9 Crops You Should ONLY Direct Sow (And Why)

Today @jacquesinthegarden and Kevin go through 9 plants they no longer transplant as seedlings. Some plants simply do best when direct seeded for a variety of reasons which we break down for you!

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Corn
01:52 - Sunflower
03:14 - Peas
05:12 - Carrots
07:31 - Beans
09:29 - Wildflowers
10:32 - Radish
11:59 - Watermelon
13:38 - Cucumber

DISCLAIMER

[kevinmespiritu]

If you guys really think I don't know how to pronounce chamomile, IDK what to tell you...😂

[g.rivera]

As a Mexican, for all of you who have radishes, when we have tacos we usually have some radishes on the side, whole or sliced, that we take bites of as we are eating. It’s a nice, fresh, spicy, refreshing way to cut back on the greasiness or heaviness of the food.
I also like to slice them up and let them sit in lime juice and salt and have them along our carne asada meals too! Drinking the remaining pinkish lime juice at the end is also a nice treat. Though may not be for everyone 😂
Hope my two cents help.

[johny]

10:15 😂😂 “think he got canceled or something” he's so unserious I love his character

[lensperspective]

Don’t ever pronounce Chamomile like that again lol

[bekijk]

I've presown my carrots in eggboxes with holes poked. Once they sprouted indoors (way quicker), you bury the whole box and it rots down in the soil. That way the roots stay intact 👍 thx for the video

[MiskalM]

OMG. CH-I-MOMMA-LAY. Your killin' me😂

[mars]

I'm literally listening to this while transplanting cucumbers. Just gotta do what I can not to disturb the roots!

[storbert]

Fun fact: most pole beans (phaseolus vulgaris) twine to the right, while runner beans usually (phaseolus coccinus) twine to the left!

[jeannamcgregor]

I have a couple of crops that I do both ways: direct sow and indoor starts. Direct sow is better but when all the emerging seedlings are eaten by sow bugs or they never emerge at all I at least have a backup. 💚

[thehangmansdaughter]

My local garden centre has a neat trick with carrots, paper tape. The seeds are already evenly spaced, stuck to the paper tape. The paper dissolves in the earth and your carrots are perfectly spaced.

[TuttleScott]

crop #1 reminded me of a story. when I was a kiddle in 2nd grade we all had to grow something in a little pot of dirt and everyone did little flowers and whatnot but I did corn. all these little pots of flowers and there's my 3 foot high corn stalk growing out of a milk jug. I only got tiny little ears of corn but it was still funny.

[TheKrispyfort]

TIP: 3 Sisters - mound method

Position a bamboo stake in the middle of each mound.
Direct sow four corn kernels around the central mound stake.
When 2" height direct sow your pole beans. Train vine around the group of four corn plants with the security of the central bamboo stake.
Direct sow your squash of choice.

[jmjan]

Thanks for all your education. My 1st year on my homestead in Az.
Looking forward to my own grown food.

[mishachevalier]

Love your vids!! Zoiks!! Your eyes were SCARY for the first second (or two), during the vid. Have learned so much from your vids!! Thanks!!

[willsolarski]

Pickled radishes are really good. Played around with lacto-fermentation last year and it is so easy - basically just the right ratio of water:salt, easy peasy probiotic gut health! 🌱🥒👌

[mlisaj]

I just grew corn for the first time and planted half in a tray to transplant, and half direct in the ground. The direct planted ones are over TWICE as big and healthy, so completely agree with the direct planting corn recommendation.

[TheTardis]

If you want to give your beans a for sure sprout and head start. Put them inside of a damp paper towel inside of a ziplock to observe them until they sprout roots. Once they do, plant them directly like normal and enjoy not having to worry about failures to germinate.

[ddthompson]

Amen on the watermelon. I didn’t start them in the ground, it got late, so I picked some up at the nursery. Planted butternuts on the same day and have two squash starting; the melons have no more than three new leaves. They apparently hated the transplant.

[kirstinmckeown]

I start watermelon inside, but that's because I have a fairly short growing season, it's not safe to transplant melons and cucumber out until mid-June/early July, and we can get cold spells enough to kill them as early as mid-September. I start more than I need, and accept a certain level of loss at each stage, but I'd never get to harvest if I waited that long to start the seeds. Of course, I'm in zone 5a in Canada and we got about a foot of snow a week and a half ago :)

[acbeaumo]

Oh, nice, chamomile!

"Chimomolay"

Exqueeze me?