I absolutely love MI Gardener's Emerald Giant peppers. Very large green peppers and mine were prolific. I will always grow them. Great germination. I would love to grow everything. But I don't have the space...yet. I'm so excited to see you back in the garden. I can't wait to get back in mine. Wishing everyone an abundant harvest.❤❤❤
Zuchinni can be grow in a grow bag or ten gallon pot, and grown vertically in a tomato cage. You essentially just keep the leaves trimmed which makes the fruit easy to harvest and you have funny zuchinni trees.
I'm a bit older than you and I don't know everything about gardening and seed starting but I do know that covering the seeds with perlite instead of soil prevents damping off and it's also easier for the seeds to sprout through. I start my seeds like you do except I make the hole,drop in the seeds and cover the top of each cell with perlite and use a spray bottle to wet down the perlite and seeds in the already moist soil. I've had exceptionally good germination doing it this way. This past October I sowed some four to five yr old onion seeds and to my surprise about 80% off them germinated. I didn't need them because I already had around 200 seeds sown and coming up but I was curious to see if they were still good after all that time, so I gave lots of them away. Those are early bulbing short day onions called Plathora and the few I kept already have golf ball size bulbs that we are pulling and using as we need them as they aren't good storage onions. I'm definitely not trying to offend, just sharing a tip given to me and I find it works best for me.
I'm growing cucumbers and zucchini in a 5 gallon bucket, up a trellis. Saves room so I can plant more of other things. I'm running out of room and it's barely spring in the south.
Thank you for the visit Rachel! I didn't start plants from seed this year, but I still enjoy watching you start your seeds. I did get my spinach, kale, carrots, and beet seeds planted outside today. It felt good! I think spring has actually arrived to Michigan!
Hi Rachel. The peas are going to look great this year. The starter's are amazing. When are you getting ready to plant ☘️ your garden? I can't wait for that day to come. Everything looks good and your DIL is going to have fun with her garden as well. God Bless you Rachel. And Happy Easter 🐰🐣 to you and your family. HUGS 🤗. Mari'a. 🤗❤️❤️🤗🤗🐣🐰🐣🐰☘️👋👋👋👋👍👍👍👍👍👍
Have you tried growing a compact variety of zucchini in the GreenStalk? Botanical Interests “Emerald Delight’ worked pretty well. We used the plant supports and/or the plant tag stakes to help keep them upright. I bought a few of the really small varieties “cue ball” from Hoss Tools to try out but I don’t remember if the plants themselves stay smaller or just the fruit. Emerald Delight grows smaller vines but regular sized fruit.
When you were talking about the huge basil plants of your daughter-in-law, it came to mind that some people use grass clippings to make weed tea (put weeds in water for weeks, take out the solids, and use the liquid to make fertilizer for green growth), i'm sure that's what unintentionally happened. About the hot cute little orange peppers, they might be habaneros or jamaican scotch bonnets. Loved watching your jars with sweet potatoes.
I , for the first time, started tomato and pepper seeds in a pop up indoor green house. I'm further north in MI than you, near Cadillac. My garden is small...mainly fresh eating size, but it's a start.
I’m late getting seeds started too. I was getting disappointed but my thinking is better late than never, eh! 😊 We’ll never have a harvest if we don’t plant the seeds but even late we will at least get something! I hope we both have a blessed gardening season and harvest.
If you're wanting to save seeds, you don't necessarily have to separate the varieites by large distances. For tomatoes and peppers (because they are self-pollinating), it's very easy to use a lil' organza bag (like the ones for wedding favors/jewelry/removable bra straps) to isolate the blossoms before they open. Then, when the fruit from the isolated blossom forms, you just have to mark it (I use colorful string) and let it fully mature before you pick it. That way, you know the seeds from that fruit were only pollinated by their own genes.
@marcidevries5515 Ooooh! Good to know. I have lots of friends who save theirs for me. But I've also ordered a big bag of them online before. Unfortunately, they only last a season or two out in the hot summer sun.
I'm pretty sure that most pepper plants are perennials... Not positive off hand but I really think they are, I love love love love love your videos and how just real you are😊
Rachel. Thanks so much for the tour of all your growing stations. Question. An estimation of how much time you keep new seedling over your heating vent enclosed station. I'm guessing Just until you need to repot them when they get bigger. You sure know what your doing. Blessings and much success in your gardens this season.
Our parents had us add a book of matches at the root level. We would grow large pepper plants. Dad had us add match books at root level. Also make sure leaves touch from plant to plant.
I'm growing so much this year. I've been in the garden all winter even doing what I can here and there and I'm in WI. I just put peas in today, I'm going to go back out and do some beets and carrots in a bit. My peppers are a foot tall already, I started them way too early.
I’m so excited, I have tomato plants about a foot tall in our 6x8 greenhouse, more plants also. I also have green bean seeds my great grandparents grew.
Hi Rachel. I was wondering how much wheat are you planting? My husband and I are wanting to plant some and are wondering if you’ve figured out how much you’d need for your family of two? Happy resurrection Sunday❣️
Were the hot little orange peppers Datil Peppers? I grew them for the first time last year. They were too hot for me too, but I actually made some hot sauce with them and it kinda mellowed them and you could taste the fruity notes in them. I thought of growing some to boil and put into vinegar to spray my fence and around the garden to deter the chipmunks and squirrels this year.
I haven’t done it yet, but I think it would be a good idea to vacuum seal seeds and keep them frozen, in a freezer that isn’t frost free. It seems like that would keep them viable longer than another way of storing them. Your seedlings all look so great! Good job!
I successfully grew zucchini in a big pot last year.. the green stock may be too small.. I think they have a pretty big root.. and they are heavy feeders too
Hey Rachael, I just made your The JELLO DIET | Only 3 Ingredients and loving it. Thank you for sharing it with us. Did you ever made the ice-cream? I can't seem to find that recipe. Best wishes.
I also struggle with zucchini in the greenstalk; that and bush beans which I know a lot of people have great success in! Not sure what I'm doing wrong. 19:45 Habaneros!
Im trying to grow jalapeño and Serrano for making rotel...poblano for anchos for molé and enchilada sauce...banana peppers for purple hull peas...a few others i need for enchilada sauce...more than 10 different kinds of basil...probably 20 varieties of tomatoes...yes, my garden is small...no, i don't have the space to plant them...lol! Oh, and several herbs that we use but haven't grown before. Im trying cumin, and stevia, that I can remember. If something fails, maybe ill get enough successes to fill my garden 😂
I am curious if you are using the micariza fingi on your roots this year when transplanting your starts. I have been watching your videos for years and know that was something you always used. If you're not using it, why and what changed your mind. Thanks. Love the videos.
This is it: www.gardeners.com/buy/3-season-raised-bed-garden-cover-4x8/8598282.html The screen cover didn't even last one season, and the zippers ripped.
My cabbage was looking beautiful but all of a sudden they started drying up and turning crispy. I was trying to harden them off. 😢 I have no idea what happened.
