Great information and perfect timing! I am so jelly of those tomato seedlings! They are looking awesome! I can't wait to have some of my own. Winter sowing is the best!! Thank you for teaching me! 🌻
Your pup made me smile. Pay attention to me mom! Thank you for video. I like you in a deep freeze next few nights. I have them covered no sun & snow. When sun shines will remove
Wow! what a nice and very informative video it is . initially, i was planning to take 30 mins reading a book but today i skipped that habit and replaced watching this video.
Thank you! Temp supposed to drop to 20-ish in central jersey tonight and tomorrow night. I didn't realize a simple beach towel might not be enough (but now seems like... well, duh! lol) Going to hurry up and add a 2nd layer before going to bed. Phew!
We are zone 7a too TN. I used clear plastic double over mine while being held down with a few water jugs. Mine seems to love to be covered. I always trying to remember to water them before covering them. So far I’ve not used a blanket or hot water bottles and mine were fine. It could be because my plastic is fairly thick. Anyhow here’s to hoping all of our babies survive this last little freeze. Today was day 1 to start conditioning my bales. Woop woop! So excited!
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures Ester I wanted to say…, out of all of the gardening channels I follow that winter sow, you give much more detail than all of the rest combined. Thank you for all of your help!!
I winter garden (grow cold tolerant plants all winter in zone 6a) and always notice that the east and north side of my garden beds take more frost damage than the South and West. So I assume that ensuring your water bottles are on those sides would be helpful in protecting your winter sown plants too.
I just took my containers into my garage and placed them on towels. I don't have nearly as many containers as you do, but I didn't feel comfortable just covering them this time. Last frost I did cover them, but this time temperatures are dripping to the low to mid 20's here in NY, so I wanted to give them more protection.
It sucks we are in a 3 night deep freeze here as well after so many days if beautiful weather. Thanks for the tips. I hope my few winter sown seedlings are ok for the next few nights.
You must be on the opposite end of Md, here on the shore they're calling for upper 20's tomorrow and Tues. Great ideas here, the hot water has to be a game changer.
Hi Esther, Gosh I am glad I saw this video just now. I have a frost cover over my containers and that's it. So I am headed back outside now while there is still some light to add some extra covering. We are below you in VA and the expected drop in temperature is around 25 degrees. Wicked cold for this time of year. Thanks for putting out a reminder on this subject.
I love seeing that you have tomatoes going strong. This is only my second yr trying the WS method. I did join the ws on fb and they are very helpful and encourage us to keep going and trying. BUT! it hurts my soul when someone says not to cover the babies when the temps drop, and to let the weak die. I like your method and will continue watching and learning with you. last yr I only did about 30 jugs. this yr I just finished with jug 110, and 44 of them have sprouted but no tomatoes yet.lol
Your tomatoes will sprout soon enough I'm sure. You should join the winter sowing with Sheryl Mann group. I'm in that group and we encourage people to cover their jugs on freezing nights. Be sure to mention you heard about the group from my channel.
I’m worried sick about my seedlings here in Nh it went down to 17 last night and tonight it’s supposed to be worse! Plus up to 12 inches of snow that is good insulation but I have to let them have light during the day high of 28! But with the sun they will be warmer in their jugs? I hope. I had them under a heavy wool blanket that went on straight from the dryer. And then covered that with 2 more blankets and this morning they were covered in frozen snow sow that was more insulation overnight. So many have germinated that I hate to lose them!
Hi, Esther! I was thinking about you and had the feeling you’d do a video on this topic. Thank you! Hard to believe we’re going to be way below freezing this evening and the next 3 as well! Most of my containers that have seedlings are in an unheated greenhouse (first time using a greenhouse this year) on our deck. I left the other bottles that haven’t sprouted out in the elements. The bottles with pea seedlings are in a cold frame. I will try your tip using hot water in jugs. I’ll place them in the greenhouse and cold frame. Let’s hope our seedlings will survive! 🤞
Great information! I’m in Baltimore city and just covered my WS with a new drop cloth (for painting) and anchored it down in case the wind kicks up. Thanks for keeping us on track!🌿
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures thank you...well..its my first yr of wintersowing and I'm happy to learn from you and other TH-cam videos..great tips...i used to crochet also..so I recognize scarves and hats..lol..thx Esther..looking forward to your next video...yeah..if the weather behaves..😏I know what you mean
Here I thought I would look so dumb to others because I covered my plants with blankets on those April nights when it was predicted to go below 32 degrees. Whew, I'm glad it's not just me - LOL! We are in zone 3 and 4 here in the upper desert of Central Oregon and I've learned now to not put anything outdoors until at least late May or even June. Thanks!
I have not been adding the jugs of hot water underneath my coverings. Hope that I haven't hurt my plants, but last year I didn't add the hot water jugs, only the coverings, and they seemed to survive okay. It is a good extra precautionary step. Thanks for the video.
Hi. Yes I covered my seedlings last night with clear plastic. Will keep it on them for the next few days. So sick of this cold weather. Thanks for the info 👍. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. ❤️ 😀
March has been unusually kind to us here in eastern Washington. I know better than to think we’re in the clear.😆 Got my blankets and tarp at the ready! Thank you so much for the hot water idea…hoping I don’t have to use it.🤞🏽🤣 On an unrelated note, I can’t believe you have cabbage moths already! 😭💔They’re my main garden nemesis, I use tulle as well. Thankfully we don’t start seeing them until May.
I covered my containers with double thick plastic. It works fine and has some moisture on the inside in those cold nights here in zone 5b. So far the bok Choi is growing fast. Can’t wait for April!
Hi Esther, its me again. I watched @ too about covering for heavy frost and I just happened to have a roll of bubble wrap and I used that to wrap around my blooming peach trees this evening. I topped each one off with a 7 mil thickness black garage bag for added protection. I would be so bummed out if I lost all my peaches.😥
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures Thanks again, Esther! I actually threw a blanket over all my jugs & bottles and it worked! They were no more scraggly than they were before the freeze - success!😅💚
Thanks for hte tips. This is my first year. Wondering if being in the lawn rather than the deck would be better? Also i wonder if a string of christmas lights would help heat?
I’m in zone 5b and have so far had poppies, alyssum, cosmos and bachelor’s buttons germinate. We have had temps of 16f this weekend, so had meant to cover them but it slipped my mind! So far they are still looking great. Maybe these cool flowers are more tolerant than we think? Will cover tonight as the temp drops to 10f because I don’t want to push my luck haha
Fantastic! I'm glad to hear it. Allysum lasted almost all winter in my yard and bachelor buttons I think I recall being really frost hearty but wouldn't have guessed compost. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Cover any sprouted jugs overnight with a heavy blanket and make sure theyre well watered. They'll be OK. It's usually 10-15 degrees warmer inside the jigs.
Hi Esther,I am so disappointed I did not get to watch your videos yeastday which was Sunday March 27i did not cover my seedlings and we had a very freezing night ,but nothing has sprouted yet so maybe 🤔 will be ok ??what do you think I should do .Love to hear from you .
You only need to cover jugs where you see sprouts. (I cover all of mine to add insulation for sprouted ones but you don't need to) The cold doesn't hurt unsprouted seeds so you should be fine. Just make sure to check for sprouts ahead of a freezing night so you can know whether those containers need to be covered.
Esther, I think I have noticed you placed the seeds up close to inside the jug. As the seedlings grow their leaves may touch. Can this cause the leaves to burn from freezing temperatures? Should I give more space? Vicky
I envy you when you said deep freeze at 28’F or -2.2’C. Today we have under the sun Minus 15’C or 3.2’F for you!! And yesterday we receive 25 inches of snow. Do you think that I can try winter sowing?? And it’s not cold! Sometimes we have minus 35’C il almost the same number in F!!
Hi Esther I think my seedlings are not going to sprout up here in Canada the weather has been cold then warm then cold ..Unbelievable I don’t know if I should just give up ,,or do you think I should wait ..I wanted to plant some tomato seed but I am afraid ..usually we put basil directly outside at the sand of may ..it usually does well .
Hi Esther can I winter soil my winter seeds like collord green cabbage kale and broccoli . And when I can winter soil these in milk jugs beets carrots for fall plant ing I am in zones 7 thanks 🙏👍
Yes you can winter sow them now but definitely start them asap as you'll need to transplant them soon. As for the fall ones I'm not sure. I haven't tried winter sowing for fall crops.
I'm sorry I have so many questions. I've heard soaking plants with water helps protect in ground crops. Can this help seedlings in the jugs too? Not a lot just mist a little. Another question: can I put my sprouted jugs inside an unheated shed when deep freeze is coming? And then back outside for sun.
Don't move jugs indoors or in a shed. Seeds can handle cold Temps but not as much once they sprout. Covering the jugs with a blanket on deep freezing nights works. Yes you need to have the soil wet and stay wet. Check out my winter sowing 101 series
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures It got it from Amazon last year. It was recommended by Sheryl Mann in her winter sowing group we are in. I posted a picture of it in the group.
Hmm. I'm not sure. I haven't tried personally. I image they would not get the protection from the elements that the ground provides from feeezing but it couldn't hurt to try.
Hi - Thanks for your good informaiton. My seeds do not appear to have sprouted but I cover anyway since I think what if they are just ready to push through? Is this necessary???
You don't need to cover unsprouted jugs. It won't hurt them if you opt to cover but I tend to wait until I see at least 1 jug with sprouts before I worry about whether others are emerging if that makes sense.
Hi Esther, thanks for all the info.question I will be covering them tonight, the weather tomorrow will be in the teens, do I uncover them or leave them covered?
If it's just 1 day you'll be covering them all day that's fine (as long as it won't be a warm day, because they can get too hot if they stay covered all day too if its above freezing). You just don't want to leave them covered for multiple days on end as they need sunlight.
I watched the 10 things not to do. This is my 1st time and I did 4 jugs last week. Prior to watching ur u tube unfortunately. I don't think I made the soil moist enough. Can I just add more water through the top? Also how do I keep checking the growth if the jugs are all taped up?
Yes you can add water now. Try using a way to sprinkle it or spray in so that it doesn't disrupt the soil too much. As for your 2nd question, you should be able to look inside the container from the top/holes
You would be better off putting those warm water jugs at least one row in, so that they're protecting more sprouted jugs, being surrounded on all sides.
Thanks for the info!!! So you say to uncover them during the day but if the temperature is still below freezing during the day, do you still uncover them or do you leave the blanket on?
@@suzi_in_zone6B Sorry - I am not sure what tag means? I was trying to tell Esther what he was using to wrap his fruit trees but every time I typed his name it got erased. Not sure how I even got it to stay the last time but it did. I used all the methods Esther used for my winter sowing containers and I was fortunate to have two rolls of bubble wrap here and wrapped both my peach trees and am happy to report here in 7b that I managed to save both and all my winter sowing containers from that terrible freeze we just had. Fingers crossed it doesn't get below 32 tomorrow night like they are calling for now. Really strange ranges of temperature changes for our area this year???
@@chpsusan no need to apologize. Tag means to highlight his name, so he’s able to see this post and comments. I think this may be one of the videos you wanted Esther to see? th-cam.com/video/xKLSHUaOUEQ/w-d-xo.html Great idea, I think they make one specifically for tomatoes/warm weather veggies once they’re transplanted. I should see if I have any. ☺️
Ok Esther, I am going out now and cover my sprouted ones. I will worry all night! Thx for warning me.
Best of luck. I'm sure they'll be ok.
Great information and perfect timing! I am so jelly of those tomato seedlings! They are looking awesome! I can't wait to have some of my own. Winter sowing is the best!! Thank you for teaching me! 🌻
Thank you. Your tomatoes will catch up soon enough.
I didn’t know I could do this with tomatoes and peppers I will have to try this.
Your pup made me smile. Pay attention to me mom! Thank you for video. I like you in a deep freeze next few nights. I have them covered no sun & snow. When sun shines will remove
Excellent. Fingers crossed for all of us.
I did this last night and my wintersown plants were not frozen like the night before. It was perfect. Thank you!
Yay. I'm so glad to hear it!
Some fantastic strategies Esther. Fluff pup is adorable. :)
Haha thanks. She's a sweetheart.
Love your joyful personality! Lots of clear and concise information. Thanks so much!
Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful.
Wow! what a nice and very informative video it is . initially, i was planning to take 30 mins reading a book but today i skipped that habit and replaced watching this video.
Glad it was helpful!
LOL LILO is so cute. ❤️🐶❤️🐶
Haha. Yeah she's a sweetheart!
Thank you for this info ! I protected my plants last night and probably will be here in Zone 4 for several days ;)
Fantastic!
Just put some potatoes in this afternoon - 7B Oklahoma. It's just about time for full gardening season and I'm excited!
Fantastic! Best of luck!
Just found your channel tonight and fell in love with it. Thank you for sharing this information with us.
Awe thank you! Welcome to the channel!
Now I’m paranoid! Lol NYC gardener here. And it’s supposed to be dipping to low 20s this week. So I will do this tomorrow.
Great
Thank you! Temp supposed to drop to 20-ish in central jersey tonight and tomorrow night. I didn't realize a simple beach towel might not be enough (but now seems like... well, duh! lol) Going to hurry up and add a 2nd layer before going to bed. Phew!
Glad to help. Hope your seedlings do great
We are zone 7a too TN. I used clear plastic double over mine while being held down with a few water jugs. Mine seems to love to be covered. I always trying to remember to water them before covering them. So far I’ve not used a blanket or hot water bottles and mine were fine. It could be because my plastic is fairly thick. Anyhow here’s to hoping all of our babies survive this last little freeze. Today was day 1 to start conditioning my bales. Woop woop! So excited!
Glad to hear it. Fingers crossed.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures Ester I wanted to say…, out of all of the gardening channels I follow that winter sow, you give much more detail than all of the rest combined. Thank you for all of your help!!
Thank you. That is a wonderful compliment! I'm so glad to hear it.
I winter garden (grow cold tolerant plants all winter in zone 6a) and always notice that the east and north side of my garden beds take more frost damage than the South and West. So I assume that ensuring your water bottles are on those sides would be helpful in protecting your winter sown plants too.
That's a great observation! I imagine that putting the jugs in the areas that you've observed get less frost damage would definitely help.
I just took my containers into my garage and placed them on towels. I don't have nearly as many containers as you do, but I didn't feel comfortable just covering them this time. Last frost I did cover them, but this time temperatures are dripping to the low to mid 20's here in NY, so I wanted to give them more protection.
Hope it works well for you.
It sucks we are in a 3 night deep freeze here as well after so many days if beautiful weather. Thanks for the tips. I hope my few winter sown seedlings are ok for the next few nights.
Indeed. Fingers crossed for your seedlings
So informative and clear. This will be my first year winter sowing and I now feel very wise on the subject, thanks to you Esther.
You are most welcome. Best of luck!
Doing this tonight here in MD! Thank you!
You are most welcome.
You must be on the opposite end of Md, here on the shore they're calling for upper 20's tomorrow and Tues. Great ideas here, the hot water has to be a game changer.
How fortunate for you. Amazing how many micro climates there are in this state.
Hi Esther, Gosh I am glad I saw this video just now. I have a frost cover over my containers and that's it. So I am headed back outside now while there is still some light to add some extra covering. We are below you in VA and the expected drop in temperature is around 25 degrees. Wicked cold for this time of year. Thanks for putting out a reminder on this subject.
I'm glad you saw this too. Hope all your seedlings stay snug and happy.
Great update!
Thank you!
I love seeing that you have tomatoes going strong. This is only my second yr trying the WS method. I did join the ws on fb and they are very helpful and encourage us to keep going and trying. BUT! it hurts my soul when someone says not to cover the babies when the temps drop, and to let the weak die. I like your method and will continue watching and learning with you. last yr I only did about 30 jugs. this yr I just finished with jug 110, and 44 of them have sprouted but no tomatoes yet.lol
Your tomatoes will sprout soon enough I'm sure. You should join the winter sowing with Sheryl Mann group. I'm in that group and we encourage people to cover their jugs on freezing nights. Be sure to mention you heard about the group from my channel.
I’m worried sick about my seedlings here in Nh it went down to 17 last night and tonight it’s supposed to be worse! Plus up to 12 inches of snow that is good insulation but I have to let them have light during the day high of 28! But with the sun they will be warmer in their jugs? I hope. I had them under a heavy wool blanket that went on straight from the dryer. And then covered that with 2 more blankets and this morning they were covered in frozen snow sow that was more insulation overnight. So many have germinated that I hate to lose them!
Hi, Esther! I was thinking about you and had the feeling you’d do a video on this topic. Thank you! Hard to believe we’re going to be way below freezing this evening and the next 3 as well!
Most of my containers that have seedlings are in an unheated greenhouse (first time using a greenhouse this year) on our deck. I left the other bottles that haven’t sprouted out in the elements. The bottles with pea seedlings are in a cold frame. I will try your tip using hot water in jugs. I’ll place them in the greenhouse and cold frame.
Let’s hope our seedlings will survive! 🤞
I know. I really thought we were done with the deep freezes. Sigh. Best of luck to you.
Great information! I’m in Baltimore city and just covered my WS with a new drop cloth (for painting) and anchored it down in case the wind kicks up. Thanks for keeping us on track!🌿
Nice. I hope it works well! You may need a thicker blanket but it may work. Please do let me know.
Thank you..i had to move some of my jugs into my cold frame..i like your scarf btw..its really pretty..love the colours..thx for the excellent tips
Best of luck tonight. Thanks on the scarf. I crochet it several years ago using one of those balls of yarn that has multiple colors on it.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures thank you...well..its my first yr of wintersowing and I'm happy to learn from you and other TH-cam videos..great tips...i used to crochet also..so I recognize scarves and hats..lol..thx Esther..looking forward to your next video...yeah..if the weather behaves..😏I know what you mean
Here I thought I would look so dumb to others because I covered my plants with blankets on those April nights when it was predicted to go below 32 degrees. Whew, I'm glad it's not just me - LOL! We are in zone 3 and 4 here in the upper desert of Central Oregon and I've learned now to not put anything outdoors until at least late May or even June. Thanks!
Great. Glad I could help verify you are on the right track
I only had my hidrangea cover. The winter sowing containers are fine. I am in Baltimore
I'm so glad to hear that.
I have not been adding the jugs of hot water underneath my coverings. Hope that I haven't hurt my plants, but last year I didn't add the hot water jugs, only the coverings, and they seemed to survive okay. It is a good extra precautionary step. Thanks for the video.
That's good to know. Thank you!
Hi. Yes I covered my seedlings last night with clear plastic. Will keep it on them for the next few days. So sick of this cold weather. Thanks for the info 👍. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. ❤️ 😀
Excellent. Warning a plastic sheet may not be enough on its own on a deep freeze night
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures its over lettuce and spinach, should be ok👍 😀
March has been unusually kind to us here in eastern Washington. I know better than to think we’re in the clear.😆 Got my blankets and tarp at the ready! Thank you so much for the hot water idea…hoping I don’t have to use it.🤞🏽🤣 On an unrelated note, I can’t believe you have cabbage moths already! 😭💔They’re my main garden nemesis, I use tulle as well. Thankfully we don’t start seeing them until May.
I'm glad you are having nice weather. I haven't seen the Cabbage moths yet but they do emerge in April here so I'm not taking any chances.
I covered my containers with double thick plastic. It works fine and has some moisture on the inside in those cold nights here in zone 5b. So far the bok Choi is growing fast. Can’t wait for April!
Fantastic. Glad to hear it's working.
what month do you start planting or do your winter planting? esp. bok choi
Hi Esther, its me again. I watched @ too about covering for heavy frost and I just happened to have a roll of bubble wrap and I used that to wrap around my blooming peach trees this evening. I topped each one off with a 7 mil thickness black garage bag for added protection. I would be so bummed out if I lost all my peaches.😥
Fingers crossed for your peach trees.
Oh wow, I'd better go cover my containers! Thanks SO much, Esther. (I'm in Md 7a as well & it's definitely cold.)🥶🌱💚
Gladly you saw this. Best of luck.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures Thanks again, Esther! I actually threw a blanket over all my jugs & bottles and it worked! They were no more scraggly than they were before the freeze - success!😅💚
@@tiptoethroughtheturnips9276 fantastic. Glad to hear it worked.
Great tips, thank you
You are most welcome.
Thanks for hte tips. This is my first year. Wondering if being in the lawn rather than the deck would be better? Also i wonder if a string of christmas lights would help heat?
Being on the lawn would be fine. If you have the jugs in full sun they will warm up plenty on their own. Best of luck!
I’m in zone 5b and have so far had poppies, alyssum, cosmos and bachelor’s buttons germinate. We have had temps of 16f this weekend, so had meant to cover them but it slipped my mind! So far they are still looking great. Maybe these cool flowers are more tolerant than we think? Will cover tonight as the temp drops to 10f because I don’t want to push my luck haha
Fantastic! I'm glad to hear it. Allysum lasted almost all winter in my yard and bachelor buttons I think I recall being really frost hearty but wouldn't have guessed compost. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
We're also getting some cold temperatures this week
Oh man. Hope all goes well with whatever you've planted out already
I love your videos… I’m in Ohio here and it’s not uncommon near springtime to get temperatures say down in the teens. So what do you do then?
Cover any sprouted jugs overnight with a heavy blanket and make sure theyre well watered. They'll be OK. It's usually 10-15 degrees warmer inside the jigs.
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
Thank you 🌷🙃💚
You are most welcome.
Hi Esther,I am so disappointed I did not get to watch your videos yeastday which was Sunday March 27i did not cover my seedlings and we had a very freezing night ,but nothing has sprouted yet so maybe 🤔 will be ok ??what do you think I should do .Love to hear from you .
You only need to cover jugs where you see sprouts. (I cover all of mine to add insulation for sprouted ones but you don't need to) The cold doesn't hurt unsprouted seeds so you should be fine. Just make sure to check for sprouts ahead of a freezing night so you can know whether those containers need to be covered.
Esther, I think I have noticed you placed the seeds up close to inside the jug. As the seedlings grow their leaves may touch. Can this cause the leaves to burn from freezing temperatures? Should I give more space? Vicky
They'll be fine
I envy you when you said deep freeze at 28’F or -2.2’C. Today we have under the sun Minus 15’C or 3.2’F for you!! And yesterday we receive 25 inches of snow. Do you think that I can try winter sowing?? And it’s not cold! Sometimes we have minus 35’C il almost the same number in F!!
Winter sowing works great in cold climates. The seeds won't be bothered by the cold, they only need to be covered once they've sprouted.
Hi Esther I think my seedlings are not going to sprout up here in Canada the weather has been cold then warm then cold ..Unbelievable I don’t know if I should just give up ,,or do you think I should wait ..I wanted to plant some tomato seed but I am afraid ..usually we put basil directly outside at the sand of may ..it usually does well .
Be patient. They will sprout. You are in a colder zone than me.
Hi Esther can I winter soil my winter seeds like collord green cabbage kale and broccoli . And when I can winter soil these in milk jugs beets carrots for fall plant ing I am in zones 7 thanks 🙏👍
Yes you can winter sow them now but definitely start them asap as you'll need to transplant them soon. As for the fall ones I'm not sure. I haven't tried winter sowing for fall crops.
I'm sorry I have so many questions. I've heard soaking plants with water helps protect in ground crops. Can this help seedlings in the jugs too? Not a lot just mist a little. Another question: can I put my sprouted jugs inside an unheated shed when deep freeze is coming? And then back outside for sun.
Don't move jugs indoors or in a shed. Seeds can handle cold Temps but not as much once they sprout. Covering the jugs with a blanket on deep freezing nights works. Yes you need to have the soil wet and stay wet. Check out my winter sowing 101 series
Hi Esther I just used my Planket to cover my milk jugs. the majority are full of seedlings. is the Planket enough protection for them?
It may be. I don't know what a planket is to be honest.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures It got it from Amazon last year. It was recommended by Sheryl Mann in her winter sowing group we are in. I posted a picture of it in the group.
If she/the group recommended it then I'm sure it's fine.
Do you put your jugs in sun or shade? Thanks for the video!!
Sun or part sun is fine.
Can you winter sow flower tubers (iris or tulips), just wondering? Maybe the smaller corms would work?🤔
Hmm. I'm not sure. I haven't tried personally. I image they would not get the protection from the elements that the ground provides from feeezing but it couldn't hurt to try.
Hi - Thanks for your good informaiton. My seeds do not appear to have sprouted but I cover anyway since I think what if they are just ready to push through? Is this necessary???
You don't need to cover unsprouted jugs. It won't hurt them if you opt to cover but I tend to wait until I see at least 1 jug with sprouts before I worry about whether others are emerging if that makes sense.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures it does make sense! Thank you!
Hi Esther, thanks for all the info.question I will be covering them tonight, the weather tomorrow will be in the teens, do I uncover them or leave them covered?
If it's just 1 day you'll be covering them all day that's fine (as long as it won't be a warm day, because they can get too hot if they stay covered all day too if its above freezing). You just don't want to leave them covered for multiple days on end as they need sunlight.
I watched the 10 things not to do. This is my 1st time and I did 4 jugs last week. Prior to watching ur u tube unfortunately. I don't think I made the soil moist enough. Can I just add more water through the top? Also how do I keep checking the growth if the jugs are all taped up?
Yes you can add water now. Try using a way to sprinkle it or spray in so that it doesn't disrupt the soil too much. As for your 2nd question, you should be able to look inside the container from the top/holes
@Esther's Gardening Adventures thank you soo much for your QUICK reply. I was also wondering where u live. I am in Zone 3 in Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
I'm in Maryland USA Zone 7A
So far I've had nothing sprout here in 5B and only forecast to go down to 28! Can't believe it's so cold there!
Hope you see sprouts soon.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures me too so far nothing but it snowed yesterday so I'm trusting they know better. May need to move to sunnier location.
All of my clear bottles have a lot of green stuff on the soil. Will that hurt the plants?
No it's fine. It's a sign that things are moist and warm inside. If the green gets too much you may need more drainage holes
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures Thank you so much!! You are so helpful and inspiring☺️ Don’t stop doing what you do
You would be better off putting those warm water jugs at least one row in, so that they're protecting more sprouted jugs, being surrounded on all sides.
Yes that's a good suggestion. Thank you!
Thanks for the info!!! So you say to uncover them during the day but if the temperature is still below freezing during the day, do you still uncover them or do you leave the blanket on?
I uncover them during the day but if you opt to cover for 1 day I've heard that's ok. Just make sure the seedlings don't go without sun for too long.
@@EsthersGardeningAdventures Ok. Thank you!!! I’ll be covering them soon. Thanks for the fast response!!! Crazy weather!!! 🤪
Why is your backyard so unkempt?
Ha. Oh it's always messy. I'm not one of those who keeps my yard perfect looking. 🤷♀️
My dog plays and runs off with the jugs.
Oh my. Maybe try fencing them off? Best of luck!
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Huh?
Are you trying to tag him?
@@suzi_in_zone6B Sorry - I am not sure what tag means? I was trying to tell Esther what he was using to wrap his fruit trees but every time I typed his name it got erased. Not sure how I even got it to stay the last time but it did. I used all the methods Esther used for my winter sowing containers and I was fortunate to have two rolls of bubble wrap here and wrapped both my peach trees and am happy to report here in 7b that I managed to save both and all my winter sowing containers from that terrible freeze we just had. Fingers crossed it doesn't get below 32 tomorrow night like they are calling for now. Really strange ranges of temperature changes for our area this year???
@@chpsusan no need to apologize. Tag means to highlight his name, so he’s able to see this post and comments. I think this may be one of the videos you wanted Esther to see? th-cam.com/video/xKLSHUaOUEQ/w-d-xo.html
Great idea, I think they make one specifically for tomatoes/warm weather veggies once they’re transplanted. I should see if I have any. ☺️
@@suzi_in_zone6B Yes, thank you. This was the video I watched. I really appreciate your help😊