❄️🌱Winter Sowing 🌱❄️: What Seeds Should I Try? 🤷♀️: Flower Hill Farm💐
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- Hi Flower Friends! It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- today I am so happy to say I'm finally giving winter sowing a try. So many of you have told me to try it out so I am! What other seeds should I try?
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I winter sow EVERYTHING!! With toddlers and middle school boys it’s to difficult stay consistent for indoor plants! We start all of our flowers, vegetables, and herbs with winter sowing! Sunflowers are always the first and biggest sprouts for me!
We also use a drill for the holes in the bottom and a dremmil saw to cut the jugs!
One other thing if you have a ton of snails and slugs like we do here in zone 7 we put a coffee filter on the bottom of the jug and then add the soil!
Tag inside and out just in case your garden marker doesn’t hold up! Happy Sowing!
THAT is a great idea! I have an army of slugs that wait in the wings for me to put flowers out. They’re insidious.
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Oh my goodness you need to sell cute little funny stickers of ACTUAL BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF your flowers with their cute nicknames! BOOP!
I am so glad you used pre moistened water ha ha ha. I love your videos
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Nicole, you are such a goofball; we should be friends!! You’re my kind of peeps!😂😂
Verbascum worked great. Also, rudbeckia.
Verbascum was amazing ! Snowy spires! So beautiful!
I was having a really roughly day…your video came to my rescue! Thank you for your silliness! I really enjoy your videos 💕
It’s what I do best! (Silly) 😊💐 Glad it helped
Genuine chuckle at the size of that Vermont Compost bag!
I tried showing the sheer size of the thing in pics but it's hard to describe! It's massive LOL I'll use it all up this year.
I have 59 milk jugs started in my winter sowing this year in western Massachusetts! I winter sowed last year and had good success. I’m continuing this because in winter I miss gardening so much💐 Nicole, you will enjoy this and can add them to your personal flower gardens. ❤️
That is awesome!
I would be very interested in your list. So far I have tried about 30 different kinds of seed.
I live in eastern ON 🇨🇦. Thank you!
@@meandmysunshine1 Last year I had success with a variety of poppies,hollyhocks,Cleome,painted daisy, echinacea, alyssum, cosmos to name a few! I have enlarged my variety this year.
Thank you! I have tried these all too, except for Cosmos. I will try that! Thanks!
I have winter sown 35 different containers. Snaps and stock , bells of ireland,, wild flower mix are already up as well as about 4 other different things. Sowed Jan 21st.
I find it easier to put drainage holes in bottom first before cutting jugs open. I've been doing this 20 yrs, and have learned so much!!
Omg, when you started singing Phantom of the opera! You have a lovely voice. I have no jugs, but I suggest sweet Annie.
Poppy and echinacea r a must in winter sowing for flowers for me. I also use this method for cabbage kale broccoli etc. trying lavender this year 🤷♀️😉👍
One of my favorites to winter sow is anise hyssop. It’s a perennial, mint family (but doesn’t spread by runners). It is a cut for foliage and filler, great pollinator plant, flowers first year from seed and is super reliable germinator. It reseeds somewhat in my garden, but not aggressively so.
oh that’s exciting. I LOVE anise flavor but I never grew the plant. I tired to grow in my aero garden. but I’ll do some winter sowing.
I love anise hyssop! The smell, the flower, it'd ability to attract SO many butterflies and others! I've never had go sow it after planting an original... so many babies. I have transplanted everywhere.
I have two going. The usual purple one and then a pink one from Baker Creek.
The white licorice hyssop was one of my favorite fillers last year!!!
Literally winter sowed anise hyssop today!
I am having so much fun winter sowing! I have asked EVERYONE to save their jugs for me, I can't wait to see how it turns out. For me, to be able to start both veg and flowers indoors would be impossible because of space, so I'm focusing on the flowers for winter sowing.
I planted Hyssops last year not realizing it was perennial and I planted a 30’ row 🤣 I have some moving around to do this spring 🤦♀️
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Best last year was Poppies. We always put tags inside. WE grow bamboo, and I thread the handles with the sticks.
I've seen that! It's a smart move. Good thing I have video evidence! LOL I was in a really good mood when I filmed this. I'm so excited!
@@FlowerHillFarm just a tip. The writing on the can will fade unfortunately so its a good idea to put at label stick in also with name of seeds. Or write on the duck tape, that seems to hold on better 👍😊 good luck with your first ever winter sowing 😀🤞
I just love watching your videos you have so much fun love you
Last year was my first time winter sowing. I had success with cosmos, marigolds, liatris, scabiosa and zinnias. None of these are particularly hard to sow in the traditional method but I feel like I got a headstart.
First time here too ,( in 5b Atlantic Canada) . Finding jugs was my problem... we don't get our milk in jugs. What I did have tho was a collection of apple cider jugs... actually sturdier than milk jugs. Also rotisserie chicken containers and peach "baskets" are now a clear plastic with attached!!! Lids .... no taping needed and they already have holes in both the top and bottom. And I also put mine in milk crates to make it easier to haul out where I wanted them (we have 2,3,4 ft of snow in the yard)
I’ve had great success with poppies. My favorite flower.
I just enjoy you, so much!! So goofy!! I got excited when I saw you taping the empty soda bottles. Then, burst out laughing when you realized what you did. 🤣 I am glad you decided to do a wintersowing video. You were more thourough with the process. 😉🤗🌱
So glad you had some goofy today! I needed it!
I attempted to WS for the first time last winter. I had 55 jugs and used 70 different seeds ranging from Amaranth to Zinnias. Only 4 varieties didn't make it (I can only recall Cosmos as being one of the four failures). My favorite seed to WS is Sweet peas. I usually start them indoors but won't bother doing that anymore since they do so well in the jugs. Last year was a learning year hence the 55 jugs. This year I'm only growing what I truly want in my garden so am only using 12 jugs. I live in zone 5b Colorado
I’m in Colorado too and trying WS for the first time. Curious where you put the jugs? Better in southern exposure or does it matter? Currently, I have some on a small utility rack next to my shed facing west. I did a few vegis and rest flowers. I’m new to gardening so stand a lot of learning :). 👨🌾 I’m also doing the grow along and loving this community!
I heard that you should have them in the shade through the winter so they don’t sprout too early, thinking “it’s warm now”, then get killed as tender seedlings when it freezes again.
@@ntur117 I have them in my raised garden bed which is in direct sun. I placed them here last year as well. The seeds emerge when the weather warms up.
You might be surprised on the blooming time on some seeds. I sowed English daisy in my garden, and it took a year to bloom. I started the same seeds Wintersowing, and they bloomed the same year! Some favorites last year were foxglove,poppies, larkspur snapdragons, hollyhock, orlaya, love in a mist, lavender, verbena, lupine, alyssum,and coneflower. I have 50 jugs so far, many of same again, also milkweed, Penstemon, delphinium, sweet peasome grasses, etc....so many. I am going to do warmer things, and veg mid march.
My Indian Restaurant lady on campus saves me 16 per week!
I have finished the perennials for the year but now I’ll save the final 32 jugs for annuals and veg.
As a little girl in the 80's in north dakota I would find Dames rocket in the yard all the time. It is very memorable. Isn't that such a thing. It must have been planted by my great great grandma Anna. She Evan planted roses and they are almost 100 years old.
Hello,I love doing lupines & foxgloves they do wonderful & coneflowers, daisies, poppies, butterfly weed, holly hocks, So many more!! have fun, I love this!!! Using clear totes are easy too putting small pots inside, Put holes on bottom & top. Enjoy!! I love orange & yellow milkweed. You will love this!!! 🙃😊😁
I do a lot of different poppies with the winter sowing method (I'm 6a) I've done California, Iceland, and Papaver poppies with good success. I am trying winter sowing Double Shirley poppies this year for the first time this year.
This is my first year winter sowing and I'm so excited! I have Shasta Daisies, Poppies, Butterfly Weed, Delphinum, Snapdragons and so many others. I learned that if they say Perennial or hardy annual, they're good candidates for winter sowing. I can't wait to see how everything turns out.
I winter sow lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, arugula.. the Roots and Refuge way.. 2 cft potting soil bag with clear bottom under the bed bin. I will try winter sow cool flowers this year.
I'm winter sowing for the first time. I grow in zone 6A. I threw my poppy seeds right on the snow (got that from the Impatient Gardener) but in my containers I have Rudbeckia, Crocosmia, Scabiosa, Blue sea holly, Yarrow, Bells of Ireland, Calendula, Bachelor's Buttons, Nigella and Snap Dragons. I'm so looking forward to seeing them sprout!!!
I had success with Bells of Ireland, calendula, marigold, pansies, chamomile & other herbs. Didn’t have success with lavender, but trying again
Fun!
I've got some potting mix in my salad spinner to sift out the bark chunks then I plan to fill berry containers with alyssum seeds. I'm also using the big salad greens containers and may start some snaps in them. Too many flowers to try. The tall juice jugs I intend to plant verbena bonareansis seeds because I've never had success direct sowing them.
Many years ago I taught a community ed. class on winter seed sowing, but I've never tried it. 😊 So good luck to both of us.
I’ve had great success with sweet Williams ☃️❄️💚🙃
Thank you! I am planning on trying this this year.
I have grown previously under lights with good success.
Snapdragon’s!!! I had excellent success with starting them winter sowing last year.
Oh good! I just planted some but then I saw people starting them indoors and I thought I did the wrong thing. Maybe I'll try both 😋 can't have too many flowers right?
I have learned that there are several group types of snapdragons. Which one did you do for winter sowing?
@@BarbsintheGarden I used the seeds from The Dollar Tree. I way over seeded them and had excellent germination. I saved some of my seeds and purchased some more expensive varieties to try for this year. Definitely try it!
@@zarahsgarden2097 you will be happy with the results!
When I start a new variety of seed, I too buy a mixed pkg. to see if I like them before buying individual packets.
I love your fun, natural videos......keep them going....
Spinach does great for winter sowing here in zone 5!
I'm trying cress, cabbage and kale
I started 57 winter sowing jugs last winter and had great success. I use clear Gorilla tape to seal them and also top them with vermiculite. I also put a label inside that is used later when planted in the ground. Perennials such as Asclepias, Scabiosa Fama, Penstemon, Delphinium, Echinacea, Foxglove and Lobelia work well. For annuals I grew Bells of Ireland, poppies, calendula, bachelor buttons, corn cockle, phlox, big quaking grass, snapdragons, clary sage, clarkia, dianthus, nigella, alyssum, stock and rudbeckia. This year so far I have 25 jugs and counting. Good luck this gardening season!
Come flowers! Perfect for cutting too 😉
Giganthemum Poppies!! They have massive seed pods which look fantastic in bouquets.
Don't let anyone tell you, you can't transplant from winter sowing. I do, in clumps, absolutely no issues. 🌸🌸🌸🌸
Icelandic poppies - they need a stratification period and light to germinate. They are great cut flowers, lasting up to 1 week in a vase and so beautiful. They are the only seeds I am winter sowing and they are already germinating - yay!
I thought this was the case for most poppies? Im new to growing flowers so I'm not sure 💮💕
Zarah's Garden, yes (all) Poppies do very well with Winter sowing. ON, 🍁🇨🇦
@@zarahsgarden2097 Most poppies need a stratification period but Icelandic poppies have a long vase life compared to most poppies. Where I live (in the UK), they are perennial.
It's addictive! I have just under 100 jugs lined up in my nursery right now. Don't forget poppies! They are winter sowing queens 👑.
I am obsessed with winter sowing! I have had success with foxgloves, echinacea, verbena bonariensis, larkspur, tomatoes, sweet alyssum, dianthus, and gomphrena. I am trying the winter sowing method this year with ranunculus because I only managed to grow one corm last year. ☹️ We will see what happens! Good luck Nicole!
I've had great luck with winter sowing Verbena boriensis. You get good strong plants.
Strawflowers and snaps worked great for me last year. This year I am adding rudbeckia, sweet goldenrod, ammi, delphiniums, larkspur, hyssop, bells of Ireland… I must also be a dork since I was dying over your jug snapping 🤣
My first time watching your videos and girl... you are hysterical!! Love your personality!!! :)
Strawflowers. artichokes, columbines, and poppies would be my choice. Mine are all up. Planted on Feb. 23rd. Starting the next wave with rudbeckia, carnations, Dara, paper flowers, hollyhocks, asters, scabiosa, echinacea, and salvia this week
I did about 50 different things last year. Artichokes did great. Any perennial. Cosmos, snapdragons, straw flowers, pincushion and many more. Lots of veggies also.
Yarrow or just about any perennial. Perennials will put on vegetative and root growth this year, they won't bloom till next year. Coneflower work well this way.
Last year Snaps, Bachelor Buttons, Daisies, Milk Weed, Poppies were my favorites.
After failing multiple times, I winter sowed Alpine strawberries last year and was more successful than with any other method. Thanks for the fun video!
Haha I did Lady’s man for lady’s mantle 😛
I had a blast watching asparagus sprout in the jug last year!
I absolutely love winter sowing. I have tried so many seeds and had amazing luck with almost all. I have planted many cool flower, perennials and veggies. I did an experiment last year with tomato and pepper seeds. I did some winter sown and bought some plants at local greenhouse. After about 3 weeks couldn't tell the difference between them.
Cosmos, calendula, pansies, marigolds!!! Plus many herbs…parsley and dill do great for me!
Scabiosa all varieties have been my best Germination and this is my first year winter sowing too!
Black Knight, Fata Morgana, Salmon Queen, Fire King and Snowmaiden 😊🌼🌸
I am in Oregon 8a-7b
Poppies are so successful winter down! Love delphs, Echinops, sweet peas and echinacea with this method. They’re so hardy.
Believe it or not, I had great success winter sowing sweet peas. I was hesitant at first because everybody said they don’t like their roots disturbed but I just split in chunks then thin as needed.
Other things I had success with are foxglove, callendula, nasturtium, parsley, hollyhock, bok choy, lettuce & spinach.
For late winter/early spring sowing I had great success with tomato, peppers, eggplant, zinnias, sunflowers, celosia & beans.
Don’t be deceived if your seedlings don’t look that great when it’s time to plant them on the ground. They catch up quickly and are very hardy. Good luck!
I find that even root veggies can handle a transplant if they are young enough and you're careful 😁👍
I've heard the thing about the root disturbance issue with sweet peas but I recently watched a video from a guy that hybridizes and grows them for show and he just starts a bunch of seeds in a pot then transplants them.
I was thinking about starting sweet peas in jugs. Since you had success I know I will.
I did my sweet peas in poland springs 5 gallon jugs and they worked great. They transplanted fine. I had always read that they dont transplant well but mine did fine!
Perennials that will self sow in nature areba good bet for winter sowing. I winter sowed for the 1st time last year. Lupine, Lobelia: Crystal Palace, Verbena Bonasaris, Scabiosa, Echinacea & Alyssum did well. I had some fails with old seeds. I did over plant too.
I have winter sown my baby's breath and rudbeckia from the grow along with you. I sow baby's breath every year this way and it has always been my best performer in winter sowing. Bravo! Welcome to the club! Brussels and broccoli are terrific for winter sowing too!
You really are a joy to watch!!
You will be surprised what works! Snap dragons, strawflowers, rudbeckia, poppies and I'm always trying new things every year! Hi from Utah!
Yay!! So glad you're trying winter sowing! It feels like magic when you get seedlings from the bottles - especially when the inside seedlings require so much effort. My winter sowing list grows longer every year. It is over 250 varieties this year.
I am just along for the ride. I am in zone 5b but have never had a tremendous success with winter sowing. Hopefully I will pick up some tips and tricks to try again! Love all the ideas everyone has.
It’s my first year so I don’t have any success to share but I planted- several different annual poppies, milkweed, Dara, sweet peas, Larkspur, and bachelor’s button.
Just trying winter sewing for the first time also. I am attempting liatris seeds because I have so many that if they do not work It will be okay because I will have some going in trays as well. Fingers crossed!
I am trying that this year too!
This is the 1st year I have ever tried this method also....I started Bells of Ireland, Big Blue Sea Holly, Cherry Brandy Rudbeckia, Nigella and Yarrow. I am sure the neighbours have confirmed Im crazy outside peeking in my jugs. HAAA!
Straw flowers!!!! I love your videos!
Love you! Love crazy people❤️
I was everything!! My sunflowers do amazing because when I direct sow the birds get them before they sprout. WS lets me transplant so the birds aren't interested. Good luck, I think you will be amazed😎
Larkspur, Foxglove, Columbine, Delphinium, Hollyhock, Lupine, Poppies and winter hardy herbs are my go-to's for Winter Sowing!
Here in Ireland I’ve had great success with winter sowing. Last year I had lovely sweet peas, poppies,verbena, yarrow and grasses. I think it’s great for anyone with a small to medium garden who doesn’t want too many plants of the same variety. It’s like opening a present when they’re ready. Good luck☘️
I winter sow cool season annual flowers and vegetables and some perennials. Right now I have several varieties of poppies, lettuces, broccoli, cabbage, bachelor buttons, onions, rudbeckia. Will be doing more this week.
This is my first year trying winter sowing, and I jumped in headfirst! I have Icelandic poppies (orange & white), breadseed poppies (white frills & pink peony), Russell lupine “My Castle”, Rudbeckia Gloriosa mix, Potomac snapdragon, Canterbury bells, McKana giants Columbine, alyssum violet Queen, Sweet William, foxglove Dalmatian peach, larkspur & stock!
Now I have to try this too! BTW, You're so silly, I just love watching you. You ALWAYS make me smile.
I am going to try the samething this year but instead of jugs i am going to put them in Ziploc baggies. I have seen a lady do this on utube. Happy winter sowing everyone.
Oh my gosh...I just subscribed yesterday and your humor and goofiness delights me!! Won't you be my neighbor?????
So glad you did this!
Poppies amazing Grey, snapdragons,delphinium, rubeckia, scapiosa, sweetpeas, cosmos, dill, lettuce, kale, cleary sage.
Poppies and Purple Dara were my favorite winter sown last year!
I started watermelon in a winter jug once
You can use a seed starting tray, with or without module, either place seeds in module holes, or broadcast seed across growing medium, then cover with clear dome. You need holes in bottom of seed tray and in humidity dome. Tie up with string. Freda
I'm in Evans NY. Most successful was hollyhock which said 365 maturity date but all off them bloomed.
For the first time this year Im winter sowing delphinium, New York iron weed, and milkweed. We'll see..
Hello😊 Last year I had winter sowing success with Delphinium, Daisies, and Yarrow. Foxglove was my failure. This year I'm adding vermiculite to every container. I've already started this year with Joe Pye Weed, Irises, Nigella, and Red Hot Poker. I've often wondered what my neighbors think in spring when I come home from work and can be seen peering into the milk jugs kept on my back deck. Lol Good Luck!
grapes from seed hoo hoo!!🤣... i love your antics lol u are so much fun to watch im obsessed w ur channel
First year trying winter sowing: ammi, dara, nigella, stock, bupleurum, larkspur, Iceland poppies, shirley poppies
Oh noooo, sorry to hear about the basement flooding and also the teenager 😵😵💫
I've WS spinach, tomatoes, peppers, and many many perennial flowers...all successful....2021 was my first year trying WS. I am also doing it again this year....I have 60 jugs so far🤗 have fun!!! Love watching your videos.
Wohoo. So excited to see you trying winter sowing!
Poppy did amazing last year. I’m starting my jugs this week. Good luck!
I just read another comment stating that someone does this with sweet peas! Thank you for sharing this method! I’m excited to try it. I just pulled my three varieties of columbine, lavender, and canterbury bells from cold strat. Now I’m wondering if I should try some this way too🤔
Yay! I knew you would catch the bug! Welcome to the winter sow club! 😁 I sow waaaay too many to list (50 so far), but if I had to choose I would say Artichokes have been one of my favorites! I will pop a pic of my list on the Facebook group if that’s okay? I use milk jugs, but I use ANY clear container I can find. I have used some of my older seed trays that I don’t mind adding holes to. They will just be forever deemed winter sow trays. I’m like you and sow sooo many seeds that the jugs just don’t fully cut it. I’m okay with sacrificing a few of my trays! It squashes my gardening funk I go through in the winter. Can’t wait to see your reveal video! 💚❄️🌺☀️
I love watching your videos. You are always so happy and having so much fun. I sit here smiling and chuckling while I watch you. Thanks for brightening my days!
I’m starting winter sowing this year for the first time.
I had great luck with hollyhock and foxglove last year :)
What zone are you? I might have to try hollyhock this year!
I successfully winter sowed poppy's this year! Also I did brassica. I was born in lowville. I still have family all over Lewis county.
Hi Nicole. Love your videos! This is my second year winter sowing! I am actually trying to sprout a Redbud Tree! I collected seeds from a beautiful tree on our property and hoping for the best! Also, just a tip. The first year I wrote the variety on the bottle. This year I have 40 jugs and I am just writing a number on my jugs and then making a list that has the corresponding seed for each number. That way it is very easy to use from year to year! Good luck!
Last year was my first try at winter sowing. Nigella, strawflower and bells of Ireland did well for me. Zone 6a Central Pa.
I'm trying bittersweet vine, we shall see how it goes! 6 jugs - 4 seeds in each 🤞
GYPSOPHILA was my award winning winter sow for last year 💯‼️ I'm in zone 5 Ontario, Can.