Direct Seeding Vs Starter Plants - A Beginner's Guide On How To Plant Your First Garden

Planting A Garden For The First Time Can Be Confusing. One of the more debated topics, even among seasoned gardeners, is whether to Direct Seed your crops, or use Starter Plants. As if planning out your garden in 2021 wasn’t hard enough!
I firmly believe that both planting methods have their place, and in this video I’ll show you how each is done. I’ll give you 3 advantages for each strategy, and why in that situation, it’s the best choice. Once you have all that information, you can then compare it to your own garden situation, and act accordingly. Works for almost every crop, every climate, every region of the world!
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[@lar113]

Very inspirational, I can't wait to start seedlings indoors. I have my garden all planned. But, I have this habit of changing things a bit when I actually work in the garden. Every year is an adventure.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Every year IS an adventure...and we get to choose the direction, every season, multiple times a year. That's why its so awesome. Cheers Lar. :-)

[@rocio0815]

So in love with your videos you explain everything so well. Than you A friend from Dallas Texas zone 8a

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much Rocio! All the best in your garden this year!!

[@jaynematzkinhair8830]

Cool finding you! Facebook suggested I check your group out. This is great!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha, such a small world Jayne! Thanks for the support! :-)

[@fattyhamster]

I have watched dozens and dozens of gardening videos with emphasis on growing our own food. Yours is up there in terms of delivery, information, strategies and context. So glad you are making these truthful and informative high quality episodes. Many thanks Jeff. Greetings from Vancouver.

[@michaelmarchione3408]

We have always bought our tomato and pepper plants. But this years I've started them from seed now .Then in May we'll buy them too just in case.

[@05ALMA20]

This came up at the perfect time! I’m so happy to see you’ve covered grow bags and so many seeding videos. I can’t wait for spring to come along now

[@rebeccaclause2960]

Thank you for this video. I an going to start up a garden with my students today and I am both excited a little nervous about how to get things started.

[@tamararoberts9307]

Love your videos! I always learn from them, ty

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Tamara, appreciate the support! :-)

[@SpiceyKy]

Makes complete sense to me. Great 👍 video.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Spicey!

[@trudyray5277]

Thanks so much Jeff! This has been such a help to me!

[@CALIFORNIA650.]

Love your videos so much information

[@OSGCourtWatch]

We’ve had great success Starting beets in small cell flats as long as u don’t let them get too large. Starting them indoors allows us to either get two crops from our beet bed or have a 4-6 week old start we can plant after we pull our onions late July.

[@Donna_G]

I have grown watermelon from seed up here in central WA it sometimes doesn't warm up until some time in June. I start my seeds in peat pots; not pellets unless you can find big pellets. The 4 inch peat pots worked for me. I planted three seeds in each pot. As the seedlings grew, I culled the weakest ones. I usually would end up with one plant in each pot. When the weather was warm enough so that the plants would not freeze to death, I dug holes in the garden and planted one pot per hole then leveled out the soil around the plant. As long as the soil is covering the peat pot and kept adequately watered, it will decompose. Of course, when I lived in Florida, I just toss watermelon rinds and seeds leftover from eating the fruit into the compost pile and the seeds would find the way to sprout and grow.

[@carolesteele8211]

FYI beans are a warm weather starter. ie you need to wait for the warmer weather before you start beans. Love the video

[@lispottable]

I’ve had amazing results transplanting peas. And you can get them out earlier because they sprout inside where it’s warm then can grow in the cool weather.

[@billbuyssilver76]

Nice thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers William, thanks for watching

[@myrustygarden]

Hi Jeff, I get very frustrated with fungus gnats and damping off I try everything it just seems to be my nemesis. I think anything over a quarter inch in seed size is my new rule 😂😂 as tiny just doesn’t work for me. But a great video and love your in my area which really helps. Stay safe and stay gardening 🇨🇦🥬✌️🥕🧑‍🌾💐🌶

[@Jeff-rd6hb]

I've also run into this problem, fungus gnats & aphids. I assume you're starting plant indoors like I do. I've found that placing a few random sticky traps amidst my plants works wonders. I just brush my hand over my seedlings to make the bugs fly around & they get trapped by the glue.

[@lahuertitadeguille582]

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[@hotsweetlady20011]

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[@hotsweetlady20011]

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[@johnjude2685]

Is there a big advantage to hold my Peppers over winter? I just heard about it this season

[@sircorkysriley4904]

last year I had trouble hardening off my tomatoes and peppers because they got very big because we got a very cold spell and I could not get them outside. I think it may be better to start them later and get them outside smaller

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yup, its definitely those sort of fine tune adjustments that make harvests even better. What I do to really get them bulletproof is give the seedlings a 1) a fan for air circulation and 2) give them cool nights. That really sets them up to be moved outdoors. Also, after you make the plugs or the seedlings are 3 weeks old, replant them DEEP, all the way up to their first leaves in larger pots. This will REALLY give you the edge for hardening off. :-)

[@sircorkysriley4904]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks

[@rocio0815]

Love ur facebook group also

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha that group is getting out of hand! I may need to stop promoting it, or cap it at 10K maybe? LOL.

[@homernextdoor5950]

Another great vid! My Carolina reapers have sprouted using a heat mat set at 85f, a couple are just starting to grow their first set of true leaves. My basement is 65f, when do you suggest I take them off the mat, or turn down the heat? Cheers from the Kootenays!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Excellent work! I would wait until the true leaves get a bit bigger...maybe even two sets of them. Alternatively, you can leave them on the heat pad and give them cool nights. Or, if you have a light setup that heats the plants while they are on, you might not even need the heat mat anymore. Keep me posted on how they do! :-)

[@homernextdoor5950]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks, will keep u informed!

[@tassiegirl1991]

Great information. Once again all my seeds took, two per 4 inch punnet, all look so healthy I can’t nip off one in each. How do you do it.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha what a great problem to have!! For the REALLY good transplanters like tomatoes and peppers....I don't! I'll actually pull them apart and pot them up individually. They all live. Its actually the only way I seed them now..multi-seeded in each cell. Check out 3:37 of this video and it shows how I pull them apart: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIXalYePoZJqmM0

[@deecollier6956]

Thats what I do with mine. I also always plant two tomato plants in one hole and two pepper plants in one hole they support each other and fruiting is better

[@carolynkopij6516]

Can you make a how to get vegetable seeds from vegetables

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Like saving seeds? I have quite a few already.... Tomatoes, peppers, green onions, lettuce, etc

[@GabyP17]

I checked and I didn’t see a video on this- I would love more info on companion planting! Specifically in pots but there’s lots of info out there and I’d love your input! Like benefits, examples of good pairs, what determines that.. etc

[@GabyP17]

For example, do you use any flowers in your garden for pest control? That would be interesting too!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Definitely Gaby....as we get closer to actual planting season, there will be quite a few companion planting episodes, as well as succession gardening tutorials, both beds and container setups. I've done a few in the past, most recently one on companion planting Garlic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzbpJ-Vbpd2qLs

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Flowers for sure. Aesthetics, pest control, to attract pollinators....gotta have the flowers!! :-)

[@GabyP17]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks appreciate it! I got some flowers this year that seemed to be good for pollinators so fingers crossed. Usually I buy seed starters so I’m excited to grow those from seed this year! I look forward to more videos and knowledge

[@leslienichols5268]

Another very good gardening channel, Next Level Gardening, has a good video on companion planting.

[@Paul-xz3hw]

Just wondering if! Anyone tried the paper towel method for starting seeds?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I do the paper towel method for testing seed viability.....but never for actually starting seeds. I feel like its very redundant.

[@Paul-xz3hw]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I was wondering i just want utilize my gardening space as much as I can if I don't have much

[@johnjude2685]

Big thanks àbout your face book website, I just lost a very good website called Black Bear Community Forum and myself and many loved the website and John Switzer the provider had some sort of problem and gave up,on what was great for most but there must have been a problem. If you do have to give it up , Well I hope you don't but saying " Thanks for trying and helping folks and myself learning about plants.

[@Power_Prawnstar]

Can't I grow everything??? Challenge accepted

[@hotsweetlady20011]

JUST TRANSPLANT ALL THE GEM CORNN

[@user-uq7ut7px3o]

I'm more confused than ever.