Starting Seeds Too Early - Garden Quickie Episode 46

We've All Done It. Got too excited too early in the season, with all the new seed varieties just begging to be planted....Yup, sowing our head start seeds too early is a universal issue for nearly all growers. Indoors, with no environmental pressures and near-perfect conditions, the plants grow insanely fast. But they are soft and lush and sometimes leggy.

What can we do? Well, I have 4 ways to help you with those early seedlings so that we can salvage the season. The last thing we want to do now is to have to start over again!

And yes, I believe this is the longest Garden Quickie to date! Sorry guys, I hate leaving out information if its relevant! Enjoy.

2022 is the Year of the Garden! We deserve it after the last little while, and growing our own food and self sufficiency is just the reward we need to get back on track!

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[TheRipeTomatoFarms]

If you're just starting out gardening in 2022, please check out my Amazon Affiliate links below to get the right tools for the job! It doesn't cost you a cent, but this channel receives a small incentive for any items purchase through Amazon. Happy Gardening!

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Hand Pruners:

Watering Can:

Spray Gun:

Gardening Gloves:

[buckbeaksgarden]

I laughed out loud when you showed your large tomato seedlings with a split screen of a zooming toboggan hahaha that's so me!

[mindofmadness]

Wind, Fascinating-makes complete Sense but never occurred to Self. Thank you.

[amyreid]

OH I know I went overboard. Have already up potted many plants. LOL and started even more seeds. Doesn’t help when you have a week of 77 then 64 yesterday and today a whopping 25 for the high. So itching to plant, been enjoying the up potting!

[suzi_in_zoneB]

Starting too early and starting too many. My two biggest mistakes when I first started. I didn’t have the money or space to house all those seedlings indoors, but couldn’t bear to cull. The time and energy it took hauling dozens of trays outside and back in everyday to harden them off had me tired before the season even began. 😅🤣 Then scrambling to cover them all when a late frost hit? Forget about it. Now I start 2-3 weeks later on my warm season veggies and I avoid all of those headaches.

Thanks to your videos, I started a fall/winter indoor herb garden at the end of last season and started my onion seeds indoor on-time (for once). I also Winter Sow. Those three things keep me plenty busy during the “off-season”, and I don’t have that itch to get to start early because I haven’t really stopped.

[patriciatinkey]

Hi Jeff! I thought South Florida would be immune to cold-ish weather in mid March, but it even went nuts down here! We had 40+ mph wind gusts the last 2 days, followed by today, when the temperature dropped 28 degrees in mid-afternoon! Glad to see that wind helps those seedlings. 🙂 I just potted the green bush beans, red vining beans, peas, lettuce, & carrots outside this week. The potatoes & green onions are very happy, hoping the rest do as well. Sincere thanks to you, Jeff, without your encouraging words along the way, I am sure I'd not have branched out this much! 🍀

[DerMelissa]

Haha yes...super hard to hold back the dirt urge.Usually my houseplants get "extra" attention this time of year🌱

[HoeIngandSowIngGardening]

I love the pace of your videos. You are an excellent storyteller. Nice. The weather is so wacky right now. it is hard to not start too eary. Great advice as usual. 🦩🌻🌴👍😀🦩🦩🌻🌴👍😀🦩 - Liz

[tammyohlsson]

I had greenhouse fever! Started way too many! Planted way too early! Frost burn!
Good thing I have back ups, lots of back ups! Blessings!

[tonypalmer]

Okay, Jeff I have been crossing off days on the calendar. End of next week and the fun begins. Great Content!

[dn]

Yep, I started some. Don't mind losses. But I am lucky, as lots of room.

[YasLoLo]

Thanks 💜 I will implement everything tomorrow 🙏.

[timothyshanley]

Jeff you friggin rock, thx for the update. Lol I may be In need of these tips soon

[snailplumbus]

Grow lights are such a lifestyle choice that I need to make soon

[OldTimerGarden]

You missed the one thing I do to get more time and that top out the small plants. It encourages more branching as well.

[rlbgardener]

Hello Jeff, excellent info, I haven’t even started my seedings yet here in zone 6b. Our last frost date is April 26th but we’ve had snow as late as May 3rd here before. But I will be starting them in the next week or so, happy growing and abundance of harvest this year.

[sondraellison]

Love your channel! Third year of vegetable gardening and I'm learning so much!

[kittiew]

I have been waiting longer this year. Learned this lesson last season.

[Paul-xzhw]

I can’t help it😩 it’s so exciting! It’s my fix!🤣

[deniseb]

Perfect video for what I'm going through! Thanks for the info. Love your channel 💚