November 21, 2024

VIDEO: How to Look After Your Vegetable Seedlings for Big Harvests


This video features the main principles and techniques I use to look after my vegetable, herb and flower seedlings both undercover and in raised beds. It is vital that we look after seedlings as best as possible in order to give them a great start and then result in fantastic harvests. I cover how to water seedlings, including a highly effective method for ones growing in pots and modules, as well as frost protection, hardening off and a note on pest control.

Pest control video: https://youtu.be/4xGiS356op8
Slug control video: https://youtu.be/GL65oXHiVP8

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Introduction 0:00
Great Module Watering Method 0:55
Adding FPJ 2:50
Watering Seedlings in Beds 3:16
Air Pruning 4:23
Module & Pot Frost Protection 5:39
Raised Bed Frost Protection 6:50
Natural Fabric Fleece Alternative? 8:13
Hardening Off 10:02
Pest Control Strategy 10:54
Slug Control 11:17
Summary 12:00

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24 thoughts on “VIDEO: How to Look After Your Vegetable Seedlings for Big Harvests

  1. I absolutely love your videos my friend, you are so easy to listen to your one of the very few who I watch every bit of all your content. Keep up the amazing work buddy!

  2. I didn’t think of the bits of plastic fibres before, good point. Cotton muslin was suggested by Dowding No Dig and I like your hessian suggestion. Brilliant idea to use plant pot supports.

  3. Hi Huw this a Great Video Clip. Can I ask where do you get the Great Seed Trays you have for Your Onions and Beans. Also what make of Hoespipe Sprayer is that you use. Thanks for any help on this and Thanks again for a Great Video Clip. Keep up the Good Work.
    HAPPY GARDENING
    Petesveg

  4. Hey Huw diolch yn fawr boi. Your videos are great been inspiring me a lot they’re very informative. I don’t think I’m too far from you I’m in North Pembs. I used to garden with my dad when I was a teenager back in the 80s, life got too busy and I gave it up but I said I’d always go back to it and now I’m in my 50s myself and my wife have started again, partly as a boost for mental health and anxiety. Gardening is great it’s a total switch off from all the bad stuff happening in the world. I’ve built loads of high bad back friendly raised beds and we’ve put up a large polycarbonate greenhouse. So far we’ve been eating our own spinach, coriander, lettuce, and in the last week new potatoes. My only problem now is I suffer from gardeners envy when I see awesome setups like yours and Charles Dowdings

  5. Your onion seedlings look amazing! Mine was a total failure this year… Do you have one on how you start your onion seedlings? If not, maybe make one for newbies like me? Thx!

  6. Hello Huw. You demonstrate how you were experimenting with using jute as a cover for potatoes etc. I found it really interesting and now I'm curious: Looking back 6 months later – how did it go? Better or worse? Did it increase workload due to having to remove it every morning etc?

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