🌱Two Week Lisianthus Update 🌱 : Extra Lissie Plugs I Ordered 🌸 : Flower Hill Farm
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- Hi Flower Friends! It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- today I am sharing with you an update on the lisianthus seeds I started two weeks ago! I have little baby lissies!
I'm also letting you in on an order of plugs I made from Farmer Bailey! You can check out his offerings here: farmerbailey.com/
Mine will arrive in Mid-April
Here is the list of lissie plugs I've ordered:
Rosanne Brown
Corelli Apricot
Sumika Lisianthus Honey Pink
Sumika Lisianthus Megalo 3 Mega White
Sumika Lisianthus Celeb 2 Green
ABC Lavender
ABC Yellow
ABC Misty Blue
Doublini Rose Pink
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I love your energy and your channel, I remember watching you DROP the first seed of 2022 😂🤣 !
😆you can only go up from there!
The little tiny babies are a great sight for sore eyes. We(Indiana) have had very little snow yet, this year. Your humor keeps me coming back. You knowledge keeps me watching. Your beautiful flowers make me happy.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who talks and sings to their flower babies. 🤣
😂 I think that there are many others!
@@camicri4263 I’m thankful to know that now. 🤣🥰
@@filmseedstudio1610 right, me too. I have to lemon trees by my door and talk to them every time and of course to the other plants! 🤣
You know that we had a opera singer in Romania that use to sing by a huge tree in her garden and they could retrieve a lot of the areas from the tree! Very interesting! Even stones record stuff!🤗
Yes. I’m for certain now: After watching 5 videos and the out-takes, we need to be friends. Come-stop on over for tea sometime. Head straight toward California and take a sharp right at ohhhhh, Indianapolis. I’m just right near there. Waiting. To be your friend. We are the same person. And now I sound creepy. 😂🤣 Please don’t block me, I am learning so much about flower farming. I grow veggies in pots on my back porch and my converted sandbox. I just started growing flowers out there for all the little kids in the neighborhood. We grew watermelons as well. Ohhhh to see their little faces light up! Priceless. I love your energy and enthusiasm!!
Plugs are perfect companions to your own seed starting adventures. Never realized how pretty the lizzies are, they look like the flowers you see in ephemeral pics.
🎉🎉SPROUTS!!🎉🎉
For those plugs, it’s worth the cost, your time is SO valuable. The last one you showed, blue, loved that one, so pretty.
Just reached out to a local flower farmer and asked if she's growing any and if she'd be willing to part with a few plugs. My DREAM is to become a flower farmer but I think I'll need a couple years practice first and I know I'm not at "growing my own lisianthis" level yet, so maybe I'll get lucky!! Thanks for the inspiration Nicole! Fingers crossed she'll share. Shoot, I'd be happy with litterally just a couple, so I can practice growing it from plugs first!
You bring me/us so much joy! Thanks for taking the time & sharing your journey!
Good morning and great video also thank you for sharing 😁😁❄❄☕🌅
Thank you, good morning!
So glad to have you back regularly!!! It means beautiful things are coming!!!
So exciting!
So much work! Good luck Nicole!🤗🤗💜
Can’t wait to see you starting more seeds. 😃
Thank you for sharing about your lisianthus!!! I am starting Lizzie’s for the first time, this year, and I am so nervous that I’m gonna mess it up!!! Mine are just a few days behind yours, so it’ll be a good comparison. Please keep showing your seed starting experiences!
Will you do another financial update? I loved last year's. It was such a cool insight into a cottage farm business.
What a great thing that we can purchase flower plugs. Thanks for sharing this.
Lisianthus is so much fun 😱 I too am planning on about 75% death rate lol maybe I will get lucky! Loved your googles, very cool 😎
Great tips and like knowing about your failures along with success. It is sooooo helpful.
You’re a seed growing queen!
It was 6 Celsius here today and I took my shawl and warm gloves:)))) Happy to see first seeds coming out!
Thank you so much for sharing the actual prices of plugs!!! I’ve been searching and it’s difficult to find! I’m selling some this year and wanted to be sure I wasn’t off base with what I was thinking.
Can't wait to see them all blooming! 👏 I cant wait to finish seeding the rest of mine... I am still waiting on my order from Geo. I have all of the ones started that I got from Johnny's... 🌱😁🌸🥰
For as long as you have lots of stems for cutting and it works for you getting the plug plants is worth it 👍🏻 And it’s less stress! They will be gorgeous 🥰
Never saw a lisianthus before and I see why you like them so much. Good luck this year.
Year 2 growing lisianthus. Love the update! What I've learned from you has helped so much. I am growing in smaller plug trays, using a heat mat and didn't start with the vermiculite. I am just a second behind you and will be grinding my vermiculite this year (makes so much sense...I agree that these little babies get drowned out by the vermiculite...game changer!). Will be doing the same with my foxgloves. Thank you!!
Another great video Nicole! I also am a small flower gardener so I'm working with a local flower farmer to get some of her plugs. I hope this works out because I'm crazy for Lizzies!!
You are such a ray of joy this crazy early morning! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the giggle.
I did just begin my peppers and onions from seed...02/04/22. Oh and the Celery was planted on the 4th too. It is so exciting, isn't it!?
Omg - u r so funny!!! I have learned so much from you. I am not going to be a flower farmer, but I am going to grow my own salvia, rudbeckia, agastache, bee balm, and some others.
I love that you point out that your time is an important investment…
I would love to try! Utica NY
stop!! I learned you have to have super thick skin when it comes to attrition! ..and that your spirit SO vibes for me and most others here. Thank you!
Whoa, I was thinking “jeez that’s cold” before you even said Fahrenheit 🤣. We’ve had -25 Celsius up here in Nova Scotia over the last couple weeks, but not consistently.
Omgosh…you’re going to turn into a popsicle!!!
Haha! As long as I keep moving, I feel warm! Standing still at those temps are NOT at option. That's when popsicle status happens for sure!
Wow friend here beautiful 🥰
🙋hi from Scotland hi I am a new subscriber to your channel and have been looking back at your videos you are an amazing grower I grow all my own vegetables but also do some flower seed I have never grown zinnias before watching you so I sent away for some seeds 450 f them came in the wee packet not that I will so as much of that amount I am looking forward to seeing how they do thank you for sharing your amazing videos your so funny take care Anne Scott from Scotland ❄️❄️❄️
Hello Anne Scott from Scotland. I’m Anne Scott from Australia 🙂
@@anne-mareescott5918 hello Anne Maree Scott hope your well over there n Australia take care
I am also doing seed and bought plugs just incase! And also bought my plugs from farmer Bailey!!! 😁
I'm on quarantine right now, but my best friend dropped me some seed starter so I'm starting some flowers TODAY! Yay!
You have a thoughtful friend💚🌱🙂
@@CrystalMendoza05 yes she really is. It helps that she benefits from it lol. She gets at least half of what I grow (I'm in an apartment and use her yard to grow most everything I don't have room for)
@Flower Hill Farm I use a mortar and pestle
I was up for a challenge this year and am growing lisianthus. They're rocking out to country music as I type! Hope they like Garth Brooks.....blame it all on my roots......
Hi Nicole! How do you use Mosquito Bits? Do you add them to water? How often do you use them? Thanks!
I'm pretty decent at seed starting, but I still buy all my Lisianthus as plugs. I just don't want to mess with high maintenance Lissies. I just cannot. I have too many other things that need my time and attention.
I heard algae grows on potting mixes because they have too much organic matter. This was a big problem for me in years past, so I have experimented on my onion and lantana seeds with just growing in plain peat moss. As they grow I will add some earthworm castings and compost. I'm hoping this will make a big difference.
My first year growing lisianthus here in Ohio. I seeded with those pelleted seeds ONE at a time like you (because those suckers are $$$$$)
Here's hoping this week they germinate. 🤞
Kitty is ready for her close-up :-)
I’m starting lisianthus for the first time this year. They’re sprouting but I’ve already decided I’m buying plugs next year
Haha! I was getting so impatient with them last year, when they were finally about 3 inches tall in the field, I was about to pull them out- but I'm soooo glad I didn't! They were 100's more beautiful in person!
Super great video!! ❤ Absolutely loved it! 😁 Thanks for sharing ✅🌹My Friend!!💯👍877
Will you be able to leave the lisianthus in the small soil blocks until it’s time to plant them outside?
You have changed my mind about lizianthus or they have come a long
way Babe! Yours are beautiful! Thank you for giving us your sources. You’ve opened up my world to more and more food (flowers) to feed my lifelong addiction. Yes I confess, I am a flower addict. Now that I’m growing new and wonderful flowers I only wish I wasn’t 75 yo. This is really hard work! You are young and have incredible energy. I love to watch you do all those things I can no longer do. I wish I had your newly acquired tools to make the job easier. I bought a$400. drill to enable me to use an auger to dig holes but NEngland soil doesn’t permit it. Ugh! I could have better spent that money on more 🌸
Keep up the great work! Thank you so much for keeping this old lady happy!
I started my lisianthus I have them on heat Mat outside zone 10a we shall see if it works.
La Mesa California ☘️
Very informative video. When is your last frost?
So I planted lisianthus from seed this year…. I was excited and I didn’t know but I pushed the seed down into the soil with my finger, second mistake was I use the big vermiculite which I didn’t know there were more kinds. Play for me 😩
Good luck with the lizzies! I haven't grown them before and was just wondering how many stems you usually get off one plant?
In my climate I only get one stem. You can pinch them for multiple stems but my season isn't really long enough for that. I might experiment some with that in my hoophouse.
Yes, superb videos and so wonderfully educational! Is it ok or is there any benefit in potting up Lisianthus plugs into 2 1/2" - 4" pots and growing them on outside for a while? I am in a zone, (Maritime Mediterranean), in which there is little to no danger of frost after Jan to Feb and temps with relatively coolish summers.
I don't pot them up at all. You certainly can but most farmers grow them in small plug trays and put them straight into the ground.
I did lisi plugs this year as well. Curious what size you ordered??? Thank you for doing these videos! They are so fun and informative. Are you going to be doing a separate video on sunflowers? You touched base on one video about certain varieties you're not going to continue anymore I had the same feelings as you .
Most are 210 but some are 125
Nice Video
So exciting to see your lisianthus seedlings coming up, Nicole. Hope you have success with them. Regarding the vermiculite, be careful not to breathe the dust. There are minerals in it including asbestos. You don’t want to be taking that into your lungs or ingesting it. You may want to consider letting it sit in the grinder for some time to let the dust settle and wearing a respirator mask when you are working with it. I realize you are not working with it all day everyday and the health risk may be minuscule. I don’t want to frighten you. Just wanted to pass along that information to you in case you weren’t aware of it. Someone told me about this years ago when I mentioned I was using it in my potting mix. 🥰
Thanks! Most of todays vermiculite does not contain asbestos. The brand I’m specifically using says it does not, but you never know! I appreciate you 💐
How do you choose between using soil blocking and trays?
What is a good humidity level for your seedlings?
When do you start fertilizing these baby lisianthus? Can you use your mister for it?
Will lisianthus seed stay viable for a year or two? I grew some last year, but not all of it.
Besides the sticky sheets, how do you get rid of dirt fleas.
I love your tip on grinding the vermiculite. I use an old coffee grinder to "powder" my egg shells for the garden and it would be perfect for grinding the vermiculite for tiny seedlings!
Does that work Sherry?? Grinding your egg shells for calcium in the garden. I’ve often wanted to try that, but I’ve seen such conflicting info. I guess it’s not going to hurt anything to try. I think I will. Had some blossom end rot on tomatoes last year.
@@mariaslibeck9984 Hi Maria. I do believe that it helps along with a good watering routine. As I use the eggs I just rinse and dry the shells, then microwave for about 1 minute. I crush them & store in a plastic bag until I collect enough for a pulverize session and store the powder in a Mason jar. Just be careful not to breathe in the powder.
@@sherry2836 awesome! I’m going to try that this year for my veggies. Since I grow in pots on the back porch, I think any extra organic matter I can add will help! Thanks for the tip!! 😋
@@mariaslibeck9984 there’s a YT’er in Australia who showed the difference in mater growth when using old duck eggs (whole) vs not. Although his example was more saturated than spreading egg shells, it showed enough difference for me to think it’s worth a shot
@@mariaslibeck9984I use coarsely ground eggshell around my leafy greens for the sole purpose of keeping the slugs away. It works well.
I'm growing my Lisi from seed this year. Next year I think I'm gonna buy plugs. They are taking so long to germinate. Will you plant these in your hoop house? Or out in the field? A flower farmer close to me planted them in her hoop house and had great luck. I don't have a hoop house. It's on my list to buy. Farmer Bailey has a ton of plugs. Will you buy anything else from them?
Hi Nicole, I've been watching your channel for a year+ and love it! I ordered Lisi plugs from Farmer Bailey too this year, and I'm curious if you know what age the plugs are when they arrive - 6 month old plants maybe? Curious when you put your plugs in the ground as I think my climate is similar to yours with similar last frost dates! I'm wondering how you calculate the bloom time from the plugs vs starting from seed. Any of your thoughts would be appreciated! Keep the great videos coming!
Lisianthus can tolerate cold! You should be good to plant them out a couple weeks or maybe 3 weeks before your last frost date.
Just here to tell you I’m a new sub and I’ve BUNGED your videos. Omg I’m in loveeeee. With them and with you😂😂😂😂🤨😅😜 jk. Not really. Things just got weird. Oops
First time gardener last year and no I’m convinced I need a cut flower garden because 😍
Moving 4 week old Lisianthus from 200 to 72 cell flat and believe I will be ready to do brain surgery after this feat. Except my scalpel is actually a cocktail fork. Many in the middle of the 200 cell flat didn't make it. I think it must be the flat, couldn't be the gardener! 🤪💐
As a human, even your breath, and body's heat loss, in that inclosed space can raise the humidity, possibly the temp too. Of course, there may be variations of temperature and humidity within that space normally, also the starts are wet/moist, they are surely creating additional humidity all around them, but it's not a large room, maybe a slight draft causing a variation? Just my thoughts as you were showing us the readings.
Where did you get dirt grinder for vermiculite.
Mine haven't popped yet and tomorrow is two weeks 😭 I hope I didn't mess them up
I had bad timing with the big seed suppliers having Roseann Brown in stock. I found somebody claiming to sell it on Etsy. turned out what they sent me was a bag full of powder. no seeds. Wasn’t even left over pellet powder. Sad! That will teach me to order before Christmas from the official sources.🤦🏼♀️🤣
Super bummer!
That sucks!
Your vermiculite is much more coarse than the bag I buy at the local Agway. I was able to give the trays a dusting straight from the bag right at the time of planting. I started most of mine the same time you started yours and haven't seen any algae growth yet so I hope the vermiculite is doing its magic. I looked at using RootShield should algae appear but decided against ordering it if not needed since a pound of the dust is $178.
I started seven 200 plug trays on the mats under the domes and am seeing excellent germination but not noticing multiple plants in the cells. (Granted, these seedlings are tiny and my eyes are not what they used to be.) Happy so far with my first try at lisianthus and not it's anywhere as much work as some commentators claim. I priced lisianthus at Farmer Bailey and decided to do all them myself. Other than the seed, my main cost is the coconut coir and vermiculite I mix with my worm castings to create my starting mix.
Yea, it was labeled "fine" but it's pretty course. I have Rootshield. I was able to find it for less than $50 for a pound. I'll be watering with it. Best of luck!
Maybe a small fan would equalize the heat and humidity??? 🙂
Nicole I'm starting Pampus Plume Celosia from seed 🤪(a lovely soft mix of colours). It's supposed to get 3' - 4' tall! It needs a much longer head start because of that. My question is- Should I start them in a deeper pot? I'm guessing such a tall plant would have deep roots. Or do you think the longer 6 packs will be fine until transplant? I just don't know how vigorous they grow, I'm excited and nervous about them. Ahhhh.🤪
I started those in soil blocks 3/4 inch about six weeks before my last frost date. They were about 8 inches tall when I planted them out and did wonderful.
@@FlowerHillFarm Thank you! Now I can breathe! LOL Phew! I couldn't find any info on YT about it. So I hoped you could help, and you did! I thank you!
What are you doing for the gnats this year? I bought gnatrol but haven’t used it yet. I might’ve seen one crushing around. Thrippin gnats!
I have yellow sticky sheets and mosquito bits.
I bought a small thing of gmatrol from gardener's workshop & I am thinking about ordering from a Company I found that sells large amounts of it because that's the only thing that helps last year I think- was using gnatrol every week!
Your Vermiculite seems a lot larger than mine? 🤔 I totally understand you being cautious!
Hi. You started your champagne bubbles poppies now? How long to germination are these suckers? I ask, because I just ordered some from Johnny's.
Yes, it's a hoophouse experiment. They like the cold. I started them about a week ago and they're sprouting.
When do you start fertilizing? Mine also are just sprouting and was wondering when its a good time to start fertilizing?
I have the same question! I’d also love to know what fertilizer to use. I read it should be 1.5:1 Potassium to Nitrogen but I am struggling to find one! Nicole, share your secrets! 😉
vermiculite actually may contain asbestos ..I'm thinking probably not good to make into powderly substance. Be safe when grounding up. I used it also on top of same flowers this year I look forward to seeing mine pop up as I see yours thank you for your videos and teaching us.
I’ve read a few recent studies that the majority of today’s vermiculite does not. Better safe though!m I guess. I’m ok with the small amount I’m doing, I’m not worried.
Year 1 of trying Lisianthus from seeds. And I’m a failure. None are growing & they are covered in algae (and I have vermiculite on them) so sad!
Mine still look this small like this at 5 weeks 😳
Welcome Nicole 💏💏👏👍❤🌱🌼🌵🎓🎩🎅🐷🐰and every time and every year you are very very very beautiful.
I just realized you and another grower(pepper Harrow Farms ) also uses farmer bailey
He's one of the more popular suppliers! Great people.
I have heard different thins from different people. Do the LED lights need to be lowered just above the plant or can they be left higher because the illumination is higher
I put them very close. I lowered them after this video.
@@FlowerHillFarm Thankyou
My misting (just with a spray bottle) must’ve caused some of my seeds to move around, despite me trying to be as gentle as possible. I have several that have germinated BETWEEN soil blocks. 🤦🏻♀️
Oh no! I've had that happen.
Me too! Then others do have multiples- didn’t even think about more than 1 seed in the pellet!
I had the same issue. Only one or two seeds were displaced though, so no biggie.
@@FlowerHillFarm have you have thought about using an automatic misting setup? Perfect if you can't check on them everyday. I saw some cool DIY setups on Fraser Valley Rose Farm's channel.
I did that last year! I didn't realize they had germinated- being my first year growing them, & I'm pretty sure I was continuously covering them back up with soil when misting... my husband found me a small pump mister that has very small droplets of mist, perfect for the tiny babies! It's the solo brand. It's black & white. Strongly recommend!
Sprinkle a fine layer of connamon instead of vermiculite and you wont get any fungus 😉
I started my first ever tray of lisianthus last week and not a single sprout yet. It's been a full week today. I'm having issues being patient. I'm an experienced home gardener but my gut tells me they aren't going to work for some reason. But I'm still impatiently waiting.
Hang in there Kelly! They can take 2-3 weeks to germinate! I saw teeny tiny green on mine after 12 days. Fingers crossed you see green soon!
@@GardenHands Thank you. I'm trying. I think it's harder this time of year when the ground is covered in snow and ice. I really need to see that green. Lol
@@kellyhenry4187 I can totally relate, it's cold and snowy at my place too. It's really exciting to start seeds, but I miss planting outside and cutting flowers! So hard to be patient this time of year. Fingers crossed for an early spring!?!
@@GardenHands Absolutely! We are expecting snow the next few days in northeast Illinois. I just keep looking back on photos from last spring and summer.
@@kellyhenry4187 It's snowing here in WI right now. We don't have much on the ground, so I guess it's okay. I've done the same thing...noted that I had pictures of daffodils in really early April. Counting the days!
I think the other calculation to include is the risk factor. With plugs, you don’t take on the risk of the seedlings potentially failing. I don’t know how you quantify that, but I would think it’s another factor in favor of buying plugs.
..agree, but nothin like a baby lizzy in your tray.
What’s wrong with algae growing on the grow medium?
Funny I'm uploading a video today about algae and seedlings. It competes for nutrients and water but otherwise it's typically harmless.
The poppies don't need to be stratified?
Doesn't appear so....I started them the day the packet came in the mail and germination is great so far.
Isn’t your body temp and hot breath changing the temp and humidity?
Probably! But I’m guessing it’s also the heat mats and humidity of the plants
Since is stayed that way after I left the area 👍
@@FlowerHillFarm yes that was my next question. Good you know
This is basically the size of my almost 8 week old lissies 😕
I spent $30. for 12 plugs last year for plugs.
Were they larger plugs? These are about the size of a nickel.
@@FlowerHillFarm I am so glad you asked. Mine were in plugs, but had an inch or so of growth. this makes me happy knowing I wasn't taken for a ride. THANK YOU!
20 below would signal the end of the world for me here in Texas. 🥶 Nope.
LOL
Excellent results. Not sure my seedlings are willing to sprout, 10 days in now. I feel I *have* to tell you, please, please, wear a N95 well fitted mask (I use one made for construction workers) if you're gonna grind vermiculite and handle it in powder form. This substance is seriously, extremely, terribly harmful to lungs when inhaled.
Thanks!
And how are you and your girl So so so so much more and your son and your Mom and your DAD SO SO SO MUCH MORE and All YOUR Friends
Is there anyone who will sell Lisianthus plugs to a non commercial grower? I would want about 210 plugs.Just curious.
Look up Wholesale for the Small Scale Grower on Facebook. They sell small amounts to the public. Sales may be closed for the season, I'm not sure.
Please do not breath in vermiculite dust. It is an inhalation hazard, none to cause cancer. Please use only open outside up wind. Keep you and your family safe. Blessings from Southern California 🙏
How much coffee do you drink? 😂 how did you deal with your fungus gnats? Those yellow sticky sheets? Take care 😊
Today? Three cups of half-caff, but I just brewed another pot so watch out!
I have yellow sticky sheets and mosquito bits.
@@FlowerHillFarm What are mosquito bits?
WHAT!!!! and I just spent $78 for 26 plugs from Jake!!! I thought he was supposed to be wholesale?!? Omg I’m so mad now!! I had no idea how much plugs were and thought maybe that was normal. I got 26 plugs for the same price you got 210 Rosanne Brown for. Unbelievable!! 😡😡😡😡😡
You have to be careful of vermiculite powder. Please wear a mask.
please be careful! vermiculite can sometimes have asbetos spores in it and can be cancerous! Would recommend not grinding it in your house.
I've heard about that being an issue in the past. I've read a few studies that say most of the vermiculite on the market today does not contain asbestos, although a few might!
The mine in Libby Montana that produced vermiculite contaminated with asbestos has been closed down for good for the past two decades or more. Still, not good to breathe vermiculite or any other kind of dust.