HUGE Seed Haul! (2025 MIgardener Seeds)

[@agranruth94]

Growing onions from seed is all about getting them started early. When I grow them from seed I start them in January with the idea that they will be planted in March. Start them under lights indoors about 14 weeks before last frost. They are slow to grow. Once they get about 6 in tall cut the tops by half to promote growth. Also feeding once a week with a liquid fish fertilizer helps. Once planted out fertilize every two weeks until they begin to bulb then stop, keep them watered well and weed free, they hate competition.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

That sounds like great advice - thank you! I will plan to start my onions in the next couple weeks!

[@roxannern9393]

We're in zone 7a/7b E TN outside Knoxville. In 2024, we had a terrible tomato year. This included the areas favorite and most successful Cherokee Purple tomato. In contrast to 2023 when we had an awesome tomato year. I'm glad we only plant fresh eating tomatoes in the even years and plant canning tomatoes during the odd years. That is the nature of nature, even when we intervene. We've had the same experiences with peppers, eggplants, carrots, and melons over the years--some years are great for each and other years stink! I hope you have a great tomato year 2025.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Each year is different for sure. It sounds like you have a system that works really well for you though! I hope you have a great tomato year this year too!

[@Kuldeep-it6gw]

So good ❤😊😊

[@lor6496]

Love Luke’s seeds from MIGardener, great germination and can’t beat the cost for a pack of seeds.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

@@lor6496 I agree - one of my favorite seed companies!

[@kaede711]

What a great haul. Those strawflowers look gorgeous, I can’t wait to see them in your garden! Happy New Year 🎉

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

I’ve seen them look so pretty in other gardens, so I can’t wait to try them this spring! Happy new year to you too!

[@overeasyacres]

You inspired me to order my seeds, and I took some of your suggestions! I’m excited!

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Ordering seeds and garden planning are a couple of my favorite winter activities! I hope the varieties you chose do well for you!

[@Selcco-01]

Great content... at first I find your channel by searching about tomatoes, and I liked how you talk about it... Very informative content to me... thank you very much. I have finally bought some land because I am very interested in gardening... cant wait for spring to sow all kinds of different vegetables.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Thank you so much! I hope your garden does well for you this spring!

[@wandakelly2173]

I have grown the Hillbilly tomato (from MI Gardener) and I love it. They are large, beautiful and very flavorful. They are on my list to grow again this year and I plan to seed save so I make sure to get the same plant!

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

I’m so glad to hear the good report! It looks like a beautiful tomato, and I’m so glad to hear that the flavor is so good too.

[@lauripedersen3150]

I grew the Winter Luxury pumpkins last year. I have a small yard so only grew one plant, which yielded 6 pumpkins. They were all much larger than I expected. And oh my goodness, they were so meaty. Worth the space, but be prepared for them to be larger than a regular pie pumpkin.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

That’s good to know - thank you! It sounds like they’re worth growing, so I’m excited to give them a try!

[@CherylHamburger]

First time watching. Enjoyed very much. just subscribed and look forward to joining you in 2025! Thank you!

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you found me. I can’t wait for this garden season!

[@junewrogg6137]

Love MIgardener. I got carried away, and placed a few orders :) Also got a second Greenstalk Planter for Christmas!!! So now I am looking for spring!

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

It’s so easy to get carried away with seed orders! The greenstalk planters are so fun - I actually got two new ones during their Black Friday sale! What do you like to grow in yours?

[@junewrogg6137]

@@HomesteadOnAPrayer Last spring, I grew lettuce, cilantro, radishes, and flowers. I will do same this year. Great way to grab and bring in. My new one will be strawberries :) I was blessed to be able to do second plantings for fall salads :)

[@groweatmove]

I’ll be looking forward to seeing how the different varieties of your tomatoes will do in Spring.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Tomatoes are my favorite plants to grow, so there will definitely be lots of varieties in my garden this year! I’ll most likely fill a video dedicated just to tomato varieties once I choose which types I’ll be growing this year. Do you have any favorites to grow?

[@groweatmove]

@@HomesteadOnAPrayer That's such a great idea! I will be waiting for that one to get ideas from it. I love to grow the yellow pears because my son loves to pick and eat them right off the plant.

[@ScentedNay]

The purple bush beans are soooo good. I think because they are pretty they taste even better lol. I think my favorite bean from last year was the rattlesnake pole bean. I’m going to grow the red noodle bean this year too. Why are beans so pretty? 🤣

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

They really are! Rattlesnake is one of my favorites too - I grow those every year. I tried red noodle beans a couple years ago and they didn’t do too well for me, but I may have to try them again!

[@leighannf.4730]

I grew the Isis Candy Cherry tomato last year and it did well. It's a pretty tomato, didn't seem to crack easily, and the flavor is...just good, not a stand out. I did enjoy them, though, along with the Large Red Cherry, and the two look so nice together in a salad! (Similar in size.)

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Thank you for sharing your experience! It sounds like a good solid tomato. I’ll give it a try and update with how it does for me!

[@bethazure731]

If you had to pick your favorite cherry tomato, and top two or three slicers, what would they be? I am overwhelmed by all the options and would love some guidance from a tomato lover!

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

My favorite cherry tomato is easily sungold - it has great flavor, yield, earliness, and decent disease resistance. Choosing a few slicers is a lot more challenging, but I love Cherokee purple and Cindy’s West Virginia (that one can be a little tricky to find, though). Lemon boy plus is great if you’re looking for a hybrid tomato with a little more disease resistance. Wisconsin 55 is good and reliable, although it’s a little smaller and doesn’t go all season for me - it’s a great early yielder though! I hope that’s a helpful starting point!

[@joeellerbach2095]

I had some pretty good onions last year, I think it was a good year for it with quite a bit of rain. Start them early! I started them around Jan 20 last year in zone 5b. My seedlings were very crowded because I used the previous year's seed and I thought germination would be low. I had close to 50 in one 3" pot, but I separated them at planting and they turned out fine. This year I'm trying a few more varieties of onions including the same red variety that you have and a large white one named Candy, which is an intermediate day onion, so we'll see if that works in my location. I think they will start to bulb a little sooner so I probably should get them started very early. I have way too many tomato and pepper varieties to plant, lol. I'm trying to narrow down what I will plant in 2025 now.

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

I plan to start my onion seeds soon, so hopefully a head start will help them out. I definitely hear you on choosing tomato and pepper varieties - I have more than I can plant too, but somehow I always end up buying new varieties each year anyway! I’ll be working on narrowing down my varieties over the next month or so. I’d love to hear which varieties you end up choosing!

[@ScentedNay]

Great video! I struggle with cabbage, like the bug heading ones. This year I’m going to try to grow Napa cabbage. I heard it’s easier and I want to try to make my own kimchi

[@HomesteadOnAPrayer]

Cabbage can definitely be a little finicky. I hope your Napa cabbage does well for you!