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Sowing The First Cut Flower Seeds Of 2023 For My Flower Farm

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🌸Thank you for watching my latest video! My name is Sarah and I am a flower farmer in East Yorkshire, UK. I am in my 7th season of flower growing and I love sharing the highs and lows with you here on RU-vid!
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@kathybrady3958 7 месяцев назад

I have so missed you, Sarah. I was so sorry to hear about the demise of your teepee. You are such a hard worker/flower farmer. Hands down your bouquets are my favorite. So glad to hear you are going on a holiday! Find time to be still. Find time for joy in your relationships that matter. Ask for help so it does not all depend on you. What a joy it would be to work alongside you! Cleaning your space, weeding, cutting your paper for bouquets, watering in exchange for being around you to learn first hand what flower farming is all about.

@leonardfamily7005 Год назад

I use a syringe (no needle) to draw excess water from the tray of soil blocks. I find it works really well, faster and more efficient than lifting each tray.

@bloomandgray Год назад

Fab idea!

@alisonreid9886 Год назад

I do exactly the same with a turkey baster. Works great.

@karenm5681 Год назад

What a great idea!

@catchmeifyoucan2815 Год назад

Hey Sarah, can only imagine how proud you must be of that sourdough ... what a great ear on it , looks yummy !

@petpawteek8776 Год назад

Aw man, that swift blocker and seeder thingamabob! I’m green with envy! ❤

@erinveitch3075 Год назад

Me too! I sowed my first seeds of 2023 this morning. Nova Scotia, Canada.

@Lifegrowsonandon Год назад

Poke the marigolds in, pointy end down!

@sarahh9996 Год назад

Could you turn the germination chamber upside down so it's insulated and mouseproof underneath, then put a sheet of glass or foil blanket over the top?

@flowers_and_farls Год назад

What an ear on your sourdough 👌 Genius seed blocker, good luck sorting the hot germination box and catching the wee buggers 🦸‍♀️

@bloomandgray Год назад

I was pretty pleased with it, and it tasted good too!! I’m thinking I need to seal the germination chamber much better to retain the heat!

@flowers_and_farls Год назад

...Sarah I was thinking...I've watched many of Charles Dowdings videos. He builds a hot box in the corner of his greenhouse using horse manure. He lays the trays on top and has great results with his seedlings...might be worth exploring. (He also mentioned on his latest video that he is going to share how he builds it)

@moriumanwar6466 4 месяца назад

What a tool for seed sowing. I wander what kind of compost you used ! Good luck with 2024 growing season. 😊

@christinebrooks6364 Год назад

Hi Sarah, great video on comparing both methods of filling & sowing. Thanks for sharing and take care🙂

@karly8563 Год назад

Yesss tis the season! 🌱Wishing you an abundant and blessed growing season💚

@sandraengstrand2784 Год назад

Whoa, swift blocker looks really cool!! 😎 Fun to sow seeds again, ready for spring!! 🌱🌱🌱💕

@bloomandgray Год назад

I love playing with it!!

@Lifegrowsonandon Год назад

Winstrip will be quicker simply because the seedlings can spend more time in there whilst still getting air pruned

@PepeSnow Год назад

i have been turning my smallish garden into an urban farm this year and have realised how much work it takes to commit to it , but hey it is so much fun and worth it :) i have around 30 varietys of veg and herbs in a nursery atm :) so excited for how it turns out and looks in a month or two time :) , loved the video , i always love looking at things like this for hints and tips , because i am farely new to farming

@GardenerGray Год назад

Great video Sarah. Loving the germination chamber. I'm sure once the weather warms up, it will do its thing

@alisonreid9886 Год назад

Fantastic to see your new Swift Blocker system. If you do ever manage to get them sent here and become a distributor I'm very interested in buying one from you. BTW have a fantastic holiday.

@meaganorford682 Год назад

That blocker looks awesome! Wish we could get it in Australia

@theirishcailin333 Год назад

Looking so forward to watching. My daughter loves to rewatch your bouquet making videos!!

@CadenArmstrong Год назад

I see a lot of flower gardeners struggle to seed their blocks. Have you looked into using a vacuum pick up tool? They make them for picking up tiny electronic components, but if you can get a small enough tip, they'd work pretty well for picking up seeds.

@judymckerrow6720 Год назад

Thank you Sarah, good luck on your experiments! ❄️💚🙃

@judymckerrow6720 Год назад

Oh I live in Michigan. Never even heard of that soil blocker. ❄️💚🙃

@dianeyoungberg2472 Год назад

Me too!

@kellielander3481 Год назад

I’m in America and this is the first I’ve heard of it too. I’m not sure how wonderful it would be without access to the 1020 trays.

@alternativehealthwebinars8883 Год назад

Love love the. swift soil blockers, maybe an old fridge would have better insulation for your germination chamber?

@welfbolke8556 Год назад

Love your channel, good info thanks

@sheilahurford5931 Год назад

Love the swift blocker . Hope you can supply them .

@mhubertcfi Год назад

Team batches here😄

@MilliePat Год назад

I like the idea of soil blocks. Zone 7 Lady, viewed lots of soil block videos, and for a small lot home gardener, I can't use them, because I am lazy about watering. Anything that requires watering once per day every day does not work within my A-type personality, and work-life schedules.

@nitelite78 7 месяцев назад

What are all the holes on the neversink trays for? Seems an odd design. Can see might help with airflow but seems like compost would get clogged up there. Wonder how it compares to Container Wise trays which are square rather than diamond shaped. Container Wise trays don't have slits or extra holes so maybe not as good for air root pruning but their larger cell trays do have rivet lines on the sides that encourage roots downwards rather than encouraging root binding. I'm guessing the Container Wise trays also have a smaller overall footprint but not sure - depends on cell size I guess - maybe they have slightly larger cells because of the design layout.

@alisonburgess345 Год назад

You could just tilt the soil block tray so the water goes into a corner and suck it out with a turkey baster maybe. I never bothered much with that step - the water soon evaporates or is taken up by the blocks anyway. THATS A CHAMPION SOURDOUGH - well done! Don't forget to name your starter! 🎉

@bloomandgray Год назад

That’s a great idea thank you!

@ticouna Год назад

can't wait to see the results ofthe soil blocker

@juliagmunder7996 Год назад

I really like watching your videos😊 im in my second year flower farming in switzerland. maybe you can take another insulation piece under the whole insulation chamber (also under the walls, so they'll be higher as well). That would solve the hight issue.

@janwilletts1986 Год назад

My Dad always used to soak his pea seeds in paraffin to deter the mice. I’ve heard of people using chilli powder too.

@ambergreen5531 Год назад

I have no idea on speed but I do know that mentally for me it is better for me to work in batches because jumping around from task to task I get easily distracted. I fill all the trays then go through and seed all the trays. I also find that filling the trays I get really dirty so then after I can wash up and stay cleaner for the rest of the process.

@bloomandgray Год назад

I think I’m the opposite, if I had to sit there for an extended period of time sowing seeds I would go crazy! I need to mix it up to keep myself entertained!

@judymckerrow6720 Год назад

Have fun on your holiday. I hope your newly planted seeds grow like crazy while your gone and you return to a sea of green healthy seedlings.❄️💚🙃

@melissav3199 Год назад

I would imagine that the soil block will be easier to plant. The ones in the trays will be harder or more time consuming to get each block out.

@catreeves963 Год назад

Swift blocker looks cool! Would be interested to see how the watering goes with it as there’s more surface area in the middle of the blocks that wouldn’t be directly watered.

@bloomandgray Год назад

Yes it will be interesting. Capillary action should allow water to travel to the middle, but it may require more than we’re used to with a smaller blocker

@karanraiuk Год назад

I'd love to know when the soil blocks will be available to pre-order from you. Thank you!

@ragnhildwadahl6171 Год назад

Check out Garland for trays to put soilblocks on

@bloomandgray Год назад

The tray in my video is a garland one, it’s not ideal, I can’t find any that are more suitable

@eyrerosecottage1970 Год назад

I would actually enjoy soil blocking with that new apparatus!

@beerooted8550 Год назад

Quicker and better for your plants the blocker

@Micky4life Год назад

I have horrible luck with germinating larkspur. I've given up on that flower

@dianecotton9531 Год назад

Keep wondering why the heck they haven't made bigger soil blockers before! Interesting video.

@1964kote 6 месяцев назад

მაგარია! 😊👍

@devafrost17 Год назад

Hey Sarah, been dreaming up my own insulation germination station and my idea is very similar to yours, only I was thinking a heat lamp? Perhaps that will work for you too?

@MrMoekanz 9 месяцев назад

There is a European version of this I think in Poland.

@nedomahony7711 Год назад

Hi Sarah I find the best way to solve the mice problem is to put down some poison

@tammiloving1729 Год назад

Thanks for the video I love that 200 block soil blocker! I wonder what it cost? what temperature are you working toward in the germination chamber?

@theirishcailin333 Год назад

Definitely think it'll be quicker doing a batch

@davegilmoredg Год назад

Not sure of the size of your swift blocker Ikea sell a tray called "bagg muck " intended for shoes. 71x35cm on offer at £2.50 at the moment I use them for watering seed trays down the allotment. Might be worth a look .

@bloomandgray Год назад

Ooh I’ll check it out thanks!

@hilshils3426 Год назад

SO disheartening when mice get your produce. I have trouble too, so bulbs like tulips I either store really high, or I wrap the trays with mesh. A real pain! Not so easy when you are sowing and planting in bulk like you do! And that new soil blocker will be a real help for you…

@wildirishroseflower Год назад

Interesting results. Did you find it much quicker using the swift blocker versus the 20 blocker? Gomphrena isn't frost hardy but might be ok in the polytunnel!

@bloomandgray Год назад

It took me two minutes to make a tray of 200 blocks, I didn’t even time doing 10 x the 20 blocker in the end because I knew it would take me waaaaay longer than 2 mins.

@wildirishroseflower Год назад

@@bloomandgray I'm looking forward to getting one here in Ireland. It's on the wish list directly after irrigation for the tunnel. That comes first because it will save me time, money and sanity! 😂

@Breeding_of_California_worms Год назад

👍

@judymckerrow6720 Год назад

I don’t drive much maybe every two weeks if I have to. I have a mouse living in my car😬 not sure how I’m going to get it out! Yikes ! ❄️💚🙃

@helenachase5627 Год назад

Do you germinate seeds in plastic containers with lids and paper towel anymore ?

@ericnyamu9981 Год назад

That diy humidifer in the germination chamber wount work because humidity will just be blocked from rising by the lowest seed tray. Humidity need to come from the sides of the chamber

@bloomandgray Год назад

I’m planning on putting a little fan in there to see what happens

@sjwestmo Год назад

Who sells the trays?

@kellykilfeather Год назад

Apart from the Eucalyptus, (which will take time to get established), the only other greenery/foliage I’ve seen on your growing plans is Flax. (And possibly grasses if you’re planning something other than bunny tails) but I didn’t see any of the usual suspects for foliage/greenery like dill, Bupleurum, Basil, Greek cress, bells of Ireland? Are you consciously steering away from greenery or do you have a secret supply from elsewhere, coz greenery is something most flower farmers can’t seem to grow enough of? I’m confused…

@bloomandgray Год назад

Most of my bouquets are quite flower heavy, I like it that way. In the past I’ve grown dill, bupleurum but I tend not to use them. Bells of Ireland is ok but it never does well in my fields. Basil struggles in our UK climate. I do use pittosporum, eucalyptus, sedum foliage, lambs ear, Greek cress and flax.