How I Start Seeds Indoors: From Sowing To Planting!

This video will cover everything you need to know to get started on your journey of growing perfect indoor seedlings! The goal here is to show you the basics involved with starting seeds indoors from choosing seeds, sowing, potting up, and even hardening off for the best possible success!

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - When & What To Start
05:43 - Soil and Containers
09:24 - Sowing Seeds
16:48 - Heat and Light
21:58 - 2 Week Update
22:25 - Fans and Airflow
25:35 - Hardening Off
27:46 - 4 Week Update
29:58 - Potting Up
32:35 - 5 Week Update
33:43 - Stunted Seedling

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[RolloTonéBrownTown]

Agree so much on the labeling. Once you have 160 seedlings that all have one pale shoot, and two round leaves, it is difficult to remember which is which!

[bobbyhenigsmith]

The man, the myth, the legend, without further gilding the lily, I give you the seeker of sublimity, the protector of our veggie gardens the one the only Garden hermit!!! Florida loves you and your little straw hat🎉 Keep the videos coming, you have a huge following here in Jacksonville.

[terryeckmeier]

Big fan of the channel. I would love to see you and Kevin try to garden in a zone 4 for a year. To give all is colder zone gardeners a closer to home perspective.

[tclark]

The Epic Gardening seeds are clutch!! I am a beginner and tried the flowers and herbs bundles and I got so many to germinate!! I am so proud of myself and that is all to the Epic Gardening seeds!!

[teddepalma]

What a great video! I just got into seed starting thanks to Jacques' other videos and now this one has shown me several things I've been doing wrong: overwatering, no fan, not hardening off properly. The amount of growth in just five days of those seedlings is jaw-dropping. Thanks for showing how it's done. The right way.

[deb]

Oh no! Tomato down! You're such a great teacher, Jacques. And I love that you keep it real for folks... like disliking the hardening off process or dropping a plant. We've all done it!

[teikalika]

Starting seeds has been an emotional roller coaster for me 😂

[Ash-fdww]

every video recently has had a hummingbird in the background and every time i see them i smile :)

[hoosierhollow]

This is my 1st yr seed starting indoors. Only 3 peppers came up. Checked pkg and they were 5 yr old seed! So got more started. But panicked and started GOBS of tomatoes….all of them came up! Now I got 70+ tomatoes to harden off. 😂

[TheScentofaGarden]

Hi Jacques,
I must give you your props this season! I followed your recommendations from one of your first videos of the 2025 season and my seed starting game leveled UP! I sifted my soil and added worm castings-GAME CHANGER! I’m also in zone 10b in So. Cal. I started most of my seeds indoors under grow lights. Hardened off and potted on to buy time to prep garden beds. All that said, I’m thrilled about the results of seed starting 2025! Thank YOU! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[electricpeach]

So many life lessons from these tomato seedlings 🍅 🌱 ❤

[WildWood_]

This is THE best video on indoor seed starting I've ever seen! Youre such a great teacher! 🥰🍅🌱

[JWDicus]

I love how you always keep it real in your videos. You could have easily grabbed a different tomato seedling from the tray and pretended you didn't fumble and snap that seedling, but you always show the real, true gardening experience, and I really value that because when your viewers do something like that, they have seen you have done that too. And that... you know what? stuff happens. No big deal, just carry on with your gardening. Thanks for keeping it real.

[dhora]

My seeds germinate and grow sooo slowly!! Yours look massive so quick!

[growagarden]

Thank you for this video. Especially covering the starting seeds in a garage or shed! Most videos about starting seeds are done in a green house. and do not address that not everyone has a green house, or space inside their house, to start seeds Thanks again for this great video.

[lyndelgado]

Yay! Just came inside from weeding n i havent started any of my seeds yet so can hardly wait 2 watch!

[MzSyd]

This is what i love about you guys!!! All real. Even the mistakes are mentioned. Could have easily grabbed another tomato and played like it was the same one. But you keep it real!!!! That's y im still here. I know im learning, not being lied too!!!

[williammaxwell]

Nasturtiums ~ I live in sub--tropical Queensland where Nasturtiums flower /crop twice a year. They readily self-sow and are great for "guerilla gardening". Love using the young leaves in salads to give a "peppery" hit. The seeds also make a great peppery snack.

[brandondenton]

Hey nice to see new videos all the time. It helps me with gardening and passing time thank u

[cutemoth]

This video has been so so beneficial to me!! This is my first year starting seeds and watching you I’m saying to myself “ohhh that’s what I needed to do” or “that’s what my seedlings look like they do”. I’ve learned a lot from this video for next growing season. Thank you!!