Winter Sowing & Seed Planting Update! 🌱👍// Garden Answer 

Exactly 😊

I did too. I was just excited as Laura waiting to see how each open jug would look like. Fun! FUn! FUN!😂

I was just thinking how easy ot would be to set them in trays and water from below! So good to know. I want to try the water jug method next year.

I did something similar, I had a plastic bin catching rainwater and I’d just sit them in there if I noticed them drying. Since I’ve set them all in a cold frame and they’re still maintaining moisture. Hopefully. Haven’t checked in a couple days lol

This was my first year trying WS, I sat mine in large containers to soak cup from below too and it worked pretty good for me. I will do it again as I do not have space inside or grow lights.

Excellent suggestion 👍🌱

Another tip: I grow literally thousands of seedlings in the amazing Gardener’s Supply seed starter trays Laura highlighted. This year, it’ll be about 2,300 plants. The 24 cell trays, with water reservoir, wicking mat and humidity domes, are brilliant. I have quite a few of Gardener’s Supply three tier grow light set ups, and they’re amazing, as well. I grow several rotations of seeds in these. But I use the jug method to practically double my plant production. They’re great for any seeds -hardy annual, the odd vegetable that requires some cold, like artichokes, or perennials- that require a period of vernalization, or winter cold, to germinate. In the jugs, I sow quite thickly and set a group of eight jugs without their plastic caps in a cheap plastic under-the-bed sweater box; I bought ten of these boxes on sale at Bed, Bath & Beyond for just a few dollars and I drill about ten small holes in each one. Not only does this make them easy to move around, but on the rare occasion when I do need to water the soil in the jugs, I just fill the sweater boxes up with water. The jugs soak up what they need and the excess drains slowly out of the sweater box’s holes so nothing is sitting in water for more than a few minutes. In my zone 6 area, I only need to water them once or twice a winter. Once the air temp hits 60 degrees, I open the jugs during the day, closing them at night. When I’m ready to pot up, I cut the jugs’ sides and simply slide out the thick mass of soil and seedlings out of the jugs like a pan of brownies, slice it up with an old bread knife, and repot the tiny “brownies”. I sow about 50 jugs each December/January and thus am able to almost double my plant production beyond what my five 3-tiered grow light racks, each holding 15 trays and replanted twice, can handle. It’s a brilliant tool and some plants actually do better in the jugs than in a perfectly controlled grow light set up! Do try it, it’s such an inexpensive way to grow a ton of fresh plants!

Kerry DiBiasio I wish they were longer!!!🥰

I agree. If for some reason I’m not able to watch the entire video in one setting, I simply finish watching the rest later, which works well,. Plus I really look forward to watching part two!

That’s because she talks fast and doesn’t ramble. Like some take forever.

I agreed with Rita's Sewing Haven's comment. You're constantly saying and doing things that as value to the content where others drag out videos with repetition, music, or added chunks of stuff not related to topic we came to see.

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Yes agreed when your still new like i am to gardening and you cant run to grandma for help seeing others struggling and successes are really important to help learn from

So true.

💯 agree! Thanks Laura and Aaron!

Sarah S. I thought mine were a little leggy last year so this year I increased the length of time my grow lights from 12 to 14 hours and I got a fan going. My fan is hooked up to the timer for my grow lights. I wonder if leggy plants happen more easily with certain plants? Good luck.

I heard that if the lights are about 2” above the plant it will not be leggy. Try moving the lights closer to the plant by propping it up perhaps

And the Lupine seedlings!

Agree. I just made a small conservatory. I looking for a good and affordable light stand. Idk which one to get. Which one should I buy? W

Absolutely!❤

Such a great FYI! Thank you for this! I hope she sees it too!😊

This is such a good tip. Thanks!

As soon as I saw the succulents I thought the same thing!

@@prettypeaces right? I hope she reads my FYI.

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Aww you’re so cute! That is a great dream and it will happen🥰🌱✨

I sit and take some notes while listening. I love the way to have the photos of the plants! If I'm looking for certain colors it really helps me because I have very little knowledge of most plants. I stick to daisies, hosta, and a few others. I look for flowers and they are gone with no restock in sight! 😢You have given me the courage to go beyond them and love my garden and yard. Thanks so much 😊

Just learning about Winter Sowing. Getting all the of information I can before I start.

Where do you live? The rest of us have to pay for the stuff you don't cherish .Count yourself lucky! Happy Gardening!!!

Great repurposing idea for the salad containers!! I'm totally going to do that!

Those salad containers worked really well for me! They are my first choice, then clear gallon jugs second :)

What are some of the British garden shows you watch? I would love them! Have your watched the one on Netflix?

@@rebeccaschulz2212 I watched Big Dreams, Small Spaces on Netflix a long time ago and I don't think it's on there anymore, but that involved amateur gardeners also. Monty Don was the host so I've just looked up any show that he is involved with. There's a 10 hour video of the Great British Garden Revival series. I've only watched 2 episodes, but it has lots of info. There's also Garden Rescue that isn't great for tips, but good to get an idea of garden design.

I've just discovered this channel, I'm in Britain and have watched all this year's British gardening programmes (Gardeners' Word, Beechgrove ...), searched on here and found this channel! Have you watched anything Carol Klein does? She's so infectiously enthusiastic about plants, rather like Laura!

I never water mine either but I live in 8b Florida where its humid.

I had approximately 80/100 success which seems about the same as Laura’s ratio.

I have no space for foxglove but always wanted some. They are so beautiful

That didn't work for me. I got a sharpie brand and a generic brand from Michaels and both faded. I'm thinking a label of some sort inside the jug is the way to go. Maybe a popsicle stick?

I labeled my starts inside the jug on a plant label and i marked the jugs.

I believe in past videos, she stated they have to have the system in their home for their drinking water because they have such hard water. Theirs wasn’t working correctly, and so she had to buy jugs of water until they could get it up and running once again. And as a result, we get these seed-starting-in-a-jug videos 🤗

Its available only for less than $5 a packet via burpee seeds website. I actually seen it on there today lol😉

sc3pt1c4L YES! longer videos please!

I have a ton if worms in my clay too. I worked in a ton of worm casting compost and was wondering if thats where all the small pink baby worms 🐛 came from.

Worms sacrifice their finest citizens to the gods of heathy soil. If they had a brain maybe they would thank you.