Planting vegetables at home for beginners | Zone 5B
Planting vegetables at home for beginners | Zone 5B
Planting calendar – Zone 5B
https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar
What I did this year:
00:36 — 12 weeks before (Feb 14)
winter sowing: poppy seeds
01:31 — 10 weeks before (Feb 27)
start seeds indoors: peppers, eggplant, marjoram
04:13 — 8 weeks before (Mar 13)
start seeds indoors: tomatoes, basil, cabbage, kale
06:12 — 6 weeks before (Mar 28)
start seeds indoors: swiss chard, lettuce
start seeds outdoors: radish (16 in 1 sqft), spinach (9 in 1 sqft), peas (8 in 1 sqft)
07:48 — 5 weeks before (Apr 4)
start seeds outdoors: carrot (16 in 1 sqft), dill (4 in 1 sqft)
09:05 — 4 weeks before (Apr 11)
start seeds indoors: summer squash, watermelon, cucumber, cantaloupe
start seeds outdoors: parsley (4 in 1 sqft)
transplants: cabbage (1 in 1 sqft), kale (1 in 1 sqft)
11:31 — 2 weeks before (Apr 25)
winter sowing: marigolds, asters, sweet william
start seeds outdoors: beets (9 in 1 sqft), peas (pre-soak for 24 hours, 8 in 1 sqft)
transplants: lettuce/swiss chard (4 in 1 sqft)
12:49 — 1 week before (May 1)
transplants: bush tomatoes (1 in 9 sqft)
14:03 — Last frost date (May 9)
start seeds outdoors: coriander (4 in 1 sqft)
transplants: basil (4 in 1 sqft), sage (1 in 1 sqft)
15:13 — 1 week after (May 16)
start seeds outdoors: beans (do NOT pre-soak, 9 in 1 sqft)
transplants: pepper (1 in 1 sqft), vine tomato (1 in 1 sqft)
17:26 — 2 weeks after (May 23)
transplants: summer squash (1 in 2 sqft), cucumbers (2 in 1 sqft), eggplant (1 in 1 sqft), watermelon/cantaloupe (1 in 2 sqft)
What I’m planning to do differently next year:
– start radish, spinach, peas 1 week later
– use winter-sowing for lettuce, swiss chard
– start tomatoes 2 weeks later
– start summer squash, watermelon, cucumber, cantaloupe 2 weeks later
Last year I started my Tomatoes at the end of April in Canada zone 5b, and I think that is the latest you can do. I am going to try the start of April this year.
Use perlite it help so much on mold and bugs as well vermiculite I mix the two I was shock how well it work not one bug
I grow everhing from seed. I think it gives them so much better starts. Some times you need to sow form seed in the ground like carrots and sunflowers but others are fab to grow in pots then transplant. I like transplanting as you can start early
Really well done video. You hit all the salient points and presented them beautifully. Good idea to include mistakes – great lessons.
Where are your small plastic pots and shelving units from? I’m in Zone 5b Chicago, Illinois 🤓
You have me so excited to get my 2024 garden started! I ordered my seeds, just waiting for them to arrive 🙂 you’ve inspired me to grow cabbage in a big pot, yours looks so beautiful.
Beautiful. New friend here in On ..gardening zone 6b
Hi, thanks for the video. Did you have grow lights or the light from your window sill was enough?
When do you set your onion seeds?
Those are beautiful!
Great information..I am middle Tennessee transplant in Central maine area. I love growing my own food and canning
Wow ❤thank you for your video😊 I’m from Orono Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
Great tutorial, thank you! I also germinate my seeds on paper towels- I find it sturdier than toilet paper.
Hi, loved your seed sowing explanations for Zone 5b, I am zone 5b, Aurora, Colorado, We are elevation 5900. I am curious what your elevation is in your location? We have very hot days and very cool nights here due to closeness to the sun and clear skies at night. Thank you, Catherine
What a wonderful video!! Thank you so much!
Great video. I will be moving to Maine this Fall. This is a very helpful for anyone. Thank You
I’m in York County Maine and we are a zone 5b. This video was very helpful. Thank you! 😊
When is your last freze ? I was told my last frost is may 2 and im in zone 6 now witch use too be zone 5 .this year
I love the easy-to-follow format with a lot of great information. I also live in 5b, but my last frost date is June 10. last year we had a hard freeze on June 22….mountain life…
New Subscriber. Chicago and Zone 5 native. Keep the videos coming
The bigger the transplants the better..😀😛😜🤪
Chamomile tea helps prevent damp off. I make a strong tea using Chamomile tea bags, let it cool and put it in a spray bottle. Mist seeds/seedlings every day. I think Chamomile kills bacteria. Since I started using this tea, I haven’t lost any seedlings. I found this information in an old gardening book. I’m also from Chicago.
Also if you plant Sweet Alyssum near your tomatoes, it will attract black wasps and the wasps lay their eggs on horn worm/caterpillars when they hatch they eat the caterpillars, very effective 😉 and no chemicals needed.
Great video I love your little helpers.
toilet paper is better then paper towel, try it.
I need more space for my plants lol.
Helpful 👍🏻
Hi Thanks for your video. I enjoy the teaching. I can’t wait to start.i’m zone 5 b kitchener😊
Loved watching this video! I have subscribed to your channel 🙂
Great video! It motivated me to get my planting calendar set up and reminded me 9f lessons learned last year. Thanks for posting!
When you say the soil is sterilized , how did you do that ? Or did you buy the potting soil like this?
Very helpful video. I’ll come back in Feb.
This was a very helpful video!
Western MA. Thank you so much 5b. NE so I trust ya, LOL Happy Gardening!!
Did your little hummus containers have vent holes? Or drain holes?? (Germination containers )
Just the type of video I was searching for!! Thank you!
I know you shared this last year but I’m using your advice and I’m going to put together something to start my seeds indoors. It’s my third or forth year trying to garden and I’m still learning. Thank you for producing and sharing this. I’m commenting from MN zone 5.
I am growing from seed as well, a mix of flowers and vegetables. First time doing cherry tomatoes and peppers. I did use the paper towel method, it works really well. I use grow lights because the south facing window is just too hot. Zone 5b as well and I am using May 15 as the last frost date, and plant outside on May 24 th. Last year I started 4 raised beds to grow peas, carottes, beans, corn and cucumbers. I will be expanding this year. Right now, the one giving me a challenge are foxgloves, they all germinated but then I transplant them in their cell, then i lost some to dryness, then too much water…i find anything that I plant in a tray doesn’t do well after transplanting…not sure if I do it too early because they are still very tiny but still has true leaves. All trial and error i guess. I like your bucket idea as I may have to use some for my tomatoes too…they all germinated so I have way too many. Will be gifting to friends and family.
What a relief to have found a chill, realistic gardening tutorial video that gave me all the info I needed simply
Have fun gardening. Blessings ❤
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The music is so distracting 😟
Thank you for this. I have moved from the temperate and mild Wales, UK, to upstate NY and have to learn everything all over again. It’s not just the planting though, its the critters! First you battle the weather, then you battle the wildlife. Don’t get me wrong, I love them all, but they do tend to take everything.