When to start seeds 2019
Starting Seeds 2019
hey everybody welcome to 2019 hillside
gardener back with you episode number
two all right so a couple years ago you
know wintertime blue start kicking in I
figured January first I'm gonna start a
tradition I'm gonna start a start just a
couple seeds make it kind of like you
know it's a new year starts new seeds
some new growth
whatever just something to see see
growing in the window still kind of
break up the snow and the cold and the
dreary days okay so this is about your
four so keeping with tradition I'm gonna
plant some seeds behind me I got my set
up right here that's pretty basic right
now I got the one main UV light off so
you get that nice purple glow I got to
see things on the heat matter over here
and you can tell there's already little
condensation so I said I was going to
start on January first but I couldn't
wait but the reason why I started
thinking too you know because there's
nothing else to do besides think about
spring when it's wintertime is you know
December 21st is actually the first day
well take that back that's the longest
night of the year so the 22nd whatever
spring is approaching starting on the
21st so I went ahead and planted a
couple seeds on December 21st just to
get a head start
why not but I'm also going to do some
today on the first what I have decided
I'm gonna try to start this year yeah
give this in the picture
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Chinese chives from Baker Creek I got
those some sweet basil did some seeds
from last year they're still good
these are saved seeds for my white boot
Jolokia we're also known as a ghost
pepper these smooth phenotype just to
make it weird because I always pick
something that's strange or unusual
wisteria yeah let's hope that doesn't
get too big before spring I can put it
outside whatever and these if you can
see these right here are Japanese maple
seeds I collected from I'm gonna spell
on the floor some seeds I collected from
the tree on my block here and they've
been stratifying in the refrigerator
since October November when they and
they were collected hopefully it's been
long enough they may sprout the may not
but it's also January so you have time
to retry you know me okay something go
ahead and uh cool so here let me show
you what I have growing right now inside
of my little grow box here
don't zoom in
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all right so give some heliotrope flower
seeds
nothing else is sprouted but look right
here if you look right there those are
two of my personal cross these are a a
serrano that I crossed with the Thai
pepper these would make them f2 yeah kid
you not there was nothing in this at all
sprouted until this morning when I
checked so I think they knew they were
going to be on camera so they decided
they would show up but I just noticed
this one a few minutes ago before
filming you can see right there that is
extra special
that's an extra extra rare pepper that
is a Galapagos nc hope I said that right
but a pepper that is native to the
Galapagos Islands one of the most rare
peppers in the world
I had five seeds I tried to grow it last
year and none of them germinated
whatsoever I put these in and they
sprouted well one of them has so far
that is awesome I will be taking extra
care you care about that one to keep
that one alive and well
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all right so let's go ahead and get
started
and the way I plant seeds may be
different than other people but that's
just what I do is what I found that it
works the best for me and my situation
but this is what I do hopefully you get
some uh some pointers try it out maybe
it works for you
we'll find out so what we'll do at least
how I do it anyways in this starter tray
here I have divided out a little note
card here with with the checkerboard
pattern and in that I will put down the
name of the C I plant the way I don't
get things confused that way you can
kind of cross-reference what you have
going on there but when it comes time to
transplant these out and then you can
put them in individual pots because it
just makes more sense to start more
varieties than one thing spread it out
then you can also reuse the starter tray
for the next batch of seedlings and that
way you get a succession of things
growing where you don't get overwhelmed
trying to earthing all the ones so that
being said I already have this written
down up here what I'm going to do so
this is the galapagos pepper and right
next to it I have Japanese maple so I'm
placing these directly on top
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all right got three there now you're
gonna see the method to my madness here
very soon just bear with me so I went
ahead and I planted all the seeds out
I'll show you what I have right here you
can tell the maple seeds are on top you
can kind of see the pepper seeds on top
here these are the wisteria seeds I'm
gonna plant that is basil and those are
chives which are hard to see in this
light and they don't really stand out
against the soil anyways so you're
probably asking yourself shouldn't you
put those in the dirt should have made a
little hole did something that you know
put them in there I don't do that this
is how I do it it's always worked for me
and I think it's better in the long run
for the plants because nowhere in nature
does someone go around digging a hole
playing seeds so I'm trying to replicate
the natural process or at least maybe
I'm I think I am I don't know okay so
what I do is I get my seeds like this
and I use pre-moistened soil
pre-moistened being the key you put dry
soil on top of this water just gonna
beat off of it it's not gonna it's not
gonna work so pre-moistened soil pack
that in and you know use the suggested
planting depth this is a quarter-inch
leave a quarter-inch this says an eighth
of an inch 810 inch plants on top of
this soil like you some plants need
sunlight or any kind of light source for
them to sprout you know use your best
judgment and plan accordingly so I do
this okay so that way I can press them
down in they're all nicely pressed in
tucked in do two and what I do is
because like I said I don't plant all
these seeds at one time so we I keep it
keep track of everything not only don't
use a note card I will use yes you can
use sand I use vermiculite because it
stands out I'll sprinkle just a little
bit on top hey I guess little Vince you
will work into the soil and help the
plant with
but it's gross and everything but it
also lets me know where I have something
planted so I can keep checking for it
so these ones I've planted previously
you can still see the Ramayana it's kind
of starting to work itself in through
watering etc well there you go
so just give these guys a little bit of
water no big deal it's already the soil
is pretty wet to begin with give these
guys a little bit of water down here
just just because all right so there you
go
all right all the thing I left to do is
put the plastic dome back on the heating
pad is in little makeshift oh there we
go little sunroom here since I it's got
aluminum foil along this shelf these
little strip LED lights that keeps
falling down but they seem to be a
little better shot up there there see
it's keeps the light in there a little
bit and then of course I have the lamp
then I'll put on over top but that's
really hard to see while filming I gives
a horrible purple reflection off
everything so it's not easy to see
what's going on but there you go
2019 January 1st planting some seeds get
in the air I started off on the right on
the right foot thanks for watching
hopefully that inspired somebody to
plant something because it's gonna be a
couple more months for spring lease
where I'm at hopefully you're lucky and
your spring comes sooner than mine but
in the meantime I hope you guys enjoyed
and we'll see you next time
thanks for tuning in back
