How to start seeds indoors with step by step instructions and demonstrations
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Date: 2022-08-07
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Em
Thanks for this helpful video. I've just started my first batch of seedlings. Cosmos Sonata and Nepeta Nervosa (Catnip, Blue Moon. I'm still a bit unsure about where would be the best spot in my home to place them. The outside temp here is still quite cold (30-51 degrees. Inside the apartment, our entire kitchen, lounge and dining area is south facing with big glass doors, and so gets a lot of direct sun, most of the day. Here in the sun, the temperate is 95 degrees. In the same room but in the shade (behind a pillar) it is 78 degrees. In the bathroom at the back of the apartment it is 73 degrees, with of course no sun but still good light. Of course at night the temp will drop a little bit, but not too much as we have under floor heating. I read that the ideal germination temp for cosmos is 70 degrees and the idea temp for Nepeta is 60-68 degrees. So I'm thinking the best would be to place them in the bathroom until they start to sprout, and then move into the sun in the lounge room until they are ready to be hardened off and planted out. Would you agree? Do you think 95 degrees in the sunny room might be too hot for baby seedlings? Hoping you (or perhaps one of your other viewers) can help. Hope this isn't too much detail!
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Thanks for this helpful video. I've just started my first batch of seedlings. Cosmos Sonata and Nepeta Nervosa (Catnip, Blue Moon. I'm still a bit unsure about where would be the best spot in my home to place them. The outside temp here is still quite cold (30-51 degrees. Inside the apartment, our entire kitchen, lounge and dining area is south facing with big glass doors, and so gets a lot of direct sun, most of the day. Here in the sun, the temperate is 95 degrees. In the same room but in the shade (behind a pillar) it is 78 degrees. In the bathroom at the back of the apartment it is 73 degrees, with of course no sun but still good light. Of course at night the temp will drop a little bit, but not too much as we have under floor heating. I read that the ideal germination temp for cosmos is 70 degrees and the idea temp for Nepeta is 60-68 degrees. So I'm thinking the best would be to place them in the bathroom until they start to sprout, and then move into the sun in the lounge room until they are ready to be hardened off and planted out. Would you agree? Do you think 95 degrees in the sunny room might be too hot for baby seedlings? Hoping you (or perhaps one of your other viewers) can help. Hope this isn't too much detail!
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Autumn
You-ve been very clear and concise, you are a wonderful teacher - Thank you so much - I was struggling with my seedlings and you-ve helped a great deal. Also I love that you-re so relatable. I dream of being a small scale flower farmer because sand it I love growing flowers but don-t own acres of land so you inspire me -
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You-ve been very clear and concise, you are a wonderful teacher - Thank you so much - I was struggling with my seedlings and you-ve helped a great deal. Also I love that you-re so relatable. I dream of being a small scale flower farmer because sand it I love growing flowers but don-t own acres of land so you inspire me -
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Philippa
Hi -thanks for the video. I don't have a good source of heat to put under plants, i. e. nothing warm to sit the tray on. What can I use to substitute and someone told me I can use ordinary lamp with a plant growing bulb in the room, in lieu of the type of more professional lights you are using. Is that correct? Thanks.
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Hi -thanks for the video. I don't have a good source of heat to put under plants, i. e. nothing warm to sit the tray on. What can I use to substitute and someone told me I can use ordinary lamp with a plant growing bulb in the room, in lieu of the type of more professional lights you are using. Is that correct? Thanks.
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ET
Bootstrap Farmer makes some of the best trays and humidity domes out there btw. I stopped buying anything else since. The materials they use are extremely heavy duty and high quality. I've damaged 2 trays in 3 years and they sent me free replacements both times.
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Bootstrap Farmer makes some of the best trays and humidity domes out there btw. I stopped buying anything else since. The materials they use are extremely heavy duty and high quality. I've damaged 2 trays in 3 years and they sent me free replacements both times.
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Asif
Thanks for your details. Very helpful. One question though. Do you keep the grow lights on at night? I assume they should not be on at night. Also why some other people recommend using fertilizer in the grow pot right after first true leaves come out? Thanks
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Thanks for your details. Very helpful. One question though. Do you keep the grow lights on at night? I assume they should not be on at night. Also why some other people recommend using fertilizer in the grow pot right after first true leaves come out? Thanks
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Zio
What abt sterilizing the soil? Fungus knats took over one yr. So I boiled alot of water an in a BIG pot. I poured the boiling water over the soil an mixed an let sit for a bit. Do you ever do that? I read alot of potting soil, seed soil has knat eggs in it.
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What abt sterilizing the soil? Fungus knats took over one yr. So I boiled alot of water an in a BIG pot. I poured the boiling water over the soil an mixed an let sit for a bit. Do you ever do that? I read alot of potting soil, seed soil has knat eggs in it.
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Miss
I-m new to all these and don-t have a bottom tray. Would watering from the top be bad? And I have them in strawberry containers and then on my heat pad. You think they can feel the heat. And plastic wrap for the dome -I-m being so ghetto over here
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I-m new to all these and don-t have a bottom tray. Would watering from the top be bad? And I have them in strawberry containers and then on my heat pad. You think they can feel the heat. And plastic wrap for the dome -I-m being so ghetto over here
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Jaxx
This has been very helpful. I have never had luck with starting my seeds indoors. But I've always planted too early, I don't have much light and I didn't use a heat source. I have a heat mat and a grow light this year! Fingers crossed.
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This has been very helpful. I have never had luck with starting my seeds indoors. But I've always planted too early, I don't have much light and I didn't use a heat source. I have a heat mat and a grow light this year! Fingers crossed.
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Coastalwaves360
I'm from the UK and pretty much everyone here has radiators so when you said -If you don't have radiators, like a lot of us probably don't-- I was VERY confused, I guess it's an American thing?
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I'm from the UK and pretty much everyone here has radiators so when you said -If you don't have radiators, like a lot of us probably don't-- I was VERY confused, I guess it's an American thing?
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Bodnar
omg I knew I recognized your face! haha I used your husband for a talking head video for one of my clients! My wife and I are garden newbies and this is our first growing season! Thanks for the info!
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omg I knew I recognized your face! haha I used your husband for a talking head video for one of my clients! My wife and I are garden newbies and this is our first growing season! Thanks for the info!
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skeeter
I always start sooo late and give up. This year im late again, surprise, but gonna see it thru. Starting my seeds tonight. I have a good indoor light. Hope that might help them get strong fast.
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I always start sooo late and give up. This year im late again, surprise, but gonna see it thru. Starting my seeds tonight. I have a good indoor light. Hope that might help them get strong fast.
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Melinda
Hello thank you for sharing your videos they are very helpful. If you don-t have special lighting. You can start seeds at home? I have a sunroom with a radiator on there. Thank you in advance.
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Hello thank you for sharing your videos they are very helpful. If you don-t have special lighting. You can start seeds at home? I have a sunroom with a radiator on there. Thank you in advance.
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flossy
If I started my seeds and got to the point that I had to put them under lights do I keep a heat mat under them? Our house is not very warm so I would be afraid I would lose them to the cold?
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If I started my seeds and got to the point that I had to put them under lights do I keep a heat mat under them? Our house is not very warm so I would be afraid I would lose them to the cold?
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Lloyd
My problem is when the spouts get to be about 2 - tall they get too spindly and fall over then it-s over. How can I prevent them becoming too weak? It just took 3 days to start sprouting.
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My problem is when the spouts get to be about 2 - tall they get too spindly and fall over then it-s over. How can I prevent them becoming too weak? It just took 3 days to start sprouting.
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Lauren
Seeing your own set up really helped me get an idea of how I can use my space to grow my seeds. This was the most informative video I've seen while starting my gardening journey.
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Seeing your own set up really helped me get an idea of how I can use my space to grow my seeds. This was the most informative video I've seen while starting my gardening journey.
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mary
When the seeds are first under the cover, before they germinate, are you watering? Or is the moisture in the soil that you mixed in the beginning all they need for them germinate?
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When the seeds are first under the cover, before they germinate, are you watering? Or is the moisture in the soil that you mixed in the beginning all they need for them germinate?
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Brooke
Hi! Thank you for this wonderful video! Unfortunately, the seed trays that you have linked are unavailable on Amazon. Do you suggest any others that are as good? Thanks, again!
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Hi! Thank you for this wonderful video! Unfortunately, the seed trays that you have linked are unavailable on Amazon. Do you suggest any others that are as good? Thanks, again!
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arii
Hi! I loved this video. I have a question though. What do I do if I don-t have access to a backyard, porch, etc? What do I do with the plants after they finish germinating?
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Hi! I loved this video. I have a question though. What do I do if I don-t have access to a backyard, porch, etc? What do I do with the plants after they finish germinating?
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Casey
Do you leave the lights on them indoors for 24 hours a day? When you're hardening them off do you keep the lights on them all the time that you have them back inside?
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Do you leave the lights on them indoors for 24 hours a day? When you're hardening them off do you keep the lights on them all the time that you have them back inside?
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Cassie-Marie
Thanks so much! So they don't need the heat mat after they germinate? And when you say 50% germination do you mean about 50% of the plants have germinated?
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Thanks so much! So they don't need the heat mat after they germinate? And when you say 50% germination do you mean about 50% of the plants have germinated?
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