Seed Starting Basics: 30+ Questions Answered on Seed Starting Indoors - Digital Table of Contents 

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I found this to be very helpful and informative. Putting together and editing these videos is no small task and I appreciate it very much.

Being new to this, I've probably watched close to a hundred videos and your videos are the only ones that have answered all my questions. Great job!!

You are my new Go To guy for information on planting. Too many try to entertain with planting, which is a serious matter for those who haven’t done it before. Entertaining your viewers can cause them to miss important details. Thank you

Excellent video Gary! It is always good to go back and review the basics again. I have been planting for years and I still pick up good pointers from your videos. Keep them coming! Thanks, Steve

Thanks for great information. I watch a lot of homesteading videos, but your channel has the best step by step information about gardening.

I have been watching this video for only three minutes and I've learned more than I have from a combination of videos and many hours of watching. Thank you so much keep the great content coming.

Man, I’ve been bingeing your videos and these are like free super succinct college courses! Thank you so much!

I'm impressed! This is a "one stop go to" basics excellent for beginners for sure! It takes you from the How,When,and Where. Thank you !

Great video Gary! It doesn't matter how many times I watch your beginner gardening videos, It is always enjoyable and I learn something new! Thanks! :-)

Nice video Gary, the last few years I got very frustrated because my garden did poorly, I started watching your videos last spring and the information you provide has made a profound difference. Thank you

My local nursery recommended fertilizing the seeds , I'm grateful that I watched this. I'd never heard of fertilizing that early. Thanks for your good information. It's disappointing to have someone who should know ( nurseryman) give poor information

I love your channel! You have such fantastic content, you’re very knowledgeable and passionate. I hope you keep making these. I am learning so much from you.

so much great information. thanks for taking time and walking us through each one of your tips. sometimes I need to just refresh myself with the order, supply lists, and timing to do something as simple as starts.

Another thing people may need to know in regards to using a timer and a power strip is plug your timer directly into the wall outlet and plug all you light system into your power strip. Then plug power strip into timer so they will all come on and turn off together. Just a tip I figured out that really works well.

Gary that was a perfect episode for people starting to grow inside. You're doing a very good job with this series of episodes. I'm doing a speech at an agriculture conference and this video helped me double-check to make sure I'm covering everything.. 😎😎😎😎

Excellent video Gary. Thanks. This is my first attempt at seed starting so all the info is very helpful.

Love your videos, so full of good information. In fact there is so much info that a summary sowing, potting up and planting out schedule for the common plants would be terrific. Thanks. Hope the new house is coming along!

As always, I come straight to your channel and find EXACTLY the answers I am looking for. Thanks Gary for all you do!! Greatly appreciate all the information you provide!

You are the best in breaking down the process of the seed starting guidelines. Thank You so much.

Thanks, Gary thank you for all the information you give me. I'm a new gardener, also 76 yrs old.

Very informative. You answered a lot of my questions concerning grow-lites. I now better understand some of the mistakes I've been making. Thanx a lot, Gary ! ! !

I love this video! All into one without searching all over the place. I must say I knew most of the answers because of your other videos. I feel like you made me an expert.

first time starting seeds indoors. Watched the video and read the comments. I hope for good results and thank you for the video.

This was an amazing video! You have saved my season. Thank you on behalf of my seed starts. I'm in zone 6A so my growing season is limited. Not much time to recover from big mistakes.

Great video. I've been gardening for quite a while and start a lot of my seeds with fairly good luck but I'm learning much from your videos. thank you.

I'm starting my seeds in 4 days :) Gonna have 23 Self Watering GrowBoxes and 3 - 16 inch Self Watering Pots once seedlings are transplanted outdoors in April :)

Just discovered your channel - this is the most complete and thorough overview I've seen. Many many thanks.

I just want to say a huge thank you for this video. God bless you

Gary, I read in an online garden site that sprinkling a little cinnamon on the soil surface will keep fungus from growing; Have you heard this and is it true? I love your channel...have learned so much from you.

Thank you so much for this video! I learned a lot of what I've been doing wrong and some great tips. Appreciate you sharing your wisdom. 😁

Paused video about half way through to go over to your store and buy about 75% of the seeds for my first go at this. Fingers crossed!

Great video Gary! I will have to disagree with you about granular organic fertilizer. The vast majority come with beneficial microbes that will break down the insoluble nutrients. Also, there are some soluble nutrients in those granules available to the plant while the others are broken down. I have found that plants started with a bit of Espoma biotone starter plus grow healthier and more care free. Also, the fungus you see growing on the soil is the beneficial kind that comes with the fertilizer. It will help protect the plant against harmful fungi like damping off. In fact, there are some seed starting soils, like the Coast of Maine one, that are "living soils" with all sorts of beneficial microbes. When compared with seeds started in sterile mix with a little added organic fertilizer, the plants grown in the Coat of Maine are much healthier and resistant to harmful forms of fungi and diseases in general.

Gary regarding the question concerning whether light is needed prior to germination....while it is true that the overwhelming majority of seeds do not need light prior, some, notably Begonias and Monarda (bee balm)....do need light in order to germinate.

Thank you so much for all of your insightful videos. Your videos are real gems, especially for someone like me who is very new to the gardening world. This is my first year trying it out, and I have learned so much from your videos. Again, thanks a ton! I hope I don't screw this up too bad.

Best thing I ever did.. sub to gary pilarchik!! Love ya man you are a wealth of knowledge. Your experience shows ! Thank you so much for all you do! Your confidence is refreshing and your advice is strong and welcoming.. thanks so much ! Saving people hours and tons of money on not making these mistakes. I've made so many of them in the past 5 or so years of planting and it is great that so many wont have to!!

Thank you Gary! I just starting to grow California poppy flower. I’m so excited. You were so helpful I subscribed right away.

Good tips Gary! Wonderful collection of seeds you have there, never heard of Everwilde seeds, will have to give them a look. Can't wait to start some seeds!

Didn’t know I should moisten the seed soil before planting seeds but makes sense. Thanks! 👍🏽

Thank you Gary, you gave so much info. My first year doing seed starts, I now feel informed enough to try.

you are very helpful . much more than anyone els iv watched

For flats taken outdoors, simply have on hand clear dome tops, and secure the tray to keep insects off.

this information is so so helpful and very thorough I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! i'm sowing seeds indoors for the first time and my seeds are suffering from legginess. i'll be using many cfl bulbs !!!!! thank you for this video

Thank you so much for this informative video Gary🙏 You have answered all of my questions. I can’t wait to start my seeds in March and use all your tips 👍🌱

Best video on growing plants from seed ever. THANK YOU

Lots of good info. Thanks. Peace and Good Fortune to you and your family.

360p squad! Always great to see quality videos in my subscription feed, well done Edit: Also first, what a RU-vid accomplishment

I want to thank you again Gary I am becoming very good at growing veg and your step by step video s have helped me a lot why I think I could even have my own youtube channel if I had a camera lol I got the news from housing last week that I may be moving soon myself fingers crossed There are some area s in my gardening that could use some improvements seems I still have period where nothing much is happening and I need to learn how to always have something coming from my garden concession planting I think its called But my neighbors think I know what I am doing lol Good Luck Gary and keep the video s coming I don't want to miss a thing and i will keep you posted with whats going on here too

Gary This is s Thannk note. Thanks !!! Your videos helped us start all of our plants

Hi, thanks for the video. There are others saying we need to let the seeds germinate in the dark, and give it light only after the first true leaves come out.

Hello Gary! We could sure use your advice! Our family marathoned all your videos and jumped into seed starting with both feet (thank you so much, we love them!). I felt pretty well prepared...that is until nearly ALL of our seeds decided to germinate in under 3 days! It was an unexpected surprise. I thought we'd have weeks until the next stage. Now I'm frantically trying to figure out how I'm going to take care of these plants until we can put them outside, lol. I was trying to time it so they'd be just the right size to beginning acclimating them and keep them outside when our outdoor season began...but now I fear I'll have good-sized plants on my hands before then. I'm praying my larger grow lights come in the mail before the seedlings get leggy...I'm worried about this. I hope we don't lose the whole lot due to legginess. I'm in Austin, TX Zone 8b. Realistically, how soon do you think it will be safe to transfer them outside?

Great video Gary! That last tip for hardening off was perfect! I started seeds indoors on 1/30 so my brassicas are up, i wondered if they were too tender to get a quick drink of sunshine. I’ll set a timer because I always forget

top notch stuff as usual gary. thanks for the refresher just in time.

better than the halftime show take a challenge gary? how about growing a manzano... I would settle for germinating a manzano,

17:31 .... New Star Wars creatures ... Weekatoos!! 😀 ....Another GREAT Video from The Rusted Garden

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Answered a burning question I have been wanting to know about watering and could not find on any other video.

Very helpful video. I was kind of hoping you mentioned something about flower seedlings does that rule of thumb the same thing as for vegetables. Also I did not mention when is the best time to start seedlings either flowers or vegetables that would have been great to but none the less you have great videos I enjoy them thank you and have a good day.

Another great video!2/2 that's my birthday aye! I plan on planting on my 40th birthday this year! I was destined to watch this video lol.

This has been very helpful. Im loading my first videos in a week or so. I am in zone 7a. Im documenting my homestead journey

Very useful! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Filming and editing are no small tasks.

Thank you! This was very informative. I’m hoping to start growing things this year!!

Thank you so much .. that was really good advice for me as beginner in planning .. God bless you🙏🏻

Thank you so much for taking your time and effort to make this video. I have learnt a lot!

I love this video. Straight to the point. Referencing it again for my 2021 seeds! Thanks!

Humidity has a lot to do with watering times as well. Low humidity will evaporate the water in your medium.

12:33 there’s a coackraoch in your tray. Right where you removed the cell you can see it’s antenna poking out and moving

okie dokie! looks like I need to start ALL OVER!! I made just about every mistake possible!

Gary, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your teachings!!! I've followed you from the beginning of gardening again! You are WONDERFUL! Thank you so much! One question about growing in south facing window. I have double pane energy efficient windows! Does this make a difference in the amount of light for growth? Thanks again!💜

I gave a tendency to not label my seedlings 🤦‍♀️hopefully ima be alot better this year

Thank you for this excellent information.

Thanks for the video Gary, great to see you back at it.

So informative! I need you in my back pocket!! Thank you!

Thanks for the tip Gary! I'm going to try out coco core this year with some of my transplants

Sorry Gary, but the BEST SEED STARTING MIX is from Gardeners Supply and it has muchorrizae in it. i have never had a fungus gnat problem from a bag of their mix over several.seasons. Results are superior. I would never bake it.

This was great! I have watched many of your videos but it’s always good to hear the info again. Thank you.

Hey Gary, I believe in the fall you were trying start a house plant series. Any thoughts about continuing with that? I think it would nice for this time of year. I really enjoy all your videos and have learned a lot from them. Thanks.

Gary- I found this channel and love it. Question: I've already started most of my seeds. I've got about 170 cells that are doing great and getting ready to be transplanted to a larger vessel. I saw on this video that you suggest people boil water and pour over their soil. In my case, what would you recommend since my seeds are already started? This is my first 'from seed' garden. Thanks!

Very comprehensive Thank you

Perfect masterclass. Thank you so much !

Fantastic video. Looking forward to more on seed starting. You should consider writing a book. 👍

Good video, Gary. Have you put any raised beds in your new backyard yet? Can’t wait to see your new layout.

Hi. Great video. I’m a beginner in planting herbs indoors and arugula as well. I got a green house from Amazon the kit and planted my arugula and parsley and oregano and summer savory and my arugula sprouted after about two weeks. Others are coming more out too. When do you plant these herbs in pots as it will be my indoor garden in what I have a mini green house for all year round. If it’s possible would be great to hear back. Much appreciated and your videos as well. 🪴🌱

Thank you for this 101 starter Q&A! Very succint..

Awesome!

Great job explaining

I love this video Gary, very informative, my only concern is I don't wanna start with that many seeds and lights and most of us rookies not gonna plant that many seeds at once so i just wanna start with 2 piece of 6 cells trays, 1 for red bell peppers and another one maybe tomatoes or strawberries and just see if I don't fail with them then I'm gonna expend and grow more veggies, but it would be way overwhelming for me to grow that many veggies at once especially cause they all need different amount of lights, different soil etc. So my question is how do I get a smaller light to germinate my seeds for only 1-2 piece of 6 cell trays? And what about the plastic material, is it food grade safe? I don't want chemicals leaching in my seeds /food while I germinate them so is any food grade trays available?

Amazing! I am so grateful to you!

Excellent video with excellent answers! Love it! Thank you for sharing. 😊

GREAT VIDEO MATE!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND SPENDING THE TIME. I HAVE LEARNED ALOT!!! WE DONT GET SNOW IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA!🤣 BUT THE WINNER IS AND CAN BE VERY COLD! AS I SAID THANKS FROM AG" SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Great video.. all my questions answered 🌻🌻

Gary, can I just keep everything indoors with these tips? The weather has been so extreme and all over the place (even for experienced gardeners here), and I’ve got medical conditions that don’t allow me outside for much time. Just wondering if that’s realistic since I’m doing things like kale and lettuce and peppers.

Good talk! Very good for beginners!

Thanks Gary! All mine are in!😀😊

the wayi fight leggy plants is use a soda cup with abouy 2 in soil as they grow up add a spoon full of soil when they reach the top of the cup they are bug enough to support themselfs

Thank you for this info

Very informative, very professional! Thank you for all you do, your channel has been incredibly helpful to me. I have a question that no one seems to know the answer to: is it a fact or a myth that onion seedlings will start to bulb prematurely if they get 16 hours of light per day?

Thank you so much for putting this together!

Now that youve got your seeds started you better get to work on the new raised beds! I know this because i am trying to double my garden space and my car can only carry so many bags of soil at once! Garden projects always seem less time consuming and expensive than they are.

Hey Gary ! Your cinnamon tip totally works!!! thanks so much!! No mold or algae AT ALL.👍👍👍

Yes, this was a good video. I'm not sure what to do when I plant a variety of seeds and they might have a large number of days to germinate. Do the seedlings get separated from the ones that take longer, so the seeds are being lit by the lights, at the correct number of inches. For instance, the Zinnias are germinating sooner than the sunflowers.