14 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Sowing Seeds 🌱 Practical, Low-Tech, Tried & Tested Recipes for Success

Welcome to a new video, all about seed starting ! I hope you find these tips and tricks that have learned over the years useful when sowing your own seeds and care for seedlings. That's a really cost efficient way to get more plants and annual colour into your gardens but also experiment with new varieties !
Happy bank holiday weekend !
Johanna
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++ CHAPTERS
00:00 All about seed starting
00:54 Good drainage
01:50 Invest in a kit
03:13 Use the right soil
03:43 Add vermiculite
04:20 Pre-moisten
05:17 Label, label, label
06:35 Sow 'similar' seeds together
08:22 Trust the seed packet
09:48 Watering is key
10:32 Thinning vs resowing
11:57 Repot & fertilise
13:29 Succession sowing
14:41 Hunt for slugs daily
15:23 Where to keep seedlings

++ ABOUT MY GARDEN
USDA zone 8/9 (although our summers don't get as warm)
France

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[itsmewende]

Now I look forward to seeing those seedlings in bloom. I use a hot screw driver to make holes in some large salad contains from the market. I winter sow cold hardy flowers, sow those in the containers, then leave them outside over winter. It's really good for cold stratification.

[andrewgraves]

Nice! Thank you. I like popsicle sticks instead of labels. Half the price on Amazon and bio-degradable (adds compost not plastic!) You’re welcome.

This year I broke down and bought a heating mat for reluctant seeds. It’s great! Happy gardening.

[bobbilynnmiller]

Can you please share a video on growing Foxglove from seed, and how to care for them since they are biannual?

[bobbilynnmiller]

I live in zone 6 or 7 . We still drop to mid 30’s F at night, all during the Spring, until first week of June. I have to keep my seedlings under lights, indoors , since I don’t have a greenhouse. It’s a big job ! Would your little seedling greenhouses need heat in this climate ? Or would the sun Warm them enough naturally?