Sow Seeds With Me - Tomatoes, Basil & Cosmos

[@andrewislas7742]

Thank you for you videos. I am going to give my tomatoes their companion very soon

[@philippawakefield-harrey5778]

Thanks Katrina that's inspired me to get up to my allotment, it's a bit blustery out there but there's lots to do ... I like you're keep it simple message ⚘

[@derniedels9500]

Thanks - that's given me the jolt I needed to get cracking with my seeds. D

[@homegrowngarden]

Happy sowing! 🌱

[@diannefroggatt7708]

Thank you I got allmy seeds done yesterday so happy days

[@OJonboy92]

San marzano tomatoes! I don't eat a great deal of raw tomatoes either. But they're absolutely fantastic for sauces. Grew 5 plants last year and had at least 2kg from each plant. Congrats on the 100k!

[@rosedowling3690]

I just found your channel today and subscribed ... I already enjoy it very much and will be watching all the past n present videos

[@irenebeatty8812]

Great video, Katrina! I am also growing the Scabiosa Stellata. Really strong little seedlings ❤

[@homegrowngarden]

It really surprised me!

[@johnbryan5608]

Congratulations ! Always fun to see the process!

[@SoxInTheGarden]

Congratulations, missy! Always a pleasure to watch your videos and grow our gardens alongside you. 🌱💕You have a beautiful garden and a sunshiny personality that we adore, so its only natural you’d reach 100k. ❤

[@littlehomeinthevalley]

I don't know if you have ever read the book, "The Gardener", by Sarah Stewart, but you remind me so much of the girl in that book. It's a children's book, but it's one of my absolute favorites. ❤️

[@genehaga7477]

I have been watching you a few years. I find it amazing what you have done with your Lot. Yes spring is here and I can hardly wait to get in the dirt. The best and God Bless.

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you so much!

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Lovely seeing your channel keep growing 🎉

[@dogontheplot]

That's really useful knowledge about the Greek basil for drying. Congrats on 100K 🎉🎉

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

Congrats on 100k! The dream! That house grows super well! It grows about 10 inches wide and 10 inches high. Very compact but a lot of cherry tomatoes per plant. Danny 🌱

[@Charles_ONeal]

Congratulations 🎉. I’m so glad I have been part of it!

[@francesbatycki404]

PS. I’m so glad to see your happiness and excitement about getting married. We’re going on 36 years here, and while every marriage has ups and downs, a good marriage is so rewarding. All the best for a long and happy union. Sorry about the non gardening comment but you just glow and I couldn’t help saying something. 🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️👍👍👩‍🌾🥦

[@mickaltham8202]

I've only started gardening last June, just found your channel and I'll be looking forward to seeing more 😁🙏

[@homegrowngarden]

Thanks for subscribing 💚

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Great video again Katrina. I’m so glad you gave Zoe a shout at Zoe Woodward gardening. I’ve been buying my seeds and corms from her for a couple of years now and she is by far the best for cut flowers. I’m quite a novice gardener but I’ve learnt so much from her and her grow along videos and fact sheets are invaluable both for timing and preparation. I can’t wait to see your all your wedding flowers.

[@josie_posie809]

Congrats from the US. Your joy of growing things, especially how you gush over pretty flowers, is contagious.

[@andyfarmer759]

Tumbling Tom is a great tomato no fuss to grow, I grow mine in hanging baskets. I am also fond of Ildi9 yello cherry) and Cours de Bue (a big heart shaped variety). Congratulations on 100k. When I think of Scabious, I always think of some very unpleasant disease.

[@carmenbailey1560]

Congratulations Katrina..Great seeing you in your garden and thinking I should start doing my seeds. You folks are further ahead weather wise then Canadian still under snow cover. Thank you for sharing and the best of luck with your seedlings. 👍❤️😊

[@mandytaylor1008]

Hi Katrina I can never wait to eat my first freshly grown toms with basil roasted on sourdough toasted bread so delish that’s wonderful to me.👍🙋🏻

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

ive use sown my tomatoes, 48 varieties! I am so excited to have them! I have sewn basil too! I cant wait to have fresh tomatoes!

[@simplifygardening]

Massive congrats on hitting 100k Such a great achievement and well deserved. Make sure to not only apply for your button but you have to apply for your tick separately. Great video

[@homegrowngarden]

Cheers Tony! I never even thought about the tick 😃

[@ebenezercottagegarden]

Well done on 100k :) I remember when it was far fewer, impressive work.

[@rachelcatchpole]

Congratulations on 100k. So deserved! I can see you walking towards your groom with a very beautifully decorated wheelbarrow with a huge smile on your face saying I got all the flowers I wanted

[@homegrowngarden]

Fingers crossed!

[@dragonkeeper65]

Congratulations on your 100k subs. I've always liked your videos they are so professional, and you speak so well, meaning your descriptions of everything, you could have your own #UkTV show for sure. Big love from #Ely #EastAnglia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💐

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you so much!

[@flowers_and_farls]

Whoop whoop 100K 🌟 Thank you for explaining everything so clearly, I've sown cobaea recently but miles behind yours! Going to try some tomatoes for the first time and I think keeping it simple is great advice. Thank you

[@homegrowngarden]

Thanks for watching!

[@francesbatycki404]

I’m going to try lemon basil and lime basil and genovese. I’ve tried the purple and, like you say, the colour is more impressive than the taste. Also going to try a non basil called holy basil or tulsi. I dream of disappearing snow…. ❤️🇨🇦👍🍅🍅. Just teasing but I’m glad you reached 100 k before you admitted to not liking tomatoes! 😂😂😂. Personally I build the garden around tomatoes almost. Yellow cherry tomatoes-still have a ton in my freezer. Not my fave. I use them for cooking. Love chilies too.

[@neilharrison7422]

Congratulations on the 100k followers. We are growing a few different tomato varieties ourselves this year, got some beefsteak ones along with Shirley for a salad tomato and sweet millions for the cherry variety.

[@aaron1143]

Great video as ever, thanks. Maskotka Bush tomato plants are reliable. Worth a try if anyone doesn't want to pinch out or support tom plants. Never had blight problems either. Looking forward to seeing how your season goes. 😀

[@teresataylor8267]

Congratulations 🎊 on 100K viewers!

[@danniinthewild]

Thank you for the basil reminder! I keep forgetting to pick some up 🌿 I’m looking forward to having another go at sowing all of the fancy tomato varieties I got in a swap last year, I didn’t get very many fruits at all with the weather but cherries were always a failsafe - so good choice for a low maintenance grow this season! 😄👏🍅

[@homegrowngarden]

Hey Danni! I had a terrible year for tomatoes last year too. I look forward to seeing your fancy tomatoes!

[@Evans0567]

You and garden answer got me hooked on hellebores! I picked up a golden lotus a couple of years ago, and it just flowered this winter, also picked up a havington double purple yesterday 😍Have a big mix of pinks, purples and whites and a mass of seedlings. Absolutely love them!

[@homegrowngarden]

I'm so glad! I have the same Harrington variety. They’re all looking incredible right now. Give it a few years and your new plants will really bulk up! I might have to do a hellebore special to show mine off haha 🎥

[@Evans0567]

@@homegrowngarden oh please do!!!!

[@Evans0567]

@@homegrowngarden also loved when you went to that hellebore talk. All the different varieties were amazing!

[@JanesGrowingGarden]

Well done on the 100K - keep it up!

[@markvincent5241]

Getting the watering right is incredibly important as to not dilute the flavour and also not making the fruits swell and getting them splitting. Semi hardship might make the plants look a little less vigorous but the flavour will be there. A weekly feed of liquid seaweed is good practice as is a spray with crushed aspirin in a water sprayer every few weeks. This makes the plants feel under attack and in turn produce a natural chemical to protect itself.

[@wildlifegardener-tracey6206]

Oh I'm itching to get my tomatoes going. I'm only growing cherry tomatoes this year as my 2yr old granddaughter loves a cherry tomato. It'll be lovely for her to pick and eat. Still so blooming cold here though we have snow showers possibly tomorrow.

[@nigelwager4646]

I didn't know Wilkos sold Sun Baby tomato seeds. I have to tell you that Sun Baby are an heirloom/heritage variety. I have been saving the seeds for about 5 years now to sow the following year and they are always true to type. They are a good substitute for Sungold but not quite as sweet. Gongrats on reaching 100k.

[@homegrowngarden]

Thanks for the info!

[@gaiabonsai]

Congratulations on 100k Subs. Great clear informative video as always.

[@lysmalls658]

Congratulations

[@lithiump0p688]

My favorite i grow every year is Golden Königin and i rotated allkind of weird ones in every year last year had fuzzy tomatoes with no name just description, black ones green ones etc. Same with chills but this year im guting down on hot ones i had way to many last year so im planting eggplants more and some sweet paprikas.

[@grahambufton2109]

Hi Katrina, lovely videos. I love your channel. Just a random question, where did you get your pollytunnel from? Many thanks Graham

[@stevendowden2579]

so exciting sowing time again congrats on 100k

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you!

[@Flowers4Everyone]

Mosquito repellent basil. That's very interesting.

[@homegrowngarden]

Yes I believe that’s why you often see it on restaurant tables in the Mediterranean 🙂

[@Flowers4Everyone]

@@homegrowngarden ok that makes sense

[@emptynestgardens9057]

🎊🎆🥂🏆Yes it was a dear price however it's a well deserved gift to yourself for passing 100k ! ☺️👏🏻

[@lesleyfenton-sh1vn]

Russian tomato varieties don't cope any better with cold. As in the UK, they are started indoors in spring, then planted out when temperatures rise. The big difference is that Russian summers are very much warmer and sunnier than in the UK.

[@myrrhidian3166]

Congrats on 100,000 subscribers! I also like to grow cherry tomatoes over the larger beefsteak style. I think they are superior in both flavor and texture, personally. I'm planting about 50 this year, and am hoping to both preserve them as sauce, ketchup and sun dried tomatoes, as well as gorging myself on them fresh and roasted all summer long :)

[@GemInTheGarden]

Congratulations 👏

[@flowerpixel]

Good info. I've tried drying basil and it was kind of gross. I didn't think of trying a different variety. Also your new hellebore is gorgeous

[@homegrowngarden]

Yeah, normal basil goes black and mushy. It loses flavour. Not ideal for drying 👎

[@aimee5600]

Great video thank you 😊 a couple of questions, where did you get your thermometer from for your greenhouse? And what did you use to patch your greenhouse? Looking forward to watching how you get on with growing your own wedding flowers this year something I'd love to do too 💐

[@homegrowngarden]

Heya, my thermometer was from Wilko’s years ago and I used a specialist polytunnel tape to seal up the tunnel. I made a video in whic features - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWHMdWlqoKmtla8

[@aimee5600]

Ooo great thanks I'll take a look, think I'll be taking a trip to Wilkos this weekend 👍

[@homegrowngarden]

@@aimee5600 definitely look for the one that records the max and min. I love to nerd out over that data 🤓

[@aimee5600]

@@homegrowngarden 😄 🤓 I was actually impressed with how detailed your weather report was on your stories, it said how many cm of snow 🤯 I was going to ask then thought no that's really sad but sod it I am gonna, what weather report do you use? 😄

[@homegrowngarden]

@@aimee5600 it didn’t turn out to be an accurate prediction this time (and I’m glad!! ❄️) we only got a bit of snow. I use the ‘Weather and Radar’ app and bloody love all the detail. I even paid £5 to have the advert-free version 😆 such a weather nerd. Definitely recommend it!

[@ericlarivee3654]

Congratulations Katrina! Where did you get your fancy sowing tool ?💮

[@homegrowngarden]

It’s called the Sneebor Seedling Pricker and I bought it via The Seed Pantry.

[@iseriver3982]

If you want to imagine 100,000 people just think of a large stadium, like Twickenham or Wembley, completely sold out. With the entire pitch crowded with people. And the streets outside crammed with people.

[@malonekenny1]

love

[@WilsonsWanderings]

How can your last frost date be May!? I’m further north than you, zone 8a or b I forget which, and allegedly it’s mid April?! Congrats on the many subs too! 🎉👍🏻

[@homegrowngarden]

It's true! Thankfully we don't have frosts that late very often but it does happen.

[@WilsonsWanderings]

@@homegrowngarden but how!? You’re more South than me?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@homegrowngarden]

@@WilsonsWanderings last frost date zones are quite large. They vary most when you reach the highlands or close to the coast. Also some areas will be on higher or lower ground which will affect it too.

[@nkaradogan34]

Hi, hope you're good. I agree sometimes keeping things simple works out for the best. I was just wondering when you originally planted honesty, was it from seed or did you buy a plant? I really want to grow it this year as I think it's beautiful. Any advice would be much appreciated. All the best for the growing season ahead. Nikki

[@homegrowngarden]

When I originally planted the honesty it was from seed. The plants then self-seeded everywhere. So I have lots in the borders around the edges but I also grew some from seed that I started in Oct/Nov as back ups! It's easy to grow and so rewarding! It's best sown after summer to flower the following spring.

[@nkaradogan34]

@@homegrowngarden thank you for replying.i shall have a look where to source the seeds and then I'll collect the seeds from then on, they can self seed away ☺️ it's beautiful in bloom and when the pods dry up too. Congratulations on 100K btw (I've been watching you since around 22k) and you definitely deserve thousands more subscribers which will come in good time . Take Care, All the best from Lancashire ✌️

[@jennalovebooks]

I'm also trying RocketGro this season! I have stage 1 and 2. No results to speak of yet. How have you found it? Would love to hear how things get on in the seed sown mix! My cobea leaves are turning purple... they're in my unheated greenhouse but might be a bit too cold out there for them!

[@homegrowngarden]

It’s the first time I’ve ever used it so time will tell. Looks pretty good though. Hope you’ve got the Cobea in a warmer spot, mind you the nights are meant to get warmer after tomorrow 🤞

[@sugarsmith1]

Can you tell me what that little seed pricking out tool was called that you were using in this video please?

[@homegrowngarden]

It’s the Sneeboer pricking out tool 😊

[@davidgraham22]

Would you be interested in a pick and mix of cosmos

[@BALHAM69]

Notification squad ❤

[@AnyKeyLady]

When they talk about the risk of frost has gone do they mean above 5c or 10c?

[@walksthroughlife900]

I think they mean after the last frost date for your area (you can get more info by googling your area and last frost date)

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@walksthroughlife900 I know my last frost date but it doesn't say what temp that would be.

[@homegrowngarden]

This means when the temps stay above freezing 0°C (32F) at night.

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@homegrowngarden Thanks Katrina. It does seem misleading though as frosts can pass but certain plants can only be kept outside above 4c like tomatoes and things like courgette can only handle 10c at night. So is a light frost 4 - 0c frost 0 - -4c and hard frost -4c +? I'm in London Zone 9a. Last frost dates vary from 10th March to the 31st, depending on the website. I have been planting my tomatoes out in late April, thinking that, it had to be warmer at night. I am going to start acclimatising my over wintered herbs and my first potato tomorrow/Wednesday as it looks like it will be above 5c until the end of the month. I guess if it does get super cold ie below 2c, i could bring them back in or cover them? My sugar snap peas are about 10 cm tall above the soil. Could they be planted out once acclimatised? I direct sowed beetroot, radishes, turnip, spinach and carrots. I hate direct sowing as you can't tell if anything is happening. Yes totally get the lack of growing space and light. We used to live in a basement flat. We did have small windowsills in the front bay windows but they only got a few hours of light. The basement patio that we refurbished had a lot of shade too from the neighbours conker tree. They owned the whole Edwardian house and didn't seem to understand how it caused problems for us what with shade and debris. We found our drain pipes around the patio made good toad/ frog houses as there were a lot of worms. In the reno house, it's east facing, so i am putting stuff where i can and creating foil light boxes and when the grow light go off, i take the box frame off and put the fan on for a few hours. I don't know about you but i always feel nervous about how the seedlings will germinate and survive the first stage few stages before going out. I always plant extra but you never know how a crop is going to do and how the seasons will treat you. Looking forward to seeing how your allotment gets on this year. I am definitely growing more flowers this year from seed!

[@FlavourlessLife]

Does the distinction between vermiculite and pearlie actually matter or is it more about the pebble size?

[@homegrowngarden]

Yes it does. Perlite adds air for better roots and drainage. Vermiculite hold on to water for better germination of surface sowing.

[@albatross3206]

👍🌱💐

[@carolinebarton6326]

Hi with totamtoes don’t like very big one just small one ok I got polytunne my self in my garden

[@punjabseth260]

👌🏻🌼

[@richardwestern4860]

pond so the W/L can get in & out.............

[@rootsandshootsgardening-v9y]

looks like she filmed this at 4:30 -_-

[@cherylbeswick7327]

Bit rude?

[@rootsandshootsgardening-v9y]

@@cherylbeswick7327 why?

[@SteffieWeffy1]

And? Maybe she went to work and didn't finish until 4

[@rootsandshootsgardening-v9y]

@@SteffieWeffy1 it's a joke lol, never mind nobody got it, it's not offensive, or rather I meant no offence, only about 2/3 of the world would get it

[@eccentricbeliever7]

Does not like tomatoes?! *unsub*

[@homegrowngarden]

😆 Not raw no. Too many textures!

[@eccentricbeliever7]

@@homegrowngarden *crawls back for quality gardening content*