Everything I Use For Seed Starting! + Starting The First Seeds Of 2023!

[@rachelgalus]

Hard to believe it’s already time to start setting things up! So pumped for this season!

[@itsbreellis]

Yes!

[@katherinetaylor1723]

Thanks for posting! This will be my first year seed starting and your content has been so helpful/motivating for those of us who had minimal knowledge and didn’t know where to start!

[@itsbreellis]

Best of luck on your first year!! How exciting!

[@scrapbookwithbecky5074]

Hey Bre I only found you this past month. I live in Kansas (Lenexa) and do a lot of the same things in gardening as you. Will be fun to watch and see if we are doing the same plants etc at the same time this year.

[@itsbreellis]

Thank you so much for watching!! Its always fun finding others in similar areas!

[@nel6211]

Tip. For the small colorful pots put a thick piece of cardboard on the bottom before you use them. Then, when your starts are ready to move push up from the bottom with the eraser end of a pencil. You're very organized.

[@itsbreellis]

Love that tip! Thanks for sharing I’ll definitely do that if I use my smaller pots this year!

[@nurseinthegarden]

You are so organized and precise. Love that. Great video!

[@itsbreellis]

I wish I was as organized as I come across lol Its so hard for me! Thank you for watching!

[@nurseinthegarden]

@@itsbreellis You're doing a great job!

[@MrMichaelAndrews]

Happy New Year.. here's to another great year.

[@itsbreellis]

Same to you!

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Good Wednesday morning Bre. Excellent content. Thanks for sharing - and for all your tips starting the first seeds of 2023!!

[@itsbreellis]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

@@itsbreellis You're quite welcome Brie. Happy Friday and have a great weekend!!

[@katherineedwards9341]

For the small colorful pots...why not drill large-ish size holes in the bottoms so you can more easily push the plants out?

[@Javi_One-fv6ic]

Im jealous,, id love to have all those pots and trays that you have. Especially those small colored ones. I plant different varieties of peppers and i could just plant a different variety in a different color. And i barely heard about the soil blocks this year,, ill probably try them for next year. GREAT VIDEO 🌹👍👌

[@pacjam418]

Every gardener here needs to get that blue painters tape!

[@lisamz]

For those whose seed starting is banished to cold basements but your budget does not have room for grow tents, use mylar emergency blankets taped around the shelf (or use clothespins). They reflect the lights and hold in heat!

[@jennsappalachianden]

Hi! Just came across your channel and subscribed. I’ve tried seed starting in the past (not much luck). So, this year I have a mini greenhouse with some grow lights Im gonna try (again). Thanks for sharing these great tips!

[@itsbreellis]

Thanks for subscribing! My seedlings my first 2 years looked so sad lol then I killed so many by not properly hardening them off. You got it!!!

[@abbyhurst1]

Hi Bre! Thank you for this tutorial on the soil blocking. For your seed starting video I wondered what are the benefits of the tent set-up. Also, I would like to start mine in the basement as well. Can I start them in a room with windows and close the blinds or should the room be completely dark except for times the lights are on? Thank you again for sharing all that has been helpful for you!

[@itsbreellis]

Ive done it in both a room that was lit by sunlight and now in my basement. My lights stay off minus my grow lights and Ive never had any issues

[@suburbansufficient]

Im in iowa zone 5 and tring walla walla this year as well

[@SpellboundBrush]

I'm in 7b so next weekend I could plant my onions directly outside. I already started kale and broccoli outside last weekend. I grew up in Washington state so it's still totally bizarre to me after gardening in 7b for 6 years, lol. I actually grew up near Walla Walla and I'm curious to see how those onions do for you. I have no hope of them growing here but maybe I could get my hands on Vidalia onions which taste almost the same. I love the idea of using a sprayer for watering the seedlings. I will have to get one and write WATER WATER WATER all over it so my husband doesn't fill it with permethrin or something else yucky.

[@itsbreellis]

Im sure your excited to get some things in the ground!

[@rorie1326]

Greenhouse mega store has really good trays as well.

[@itsbreellis]

Ill keep a note of that! Thanks for sharing!

[@rorie1326]

@@itsbreellis they sell different thickness trays so watch that if you get some

[@suburbansufficient]

Oh yea i winter sowed my onions as well in milk jugs

[@itsbreellis]

I'm always curious about winter sowing and have never done it. I should really try sometime!

[@melissaperez1600]

Hello 😊 do you put a dome on your soil blocks?

[@juliekraft4102]

I have found that mixing my starting soil with hot water has avoided any nat egg issues. I haven't had any issue since, thankfully.🤗

[@pacjam418]

I learned that from The Rusted Garden. It really works. Had a major fungus gnat problem.

[@ashleychanelle1997]

I’ll be transplanting my onions in about 8 weeks, will I need to up-pot them?

[@miachavez2728]

Hey Bre , did u have to bring your seedings closer to the Barrina grow lights so they wouldn’t stretch? Or are they bright enough that the seedlings didn’t stretch ?

[@itsbreellis]

I have those ones set in place without any adjusters, so typically Ill set a box to two to help prop things up for the first few weeks!

[@Growingforthehome]

For your soil, I saw you used organic potting soil. Do you prefer that over seed starting mix? If so, why!? Thanks for this informative video-Katie

[@cascasken]

I’m also curious about this!

[@rachelgalus]

Seed starting mix has no nutrients. So if you use it you’ll have to up pot or fertilize within the first 2 weeks. It’s soft and fluffy and chunk free, so it is nice if you are using the tiny soil blocker for germinating seeds.

[@itsbreellis]

@@rachelgalus ^^ This! I always use a potting/container mix for this reason.

[@AnnabethGibbons]

Love all the gardening videos!! Do you use a grow tunnel once you plant your seedlings?

[@itsbreellis]

nope!

[@brianramsey3824]

Its getting close

[@91210paige]

New Sub here! I've always used Starts but want to grow from seed this year. How do you fertilize Onions?

[@ldc4]

You should purchase your seeds are Sneed's Feed and Seed (Formally Chuck's)

[@itsbreellis]

ill check them out, thanks for the suggestion!

[@lucythomas4077]

You play with your hair a lot. So cute!

[@WorldsWorstGardener]

Oh my (bleep!) What is that powered sprayer? I also do not have water access in my seed starting station; I've been using milk jugs. Please tell me where you got this!

[@savovoxo]

What should a beginner start growing in their first year? And should I only start with 2 or 3 different things or should I try 5-10?

[@itsbreellis]

I always suggest starting small, and starting with things you typically already eat!

[@stevensbirds4455]

Bre where did you get your tomato processor from? What is the brand?

[@itsbreellis]

It’s from hammacher.com - look up Tomato press and it will pop right up!

[@stevensbirds4455]

Thank You.

[@dr.greenthumb6535]

If your favorite flower is the sunflower, do yourself a favor n grow jerusakem artichoke!! Tasty tuber n beautiful fall shine 💖 ... u didn't try my juliet idea I suggested but maybe u will try this.thus.. I only give 100% advice according to my views.. my new tomato to try 4 this yr is super sioux... short 4 ft heavy yielded similar to a roma in stature.. fingers crossed

[@StephanieRentsIt]

I love your IG account and this is my first youtube of yours I've seen. I'm in Colorado Springs and trying to grow here is a challenge! Question: Do you use regular shelving, or do you recommend any particular type for seed starting? Thanks!

[@itsbreellis]

You want to make sure it can hold a good amount. Most metal racks at the hardware store will work great!

[@StephanieRentsIt]

Thank you Bre!!

[@beckerton123]

Do you have a monthly seeding timetable you work to? If so would you be kind enough to share it on your instagram page please? My problem is I never know when to start planting what

[@itsbreellis]

I share all that in a video I did a few weeks ago on here! I dont go into full detail, but I do explain my timelines on when I get everything started and how I organize. I also have a short form version up on my IG!

[@englishwithkrista]

Why do you do blocking? Why can't you just seed sow directly in the pots?

[@itsbreellis]

I do direct sow in pots. Some seedlings I prefer to block. Just depends.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

it is ironic that photosynthesis absorbs carbon dioxide and has a by product, oxygen. talk to your plants.

[@amberkp69]

Would you consider selling your small pots?🫶🏻 I can’t find those anywhere 😭