Thank you Lisa! I’m glad I listened because each time I hear you describe the basics of the cool flowers concept, I learn even more than I expect! That’s why your channel is my number one favorite! By the way, the cool flower concept that you rekindled has made it over to Europe- I’ve seen many seed companies call the flowers “cool flower” instead of cold hardy annual. You’re a legend! 😍Lisa thank you for your generosity of teaching about this concept. I’m in a desert climate and your instructions have given me so much hope and inspiration for possibly make a living by selling flowers because I can see with my own eyes how the plants are getting their feet in, preparing a wonderful show for me in spring. I’m just so excited! I will be joining your club and buying your courses as soon as I can!! 💞💐
I have the cool flowers book and honestly it’s not that easy for me to figure this all out even after reading the book. I understand the concept of cool flowers, but I can’t wrap my head around planting times. I wish there was a way to just enter my zone and then see a list of flowers with a start date for planting. Can you add something like that to your app? You can even link it to the shop where we could see a list specific to our zone, with specific planting dates and a link to purchase seeds.
I have found that your zone is not what determines when you can plant or start seeds, it is your local conditions, which vary widely even within zones. Your last frost date and spring temperatures are a better gauge of when to start seeds. I am a Zone 8b and my last frost date is the end of May. Others in the same zone have last frost dates in early April or early May. Some in lower zones like 5, 6 and 7 will also have last frost dates in earlier months than I. Your Zone does not determine your last frost date. We get winter weather all through Spring so I must plan to start accordingly. I hope this helps and not confuse you more. Also the USDA zone map can be tricky, it is not as easy and plugging in your zip code and getting a correct zone. You need to go in and do a bit more, like put in your address for more specific information. 🙃
I had some confusion after reading the book too and have gotten some clarification from podcasts. As I understand it now (someone correct me if I'm wrong), 6-8 weeks before your last frost you should direct seed or transplant cool hardy annuals. So, if it's something you can transplant and it needs four weeks of growing indoors, you would start growing it indoors 10-12 weeks before your last frost. For things you can fall plant in your zone, you should direct seed or transplant them 6-8 weeks before your first frost. HOWEVER, it doesn't always work out if you're not using row cover. Even with plants where Lisa says they don't need row cover and can take the cold, they've died on me in the cold. Your first year, I suggest testing the waters. Transplant some seedlings 6 weeks before your last frost, then transplant some more five weeks before the last frost, four weeks, three weeks, and two weeks. That way you won't lose everything if the earliest planting date ends up being too early. The other thing that can happen is bugs eating your cool hardy annuals because there is so little else for them to eat at this time. After losing some plants to cold in early spring and having tons of seedlings eaten in the spring and fall, I'm starting to feel like you almost have to use row cover to grow cool hardy annuals in my area. That may not be true for everyone, but that's definitely been my experience.
@@WesternMONo-TillGardening exactly. I don’t want to have to do all the math in figuring out planting times. I just want a clear list with start dates based on my last frost. Especially since there are other factors as you pointed out.
I have a question. Since i live on the line i get two different last frost dates. One is march 20 and the other one is April 5. I dont know what to do. Lol
More than 15 minutes before you get to the point??? Time is of the essence. The very best videos get to the point right away, then all the extra stuff afterwards.
Thank you Lisa! I’m glad I listened because each time I hear you describe the basics of the cool flowers concept, I learn even more than I expect! That’s why your channel is my number one favorite! By the way, the cool flower concept that you rekindled has made it over to Europe- I’ve seen many seed companies call the flowers “cool flower” instead of cold hardy annual. You’re a legend! 😍Lisa thank you for your generosity of teaching about this concept. I’m in a desert climate and your instructions have given me so much hope and inspiration for possibly make a living by selling flowers because I can see with my own eyes how the plants are getting their feet in, preparing a wonderful show for me in spring. I’m just so excited! I will be joining your club and buying your courses as soon as I can!! 💞💐
Thank you!
You are living in my dream. I know when I go to heaven, this is what God is gonna assign me to do.
I have the cool flowers book and honestly it’s not that easy for me to figure this all out even after reading the book. I understand the concept of cool flowers, but I can’t wrap my head around planting times. I wish there was a way to just enter my zone and then see a list of flowers with a start date for planting. Can you add something like that to your app? You can even link it to the shop where we could see a list specific to our zone, with specific planting dates and a link to purchase seeds.
That is a great idea and I'm always looking for ways to make gardening easier!
That would be an awesome idea.
I have found that your zone is not what determines when you can plant or start seeds, it is your local conditions, which vary widely even within zones. Your last frost date and spring temperatures are a better gauge of when to start seeds. I am a Zone 8b and my last frost date is the end of May. Others in the same zone have last frost dates in early April or early May. Some in lower zones like 5, 6 and 7 will also have last frost dates in earlier months than I. Your Zone does not determine your last frost date. We get winter weather all through Spring so I must plan to start accordingly. I hope this helps and not confuse you more. Also the USDA zone map can be tricky, it is not as easy and plugging in your zip code and getting a correct zone. You need to go in and do a bit more, like put in your address for more specific information. 🙃
I had some confusion after reading the book too and have gotten some clarification from podcasts. As I understand it now (someone correct me if I'm wrong), 6-8 weeks before your last frost you should direct seed or transplant cool hardy annuals. So, if it's something you can transplant and it needs four weeks of growing indoors, you would start growing it indoors 10-12 weeks before your last frost. For things you can fall plant in your zone, you should direct seed or transplant them 6-8 weeks before your first frost. HOWEVER, it doesn't always work out if you're not using row cover. Even with plants where Lisa says they don't need row cover and can take the cold, they've died on me in the cold. Your first year, I suggest testing the waters. Transplant some seedlings 6 weeks before your last frost, then transplant some more five weeks before the last frost, four weeks, three weeks, and two weeks. That way you won't lose everything if the earliest planting date ends up being too early. The other thing that can happen is bugs eating your cool hardy annuals because there is so little else for them to eat at this time. After losing some plants to cold in early spring and having tons of seedlings eaten in the spring and fall, I'm starting to feel like you almost have to use row cover to grow cool hardy annuals in my area. That may not be true for everyone, but that's definitely been my experience.
@@WesternMONo-TillGardening exactly. I don’t want to have to do all the math in figuring out planting times. I just want a clear list with start dates based on my last frost. Especially since there are other factors as you pointed out.
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Here in southern california we had a bad wind.....it blew off all my hoops. I hope my cool flowers will survive without hoops
I send out love to your area, sending rain and the wind stops! ❤
How do you plant through bio360 film into prepared beds in VES if the soil is frozen.
I have a question. Since i live on the line i get two different last frost dates. One is march 20 and the other one is April 5. I dont know what to do. Lol
I would go with April 5 to be safe. Or do a small amount of plants based on March 20 to test it out but do most based on April 5.
More than 15 minutes before you get to the point??? Time is of the essence.
The very best videos get to the point right away, then all the extra stuff afterwards.