I was told that wood ash is mostly nitrogen

I was looking for helpful tips,, not a lecture.

I just want all KZbin channels to be as informative as Mr. Pavlis' 👏 👏 🙇‍♂

10-10-10 killed my herbs with excess phosphorus. They needed nitrogen and iron.

I put weed mat under my planters in an attempt to stop dollar weed. My last planters got it and it's impossible to get it out of your garden bed.

I grow houseplants. I have many different tropicals and about half of my plants are sensitive to tap water. I've tested my tap water for sediment and my city water isn't bad, but they use chloramine so that isn't going to evaporate by leaving water sitting on the counter. The chemicals were burning the leaf edges of many plants. So I added a fish tank water conditioner that you would use in a tropical fish tank. It also detoxes heavy metals out of the water. I no longer have sensitivity issues with my plants. And this bottle of API costs about $8 on Amazon and I use 1 drop per gallon of water. This bottle is 16 oz, so it will last the rest of my life.

Thank you for a great informative video. I will work on better lighting and no heat mat after germination. 🍅🍆🫑🧄🧅

Very good advice. Personally I illuminate the plants with fluorescent T8 bulbs 48" 5000-6500K. I tried various T8 LED for plants but they did not have as good effects on the seedlings. When the seeds are germinating, I keep them 5" from the surface (lettuce even 3"). They need to be raised as the seedlings grow. A small fan, especially rotary that blows warm air from the seedlings it must be. The temperature should be around 70F and lower. You can buy really good, I have used it successfully, 30W LED lamps, special white light for plants for about $35, which are perfect for one large tray 21.25"D x 11"W.

I think this matter of soil type is more critical usually compared to grow zones. Been seeking something like this for quite a while..thanks!!

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What ppfd do you recommend for seedlings

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Excellent! Bravo!

since i bought proper LED growlights i no longer have any uncertainty about what causes leggy seedlings, because never get leggy seedlings anymore, ever

Thanks for the info… I am not sure why, but none of the seedlings that I started indoors last year did very well. I’ve had enough of trying to create this near-perfect environment, ugh lol. This year I’m just going to wait until the end of may and start all of my seeds outside and see what happens lol.

I’ve been looking for this video since forever 😭. I’ve watched it the first time a few months ago when I was just getting started on gardening and been needing to watch it again.

Leggy seedlings certainly sound like a nightmare.

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There are hundreds of blog on reusing potting soils and they all have truths and lies/mistakes. I'll just add two items. If possible, let the soil freeze during the winter to provide some control of bugs, eggs and viruses. Two - if you know in the fall that you have had issues in that particular pot or bed, don't reuse those, dump it in the fall.

That hat reminds me of Freddy Krueger kinda creeps me out a bit.

Some of the comments on this video are pure stupidity. This video is 100% correct. Thanks for the info.

Some of the comments on this video are pure stupidity. This video is 100% correct. Thanks for the info.

I grow in bins, bags and pots so I feel I have refresh that soil every season....... Must have done something right last yr because my tomatoes went crazy. Here's hoping I do something right again this yr. 🤞🏻😁 Thanks for ur videos, I trust what u say above all others. 👍🏻

If I were to get a soil test it would be impossible to gather because all the beds are not the same. If I do multiple tests that would be costly.

Brassicas are the ones that get leggy for me. Too warm in the house and it will just have to be because I can’t tolerate 68F in winter 🥶. LED lights give off heat also ..so 🤷‍♀️

Good tips, thank you for sharing 😊

You should do a show on light lumens. You can make your own for cheap.

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Awesome video and appreciate the science. Surface area + organic matter + water + air = soil building . 100% on the uselessness of purchased inoculants... HOWEVER work with native plants at joshua tree national park by scientists and students from UC Davis found that they could inoculate waste site souls by planting with area appropriate annuals allowed to progress through their life cycle, they then tracked success of native perennial planting in the inoculated and control and found that some annuals quite significantly increased survival and vigor success of natiive perennials propagated and planted in the annual innoculated soil. Tracks well if we look at how nature responds to disturbance. I love your videos! Thank you for consolidating and sharing this valuable knowledge!

This is the single best video I’ve seen on seed starting. There’s so much misinformation online. I’m confident my seeds are going to be successful this year and I feel way more calm knowing it’s really not as complicated as some make it seem. Thank you!!

I always seem to have leggy seedlings and I use commercial LED grow lights. I've found that even these put off a lot of heat when I get them nice and close as you suggest. It gets way too warm in that zone, so I'm not certain what to do about that other than using fans.... guess I've answered my own question.

Great info as always. Cheers from cold, gloomy Ottawa🍁

You are the best!

Great video thank you

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All things you are not born knowing. Would to much nitrogen might also create leggy seedlings, or would they just burn up and die? My home made potting mix of aged compost, leaf mold and vermicompost never lets me down. LED shop lights work great, been using them for 5 years. Stay Well !!!!

Very helpful, thanks!

Here all have wood products in NW

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The website is interesting and it is quite a list. They don’t use the common name so you would need to know the scientific name. Prairie Nursery has a nice explanation for each treatment-dry/moist stratification, scarification, ect. I’m thinking that the treatment is most important when planting native seeds and not so much common garden seeds. I have used dry and moist stratification in the fridge and only for a few days or a week with success. I’ve used moist paper towel in a zip lock and put on a tray over heat pad to germinate hard seeds like hibiscus without the need to try and nick tiny seeds. I’ve read if the seeds don’t germinate after sowing in a tray with soil, bagged and refrigerated to throw them back in the fridge for few more days. There is a mountain of winter sowing videos and it’s no wonder some are confused. Best advice I can give is to experiment and take notes on what was done and weather temperatures for your area. I don’t believe seeds have a set time to germinate, they just need the right conditions to break dormancy.

Garden Fundamentals March or April to start my vegetables seeds hi 👋 from the Town of Weston Road & 401area I hope you respond back to me with some valuable information on March or April to start my vegetables seeds ?

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Exactly!! Besides the natural cycles of global warming and cooling, the real reason our climate has warmed and dried over the last 100 years is due to monoculture farming practices and other harmful land “management” practices so the soil has become depleted and doesn’t hold water. So the “management-made” component of “global warming” isn’t CO2 emissions. The fix is to incorporate regenerative farming practices on a wide scale.

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This is rather silly. People mainly eat lettuce and other greens for the water content, the dietary fibre, and the vitamins and minerals, not for protein or carbohydrates. If you eat nothing but peanuts you're going to have a very bad time in the bathroom!

I am sorry, I don't buy it.

Pee on your compost pile

Jadam microbial solution - 3ish day ferment with boiled potatoes and rich soil as a starter culture... this stuff works like magic and it is so easy to make. It seems to give a fairly prolonged boost, especially if you apply it regularly - it softens up soil and will eventually start holding water well enough you wont need to give it much if anything. Adding mulch is even better. Gives the microbes food and attracts worms. So you wont notice a drop at any point

Do alfalfa pellets take the place of common fertilizer?

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