Seed starting is the most important part of your plant’s life. If you don’t start your seeds off well, their entire life in your garden will be impacted in a negative way. I collected 18 of the most common seed starting questions from you all on Instagram and YouTube and have answered them all in today’s video!
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Timestamps for Questions:
0:21 – How to know when to start seeds?
1:18 – How do you plan your seed starting?
1:52 – What seed companies do you recommend?
2:06 – What are good beginner seeds to grow?
2:59 – Do you plant in trays or larger pots?
3:55 – Do you start all seeds indoors?
4:48 – How long do you keep your seeds indoors?
5:28 – Do you need a seedling heat mat?
6:13 – What are the best grow lights for seed starting?
8:02 – Do you use timers?
8:45 – What is your favorite seed starting system?
9:57 – Do you use the same soil for starting all seeds?
10:10 – What seed starting mix do you use?
10:38 – Do you use peat pellets or soil blocks?
11:45 – How many seeds do you plant per hole?
12:15 – How to prevent leggy seedlings?
13:03 – What causes stunted growth in seedlings?
13:57 – What causes mold or fungus in soil when starting seeds?
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Did you happen to publish your Google Sheet seed planting chart?
Watering please how often? Love your knowledge!! Thank you
LED full spectrum grow lights are the only way to go now. Mars Hydro & Spider Farmer are the top choices currently.
Where I get seeds starting trays. Around New York? Thanks.
Where are I get the seeds trays . In Long Island New York.
Question. How long do you leave the plastic cover on your GrowEase seed starting kits? Meaning, when is it time to remove it completely.
Kevin,,, I had thougt seeds not sown need to be started in smallish containers. root development predicates the need to 'pot up' one of more times.. you had a 6.5' inch pot in hand for germinating.. is there a vid avail to detail that work around.. thanks
What do you recommend for the GSE to water ratio to spray on the mold/fungus growing on seedlings? I messed up with over watering and now it's running rampant. Probably will have to restart but if I can save any I'd like to.
I kill off seedlings that are stunted because I don’t want them to reproduce. I only let my favorite plants reproduce
It’s printed on the seed packs. Why is this so confusing for people.
So glad I found your channel! Just bought my first house and it had a raised bed garden in the backyard. Your channel will help me immensely!
So I just started my seeds indoors using cups. I used the wrong soil. I have them in outdoor garden soil. Do you think I will get effective germination?
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1:40 I was just wondering today if I could grow chart in bags. Seems like I got a bonus question aswerd in this video.
2:32 Lettuce is easy until you live in an area with a lot of snails and slugs. I started out with it. Poor little plants never stood a chance but I am sure the snails and slugs had a nice dinner XD Oh well.
EXCELLENT video .. thank you!! So this was January the year of 2020 vision to say the least! ha! Did you ever roll out your google sheets planner, and if so where could we find it ? :). Thank you so much .. Cheers!
When I have four true leaves and plant them outside. The pest chew them. Is it better to up plant and place when they are bigger?
Hey Kevin.
Great videos, keep up the good work.
Question: What are your thoughts on full spectrum vs blue/red (only) spectrum lights? The obvious difference is that blue/red lights produce plants are shorter but denser with much bigger leaves, while the full spectrum will produce more nature looking slightly more leggy plants with smaller leaves. My point of reference is primarily chilli plants.
Thanks
Best regards,
Robin
Hi! I'm searching the comments section here and can't find if you had finished the spreadsheet for planning your garden? Would love to see how you plan yours! 🙂 Thanks for the continually awesome videos!
How do you treat pests? Like aphids or those small flies? They loved my seedlings and ruined a lot of them 🙁
Great video and always relevant. Love your channel. Thank you for the generous sharing of your knowledge.
I live in Miami zone 10, do we have any planting specific times?
If you are in the desert U.S. southwest, especially the low desert(below 3500feet), please check out Native Seeds/SEARCH. These are native and heirloom varieties with a hundred or more years of providing food in that area. Hardiness 10a. October direct sew roots, bulbs, tubers and greens. Starting fruit bearing seeds indoors is rather futile, as there are minimal frost days in January. Direct seed in pots or the ground in late February to get fruit for May and June. You can also direct seed in the August monsoon for Three Sisters-corn, beans, squash.
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