Perennial And Annual Flower Seeds To Sow In September And Cool Flower Update

[@kimbradley1292]

Hi Catherine, your 100th video WOW! Thanks for teaching an old dog some new tricks! Here's to the next 100 🥂

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks so much Kim for keeping up with all my videos. It’s been great chatting to you in the comments. Looking forward to the next 100 and seeing where the garden is like after that! Happy growing! 🌱

[@jillsmith5687]

Well done Catherine on reaching your 100th video! If I’m stuck on any plants issues ; I know for a fact; you will be able to help; so keep up with your amazing talent; and look forward to you 200th video ! 👍😘

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks so much Jill 😊 I was planning on doing a video this week outside in the flower patches but the weather is awful!! So holding off until it dries up! 🌧 💨 Hope you have a nice weekend x

[@jeannet9592]

Congratulations for 100 videos! You’re a great teacher and so sweet!

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks so much Jeanne 😊

[@susanconsidine2648]

Congratulations on 100 videos Catherine they are always so informative and a joy to watch.

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks so much Susan. I am really glad you are enjoying them. I can’t believe it’s close to the end of another flower season already, what a fast year it’s been!

[@janelevers291]

Congratulations on your 100th video 😊. Great video as always

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks so much Jane. I have really enjoyed doing the first 100 and looking forward to all the ones I can do next with new plans for the garden and new flowers to grow.

[@lisamitchinson5543]

Congratulations on 100 videos , I am really enjoying watching. Only found you this evening and watched 10 so far 😊

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello Lisa, thanks so much for watching some of my flower and gardening videos. I am really glad you are enjoying them 😊

[@nikitab4098]

Thank You for the tour, I can’t wait to see your garden next spring!!!❤ I am about to try this method just now but I have a question. I have never done this before and I would be grateful if you can tell me how to protect these little seedlings when it becomes 30 degrees in my hoop house in the winter. Do they die back and then come back in spring? I’m not sure what to do, or what to expect. So far, I haven’t been able to find any information about this. I hope you can explain this to me. I’m very interested in knowing, and/or how to care for them when it becomes so cold. Thank You so SO much ❤❤❤

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello, thanks so much for watching 😊 Through trial and error I have learned a bit about winter survival for seedlings here in the last few years! There is nothing so disheartening as losing all your carefully looked after seedlings. Normally in a mild winter I keep my seedlings in the greenhouse and watch the weather forecast a lot! If the temperature overnight looks like it will get to 30F then I would cover them in a layer of horticultural fleece over the top of them and remove it when the temp rises in the morning. Last year I did cover in fleece but our temp got down to 5F and I lost 3/4 of my seedlings and all my ranunculus. Learning from that this year if the temp is to go below 20-25F I would actually take the seedlings into my house just for the very cold spell and then put them back out again. I tend to use the thicker horticultural fleece too 30gsm as it’s slightly warmer for the plants, doesn’t rip as much and lasts longer.

[@christinegardiner1059]

I’ve got lots of annual seeds in already and some sweet peas the other sweet peas will be sown the day after Boxing Day as they did fantastic last year so I’m doing half this method and half autumn sowing to see if any difference. Congratulations for your 100 videos enjoy your coffee 🌺🌸🌺

[@Speakupok]

I thought sweet peas were toxic or poisonous?

[@christinegardiner1059]

@@Speakupok I don’t think so ? Maybe if you ate them but definitely not to touch , I’m quite allergic to things and this hasn’t had any affect on me so that makes me think it’s not , if that makes sense?

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello, sweet peas are fine to touch but you may have problems if you repeatedly ingested them over a period of time.

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks so much for watching and for the coffee Christine. That was very kind of you and much appreciated. You have got a great head start on next years flowers and that sounds a great idea to do a comparison between the just after Boxing Day sown and autumn sown sweet peas. Have you sowed any later than that or is that the last batch you do? X

[@christinegardiner1059]

@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm no that’s the last batch on 27th December and they are still producing lovely sweet peas right now so I’ll be doing exactly the same again , root trainers at the ready ! Cleaning out the greenhouse for the seedlings and seeds in the 84 cell trays tomorrow and mid week ! The jobs keep coming although the garden is slowing down . I’m doing flowers for friends wedding next month and don’t have enough because the date changed so I’m starting to slightly panic!! It’s my first time doing wedding flowers !!🌺🌸🌺

[@cindynicholson372]

Thank you for sharing this information.

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thank you so much for watching 😊

[@lindseynoel3522]

Thank you, very informative x

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thank you 😊 I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Great video, very informative and helpful, thanks for sharing. Can I ask where do you buy your seeds from? I live in London, but can't find grass seed Hares tail. Thanks for sharing and happy growing 😊

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello, thanks so much for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it. For hares tail grass I have got them from moles seed. There is a dwarf variety and a taller one so you just have to check you have ordered the size you want.

[@teresa4973]

Very helpful for someone like me who is new to growing cut flowers 👍 Which flowers do you direct sow into the garden, if any?

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks Teresa, the ones I have had most success with direct sowing in the garden are nigella, phacelia, ammi and cornflowers. I have done this before but along with the direct sowing comes lots of weeds so keeping to just overwintering in the greenhouse this year so I can prep and get weed free beds ready for spring planting.

[@teresa4973]

@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Thanks! That's good to know since you're just a zone different from me. I'm in a zone 7 👍

[@jesssmart6379]

Great video thankyou! I am growing cut flowers in Kakanui New Zealand coming into my second season growing to sell, glad I found your channel! How cold do your winters get there? Here we get quite mild winters overnight lows are usually max -2 or or 3 on the coldest nights I have successfully overwintered some perrenial Scabiosa fama white this year am so pleased! I also did a few lisianthus and they are doing well haven't grown them before we will see if they flower! Iv also found that I can start some annuals like cornflower, snapdragon, larkspur etc mid winter and plant them out a few weeks before the last frost and they do well.

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello Jess! Thanks so much for watching 😊 How did your first season selling flowers go? You will be excited to be getting going with your 2nd one now. I think our winters may be quite similar? We are usually 4-6 in the day and a few under at night. Occasionally in a bad winter quite a few under both day and night. Some winters are mild and wet and some more cold with lots of snow and ice. Very unpredictable! What are your summers like? Do you get a long growing season? Autumn this year for us feels like it is coming very early in September. Lisianthus is something I haven’t grown before and interesting to see how you get on. At the moment I am just managing to keep the dahlias going and the asters are just starting to flower.

[@grahamguest6249]

Hi I enjoy your videos and your accent but can you put the name of the flowers in caption under the picture of the flowers you show 👍

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello, thanks so much for watching and the feedback. Thats a very good idea for future videos.

[@margeryholmes7505]

After watching your video last night, I was on the case this morning of sowing my hardy annuals at my allotment, so thanks for the reminder. I've sown some in situ too but I'm not always successful with that. Heres to a milder winter than last! Can I ask you about Asters please? I think they are gorgeous but I've always hesitated about growing them because I think they might attract earwiggs. Am I correct or am I safe to grow them? Thanks for all your interesting and informative videos, they are much appreciated.

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hello, thanks so much for watching and I hope you are starting to get some germination on your hardy annual seeds. Asters yes are susceptible to earwigs so this year I have been popping my organza bags over them just like my dahlias and that seems to have worked well.

[@deirdrebrowne512]

Thank you for an excellent video. How often and how do you water the seedlings? Do the slugs manage to climb up the table?

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Thanks for watching Deirdre. At the moment I water them 1-2 times a week as the greenhouse is still getting warm. As they are just germinating or little seedlings I water them from underneath by sitting the half seeds trays in a full empty seed tray with 1/2 inch water in the bottom. Once it’s soaked it up I take them out to drain and put back on the staging. In the winter I water less. Just when the soil drys out. The slugs climb up the staging to get in the seed trays 😞 it’s normally fine as I can get to them quickly. It’s when you are busy or away for a few days and miss the chance to get them just one can do a lot of damage!

[@lyndabirkby3887]

Hi Catherine, I'm enjoying binge-watching your video (for the second time). I am awaiting a delivery of hardy perennial plug plants and wonder how you would suggest that i grow these on? I live in the Midlands (England) and i have an unheated greenhouse.

[@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm]

Hi Lynda, thanks so much for watching, I’m glad you are enjoying it 😊 Plug plants can be quite small when they arrive and as you are in the Midlands I would say safest thing to do would be to pot them on when they arrive and keep them in your unheated greenhouse over the winter. When it gets to springtime gradually harden them off over a couple of weeks and then plant them out then x

[@lyndabirkby3887]

@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Thank you.