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Hello Becky and Josh. Love this video.
I'm in Lewiston Idaho. I'll start my Seed April 1st
You can find your indoor start date based on last frost date from your farmers almanac online. I don't start for my area until first of April last week in March. Onions leeks and shallots now.
I’m also late I’ll be starting Saturday morning
I'm 100% new with all of this, do you have any advice on where to start? In your experience, what are the easiest veggies/fruits/herbs to grow? I live in an apartment building in Connecticut, and the weather here is pretty chilly. It ranges from the high 30s to the low 40s (Fahrenheit), do you think it's possible for me to grow anything on a windowsill or fire escape right now?
Algae prefer water without oxygen. So I add some Hydrogen Peroxide to my water evertime I water my seeds. This prevents algae grow and also killes it when it is already growing. We use 40ml per 1000L twice a week (40 parts per million). Seedlings also enjoy the extra oxygen. Some advice form a hydroponic farmer her is South Africa. Hope it can help you some how
Growing by the cycles of the moon is not New Age. It's related to the tides being controlled by the moon.
The water under the ground rises and settles & it allows you to plant when the water is closer to the surface. Follow the Farmer's Almanac. It has the whole summer charted out. What days to plant above ground veg, below ground, not plant & harvest.
Companion planting orange or yellow Marigolds & onions with your Tomatoes keeps the Tomato Horn Worms away.
I also plant beans with my potatoes & have no potato beatles.
Once germinated, a turn a fan on for an hour or two a day to replicate wind outdoors. It makes plants strengthen themselves in the stem. Low fan, not too close.
It seems like when I plant onions, I use them as they grow. I also let the bottoms of the onions regrow and use the green tops, then let go to seeds. I got the nadapeños and the habanadas this yr, and the nadas died as soon as I uppopped them. Also started cayenne peppers. I can’t get my poblanos or cubanelles to sprout at all. Off topic do you make you own bread and do you have a vid on that ?
I'm already done with my seeds and have up to 10 cm high pepper/chili plants… but those are the only things I'm growing this year. I'm planning a house build for next year and I'm already s excited for gardening… during my COVID quarantine I watched all your videos and I got into this excitement.
Yep, I have started pepper and paprika seeds, physalis, hollyhock and some other things. Actually, my pepper and paprika plants are big already, started them half february, since last year the summer was so bad most didn't ripen and I had to get them to ripen inside. Small house so no fun. Small garden so started very little, and for the seeds that sprouted little I just sowed a second batch. When they are sprouted I'll start my tomatoes, because then I can move those to a lighter, cooler room. Very limited space. Oh and I mustn't forget my squash, first time trying butter squash.. will have to plant them in the frontyard and leave them to grow over tiles. Live in a big city in the Netherlands. 😉
Onions are the first thing I plant for Spokane, I generally start about early Jan.
For me it is still to early.
I started my pepper plants right after Valentine's I started my tomato plants about a week later, so you are about right one.
I'm in Zone 6B, and you're right…too early is not good. I've always sold plants, and have usually started too early so that I can compete with big box stores. This year, I'm starting later also.
So far, I have kale, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and lettuce outside hardening off. The rest of the week, I'll be starting tomatoes, peppers, flowers (again! Didn't sprout the first time), and other summer veggies.
Well foo they wont deliver that seed starting mix where I live
Haven't watched your video yet, but I just started my seeds yesterday! I live on Vancouver Island in southern BC, and I started two types of onions and a herbal headache mix I got online from Metchosin Farm. Next week I will be starting peppers, tomatoes, more herbs, and maybe a watermelon! It's so exciting to learn how to do this. 🙂 I found those plastic salad containers with lids gave me the best success. Created a greenhouse effect that was better than egg cartons and plastic wrap because it didn't dry out as fast. I have a spray bottle with a fine mist and that's how I water. Worked great last year!
I think the seedlings will need more than 12 hours of light once they start shooting up. Might set the time for 16 hours on and 8 off. Love watching you!
I live on the western slope of Colorado in zone 5b. Our last frost date is mid-May so I don't start seeds until mid April. One thing that may help you with your wee plants is to HARDEN THEM OFF BEFORE you transplant outside in the garden. I do this by taking the plants out to our patio during the day and bringing them inside at night and do this for at least a week before I finally plant out. By doing this you plants can get used to the changes in the temps. Wishing you good luck with your gardening this year.
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Mabel try putting hay by the base of your bell peppers ,cause the roots don’t really love soo much sunlight
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We did our onions this week in the hügelkultur beds. We figured as warm as they were that it wouldn't matter if we had to cover them during a cold snap. Of course it looks like we have two graves in our garden!!
I can't start my seeds until April… I'm zone 2-3 here in Canada. My last frost date isn't until may 20th. Im jealous of everyone in the states!
Make sure the ground cherries are completely ripe before eating them. They are extremely toxic if they're not ripe. My husband got some in ohio while in amish country. He spent 3 days in hospital from being poisoned by them.