what about ONIONS

With regards to the onion question, Johnny seeds has a pretty good chart

I missed the live😢 I live in Hawaii. The ants here are on another level! How do I make sure I don’t lose all my crops to them?

Hi Gary, My 2024 garden ended on January 15th with my last harvest. However, my 2025 garden kicked off on January 4th. I have seedlings for my garden, and my mother 's garden, cabbage, red cabbage, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, and tomatoes. On my heat mat, I have seeds for six varieties of peppers and basil germinating. The first seeds sprouted yesterday. The other day, it got down to 9F. Brrr. My potting soil is frozen solid. I brought it inside to thaw. As soon as it does, dill is next on the heat mat; I have space to do it. Then comes oregano, cilantro, and marjoram. Round three will be leafy greens and flowers. I'll finish off my seed starts with zucchini, cantaloupe, watermelon, and cucumbers. Everything else gets direct sown. If all goes s expected, seeds will be sown, and cool weather crops will be in the ground starting on February 20th. I have two GreenStalk towers, a herb garden, and sixteen raised beds to fill, so I am going to be busy.

What fertilizer did you use

Thanks for the reminder to get my potatoes out to chit!

The video you did a year ago on this had a different ratio. It's 3 parts peat moss and 1 part vermiculite. Why did you change the ratio?

Do you ever use fpj or ffj and how

Cut and come again lettuce could also be done in a sufficiently deep container that’s not a cell pack, measure spacing for seeds considering them growing to a decent height.- even trim some, leave others to grow. Nice show, Gary

Just a heads up, I was at Home Depot yesterday and noticed the 2.2 Cu. Ft. bale of Peat Moss was only $14.97! It's usually $24.97 but I think maybe discounted because it is winter and in low demand. Good way to save money.

Go to lazy day: tofu, black beans, peppers and rice with taco seasoning

Can you please tell me which lights you bought please and bulbs for fixture? Could you split those too so if you have extra I can sell them?

I’m following right along with you, Gary. 😃Thank you so much for everything. Arugula and endive are two of my favorites. Cheers!💚🪴

I never thought of using the foil pan

What if your seedling touches the grow light in a few days

Peas always frustrate me because when they grow, most of the stalks near the dirt develop a small spot there the stock thins, almost looks like it got kinked or bug damage. Most survive despite this oddity. I don't understand why.

Interesting new-to-me way to water! Previously I was using boiling water to pre-moisten the soil and help sanitize/kill off anything living in the starting mix… how do you sanitize with this method of watering (in the video)?

Do you thin the lettuce seeds? Or do you just want one per cell after they germinate?

Did you say you grow the peppers to propagate from? How many ounces does the large seed starting container hold?

What about soil blocks ? Watering the same ?

Hi there. Appreciate your channel. Would you recommend starting these indoors rather than the winter sowing method outdoors?

I recommended a fellow coworker new to gardening to your channel! He was asking about when to start seeds indoors

What do you use for a grow light?

Every year I feel like I'm behind the ball on getting started. It seems so early to start seeds now! I still need to sit down and do an inventory of seeds. I guess I need to get going lol

Question: What do you use to punch drainage holes in your top aluminum pans and how many holes do you recommend. Thanks for your great information and help.

Hi Gary. Where did you get your grow station? I have a grow tent but lighting has been problematic. Thanks.

Thanks for the tip to hydrate the bagged seed starting mix before planting seeds. I noticed you don't use heat mats to start germination. Is this not needed for the cool weather crops?

Best seed starting info ! Thanks Gary

The plastic tags are cumbersome- I cut mine in half - then they don’t interfere with the lights - Steve zone 6b

Glad to see I am not the only one with 3-4 that germinated!!!! lol

So, I guess you’re saying it’s time to start these cool weather veggies right now in zone 7? Thanks for the detailed instructions!

Hello everyone good 👍👍👍👍❤❤

Other things that affect how much cells dry out, light variation over a single tray, how much air current hits each particular spot on the tray. I can have empty cells dry out. It's not all about water uptake by a growing plant.

Wick the plants

Hey dude, you along with pretty much every other channel showing lighting set ups and they're all different, I don't get it unless I can copy EXACTLY what you have. These don't help. If I can no longer find the exact lighting you have or make the same kind of station you have because I don't have the space and ALL details matter when it comes to lighting, I don't really learn anything from it other than you have a nice setup. There is ONE piece of information that's very valuable but yet channels seem to either go by guessing or have done trial and error, which is the same thing I'd have to do with your setup because there are many variables. As an example, where is that area in a given room and in relation to any outside light. What kind of wood was used and how reflective is it, the color of the walls, is it glossy paint, etc.... But the one piece of information, no matter if someone wants to debate it that can really help is the amount of light that's getting down to the top of the plants, and nothing tells me that other than a LUX or PAR meter because it's not the amount of light from the source that matters, it's the amount of light the plants RECEIVE. Meters show what they're likely to receive when you measure the light at the top of the plants or as close to that as possible. It also allows you to see the difference in light across a lighted area. Follow up on that theme, do a bit of testing with light and THEN make a new video about your lighting area and it will have lots of value to viewers. Otherwise, I know I can't make what you have because my space is limited to a single shelving unit and I have to provide light to 6 shelves, each big enough to hold a single 1020 tray. One could say it adds cost to have to buy a meter, OK a LUX meter is around $30 USD and most people probably spend WAY more than that for everything they need, so as a percentage of total cost it's probably pretty small for most people. A PAR meter on the other hand is a luxury.

Thank you so much for your videos! I learned a lot from you and really appreciate your insights. I also wanted to mention that I have your book and have found it to be a valuable resource. I have one question for you - since I’m in Maryland zone 7, when would be the best time to start my potato seeds? Thank you

Hi Gary, With this artic blast, I am hibernating until Saturday. Let's see, brassicas-check, onions-check, tomatoes-check, peppers-sprouting, basil-germinating, dill, cilantro, oregano, and marjoram are next on the heat mat. After that comes leafy greens and flowers. My carrot harvest was better than expected, and I pulled them up from half frozen ground, so they are going to be sweet! The parsnip harvest was small. It was an experimental crop, so I only planted two dozen. They were pulled from ground that was frozen-snow parsnips. I roasted them in the oven. They were sweet with a hint of carrot flavor. Harvesting them after multiple freezes, I believe, changed their flavor with the starches converting to sugar. I'll definitely grow them again in the fall, but in the spring? I'll have to plant another experimental crop to see what the flavor difference is. I may not like how they taste with them harvested in warmer weather. It may be one of those plants that is best eaten after a few frosts, a hard freeze, or two, and a snow storm.

I got my seeds and seed trays and made my own dirt ....forgot my lights 😅 now cant afford them 😅have to wait a month to start my seed bummer.

Outstanding information. I started my lettuce, broccoli and spinach this week as well

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Thank you! Very excited to get started 🥕🌱❤

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Oooooo it's time!!! 🎉🎉🎉

great video for a beginner gardener and how wonderfull of you to do this for your kids i intend to do the same this year for my eldest <3 thanks for the inspiration x

is a egg shell & banana that has been dried & ground up a good fertilizer

Thanks for the great information. Question: What do you use to make holes in the aluminum pans and how many? Six or eight ?

I've never thought about the tin trays, before. I got some parisienne carrots- maybe I can find a way to rig two roasting pans together for that, or something.