January Seed Starting in COLD Climates

[@GardeningInCanada]

GICs Links Are Below! Welcome to 2025 :) Ashley's List - bit.ly/48gKaaZ Asparagus White (seeds) bit.ly/40suZrV Purple (crowns) bit.ly/49AysK9 Green (seeds) bit.ly/3HArcA8 Eucalyptus bit.ly/3C888rb Columbine Red - bit.ly/3BxgCLu Giant Mix - bit.ly/3FYztxb Rosemary bit.ly/3FUz2DO Strawberries - bit.ly/3Bym54D Lemongrass - bit.ly/3ZSZmJW Hot Peppers - bit.ly/3ZGHyjV Giant Onions - bit.ly/4ffp9QY Leeks - bit.ly/4ffpmUg Artichokes - bit.ly/49J1M0T Lavender - bit.ly/4gz6v7G

[@GardeningInCanada]

If you are looking for the December seed start info here it is! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoCYnJujgN57sJo

[@MushroomMagpie]

By the way, wandering jue takes it's name from a jewish legend of a man who gained immortality only to end up wandering the earth, unable to die. Thus a testament to rhe plant's ummortality and not a slight or slur...

[@marthathompson2012]

You can literally just chew the leaf of stevia and taste the sweetness. If you pluck leaves and put them in your tea as you brew it, it will sweeten the tea. If you dry the leaves you can save it for later, and put it in a loose leaf tea infuser. Very easy to use

[@GrowingUpJersey]

Grow it next to chocolate mint. pick of leaf of each, roll them together and chew. it's like a York Peppermint Patty!

[@GardeningInCanada]

I’ve never tried that! Thanks for the tip!

[@Gardencook5]

Thank you! I wasn’t sure how to use it to sweeten things either.

[@blue_lungs2846]

Dry the leaves and grind them finely (e.g. in something like a spice & coffee grinder).

[@JellieGHope]

​@@GrowingUpJersey I've done this! Love it

[@wizpig64]

i got up to start seeds mid-video! let's have a great year!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Let's do it!

[@juliedeyoung6376]

I dug my indoor greenhouse set up just yesterday, now shes got me going 😅

[@heatherh3457]

Pot up seeds requiring heat to germinate or place in a wet paper towel and then in a plastic bag and place the pots or bags in your oven. Put the oven light on and you have perfect heat levels . I have germinated tomatoes, melons and basil it one to two days. Special cautionary measures to take - put some type of sign on your oven control so you don't forget you have seeds started - had a whole tray of baked melons one year.😩

[@markuswade2158]

Thank you!! Top of any refrigerator also makes a good heat mat!!

[@juliepoolie5494]

I’m very intrigued about the yogurt maker pepper hack!

[@yacabe]

I grew stevia last year, thinking I was going to make stevia syrup to sweeten my teas. I got lazy, and I don't even drink tea.

[@Government-EconomicsTeacher]

Im seeding tomatoes this month. They go in the ground in late Feb or early March because we don't call July and Aug summer. We call it fire. March will be 70-80*

[@pinwe03]

My third year as a balcony gardener 🙌🏻

[@GardeningInCanada]

Woohoo!!! 🎉

[@emkn1479]

Lemon balm makes a great herbal tea. And I’d imagine it’s better used in sweet instead of savory applications in the kitchen. Starting seeds soon! Can’t wait!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oooo interesting

[@juliee4280]

I dried my lemon balm for tea and I couldn't taste anything. Does fresh lemon balm taste better, do you think?

[@TheRusticHomestead]

I was coming to the comments to say the same thing! Makes a great tea.

[@emilylarsen3790]

I wonder if it could be used in place of lemon grass in some Thai fried rice?

[@TheRusticHomestead]

@@emilylarsen3790 I think lemon balm would be much more mild in flavor, but that's a great idea. Lemon Balm grows easily and abundantly!

[@matthewkasinkas5980]

I have an Aquatree. The easiest way ever to grow sprouts and have used it to sprout seeds for transplanting also. They have a recipe of using water, peroxide and vinegar to soak seeds for 15 minutes before putting in the sprouting trays. Within 12 to 24 hours sprouting will begin. Also, for larger seeds, use a nail clipper to remove a bit of shell from the top and bottom to speed things up.

[@XWilliamThomasX]

I love watching your videos. They are very informative.

[@donadams2419]

I have already started my spring onions, lavender, thyme. Great list and we will be doing some celery, Kolrobie, Swiss Chard.

[@martinder3199]

it would be cool to see your setup and updates on how things are progressing

[@davidbrown418]

Chopped Lemon Balm on watermelon chunks. Surprisingly good.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Wow, that's a cool pairing! I'll have to try it.

[@breezeanonymous6034]

Please make some videos about indoor gardening specifically. Ontario here. Alot of people live in apartments, condos with no outdoor place for gardening or even a balcony. Thanks!

[@misstweetypie1]

Colorabi 😂 (Kohlrabi) Happy New Year!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Totally missed the auto captions going rouge like that hahahah

[@nicollekalivoda9454]

I never had any luck growing stevia, probably because I don’t have a heating mat. Any easy alternative, if you like the taste of sweet liquorice, is Mexican Marigold, Dropshot. You can dry the feathery leaves at the end of the season to make a yummy tea.

[@xa1531]

Anise hyssop is really good too for a liquorice taste :)

[@brandymallory]

The steva thing happened to me last year too- one tall plant- so I'm gonna start mine early too

[@juliedeyoung6376]

I was scrolling and saw this video thumbnail on my feed & immediately was like, "pffft not me bissh im in Canada" clicked video anyways because hello, anything gardening im likely clicking😅 SO GLAD I DID🎉 love this video, thanks for posting! Literally just subscribed

[@senorjp21]

Thanks for your videos. I'm in Southern Ontario. Much of gardening is about weather. I seek out "local" gardening advice because Canadian weather is ... special. Your channel is great and I appreciate your science (?) background because a lot of gardening advice is dogma/hearsay/bs

[@SugarandSarcasm]

I'm in Northwestern Ontario, and definitely agree it's... special. Decent temperature and other weathery condition variations even between our sides of the province 😖

[@Delgwah]

Thank you Ashley, happy new year.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same to you!

[@jennifermachan9275]

I’m loving your videos. I started some seeds because of them. What about eggplant and sweet peppers? Should I be starting these now too?

[@LeslieSpeights]

Happy New Year, Ashley & GIC Crew! May 2025 be a stellar year in the garden. 🌱🐞🦋🌻

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same to you! Happy 2025!

[@carmendoyle9786]

It would be cool if u started seed trading in Canada ❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

Id love to but I would be so lost on where to start with that hahah

[@aw2589]

There's community seed exchanges! I'm going to organize one locally before spring 🌱 if you can't find one, make one yourself.

[@absunshine6906]

Back in the day my mother-in-law grew onions on the farm by Cold Lake and they were softball size. Never could figure that out with their short growing season. Here in Red Deer I'm lucky if I get tennis ball size. Maybe lots of cow patties were her magical ingredient LoL.

[@nancyfitzsimmons7462]

Rhubarb strawberry anything is delicious🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Terri_Stauffer]

I bring my stevia plants inside after cutting them back. I put them in unused shower and they regrow from bottom of stem. Going on 3rd year.

[@tobruz]

Happy new year!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same to you Bruce!

[@minou2232]

I really want to do winter sowing this year, please include this in your vid’s this year 😊. I did watch your basic winter sowing vid. I am in zone 3 , prairie Canada with hails, definitely following your schedule. With not much space in door so I need to dedicate to Tomato’s, peppers, cucumbers and winter squashes, Asian summer squashes. Full time not work from home so less plants to move in and out for hardening a must .. I love to have some kale, cabbages, kohlrabi and broccoli .. will winter sowing them work for me ? Thank Ashley!

[@Tippler0611]

Way behind the 8 ball here; finally got my garlic in today. Wish I had tried more early spring crops in late fall to overwinter. Snap peas are a foot long and looking great. Might be too early but i'm itching to get kale and chard started inside so they can outgrow the slugs in spring.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I feel that! Spring can't come soon enough 😄

[@Loxalair]

I need to move my chives. They were fairly far away from the daylily I got by surprise, but the daylily has since spread out and now I'm having difficulty finding them

[@victoriafielding2478]

Happy New Year! Omg, need to get my lounge set up for seeds again 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@gardentours]

Hard to believe that it is January and we should start sowing again 🌝 Happy New Year 🎊🎇🎉🎆

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same to you! and I agree... totally wild

[@GussiedUp10]

Lemon balm makes the best sweet iced tea. Make with a bit of lemon and lemon peel; yumm😅y

[@kenpernak9944]

Happy New Year.Cold and damp here in N.C. U.S.A.. Thankyou.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Happy New Year to you too! Stay warm! 😄

[@XDCanada_]

Happy New Year 🥳

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same to you!

[@hennye2694]

Stevia and Lemon Balm, couple of my favorites from the garden!! Makes the best tea ever!! Few leaves of each with the hot water and voila, lemon tea! Sooo Good. add a little peppermint if you'd like as well. thank you for the reminders of starting seed.

[@jasonlist3253]

You extract stevia via tincture. Not hard to do at all. Happy New Year!

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s an alcohol right? Or am I totally off base 😅

[@carmendoyle9786]

Happy new year ❤ thank u from north of Barrie snow strom today lol 😂

[@GardeningInCanada]

Happy New Year to you too! 😄😄😄 Stay Warm!

[@JS-jl1yj]

Yesterday, I received the Gardening Guide 2025 from West Coast Seeds. On page 13, I read your article Tech In The Garden. I felt very proud of you, as if we were old friends. On pg. 7, I want to try the pole beans called Fortex Filet BN132. On pg. 12, I circled Aspabroc (Brocollini) BR189. (I fell in love with the brocollini that I started buying in the produce section in Costco.) On pg. 34 - 35, which Kale would you recommend? On pg. 36, I am tempted to get the early kohlrabi called Purple Vienna KH437 and the 80-day giant kohlrabi called Superschmelz Certified Organic KH438. What is your favorite kohlrabi? And on pg. 39, I am undecided between Drunken Woman Certified Organic LT489 and Red Sails LT459.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ha! Yes. I totally forgot I even did that 😅. But a few ppl have reminded me now

[@marrow-zp7zt]

There's a warm place for the seeds to germinate on top of your fridge, I mean the narrow space meant to ventilate the heat out.

[@kimgomez8099]

Alright, New Year goals, ❤️❤️

[@VillageClerk-c3u]

kelvin celery is awesome

[@kantemirovskaya1lightninga30]

OMG thanks for the reminder. I did Kohlrabi last year and it was AWESOME!!!!! I almost forgot them-I added at the last minute last year so they are not on my tracking spreadsheet.

[@melissalan8105]

Happy new year🥳🥳❤️

[@Niaru.m]

I start my peppers at end of February and germinate the seeds on heater (yes not heat mat but the normal heaters we got inside home).

[@susandomenichini6096]

Happy new my plant friends

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same to you

[@wbshappy1]

You didn't mention Parsley... It's sort of woody stemmed. is that a next month plant? Thanks again for all you do.

[@donadams2419]

Will also be starting Asparagus. Love roasted and fried Asparagus

[@diglifemila]

When should we start carnations?

[@ianbrown5486]

Great to hear from Canada I'm from ne England last two years ot good slugs snails summer not good I try again must buy green house good luck

[@cindytrusty6598]

I call them Wandering Dudes, too! So many people have teased me about that, but now I can say it's an international term!😂

[@GardeningInCanada]

LOL no they changed the labels to that I swear

[@DavidDelPrince]

I start mine on top of the fridge

[@azokalum]

Yes, this works! (Also helpful when trying to get stick insect eggs to hatch too.)

[@RebeccaJensen-88]

I simply dry the stevia leaves and add them to tea/tea mixes. I'm sure there are other ways, but this works for me!

[@marthaduncan7694]

Zone 2b checkin' in :) thank you for these tips n tricks :)

[@GardeningInCanada]

Zone 2b is always a challenge, but you got this! 💪

[@marthaduncan7694]

@@GardeningInCanada LOL "challenge" is a nice way to put it LOL....your videos are so inspiring I keep trying :) thank you.

[@ThegreenJ]

Great video! Very informative thanks!

[@Charles-bj7qu]

Thank you.

[@GardeningInCanada]

You're welcome! Happy planting! 😊

[@Charles-bj7qu]

@@GardeningInCanada I am trying to get the garden area ready, I know I am slow but I will get it done. Thank you.

[@ElHombre-q4y]

An oven with light open can create a room with heat from 25 to 35 celcius. Just be sure to get them out if you need your oven 😊

[@donadams2419]

Would never have thought of that. That is a very creative way to start seed. Very inexpensive way to provide heat for your seed starts.

[@tyramasters-heinrichs921]

Thank you

[@sqeekable]

Are you going to or have done follow up about how to plant and keep these suggestions growing until planting outside?

[@renee9937]

You’re funny 😂 Thank you for sharing

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you liked it! 😊

[@stephendaurie9344]

I start planting my onions seeds med February, transplant into garden med may. I get onions the size of Baseballs. I don't think I need to grow them bigger

[@chrisward7928]

What kind of onions? I'm in Mi so I grow long day.

[@KarlLew]

US Ca in Jan: tomatoes, cukes, basil, broccoli❤️. Save the pumpkins! 🙀 Swoosh the cat off the heat mat!🔥

[@JessMN1974]

Wirh stevia you either soak it in alcohol or tincture it with glycerin. It's almost impossible to make a powder at home like you would buy in the store

[@1pierosangiorgio]

hi, I might have missed a part... you can start these seeds in pots inside, right? as in my mountains, we have 3 feet of snow... :)

[@lisat9707]

I don't have a heat mat but I put mine on top of my hot water tank. Be careful to use glass as a barrier between the hot vent and any plastic or use glass

[@sewwhat6170]

Can you tell me when you start melons. If you do melons.😊

[@archibaldd.bunker7327]

No arguing about the raw power of a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. ~Approx 35 years ago I was courting a Russian x-change student with a name like Olga Cher nyak hov skaya, but anyhow I made her aforementioned pie, topped with shredded wheat. cinnamon, nutmeg && sugar. And yes this was some of the finest pie I can recall in my 60++ years ;0)

[@potagermalo]

Superbe vidéo À bientôt

[@dfriz8513]

I have grass and weeds growing in some of my plants, and I am not even removing them. Is winter over yet?

[@mbion001]

If one does not have extensive indoor growing space / infrastructure and it is freezing outside how are we supposed to start certain plants that can get quite large before they go out.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I would not even try. I would wait until later and then use methods to speed up germination/growth.

[@mountainvalleysunshine7228]

Pumpkin? I've never heard that one before! I always got called carrot top. Anyways I love pumpkin pies 😅

[@JS-jl1yj]

In 2024, I grew the same onions as you did. Kelsae Sweet Onion from West Coast Seeds. I sowed all the seeds at once, since the package said that they are viable for only 1 year. Did you bother curing them? I did. But I found that it wasn't worth the effort. Within a month, they started rotting from inside. I think that this year, I will just start using them one by one as soon as they look big enough, and use them right away while they are firm and juicy.

[@wayneessar7489]

Kelsae is a fall fair or exhibition onion.

[@nicollekalivoda9454]

Yes, not all onions are good for storage. I’ve had luck with Yellow Utah, Rosa di Milano and Zebrune Shallots. They store very well over winter. I have them in the basement.

[@sschul5886]

Can also be dried to make powder...

[@BigFoot-158]

I want to grow strawberries indoors. How long before they fruit? From seed

[@JonesZen4WholeSumLiving2]

40-100 watt bulb for heat with a black out mat.

[@ZE308AC]

Have you grow Greens Chijimisai ?

[@ZE308AC]

It's a Brassica rapa

[@dreamlovermimi9458]

Not the lip liner no lipstick makeup lol happy new year

[@lindaromas]

How do you feel about planting by the moon ?

[@MarynJohnForever]

Bugs bugs bugs (bad ones) aphids everywhere. In our 10x20 active greenhouse. Already did some ladybugs.😢

[@alexs4446]

I probably laughed way harder at the pumpkin cannibal comment just because I wasn't expecting it😂

[@romangarcia791]

You are so adorable 😊

[@shadowknightgladstay4856]

Apple rhubarb pie😊

[@dfriz8513]

Google and its A.I. is driving me crazy trying to change all my word spellings. I find it changes many of my words on purpose just to learn. It won't be long before we start to ask if these are your actual videos or just an A.I. video of you.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea… I correct them in the side window but it just goes completely rouge and puts whatever it wants.

[@MarynJohnForever]

HELP!! I'm struggling with aphids in 8x20 active greenhouse. I've done 1500 lady bugs twice, what else?

[@karenmcabee7035]

Dump all of your soil, outside far away from your garden and green house, scrub and sanitize all of your pots and bring in new soil. I did that two years ago and it works. Sometimes you have to start over with the soil and pots, especially if you are avoiding chemicals.

[@tugh2986]

Pumpkin is cannibalism??? Hilarious 😂

[@BlakeAyrl]

Lmao XD chewing in fiber optic cable. Using that in the future for telling someone to eat glass

[@camrouxbg]

I'll see your strawberry-rhubarb pie and raise you a RASPBERRY-rhubarb pie. That's all.

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚💚

[@LaurieH57]

(Psst. It’s kohlrabi, not colorabi. :). )

[@mdmustafamiah2969]

hi

[@JamieW-o7b]

Nightmare allotments, fly wrecked onion sets, carrots and now my leeks have turned brown and rotted in the ground! Tomato and squashes take mould in August, potatoes get blight in late June. How did my ancestors feed themselves??

[@johngault8688]

Did you say Gingers can't eat pumpkins -- I never heard that....

[@rickabrams3422]

2:28 fight sequence initiated. rhubarb apple reigns supreme on high, checkmate.

[@ruthuhlenhake9709]

I have never heard of rhubarb apple ., might have to give it a try . I love rhubarb!

[@rickabrams3422]

@@ruthuhlenhake9709 please do. you won't regret it 🙂

[@56243G]

Ummm, there's gonna be frost in the ground up there for five more months

[@GardeningInCanada]

Heck yes there is. Mines actually closer to 6 but we are going to ignore that.

[@56243G]

@GardeningInCanada Haha, you were too early two years ago. When you gonna learn? Ice is 14" on the lakes this year, not like last year which was the warmest winter since 1877.

[@trevor5290]

rhubarb ... how so very gross 🤢🤣 Happy 2025 I also start poppies now, and Feb and March and have them flowing in the wind all summer long. Definitely need a bigger house 🤣

[@GardeningInCanada]

🥹🥹🥹 I will convince you! Anything with enough sugar is edible

[@trevor5290]

@@GardeningInCanada NOT ever happening! Plus I'm allergic to it LOL

[@wayneessar7489]

Are you Anna from Frozen?

[@DJtheChemist]

Just saying.... but Apple pie is better than all : )

[@stevenjustice6537]

Pecan pie is better.