Winter Sowing on a Budget with Ziplock Baggies

Winter sowing in ziplock baggies reusing last year’s bags. Winter sowing storage.

[EMERALDJAYNE]

Oh my God, you are a genius. This is awesome. I just subscribed. Thank you so much.!!! and reusing all the materials is a huge bonus for old people onSS🎉🎉

[pamlowry]

Thank you! This looks so much easier than the jugs. Definitely gonna give this a try 😊

[andreamaclachlan]

I did something similar last winter. I set the seedling pots as normal (small pot with growing medium and seed/ s) and then put each pot in a ziplock bag as a mini individual hothouse. It was working until the crazy wind and rain messed with the actual greenhouse and sent everything tumbling. But I saw it gave awesome germination success, so I'm willing to do it again.

[alljesus]

Genius!! 🎉👏 thanks so much for sharing!!

[barbaraguillot]

Just wanted to say thank you for this info. I had great success this past winter using the plastic bags. Will definitely do again.. adding more seeds to my list next year.

[lulabelle]

I saw a good idea on another channel. Put a paper towel in the bottom to keep the dirt in and then proceed just like she shows. I am goning to try this. Have dine the jugs and didnt like that system. Good Luck All🙏💖🙏

[leannaoxo]

Love this idea, going to try it this weekend 😊❤

[litaanderson]

Hi! Elizabeth I am new to your channel . I am inspired to your seed starting method in ziploc bags it’s seemed like easy/clean and neat versus the traditional milk jugs kind. I did it exactly the way you prepared yours, but I only done half, and the other half I will grow them indoors in my Grow tent just in case it won’t come out so I will have spare to plant. But I am hoping it will work. Thanks Elizabeth for sharing. Your new subscriber 2023😊

[dee_gee]

Thanks for This. This was my reminder to start mine and soon!

[christiensgarden]

Great video keep watching every year with your old video and this one

[petestockus]

I love this idea...seems easier to water yourself, instead of waiting for rain or trying to water through hole tops of jugs. Thank-you for idea and video

[dinakahrimanovic]

Pozdrav iz Bosne i Hercegovine🇧🇦to mi se jako dopada posijacu svoje sjeme cvijeca.Hvala❤❤

[rosa.athome]

Thank you so much for sharing. I came over from Garden Answers. I was looking for a cleaner, more compact way to winter sow. Will definitely give it a try this year.

[hasrutypatel]

Thank You so much such a wonderful idea. So much easier and cleaner then anything else. I am from England and was struggling to work out away to start seeds with my 2 granddaughters who are 5 and 2 in San Francisco. They don’t have much gardening knowledge and we didn’t want have a big financial outlay or a mess everywhere. Their mother is going to be so happy that we have a easier way of starting seedlings! 😊

[karengraham]

Thanks so much. Waiting for my seeds to try this method!!!

[GardeningOnTaylorMountain]

I follow you on Instagram and now I’m here on your channel as well! Thanks so much for sharing this method! Looking forward to trying it!

[KayW-pl]

This is an awesome idea! Wonderful to find this and thankyou for your content! I just wanted to ask for your advise. Have you tried using this method for planting certain vegetables early? I see that you have lettuce. Maybe cabbage or bok choi would do? What do you reccomemd? I have a larger garden and the earlier i get started the better and im always looking for advice!
EDIT: My bad, I see that you have already listed some in the comments!
Once again, thankyou for sharing this information it's so helpful to us gardeners! 😊

[kimogorman]

Messy- looked easy but even with teeney slices with a small box cutter and paper towel, the soil came pouring out the bottom of the bag down the drain. Would be helpful if you could talk about how you prevented this. I don't see how the 3 "snips" you made were done without losing soil.

[rljustus]

I am trying the ziploc bags and I used permanent marker to label them and already most of it has come off and I don't know what's in each bag. I suggest putting some kind of label inside the bags.looks like I will have a surprise garden.

[garystew]

Thank you for introducing me to this method! I was getting ready to use milk jugs, but this seems so much better. I was wondering, can you use this method for starting tomato seeds and other non cold hearty vegetables? I'm assuming you'd just have to start them later, maybe around March or April?