Seed Haul: no more advice from flower farmers! 2024

Here are the seeds I’ll be starting this season.
00:00 My seed story
00:27 TOMATO: Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry
02:11 PUMPKIN: Sugar Pie
02:51 SWISS CHARD: Bright Lights
03:11 BASIL: Italian Big Leaf Basil & Genovese
03:42 MARIGOLD: Coco Deep Orange, Gold, and Yellow; Big Duck Yellow and Gold; White Swan; Mission Yellow
07:13 POPPY: Black Swan
07:24 MARIGOLD Mission Yellow
07:58 SUNFLOWER: NO ProCuts; Lemonade Branching Helianthus, Autumn Beauty Branching Helianthus, Prairie Branching Helianthus, Mexican Tithonia, Mexican Fiesta Del Sol Tithonia (Chocolate Cherry & Goldie Helianthus for giveaway)
10:55 COSMOS: Versailles Mix, Picotee, Cosmic Orange
11:55 CALENDULA: Orange Flash, Pacific Beauty
12:34 ZINNIA: NO Oklahoma Mix, NO Benary's Giant, NO Peppermint Stick, Zahara, Profusion Cherry Bicolor, Profusion Double Hot Cherry, Profusion Apricot, Zowie
14:42 NASTURTIUM: Alaska Gold, Jewel Mix, Peach Melba
15:39 CLARKIA: Elegant Salmon
15:56 CELOSIA: Flamingo Feathers, Sunday Gold
16:29 SALVIA ARGENTIA
17:52 STOCK: Iron Pastel Mix
18:53 COLEUS: Black Dragon
19:13 GRASS: Highlander, Bunnytails
19:40 PURPLE BELL VINE
19:59 BELLS OF IRELAND
20:17 WHEAT: Black Tipped
20:35 TORENIA: Summery Love Pure White
21:11 PUMPKIN-ON-A-STICK
21:57 DAHLIA: Figaro, Redskin
22:51 STATUS: Apricot, Mixes
23:04 AMARANTHUS: Red Spike, Early Splendor, Coral Fountain, Dreadlocks, Emerald Tassels
23:58 BACHELOR BUTTONS
24:04 CLARY/SALVIA: Oxford Blue, Pink Sundae
25:28 LARKSPUR: Mix
25:40 ORNAMENTAL PEPPER: CHILLY CHILI

Netta's Nursery, Posen, Michigan

[TheModernCanary]

I love Aunt Molly's. But it's actually like a tiny sweet tomatillo. And it will volunteer prolifically in following years. You might want to pick one more true tomato. What a thoughtful gift giver!

[Joey]

Oscillating fan blowing on your seedlings will give their stems strength

[n.w.]

Corey, in the fall when things slow down you might enjoy making pasta sauce. My son makes an amazing sauce. Also, I really enjoy your channel. Oops, lol, just heard you say you are busy travelling in the fall.

[suek]

I was a seed starter. Primarily flowers. At one point I had 82 flats in my basement. I had to give up my gardens due to age and disability but adored seed planting. My plants were on racks under shop lights. Germination is the most exciting thing!

[saphire]

I am not a huge marigold fan but I was at a park one time and they had this particular French type marigold that was such a pretty shade of yellow not too bold of a shade of yellow but more soft bright and the petals were we’re very flowey and large and I took a couple of the dry seed heads but none of them really germinated nor was able to replicate that specific kind. I did however find a marigold called vanilla this year and it is a French type of marigold and I have a pot of it and it is absolutely just light yellow and beautiful growing in with alyssum.

[SuperWoodyboy]

The Magellan Zinnias are fantastic...if you haven't tried it your missing something great...better than the Profusion or Zahara!

[saphire]

I have planted the purple bell vine and I had it in a hanging bastard basket planter and they were so beautiful. The flowers didn’t get as big as I thought they would but maybe they would get bigger with more fertilizer. I don’t remember if I had to do anything special to get them to germinate but I don’t think I had 100% success. Also a warning about the bills of Ireland they have very pokey thorns Which I was not aware of. Still pretty though. I have the pumpkin on the stick that I have forgotten to plant for the last couple years now

[renebyers]

Aunt Molly's are fun and tasty. Love them.

[amandabottoms]

You should check out Laura from Garden Answer. She does both cut flower garden and spectacular landscaping.

[tracienoda]

Grew Oxford blue salvia first time last season and fell in love!!!❤

[mmcelroy]

Subscribed for your personality alone. 😁

[OkikaHawaii]

I grow both the pro cut and the open pollinator types. The slugs are the major pests for me here on the west side of Hawaii island.

[prairie_dawn]

Love your title! it is a good reminder. I love to watch the flower farm Youtubes for entertainment but they seem to recommend the same things. Appreciate the new ideas.

Thanks for showing the profusion zinnias---I had never heard of them and they look beautiful.

[lindsayhall]

Coleus grows fast in a warm room under lights. I start mine 12 weeks before last frost, grow them to 6", chop their tops, root the tops as clones, and plant them all out after last frost at about 10" tall. If you're not doing all that, 8 weeks before last frost is perfect to put out nice sized plants.

I start torenia 12 weeks before last frost. It goes pretty slowly.

Bells of Ireland- i started these 12 weeks before last frost inside under lights- I've heard it's preferred to direct sow but that's not my jam so I did them inside. It worked fine, I planted them out 2 weeks before last frost and they were beautiful all summer.

Love the giant orange and white marigolds as well, I've had great success with them 😁🌱

[Edu_Kate]

I have so many seed packets from past failures I wasn't going to be lured into buying more this season despite the enticing ads on YT from Burpee, Park, Baker's Creek, etc. But... I was at the local (Minneapolis ) garden center/gift store (they blocked their door to the growing side, not even pretending customers are thinking of gardening at this time of year). My intention was to get soil, but.... I had to look at their seed selection and amazingly, about 20 packets flew into my cart. 😱 A worker passed me with her knowing smile.
I've changed my way of eating so decided to focus on growing cut flowers this year. We'll see.
I prefer the cool colors, but will give the bright golden lollypops known as Craspedia a whirl.
I had really old 'Love Lies Bleeding' amaranth seeds that I doubt are viable so picked up fresh seed along with 'Sea Shell' blend Cosmos, 'Purple Prince' zinnia, those look so pretty. Lots more pink, white and blue representatives.
Now, let's get going on the season. I've got a very active imagination for projects and our season is too short.

[seriejohnson]

My hydrangea quick fire standard had a major branch break during our Michigan heavy snow storm.😢

[SharkSandwich]

Danielle at Northlawn Flower Farm (Pennsylvania 6B) grows both celosia and clarkia. She’s a flower farmer like her grandmother but home farm friendly and informative gardener. The book that you might be interested in is Lisa Mason Zigler “cool flowers” for tips on winter seed starting for our zones hardy annuals. Zone 6b go Huskies + Pucks!

[ElderandOakFarm]

Just came across your channel for the first time & I had to figure out why you were taking advice from us "flower farmers" anymore... 😂 happy to see it was just about the sunflowers & zinnias 😊

Cutflowers are definitely not always the route you want to go when choosing flowers for your landscape. Most will get super tall & weak if not constantly cut on... especially when starting too early, with not enough (grow) light.

[candledancer]

Great seed haul! I love MIGardner. I know he loves Swiss chard but I haven't tried it yet. Curious to hear your thoughts. I like to give tomato plants too. I do think you should try a more normal type tomato to give away. I like Early Bush Girl as it stays small and usually has fruit by mid summer. This year I'm trying Fourth of July tomato and Wherokowhai. I got the crackerjack marigolds and oh my, a grouping together was like a small shrub they were huge! I like that White Swan marigold! I usually buy from MIGardner first then I go to Burpee for things he doesn't carry. Or Johnny's Seeds although I find them expensive. I didn't know that about sunflowers. Interesting, I'm in Osocoda so we have deer everywhere. I have got a large seed selection myself LOL. It's so hard to choose!

[tracienoda]

In zone 5B. Go throw your bells of Ireland on the ground now. Naturally stratifies and the thaw/snow cycle does something that just makes it all easier