Winter Sowing Rudbeckia and Strawflowers for my Cut Flower Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- It's winter sowing time! Such an easy project with great rewards. This year I am winter sowing Rudbeckia and Strawflowers because they gave me the best results last year. To read about other varieties that would work well with this method, I recommend purchasing the Cool Flowers book by Lisa Mason Ziegler. You can purchase it here:
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I hope the seed starting mix works for you. I didn’t have good luck with that but had better luck with the heavier potting soil. I do about 30-50 milk jugs and 6 trays in bins with holes… it’s awesome to grow hundreds of plants without grow lights… but also don’t have a business at the moment so I can wing it. My one cut flower garden is 50 feet long and whatever makes it goes in .
Yes Laura from Garden Answer has a video about that too... definitely sticking with a potting mix more
Yes, definitely use moistened potting mix, seed starter mix dries up to quickly 😭
I will watch it closely - thanks for the info!
I put alot outside but I used pop bottles for my window inside and they all sprouted already!!!
Nice!
I winter sow hundreds of plants! Snapdragons love it too
I agree snapdragons are so easy to winter sow calendula too
Brilliant!
I'm trying winter sowing for the first time. Your video is perfect!
Thank you!!! This was very helpful! Love your content 😊
Thanks!
It's better to do them a bit deeper, just below the handle at least 5 inches of potting medium, and potting mix is definitely better, it holds the moisture much better!
Good luck on your winter sowing! I'm going to definitely be growing more strawflowers & other flowers for drying this year! I regretted not saving & drying more last year!
Hi from Utah! Yes I did strawflower for the first time last year! And rudbeckia for many years. I gotta try the Zahara. Beautiful
Glad they worked well for you!
Yay!....can't wait to see more about the dried flowers this year. I have purchased a lot of seeds to grow for dried flowers.
Should be a fun project!
I'm in NW Iowa, extremely dry here. I've never done this, but can't wait to try! Thanks
Definitely make yours deeper and use potting mix. Seed mix dries out super fast!
Just joined your channel
Excellent way to get headstart
Thanks!
Does rudbeckia seeds need to be covered with compost after sewing
Greetings from Des Moines, Ia! I have really been enjoying your videos 💕 wanted to know if you have heard about “the single seed challenge”? It sounds fun! Thought you and your viewers might enjoy. I saw this idea on Flower Hill Farm.
I have and I am doing it! A short video will be up Sunday night&
Thanks Christina, you have inspired a new idea for me :) I do have a question about pricing bouquets? If you have another video, please direct me. How do you determine the price per stem that you include in your bouquets? Thank you!
You can look up the price per stem amount online for market sales. That is what I used last summer
Oh no the seed packet I bought for strawflowers said to bury them 1/4”! I’ll have to open the jug and surface sow some seeds.
I would follow the directions that your seed packets says. They could be different t
@@SunshineFlora that’s true. Ok I’ll be patient and hope they come up in spring.
Don't be so quick to say zinnias would never work! I haven't done it but I know several people who winter sow tomatoes and peppers 🤷♀️ they wait a little longer I think, more like 6-8 weeks before last frost. So it might be worth a try? Idk 🤷♀️
Ooh good to know!
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That is stupid just get a container with a lid it does the same thing
Yes it does! You can use about anything - milk jugs are easily available for a lot of people and free!
I should add, you do want to make sure it’s a tall container so the seedlings have room to grow height-wise.
Well it's a stupid thing thousands of us growers use. 🤷♀️
A grower last year used $store containers, they were bigger and ended up being too heavy once filled with wet soil. The milk jugs have handles and are easy to move around, but if you still prefer wasting money on a product that will degrade in the sun all too quickly and then end up in a landfill, I have one question for you. "Why?"
Wow Hope Morrison, bitter a little. Move on and troll someone else. Christina does it her way and it's great!