4 Reasons to Grow Native Plants From SEED

[@makingfreely6336]

Giving away plants is my favorite part of native gardening. I have been blessed with a local native plant group. We do a spring plant swamp and fall seed swap. I left the seed swap this fall with 50 packets of native seeds for free.

[@lisalikesplants]

That's awesome! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@lauripedersen3150]

If growing from seed opened a door for me, Winter Sowing blew the door completely off the hinges! I feel like a rock star every time any seed germinates. 😂

[@lisalikesplants]

So true! Glad you're having success! 🌱🌱🌱

[@emkn1479]

Do you use the milk jug method? I haven’t had the best success…

[@mrdkoser]

Omg, I love your hair! Your gardening is fun and practical, let's go!

[@lisalikesplants]

Thank you so much!! 🌱🌱🌱

[@limitlessends]

YAAAYYYY! Love your videos. They make me so happy when they hit my feed. 😄

[@lisalikesplants]

Thank you! So glad you enjoy them. 🌱🌱🌱

[@arnorrian1]

I prepared 80 six-liter water jugs, will be starting winter sowing in them in a few weeks. Very excited!

[@lisalikesplants]

That is so cool! 🌱🌱🌱

[@notoots]

This is great advice!

[@lisalikesplants]

Thanks notoots!

[@angelas4681]

Looking forward to this. I've purchased plugs from Native Prairie and potted shrubs/trees from a local nursery that carries a nice variety of natives, but my idea of seed-starting is to broadcast them in areas in Spring and hope for the best.

[@lisalikesplants]

That's great! 🌱🌱🌱

[@jenhartman5712]

I agree, growing from seeds is awesome! I don’t mind anymore if the dog pees on some of the flowers, I can always grow more. lol

[@lisalikesplants]

That's the spirit! 😉🌱

[@SleepingCerberusASMR]

I keep buying seeds for plants I want to try even though I'm basically out of room. So much fun potential in each packet. I'll tuck them away somewhere! 😋

[@lisalikesplants]

We always find a place for them 😂

[@oldfarmshow]

North west Indiana

[@hakdov6496]

I'd like to see how you up pot your seedlings. I always find that to be my stumbling block.

[@lisalikesplants]

Yeah it's definitely an issue, usually by the time they are big enough to up pot they can go outside which gives me more room. I don't have enough room indoors for thousands of plugs (yet) 😄

[@fallensolidago]

This is an awesome channel. Really cool stuff! I'm actually starting a lot of my own native seeds for the first time, so I was curious - do you ever have any problems separating out seedlings when you grow them close together in trays/bottles? Do they transplant well?

[@kimberlythompson3953]

Id like help with what soil planting medium to use, and cold stratification techniques. And which plants are most successful for first time seed planters, for success.

[@lisalikesplants]

Thanks for the feedback! It really helps. 🌱🌱🌱

[@Orinoor]

I have a lot of seeds, I direct sowed a lot and will be starting the rest in flats. Do you have good luck direct sowing? We have a lot of birds and it sort of seems they found my seeds on the ground and that's expensive bird seed...

[@lisalikesplants]

I have success direct sowing as long as the ground is prepped well and I use a ton of seed. I wonder if, for small areas, straw mulch would protect them from drying out and hide some of them from the birds?