January Planting Guide for Gardeners in Zones 9 & 10

[@bnach2843]

I'm really surprised there's not a lot of youtube subscribers for your site. There should be more. The amount of helpful and insightful info. that is shared is priceless!!. I'm new to zone 9/B gardening and I wouldn't have been able to grow anything that is healthy and productive, if I had not found this site!! Huge thumbs up to Bridgette/Jeff and the rest of their team!!

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Appreciate it!

[@danielalvarez5651]

Yup. They're the best. My garden has improved like no other. I've watched other channels, but none made a difference until I met this channel.

[@amyford3530]

I've managed to relocate 3 skunks off neighbor's properties without being sprayed. You'll need a truck bed, a large live trap with some tasty bate (don't skimp on these 2), coveralls, and a dark blue or black blanket. Place the trap where you think they're hiding out or digging with the bag over the top and 3 sides. Skunks are nocturnal, so they'll get in at night and you'll check it during the day. A game cam works well for this. When you've got your stinky feline trapped, wait til midday, lower the blanket gently and slowly over the door side but leave the bottom open for air. They will be dormant and docile 9x out of 10 now. Back up a truck as close as you can to touch the trap as little as possible and load into the bed without sliding it around. Driving with very smooth transitions and slowly, relocate a few miles away in a forested area where food is plentiful for them. Open the door while you pull the blanket off as swiftly and noiseless and possible with the trap door opening facing away from you and your vehicle. Now just chillax til they wake up enough to skamper off. Or for you urbanites, just call animal control.

[@amyford3530]

If you get sprayed though, use a paste of dish soap and baking soda with hydrogen peroxide. You can Google the Humane Society's recipe for ratios. I've never been sprayed, but my dog loves those stink bombs.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Oh man. You're brave! We were just talking to neighbors last night, and their dog has caught a few but they've used that same recipe.

[@KarenWeems]

I hope you continue this series of what to plant by month. It is helping to make good choices for my garden and hopefully have even more successes.

[@estelanunezchannel]

Hi so i feed the cats outside in my backyard they do a good job .

[@SpringNotes]

Jeff don't be so self conscious, embrace your inner nerd 😂. "Alas" is a good word. There's nothing wrong with being smart and having an expansive vocabulary. Thank you for the Jan garden advice.

[@brendaniederberger9157]

I have a rouge tomato that popped up near our water hose, and I have been babying it ever since (covering it at night time to keep warm)! They are turning red! So excited!

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Wahoo!

[@2BitRanch]

Alas! Be proud of your nerdiness. We are all nerds too!

[@FrontYardAdventures]

Try growing cilantro in the summer in shade and harvest often as a cut and come again crop... Frequent harvesting of the outer leaves has helped me to keep plants from bolting in warm weather 🌱

[@lynettethebroker]

The calendar is SUCH a wealth of knowledge!! Thank you for all the work you put into what you do. For a beginner like me, it gives me such great guidance on how to learn and discover things I never would have thought to seek out. ❤🙏🏼

[@Angelbach1995]

Papalo! Heat loving, cilantro-style-tasting! Try it.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Added it to the list!

[@Playitagaindian]

Growing peas now. Still harvesting tomatoes from an April transplant!

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Wow! Fresh tomatoes this time of year is so awesome

[@sillieshouse7206]

Hello from Tucson AZ

[@lyndelgado6138]

Peas n spinach this month. Havent planted anything but mustard cover crop then dahlias in a yr. Here's hoping root knot nemadoes r really gone!

[@GODSVENGANCE]

My grandfather used Cheyenne pepper mixed with lemon water. Makes tasty hydration methods on hot days.

[@Fulkersons]

You can try spraying ammonia around your veggie beds. It's supposed to be great at deterring most mammals. It works well. You do have to respray after it rains. I hope it helps.

[@barbaralong8665]

Great information. Just found you recently and find you very informative

[@goody2shoos655]

I had something digging in my garden as well, we believed it was an aardvark (living under the driveway) only way we were able to stop it was by putting a fence around the garden.

[@ajcampbell79]

For the skunk I use wooden BBQ skewers throughout the patch and they have worked well.

[@Unifyhandmade]

The animals that dig in the soil and don't mess with your plants are most likely digging for grubs. It happens to me a lot and that's when I know it's time to check for grubs--it's like they can smell them or sense that they're in the raised bed. 😪 I tried to remedy of using skewers in the soil to prevent the animal from waning to come into the bed but I only have a few beds and it works but I don't think it would be ideal for a larger scale garden or farm. It would take so many lol

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

A few people have said that. We might have to give it a try!

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

I use coffee grounds to help with “diggers”, squirrels,rats, shanks, possums etc. Raw onion works too for as long as they stay smelly

[@LaLa55629]

I have kale, carrots, red onions, scallions, garlic, radishes, red potatoes, and cabbage coming up in my winter garden, but your video has inspired me to go out and plant more radishes, more carrots, and some snow peas in my raised bed winter garden. I have holes in my garden soil too, and I think it's birds digging for seeds. I have four chickens, but they can't get into the winter garden because there's fencing around it to keep the dogs out. I'd like to try some fava beans, if you're giving out free sample seed packs. Happy Gardening!!

[@monako9139]

Glad I watched this - as I had a different plan for snap peas - will get them in the ground this week; green onion and mini romaine were successful - I shoulda panted more - probably too late now - the cabbage grew but cabbage worms got the best of it sadly - spinach did not grow at all 🤷🏻‍♀️so I don't know what went wrong there - thanks again - so far I am super pleased with the seeds and calendar I received

[@Playitagaindian]

Neighbor cat is our digger. 😜 (That is NOT an alfalfa pellet. 💩😹)

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Oh noooo! Hahaha. Just a lil' bit of extra protein.

[@esthersdaughterlong8149]

I just subscribed. Glad I found you

[@lizpoole82]

Zone 9a, TX Gulf Coast here. I would love to get out in our garden, but we are in the middle of a deep freeze. Our "winter" the last few years consists of a couple of nights of deep freezing- just enough to kill or set everything back, followed by a quick warm up. Ugghh... it is frustrating.

[@numberonecomputergee]

We live in Texas Gulf Coast 9B. I hear you. It’s a roll of the dice.

[@staciehendricks-shelton]

Hi..new here.. ive always had a garden but we moved so staring over. We have cooking channel so getting everyhing ready for all year. Imin 9a 10 b it says so i hope i can get great tips from your videos

[@stale7724]

Making me laugh. Haha. I started my peppers last month. Maybe a mistake. Haha

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

If you did them inside, that's fine!

[@stale7724]

@@SanDiegoSeedCompany I did. Moving them inside and out now daily. Banking on a warmer winter due to El Niño. Hahah

[@richalderman7855]

I had something digging in a couple of beds. Could have a skunk. I don't know. I put a couple of motion activated solar battery powered lights, zip tied them to posts in my garden. It didn't totally end the problem but mitigated it.

[@rangelchronicles296]

SoCal 9b Ventura County ☀️Growing onions, cilantro, carrots, and lettuce. All seeds from SDSC 👩🏻‍🌾 We plan to dehydrate all of our cilantro 🌿

[@enigmaticreverieproduction5169]

Thank you for another awesome video. I also have digging holes, I have a nest cam and I saw that it’s raccoons, 3 of them come visit my garden haha. I still struggle with carrots, I just can’t figure out how to grow a ton of them.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Ooo those little bandits! For your carrots, are they germinating?

[@enigmaticreverieproduction5169]

⁠ if I do them in the seed tray they will, when I do it in the raised bed not a single one. Maybe it’s too cold for them to come up? I didn’t cover them deep

[@lionscircle4700]

Several peach trees are coming out of dormancy right now. Zone 10a, I thought I would wait until the end of the month to begin pruning them but was forced to do it today as buds and new shoots are already popping up on my earliest varieties(Florida Prince and Florida Grande).

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Oh wow. That's early for our area here, but that's still exciting! Did you prune them too?

[@jeremiahforefore5056]

Just put in broccoli sprouts. Hopefully not too late. Now starting cilantro, arugula and parsley in Bonsall up by Fallbrook. All from your seed company. I’m planting those Russian potatoes you guys are selling as well.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Wahoo! Not too late for them, especially if you aren't in a rush to turn over that bed

[@richmaldo9254]

Entertaining. Bought your calendar. Trying to eat green. I'm in 10A, 91710, is it too late to plant 84600 and or 82095? They both look like something I can eat.

[@DREWYy1234]

Question I order the calendar not sure with the succession planting . The number in from of the vegetable means what ?

[@dhawk766]

We have some beautiful cabbages in our garden right now thanks to your tips about row cover and plant spacing. 🤞🏼 I can almost taste the kimchi. Now carrots on the other hand are a bust. I followed all the tips and covered them with a board and didn’t let them dry out but they still didn’t germinate! Well that’s an exaggeration, I have maybe 4 out of 3 full seed packets. So frustrating! I’m wondering if it’s our water here in San Diego. What do you think? I’ve only been trying for about 10-15 years 😅

[@bennwatson2283]

Jeff: "I'm probably going to start pepper seed' but there aren't many available on your website. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@earthsystem]

nice to try San Diego Seed Co first, but also visit Johnny Seeds, Baker Creek Seeds, etc, vast varieties of peppers out there

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

We're definitely not a pepper company, but we have about 30 varieties and are working on restocking & adding more varieties (that we test out with our VIP program): sandiegoseedcompany.com/product-category/vegetables/peppers/

[@richmaldo9254]

Nice link. Failed on my first try with heat mats and light. Good to go local. Trying again. I'm finding out this stuff is trial and error ("experimenting")

[@paperdogstudios6342]

i'm new to back yard gardening (with raised beds). Is it normal for italian parsley (sown in May of 2023) to still be flourishing? I'm amazed. It just keeps going.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Definitely possible given the right conditions!

[@cynthiam.1368]

I just installed a motion activated sprinkler for my skunk problem. I'm desperate. Hope the water on the crops will be ok.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Let us know how it works out!

[@luvlion2617]

When to plant ginger, turmeric and sweet potatoes 😊.. and..garlic . ?

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

That's all over the place! Sweet potatoes are a warm season crop (tropical plant), but something like garlic is good to plant around October and November

[@marzpop754]

Alas, you are not a nerd lol. Is there a website or app to plan out growing areas and what grows well together? I have the space, but not sure how to plan it out. Thank you Jeff! 🌱🌿

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Oh ho ho. Are you in for a treat... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJnEhH2lqd2pe6s

[@brianmoore4299]

I failed in my garlic this year already. Planted in Oct and got it growing nice then it all started dying. My onions don't seem to be doing that well either. Otherwise happy with the rest of my plantings.

[@richmaldo9254]

I hear ya. in 10A

[@cindyminx2985]

New gardener here. So could be a stupid question. I'm confused on whether you are saying I can direct sow in January when you show seedlings? Would I be too late to start these seeds in January when you are showing me seedlings you already have growing? And when you show the board, you say "plant" in January not "sow" in January. Are the ones on the board to be sown in January? Trying so hard to learn.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

You can start or direct sow. Which method depends on the plant itself, but these can be started either way this month

[@cindyminx2985]

@@SanDiegoSeedCompany Thank you!

[@nicolecoucelos4123]

Wait a previous video I watched stated to not grow spinach until September or November but this video said I could start in January. Can I get clarification? Is there a specific type of Spinach I could grow now?

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Grow the kind you'll eat! You can start planting spinach in the fall and continue all through the cool season.

[@robbergstrom]

Sell SDSC Mexican Hooded Poncho's dude

[@MrYanaika]

Do you sent the calendar to Greece?

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Unfortunately, we're not set up to do international shipping at this time

[@MrYanaika]

Okay 😢

[@conniecrites5148]

Can I plant potatoes in the bed I previously planted my sweet potatos in?

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Sure thing!

[@jgilification]

Alas 😂

[@Gigi2you]

Skunks are looking for grubs

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

They're still scoring grubs too! The kids probably swatted a couple hundred June bugs out of the air, but there are always more

[@danielalvarez5651]

Bro, dont lie. We're plant 🤓

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

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