You are so welcome, Karen! We have a great schedule lined up for this year, so there is a lot more to look forward to 😊 Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback! 🤗
Thank you so much ladies! So many plants I thought I'd failed because they didn't last long! Now I realize I just didn't understand them. I really appreciate how generously you share your knowledge. It renews my confidence in being able to grow a beautiful garden. I'm so glad you share that powerful feeling with the world. 🙌🙏✨💕🌱💐🌻
You make such a great point, Cheryl! So often when people have seed starting or gardening "failures", it is simply because the plants were not being grown in the conditions they needed to thrive 🌱 Thanks so much for sharing this inspiring message, and have a fantastic day! 💚🤗💚
Thank you! You, too. I recently said I'd never grow Stock again even though I absolutely love it, yet with the info you shared here I might try again! 🙌🌱💐😍
Love these ladies! I am a backyard flower lover, no farm here in Zone 8A. I retired and have renewed my gardening love. Could not have done this without these ladies and Lisa’s Cool Flower Book!
Thanks so much for the kind words! Always happy to meet a fellow flower-loving home gardener 💚 Wishing you a beautiful spring garden, full of cool flowers! 🤗
Good Morning y'all. I'm loving this early morning video riding from Long Island to Brooklyn. Pack with great info! You guys are amazing. My seeds came and my blocker came from you guys ❤️!!!!
Such a fun way to start your day! So happy you enjoyed this episode ☺ Sounds like you have all your supplies ready for a bountiful garden this year - hope you love soil blocking as much as we do! Have a great day, and thanks so much for watching 🤗
I absolutely love soil blocking. I learned to do it last spring & early summer, I practiced succession planting. I had so much better success seed starting, it was so exciting. I did make some mistakes, over or under watering, leaving plants too long - not planting out when they were ready. The experience of learning to seed start in soil blocks was so valuable to me I didn't let the failures get me down. I hope you have great success, and as much fun with the soil blocking as I did.
So happy to hear you are learning about and loving cool flowers! Your garden will never be the same (in a good way!) ☺ Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, Lynn! 🤗
Terrific information. I use your book as a reference manual. This information is invaluable! I’m a Master Gardener and love lelarning and teaching about plants. Keep blooming!
Love these videos!!! They're so helpful. I try to watch them at least twice so I can take good notes the second time. I'm a beginner flower farmer but I've been gardening for years across the US (Montana, California, North Carolina). I had never heard of flowers like Stock, and most of the other cool flowers until a few months ago. I planted some stock seedlings outside in November 2022. I'm in Zone 8A in Eastern NC. We had a cold spell of 12-18 degrees at night for about a week over Christmas and I was shocked they all survived and they look amazing right now. (I had Agribon 30 as cover.) Even more shocking to hear they're only winter hardy to Zone 8. Tough little plants and so much fun to grow. I'm having so much fun reading your books and watching your videos, Lisa!!! I never thought I would have a complete career change from dietitian and diabetes educator to flower farmer and I am absolutely loving life!!! Please keep these wonderful educational videos coming!!!
Thanks for the positive feedback, Emily! ☺ Please take as many notes as you would like 🗒 Glad you have discovered the wonderful world of cool flowers, and I am thrilled to hear your stock survived the cold spell! 🥶 Thanks so much for watching, and have a lovely day! 🤗
Home gardener gone wild here! This was so helpful! This will be my first year with Cool flowers and this was helpful for planning my garden! Thank you Lisa and Layne. 🌸
Yay - a fellow home gardener! So excited for you to experience cool flowers this year - you will be so happy you planned ahead once they start blooming ☺ Thanks so much for watching, and have a fantastic day!
So happy you enjoyed this episode and that you had your notepad handy! 📝 Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback 🤗 Have a fantastic day!
This was the best podcast! It prevented me from planting the right flowers at the wrong time and in the wrong way! I soaked Bells of Ireland seeds and was ready to start them inside tomorrow instead of seeding them outside next fall. You saved me time, disappointment and valuable bed space. Now I can grow other cool flowers that DO like to be started in very early spring in 7a-b. Whew! That was a close call.🌻😅
I’m so glad I found you Lisa! I have totally revised my planting calendar and is this spring going to plant out my hardy annuals 6 weeks before my last expected frost date (27 April). I’m also going to start using my soilblocker, which I’ve had for two years. I live in southern Sweden and this hardy annual stuff is totally new for us. /Love, Anna
So excited for your cool flowers garden this spring, Anna! Best of luck with your soil blocking, as well - hope you love it as much as we do 💚 Thanks so much for watching, and have a great day! 🤗
I absolutely love soil blocking. I learned to do it last spring & early summer, I practiced succession planting. I had so much better success seed starting, it was so exciting. I did make some mistakes, over or under watering, leaving plants too long - not planting out when they were ready. The experience of learning to seed start in soil blocks was so valuable to me I didn't let the failures get me down. I hope you have great success, and as much fun with the soil blocking as I did.
I just found your channel yesterday and my God I have learned so much already. Thanks Nicole@FlowerHillFarm for telling me about you. I will share and look for the podcast. I downloaded the APP too. This is so awesome Thank you all!!!
So happy you discovered us, Tonia! ☺ We release "Seed Talk" episodes every Thursday, and you can watch here on TH-cam or listen in your favorite podcast app. Welcome, and thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! Have a great day 🤗
🌻 What a great episode, so very helpful! I am going to listen again and write this all in my notes. Once again thank you for sharing your knowledge, I look forward to the cut and come again session!
Thank you! I am learning so much and have been adding some of your beautiful flower seeds to my collection. My husband says I should have bot more acreage lol!
😂 I can totally relate to that! Wishing you a bountiful spring garden filled with as many cool flowers as you can squeeze in ☺ Thanks so much for watching, Darlene!
This information was super useful. Knowing what to plan successions for and what to not even try until fall has saved my cut flower patch. I’m new to flowers so widespread failures may have dissuaded me from gardening altogether. Feverfew is also my all time favorite 😍.
Yay - a fellow feverfew lover 🥰 So happy you found this episode helpful, Kellie! Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment 🤗
This episode was awesome! This type of information is so interesting and practical. I took lots of notes to help me plan for future years. I especially appreciated you including the usda hardiness zone for each plant
Thanks so much for this information. It is all so valuable and I love listening to the eps over and over again. I do have a question about stocks though. Do you have thoughts/advice on selecting for doubles? Thank you!
I'm so curious why I get so many stems from my stock flower plants! I just counted, and I've got NINE stems in my vase that came from ONE plant. The main flower in the middle is the big one, but all the stems off the side are nearly as long as a ruler. Fills up a vase beautifully, but I keep hearing they're supposed to be a one flower plant. Maybe it's our sub tropical area.
I know this is not about sunflowers but some of my sunflowers came up and some of them didn't. I started them on the heated mats but some of the bigger seeds did not come up. Should I have started the larger seeds in more soil?
Soooo much info! I’ll have to listen again and take notes. Thank you!
So happy you found this helpful, Judy - that is always our goal! Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback 🤗
Love listening to these two ladies
You girls rock!!!!!!
Awww, thank you, William! 💚🤗💚
My garden could accommodate several of these in zone 6 and still be ready to start zinnias and other warm flowers. Who knew?
Thank you for the info! Very useful. 😊
Thanks, Ali - so happy you found this episode helpful! Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback 🤗 Happy gardening!
Great information. Thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to more like this.
You are so welcome, Karen! We have a great schedule lined up for this year, so there is a lot more to look forward to 😊 Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback! 🤗
Thank you so much ladies! So many plants I thought I'd failed because they didn't last long! Now I realize I just didn't understand them. I really appreciate how generously you share your knowledge. It renews my confidence in being able to grow a beautiful garden. I'm so glad you share that powerful feeling with the world. 🙌🙏✨💕🌱💐🌻
You make such a great point, Cheryl! So often when people have seed starting or gardening "failures", it is simply because the plants were not being grown in the conditions they needed to thrive 🌱 Thanks so much for sharing this inspiring message, and have a fantastic day! 💚🤗💚
Thank you! You, too. I recently said I'd never grow Stock again even though I absolutely love it, yet with the info you shared here I might try again! 🙌🌱💐😍
@@CherylBelczak Oooo - yes! Let us know how it turns out if you decide to try again 🌱 Best of luck! 🍀☺🍀
Thanks for all of the great info as always!
You are so welcome, Bernadine! Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment! 🤗
Love these ladies! I am a backyard flower lover, no farm here in Zone 8A. I retired and have renewed my gardening love. Could not have done this without these ladies and Lisa’s Cool Flower Book!
Thanks so much for the kind words! Always happy to meet a fellow flower-loving home gardener 💚 Wishing you a beautiful spring garden, full of cool flowers! 🤗
Good Morning y'all. I'm loving this early morning video riding from Long Island to Brooklyn. Pack with great info! You guys are amazing. My seeds came and my blocker came from you guys ❤️!!!!
Such a fun way to start your day! So happy you enjoyed this episode ☺ Sounds like you have all your supplies ready for a bountiful garden this year - hope you love soil blocking as much as we do! Have a great day, and thanks so much for watching 🤗
I absolutely love soil blocking. I learned to do it last spring & early summer, I practiced succession planting. I had so much better success seed starting, it was so exciting. I did make some mistakes, over or under watering, leaving plants too long - not planting out when they were ready. The experience of learning to seed start in soil blocks was so valuable to me I didn't let the failures get me down. I hope you have great success, and as much fun with the soil blocking as I did.
Just what I needed to hear.
So happy you found this episode helpful, Rick! Thanks so much for watching, and have a fantastic day 😊
Such a good video! Answered so many of my questions. Thank you!
Yay - so happy we answered some lingering questions you may have had! Thanks so much for watching and for letting us know you enjoyed it 🤗
Thanks ladies, always good to brush up on cool flowers ❤
Thanks so much for watching, Terry! We are always up for a discussion about cool flowers 😁 Have a lovely day! 🤗
You are both such a wealth of knowledge. Thanks as always for sharing!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Melissa! It really means a lot 🤗 Have a wonderful day! ☺
Thank you- learning so much about cool flowers. Looking forward to my cool flowers book coming this weekend.
So happy to hear you are learning about and loving cool flowers! Your garden will never be the same (in a good way!) ☺ Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, Lynn! 🤗
Thank you- this was great information!
You are so welcome, Anita! So glad you enjoyed it ☺ Thanks for watching!
Thank you; this was very helpful. Looking forward to the cut and come again pod cast.
Thanks so much for watching - so glad you found it helpful! 🤗
Nice video🌹🌹
So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks so much for watching, and have a lovely day 🤗
So informative! thank you ladies!
You are so welcome! Thanks so much for watching 🤗
Terrific information. I use your book as a reference manual. This information is invaluable! I’m a Master Gardener and love lelarning and teaching about plants. Keep blooming!
So happy you enjoyed the information presented in this video! Wishing you a bountiful spring garden full of beautiful blooms 🤗
I am very inspired by you! You are very positive and motivating. Thank you.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Bernadette! Wishing you a fantastic day and a beautiful spring garden 🤗
Love these videos!!! They're so helpful. I try to watch them at least twice so I can take good notes the second time. I'm a beginner flower farmer but I've been gardening for years across the US (Montana, California, North Carolina). I had never heard of flowers like Stock, and most of the other cool flowers until a few months ago. I planted some stock seedlings outside in November 2022. I'm in Zone 8A in Eastern NC. We had a cold spell of 12-18 degrees at night for about a week over Christmas and I was shocked they all survived and they look amazing right now. (I had Agribon 30 as cover.) Even more shocking to hear they're only winter hardy to Zone 8. Tough little plants and so much fun to grow. I'm having so much fun reading your books and watching your videos, Lisa!!! I never thought I would have a complete career change from dietitian and diabetes educator to flower farmer and I am absolutely loving life!!! Please keep these wonderful educational videos coming!!!
Thanks for the positive feedback, Emily! ☺ Please take as many notes as you would like 🗒 Glad you have discovered the wonderful world of cool flowers, and I am thrilled to hear your stock survived the cold spell! 🥶 Thanks so much for watching, and have a lovely day! 🤗
Great video! I always enjoy these:)
Thank you, Madonna! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗
Home gardener gone wild here! This was so helpful! This will be my first year with Cool flowers and this was helpful for planning my garden! Thank you Lisa and Layne. 🌸
Yay - a fellow home gardener! So excited for you to experience cool flowers this year - you will be so happy you planned ahead once they start blooming ☺ Thanks so much for watching, and have a fantastic day!
Awesome episode! Took a page of notes. Had to listen twice to get it all down! Thank you so much.
So happy you enjoyed this episode and that you had your notepad handy! 📝 Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback 🤗 Have a fantastic day!
Hi, Lisa.I've got your flower garden and it's wonderful
I loved this, thank you! It was particularly helpful in identifying Fall sown varieties
Thanks for all the great information. MORE!
This was the best podcast! It prevented me from planting the right flowers at the wrong time and in the wrong way! I soaked Bells of Ireland seeds and was ready to start them inside tomorrow instead of seeding them outside next fall. You saved me time, disappointment and valuable bed space. Now I can grow other cool flowers that DO like to be started in very early spring in 7a-b. Whew! That was a close call.🌻😅
So happy to hear this was helpful, Barbara! What perfect timing 😂 Thanks so much for watching and for letting us know you found it useful! 🤗
Another great and informative pod cast! Thanks ladies!🌻🌻🌻
Thank you, Christina! So happy you enjoyed it ☺ Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback! 🤗
I’m so glad I found you Lisa! I have totally revised my planting calendar and is this spring going to plant out my hardy annuals 6 weeks before my last expected frost date (27 April). I’m also going to start using my soilblocker, which I’ve had for two years. I live in southern Sweden and this hardy annual stuff is totally new for us. /Love, Anna
So excited for your cool flowers garden this spring, Anna! Best of luck with your soil blocking, as well - hope you love it as much as we do 💚 Thanks so much for watching, and have a great day! 🤗
I absolutely love soil blocking. I learned to do it last spring & early summer, I practiced succession planting. I had so much better success seed starting, it was so exciting. I did make some mistakes, over or under watering, leaving plants too long - not planting out when they were ready. The experience of learning to seed start in soil blocks was so valuable to me I didn't let the failures get me down. I hope you have great success, and as much fun with the soil blocking as I did.
Another great lecture! Thank you Lisa and Layne!
You are so welcome! Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback! 🤗
great info. zone 7 is a great reference point for climates in the US.
I just found your channel yesterday and my God I have learned so much already. Thanks Nicole@FlowerHillFarm for telling me about you. I will share and look for the podcast. I downloaded the APP too. This is so awesome Thank you all!!!
So happy you discovered us, Tonia! ☺ We release "Seed Talk" episodes every Thursday, and you can watch here on TH-cam or listen in your favorite podcast app. Welcome, and thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! Have a great day 🤗
Love your seed sharing information!
Thanks for another informative video🎉
🌻 What a great episode, so very helpful! I am going to listen again and write this all in my notes. Once again thank you for sharing your knowledge, I look forward to the cut and come again session!
Thanks so much, Brooke - so happy you found it helpful! Thanks again for watching, and see you again next week 🤗
Thank you! I am learning so much and have been adding some of your beautiful flower seeds to my collection. My husband says I should have bot more acreage lol!
😂 I can totally relate to that! Wishing you a bountiful spring garden filled with as many cool flowers as you can squeeze in ☺ Thanks so much for watching, Darlene!
Very helpful and informative, thank you!
These women know their stuff!!
thank you for the great info
You are so welcome, Shelia! Thanks for watching 🤗
This information was super useful. Knowing what to plan successions for and what to not even try until fall has saved my cut flower patch. I’m new to flowers so widespread failures may have dissuaded me from gardening altogether.
Feverfew is also my all time favorite 😍.
Yay - a fellow feverfew lover 🥰 So happy you found this episode helpful, Kellie! Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment 🤗
I appreciate all of this information. Lisa you are a wonderful lady.
Great show
thank you for great information
So helpful!! Answered many things I haven’t been able to understand. Thank you!!
This episode was awesome! This type of information is so interesting and practical. I took lots of notes to help me plan for future years. I especially appreciated you including the usda hardiness zone for each plant
So happy you enjoyed this episode, Tori! Thanks so much for watching and for letting us know it was helpful 🤗 Have a great day!
Thank you
Thanks so much for this information. It is all so valuable and I love listening to the eps over and over again. I do have a question about stocks though. Do you have thoughts/advice on selecting for doubles? Thank you!
I'm so curious why I get so many stems from my stock flower plants! I just counted, and I've got NINE stems in my vase that came from ONE plant. The main flower in the middle is the big one, but all the stems off the side are nearly as long as a ruler. Fills up a vase beautifully, but I keep hearing they're supposed to be a one flower plant. Maybe it's our sub tropical area.
I know this is not about sunflowers but some of my sunflowers came up and some of them didn't. I started them on the heated mats but some of the bigger seeds did not come up. Should I have started the larger seeds in more soil?
Would love to grow Larkspur but it never seems to germinate for me, even with pre-freezing the seeds. What might be going wrong?
How long of a stem for commercial use is desirable?
One question gone completely left out - does a plant attract pollinators?
I think this is a great idea for a future episode! Thanks for watching 😊
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Thanks so much for watching, Merlita! 💚🤗💚