Great video! Thanks for all the detail, info, and joy you take in caring for the plants and sharing this. Lots of inspiration for this project and my plant nursery aspirations. Really cool germination shelf
Thank you for such a great instructional video. I was hoping to find links to your seed company but didn't. I would love to learn more about growing Corsican mint.
This video was so helpful!! I haven’t been able to start anything from seed yet and so I’m looking forward to trying again. The step I was missing was using the proper soil to start. I was using potting soil with perlite. Did you record / upload the Part 2 video?
I’m in zone 8b, SW Washington State. My last frost date is approx. April 15th. I have one more month to go for that. I currently have two 200-cell trays with Creeping Thyme in a heated grow tent and under lights in my (unheated garage which gets to be about 45F-50F at night). Several of the seedlings (I’m guessing 60%) have 2 sets of true leaves. They are currently in seed starting mix and my goal is to plant them around flagstone. 1) I don’t have any additional room in my 14”x36” 4-shelf grow tent. Especially if we are talking about adding another 200-300+ 4” pots….I DEFINITELY don’t have room for that. Would it be okay to put them outside in natural light on mild temperature days and then move them indoors at night? 2) At what stage do creeping thyme seedlings need a more nutrient-rich soil for growth? Again, they are currently in a seed starting mix that doesn’t have anything really of value nutrient-wise. I usually start transitioning my other seedlings into the potting mix after their first 1-2 sets of true leaves appear. I’ve never grown Creeping Thyme before and I’m struggling to find much, if any information out there. Most of the directions I see are to grow the seeds, keep them moist and then plant them in soil that drains well….boom, that's it. I need help! Thank you!
Ugh. I planted a packet of 10,000 creeping thyme seeds in my flower bed yesterday. I should've watched this video first lol. I got 2 more packets left though so, its not the end of the world. But maybe I'll get lucky and half will pop. I'd be happy with that.
Hi TJ! I know it's been a while, but how did your seeds end up doing? If you were planting Corsican mint, that one doesn't get much taller and once it is established you want to transplant it to a larger pot so it can begin spreading outward. Thanks!
Well she's an expert on plants, she might not be an expert on public speaking, or she might have some nerves going on while filming, but she put herself out there and made the video to share this awesome info anyway. I'm grateful she did, I found it very useful!
Question: When did gardening become so intricately difficult? I mean, folks have been growing things for millenia and it's never been this scientific. Hunter-gatherers became agrarian 100 thousand years ago. Why does it take so much to produce crops now? It's crap. Good soil, good water, good drainage, and locally relevant plants. Plant what grows naturally in your area, forage for the rest, and you're good. Why make it so hard with so many steps? When did become to labor intensive? Grow native plants that folks have survived on for more than 100k years. That's all. Planting creeping thyme and mint isn't rocket science and doesn't actually doesn't take all of that work. We, here in the PNW, have it growing all over and it's actually invasive. Just throw the seeds out there and you'll have a huge crop that you have to tame in a couple of years. Creeping thyme and mint of all varieties are fast-growing and super invasive in the right climate. Having to to build the right climate in some place like Arizona, and it's not going to work. The better plan is to research and plant what is native to that area. All areas have edibles on which you can survive. That's how people actually lived to be here, overcrowded and angry. Honor your climate. Don't try to grow things that simply won't because there are equivalent alternatives in every environment. Do your research and life will be a whole lot easier.
