I had good luck winter sowing spotted bee balm last year and it bloomed the same year also. This year I’m lazy and direct sowed and put the top half of milk jugs on top of the soil. I’m so looking forward to your sprouts!
Oh so good to hear! I am so used to waiting a year or two for blooms that is definitely welcomed information!! Are you growing it in sand like they prefer?
I am sowing 13 natives with C60 requirements in milk jugs this weekend. I've tried open container/flat sowing outdoors but suspect the birds steal my seeds. The germination rate was only 10%. I tried the jugs last year and had nearly 90% success. 😂😂 putting the pots in totes is genius!!!!
Well then the milk jugs may be just the right method for you! I know a lot of people that do their natives in the milk jugs. Anything you are particularly excited to grow this year?
Watching this again and I love this video. I could probably watch it over and over. Such great info and I like the different ways you grow them. Makes me want to fence a section off, too, to protect them. Currently using window screen over some of my outdoor pots. :)
That's a great idea! I get so annoyed every day when I go out and see evidence of my little friends messing with my raised beds I have prepper for spring. I should cover those too....
Say hi I like watching your show I watched this is what I do in the winter time from Pennsylvania New Kensington and I have 30 cars at memorial Park in New Castle PA and I've been doing it for 1820 years now and I just love it out there it's so I put it out there for people to see and enjoy and I collect everything anything I can get my hands on I collect it and put it out there so if you ever get up this way check it out okay talk to you later thank you bye
Exactly what I wanted to watch tonight! Thanks for sharing, Michele, as always. I can't wait to see you pot them up or transplant them, in spring or summer when they are ready to get bigger. It will be exciting, won't it! Happy Saturday! I started some fridge stratification, in case my December and January winter sowing was too late. I meant to start in November, but got behind!
Thank you! Yes, very excited about what I sowed this year. I just remembered I want to do a bunch of Carex Blanda too, maybe I will do that today. About the end of the month, I'll be out there everyday looking for little signs of life. I was surprised the lupines had already germinated. I bet your Dec/Jan will be just fine with anything 30 or 60 day CS. That November date I use has just never failed me. 💚💚💚
@@ninetypercentnative Thank you for that! Oh, I am wanting to grow common wood sedge, too. I think I have a similar sedge growing naturally in my backyard. I think my husband and I are going to pull cool season weeds in the garden today, to make room for all my new natives I'm trying to grow. Happy Gardening!
Hi Peggy! Welcome, I am so glad to have you here. I am in zone old 7a/new 7b. What is even more importance is your ecoregion and location within the country when it comes to natives. For instance, my ecoregion is the Northern Inner Piedmont. Here is a eco region locator, bplant.org/ecoregion_locator.php . I've been meaning to talk about this a little more, thanks for the reminder! Where are you located? I'd love yo help you start adding native that should do well in your area.
Hey guys! Let me know in the comments if you have any questions about how I sow my native plants.👩🏻🌾😉🌻
I had good luck winter sowing spotted bee balm last year and it bloomed the same year also. This year I’m lazy and direct sowed and put the top half of milk jugs on top of the soil. I’m so looking forward to your sprouts!
Oh so good to hear! I am so used to waiting a year or two for blooms that is definitely welcomed information!! Are you growing it in sand like they prefer?
I have clay soil and spotted bee balm grows amazing, in dry as well as moist areas. It was the most resilient plant in my garden last year.
Oooohhh! That's so good to know! Thank you for sharing your experience!
I am sowing 13 natives with C60 requirements in milk jugs this weekend. I've tried open container/flat sowing outdoors but suspect the birds steal my seeds. The germination rate was only 10%. I tried the jugs last year and had nearly 90% success. 😂😂 putting the pots in totes is genius!!!!
Well then the milk jugs may be just the right method for you! I know a lot of people that do their natives in the milk jugs. Anything you are particularly excited to grow this year?
@@ninetypercentnative Fire Pink!!
@@heidijasper5915 yes!!! Do you have any? If not, when the bloom, i think it will tale a season, you will love them!!!
@@ninetypercentnative I have just 2 and want to fill an area with more!!!
Watching this again and I love this video. I could probably watch it over and over. Such great info and I like the different ways you grow them. Makes me want to fence a section off, too, to protect them. Currently using window screen over some of my outdoor pots. :)
That's a great idea! I get so annoyed every day when I go out and see evidence of my little friends messing with my raised beds I have prepper for spring. I should cover those too....
@@ninetypercentnative I recently bought some hardware cloth. Found some for a good price and I think it would be perfect for your raised beds.
Say hi I like watching your show I watched this is what I do in the winter time from Pennsylvania New Kensington and I have 30 cars at memorial Park in New Castle PA and I've been doing it for 1820 years now and I just love it out there it's so I put it out there for people to see and enjoy and I collect everything anything I can get my hands on I collect it and put it out there so if you ever get up this way check it out okay talk to you later thank you bye
Hi! Thank you for stopping in! I bet your gardens are gorgeous!!!
Lots of great info thanks
You are welcome!
Exactly what I wanted to watch tonight! Thanks for sharing, Michele, as always. I can't wait to see you pot them up or transplant them, in spring or summer when they are ready to get bigger. It will be exciting, won't it! Happy Saturday! I started some fridge stratification, in case my December and January winter sowing was too late. I meant to start in November, but got behind!
Thank you! Yes, very excited about what I sowed this year. I just remembered I want to do a bunch of Carex Blanda too, maybe I will do that today. About the end of the month, I'll be out there everyday looking for little signs of life. I was surprised the lupines had already germinated. I bet your Dec/Jan will be just fine with anything 30 or 60 day CS. That November date I use has just never failed me. 💚💚💚
@@ninetypercentnative Thank you for that! Oh, I am wanting to grow common wood sedge, too. I think I have a similar sedge growing naturally in my backyard. I think my husband and I are going to pull cool season weeds in the garden today, to make room for all my new natives I'm trying to grow. Happy Gardening!
Nothing prettier than Virginia anemone seedheads.❤❤❤
I'd love to see them take off in my yard!
Thank you. ❤ I loved it
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just started watching your channel. I'm interested in adding more native plants to my garden. What zone are you in? I'm in zone 6b-7a.
Hi Peggy! Welcome, I am so glad to have you here. I am in zone old 7a/new 7b. What is even more importance is your ecoregion and location within the country when it comes to natives. For instance, my ecoregion is the Northern Inner Piedmont. Here is a eco region locator, bplant.org/ecoregion_locator.php . I've been meaning to talk about this a little more, thanks for the reminder! Where are you located? I'd love yo help you start adding native that should do well in your area.
Where did you find seed for the Heal-all? I searched last summer and couldn't find it.
It's not that easy to find and surprisingly I found them on Amazon, here is a link, amzn.to/3Su0DCk