Direct Seeding - The Complete Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Direct Seeding Made Easy. There's something so amazing and pure about simply putting seeds to soil and coming out the other end with an epic harvest. It almost seems magical, but trust me its not. A few things have to line up for direct seeded crops to come to fruition in the end.
Today, let's take a deep dive into the world of Direct Seeding. A method of sowing seeds right in the place they grow, literally seed-to-harvest. It doesn't have to be hard or complicated, but there are rules to follow and guidelines to consider. Today, we'll attempt to cover it all. Enjoy.
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How timely. I was just heading out to the garden to plant, beets, carrots and peas. Thank you. Love your show!!
Right on Alyson! 'Tis the season! 🙂
You are the only non-judgmental gardening channel I've found; just informative and supportive 😊
I thought I was the only one who's itching to start my garden! (Since January!)
I'm ready. Have a blessed day 🙏
You too Melinda! 🙂
Love your timely videos Jeff, and as always, right on the money. Already direct seeded my peas (2 varieties), my spinach, and parsnips. Rest goes in around the 24th this month depending upon soil temps. My strawberries are growing like weeds, as is my rhubarb and sage. My chives (they sowed themselves) are already a good 6-8 inches tall. Using grow bags I can cheat a little on lettuces because I can move them into shade to protect from too much summer heat. Timing, depth and spacing are the trilogy of direct sowing and not too many people teach it anymore, so glad you are!!
So awesome Sandy! Are you using grow bags for anything other than lettuce this year?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Oh aye, carrots (sweet baby and rainbow variety), parsnips (hollow crown), non-vining peas, alpine strawberries (Baron Solemacher variety) , beets (Ruby Queen), Red Rubin Basil, Tokyo White green onions and going to try Sugar Baby watermelon.
@@sandyhayden-bristow1382 love it!! No crop left behind!
I finally watched my second "Garden Longie"😅. I'll have to make it a habit to watch more. They're always so informative.
Ha ha this one was a lonnnnng one, no doubt! Thanks for tuning in!
Good day for a learning video! It's rainy...
That was us the last 3 days Kelli! Where you from?
@The Ripe Tomato Farms Superior MT. Western part of the state . Been a very long winter but my greenhouse is busting with plants ready to come outside. And my strawberries did great. Thanks for all your helpful tips!
@@kellihendon5227 just like here Kelli.... It felt like it was the winter that never ends... Now we'll get a crazy short spring, then right into summer!
At 04.41 really liked the hummer by your shoulder.
Great timing for me 👌😏
Loved your video 💟
Thanks Munira, appreciate the support! 🙂
Hello Jeff and thank you so much for sharing!! I was just thinking about this yesterday because I've always wanted to try growing vegetables and my own herb garden!! Love all of your advice!!😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
Cheers Aida! Herbs are also perfect for direct seeding as well! 🙂
Aida, I wish you the best. There is something special about growing your own food that just feels amazing. Follow Jeff's advice and you can't go wrong.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you Jeff!!🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@sandyhayden-bristow1382 Thank you Sandy and likewise!!😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
I need to apologize for the livestream today. I mistakenly thought a lady was being rude to me. I misunderstood her use of the word harp, instead of the proper acronym HAARP, she wrote harp much? and I thought she was condemning me for trying to wake people up, instead she was talking about HAARP but I didn't connect it until afterwards. I apologize for my anger and stupidity. There is no excuse and I am truly sorry to you Jeff and to the lady I was arguing against. Please forgive me.
Sitting back and enjoying! Really been hot stretch of weather and dry. Thanks Jeff
I have to go out and direct sow some more spinach. The birds ate all of it! All my other greens and brassicas are doing great. This time I will cover it with tulle. I forgot they ate it from the garden last year too. Haha. Good thing it grows so fast and I like to succession grow them anyway. Happy Gardening!
Vicky, same thing has been happening to me all year! Because the seeds are so close to the surface, they keep getting eaten by all the little birds! So frustrating!
Bird netting is your friend for these aerial attackers. Spinach seeds and pea shoots seem to be a delicacy for them.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms They love it! I even did seedlings of spinach hoping I could trick them. Joke is on me. haha. I guess we know for sure how healthy it must be! My chickens love it too! Our goats are home now. If I could post you a picture of them I would. They are SO sweet. Annie and Louise. I bet they will love the spinach this season too!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I have bird feeders in the garden that I keep full up at all times, it seems to keep the birds focused on the easy food provided by the feeder, rather than eating seeds planted to the ground. I think this is well suited when attracting more birdie visitors won't cause any further trouble, but for some it could make things worse. For me, it does help. Plus I get to observe all the gorgeous birds. 🙂
Thank you sir 😮
@@LifeOfKish cheers, thanks for watching!
Cheers Jeff. We thank FATHER GOD for you Jeff in JESUS NAME 🙏 🙌 We Love you ❤
Thanks Melinda! 🙂
I'm also incorporating logs in the bottom of the grow bed like a hugël and manure hotbed garden method into my grow bed inside the greenhouse. I'm literally trying to squeeze every ounce of heat I can get into my grow beds in the greenhouse.
I am trying to create that living so till soil that everyone should be trying to accomplish. For my first layer in the bed was cardboard the logs, branches, leaves, native soil.
My second layer is manure. Specifically goat, chicken, rabbit manure. It's the deepest, thickest layer. Topped with a bit more antive soil and leaf mold plus fine crushed oyster shells and native soil.
Then I added worms specifically Canadian night crawlers about 5 pounds of these wonderful little fertilizers
The last/top layer is woodchip manure kitchen scraps compost
Now once the greens come up and I'm able to pick comfrey, I'll use JADAM liquid fertilizer methods although I may not need it but I'm sure my first year the nitrogen will be low so I'm overkill to help boost nitrogen to break down the organic material.
All this inside of a 8x16 cattle panel greenhouse.
Now if you have any suggestions for me please tell me. Don't worry about hurting my feelings or offending me. I'd rather be hit with truth and comfortable with lies. ❤
That's perfect Shiney....essentially how I start any raised beds. Large organic items like logs and branches on the bottom, compost, leaves, and grass clippings next, then finally soil. It works to get started perfectly. First year the bed will sink, but after that with no-till growing, you'll be aces for years! 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms The method you used Jeff is how all my raised beds were made too. I see no reason to go against what nature does by itself. The sinking works fine because this year I can add seaweed compost and get ready for my direct seeding without a care or worry.
Thanks!
Thanks so much Marcela
Great video, I always learn something from you.
Thank you ☺.
Cheers John, thanks so much for watching! 🙂
I'm ready ( in my SpongeBob voice )😂
Ha ha! Yessss!
Sure like your style! Your trenching tool is right on, I've got a hard rake w/o handle. Following along....
Ha ha thanks Wayne! It became my #1 trencher as soon as the handle broke, LOL!
Thankyou Jeff 👍. Planting peas and radish today
- soil seed water light
- direct seeding
- green house
- Led light
- best crop for direct seed
Zucchini/bulb Onion/Cucumber
Eggplant/melons/Tomato/pepper
( good )
carrot/beets/apinach/lettuce/green onions/radish/peas/corn
- Timing + seed depth - seed spacing
- thining/ carrot + radish
Thank you💗🌱
Seedling to maturity I have perfected. I keep losing plants to being stunted when I try to take outside. Now im thinking to stop starting indoors because they never do well. I hate my zone.
I am in zone 8 and am doing writing on direct seeding tomatoes and peppers. I have found just plant them around June 1 and in September you will have a harvest which when temps start to cool off some here. Can plant July 1 also and spread the harvest dates out.
Definitely you CAN....but if I start mine early indoors and then transplant, I am eating fresh tomatoes and peppers in June, July, August, AND September. Hence why I don't direct seed my warm weather long fruiting crops. :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I agree I have always done it that way but was thinking. Cost and time and some people just want to plant it and let it go. More of a survival garden or low cost approach. Just there is more than one way to do things. As far as harvest I know I will get way less but I just plant more seed lol. Loved the video also.
Should any seed be able to push through a thin layer of straw? I was purposely not adding straw until they came up, it I like the way you did it.
Can you tell us what kind of straw you use as mulch? I would like to try the shredded/chopped kind but idk what to ask for????? Thanks for all you do! Happy gardening!
I direct seeded carrots, and white radishes and snow peas lazt April the 1st week. What fertilizer do u use for carrots once they emerged like when they're about 5-6 inches? ...
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Thanks for video lots of useful help there, what is the straw that you use as mulch is it rape seed straw?
Barry (ENG)
Its just regular clean, fine straw, with the hay removed.
We have horrible slugs here in the PNW so it's very difficult to direct sow.
Ughhh...sorry to hear that Janet. Hopefully this year we avoid that plight. 2 years ago it was just crazy!
You can try baiting with shallow pans of beer flush with the top of the soil. For some reason (either the hops or the yeast) but they go to it like crazy. I ended up infested from a plant I bought at a nursery, this was the only method I found to get rid of the beasties effectively.
Excellent video
Would you share where you buy your .99 seeds?
I couldn’t find a company called “ Home Gardener”
Thanks Rich, appreciated. The seeds are from Home Hardware here in Canada. 🙂
To be honest, I've never come across a plant that CAN'T be transplanted.
Some are clearly more adverse to the concept but there are plenty of ways to mitigate those issues.
hello! I have a question... I have all my tomatoe seedlings that are already having some flowers (other plants are just growing fast)...however they are turning yellow and have the leaf ends burned and signs of fungal disease...it has been raining here for the whole week and more rain is coming for next week.. I fertilized the plants two days ago with ash, bone meal and other water soluble fertilizer...however the leave are turning pale yellow from one day to another...never happen before so any ideas of what is going on.? I removed all the leaves that have brown burning signs and those who show fungal issues...to be in the safe side. Here is a kicker...lately i am finding that some of my plants from one day to the next are burned...literaly burned, like if something chemical ended up in the leaves...does anyone have the same experience???
you must take a long time to plan and write your videos, with all the cuts and voice overs
They take FOREVER.....LOL, thanks for noticing! No small effort, let me tell you! 🙂
What type of straw for mulching is good for garden?
I use fine, clean straw, devoid of hay or any chemicals.
Slugs eats my direct sow seedlings. What should I do?
The worst. Traps and night hunting for them are about all that's worked for me
Hello,
Where you buy your clean straw from?
Sorry, where do you buy your straw from?
What straw mulch is that?
Fine, clean straw from a company called "GardenStraw".
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