Hi Isaac, being someone who, as well, loves to garden I have came across so much great gardening info over the years that I love sharing with others who too love gardening. I see that you're sowing Rudbeckia in February, but did you know you being in 8b could also have sowed it in the fall. There are so many cool flowers that you can sow in the fall that will over winter just fine and produce longer stems and be more productive because they grew on in cooler conditions over a longer period of time. The holy Grail of cool flower growing is a book called Cool Flowers by Lisa Mason Zeigler. She also has a TH-cam channel called the gardeners workshop. She's was a flower farmer for over 25 years and now just teaches. But, there are sooo many flowers that can be sown in the fall vs. waiting till spring. There is like at least 20 to 30 ( the flower list is growing from when she first wrote the book) that can be overwintered just fine. I'm in 9b so I can pretty much grow almost everything in the fall. But 8b can just about grow as much as my zone.
I actually direct sowed collected seeds from Rudbeckia Sahara flowers although I haven’t seen the outcome yet since it was just the previous fall this gives me some hope that they’ll actually come up but just in case they don’t I’ll have these as back up…. I’ll definitely check out cool flowers it sounds like a interesting read
I do the same thing! I collect some seeds to grow under my lights and some I just scatter throughout my garden! And now you're a 9A!!! Welcome to zone 9!!! I know that's scary in the scheme of things because your climate isn't getting the low temps for as long anymore as it did in the past, but that is extending out your growing season which also gives you the wiggle room to try out plants that may not have in the past did well in your old zone. Zone 9b where I am is a very dry climate generally so I have to have drip irrigation to do anything. I have recently been redoing my gardens to bring in more native species so I don't have to water except if we go into a drought. But by far I must say Rudbeckia is one of my favorite flowers and I have grown almost all varieties. But, the Rudbeckia hirta is by far my favorite!
@@LatishaLiptrap drip irrigation is very helpful. I use it during the summer months as it doesn’t rain here for two or three months in the year but other than that watering is a cinch and I had a sneaking suspicion lone would go up as we were getting a lot warmer temperatures the past few years it was very odd The only variety I grew of Rudbeckia is the Sahara blend maybe I’ll try another variety
And also you just started snapdragons in another video and those as well can be fall planted. Mine went into the ground in oct at about 1 inch of growth they will just sit like that till spring and grow robust roots (I have had hail, snow, torrential rain and they are still surviving) and start shooting up in the spring.
Unfortunately, this is one I don’t think will do well in my climate the seeds tend to wash away quickly as it rains a ton here I live in Seattle we get a lot of downpour that and the fact that slugs flourish here in the garden taking out many of my new starts it’s just a bad combination, I’ve tried two years prior to direct sowing snapdragons from seed. I only get very few to come up, the varieties, I started indoors are special varieties that don’t come with much so I’m being extra careful but I don’t mind direct, sowing, although I will direct sow snapdragon, seed packets I’m not too fond of
@@isaacsteinsgarden oh I am sorry, I didn't explain well. I grow snapdragons under grow lights in about September. Get them to about an inch and transplant out. The only direct sown seeds I do in the fall are nigella and bachelor's buttons, phacelia, poppies, and California bluebells.
@@LatishaLiptrap very interesting. I’ll definitely start snapdragons a lot sooner now, but I’ll still place them out in spring because my weather still takes them out. I have some currently in the garden that were flourishing up until January. When we got down to the teens they got fried up by the cold but they usually make a return in spring so I’m not too worried. I think they were biannual in my area.
Hi Isaac, being someone who, as well, loves to garden I have came across so much great gardening info over the years that I love sharing with others who too love gardening. I see that you're sowing Rudbeckia in February, but did you know you being in 8b could also have sowed it in the fall. There are so many cool flowers that you can sow in the fall that will over winter just fine and produce longer stems and be more productive because they grew on in cooler conditions over a longer period of time. The holy Grail of cool flower growing is a book called Cool Flowers by Lisa Mason Zeigler. She also has a TH-cam channel called the gardeners workshop. She's was a flower farmer for over 25 years and now just teaches. But, there are sooo many flowers that can be sown in the fall vs. waiting till spring. There is like at least 20 to 30 ( the flower list is growing from when she first wrote the book) that can be overwintered just fine. I'm in 9b so I can pretty much grow almost everything in the fall. But 8b can just about grow as much as my zone.
I actually direct sowed collected seeds from Rudbeckia Sahara flowers although I haven’t seen the outcome yet since it was just the previous fall this gives me some hope that they’ll actually come up but just in case they don’t I’ll have these as back up…. I’ll definitely check out cool flowers it sounds like a interesting read
What’s interesting is my zone. Grew to zone 8B 9A I thought that was pretty cool
I do the same thing! I collect some seeds to grow under my lights and some I just scatter throughout my garden! And now you're a 9A!!! Welcome to zone 9!!! I know that's scary in the scheme of things because your climate isn't getting the low temps for as long anymore as it did in the past, but that is extending out your growing season which also gives you the wiggle room to try out plants that may not have in the past did well in your old zone. Zone 9b where I am is a very dry climate generally so I have to have drip irrigation to do anything. I have recently been redoing my gardens to bring in more native species so I don't have to water except if we go into a drought. But by far I must say Rudbeckia is one of my favorite flowers and I have grown almost all varieties. But, the Rudbeckia hirta is by far my favorite!
@@LatishaLiptrap drip irrigation is very helpful. I use it during the summer months as it doesn’t rain here for two or three months in the year but other than that watering is a cinch and I had a sneaking suspicion lone would go up as we were getting a lot warmer temperatures the past few years it was very odd The only variety I grew of Rudbeckia is the Sahara blend maybe I’ll try another variety
And also you just started snapdragons in another video and those as well can be fall planted. Mine went into the ground in oct at about 1 inch of growth they will just sit like that till spring and grow robust roots (I have had hail, snow, torrential rain and they are still surviving) and start shooting up in the spring.
Unfortunately, this is one I don’t think will do well in my climate the seeds tend to wash away quickly as it rains a ton here I live in Seattle we get a lot of downpour that and the fact that slugs flourish here in the garden taking out many of my new starts it’s just a bad combination, I’ve tried two years prior to direct sowing snapdragons from seed. I only get very few to come up, the varieties, I started indoors are special varieties that don’t come with much so I’m being extra careful but I don’t mind direct, sowing, although I will direct sow snapdragon, seed packets I’m not too fond of
It’s sad even my hostas are attacked before they even get a chance to unfurl but usually the hostas bounce back quickly
@@isaacsteinsgarden oh I am sorry, I didn't explain well. I grow snapdragons under grow lights in about September. Get them to about an inch and transplant out. The only direct sown seeds I do in the fall are nigella and bachelor's buttons, phacelia, poppies, and California bluebells.
So I make sure I transplant my snaps no later than mid November
@@LatishaLiptrap very interesting. I’ll definitely start snapdragons a lot sooner now, but I’ll still place them out in spring because my weather still takes them out. I have some currently in the garden that were flourishing up until January. When we got down to the teens they got fried up by the cold but they usually make a return in spring so I’m not too worried. I think they were biannual in my area.