How To Start A Garden In Canada? A Canadian Gardener Guide To Cold Climates | Gardening in Canada

[@jenpaige3110]

"Gardening in Canada is an extreme sport" 😂❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

🤣❤️ totally is.... should be an Olympic event.

[@shantelleboyce1921]

Yesss..lol I am in zone 4 now and have my work set out for me... I have maniac racoons and a monoculture field beside me....

[@lovecats6856]

So happy to have found you. I was tired of only seeing gardening in California.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha me to 😂 that’s why I made the channel LOL

[@angelikaszabo1962]

I am in Calgary, Alberta and I grow in containers. Plastic storage totes, plastic barrels that I cut in half, plastic grocery totes, a laundry hamper, tires, 2 gallon and 5 gallon buckets, and large plant pots. I elevate them on 2 x 4's so they are off the ground because I have my garden on grass and find grass sprouting at the bottom of my containers trying to come up to the top. Elevating them stops this from happening. Our last frost according to Farmer's Almanac is June 17th, but according to everyone I talk to they say here we can start during the May long weekend. When I look it up our zone is 3b/4a. I also keep track of the night time temperatures. If it rarely goes below 0C then I will plant the cold hardy vegetables that can take a bit of frost. When it rarely goes below about 10C then I plant out the cold hardy but can't take frost, vegetables. And, when it hovers around the upper teens and 20C plus, it is then safe to plant the warmer plants. I start 90% of them in my own greenhouse that I made with two black resin shelves wrapper on 3 sides with aluminum foil and a clear plastic tablecloth. I purchased some T5 lights, one for each shelf and it cost me alot less then a store bought greenhouse. That's my story and I am sticking to it! Hahaha! Hope this helps those that are struggling. Love your channel Ashley! Keep up the great job your are doing.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Love this post! It’s got a ton of valuable information that will help people

[@emilybarner3440]

I was today years old when I learned from this video that the Canadian plant hardiness zones are different from the US ones! 😱😱Thank you for this knowledge bomb, and for others in this vid! Glad to say I got the 1000th like. :) From Victoria BC!

[@lsdave]

Bought a house 2 years ago with a massive garden in Winnipeg Manitoba. I have zero experience with gardening.. Soo many questions and things to learn! So glad to have found this channel.!!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s awesome I am jealous

[@chantallachance4905]

Charles Dowding in England good grower to a lot of videos

[@TheSaskachewan1]

I'm from Prince Albert sask. I do it like my mother did for all her life. Sometime after may long throw your seeds in and stand back and grow. Well not quite that easy but listen to this lady and she'll give you good tips. I watched her and canadian prepper and learned how to grow monster potatoes

[@cindyfinlay]

Cold Lake Alberta here ! Loving your channel.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Welcome! hope you enjoy let me know if you need anything specific

[@ianlang9312]

I’m in Kitchener Ontario, my veggies are indoors under lights, I have a vacation day on Wednesday and am getting 4 yards of soil delivered! May 9th can’t come soon enough!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Woohoo! Congrats that’s awesome

[@ontariogardening]

I am in your same zone!! Hope your garden is going well this year so far!

[@southerncomfort971]

i am in zone 5 on a lake and i think the humidity here hurts the growing season. so far (3 summers) i havent had much luck with a number of things in the veggie garden, and even some flowers dont want to do well.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Is it pretty high from rainfall?

[@deband4]

Zone 3 (sometimes 2b) and my garden goes out around the long weekend in may....but with covered gardens it could be sooner. I've seen snow here every month but june/july/august so always keep old sheets around for covering. But I do love my raspberries, dwarf carmine jewel cherries and strawberries as perennial fruits. Lots of in and out with seedlings in spring

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yes! absolutely

[@thriftingwise]

From Vancouver, British Columbia. We bought a townhouse Fall 2019., Fortunately being a corner unit, we got some extra space to enjoy gardening. As a beginner, last summer, I learnt a few things- its good to have a theme to your garden in small space which synchronizes everything. Using vertical gardening on fences and railings and giving your garden a personal touch. Investing in flowering vines. And also, pruning dead leaves and flowers ( specially annuals) timely maintains the beauty of your garden. Lastly, keeping one color for all the pots in the garden. This year I have kept all my pots in earthen-red color, trust me it gives an amazing look to the garden.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I love the suggestion of a theme! I think that’s a great idea.

[@thriftingwise]

@@GardeningInCanada Thank you ❤. This year my theme is 'Flowers'. Let's see how it goes...

[@GardeningInCanada]

Love that! I’m doing “herbs”

[@ontariogardening]

Vertical gardening has been my life saver for space. I love using Tomato cages on all sorts of plants as a trelis to train things to go UP instead of OUT. Glad you have an outdoor space to enjoy :)

[@mendicantcrow]

Recent subscriber but I'd say Intermediate gardener from Saskatchewan (zone 3)! I come from a family of avid gardeners and started my own plots as a teenager. Now, in my first house, I'm working on converting more of the yard to garden space, cuz it's never enough lol.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hey! Welcome too the crew. And no never enough 😂 the city of Saskatoon is going too come for me soon when I till up the front yard AHAHA

[@pleasantpatch]

Im watching form St. John's, Newfoundland. I only discovered you in the last six months. I love the content you bring. I consider myself to be an intermediate gardener. I try to push the envelope when gardening in my climate. Our last frost date is mid June so a very short season here. Thank you for what you bring to the table, you definitely provide through provoking information and it's nice to follow someone who doesn't get wrapped up in the glam.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I’m so glad you are enjoying the channel. There’s anything specific you ever need. Just feel free to reach out. If I don’t find you in the comment section, then come find me on Facebook or Instagram because I will definitely answer you over there. Good luck this gardening season and I wish you the best plant luck possible!

[@kellyesselmont2478]

Marmora Ontario zone 5 🇨🇦 love your channel! We bought a house in cottage country in the northern part of southern Ontario… much different than the big towns we grew up in… a lot more snow! 🥶 I’m attempting winter sowing some seeds and doing some indoors to get a jump on the season… but I think most will be done in march and April..

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you are enjoying it so much!

[@dianemoses8450]

Love that Canadian prepper had you on. I recently bought a place up in the mountains here in US and it’s a totally different growing season then where I live presently.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea! I believe that

[@temporarypeace]

Where👏 have👏 you👏 been my entire life. Thanks!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Just chillin up here in Canada 💁‍♀️

[@sazzielassie]

Just saw your channel. fantastic! I am a Canadian living at 8000' in the Rockies in a small cabin with a south facing deck. I have never grown a garden by myself, this is my first year. I started all my seeds indoors in February, far too early but thankfully everything seems to be doing fine. Just put most plants into final pots yesterday. It has been a very cold spring here. Your channel is super helpful to a newbie, very little information out there for beginners growing under extreme conditions. Not for the faint of heart:) Thank you!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you are enjoying ❤️

[@thewoolshark]

Thank you so much for this! I am a complete beginner, who knows little more than "plants need water and dirt, the dirt needs nutrients and some air space, sunburns and freezing to death are bad for plants". I did have to stop and google some of the terms you were using like "deadheading" and "hardening off", but at least now I know I'm in Zone 4a and what that even means! Gonna keep poring over your videos so I have the best possible chance once we plan some stuff outside in June :)

[@squadiodatamj5998]

It is now the NEXT gardening season....and I'm happy to have found your channel. I enjoy a zone 5 growing season in south central BC. I'm, once again, full of hopes and dreams for another gardening season......

[@GardeningInCanada]

Woohoo! Let’s get it

[@rrrrrhino]

Fan from Ontario!!! 😍

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

We're in usa winter zones 5-6 and summer zone 7, and we grow directly in the ground and love to grow strawberries. Just today we dug another trench garden bed, which will have peppers, that are waiting in the window for this time of year. We started cold plants in the first week of march, but that depends on when the first heatwave of the year is. Most importantly, we leave fall plants in the ground so we get delicious perennial food before the seeds sown in early spring even come up.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Awesome advice! Love the concept of leaving the foliage to reseed

[@yahushaismyshepherd1179]

Just topping up my raised beds. All my cold weather seedlings are in house. Peppers and Tomatoes also growing. I am zone 3b Foothills of Rockies Grande Prairie area. High wind / snow area clay soil. I grow by containers , raised beds both bordered and not as well as unheated high tunnel/ structure.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s sounds awesome! All my stuff is inside as well we are the same zone.

[@Keep-Calm-and-Draw]

Thank you for sharing this! This is very useful for beginner gardeners in Canada!

[@GardeningInCanada]

I truly hope so!

[@ontariogardening]

agreed! I am in Ontario and always love any extra tips we can get.

[@pelenaka]

Zone 3 extremely clay/rocky soil - Amended soil in raised beds, Cold frame for cold hardy veggies. Use a simple greenhouse for daytime bring seedlings in @ night. Use grow light to start. Last frost is 1st wk of June supposedly.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Love this! We are the same zone 😂 and honestly I wait till June 10th with my tomatoes and peppers.

[@shawnaT456]

Canadian here! Thanks for your video! I am super excite to start doing more edible gardening. I would love to hear recommendations for raised beds, tools etc. for outdoor and indoor gardening.

[@daniellebrogden]

I live in Norway and its now 15 degrees celsius in the day time, and only 3 at night (spring). I carry my plants out every noon and in again when the sun goes down. One more month and the plants can stand outdoors all night long! I don't know about zones, I've just learned from the past years.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s absolute dedication! Your zone sounds identical to my zone 3 maybe a bit higher into a zone 4 . If you’re looking at the Canadian system. If you look at the USDA zones your a 4/5

[@daniellebrogden]

@@GardeningInCanada Yey! Watching your videos has made me curious about zones and how it relates to my garden. It's made me curious about *all things plants* tbh🙄😁 But thanks for the head start! I will look more into it. Norwegian weather can be quite a bitch so I need all the knowledge I can get

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahah 🤣 probably similar to canadian

[@danakrueger7833]

Gardening in Michigan is also an extreme sport. Last week we had frost to 80’s. So very bipolar weather.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Bipolar 😂 great description

[@ontariogardening]

You have very similar growing conditions to where I am (in Ontario). Probably because we are neighbours. Hope your growing season is going well so far!

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Starting a Garden in Canada is an amazing experience!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yes! Love it

[@thecakepopsistars]

Thank you for drawing my attention back to what my main focus should be as a new gardener! I’ll be Starting my little 4X4 vegetable gardens in a few weeks with my winter sown seedlings! zone 5/5b (?) Toronto ON 🌱💗

[@GardeningInCanada]

Woohoo! Good luck. 4x4 is perfect.

[@thecakepopsistars]

@@GardeningInCanada thanks for your positive energy! Excited and nervous to transplant. 👩🏻‍🌾

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahah don’t be!

[@ontariogardening]

Fellow zone 5b here!! Hope your garden is going well so far- we have had some beautiful weather so far!

[@ronaldmuise2343]

I am a Canadian gardener and I'm taking it one grow at a time

[@ACryin_Shame]

Michigan gardener zone 6a. Can't wait for the warm to come.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Woohoo ! I completely agree

[@danakrueger7833]

I’m in West Michigan and we had frost AND 80 degrees last week. So crazy. Since 2012, we are now considered 6a!

[@ACryin_Shame]

@@danakrueger7833 Supposed to be pretty nice today. Been hardening off plants, even if i have a couple weeks left to wait. Lol

[@GardeningInCanada]

❤️

[@ontariogardening]

Similar growing conditions over here in Ontario. The warm is finally here! Hope you are having a great crop so far :)

[@meggo329]

Peterborough Ontario 5a planted some radishes and lettuce seems to be doing alright. All of my other veggies and flowers are inside under lamps. I don't even have proper grow lights but they do just fine. Frost date ends around mid May for me. All I have is a balcony (renting top two floors of a house) but it's perfect for now one day I will have a house.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Love the mention about grow lights

[@ontariogardening]

Hello from a fellow Ontario gardener! :) Hope you were able to get everything planted this season.

[@tobruz]

Hamilton Ontario cdn zone 6a: All Cool weather plants out and the garden’s are full! Seeded carrots and transplants over the last weeks include... Peas, lettuce, green onions, bulb onions, turnip, pac choy, leeks, radish, beets, mustard greens! Some warm weather plants started inside include... Tomato, peppers, some annual flowers and celery. Soon to start inside cucumber, mouse mellon (cucamellon) and more annuals. Tips: in the fall I add compost to top off my raised beds and put landscape fabric over top for the winter, it’s breathable and let’s water through but keeps squirrels from digging. In very early spring I cover the beds with white/ clear tarps to melt the snow and warm the beds then remove the landscape fabric underneath. I still have the tarps on held up with wire hoops and posts and plant transplants under the cover. Always check the 14 day weather, looks like the last hard frost was last night so the tarps will be replaced with fabric row covers. Blueberries, raspberries and others are breaking dormancy and have cut the lawn now three times. Emptied three composers and sorted the finished from the not so finished and amended my potting soil with it. After some false spring weather Hooray looks like the real deal is just around the corner!

[@GardeningInCanada]

These zone 6 guys. I tell yea 😉 but very good info.

[@tobruz]

Potatoes are chiting in pots waiting for more green growth and have been enjoying green onions from sets for about a week now. I have been gardening for over 30 years so I’ve learned a thing or two!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Whelp I’m jealous

[@ontariogardening]

We live 20 minutes away from you! Hello from a fellow Ontario gardener! Our cucamelons are doing amazing so far- how are yours? :)

[@NapoleonGARDENINGTV]

Thank you for the vast of information. We,re lucky we dont have zoning in our country. Happy Gardening to all!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Interesting! Where are you at

[@NapoleonGARDENINGTV]

@@GardeningInCanada Philippines Mam.

[@Anna-B-92]

I'm in Belgium ( zone 8b ) For tomatoes, eggplants and pepers we wait until the weather predictions say the temperature won't go below 10°c and then we start hardening. Also something I started doing is: pepers and tomato plants can be kept in a large planter and when the temp starts dropping between 13-10°c you do a really good trim and put inside don't overwater and keep between 10 and 15°c, the plant hybernate. In februari you place them in a warmer spot ( living room temp) and they'll start growing again. Don't forget to feed them ! This way you'll get flowers and vegetables much Faster.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Belgium very cool!!! Do you know what the equivalent to a a zone 8B in Belgium is for Canada?

[@Anna-B-92]

@@GardeningInCanada that should be the canadian zone I looked up what the temperatures are in the zones here and in canada. I've lived in Canada for 3 years - vancouver and climax in sask- temperature is about he same as vancouver temperature wise.

[@jennyreese4913]

I'm going to keep rewatching this video everytime I get overwhelmed lol

[@GardeningInCanada]

HAHA awe love thank

[@InSearchOfYummyness]

I'm in Ontario (zone 6a) and am looking forward to being able to get my seedlings planted outside!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea! I agree enough of winter

[@ontariogardening]

I hope you got everything out and it is going well so far. I am also in Ontario and we have had some beautiful weather for gardening so far :)

[@InSearchOfYummyness]

@@ontariogardening Yup, everything is out and mostly doing well! Had a little issue with flea beetles, but I think I've managed to get rid of them now.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s awesome

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Ontario zone 7 need some helpful ideas We have raised beds and some containers and some in ground berry bushes .This year I am getting climbing strawberry’s shipped in .I plan to put them in containers with baskets in the container . Lots of first time growing for a 65 and 72 year old this is going to be our 4th year.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Nice! Where did you grab your climbing strawberries?!

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

@@GardeningInCanada from Rickters in Ontario and west coast seeds may sell them too. But Richters Herbs is where I ordered them from

[@breathtruth285]

Thank you for the information!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Any time!

[@melisadelagarde5492]

Here from Atlantic Canada From northern new Brunswick zone5 And its definitely difficult here with such extreme high and lows. Im more of a seasoned cherry tomato of all kinds grower and over the pass 7 years have had the best success container growing...because its easier to move our plants through out the season depending on the weather

[@LucasEY]

Haha I definitely planted some seeds too early too, then they became SO root-bound by the time I got them outside. Had to tease out the roots a lot and now they're all getting transplant shock, but hoping they'll bounce back!

[@GardeningInCanada]

They will just be gentle with them.

[@ontariogardening]

I hope they are doing better now for you :)

[@ontariogardening]

@@NinoandLo sure! Feel free to check out my stuff as well. We could probably benefit from one another, being so close. It's hard to find Ontario stuff on the internet sometimes!

[@leafylotus]

Hi Ashley, thanks for the video

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@AlbertaAdventurerFamily]

Great video love how you explain gardening we have a hard time every year to get things going in Feb being zone 3 it’s tuff thanks for sharing your Knowledge!👍✨

[@GardeningInCanada]

Thank you! You too!

[@mmirandaxx]

The "official" last frost date here, in Montreal, is April 30th. However nighttime temperatures in early May vary and often dip to 5°C so most people here agree it's best to wait until late May to transplant. I have just started taking my seedlings out during the day; once the forecast is more steady, I will stop bringing them in at night and transplant into their final containers :)

[@GardeningInCanada]

This is very helpful info for anyone in your area.

[@ontariogardening]

Great idea to harden them off! I am pretty much the same zone as you, and follow the same guidelines. Hope your garden is going well so far this season!

[@hodanabdi1308]

@@ontariogardening so

[@voxpopjuli]

Gardening UNDER Snow & Ice.??? Yeaaaah,,, I need it...

[@iowaclassic]

US zone 4b. 3500 ft altitude. Last frost date May 22. 110 day growing season. But this year that was followed by a long, wet, cold June.

[@GardeningInCanada]

We are cold here as well! that’s interesting

[@sharadaswaminathan2528]

Hello form Montreal! This is my first time starting a garden in Montreal. This video was very helpful. I'm very confused about what I can start from seeds and what needs to be transplanted. Could you please make a video on that?

[@GardeningInCanada]

I actually have some 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6qYk515er59nJY

[@ontariogardening]

Hello from your fellow gardening friend in Ontario! I hope you figured it out and your garden is going well!

[@GraftingTactick]

Gardening lectures 👍

[@GardeningInCanada]

[@chantallachance4905]

What I like in spring time gardening is to have a lot of fast growing vegetable 30-60 days I start it 2 weeks before to put it in greenhouse or outside like different radishes, bok choi, différent lettuce, différent spinach, small round carots, green oignon, small cucumber, peas, all the asian vege grow very fast

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yes absolutely. Great suggestion

[@Lochness19]

Ontario Zone 6b. I transplanted my lettuces on April 20 this year, and they're doing great. We got some light frosts in late April (a week after transplanting) and then no more frosts. May was pretty mild - the coldest it got was 5.5C, so they started growing quite well in May. I've harvested many outer leaves, and they're now starting to form heads. They're all romaine lettuces. I also direct sowed the same romaine lettuces in late March. They were high density sowings, and not thinned. Probably 25-40 plants per square foot... It's a dense forest of leaves now. Not going to get any heads from those but still a lot of "loose leaf" lettuce. The plants are smaller than the transplanted ones that are spaced 8-10 inches apart, but the amount of biomass per sf is probably just as high because there's so many more plants. I also had some curly leaf lettuce that went to seed last summer, and I tossed the seed heads in the compost, applied the compost in the fall, and they started popping up in various spot in April. Those wound up reaching a similar size as the transplanted romaine lettuces in the same amount of time, so I'm thinking there might not be that much of an advantage to starting seeds indoors in my area. Because there were only a few seeds that germinated, they weren't as closely spaced as the high density sowings, so the individual plants were able to get larger.

[@GardeningInCanada]

The dang birds are my lettuce this year

[@mamakaka73]

I live in a 2b zone but I am in a valley so I go 3. I do mostly greenhouse and grow bags gardening.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Nice!

[@chantallachance4905]

I live in a urban city in Laval, Qc,Ca, zone 5 I grow all year round harvest crop in 2 small greenhouse’s 76 varieties of lettuces, 15 varieties of spinach, 10 varieties of kale, radish, turnip,carotte,oignon, bok choi,cabbage I put a cable in 4 inches in the ground because I dont have enough sun in winter when you heat the soil the soil heat the air of the greenhouse 10C (Eliot Coleman) At 0C the spinach grow, the soil not air at 4C the lettuce grow it grow slowly but it grow When the soil temperature at 10C I put tomatoes plant at 25C soil temperature I put melon I follow the Charles Dowding agenda to now what and when to sow it help me so much very less job and it WORKS thank you to partage your connaissance

[@tobruz]

Have never heard advice of watering every day, maybe in the beginning then infrequent but deep watering as you said.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea it’s truly depends on your soil. But I think the safest bet for a beginner is everyday. When your starting out it’s hard to know if you’re watering deep enough. Most will shut the water down once it begins to pool.

[@kerrigrandmaison2474]

From Edmonton, Alberta

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hello and welcome!

[@wildedibles819]

Great information We plant after may 24 but last year we had a june frost Never heard of that here before but it can happen An extreme sport lmbo good one i agree lol

[@GardeningInCanada]

June frost 😢 that’s so sad. You didn’t loose anything did you?

[@wildedibles819]

@@GardeningInCanada a few beans squash didn't come up and corn But it wasn't all of them it was a light frost

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh good.

[@ontariogardening]

How did this year go for you? We planted everything May 24 weekend and then got a frost on May 31st (I am in Ontario). Luckily everything survived!

[@wildedibles819]

@@ontariogardening yes its been cool but no real frost that killed anything all good to grow How is your garden growing now? We just got some rain im finally planting more it was too dry to plant so i uppotted until i can get plants in the ground now that its wet

[@DerMelissa]

Allan,SK not in the garden yet😬 Oh man....I 'll go deadhead my marigolds that look so pretty blooming away indoors😢

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahah oh yea you should see my petunias before I chopped them down this weekend

[@dleetrini]

Can you tell me which I’m in? I’m in London, Ontario. Thanks

[@hapbunker2373]

I'm in a high elevation zone 4a in the area of Bancroft Ontario Canada. For the last 2 years I have gotten frost killed in the first week of June.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Sounds about right! My zones last frost state here in Saskatoon is technically June 10. Meaning of frost mid June one night is not out of question

[@mariannasvlog]

Is this the same zone as Apsley, Ontario? It’s saying im in zone 5a but Bancroft is 20 minutes from me! Beginner here. I have 3 raised beds and thinking of doing greenhouse to grow all year round but so new!

[@1118cristina]

Ottawa /Gatineau region zone b5 I think I have herbs mainly used to cold climate and , tomatoes, pappers , etc

[@GardeningInCanada]

Nice! That’s perfect

[@ransithrusith6003]

Very nice video 💐🇱🇰

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you enjoyed

[@johnjude2685]

You can possibly grow peanuts and loofah something can grow in Ohio zone 6,Happy Gardening Thanks Young smart Lady ( love your plants and bring that GREEN BIRD back

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yes you can! I'm in zone 3 :(

[@Debramuise]

I agree that gardening is an extreme sport since I broke my wrist while gardening. Just finishing up with some mulch and stepped on a stone that rolled and I tumbled down a hill. I don’t recommend it. 😂

[@mapofthesoultagme7143]

I live in Calgary. Edmonton is colder, has a more consistent climate, nutritious soil, is in central Alberta instead of southern Alberta, less dry and has a longer growing season. I wish Calgary was like that

[@rosepine7071]

Gardening is my retirement passion Rose. Zone 5b Need suggestions on best roses for semi shade garden

[@johnhayes6414]

What types of exotic tropical evergreens can survive winter in ontario Canada and what can you do to help them survive

[@sandychipps4846]

From New Brunswick

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hello!

[@scottsmith507]

Hey Ashley, off subject. Idea for a video. I'm trying this out right now. Have you heard of "forcing rubarb". Rubarb is grown in the dark.

[@GardeningInCanada]

i havent no. where did you see that

[@scottsmith507]

@@GardeningInCanada you tube forcing rhubarb. Big in UK. It's quite different, wont do again. Seems very stressful on plant.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea sounds like it. I’ll look it up

[@GardeningInCanada]

Let me know where your garden is and whether or not you’re in the garden yet.

[@jenpaige3110]

Zone 5. I have super heavy clay, high humidity area, so I use raised beds/containers. I've started peas outside from seed and planted strawberries (which I've been covering at night). So far so good! 🤞

[@GardeningInCanada]

Nice job! Love when night covers work out!

[@danakrueger7833]

Michigan 6a. I added new soil in April (raised rows about 12 inches high). I did plant potatoes and onion in April. Mid April I planted kale, turnips, chard, lettuce, spinach). They have just sprouted. Asparagus has also emerged!

[@ontariogardening]

I am in Ontario (zone 5b), and have been in the garden since April, when I first planted my cool weather crops. The weather has been beautiful!

[@Opa773]

Is thinning applies to cucumbers? Also, when is it best time to lay down manure in flower beds and veggies ?

[@GardeningInCanada]

You will want to if you have limited room. And application of organically can happen anytime it won’t ever show signs of over fertilizing

[@scottsmith507]

USDA zone 4b. Been in garden dividing rhubarb. Got 8 new plants going good. It's been abnormally warm this spring. Pulled mulch off garlic early April, leaves are 7 inches tall already. Requested my onion plants coming from Dixondale farms in Texas to speed up shipping. They got email and shipped. Just got 2 inches of snow yesterday! UGH! You dont ever talk about onion plants, just seeds or sets. I have found planting those little plants produce a superior bulb in size and storage. Please do some experiments including seeds, bulbs and plants for comparison

[@GardeningInCanada]

You just got 2 inches..... are you serious

[@GardeningInCanada]

And I will! I’m not a huge onion person that’s why I don’t normally talk about them.

[@scottsmith507]

@@GardeningInCanada yea we got snow April 26. Got lulled in by nice spring. Onions weren't scheduled to arrive till mid May. Onions on way, beds are supposed to be ready, now blanket of snow!😮

[@GardeningInCanada]

Love that... it’s so cold here. The air is just very winter feeling still.

[@margarettebeauchamp8604]

Canadian Gardener

[@Brokersong]

I have the ugliest lawn in the neighborhood bc I will not spray. But then again, I am terrible with gardening. What can I do to smother dandelion? Not trying to kill them but want to significantly reduce the mass.

[@milkweed7678]

Are there any specific veggies varieties by name you recommend starting the season with since you are colder up there? I'm in zone 6a but close to lower 5. Thanks, good video!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Tomatoes and peppers forsure

[@ontariogardening]

What types of plants are you looking for names of? I may have some variety ideas for you. I am in Ontario as well, zone 5b (things would work about the same for us).

[@milkweed7678]

@@ontariogardening I was was just seeing if she plants different varieties than us-me or about the same in her zone. I'm not looking for anything.

[@wallypaige8496]

Can you grow a almond seed to tree in zone 5 that will grow to a big tree. Are lemon and oranges only house plants that fruit. Also lavender ,Aloe vera cherry tree from seeds. Need help as a new gardener.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Are you USDA 5 or Canadian? My suggestion is go to a local nursery and get species meant for your region.

[@wallypaige8496]

@@GardeningInCanada Canadian. Love from Ontario Canada

[@johnhayes6414]

Can you grow a moss lawn and moss garden on ontario Canada. Does the winter and snow cause any problems

[@GardeningInCanada]

That could be an issue just do to lack of ambient humidity

[@johnhayes6414]

So it's not impossible. Is their artificial moss like artificial turf

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s a good question I’m not sure that would be really cool

[@highborn18]

Can I grow hot peppers in Southern Ontario? Like maybe jalapeños or is it too cold up here?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yup! Sure can just pop it into containers

[@shantelleboyce1921]

Hi... I'm from northern NB zone 4

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hello!

[@Lochness19]

Hmm. So my neighbour has been letting me keeping my plant starts in his greenhouse. Currently the temperatures there are around 17-27C in the afternoon when the sun is shining on it, and 7-12C at night since he doesn't heat it much. I kept my basil and ground cherry seedlings in there overnight but I've noticed they weren't growing much (especially the basil, ground cherry is still growing a bit). I was about to leave my canteloupe, watermelon, cucumber, and zucchini seedlings out there at night for the first time too but sounds like I should bring them to the basement real quick?... Are 5-10C nights really so bad for these plants? They're generally recommended to plant around late May or so here (zone 6b)? Maybe even mid-May? But we still get 5-10C nights around that time of year from time to time.

[@Lochness19]

hm ok so last year these were the last 10 nights where temperatures were 10C or below. May 13: 3C May 14: 4C May 15: 6C May 16: 10C May 17: 7C May 18: 6C May 19: 6C May 20: 10C May 21: 10C May 31: 9C Almanac.com says to wait until nights are consistently 10C+ for basil so I guess I was pushing it with my basil seedlings. So I guess once we're around May 20 we should be more or less in the clear for those kinds of cool nights (just check the long-range forecast I guess). Almanac.com seems to be recommending that I plant my watermelon, canteloupe, cucumber, tomato, pepper, green beens and zucchini. They don't have anything on ground cherries so not sure about those. I dunno... my basil hasn't wilted or anything, it just hasn't grown much in the last few days since being exposed to those cooler nights in the greenhouse (probably 7-9C). Should I prepare to start a new batch of basil then? The slow cooker method has been working pretty for me to start seedlings fast (germinate them between wet paper towels in a plastic bag on low yogurt setting - approx 30-32C I think?), it even worked for my root parsley and got it to germinate in only 9 days (despite parsley generally preferring cooler temperatures)

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh that’s a really nice neighbour! You have a really nice selection this year for seedling as well.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Those nighttime temps ares that cold for those plants. If it was a lot of pepper and tomatoes I would be more concerned.

[@Lochness19]

@@GardeningInCanada Tomatoes are more sensitive to 5-10C than basil, melon, cucumbers and zucchini? For tomatoes and peppers I was going to buy them from a nursery but I guess I should still wait until mid-late May for those then? I think when my family was growing tomatoes and I was a kid they often planted them in early-mid May when we could get cool (but not freezing) nights and they were often growing slowly at first but from what I remember they still picked up the pace in late May.

[@ontariogardening]

You should be more than good to plant now if you haven't already. I am also in Ontario, and even on the couple of colder nights we have had, my tomatoes and peppers have survived.

[@dymondwillow2]

gifted some potaotes.... with stems at least a foot long. do i dig them deeper into my Alberta clay-like soil? how deep to bury the potato? do i stake the stem?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Tomatoes not potatoes right?

[@dymondwillow2]

@@GardeningInCanada potatoes, spuds. the chitting part is really long.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh! Wow. You’d have to plant the full depth

[@ontariogardening]

Oh wow- how lucky!! Just plant them to the base of the stem and you should be fine :) You can stake them if you want to (so the stalks don't lay on the ground and get wet), but it isn't 100% necessary. Hope you get a good harvest!

[@shiyardiagariepy]

Im in calgary help me please!!!! I have had black thumbs my whole life. All advice welcome

[@GardeningInCanada]

HAHA follow along and you will learn!

[@shiyardiagariepy]

@@GardeningInCanada following and reviewing old vids to get caught up!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Woohoo! Let me know if you want anything in particular

[@steveandtedssmallspacegard8587]

I'm on the east coast on the south island of New Zealand, and autumn has arrived, how do I find my zone and is there any benefit for me to compare to the US or Canadian equivalent?

[@julicaru4812]

Hi Ted, or is it Steve? Find your zone by asking google what zone is .........( your nearest big town) . I’m on the east coast of Australia and we are 10 b here , all the best Jules

[@GardeningInCanada]

there are benefits to comparing it to the Canadian or US equivalents because ultimately they will be very similar. they only thing is that the frost free date ranges will be the opposite. Look into the laws in your area though. I know that gardening is considered illegal in some areas of New Zealand...

[@GardeningInCanada]

Great advice!

[@meggo329]

@@GardeningInCanada I didn't know that. Why is it illegal ?

[@GardeningInCanada]

They are worried about invasive species is my guess

[@JAKE-yf9gl]

HELP! I JUST MOVED. I have no idea what my zone is. I'm in central Oregon and at 4,300 ft. It will freeze here at anytime of the year. It could be 90 degrees during the day and 30 degrees at night. Hard on my garden plant. I do cover. If you have experience with this type of gardening. Thank5

[@kendravoracek3636]

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[@GardeningInCanada]

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[@southerncomfort971]

hi i am new to this channel and my new home in central ontario, zone 5. been trying to find fellow gardeners in zone 5 to ask about different things, but it seems most utubers are in america? can anyone help?

[@GardeningInCanada]

They are but myself, our suburban homestead, you can’t eat the grass, Fraser valley farms, shifting roots.

[@southerncomfort971]

@@GardeningInCanada I didnt understand your respone sorry

[@kerrigrandmaison2474]

Zone 3

[@GardeningInCanada]

Same as me!

[@harpreetdhindsa9713]

Im in Vancouver so what zone that would be lol

[@GardeningInCanada]

I saw you got the answer before me!

[@بستانالعربالاخضر]

Hi, thanks princess, Excuse me How can get a gardener job in Canada, so that i am young morocain gardener live in Morrocco

[@GardeningInCanada]

hahaha

[@Asadrafeeqawan99]

May I work with you

[@ojardineirodeluz7965]

Só brasileiro gostaria de ter um gardem no canada

[@raymondabella4684]

Do you have a video affirming or debunking the hack of using an asprin solution to prevent or bring back a plant from transplant shock? Here is one KZbinr who advises this hack and explains why it works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kImzoqGHZ7uYiMU Also, what hack would you suggest to help a plant when being transplanted, especially trees like avocados or citrus trees. Thanks and Love your channel and vids.👍

[@GardeningInCanada]

I dont but I definitely need to make one this is the 10th comment this week about it 😂

[@sbwhite599]

is she still single?