We all have different ways | potting up pepper and onion seedlings

We sowed our peppers and onions in January and now it's time to pot them up into bigger pots and I'm going to talk about trimming onion seedlings. Do you have to trim onion seedlings? Does trimming onion seedlings give you bigger onions?
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[@shawnsgarden3742]

There is many things I love about this vid. 1, You are doing it with a cuppa, 2, as always its explained well and an element of Eli humour, but, poor Kate, is re staining the fence! You get all the good jobs 😀, Love it, keep it coming, I'm actually working through all your vids from day 1....

[@eliandkate]

Woooaaaah there are hundreds of vids, literally…. You’ll miss summer! 😂😂😂

[@susanelwood5794]

Me too. Really interesting videos 😊

[@eliandkate]

Mad people… all of you 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@lauriestoddard539]

I love listening to you. Have you ever considered reading children’s stories? Sincerely, your voice is lovely! You are also a very knowledgable gardener. I am learning a lot from your videos. Thanks.

[@eliandkate]

Ha ha ha thank you Laurie No kids aren’t my thing so not a career path for me, although Kate was a children’s librarian once upon a time

[@lauriestoddard539]

Hi Eli … The children wouldn’t need to actually be present!! Gosh!! Ha,ha!! I meant you could video tape and record stories. Your voice is so soothing and lovely … kind of like Mrs. Doubtfire!!! Have a lovely day Eli and please keep those garden videos coming.. We are getting 15 to 20 cm of snow in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada today so my garden will be delayed a little longer.

[@paulinemorris5186]

Just a suggestion, if you have spare seed of Steve why don't you sell them to people who watch your grow along and give the money to a cancer charity in memory of Steve who we all loved. I for one would be interested.

[@markcrichton3257]

“Traumatic little sods” 😂😂😂😂 love this description of onions. One thing about potting up to another size is to ensure your potting mix has good drainage and to be moderate in your watering of the young plants. Soil should be moist, not soggy and bottom watering is the best way that I have found to manage this. Leave the tray/ pots in water until soil moist and then remove the water. Resist the temptation to re-water if the top of the soil dries out. There still is plenty of moisture in the soil when the plant’s root system is small. Eli did you get Kate a can of paint for her birthday? 😂

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂😂 cheeky sod

[@markcrichton3257]

😂

[@paulinemorris5186]

Kates very busy painting that fence

[@eliandkate]

She was… got half the fences done

[@stuartdoran7626]

❤ @ naming in memory of Steve from Greenside Up who I followed for years

[@maxinemitchell3215]

On yersel Kate. Time waits for no man.. holding the fort ❤😂 we all know who keeps it all going mate.. Only kidding Eli 🙄😆😂

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I love that Kate was busy painting the fence. What a birthday treat for her.. paint the town red.. nah just paint the fence instead! 🤣🤣 Great video. Your chillies look so big and strong. Those cell trays are a handy size. Belated birthday wishes for the lovely Kate .. making you a drink on her birthday. Classic. She’s a keeper 😅😂❤

[@eliandkate]

She’s defo a keeper 😁 Don’t know if it’ll make a difference to your judgement on size but those are peppers, not chillies 😃 so grow a bit faster and generally bigger plants

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

@@eliandkate oh Lordy.. I knew they were peppers. I watched the video… why did I type chillies? Sorry 🤣🙈 I was thinking that my KOTN peppers don’t look sown a week behind yours 😅🥹

[@eliandkate]

@TheVegPlotThickens 😂😂😂😂

[@louisehunter9121]

Another classic one-liner from Eli … “don’t give them a crew cut” 😂

[@eliandkate]

😂 to be fair…. Its true though 😂😂😂

[@katiekat6768]

This was such a satisfying video to watch. I’ve been known to get the slim tweezers out to piggle off the onion seed at the top… don’t know why it bugs me so much 🤷‍♀️🤣 but this year Ile be good. Take care Happy gardening 🤗

[@eliandkate]

It bugs me sooooooo much 😂😂😂

[@lizatrue7543]

Potting up is something more experienced gardeners do here in the U.S. (I'm on the western slope of Colorado). Although I should say that not all experienced gardeners do this. It seems to be a matter of preference. I personally start my seeds just as you do and then pot up into a mix of soil and compost. Has worked very well for the over 5 decades I've been gardening. Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@eliandkate]

Now you might have to explain western slip of Colorado to me, is all of Colorado on different slopes?

[@lizatrue7543]

@@eliandkate lol! No, well, yes I guess. Colorado is divided geographically into east and west by the Continental Divide. Most people think of Denver when they think of Colorado, but that's on the eastern part of the divide and completely different from the western part. On the western side we call it the Western Slope. We're considered the banana belt of the state as the climate is usually more temperate here. We're rural, nice folk on the Western Slope, as opposed to the city people on the eastern side. Hope that explains it. 😄

[@LTeppler]

This is the one channel that consistently makes me want to go out and plant something! 🤣

[@eliandkate]

Ha ha ha but wait until the snow stops!

[@LTeppler]

@@eliandkate We wish we had snow! LOL Coos Bay Oregon has a nice, steady, 7C gray rain.

[@eliandkate]

@LTeppler pretty much same as us then, with wind 😭😭😭

[@sujo0603]

Hello from across the big pond! I just found your channel literally 2-3 hrs ago. I love it. Good gardening channels feed my soul. Happy Birthday, Kate!

[@eliandkate]

Yay welcome to the gang!! 👏👏👏

[@grudtt2428]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience.. much love from Vienna, Austria ❤️🙏❤️

[@eliandkate]

Happy to bring a little bit of Scotland your way

[@Honest_Reviewer.]

Happy Birthday, Kate. Thank you for the video, Eli.

[@eliandkate]

😃😃😃

[@ninahannum1894]

I do pot up my seedlings every year here in the US. Usually once is sufficient until I can get them outside at the end of May. Onions go out in late March, they like the cold. Happy Birthday Kate 🎉

[@amandasylvester3878]

The neatness and conformity of those onions made me so much happier than perhaps I should've been! I'm the silly gardener that decided to heat her greenhouse in Inverness this year, my trays are like small battalions in straight lines, heat pads too. I'm worried my party animal persona has gone in favour of Ailsa Craig and kale. Help, wait until my life becomes tomatoes and cucumbers! Note that land cress has overwintered for it's second year up here, bit squashed from the snow, but green and peppery 🎉

[@eliandkate]

Kale and land cress usually do fine over winter for us, good hardy plants. You’re a brave woman heating your greenhouse, it’ll cost a fortune

[@amandasylvester3878]

Thermostat keeping above freezing, brave hmm? More likely daft 🤣

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@RealBradMiller]

Happy birthday Kate. Thank you, Eli. Long live Steve! 🎉🙇‍♂️🌱

[@kathryncraig6714]

72 yrs, but I am still learning - I started my onions & peppers just before you did - grow lights indoors, no heat mats. I would guess your seedlings are at least a week ahead of mine. Just worth noting..Thank you for these teaching videos, Eli. Happy Birthday, Kate! 🎉

[@eliandkate]

Quite possible, being able to provide specific temperatures for the “soil” really speeds up germination

[@hildachacon001]

HAHA I get excited about potting up too! 🎉🌱

[@eliandkate]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@moochythecat3435]

I started gardening with my parents when I was 8 years old... that was 62 years ago... the only fertilizer I have ever used is fish... real fish...

[@susandowney7634]

Happy Birthday Kate ❤❤❤ love all your videos. Kate was working hard out there.

[@eliandkate]

She always works hard…. Deserves her birthday cake 😃

[@samanthahoos9827]

I pot up from trays to 4” individual pots because I start more than I need (in separate pots I can give some away). 🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE! ❤ I love your Steve ❤ I trimmed my onion tops when they were 5 inches tall, potted them up 2 weeks later and will move them to the greenhouse to make space for the next seeds to start in the house. Onions love the cold weather in the greenhouse and get planted into garden beds in late May.

[@eliandkate]

I’m just a wee bit ahead of you in being able to get my onions out in April

[@samanthahoos9827]

@@eliandkate Sometimes we get hit with snow in April so I’ll pace myself. If I can get them out, I will, but I have a week off in May this year to really get gardens/pots beautiful because I’m throwing myself. Garden birthday party in May. I want it to look lovely for guests! :)

[@eliandkate]

Oh sounds fab!!!!!

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I see Kate is still painting the fence, at least it isn't snowing.......🤣😂🤣

[@eliandkate]

ha ha ha that's what she said! Just the one part of the fence to go and it's all done for this year

[@r.m.burthom-paranormalwrit3260]

I learn so much from your wonderful videos. I've actually been taking notes in a notebook titled Eli's gardening tips. I've been watching a bunch of your older videos too.

[@eliandkate]

Ah…. I actually give you guys that advice in my journaling video. Not sure if you’ve seen that one yet. 😁

[@r.m.burthom-paranormalwrit3260]

@@eliandkate Yes, I have thank you. That's the reason I started one. It's such a great idea.

[@plotno.9]

It is so exciting to plant seeds and see seedlings coming out! There is nothing like it! I love seeing Kate in the background quietly painting! Love the story of Steve. Thank you for explaining so clearly about onion trimming! 😘🌸💕

[@eliandkate]

I think seedling time is prob the most smiley feel good time of year :D

[@amylouisehadley1592]

Get a gloss roller, makes painting the fence easier xxxx

[@charlie5204]

Even I'm a bit late.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE 🙂

[@dustyflats3832]

😂planting each onion, what patience! I just had milk jugs I crammed a bunch into and still had nice sized onions just like the store. Your learning 😂 Holding off yet on winter sowing because it’s too warm. And definitely holding off on onions as I had to give those hedges many haircuts 😂 I had several pots full of various types. We loved the smell after their haircuts😅. That’s right, another reason not in a hurry is those hard freezes knock plants back. Robs energy. Can’t believe it’s so warm that the fence can be stained. We are on our way to be 30 degrees above normal. This has been going on since the last week of January and it’s not normal. We are sitting under a heat bubble, CA right now has a Pineapple Express that looks to be stalling out and will continue to Tuesday-not good and Nova Scotia has snow past their heads😮. Reed Timmer will be covering more of the flooding at sunrise if you want to check in on that. I seen pics of Nova Scotia and that was eye opening. I have no idea how the roofs were still holding all that weight. When you get that much snow it’s a bit smothering. There were people standing where they shoveled and all you could see was their head. In snow like that you have to keep moving it or you won’t be able to later. Thank you! Happy Birthday Kate!🎉

[@eliandkate]

We’re due to get another cold spell this week but even so, I imagine we’re very much warmer than you guys 😃

[@dustyflats3832]

@@eliandkate it’s been quite intense here. People are starting to ask questions like, is this normal-no, no it isn’t. You’ll have to check it out online. First time CA had such high warnings. We had a 100 year flood I think 2018 and 8” fell in an hour because the storm stalled out and just kept dumping. I heard on the national news that may happen in CA. I’ve heard up to 20” of rain could be possible in parts and it may go to Tuesday. They were already having mud slides today and it just started. It’s near LA .

[@cherylrafuse3046]

Just getting my 1st greenhouse built on end of renovated potting shed her in Nova Scotia canada. I’m learning lots from your current and past videos. Thank you

[@eliandkate]

Awwww that’s fab to here Glad we’re part of your exciting adventure

[@TheOlderandwiser]

thanks - I will try that this year - I am growing Red Baron and Sturon, purple spring onions and pink shallots from seed. The best tomato for me is Apero, I also grow Sungold and Gardeners Delight.

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻 Happy BD !! 🥳 Little peper STEVE is back!!! 🥰

[@eliandkate]

He is 😃

[@simplifygardening]

Love the staging that goes across the greenhouse as a potting bench Eli. Such a great idea. I see you have been cracking the whip and got Kate out there painting the fences lol. Happy birthday Kate. It's not stopped raining here for weeks. really could do with some sun, might help me move this flu and chest infection I have, unless its covid.

[@eliandkate]

Oh Tony not covid again 😢 I think you need to start living in your respirator gear! Same here, had rain every day for ages and we’re still getting the wind Can’t wait for some sunshine and warmth…

[@debbybrady1246]

Happy Birthday Kate! Hope it's a blast.

[@loftyskies123]

Happy belated Birthday Kate hope you had a good one .

[@christytattersall5859]

I was under the impression by trimming the tops early in growing was to focus the energy towards strengthening the root and bulb growth. This year is my first time growing onions. I bought some starts and did separate most of them to plant in my raised bed. They are protected with a greenhouse as we get plenty of rain in Oregon. They are doing well, but sort of in a slow growing dormant state. The tops have gotten long again and will probably trim them again soon. This year also growing walking onions for the first time! Those I planted directly from small bulbs into garden pots. Didn't need to cover them when we got a little bit of snow. They are pretty hardy. Happy Birthday Kate!! Hope you had a fabulous day!!

[@eliandkate]

The trimming them to make the bulb bigger is a common thing I see on KZbin too which is why I first looked into it, but alas no. It doesn’t affect the bulb at all ☹️

[@susanolds8097]

Happy birthday Kate, great video eli ❤❤ xx

[@cyndywaskelisthecrowscall]

Happy birthday, Kate! (From a fellow Aquarian 😊)

[@bethanskitchengarden]

Hi Eli and Kate (in the background doing the dull job of fence painting😂) your onions look so neat at the end, I don't give mine a hair cut but I'm thinking I might now for shear tidiness 😊 I grow Ailsa Craig too although I multisow mine in clumps of 3-4 as I interplant them between my asparagus rows so I try to maximise the space. I'm glad Steve is doing well. Take care 😊

[@eliandkate]

I'm never brave enough for interplanting, I always worry I'll over do it :D

[@bethanskitchengarden]

@@eliandkate Yes I know what you mean but the onion roots are fairly shallow and the asparagus is way down in the compost so they don't compete very much, or at least they haven't to date!! 🤔🥴😊

[@BramptonGardener]

Almost eveyone i know in us/canada pots up their seedkings. Ive alsywss done it. Its exciting for sure. My onions are getting close to needing a trim, and ice managed to reisit popoing off the seed heads. I will do a short trim to get the heads off. Then a skightly larger trim and save the clippings to eat.

[@tracymccartney7226]

Seeds purchased but not sown yet. We are loving the new format ladies, keeping it simple but informative! Happy Birthday Kate!

[@eliandkate]

Oh exciting…. What you sowing??

[@gudi361]

Happy belated birthday Kate! My peppers are'nt doing anything yet ✊

[@lorainemcguire5795]

❤ watching your videos so helpful and happy birthday Kate 🎉

[@annetteroberts8505]

Hi just found your channel, I'm a first time gardener for Cardiff UK. I have subscribed to your channel and looking forward to following 😀❤

[@eliandkate]

Yay welcome to our gang Annette 👏

[@tater357]

I'm here in the Southeast part of the US, and sounds like we do pretty much the same thing as far as the starting mix goes. Only thing different, is the mix you used to transplant your seedlings in is relatively what I start my seeds in. Speaking of which, I just got out my note pad today to write down the main seeds I'll be planting. Starting this next coming up weekend is our seed starting dates by the Moon Signs, and I am looking so forward to it. I actually got outside this morning and got my seed starting mix ready. 3 big scoops peat moss, 1 big scoop compost, and a 2 cups Pearlite. Now, I have to dig through the storage room to get to my grow box. I made myself a Plastic storage tote (Container) into a grow box by making a wood lid on top and added some light fixtures to it. Another thing I love about this season, is the amount of varieties of different items I am planting. Tomatoes alone, I have 13 different kinds I'm playing with and as far as the Peppers go, I have 15 different types. Last year, my mind was all over the place dealing with so many different vegetables in what they needed and the amount of stuff to help get the best harvest out of each, I was frantic and so stressed out. So this year, I'm making it simple. ONLY tomatoes and Peppers is the main garden this year. Sure, there'll be other items in the garden, but only ones I know don't need a ton of what to get a good harvest. Onions is one of those plants. I planted my bulbing onions last spring and they've made it threw the winter just fine. I finally transplanted them in the garden bed last August and watched them grow from the size of yours to pencil size all winter. I'm hoping here in the next few weeks when the weather starts to warm up, they take off and I'll get a harvest by June. BTW, I bought myself a Columnar Apple tree since the last video you posted. I'm so looking forward to watching it grow. I didn't even realize there was such a thing, until I watched your video. Thank you and I hope and wish you the best of luck in your 2024 Garden Season. Can't wait to see more Eli and Kate videos.

[@eliandkate]

woah, sounds like you are going to have a busy and very productive season :D :D :D

[@simonysinclair7163]

Happy birthday Kate 🎉

[@CindyOrangeNeely]

Eli, I Love this video!!! I just planted my onions seeds yesterday, February 4th and my peppers on January 13th. I'm so excited! I have trays just like yours and I wasn't sure how I wanted to put them up but now thanks to your video, I know what I'll do. Happy Belated Birthday, Kate!!!!!!!!!!

[@eliandkate]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 bring on those little seedlings!!!

[@thelooseeko]

Great video. Thank you. Happy belated birthday Kate :)

[@eliandkate]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@meghanplamondon8639]

Happy birthday Kate! My daughter , named Kate, was born on Feb 03 also!❤ as for my onions, they are up and growing but not time to transplant yet. Your video was perfect timing, especially about the seed starting mix vs potting mix, and cutting off the seedling tops. Thanks so much!👍

[@eliandkate]

Oh that’s a great coincidence

[@BoothbyGardens]

Good to hear about your King of the North. All my peppers have sprouted except for my king of the North. I shall give them a wee bit more time!

[@eliandkate]

They were the slowest for me and a few of the folk growing along too so you might see germination yet

[@maryallan453]

Happy Birthday, Kate! 🥂🎂

[@karenaWarner144]

Onions the Divas of the vegetable garden 😂

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂😂 they are absolute divas

[@GardenerScott]

Another good video, Eli. Great demonstration of the potting up process. I agree with your methods and prefer to have the compost in the potting mix feed the plants too.

[@eliandkate]

We could even argue it’s easier and less work 😂😂😂

[@deb1973d]

Kate! Happy Birthday!

[@thebarisinger]

Love these "routine jobs" videos, Eli 🙂

[@eliandkate]

That’s 90% of gardening, just some chores are more fun than others 😂

[@gillianlivesey3628]

You make it look as easy ha I have figured you out the wood table across is just to get Kate to brew up ha but I can't get out 😂😂

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂😂 Kate says she thinks that’s the case too

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

I'm across the pond, and I too, pot up my seedlings. The VAST majority of my seeds sown, are in seed starter (Soil-less, and as you say, lacking nutrition, for the most part). well done, you!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

For me, I pot up 2 times, before my pepper, tomato, cukes, zucchini, squash, etc go into their "forever home." That's Fabric Grow Bags! On Onion, I OVERSOW in a 3.5x3.5 square and then, leave them there, until I transplant outside into their 25 gallon grown bags. of 4 years growing, I have trimmed 2 years and not trimmed two. (every other to see if there is a difference) This year will be a trim. The bits I cut off? I end up using that night in whatever I am cooking!

[@eliandkate]

I’ve never counted how often I pot up so now I’m eager to see if my guess was right

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

My seeds start in the 1.5" square @@eliandkate (72 per 1020???) and then, some get up-potted to the 3.5 x 3.5 square, or some get potted to the 4 inch round. At this stage is when they get their compost, or soil mix. They grow up so fast... only too soon, we're looking at Universities for them, right? Where did the time go?!?

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂 I hope you started a massive college fund for that lot!!!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

LOL!, @@eliandkate I just hope my seedlings get good jobs to keep me in the style I am accustomed!

[@chicosgarden]

Just in time and great tips! as I didn't get a chance t pot my onions up at the weekend. Lovin this grow along! My onions are dramatic lol

[@eliandkate]

they so are!!!!! Don't let them bully you!!!!

[@celiamcqueen1299]

Another great video thanks Eli. I can’t believe your sunshine over east we in the west (near Ayrshire coast) have got torrential rain and gusting wind. Happy birthday to Kate 🎉

[@eliandkate]

Oh we have the wind, not quite torrential rain but plenty lol

[@christinasibley2791]

Hi Eli and Kate,just watched this. Would you do the same with leeks at that size? Do you even grow leeks? 😂

[@eliandkate]

We don’t grow leeks but it’s the same principle… you could totally do this with leeks

[@christinasibley2791]

@@eliandkate ahhh thanks for the prompt reply. I think I’m gonna give it a go. Also, I’m going to do an experiment, having watched your pinching out video. Half I’m going to pinch out and half I’m going to leave. They’re not nearly as far on as yours, as I didn’t sow anything until the end of Feb. Also they will be outdoors because I have to give my greenhouse over to aubergines and cucumbers. And it’s only a standard 7x5 😂 Great content as always! 😃👍

[@freakygardener8033]

I am in Minnesota, in northern U.S.A.. I don't know how my climate compares to your's, but I started onions (first time EVER) on 02-Feb-2024. I was amazed how many seeds were in the package, so I planted about 4 times what I had planned, just to clear the package, and have another I didn't even open! I just found your channel about a week ago, and love it already! I think I subscribed after the 2nd video I saw. Keep up the GREAT videos! 👍👍, and another 👍👍 for your drink supplier!

[@eliandkate]

Oh I did the same thing the other year and ended up with hundred 😂😂😂

[@TheRightPearPlot]

Happy Birthday Kate, fellow Aquarian. I’ve had Tricia in the Bathroom today finishing off the painting in there….. I weeded her flower beds 😊 TEAM WORK. 😊 Lovely video as always. Starting sowing tomorrow, lettuce 🥬 only as we are trying this year planting by the moon. 🌒 Have a fantastic week. Allie & Tricia 🤗

[@eliandkate]

I’m starting some lettuce this week too, started eating the stuff in the greenhouse so need to get some more down 😃😃😃

[@michelleskitchengardendiar6934]

Traumatic little sods 😄 accurate description lol Fab catch up thanks. Happy Birthday Kate x

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@eliev7844]

Wow, never heard of trimming the top of onions before! Can defo see how it might benefit the little plants. Eli, can I ask you a couple of questions please: 1) are these seed trays from Huw Richards or are they the Charles Dowding ones? 2) would you mind sharing your recipe for your seed mix as well as your potting mix? Looks lovely and fluffy 3) your pepper seedlings are sooooo much more advanced than mine (sowed my King of the North on 11th January and true leaves are only just starting to emerge). I’ve got them under growlights (got Spider Farm lights for Christmas), but wondering if they’re placed too close, or perhaps too far from the seedlings? they’re suspended about 10-15 cm from the top of the seedlings. I’m starting to wonder if this might be the reason why they turned a purplish colour 🤔 4) Shouldn’t it be YOU bringing Kate a cuppa, since it’s HER birthday and the work she’s doing outside looks far more thirst inducing? 😁

[@eliandkate]

So the module trays are from any company called containerwise and you can get them on their website. This is the company both Huw and Charles get their module trays from which they then sell. My mixes are both shared in various videos about it from the last couple of years, try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZqoiputls6cp9Esi=CLmeSm9_WJSh-KDk 3. Lights, obviously it’ll depend on the strength of your lights but I generally have mine about 3 inches above the plant. If the tips of the leaves start to go yellow then the light is too close.

[@eliev7844]

Thanks for taking the time to answer Elie x

[@radiotowers1159]

Thanks for the vid. After two weeks of storms (as you know) too much garden fencing and other stuff outside to sort when its dry. I`ve only just got the onions sown and as long as we do not have any frosts I will leave them under some bubble wrap in the greenhouse. 16c during the day in the greenhouse when the sun comes out so here`s hoping they germinate.

[@eliandkate]

Fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞

[@suzannef3593]

Happy Birthday Kate! 🎂🎁🎉💐😊🎉🍹🍹

[@eliandkate]

🥰🥰

[@clairegarnham2742]

Great video thanks I can’t seem to grow onions from seed. Could it be because I don’t have grow lights? Claire Bristol UK

[@eliandkate]

You do get much stronger plants if you have lights (if you are planting this early), but you don’t need grow lights as such. I grew them on my greenhouse bench last year with just the natural light available. They were slower than they’ve been this year but I got a great harvest in the end.

[@linedezainde]

Sowing onions tomorrow! Bought too many seeds... as usual. Your videos are rays of sunshine during the very cold winter months here in Québec!

[@eliandkate]

Oh I bet it’s proper chilly with you! You don’t want to hear about our 10c ? 🤪

[@chelseacromwell2551]

Happy birthday Kate. Sproutlings are looking excellent Eli.

[@eliandkate]

👏👏👏

[@larrymills1487]

I trim my onions all the time zone 3 canada

[@karengemmill6205]

Happy Birthday, Kate 🎉

[@eliandkate]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JoesPatch]

The size on those onions already 😮😅. Great informative video 👍, Happy Birthday Kate 🎉🎉

[@eliandkate]

They’re doing alright 😃😃😃😃

[@andrewwestern7622]

Good evening, started my sowing of onions on the 1st & 18th January unfortunately for me i don't have a greenhouse or even a garden for that but have a small balcony. My onion stems are around 4-5" have just moved each into biodegradable pots and if this is the correct way potting them into large buckets/planters when the time comes. What do you think??. Thank you for your video. This is my first year growing. Andy

[@Swrqltr]

I just transplanted a 6 pack of peppers plants unfortunately I didn’t label them. It will be a big surprise especially the hot pepper

[@eliandkate]

Oh that could be dangerous if they are all chillies…. But like roulette 😂😂

[@JooseyLu]

I'm so happy to see you potting up. Very excited for this year's growing.

[@eliandkate]

I’m starting to get quite excited too…. More seeds to sow 👏👏👏

[@suzannef3593]

Pfft lol I need to trim. But I learned last year.. we have such strong winds here in Sask Canada my tops we 3ft high so with them so big and luscious as well as interfering with my other plants they got haircuts ever time there were a foot to 2ft tall. I the dehydrated them all I had so many jars of chives but the bulbs hardly go big. My garden was big and luscious but my yield was none to some yield. We had a cool summer cool nights every night and the day we had some very hot days but mostly beautiful cool days 😊 but the nights were constantly cold so not sure what was happening so going to try something a bit different with my soil and just plant as only do some companion planting and plant more herbs and flowers that keep the nasties away. So many aphids last year and with a mild winter we are looking at drought this year. Won't be a boring gardening year that's for sure.

[@Garden-of-weeden]

Really enjoying the grow along, my peppers were down the same day as yours… I’ve completely neglected my onions mind but thankfully still time to sow again 😂

[@eliandkate]

Still loads of time 👏👏👏

[@jenkitching43]

Where did you get the module trays from please Eli? Fantastic video.👌 Happy Birthday Kate.🎂🥂🍾

[@eliandkate]

Online at containerwise

[@margaretreid5989]

I found and bought King of the North this year!

[@eliandkate]

Yay!!!!!!!!

[@michelemarble6799]

Trimming the tops also gets rid of the seed shells on top too. I prefer to trim onions at least 3 times twice inside and once outside. Do you trim roots when planting out?

[@eliandkate]

No I tend not to but that doesn’t mean I won’t if they are annoying 😂😂😂

[@geraldinemitchell93]

Happy Birthday Kate!!

[@eliandkate]

Awwwwwww 🥰

[@Petetrenouth]

Interesting video as always, I’m attempting to grow giant exhibition onions at the other end of the country in Cornwall, and I was wondering whether or not to trim them, and thanks to your explanation of why you may want to do it and the fact that mine are all supported, I think I will leave them alone. So thank you for your input, very timely.

[@eliandkate]

Glad to help I know there’s a lot of questions about it in the uk

[@saxylizbeth]

Lordy - I haven’t started sowing yet. I need to get my game on

[@eliandkate]

There’s no rush, don’t you worry. I just decided to get an early start this year 😃

[@margaretalice6343]

Beautiful pepper seedlings. I’ve no grow lights so I sow them in March 🤷‍♀️

[@eliandkate]

March isn’t long away now 👏👏😁

[@chriseverest4380]

I think I must have read somewhere that onion sets were (kind of) frost hardy so I shoved mine outside last November - and they are alive I think (at the moment). And I put them in too deep but hey I'm a beginner.😂

[@eliandkate]

Yeah sets are hardy and a lot of them are meant to go out in winter (here anyway), seedlings aren’t quite as hardy, wouldn’t quite cope with winter but will manage early spring here

[@markrollings1762]

Hi Eli Good you advise where you sourced the reusable seedling and potting on containers illustrated in your video please

[@eliandkate]

Mine are from a uk company called containerwise, you can buy them for their website

[@markrollings1762]

So kind again. You are always very giving. Thank you. Hope you and Kate are well. Keep up the great content

[@eliandkate]

You get lovely ones in the states from bootstrap farmer that I’d love…. All in bright colours

[@dustyflats3832]

@@eliandkategot them a few years ago and love them. The heavy duty trays are useful also for many things. Have to keep a close eye 👁️ on them when I share the crop, others like them as well😅.

[@michelemarble6799]

Eli I didn’t see any video on you planting the onions in the bed. 😢 Did you have one?

[@eliandkate]

If you mean last year… I don’t know if I did one. Maybe got planted on a week when I did another video 😃

[@georgiahomer2228]

Hi, just wondering where you got those black pot/trays from, I really struggle getting seedlings out of pots and you make it look so easy

[@eliandkate]

They are from a UK company called containerwise, you can get them on their website

[@skygazer1024]

Your seedlings look great. How long will you need to keep them indoors under the grow lights? Happy Birthday Kate!

[@eliandkate]

It’ll depend on how big they get but prob won’t be putting them out in the greenhouse till April at the earliest

[@zombryn]

Happy Birthday Kate! Awesome video as always. Can I ask, do you use grow lights for your chillies and onions? Thanks :)

[@eliandkate]

I do indeed…. If you check the video from earlier in Jan you’ll get the full story

[@zombryn]

@@eliandkate Thank you! Somehow completely missed that video! Excellent :D

[@eliandkate]

@zombryn bonus…. Unexpected video bonus

[@dawnlalek]

Happy birthday Kate. 😊 Great video Eli. Thank you lovely. Just a wee question. I've got my onions in a heated propagator in the greenhouse and they've germinated. However I'm about to start sweet pepper seeds in the same propagator. However they need a much higher temp to germinate. Will the onion seedlings struggle in the increased temperature and if so, can they be left in the unheated greenhouse?

[@eliandkate]

It’d be better to take them out the heated propagator if you are about to crank the heat but I’d give the onions a wee bit of protection… maybe a standard propagator lid for just now.

[@carolinecooley4620]

Thank you , great video Can you tell me where you got your cell trays. They look strong and sturdy.

[@eliandkate]

They are from containerwise

[@carolinecooley4620]

@@eliandkate Thanks v much for reply. Have a great week x

[@daniandjoanna]

Hello Eli, thanks for the lovely video. Since you mentiond seed sowing mix doesnt have much nutrition. Does that mean brand shoudknt be this important? We started gardening late last year and still alot to learn! Thank you

[@eliandkate]

So seed mix doesn’t need much nutrition but you want it to be fluffy and light so that it doesn’t just sit sodden wet. I wouldn’t focus on brand so much as how does it feel, is it fine, does it feel fluffy. Same with potting mix, most of the costlier ones are because they add fertiliser etc, which you don’t need if it has compost in there. But again you want fine, light and fluffy. It’s a different issue if you are using peat based products because side they hold a lot of moisture and are slightly acidic so there are usually additives in there to combat this.

[@daniandjoanna]

@@eliandkate thank you so much for the information provided. 😁

[@eliandkate]

@AydasGarden you’re more than welcome 😃

[@mariedeyo7399]

Happy belated birthday Kate... all the best for the new year 🎉❤ hope you had a wonderful day ❤ Do you protect your onion seedlings once you plant them out??? I had twice the problem that the blackbirds pull them out . And no, I still have not started any seeds.

[@eliandkate]

We went out for a lovely dinner 🥰🥰

[@mariedeyo7399]

Oh that sounds nice. You have been to fast for me today.. I had forgotten to ask about the onions. 😊

[@eliandkate]

So have nets over my beds so no problems with the birds for me 😃

[@FixitMarty]

You got spring already? I still got about 2 feet of snow here in Norway :)

[@eliandkate]

It’s probably like spring for you… 7c today

[@annmolineux942]

Hi, where do you get your rigid sowing modules from? Im a new subscriber and loving your videos

[@eliandkate]

They are from containerwise. You can get them on their website

[@carolinebown8686]

W❤W ... your seedlings look amazing .... my peppers aren't doing very good at all ... Do you definitely put your success down to the Vitapod & the grow lamps ? 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@eliandkate]

We’ll hear and lights, not necessarily the vitopod 😃

[@lindadonahue3447]

Hi great information on repotting seedlings. Are Ailsa Craig onions good keepers. This is my first year growing them

[@eliandkate]

They are great keepers, they are a large brown onion. We were still eating ours at Christmas

[@lindadonahue3447]

@@eliandkate thank you. Now I just need them to grow

[@lindarobertson8505]

Great video Eli. One question - Won't the onion roots be too tangled up to separate them when you want to put them out in the beds? Also Happy Belated Birthday Kate 🎉

[@eliandkate]

They might be tangled a bit, but I’ll be able to derange most of them with the water trick:)

[@dustyflats3832]

They are pretty easy to shake apart and onions are quite forgiving. Or Eli’s water trick also works.

[@barbarareilly5914]

I wonder how many of us seed and pot a certain way just because that the way a relative did it that way?

[@eliandkate]

I imagine quite a lot of folk were taught through relatives or others in the community. It’s a great way to learn, I wish I’d had that chance, I might have started gardening a lot earlier in life. I imagine we probably wouldn’t have ever thought to question how we did things, well my age group and older anyway) cause we didn’t have the same exposure to new ways of gardening as we do now.