My Indoor Seed Starting Setup + What I'm Starting from Seed Today!

I share my indoor seed starting setup: grow light rack, seedling trays, seed starting medium, fertilizer and accessories, as well as which seeds I'm starting in mid-February for my Ohio garden.

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00:00 Intro
00:26 Grow Light Stand
04:48 Seedling Trays
06:44 Seed Starting Medium
10:46 Seedling Fertilizer
15:41 What I'm Starting From Seed Today

#seedstarting

[juliemulie]

Still use fish emulsion indoors for seed starting. I just blame the cat litter box. It's only for a couple of months.

[sivartsivart]

use mylar rescue3 blankets for reflecting the light, plus they are cheap.

[Mary-Mercedes]

Those ready-to-use light system setups can be too expensive for most. A much cheaper alternative is to buy a stainless or powder-coated shelf system and hang standard high lumen shop lights under each shelf. Everyone has those shelves now. Four-foot double or single LED shop lights can be hung with adjustable chains and last for years. Most of your viewers should know that expensive full-spectrum plant lights are NOT necessary for robust seedling growth. You only need to invest in those for growing fruits and blossoming plants like micro tomatoes in the winter under lights. LOVE your channel.

[Herf]

Thanks for the video and Good luck fellow ohioan! Hopefully the train crash chemicals don't hurt the growing, water, or many more animals.

[Chris-cjrh]

Thank you for this video Jenna! I know I could go back and watch your old “sow by month” videos, but there is just something about hearing it from you fresh this year!

[katrinalucas]

Following your fertilizer trials. It's nice to see more gardeners from Ohio. Goodluck growing!

[MissChievousRN]

I bought a cheap roll of mylar off Amazon and wrapped my whole table/shelf in it with the opening in front. It's been 4 years and I still have at least half a roll of i need it. It keeps the light, heat, and humidity in and I can start all my seeds in an ice cold garage with cheap vevor heat mats, aluminum chafing dishs, red solo cups and clear cups over the tops. Bottom water.

[heathermacdonald]

I really appreciate the way you teach us newbies what's important. Thanks!

[TalesFromTheRanch]

I’m down near Cincinnati, 6b. I’m starting my onions, and I’m getting ready to do brassicas and start some herbs. I don’t garden on your scale, but I’m learning more each year about timing of various plants. This will be my third year with a big to me garden. I love it.❤

[Reclaimedvintage]

Ohh know I'm late, I'm in Ohio and was not sure when to start my seeds... Glad I found a Channel in Ohio thanks!!

[roberttillotson]

Based on the nute you like to use, you should really try Gaia Mania by NFTG.
It’s a 1-5-1. Ingredients: Soybean meal extract, feather meal, bone meal, worm castings, Humic acids and Kelp extract (Ascophyllum nodosum) along with Humic and Fulvic Acids

[johac]

My go to starter food has been Alfalfa pellets and make a tea, I set my trays in a bath tray, and the trays that I put my Solo cups have a drain hole up 3/4 " so not to drown them.
I've used this for years, get several watering from a batch, when the tea is light colored I dump the left overs to the worm bin, or onto a raised bed.
Cheap, not smelly, actually make me think of haying season..

[xuyahfish]

I soak all my seeds. Speeds up germination massively.

[juliekraft]

Always such useful information. It's a nice guide for the rest of us Ohio gardeners. Bonus🤗

[scattershomestead]

I love your indoor setup. Your full of great knowledge!

[purplechris]

Hi SE Michigan here! Got to say love seeing your German shepherd. Lost our guy last year he was 11. Really miss him. You sure have a green thumb!!

[asqirl]

I cultivate in a clay soil in Olympia, Wa. zone 9 I think. My onions are 3" up. I started them in straight garden soil, in a green house ( with biochar composted grass clippings). I have water in a 5 gallon bucket with aquarium heaters to raise the ambient heat- it works!. The p-nut butter pop can across the 5 gallon bucket has killed a half dozen mice who like to dig up the onions.!!!! I have beets up.Lettuces, cabbages, brussel sprouts, celeriac, tomatoes, 1 pepper plant lol, asparagus didn't germinate yet, artichoke, parsley, chard, arugula does well early spring. Cilantro, crinkley cress, marjoram, summer savory, holy basil, Thai basil, St. John's wort, sunflowers, milkweed, purple cone flower, and sweet peas:) The snap peas are under plastic fluorescent light covers, in the garden.That was a roadside score. It keeps the birds off till they sprout. I'm checking daily. About 1/4 are just busting forth! I did work a trade with a garden store locally that makes a primo o.g. potting soil blend for pot growers. It is $35 a bag. I did work hard and I'm set up for now. I 'm adding homemade biochar into the mix for moisture retention. I inoculate my biochar with a liquid product, Sea Crop concentrate, worm bin leech water, rock dust and urine.

[dn]

Thanks! Something to look forward to during this last stretch of Michigan winter.

[Aphidman]

I'm going to try using water-change water from my aquarium for seedling irrigation. It works well for keeping houseplants green and happy, and I'm optimistic about seedlings too.

I'm so glad you were not affected by the train crash! Very worrying for everyone near there.

[honeydew]

Thanks for the video, Jenna! I use a heat mat on my cool crops just because the indoor temp in our house is in the 30s. And we use an unfolded mylar survival blanket draped over the lights to reflect back. That has a nice clean look to it.