks for this video! I started seeding last week and now they are germinating and I can see leaves! You earn new subscriber here! Keep sharing! Thanks so much!
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m so happy it was helpful, and also congratulations on your new seedlings! Have a great week 😊
Great information, I saved a lot of seeds from my garden last year. This just remind me that I need to start my Tomatoes indoors now.
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your tomato seedlings 😊
Great video! Your tips on how to start seeds indoors are really practical and easy to follow.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.
Super helpful and one of the only videos that is doing what I want to do. I have been collecting blueberry containers and my take out and random trays and that’s what I want to use. So many other videos have fancy this and that but I just know I can do it this way. Thanks for sharing and I will be following you advice on setting them on top of the fridge. I was pondering about where to put the little seeds to be warm, the fridge is the perfect idea. Thank you
Thanks for your comment. I’m so glad to hear this video was helpful. Simple is best from what I’ve found over the years. I wish you a wonderful growing season ahead.
I love this video and fully agree with your ideas.
Thank you so much. I’m glad we agree
Thanks for your great suggestions!
Pat W.
Thanks, Pat. You are so welcome!
I'm new to gardening and found this helpful thanks.
I’m happy to hear that and best of luck getting started.
Cut down "clear" distilled water gallon containers work great, also :) I started HAYWARD KIWI vines from the tiny black seeds in a grocery store kiwi (indoors) and when got larger planted outside - and about 3 years later got fruit (325 kiwi fruit). Fortunately I ended up with both male and female plants this way. WHO KNEW that Kiwi vines would successfully grow and produce fruit every year in the state of Virginia !!! They lose leaves each fall and gain them back with flowers and fruit in the Spring. Thank You for this video !!!
That’s an incredible story! Thanks for sharing and for your water jug tip.
Great tips dear Valerie! And a reminder that I need to get started! Can't wait to see what you do in the garden this year! Blessings dear 🙏 ❤
Thank you! You too, Juani! Hopefully, it’ll be a great gardening year!
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I have those issues with those biodegradable seed starting pots! I love recycling containers! I really believe that gardening should not cost too much to enjoy!
Agree 100% Gardening should be fun and relaxing, not a headache.
Thank you! I loved your video, I always thought plastic containers wasn't good but you changed my mind. I just suscribed.
You’re welcome. So glad it was helpful. Thanks for subscribing and good luck with your seed starting !
As a first time indoor seed starter gardner, I found this video to be very well done. Included all the essential topics and advice based on your actual, practical experience. Very helpful, thanks.
Thank you for your kind message. I hope you have a wonderful growing season ahead.
Wonderful Content. Thank You For Sharing. Have a Nice Day!❤👍
Thank you! You too
Hi Valerie. Happy New Year! Been a minute since I've been on your channel, but things have been hectic here. Anyway, super awesome seeing you. You look fantastic as usual & this is a great video...very informative. Thanks for sharing.
Happy new year, Monique 💛 I was off for the most part of 2 months I think, so I haven’t been in touch. I hope you’re doing well and wish you a 2023 filled with beautiful days spent outdoors and lots of inspiration and success in growing your channel when you have to be indoors!
Brilliant I always use any packaging we got. Like you I also tried the biodegradable pots never bought them again.
Thank you and I’m happy to hear you use to on-hand packaging too.
finally!!! a vid that is real. too many times i see vids that really get too intricate for a beginner like soil testing stuff that some ole bag like me wont bother to mess with, if it grows great. if it dont i can go to the pantry. but i think containers is important and i have friends saving water bottles so i should have 36 of them soon. i just want 4 plants of 5 veggies and some flowers to puts around with this summer.
well done video.
ps, luvd the brn pots falling, just like home, lol
Thanks so much for your kind comment. You sounds a lot like me, a keep it simple kind of gardener. To that point, the fact you’re starting with only a handful of plants and flowers is super smart and exactly what I recommend for new growers. It makes me sad that so many people bite off more than they can chew and end up hating gardening when they could have easily loved it instead.
Thank you, your straight forward approach just made me your newest subscriber
My pleasure. Welcome to my channel, and thanks for your comment.
This video WAS very helpful...so THANK YOU! The growing season where I am is such that planting cannot be done until 3rd week in May, but when you were mentioning starting tomatoes 8-10 weeks before taking outside...mmmm...that is coming up SOON!😊😊
Hi Lilly. Thanks for your comment. I’m glad it was helpful. You are exactly right-it’s coming up quickly. I plant tomatoes out on the first day of May, so I start them inside by the first of March! I hope you have lots of great harvests this year!
Thanks for sharing Val 👍
My pleasure. Thanks for your message
Thank you, your video was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
very helpful and just in time for my area seed planting, thank you
Glad it was helpful. Good luck with your seed starting
Great, concise and informative guide. Also, love your refrigerator magnets 1:24
Thank you for mentioning the problem of those peat pots, I just planted some tomato and pepper seeds in them. They haven't germinated yet, hopefully they live after I transplant them later this month
Good luck. If you transplant the pots directly into something else, then try cutting the bottom of the pots off so the roots can get out. That’s the advice I’ve received from other gardeners.
excellent video!! No excessive yaking! To the point!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment!
Love your `fridge magnets.
I'm glad you mentioned the issues with biodegradable pots. I've had the same issues. I no longer buy them.
Hi Bryan. Thanks for sharing your experience. I can’t believe how many people have responded likewise. I hope your seedlings get off to a great start this year.
@@NowGardening Thanks. Same to you! 👍
Short. Clear. To-the-point. GOOD!
Glad to hear you liked it
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful 😊
Hi. Saw your comment on Andrea's channel. Appreciate the tips, I need all the help I can get in gardening.😊 Have a wonderful day!
I love Andrea and her channel and am glad you found me! Take care and good luck with your garden 😊
The biodegradables are tricky indeed, some work some don't. Cutting the the bottom off before planting outdoors or in bigger pots worked a charm last year.
Thanks for the tip. It seems like that’s the most recommended solution. I’ll have to give it a try!
New subbie!!! Thank you I’m starting mine today his weekend.❤
Awesome! Best of luck to you. Wishing you loads of great harvests this year
Very helpful & motivating. Thank you~
You’re so welcome. Glad it was helpful.
Wonderful and very helpful information. I too keep all the plastic trays from berries and from the 4 litre “distilled” water jugs. Just cut off the tops, add holes on the bottom and you have nice sized pots for free🙏🏼💜🇨🇦
That’s awesome! I’ve enjoyed learning other gardeners favorite reused materials from the comments and seeing how many other people are committed to saving money and plastic!
Thank you! Great information!
Thanks for your kind comment!
I notice you quickly passed over egg crates without comment. I find they really good but require good moisturising. This also applies to the small carry trays from coffee shops for milti cup purchases. Really good for melon family...zucchini, cucumbers etc. Another hint for germinating. We have small bricks of coir fibre in Australian stores, which expands when watered. This medium is absolutely brilliant and encourages great root growth. Can be used neat or with a seed growing mix.
Hi Frank. I accidentally edited out my speech on egg cartons. I personally don’t care for them, but I do have another video specifically on egg cartons and toilet paper rolls that goes into detail. I like that you’re using the carry trays, and it’s working for you. We have bags of coir instead of bricks here, and I’ve been experimenting with it a lot this year. It seems to be great for some really hard to start seeds. Some seedlings seem to like it while others not so much. Do you see that too?
very good! i do the same with recycling stuff, also the same soil managment
Wonderful!
Very informative. Thank you~
I hope it helps 😊
I use newspaper and fold it up to form little pots. It's easy, doesn't cost anything and it degrades faster then the biodegradable ones you can buy.
That’s really smart, and I’m glad you’ve found a way to reuse the paper. I never have newspaper around anymore, so it’s not an option for me unfortunately.
That was very helpful. Thank you
My pleasure. I’m glad it helped
This video earned my Subscription! Loved all the tips and tricks! .
Welcome! Thanks for joining us 😊
I take a few sheets of newspaper, wrap it around a can from the pantry and hold the folds at the bottom and sides with some tape. I pop the can out and it leaves a little container. They can get a bit flimsy so I put them in a tray or those small nursery pots. The upside is that when it's time to transplant, I can just cut and peel the newspaper off which disturbs the roots less than getting them out of a plastic pot.
I love that! I don’t have extra newspapers anymore, but this is a great way to use them. Thanks for sharing your tips 😊
You can find free newspaper at your local recycling center.
Thank you for this video. I would like to learn more about growing vegetables.
Hi Eileen. That’s so exciting! My advice is to start with a small number of things to grow, so you don’t get overwhelmed by it. You can add more vegetables as you get more comfortable. Let me know if I can answer any questions.
Nice one, 'Now Gardening ' = no time wasted in getting your advice across. Thank you. Regards from Blighty :).
Thanks, Blighty 😊 I hope you have lots of great harvests this year.
Totally agree with you about using all our plastic tubs from recycling - reuse is even better than recycling. Good video and presentation - only thing I would add is that I had a lot of seedlings not germinate this year because I planted them outdoors too early - April - usually OK but in the UK was very cold thn early spring this year ( less than 6 Centigrade). Warmer now so playing catch up.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I agree with you about the weather affecting this year’s seedlings. We had delays in outdoor seeds germinating too. Also, here in France we had barely any rain since January and then it all came over the last 3 weeks (and chilly temperatures to go with it). Everything is hanging on but not looking their best. Good luck with your garden and catching up!
This is all exactly what I do. The first few months of the year, I save all the plastic clamshell containers and dairy product packaging. I run most of it through the dishwasher to sterilize it and the lids make excellent “coasters” for their repurposed container to catch any water that drains out. Eggs come in clear plastic clamshells at Costco. I cut off the lid and stack it with the bottom to reinforce it as one layer is not super sturdy. You could use another layer from a different clamshell to be the “coaster” as they come with no holes and the other half as a “humidity dome” for itty bitty stuff like lobelia or stuff you start a lot of like brassicas & greens.
Smart ideas and creative too. I love it. Ive used the lids too, first as a cover to help seeds germinate and then as a coaster like you do. We don’t have plastic egg cartons over here, but the double stacking idea is a good one for some cheap trays I have that are too flimsy to use on their own.
Great useful information. Thank you.
Thank you. Good luck with your seed starting
Really helpful. I was struggling to start from seed so have tried a new mixture consisting of potting soil, perlite, bio rock root builder and compost using equal parts of each. Hopefully the seeds are going to sprout soon and I am not going to sit with leggy seedlings.
Hi, Susan. Once you get your first round of success, it'll be much easier going forward and you'll build confidence in your green thumb. Good luck and let me know if I can help
I started asking around for clear one-bite-dessert containters for my spiderplants, like those you can see at fancy parties or grocery store joghurt tasting etc. I have so many spiderplant babies and big pots are too big for them, but those 100ml containers are great because they are just the right size and I can see the roots :)
Great idea, and you’re right small seedlings start off the easiest in small pots.
Thank you for this video! Right now I have seedlings growing in the biodegradable cups but i will transfer them out of the cups when they are ready.
Best of luck to you. I hope you have a great harvest this year.
@@NowGardening Thank you so much!
On the instructions of some peat pots that I used was if planting in the ground, trim or carefully tear the excess material from the top of the pot and pinch the bottom out. I never had a problem with peat pots.
So interesting, I wonder if our brands here in Europe are different. They are super thick and would have to be cut for sure. I have a few extras I found and am going to try it
Nice. You can use course sand instead of perlite. Equal by volume. Also, clear solo cups are great.
Great tips, Rick. In France those aren’t available, but you’re right that they work great. My brother uses them in the US. As for sand in place of perlite, I’ve used it before. Don’t know why I don’t use it more to be honest. It’s cheaper I’m sure
Thanks for sharing 😊
My pleasure 😊 Have a great week
Subbed, love the get to the point way you share!
Thank you! Welcome to my channel 😊
Thank you very helpful and to the point 🙂
Glad it was helpful! Have a great weekend
I agree with your experience on the biodegradable containers. Crap!
100% and they’re expensive too!
I covered last summer my seeds with peat moss instead of soil...and watered only at sunset with watering jug directly on the peat moss ...worked awsome,!!!
Smart! Great tip. Thanks for sharing it!
Helpful video! Thank you!
Thank you 😊
Hello 🖐Love your videos ❤💕❤look forward for your next video! 💪💯 Thanks for sharing! 🌹☝👍
Thank you for your kind message 😊
Thanks for information
You’re welcome
Great video.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you so much it was very helpful
You're welcome. I’m so happy it helped
so great🖤
Thank you
Many thanks 😊
You're welcome. Good luck with your seed starting!
very helpful - thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful.
Thank you super helpful
Thanks, I’m glad it helped
One of the problems I have with heat mats it dries out the soil so fast. So for me that was a waste of money. I had the same problem with the biodegradable containers. I am with you the clear containers are the best and I have used trays from frozen dinner's to put my pots in.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences. It's always good to hear what's working (and not) for other growers.
Easiest way to germinate seeds - soak a bunch of seeds in water for 1/2 to 1 day, then fish the seeds out and put them into an empty disposable water bottle, add a few drops of water if necessary, put the cap back on and put it in a warm place. The water would condense near the top and drop back down to keep the seeds moist. After a week or so, rinse out the seedlings and replant in soil.
Thanks for sharing your tip
Thanks for telling us about those so called brown bio degradable pots . I was thinking of buying them but now forget it I will just use any food grade plastic containers like yogurt containers or large see thru plastic containers we get organic lettuce in .
Thank you for the great advice
You are so welcome! You won’t regret it. Just don’t forget to make drainage holes 😊
I've been known to lift up some soil from mole hills. It's super dark loam that will contain no wild seeds and is full of minerals. As good as any garden centre seed compost.
I thought I was the only one that got the moles to work for me! I don’t use the mole hills for seed starting because ours is clay and still too heavy for seeds, but I do add it to my raised beds.
Great tip
Glad it was helpful
Good morning sister😊 nice sharing😊👍
Thank you
I’m using Mott’s/Dole applesauce/fruits cups to start seeds this year. It’s a 2-for-1! 💜💜💜
Smart idea !
I like the aesthetic of clay but I have used several of your suggestions. I started my seeds in 2.5" clay pots.
Hey Val, I am getting some started in cut up plastic water bottles at the moment. I didn't start anything indoors last year, because the year before did better when sowed straight outdoors. However, last year was not as successful, go figure lol. Every year is a new adventure 🤠
Definitely each year is its own adventure. Maybe your plants will have better luck since you’re giving them a solid start indoors before they meet up with the many outdoor challenges you have there. Fingers crossed for you! 💚
@@NowGardening Thanks
I had the same experience with biodegradable pots, now I put 4-5 long slits from top to bottom using a craft knife, half an inch down from the top all the way to the bottom, the roots form a lateral growth and provide a stable platform 🌱.
Great instructional keep them coming 😊
Hi Jimbo. That’s smart. I found a leftover pack in my garden shed and will try that out 😊 Thanks for the tip