Direct Seeding Vs Starter Plants - A Beginner's Guide On How To Plant Your First Garden

Planting A Garden For The First Time Can Be Confusing. One of the more debated topics, even among seasoned gardeners, is whether to Direct Seed your crops, or use Starter Plants. As if planning out your garden in 2021 wasn’t hard enough!

I firmly believe that both planting methods have their place, and in this video I’ll show you how each is done. I’ll give you 3 advantages for each strategy, and why in that situation, it’s the best choice. Once you have all that information, you can then compare it to your own garden situation, and act accordingly. Works for almost every crop, every climate, every region of the world!

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Fabric Grow Bags are an excellent alternative to standard pots, and in some cases even better for large single plant crops like Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kale, and even Garlic! Lightweight, inexpensive, and they come in almost any size! Put that Compost to good use! Check out the affiliate links below and give them a try!

If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your garden up and running this year as well as prepare your gardens for fall! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below:

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Other “Starting Your Own Garden Videos”:






Amazon Affiliate Links For The Products Used In This Video:



1020 Nursery Trays and Inserts:






Vivosun Heat Mats:









Fabric Grow Bags are an excellent alternative to standard pots, and in some cases even better for large single plant crops like Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kale, and even Garlic! Lightweight, inexpensive, and they come in almost any size! Put that Compost to good use! Check out the affiliate links below and give them a try!






If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your garden up and running this year as well as prepare your gardens for fall! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below:

[lar]

Very inspirational, I can't wait to start seedlings indoors. I have my garden all planned. But, I have this habit of changing things a bit when I actually work in the garden. Every year is an adventure.

[jaynematzkinhair]

Cool finding you! Facebook suggested I check your group out. This is great!

[rocio]

So in love with your videos you explain everything so well. Than you
A friend from Dallas Texas zone 8a

[michaelmarchione]

We have always bought our tomato and pepper plants. But this years I've started them from seed now .Then in May we'll buy them too just in case.

[fattyhamster]

I have watched dozens and dozens of gardening videos with emphasis on growing our own food. Yours is up there in terms of delivery, information, strategies and context. So glad you are making these truthful and informative high quality episodes. Many thanks Jeff. Greetings from Vancouver.

[ALMA]

This came up at the perfect time! I’m so happy to see you’ve covered grow bags and so many seeding videos. I can’t wait for spring to come along now

[OSGCourtWatch]

We’ve had great success Starting beets in small cell flats as long as u don’t let them get too large. Starting them indoors allows us to either get two crops from our beet bed or have a 4-6 week old start we can plant after we pull our onions late July.

[rebeccaclause]

Thank you for this video. I an going to start up a garden with my students today and I am both excited a little nervous about how to get things started.

[tamararoberts]

Love your videos! I always learn from them, ty

[myrustygarden]

Hi Jeff, I get very frustrated with fungus gnats and damping off I try everything it just seems to be my nemesis. I think anything over a quarter inch in seed size is my new rule 😂😂 as tiny just doesn’t work for me. But a great video and love your in my area which really helps. Stay safe and stay gardening 🇨🇦🥬✌️🥕🧑‍🌾💐🌶

[Donna_G]

I have grown watermelon from seed up here in central WA it sometimes doesn't warm up until some time in June. I start my seeds in peat pots; not pellets unless you can find big pellets. The 4 inch peat pots worked for me. I planted three seeds in each pot. As the seedlings grew, I culled the weakest ones. I usually would end up with one plant in each pot. When the weather was warm enough so that the plants would not freeze to death, I dug holes in the garden and planted one pot per hole then leveled out the soil around the plant. As long as the soil is covering the peat pot and kept adequately watered, it will decompose.

Of course, when I lived in Florida, I just toss watermelon rinds and seeds leftover from eating the fruit into the compost pile and the seeds would find the way to sprout and grow.

[carolesteele]

FYI beans are a warm weather starter. ie you need to wait for the warmer weather before you start beans. Love the video

[SpiceyKy]

Makes complete sense to me. Great 👍 video.

[lispottable]

I’ve had amazing results transplanting peas. And you can get them out earlier because they sprout inside where it’s warm then can grow in the cool weather.

[sircorkysriley]

last year I had trouble hardening off my tomatoes and peppers because they got very big because we got a very cold spell and I could not get them outside. I think it may be better to start them later and get them outside smaller

[trudyray]

Thanks so much Jeff! This has been such a help to me!

[tassiegirl]

Great information. Once again all my seeds took, two per 4 inch punnet, all look so healthy I can’t nip off one in each. How do you do it.

[GabyP]

I checked and I didn’t see a video on this- I would love more info on companion planting! Specifically in pots but there’s lots of info out there and I’d love your input! Like benefits, examples of good pairs, what determines that.. etc

[johnjude]

Is there a big advantage to hold my Peppers over winter?
I just heard about it this season