3 Steps To Seed Starting Success | Gardening With Plant Abundance

Grow and amazing garden like the pro's with these easy to follow, time saving, seed starting success strategies!

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🌱 Using a specialized seedling mix, either purchased or homemade, can save money and yield better results for starting seeds.

🥄 Small seeds like basil can be sprinkled directly onto the seedling mix surface, with a light dusting of soil to cover them.

💦 Watering seeds with a fine mist sprayer helps to settle the soil without displacing the tiny seeds.

🔖 Labeling each tray with the specific variety of plant being grown helps avoid confusion during the growing process.

🌡️ Providing warmth from below with a heat mat can improve germination rates, especially before seedlings emerge and require light.

✂️ Using cuticle scissors for thinning out weaker seedlings ensures precision and minimizes damage to the remaining plants.

🧲 Incorporating mycorrhizal inoculant into potting mix can promote stronger root systems and healthier plants.

⏱️ To reduce transplant shock and streamline the potting-up process, it's efficient to fill multiple pots with mix and transplant seedlings in batches.

📆 Keeping and dating all used seed packets, even if they're empty, aids in tracking which varieties and suppliers are most successful over time.

🍃 Snap peas and other vegetables started in sand can develop strong and vigorous root systems.

Timestamped Summary

00:02 Introduction to the three steps for seed starting success.

00:26 Step one: Seeding your crops with a seedling mixture, filling up a seedling tray.

01:12 Demonstrating how to seed small seeds like basil by dusting them over the cell tray.

02:08 Bonus tip: Using a kitchen sifter to lightly cover seeds with an additional fine layer of seedling mix.

03:04 Placement of seedling tray on a heat source to encourage germination.

03:14 Seeding larger seeds such as cucumbers, followed by using a dibber to slightly bury seeds.

06:08 Using peat pellets as an alternative method for seed starting, ideal for indoor growing.

08:18 Step two: Thinning out seedlings to leave the strongest plant in each cell, using cuticle scissors for precision.

09:39 Step three: Potting up the seedlings using potting mix, filling pots, and adding mycorrhizal inoculant for healthy roots.

11:01 Transferring seedlings to larger pots efficiently using a dibber.

13:15 Watering the transplanted seedlings with a house plant watering pot for gentle watering.

14:01 Identifying when it's time to transplant your plants into the garden by checking if roots protrude from the pot.

14:12 Potting up peat pod seedlings into red solo cups.

14:29 Final bonus tip: Saving seed packets to refer back to when assessing the success of different crops and varieties.

15:27 Closing remarks and invitation to like, subscribe, and follow the channel for more gardening tips.

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Q&A

What are the three steps to seed starting success that are discussed in the video?

The three steps to seed starting success discussed in the video are: 1) Seeding your crops, 2) Thinning out seedlings, and 3) Potting up.

Can you use a homemade seedling mixture for starting seeds, and what are the advantages?

Yes, you can use a homemade seedling mixture for starting seeds. The advantages of making your own seedling mix at home include saving money and getting a better end product.

What is the advantage of using a seedling tray with a humidity dome and water catchment tray?

The advantage is that it creates an ideal environment for the seeds to germinate by maintaining high humidity and catching any excess water, preventing overwatering.

Should seedlings receive light or heat before they break the surface?

Seedlings do not need light before they germinate and break the surface, but they can benefit from heat coming from underneath, such as from a heat mat.

What is one of the important steps to take once you have multiple seedlings growing in the same cell?

Thinning out the weaker seedlings to leave only the most robust, strongest looking seedling in each cell is an important step once multiple seedlings are growing in the same cell.

What kind of mix should you use when potting up your seedlings?

When potting up seedlings, you should switch from seedling mix to potting mix.

How can you tell when a seedling is ready to be transplanted into the garden?

You can tell a seedling is ready to be transplanted into the garden when its roots start to protrude out the bottom of the pot, and the root system has spread throughout the potting mix, holding it all together like a block, without being root bound.