Echinacea: Planting & Growing Tips & Your Questions Answered!

[@brownout76]

Thanks for the tips! I used the over winter method to start the seeds and they actually germinated! Was super stoked!! Thanks again, can’t wait to see the follow-ups!

[@chiomascharm4596]

This video was so informative! Thanks for sharing 💜

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I am going to save some seeds from one variety that I LOVE of coneflowers, I haven't found them locally so I am going to try them from seed next year... I already watched your first video and now I am excited looking at your mature plants years later, it gives me hope :)

[@DMSATL]

If you let your echinacea self sow in the autumn, do you need to thin out the seedlings in the Spring or will Mother Nature take care of this on her own?

[@REDonFIRE]

So, I bought five different varieties of echinacea this year and planted them in early June in Northeast Ohio. They are barely growing and I’m watering them most every day and I have mulch and I’m not sure what to do for them. If they don’t flour and said well they come back the following year after winter?

[@Lupo-ie4cu]

Great video. Question why are the centers and stems of my pow wow coneflowers turning black? Could it be the fertilizer?

[@solarroofing8072]

great info! thanks.

[@tinahawrys688]

I’ve had really good luck with germinating seed using the winter sowing technique.

[@kontulavanya2814]

Mam are you not planning to open mushroom lab again

[@ollanderparker]

For the person that didn't want to do the cold stratification in the fridge they can also put the seeding tray outside over the winter.

[@JewellsGardens]

Ollander Parker I thought the same thing if it was cold enough outside

[@97I30T]

I've tried both outdoor winter sowing and cold stratification in the refrigerator with echinacea seeds and I had a much higher germination rate with the seeds I stratified in the fridge. Both methods worked, but the controlled environment of a refrigerator seems to work better.

[@paulbalderas1476]

Just came out to do some gardening today got on utube just to find your show to get some tips and see a beatiful women do you put plastic under the mulch..just wondering on whats best for weeds...the frist time i grew flowers i didn't use compost and all my flowers came up just fine but i know he helps...just started to grow since i had a lot of time on my hands since all theses craziness has keep me from working all the time ...i finely had time to get out and smell the flowers and now iam hooked....love your show very informative and nice to look at also....

[@JewellsGardens]

Paul Balderas you’re hilarious, thanks! I don’t use plastic mulch so I pick the hell outta some weeds in the summer

[@ginatulip8679]

I have grown echinacea from seed. put some in a wet paper towel in a sandwich baggie and place in a warm, dark place. they don't take that long to sprout, about 6 days.

[@RugbyNick6]

I put the seeds in between two damp paper towels and then put that into a ziplock. I planted them after 2 weeks in the fridge. I put 3-4 seeds into 98 cells. Unfortunately I was on vacation for a week about 3 weeks later. They got no water. About 1/3 of the cells have at least 1 plant.

[@andystewart6394]

Hi. Great videos. To answer your question about germinating seed in a fridge without soil or sand. I know that some tree seeds (apple) in a moist paper towel in the fridge works cos that is how I grow mine. As long as you pot the germinated seeds in a seed dedicated soil. Once you have potted the seeds you must put them in a warmer environment.It works. Hope this helps.

[@JewellsGardens]

Andy Stewart very interesting thanks! So when you put the germinated seeds in the seed start mix are you burying the seed?

[@andystewart6394]

@@JewellsGardens Then the seeds start to germinate, I point the root down wards, keeping seed upright and cover the seeds very thinly 2-3mm with ridaled seed compost. I have found that when the seed start to germinate it is best to be about 5-7mm long depending on the seed size. The seedling appears between 3-7 days depending on how sunny the days are. I have about 85-90% success rate

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

Hi Jewel, love your name and the name of your channel. I live in Michigan and trying my first garden

[@JewellsGardens]

MOMS Mushrooms Jody Foster thanks! Get it girl, green is good 😂.

[@jjdawg9918]

I have tried putting whole Echinacea seed heads in a ziplock bag without soil in the freezer and forgot them for several months. planted the seeds directly in peat pots(I use plastic cups ). Germination must have been at least 75% but some seedlings are definitely stronger than others. But fair warning I did germinate them in a humid, 80 degree room

[@JewellsGardens]

jazzpur that’s a good termination rate for these. That huge temperature difference did it!

[@rrmm2644]

Thankyou JESUS Bless you That was really hellpful. I have question i Bought cone flower and divided But some of the divided plants doesn't look good and looks like dying . What should i do for them to nourish them ??

[@JewellsGardens]

Put some miracle grow food on there! I like the soluble kind that you attach to your hose because the nutrients get down there fast

[@keeme3764]

Hi I planted some coneflowers last week, now the flowers turned black. I purchased them from lowes. Should I return them or try deadheading them?

[@JewellsGardens]

Oh no! I would definitely deadhead the black ones and make sure you’re watering well. Try to water with a miracle grow or something like that it could really help. The biggest thing is that they like to be transplanted in the fall first and then the spring but summer is tough!

[@jakeroberts9891]

I sprout mine on cardboard in Pyrex glass trays and place the sprouted seed in sifted compost

[@JewellsGardens]

Jake Roberts interesting!

[@jakeroberts9891]

@@JewellsGardens the heat is controlled by a Chinese supplied device that runs under 3 bucks. A more plug and play solution would be a sosoff temp controller. The seeds being kept at the right temp and moist works for most seeds. Will be trying carrots and poppies with the corn starch and zip lock planting method

[@christschool]

You haven't aged a day in 3 years. You are a striking woman still. Have you tried the Cheyenne Spirit echinacea? Its a patented seed and has multiple colors. I planted them about 5 years ago and they're still going and beautiful. I'm in NC zone 7a-b. I've found that the wildberry is the easiest to germinate. Most of them are best to just purchase when you consider the labor, the lights etc. of germination.

[@JewellsGardens]

christschool no I haven’t heard of that?!? Where’d you get the seed from?

[@JewellsGardens]

christschool oh and thanks on the aging thing, just made my day!!!

[@christschool]

@@JewellsGardens It should come up when you google it. Let me know if it doesn't.

[@shankars3329]

aha, diversified i see! from Jewell's funky fungi, to plants, philosophy, etc, eh

[@JewellsGardens]

Lol😂😂😂

[@shankars3329]

@@JewellsGardens lol i actually first clicked on this video, and had a weird deja-vu moment. "This is cool content - I should subscribe - Wait, I'm already subscribed... - OH i recognize her now" :D

[@RugbyNick6]

Coneflower is super tolerant of poor soil. I've had great success with mine in urban tree lawns. It's not the most comfortable to rub up against so dogs and kids stay away from it.

[@FknNefFy]

I’m really curious how these people never heard of Google?? No offense to you at all ma’am but asking a KZbin or these kind of questions is the most efficient and reliable way to get any kind of answer that I can think of. Why would they just not Google it? Nevermind... let me Google that question.

[@Horse237]

I learned the other day that bees sense the electrical field of plants. In fact the electrical field of the plant is more important than is its appearance. If one of your plants has low voltage, the bees will skip it and go for higher voltage ones. Learned this from Dr Olivier Hussons.

[@JewellsGardens]

Horse237 that’s deep!