YOU Can Rapidly Increase Seedling Plant Growth ASAP!

If you think your seedlings are behind in plant growth these are the tricks you want to try! Getting rapid growth from your seedlings needs to be more "bush" and not leggy & longer growth because this results in weaker plants. This Gardening In Canada video looks at science-based ways to rapidly increase the growth of your seedlings before you pop them outside.
0:00 Start
2:00 The Question
3:20 First Trick For Rapid Seedling Growth
5:00 Tomatoes In Particular
9:50 2nd Trick For Rapid Plant Growth
13:40 Third Trick For Rapid Growth
14:50 Fourth Trick For Quick Seedling Growth
20:00 Fifth ...
20:38 End
I Helped Design A Plant Sensor! Grab one of these here is the link: earthone.io/?ref=GARDENINGINC...
For a Discount code: GARDENINGCANADA
👩‍🔬 G R A B A P L A N N E R
Paperback 2024 Garden Planner:
geni.us/1Q7xaE
📝 S T A Y I N T O U C H
Website/Blog & FREE printables: gardeningincanada.net
Instagram: gardeningincanada
➡️ A F F I L I A T E S
Westcoast Seeds Affiliate Link: bit.ly/33mGGaI
Seeds Now: www.seedsnow.com/?rfsn=635440...
🎉 S O C I A L S
👩‍🔬PATREON: / gardeningincanada
INSTAGRAM / gardeningincanada
FACEBOOK: / gardenincanada
👩🏻‍🦰 A B O U T M E:
Ashley has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor's degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley's interests are KZbin, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley's KZbin channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her KZbin channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
Disclaimer
This description or comments section may contain links to affiliate websites. I receive a commission for any purchases made by you on the affiliate website using such a link. This includes the gardening in Canada website. You should assume all links both on the gardening in Canada KZbin, Blog, and all other social media are affiliates and I will receive compensation.

[@GardeningInCanada]

GIC Crew!! Here are you links 🔗 Promix Fertilizer - go.magik.ly/ml/22cao/ Heater - go.magik.ly/ml/21q5b/ Temp Controller - geni.us/mybHr Min/Max with Hydrometer - geni.us/np7FbTf Sensor - earthone.io/?ref=GARDENINGINCANADA For a Discount code: GARDENINGCANADA Articles/Studies etc. There should be accessible to everyone regardless of logins etc. www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.577235/full www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110299/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10421280/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20P%20deficiency%20not%20only,overall%20plant%20growth%20and%20development.

[@valmac1234]

Yay! I even use the Inkbird Temperature controller for my Quail Brooder. That's so cool!

[@phenixwars1]

Crazy but I can't find the Pro-Mix fertilizer online in the US except for one seller on Amazon that's selling it for $50. I'm gonna research other organic ferts that are high in phos that I might be able to find here. Great info on the temperature! Thank you!

[@mnp5404]

@@phenixwars1 Same problem! Apparently not available in USA.

[@FarmerPam94]

I can’t find it in the US. I closest liquid I found is a 10-10-10.

[@SymbiSkuggi]

You are just so so rad! My wife and I have (quickly) decided you are our favorite garden related creator. You explain things extremely well, but also don't leave out the more "nerdy" parts (which are a huge reason we love your channel). You really do come off as genuinely yourself, which is another huge breath of fresh air in this space. More science, more plants, more compassion, and this world will be headed in the right direction in no time. Thank you for sharing your info and time with us, all the love from Cali

[@GardeningInCanada]

Thank you so much 🙏 always love it when someone outside of Canadian sees the value in the channel

[@ChadnRanda]

Idk ab favorite lol but definitely on top!! I live in South Carolina so if it wasnt for different schedules/climates would maybe be my favorite as well..😊 good info

[@xaviercruz4763]

@@GardeningInCanadawell I’m from Dominican Republic down here in the Caribbean and this I thought: genuine

[@rochelleduff9277]

I work in a children's hospital and how we describe lackluster growth of young humans is "Failure to Thrive". We can all acknowledge this is not a nice term for parents to hear, so there is a push to move to the term "Growth Faltering". Which, IMO, is frankly not much nicer... Sometimes you just have to use negative words to describe a negative outcome.

[@chuckbailey6835]

Thats funny I have 4 kids I would just rather the doctors say your kid aint growing

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea that’s fair. Great way to explain it.

[@Agrillot6]

They wanna change the language for everything to sugar coat it, but I don’t care how bad it sounds, just tell me how to change it.

[@TiffanyL50]

It’s pretty devastating as a new mom to hear the words, “failure to thrive”

[@rochelleduff9277]

@@TiffanyL50 Fully agree. Dated medical jargon is a lot like date scientific jargon. It is hard to eradicate long used diagnoses/terms or switch to verbiage that is less likely to hurt and offend. I walk into every room of a child not growing well and explain to parents this does not mean they are a failure as a parent. I do think in person most medical staff and physicians refer to the child as "not growing well", but often in charts the listed diagnosis remains "Failure to Thrive".

[@hattyhashbrowns]

I love your content! As an indoor cannabis grower I am familiar with all these terms - DLI, VPD, etc ❤ It’s great to hear someone with an actual science background discussing these things and not a Bro science specialist!! ❤❤❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

You cannabis folks are WAYYY ahead of the curve on a day to day growing experience

[@dreamlovermimi9458]

My seedlings are still slow growers , until i placed a humidity dome which is just a plastic cup cap from fastfood restaurants, the added warmth and humidity helps them grow faster i have seen .

[@GardeningInCanada]

I believe that! Plants are so bizarre sometimes

[@katipohl2431]

Me too, I start some plants really late and don't let them freeze. Grow lights and thermometers are a must-have.

[@RealBradMiller]

I start plants and then do experiments on them to see how tough they are. Got sunflowers planted two weeks early, survived down to 28, with zero damage!

[@forestdweller-111]

​@@RealBradMiller I do the same. I also experimented with sunflowers... So far so good 👍

[@rellimarual]

The differential part is not made very digestible as promised. But what I think she’s trying to say is that warm nights are more effective than warm days, but if that’s wrong, please clarify!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea!!! See you got it. I’m sorry I have struggled with how to present that for years. The first video I did last year on it I deleted 😅

[@djc6323]

Thats exactly what I got from her explanation. So I visualize a newborn baby. At night they can’t have a blanket so their onesie must be warm and cuddly

[@Random-JustAnother]

​​@@djc6323so you think humans have evolved in spite of using "dangerous" blankets forever? Don't be ridiculous. If You need a blanket to sleep, why do you think your baby doesn't?! I can't stand some of these new 'rules' some parents follow. It's like people's brains go right out of the window, because the so called experts say so!

[@Allucutoday]

I don't understand this point though, because it goes against natural climate? In almost all cases outdoor day time temps are higher than night temps, surely to mimic that you would keep it the same?

[@FMNsocial]

​@@Allucutoday Thanks for asking this, I was going to as well.

[@pascalxus]

i love the research backed conclusions! more of this please!

[@briancunningham5011]

Expert advice, Excellent gardener. Thank you for the content

[@GardeningInCanada]

So nice of you

[@SuperSohm]

Love your content!! I also am a Canadian Gardener. (Ontario) So informative!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Awesome! Thank you! 🙏

[@kingjesusreigns]

Novice here… but we tossed all of our lemon & lime peels in the wood stove over the winter. Put the ashes around our fruit trees…. And BAM!! FRUIT EVVVVEEERYWHERE THIS YEAR! (Pretty sure that = phosphorous) PS: Great video! Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom! We have almost no idea what we’re doing… just learning as we go. 😂)

[@marioalonzo-debout5603]

Can you expand on this? Any specific reason for the peels?

[@billinburlington5507]

Your explanation of temperature differential was indeed very digestible and down to earth😀. This video is an example of how my interest in science meshes with your gardening content and my love for gardening…. I can apply the scientific evidence that you effectively explain to my garden and see the results for myself. A great escape for my desk job. Thank you for all you do to help us out!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you enjoyed it! Keep experimenting! It’s half the fun

[@belieftransformation]

Great information; thanks for sharing! Have a great growing season all 🤗🇨🇦

[@GardeningInCanada]

YOU TO!

[@debbielavers9836]

Another video that knocks information out of the park! I just don’t know why you don’t have a million subscribers. I’m saving this one. Thanks.

[@edytais]

My best growth was when I placed my seedlings on top of electric blanket, hung lights over them, and added some wind by recycling an old computer fan. I had an old DC power plug so I connected those wires to computer fan wires and added a plug from some toy. This provided a very gentle wind when seedlings started to have their 2nd leaves. This improved air circulation and strengthened the stems. You could barely see them move, but it did make a difference. The heat blanket made my tomatoes sprout in 3 days! My tomatoes were 16 inches tall in 1 month! They were too big when I did it the first time and I didn't expect such growth, but the weather outside was just not ready for them.

[@davidrichardson4131]

Worm casting works great for making plants green

[@GardeningInCanada]

It’s so nice and fine as well

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Human urine works well too and is 100% bioavailable.

[@raygreenfinger]

​@crazysquirrel9425 how do you dilute it?

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@raygreenfinger 10 parts non chlorinated water to one part disease free/chemical free urine for most plants. 20:1 for seedlings. Nothing in the soil is needed to convert the urine into a bioavailable fertilizer for plants whereas compost and similar need microbes and other things to convert it.

[@raygreenfinger]

@crazysquirrel9425 thanks for the quick reply but got another question, does it smell?

[@CarbonKnights]

Oh, those 16 to 18 hour days in the field... I certainly don't miss that from my Land Rec days! As always, thanks for the advice! I'm stupid late starting my plants this year, so these tips should help me out a lot!

[@brianseybert192]

Second year in the grow room with just worm and compost water extracts for fertilizers, and my aged compost, leaf mold and worm castings for seed starter and potting mixes, plants did very well again. I know it is a lot easier to just purchase potting soils and fertilizers, but I do get a kick out of finding red wigglers when I pot up a tomato. Stay Well!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

That is awesome. My compost bins, leaf bins, you name it as all frozen still when I go to pot up often times 🥲

[@brianseybert192]

@@GardeningInCanada Mine would be too, I drag garbage cans full of this crap down into the basement, kinda getting to old for that, lol. For sure not everyone can go the all natural route. Question! What to start a bokashi bin. I make batches of LAB, is that enough, or do I need to add yeast? I will look to see if you have a bokashi video. You certainly grow some outstanding seedlings. Have a good weekend!!!!

[@fugueine]

Fantastic video. Saving for future reference and notetaking. Thank you!

[@trishsmith2811]

Really enjoyed this one. Puget Sound here in the cloudy wet PNW. I’ve only had my greenhouse up and running a couple years and the light and temperature has always been a mystery to me. So many different opinions online. I’d rather go with science. The first few flats I started grew tremendously. Vigorous tomatoes with strong ‘bones’. but the second ones I planted two weeks later did not. I’ll have a whole year to research the day/ night temps and light. Thank you for giving me a good direction to go.

[@42071]

You've become my favorite gardening channel.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Wow, thank you! 🙏

[@peaceofmyhearthomestead4611]

If I did that I would have a $500 a month light bill for $50 worth of veggies

[@baneverything5580]

I have a 15w Sansi bulb on my tomato plant right outside my camper under the edge of the steel roof over it. I ran the extension cord through a hole cracked in the small window. The light is on a clip. I vastly increased the growth. The other tomato plant that gets no light is about 20 inches tall..no fruit yet. The one with the light has multiple fruits and is nearly 5 feet tall. I have micro tomatoes growing inside and plan to grow cucumbers inside next winter. FUN FACT: In winter 500 watts of LED lights = 500 watts of heat. So you can use winter heat to grow food.

[@duxdawg]

Same here. Love growing my own, but my expenses during winter are vastly higher vs simply going to the store. So now I only grow outdoors, seed to harvest.

[@carmendoyle9786]

Congratulations again ! ❤ love seeing u do what u love ! Thank u for the video ❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

Thank you so much!!

[@KishaMiles1]

I ❤ your mind. Doesn't think I'd be into the research behind plant growth but I keep reviewing this video to figure out what I may be doing wrong with seedlings. My green thumbs only seem to work when I buy plants but i really want to grow my own. thank you for great info.

[@susanadarocha8863]

Thank you so much for your response, that is reassuring 😊

[@GardeningInCanada]

You are so welcome!

[@joplumridge3974]

I used that fertilizer for the first time this year and it has made a huge difference. I don't know if it is species specific, but I was fertilizing everything in the greenhouse and absent-mindedly did my honey locust trees. I had not intended to, since finding info for locust tree seedings has been a challenge. They were started from seed mid March and were doing well in a potting soil, but after the promix root fertilizer, they need the big pots so they don't girdle themselves and they are a foot tall. They are part of the legume family but are not nitrogen fixing, so maybe that had something to do with it? I am so pleased with them and it's so cute how they fold their little leaves up at night. Thanks to your videos, I have had the most successful year yet with my plants!

[@funtannis5638]

Thank you for this! 😊

[@GardeningInCanada]

You're so welcome!

[@Heather_At_The_Ridge]

Great info. Thanks lovely.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful! 🙏❤️

[@user-nx8ii4ef7f]

Ginger is always the best, we just don't always know it! Good video.

[@slamdunk58]

This is the single best gardening video ever!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Jeeze thank you 🙏 that’s big praise

[@kaymack5304]

I just planted my seedlings in the garden today and they are a sorry looking bunch. Obviously my fault and this video will help me do better next year. Thanks!

[@masikaLUNGO]

Thank you so much for this information!!! Definitely helped me see where I can improve with my seedling.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Great to hear!

[@GardeningInCanada]

What do you all have planted this year?

[@aantosca]

Dang! Great info... drinking from a fire hose but that is awesome. I wish I saw this a month ago. Here in Southern New Hampshire I still have time to put some of this great info to work!

[@GardeningInCanada]

The beauty of gardens it’s an endless cycle 😆

[@dpm5519]

Thanks

[@niederrheiner8468]

But energy consumption is the problem. Because when I pay for heating I could as well pay for vegetables being transportet to me from a warmer part of the globe...

[@GardeningInCanada]

Well they are actually from local produce greenhouses that very likely are heated, lit, have co2 pumps etc. but something this small could easily go on solar power

[@suzannedu419]

In Ontario Canada, we have a choice of a hydro tiered system where Hydro rates are lower at night. So heating a greenhouse or grow room at night is optimal with heat from sun during the day.

[@TomSmithluthier]

Great info!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mrpricklythecactus]

You have answered the questions that I was JUST thinking about a couple of hours ago. HOW!?? THANK YOU AGAIN 🎉❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahah awe. Are your plants behind ?

[@mrpricklythecactus]

@@GardeningInCanada yeah I usually in third in line in terms of receiving people's seedling leftovers but it's a fairly good arrangement (ended up with 80 pepper and 15 tomato seedlings last year and only lost one pepper!) so I don't have anything really yet except for what grew in my indoor worm isopod springtail moss compost tank thing in my house. I tossed in some seeds I'd saved from what I grew last year and random things grow occasionally so I just took them out but they're small since I forgot 😆

[@dustyflats3832]

So what I’ve noticed is heat makes a huge difference in growth. Learned that growing non-stop begonias. They wouldn’t budge until I increased the heat. This year I started peppers Way too early and slowed them down by getting them out to a cooler greenhouse. I never use fertilizer as there is enough in the potting mix. I use 12 hours of light morning to night as onions are particularly sensitive to day length. I start indoors and they move out to greenhouse once our temps warm enough to heat the greenhouse. Most flowers are started in germination trays then potted up, but vegetables get their own cell packs. I think two of the biggest problems many have is starting Way too early and overwatering and partly to do with not enough perlite in heavy soil. Sufficient lighting is another. For hardening off I recently potted up some veg (peppers, eggplants, tomatoes) and flowers and they have been doing fine under a glass patio table on a raised deck with nights in mid 40s F. The greenhouse is full😂 and more still going out so sink or swim. Most of the peppers are out in the GH or already transplanted under a frost covered tunnel. The tomatoes are still mainly in the house as I was disciplined enough to start them at just the right time this year so they can go from root prune 4 cell packs to garden and no potting up. We plant out normally by end of May with last frost date 5/12-Z5a, WI. About giving plants darkness-a break- is true. One year I wondered why some annuals didn’t flower and realized they were under our yard light that stays on all night.

[@mcconn746]

I read a research paper from the University of Georgia in the US. For tomatoes, he recommended using Miracle Gro for tomatoes until they begin flowering. He then recommended changing to Miracle Gro bloom booster which is higher in phosphorus.

[@markuswade2158]

Another good video. Thank you

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@UAP-Gardens]

Outstanding

[@korenlew4458]

Love your videos. Love the sciencey-wiencey/wienciness of your videos. (Sorry... Dr. Who reference). You and another KZbinr are the only ones, for gardening, I'm subscribed to. Found you a year ago when I started growing from seed. I am also in Canada (Toronto) and find your information invaluable. Would like some advice... Been having trouble with my tomato seedlings. They are now 3 feet tall and the stems are very thin. They are definitely leggy and seen to have been from the start. They are trellised up in my kitchen at this moment. Nights are, I believe, still to cool to transplant out

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Thank you ❤

[@cardstockcollector]

Thank You!

[@GardeningInCanada]

You're welcome! Thank for stopping by

[@miriambartley6622]

Thanks for he ferilizer tip.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Any time!

[@sergiykud]

id have to agree with your fertalizer choice, i use 3/6/12 and my seeds blow up quickly, lots of root quick.

[@GardeningInCanada]

It’s amazing right!

[@susansawarin5776]

GM. Thanks.

[@bartoncutten9888]

Excellent video

[@GardeningInCanada]

🙏

[@lindaedwards4632]

Thanks so much for the info. I am a 🇨🇦 gardener too. There is much difference in your plants 😀

[@GardeningInCanada]

You are so welcome!

[@dymondwillow2]

Full of informative content as always. Thanks. Susanna in Alberta here.

[@TooMid]

Wow! I have really been winging it

[@GardeningInCanada]

Honestly the info here is just food for thought. Don’t get too hung up on anything in here. It all turns out the same.

[@TooMid]

Thanks! I have winging it results tho so this will help. 😂

[@michapiwosz995]

Ok, I will follow your ways next year. This year is lost for my seedlings... Greetings from nortthern Poland! Last frost wss yesterday 😉

[@nim3186]

2:33 “Ginger with a halo 😇 that’s not real” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@p.jamesshellady5662]

Brilliance!

[@ChadnRanda]

Good video 😊key is harding off as good as you care for seedlings

[@atomizer2665]

Completely agree that the environmental variables are by far the most important for the best results. I use a IR temperature gun to check leaf temperatures for VPD, the lower leaf temperature tells you there is active transpiration. The phos study sounds interesting, i`ll have to do some side by side testing.

[@tyramasters-heinrichs921]

Thank you for this video, and your past feedback. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm using Organican, it's 2-5-2. I have a little greenhouse, and I use a heater and a large fan. I run the fan day and night at different feeds. I have nice thick stems, and always thought it was due to the fan (I also turn and move plants almost daily). I start my seedlings in the in a grown box/tent zippered frame with a grow light that I turn off at night. I started putting out seedling during the day (tomatoes) to start hardening them off, but is it too soon here in Manitoba? Should I still keep the greenhouse temps up during the day? Also, I had a terrible time with peppers not germinating this year, can I let those now coming up still try and keep them in the greenhouse all summer, or can they still be planted outside in June? Take care and thank you and all the commenters. Hi, from the Manitoba Interlake (I'm south of Gimli)

[@AngellaH.]

thanks!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Welcome!

[@christineelsey3104]

Oooooooooo... you are soooooooo wrong my dearest redheaded angel... I trust your advice very much ~ in the garden.. & I'm sure I am not the only one who appreciates your honesty about life recently... Ya is Definitely an angel in my books.. 🤗🤗 Or a wonderful garden fairy godmother .. 🧚‍♀️ ❤

[@jeroid123]

Inkbirds are awesome!

[@GardeningInCanada]

They have a buttload of products

[@KL-sm8bw]

I am confused. Was the seedling that didn't do as well started in a different location? If so where and under what conditions? You might have explained it in your video but I couldn't find it. BTW, I love your videos especially that you explain the science behind what you are saying. The nerdy videos might not get as many clicks but I think they are the reason for your diehard followers. (Plus the fact that you are a real person living in the real world which makes it easy to relate to you.) Thank you for being you!

[@Cherryparfait41]

During the winter in my indoor grow room with the vent closed and all my grow lights on, everything grew super fast. VPD was on the daily. Now that I’ve started some late peppers, some pumpkins and zinnias, with no unnecessary lights on, it’s much slower growing. Probably only 73° F the whole time. I agree on the phosphorus for seedlings…because, I’ve seen it work 😊 But, 😅 I was thinking maybe longer hours of light might help. Thanks for the info on that!

[@dmo848]

76 to 79f and 60 humidity is the best from my testing. My ladies love it😊

[@groovybuddha667]

Thank you so much for the Info. I have many bonsai trees I keep outside in southern New Mexico (home of the sun) including a 13 yr old japanese maple. I am thinking of ways to increase phos in the soil. Any organic tips? My plants thank you!

[@RoseCottageQuail]

I’m going to try the warmer temps at night for my tomatoes….it totally makes sense because as soon as the outdoor nighttime temps increase my tomatoes always take off and grow like crazy. I’m in MB; nothing is in the garden yet. Thanks for this! 😊❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

Perfect! I’m waiting till June

[@endo9351]

What's your thoughts on 14-16 hrs light on seedlings when germinating and early growth.

[@GardeningInCanada]

There is lots who do that! And to be honest now the days are longer I’m most definitely over 12 the big thing is dark is dark.

[@endo9351]

@@GardeningInCanada Thanx, channel's great. Like I'm back in Bio lab, well supposed to be.

[@susanadarocha8863]

You're channel is very informative! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge 😊 I am new to gardening and totally confused with fertilizers, some of them say organic and some don't. I have little children and I am always worried about using the non-organic fertilizers. Would you know if the Promix Root Booster is organic? You're assistance would be greatly appreciated 😊

[@GardeningInCanada]

Not organic. But don’t stress about the organic vs. Non-organic it’s safe. It’s all the same stuff. Plants can only take up nutrients in specific forms.

[@teac117]

I stick my lights on TPLink KASA. They have a sunrise/sunset option for their automation based on your location. You would need wifi extending to your GH though, which I assume you have with the earthone.

[@GardeningInCanada]

😲😲😲 that is so cool!!!!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

I literally no idea that that was a thing

[@dmo848]

That sounds cool

[@forestdweller-111]

Is it harder to acclimate the seedlings for outside conditions after they are controlled so much in the beginning? Great video BTW 😄 I always appreciate the knowledge you share.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I don’t have issues but I harden my plants off in the most bizarre way 😅

[@Random-JustAnother]

​@@GardeningInCanadatell us what is that bizarre way!?

[@miriambartley6622]

I wish i had an alert for my phone. Some of the colds nights i went out to check a few times. I had to rig up tarps and make the area smaller to heat. I like to start things like panseys and snap dragons early.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh yes. Sometime I have to do wild stuff as well. Dang cold nights

[@dmo848]

Ooooo that recharge also has helped me with that b52. It's my new seedling goto formula. Super secret don't tell nobody😂

[@ahealthkit2745]

My seedlings burnt in the sun :C The greenhouse I used was in a south-facing direction and I was hardening them off, but I had a particularly hot morning that totally scorched all the seedlings in it. :'c Peppers are okay, I wound up just buying some from a local garden market, potted them up & now I'm harvesting some fresh radishes!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Omph yes! That can happen

[@85jacob85]

So with temp, let's say I'm starting some tomatoes and I have a heat pad for germination. The info I've had is that I should turn off the pad after sprouting. I don't have a thermometer or anything, just stable inside temp of around 21, would you suggest just keeping the heat pad on all the way until planting out? If so what temp would you set it to? Love your vids.

[@franklinfamulski8638]

Hmmm, maybe somenkind of white reflective covering to block out light at night time? I'm not sure but I might try that eventually for different things.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s not a bad idea. Just weight it down with dowels

[@drewa4235]

What concentration or ec do you run with young plants?

[@PsychNurse.]

Let us know if this temperature regulation increases yield ... thanks 👍

[@Utah_Mike]

💯 thx

[@GardeningInCanada]

No problem

[@chazzittio]

Are there specific DLI and PPF requirements for vegetables and plants or is that necessary for home gardening

[@KJ-xt3yu]

is it easier to water with warmer water ranges vs balancing the huge air mass temps? keep in mind it will also change what soil ameneties filter out faster

[@0xE9]

The heater method is really interesting, sadly energy prices are 4x higher here than in canada

[@ofrecentvintage]

Trying to make sure I understand. Is the temperature differential to be concerned about the ambient (air) temp or soil temp? For example, If I recreate in my house, should I be upping the thermostat at night or growing my seedlings off of the heat mat during the day and on the heat mat overnight? Apologies if I missed the distinction in the vid. I've watched twice so far to check my understanding.

[@lindaspellman2108]

Going to look into that probe... I like tech but more importantly I like when things can communicate. My houseplants get droopy, my kids yell, even the cat has learned to get underfoot when she needs something. My seedlings don't talk. They got left outside about a month ago and cucumbers didn't survive. Would have been nice to get that alert when temps were dropping "hey we're freezing out here"

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ahahaha how true is that 😂

[@CWorgen5732]

I just moved from Portland to the hills in southern Oregon. The highs are higher, the lows are lower, and I don't think we're going to get any more rain until October; it's forecasted to be 82°F to 86°F this whole week. I'm half ginger and my soil is a clay cow pasture. Send help.

[@romanticskeptc]

I can't do anything about that security light, but I think I might have figured out a workaround to grow edamame. Everything else is growing like gangbusters.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s wild and it’s not a motion one it’s just permanent

[@lisadehaan6987]

I have a very hard time to get that to work. I gave up on the earth one sensor. Can you do a video?

[@jolee6751]

Cool

[@missalwaysfortunate]

I have three tomato plants I planted from seed outside and they’re 3 different sizes. One is huge and the smallest one is tiny like the one you showed. Crazy

[@prestoneage]

Do you have any recommendations or insights on inoculation of plants or soil with pseudomonas or Bacillus?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Are you using a product or a DIY?

[@prestoneage]

@@GardeningInCanada no product in mind at this time, but I am trying to go all organic with mostly Tropicals in the desert of AZ. I am just curious about those because I was going down the rabbit hole one day.

[@dannveld]

Great science based video. Higher temps at night! What a game changer. I've long thought that longer stems, stretching, was undesirable. You want stocky strong plants, not tall spindly ones. I assume that I am misunderstanding the study. I assume that the taller plants also had more biomass, leaves, nodes, etc. up the longer stem.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Tall doesn’t always translate to spindly or weak. Tall in the world of tomatoes can mean proper airflow, good light capture, etc.

[@tomallison7416]

QUESTION: Is there any significance to Temp Diff when you're looking at trays of seeds, not yet seedlings? Right now I'm just running a 20W pad under a tray 24×7 in ambient indoors.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Zero, constant temp is accurate what is important for seeds.

[@keithcarey6016]

Two things: How do you measure DLI versus the concept? Many folks growing tropical plants (peppers, tomatoes, even sweet potatoes) are going for 16h of light and 8 off. Help us understand why you are precise on 12/12?

[@terryannblack5189]

What is the best way to grow poppies?

[@melodymarcellino9074]

So how do you rescue those little plants? My plants are always tiny and I could really use a simple solution to help the ones I have grow bigger.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Do cooler days and warmer nights

[@christopherhorn5274]

I wonder if using a higher ratio of blue to red light could counteract the stem elongation that results from having your nights warmer than your days.

[@cannafarmer]

Better light is my guess, yep temps too especially for germination. Cold temps slow them down a ton. I like to read plants not use devices

[@psynurse]

What is reading plants?

[@cannafarmer]

@@psynurse over time you read the leaves and the plant itself to see what it needs. For instance there is a slight wilt when some if them need water, if the leaves droopy it's too much light or too much water typically. All plants are different it's basically just experience

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s fair

[@ceedee2570]

A little confused... Thank you for this fantastic info. I am behind on my starts this year, seems like there still could be hope. I am in NY, USDA zone 5B. I do my starts indoors on heating mats and would love for the community to help me check my understanding. Is it 30 degrees C during the day and 20 degrees C at night? Should I follow the same 12 hour and 12 hour approach for heat? How long do I keep the heat up for? Days? Weeks? If I elevate the plants above the heating mats once they germinate will that work for heating or should I switch to a heater? Thanks

[@ceedee2570]

read some more comments, so the hotter temp is at night?

[@SunnyNot]

Ashley, I just up-potted my tomatoes with a generous helping of granular miracle-gro 10-5-15. Do you think I should add extra phosphorus to them? How would I add it?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Just leave them it will be fine. You could (if you wanted to) just give them an extra bump when you plant them outside. But you likely won’t notice a massive difference

[@user-cp2sx8gp2z]

Hi from Texas. I do a summer and winter garden. How long is your growing season up there ?😊

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ha 😅 June 10th - Sept 15th

[@ZE308AC]

I like to delete ormus with water to fertilize my plants or seedlings

[@jamesmossettiii8936]

Do you run lights all night or do plant sense the day and night?