How I Start Hard to Grow Herbs From Seed

[@suefeatherstone5329]

You're such a gem Heidi... it's a treat for me watching your videos💯🙏🏼

[@Southern195]

Wish I had all of your knowledge, downloaded to my brain! 😂

[@lovemypups341]

Same ! 😊😂

[@ELOAAMinistries]

Blessed Commanded Feast Season everyone! Miss you guys! Been going through it! Thank you Heidi! Prayers!

[@annamccosker7878]

What you just said about it possibly taking years to grow certain things bc you have to have the right seed. That is so exactly correct! The climate I live in makes it difficult to just grow any variety of plants/herbs. So many things die here in our little mini "micro climate". It was very depressing until I figured that part of it. Hearing you say that is so important and it confirms this truth. Thank you, I've been encouraged 🙏🙂

[@MrSnkristiansen]

Thank you Heidi for sharing this 🙏 I started Borage, Yarrow, Catnip,Mullein, Camomile, Cikorie and Calendula from seeds and all germinated fine. Marshmallow and Echinacea didn't and neither did Plantain which is common her. The company who sold me the seeds said that Marshmallow shouldn't have a mineral rich soil, so I'll try again😊 Thank you Heidi for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. I for sure have and is learning a lot from you, and from people sharing their experiences here. Love, light and blessings to you and yours, and all🙏💖

[@BUTTERFLY31214]

🦋🇺🇸👍Watching now from Central Pennsylvania

[@chrismaryb.7409]

Thanks Heidi 😊❤❤

[@jholcomb9532]

Just planted my herbs today! (Florida)

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

Echinacea here self seeds and comes back every year, and mint goes crazy. Some others like plantain also come back every year. Marshmallow did really well one year, so-so the next, nothing like 3rd year. These are great tips. I started all my seeds this year in pots, some did well, some started and then died. I just had a skin cancer removed from my face last Wednesday and now have stitches from my nose down to about 2 inches above my mouth, but the stitching is in my smile line, so hopefully it won’t show so much when it heals. I’ve been using plantain salve on it, they said to keep it moist. I did ask the dermatologist about using it and he thought it was a great idea using natural medicine. On the way home, I saw 2 rainbows and at home was a big beautiful double rainbow 🌈 out in the back. Yahweh is so good and I feel like it was His way of letting me know everything was going to be fine, He is in control. Shalom, enjoy your Shabbat. ❤

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Have you had a chance to see my interview with Luke from the Life Podcast yet? You were one of those on my mind when I was talking about the loving followers I have. It is long, I ramble a lot! haha: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4C0ao1vbcujZ8U

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

@@RainCountryHomestead I’m going to watch it now, thanks!

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

@@RainCountryHomestead I just finished watching your interview and loved it! I even wrote a couple of notes to go research later today, starting with re-reading Deuteronomy. I’m finding that the more I read the Bible, the more I realize that I never really understood what it truly meant, and how much more I need to learn. It’s amazing how Yah speaks to us, giving wisdom when we are ready to understand. Thank you for taking the time to share your story. Shalom!

[@patriciaboatman8423]

You want to sell or swap seed. I desperately want some cornflower started. I live in Ms

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Thanks you Heidi. 🙂 I agree. I think of seeds much like little people, they each have their own personalities, likes and dislikes ... ☺️ Blessings! 💜

[@mooieplaats]

Very interesting Heidi. It's really important to collect all kind of the seeds. I realize there is less and less seeds in the food we buy. It is a pity. Have a great weekend and God bless you ❤😊❤

[@ValiantPeony]

Thank you @RainCountry For my journey with growing herbs and such I was lead to go where certain herbs grow naturally. To learn from the environment they thrive in. Growing Mullein meant traveling an hour away,. Thankfully my State agricultural site listed where to find certain plants. It sounds a bit complicated, , yet what I learned has made a thriving environment for my mullein.. I chose mullein for not only medicinal value, also other properties such as toilet paper. The 2020 toilet paper shortage(lol) was the motivation I needed for this God created plant. Anyway ya asked and I shared, hoping this helps somebody in your growing community, God Bless and keep you.

[@jennygray7081]

I've planted Moringa for the first time this year. They were slow to sprout. Three of six seeds stared to grow. The smallest was destroyed by insects. I now have two with one double the size of the other. I'm in 7b east coast of Maryland. I'm hoping they'll survive in my small green house this winter. All of my plants were behind this year due to bad weather.

[@maria_w311]

Hi Heidi 👋🏻

[@art4god870]

I bought some seeds and threw them in the ground. I was going for an edible landscape. Well, the marshmallow came up and the borage came up one year. I didn't have any success with the toothache plant. But, it has been at least 4 yrs now, and the marshmallow plant comes back every year. I think your idea is a good idea. 😁 God's blessings to you Heidi

[@lindachandler2293]

In my area; Western Kentucky; it took me a while to realize the spilanthes/toothache plant; originally from a hot, wet climate needed that replicated. I keep the dirt damp and my big pot covered loosely with plastic and still I spritzed the dirt with water every day, until the seeds sprouted. Never let the dirt get even close to dry. In our hot, dry, mid summer months, I sometimes water it 3 times a day. It has never reseeded on its own. It's well worth the trouble to me for the many uses of the plant.

[@Rene-e6f]

Great advice Heidi. Getting seeds that are going to acclimate to one’s climate can save lots of frustration with getting seeds to grow. I have loads of Fever Few that grows as a weed here and I discovered that the name of my street is the scientific name of the herb. It’s Tanacetum Parthenium and my property is on Tanacetum Court.

[@cdavid2486]

Thank you Heidi! Have been trying to build an herb garden.

[@cindys.w.8566]

Stratification of some seeds have been how I got seeds to sprout. Lavender is one of them, I struggled for a few years with them. Finally one winter I set seeds on a moist coffee filter, folded it in half and sprayed it with w tiny bit of water. Set the filter in small ziplock bag and set it in my fridge for 3 months. Come spring I set the seeds in soil almost no soil over the seeds and I got 6 plants to grow. Now they live outside 2nd yr and came back this past spring. I've done that with several other seeds, trick them into thinking winter came and went was the trick.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I always forget about not only trying this but sharing it! Thank you

[@sandrad518]

Thank you! ❤

[@julietaylor63]

This is timely, Thanks Heidi!

[@KarenSmith-ys3sk]

That happen to me for all my herbs,I have started them in my hydroponics,and it grows well. Then I use a small pot,then bigger pot then put into ground. I live where it's hot and dry. It would be nice to find a place where everything grows. I can grow any veggies,but herbs r different. Heidi love ur plants.

[@hellegilbert3000]

Thank you for this video Hedi. I am also experimenting with herbs too.

[@his-sweetie]

Thank you for sharing and for the encouragement.😊

[@valeriebennett1011]

Thank you!

[@AUNTFRED]

Thank you so much, Heidi for always sharing your knowledge. I just ordered and received a medicinal herb seed supply from Survival Seeds, and i am compiling all the information I can before I begin. Thankfully, I live in a very fertile area that enjoys warm weather most of the year(upstate South Carolina).

[@lindachandler2293]

The only ones I've tried that I've had trouble with are spilanthes and skullcap. If I plant in the ground or in a pot, I plant the seeds in an X or parallel lines; that way I can recognize a pattern of like seedlings

[@darleneschreiber9415]

Great stuff! Thank you!

[@shirleygriffin7672]

Thanks for sharing today

[@KrisLee-ci3ds]

👍 thank you

[@kleineroteHex]

Moringa IS a pain for me as well😂 echinacea was a slow starter, now it grows where I don't even want it, but that's OK, they are pretty. I use my own compost and old potting soil for my pots, thus I have tomatoes in every pot coming up😂😂😂 I got local starts of rose of Sharon, where I wanted it to grow it died, where I planted the extra, oh nice surprise it is doing well. I think I might put my started mallow close there and hope for the best.

[@rhondaallen4309]

Thanks

[@vickiewest1199]

This information was gold. I’ve tried for years to grow echinacea. I thought it was me but maybe it is the seeds. I have hope♥️

[@opalezell2166]

You have encouraged me so .I really thought I was doing something wrong.I heard Migardener not to water lavender too much.I'm trying not to now. It'll gerinate,live couple week and die. I have no trouble with basil,my rosemary will gerinate and die.

[@cindys.w.8566]

True! They don't like wet feet/roots, a little dry out time is good for them. Also the soil should allow good drainage, sand mixed with soil can help.

[@kathyy6429]

I put mullein seeds in the garden in the spring. Nothing. Recently I thought more borage was growing 2 rows over. Looked closer the other day. Mullein! Not where I put the seeds in but I'm happy.

[@davidriegel3519]

Hi Heidi, I love your upbeat, can do attitude. Over the years I’ve learned that becoming self sufficient is quite rewarding and spills over from helping one’s self to helping others. In follow up to this show, I have been starting plant varieties that are difficult to germinate by an old process called “stratification”. The definition has evolved over the years but for me now refers to tricking the seeds into responding from the sensation of having gone through a winter. I do this by planting the seeds into a wet starting medium in trays with cells, sealing them in clear plastic bags then putting them outside in my areaway for a few weeks. This exposes them to cold winter nights without a hard freeze.(the areaway shelters them below the surrounding frost line). In an alternative method I put them in my wine refrigerator which is cool my not too cold. After a few weeks I relocate them under grow lights. This method has worked for many hard to start varieties such as echinacea. All the Best!

[@jpark348]

I purchased some seed from you last year and have kept them in the fridge to extend the life of the seed (hopefully) will try next year to get them planted as you have suggested in small pots, Thanks for the information, Happy Growing

[@EvelynCyr]

Great info ❤

[@joycewedel9084]

Ty

[@sgmarr]

Ha! Heidi! You would love growing Gotu Kola! It is a cousin over in Tropics the other side of Earth to our Creeping Charlie. Growers try to get it gowing here, but it doesnt take off. Most give up, according to what i read. The one Grower found it grew and did very well, wherever the seed fell on the gravel between pots and on the ground. He believes it IS like our Creeping Charlie, that likes to grow in waste type of situations!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I have mentioned both those herbs in at least one or more videos even though I have not grown or used them.

[@TamiTeller-r5b]

Thank you Heidi! I will be taking the mullein that grew in my garden this year and throwing the seeds where I hope it will grow! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

[@heisgr8er669]

Thanks Heidi! I have been going through this, wondering why some herb seeds won't sprout or die off too fast. I will keep at it. Growing in Hawaii isn't that easy. Always love your videos!!!!

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

Marshmallow has been so difficult for me. Not giving up...

[@LilyGazou]

I have some Rosemary starts if anyone is in my area. I grew them from cuttings. Also have some lemon mint. The drought killed my other types of mint, sad to say. South of Seattle. I’m trying some echinacea and calendula from seed. We shall see how it goes.

[@ripbbl5053]

Mullein, ha ha ha, don't get me started.... The first time I tried it, I dug the soil a bit, threw some seed in and forgot all about it... The next year, I had the most humongous, beautiful plant (ONE) come up on that spot and I've NEVER managed to grow any again .......

[@HousyHomestead]

💚

[@loriwilson4793]

My patio door is south facing and I try to start my seeds. It's always a major fail, but I'll keep trying!

[@debbiekrueger5576]

Thanks..we have mullein growing wild but it’s along fields & train tracks & gets sprayed..I grabbed a seed head before they sprayed last year but it never came up..I’ve heard it has to freeze first but was gifted some dried to try

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Some seeds can do better if stratified (frozen) first but I rarely ever think to do that and did not with the mullein seed I got from my friend and still had great results.

[@kleineroteHex]

​@RainCountryHomestead I tried that with apricot and peach seeds, no results. Then I chucked all my peach scraps in the compost and wouldn't ya know..... apricots are not so kind to me. Here is to the pawpaw seeds I composted a week ago: very excited to see if a few will grow!!!!

[@rubyt4570]

To grow Moringa, you need grow lights for sure.

[@dkulikowski]

How did your arnica do? Did you get a harvest? I bought two 4" pots of arnica montana. They grew and are still alive but no blooms this year. I hope it makes it through our zone 5 Wisconsin garden. My second year St. John's Wort was beautiful and I had a great harvest. Then about 2 weeks later it started turning brown and crisp, died back to the ground. I did scatter the seed in that area. Wish me luck on these two herbs coming back in Spring of 2025. Thank you for all your hard work and knowledge.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I had some coming up in places I did not plant it which meant it self seeded just fine and I am thrilled. I did harvest a few seeds to make sure I have some for next year just in case but I am thinking it was unnecessary. I did not harvest any flowers to dry as I was giving my garden a rest this year thus not putting up any of my herbs

[@dkulikowski]

@@RainCountryHomestead I would like your opinion on my St. John's Wort die back. On one of Rosemary Gladstar's podcasts she mentioned that a beetle or bug of some type was 'imported' and used here in the USA to control the 'invasive' St. John's Wort.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@dkulikowski I have nothing to share an opinion on as I have yet to successfully grow it and have not heard of that until now so I have not looked into it

[@mschele64]

Funny that you made tge comparison between mullein & usnea. I have mullein growing wild in ditches and fencerows, besides in my garden, but would love to start usnea even though it’s highly unlikely I could grow it here in southwest MO.

[@carolhamilton5164]

I saw Sara from Living Traditions forage in the woods for Usnea so you may be ok. ❤️🙏

[@mschele64]

@@carolhamilton5164 thanks for the tip! I’ll keep an eye out. I didn’t think it grew around here at all.

[@sgmarr]

PS Creeping Charlie is for Lungs, the more drastic conditions like pneumonia and whooping cough. Bronchitis, dry cough. And it grows free outside, probably in your flowerbeds, gardens, ditches and along riads.

[@lovemypups341]

Thank you ! I am hoping to expand my herb garden. These videos are so helpful!❤ i had asked a question about my wild passion flower and the fruit not ripening. I think possibly , they are not edible ( humans) . I havent researched it much. They are really pretty and great pollinators.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I had commented on this before you edited but I do not see my reply. The flowers are medicinal and can be used to help with anxiety and sleep in the form of a tincture or tea

[@lovemypups341]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you ! I appreciate youre help. They are so pretty too.

[@lisakiel9695]

Yes ive tried moringa without sucess trying again this year.Also i just had wrist surgery 5 days ago to remove 3 plates have been pretty much pain free but lastnight got a bit tender so i took your feverfew catnip valerian pain capsules id made up pre surgery worked fantastic thankyou ive made up the others too just a bit iffy about the cayenne in them as my stomach is a bit funny normally but ive learnt so much from you thankyou for all you share with us🥰

[@michelesoto5919]

Ooo, the mullin...? Looks like something I have growing wild in my yard in VT, will have to look into its benefits!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Benefits of Mullein: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWGuhpuHq8umsJo&pp=ygUUcmFpbiBjb3VudHJ5IG11bGxlaW4%3D

[@michelesoto5919]

@@RainCountryHomestead thank you!! 😊

[@privilegiada1]

Hi Heidi, thank you for the video, i have been long time trying to grow herbs and no success, i used to live in oklahoma and used to have a nice garden, lots of different food, and something funny, i had a big container where I put all types of hot chillis, and it was a mix, they were very hot and didnt even knew which one was which, they cross over, anyway, i heard that you have not been successful with moringa, i have moringa seeds from mexico, my sister send them to me, she said that she started them in a wet paper towel and put it in a glass container and left them in the dark, course she is in another climate, but they have sprout for me and die, am wondering if you would like some of those seeds, let me know.

[@CajunBoudreaux]

All by design, food with no seeds. Save your own seeds even if you don’t plant right away. ❤️✝️❤️

[@opalezell2166]

I couldn't get moranga to germinate from seeds bought from Amazon. My son ordered 2 small plants from Fla., those have taken off .We will have to bring in for winter.

[@TeeFlory]

🙏♥️

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

It won't be pretty, but you can use those succulent pots for your tomato starts if you bury bigger containers inside them with the bottoms cut out. Like yogurt or cottage cheese containers for example.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Those containers would not fit inside the pots at all as they are quite narrow but I can see that if it is really necessary, one can simply box in the sides from the inside of the pots with pieces of cardboard but I am going to still try it as is first since I transplant them into bigger pots in the greenhouse anyway before putting them in the ground

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

@@RainCountryHomestead Oh my. Those are smaller than I thought. Yeah, maybe cardboard, or some cut down plastic placemats around the side to extend the walls.

[@swiminclay]

Did you lock up Antonio? I kept expecting to hear him crow. I could hear one in the distance and wondered if it was him. Thanx for the video...as always. 🥰

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I think he was in the front yard when I was shooting this video so that was likely him you heard

[@AlternicityBlogspot]

A guy I know gets better results with moringa seeds using a heating pad under the pots. And he lives in the Algarve (hot)

[@cherylmoran5134]

I’m thinking echinacea needs cold stratification. Not sure what winters are like where you are, but it does well here in Vermont.

[@chickgirl1776]

😀

[@pammohler3253]

🌸🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌸

[@grammyspieface1]

Heidi, love this video ,I live in Fla. ,I have Usnea flying all over the place every year, I gather put in a paper bag that's as far as I have gotten, do you have to do anything to it before you make a tincture or anything else,and what are the uses of Usnea that your aware of or have used it for??

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I did not know it grew there, I know that Spanish Moss, which looks very similar but is not the same thing, grows in many Southern states. So I would make sure that you indeed have Usnea. Here is the video I did on Usnea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnPFlYFmet53r6s&pp=ygUSUmFpbiBjb3VudHJ5IFVzbmVh

[@blackrock5749]

How many years can you plant before you need to give it a rest?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@blackrock5749 6 years, rest on the 7th

[@edeaver50]

Question I too live where it’s cool and wet on the Oregon Coast. Wonder do you sale mullein seed or plants? I too don’t have luck with echinacea. This year I bought some of each via star west and fronteir

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I will likely start selling the mullein seed next fall. I can grow echinacea and have one older plant that blew up this year, it just does not have a high germination rate

[@bnotconformed7107]

Just listened to the Life podcast. How did you get rid of your rash? Novembwr will be a year for me.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

The reason I did not mention it in the podcast is because it is one of those that KZbin does not allow to be mentioned. It is a certain precious metal that is suspended in liquid and has the initials CS

[@bnotconformed7107]

@@RainCountryHomestead thank you!!!

[@reibersue4845]

Terrible germination for me this year. Most everything I tried never germinated. I think it may be in the things I purchased to make my potting soil and to amend my garden areas. Gotten from big box store. Gonna toss it all and get it from my local co-op instead. 2024 was an epic fail.

[@ceciliafuentes3299]

I can't grow nettle 😢 why 😭😭 mullen, golden seal, echinacea, fever few, comfrey, chickweed, skullcap, yarrow, plantain, st Johns worth, all good but no nettle.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Nettle prefers cooler damp climates like ours. This is why the UK has a lot of it too

[@ceciliafuentes3299]

@RainCountryHomestead ah ha got it. I am in Virginia Beach, VA, so I will have to keep trying, and maybe I can get it to grow for me. Maybe in my green house with plenty of water. Thank you.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@ceciliafuentes3299 I would be concerned the greenhouse would be too hot, it would be better to find and outdoor area that gets lots of shade

[@ceciliafuentes3299]

@RainCountryHomestead That I can do. Thank you so much. Second year trying, but I now know the perfect location for it now.

[@alenaB]

🥰🤍🌱

[@tammyhoushour8070]

Awe Rowan us going to copy g.ma😊

[@TamiTeller-r5b]

Thank you Heidi! I will be taking the mullein that grew in my garden this year and throwing the seeds where I hope it will grow! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!