5 Biggest Mistakes Made When Starting Seeds Indoors
5 Biggest Mistakes Made When Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting seeds indoors can be daunting. There are mistakes that could cost you your seedlings. But if you know the most common mistakes ahead of time, you can be successful with starting seeds indoors.
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Table of Contents
00:32 – When to Start Seeds Indoors
01:36 – To Cold to Start Seeds
03:04 – Lighting for Starting Seeds
05:53 – Don’t Be too Nice to Your Seedlings
07:04 – Should I Water Seedlings from Above or Below?
08:50 – Bonus! Simple Way to Harden Off Your Seedlings
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COMPLETELY DISGUSTED!!! My hubby bought me a darn snazzy greenhouse. Tried starting seeds indoors. Bought trays with lids (to retain moisture) heat mats, grow lights. Planted snapdragons, marigolds and tomatoes from seeds. NO sprouts. Going to try more marigolds, peppers and lettuce this coming weekend. But ALL roads are leading to me buying plants, GRRRRRR!
Thank you this was so informative. I made many mistakes but i think i can get on track now.
when I teach about seed starting, I say using a fan is like your plants doing planks
Don’t do that Don’t ever aging joke about arthritis i have it in my neck and shoulders if you have arthritis I’m sorry I went off on you
Thank you. Most helpful
Starting too early is 100% the most common I think and also plants planted later will actually catch up and won’t be as weak because they aren’t being grown under un ideal conditions with not enough light and too short of a photoperiod, of course this is irrelevant if your using growlights but the majority of people don’t and they think starting early will give a head start when infact they are just making troubles down the line and weak leggy early spring growth, this is especially true with tomatos, chilis, cucumbers etc
Mistake number 1: TOO early not TO early. “Too” is an adverb. It can be used to replace words such as “excessively”, “additionally”, “as well” or “also”. “To”, on the other hand, is a versatile preposition that can be used in various situations and contexts. It’s used to indicate a direction, like “toward” and “until”. And I’m an old MATH TEACHER…cmon people let’s know the difference.
Sorry but lumen is WRONG. LUX is the unit youre looking for.
2000 Lumen for one plant might be overkill, but for a large area its way to low. Not sure some one who doesnt know the difference should get tips regarding light?
Also, 2000lux is the absolute minimum a tomate or pepper needs. It will grow, but ~4x times more light is way better.
When do you start your seed for fall?
I almost always watch videos until the end.
Except, I have this rule, that if someone says something to the effect of "watch until the end", I have to stop the video and never come back..
Please.. for everyones sake.. just go back to focusing on content and stop soliting subscribers/viewing patterns, opinions ect..
What PPFD do you grow your plants under? I bought the Viparspectra XS1500 Pro based on your recommendation and the book that came with it says 150-350 for seedlings and 350-600 for vegetative. If I have the light at 25% it puts my PPFD in the middle of the first range and 50% puts me in the 2nd range. I’m wondering when I should switch them to the higher intensity as ‘vegetative’ is somewhat vague. When they have 2 or 3 sets of true leaves or can I do it when they are younger? I don’t want to stress them with too much light.
I think I’ll just go to Hannafords. lol
Could you advise me on how to water. I have them in those little Pete pods
I wondered at the top how many I would have done, yep so far, all of em.. 🙂
love the norfolk pine in the background
I live in Az for the 3 day period 😐
how many hours/day under my grow light?
yup did it already
I’m in UK
How can I buy seed starter tray ,not interested in compost just tray and capillary mat
I know perfectly well that our "last frost" runs around May 21st. I have all my supplies ready, but there is no point starting seeds before about the 3rd week in April. I love Colorado, but nights stay cold well into May.
Try the heating pad raising soil temperature Does wonders
Never used a heat mat and never had issues with seeds sprouting. It’s almost always above 70F indoors here which is plenty warm for everything, even if some take a bit longer to sprout.
Also don’t use a grow light as we get decent morning and afternoon sunlight, so long as we move the seedlings from east to west-facing in the early afternoon, and once it’s warm enough during the day put them outside for a few hours, for additional sunlight and hardening them off to outdoor temps, light and wind.
And the 4-6 weeks before the last front date only works for some plants. Some can go into the ground when it’s consistently over 35 and some not till it’s nearly 60. This year we started the first seeds on March 1st in Zone 7, then progressively with warmer temp plants, and we’re on track to have everything go into the ground at the earliest that it’s safe to do so for each plant, so we should have an early crop.
I am using a humidity dome and heating mat for my chilli seeds. Planted them 4.5 weeks ago and no sign of germination. Any advice?
Thanks for your help on how you can easily start your seeds . Should you water the trays from the bottom and if you do how much water and how often
Hi brother my zip code is 83854 in post falls Idaho, Thank you for all you do
Started Feb 15th ❤ my 72 tomato plants are not actually 8 to 10 inches tall 😊 Potted up today! P.S. BUY A 4 BY 8 X 6 FT PLASTIC BABY GREENHOUSE PUT IT IN HOUSE light em up. (MINE) IF FLORIDA ROOM (NJ) LOL.
3 weeks from now, my babies will be in their outdoor home . (After 1 week of harding. (Outdoor sun) on deck
spoke too soon, the last thing, taking them in and out, I’ve been doing, for the wind but also to keep them all from being eating by squirrels. 🙂
3 DUTCH TRAYS ON TOP BATH
LOW LEVEL CONSERVATORY HEATER IN BATH
PIECE OF GLASS OVER HEATER (LETS YOU WATER)
YOU COULD GERNMINATE QUEEN AND PRNCE PHILIP BACK TO LIFE WITH IT
That sits I am going to home depot and buy my tomato plants………
Don’t water form underneath
Promotion on self watering seed trays 🤦♂️
They look dried out
Your first mistake is you dont use cannabis seeds. For the rest you make the roots lazy with your continuous watering system.
When is the right time to add fertilizer to the seedlings?
That looks like my tool box
To early doesn’t seem English to me. 🤔
Ugh, grade school grammar… “#1 starting seeds TO early”…really?!?
🤣Great
Too early
Great video! Do you add fertilizer to self watering tray?
Great information! I especially appreciate the tip about hardening off seedlings in the 3 day period. Will give this a try. Thank you!
most important part is to have fun 😀
This was SO helpful and you’re funny as hell
Never use a fan. It destroys your plants
0:41 "too"
Are you saying PROSTATE or FROST DATE
Great video!
Love your fan idea and your underwater system. Thank you for sharing.
Does chem trail cover count as cloud cover. Because thats everyday here in kentuckistan.
The first mistake in the video. Too early, not “to” early