Just because it’s Winter doesn’t mean you can’t keep gardening! Spring is just around the corner, and you can get a jump start on your garden by starting seeds indoors. Patti is trying out some Amaranth seeds this year, and she’s got some great tips to share about how to get them started, using a hot house, heating mat, and grow light for the very best results. For more information, check out www.GardenGrlTV.com and www.UrbanSustainableLiving.com.
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This is the first time I planted any onions. I am very happy with the 1015 variety of onions. They are big and flavorful. I think a key to growing big onions is to plant them shallow and to have loose soil so they don’t have to work hard to grow. I didn’t know how to string up onions. But with a quick search on YouTube I learned. I am very happy with the harvest and the stringing up of the onions. After all is said and done I harvested 26 lbs. of fresh, home grown 1015 onions. I gave about 5 lbs away. This bunch weighed in at 21 lbs. Were you close on your guess? Share what you thought they weighed and any thoughts in the comment box below. Thanks for watching.
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I had very little success using those style of starter kits for 2 years in a row.What worked best for me was 2 discarded magazine racks from a convenience store with adjustable shelves wrapped in plastic and vented. 4 inch Peat pots,8 inch pie tins,potting soil,and 2 thermometers.Place peat pots in pie tins and fill with water and let soak.Total cost,about $10.00 bucks! now 6 weeks later I,m ready to transplant.
Can you use this methods for herbs as well?
Thank you for your videos, Patti. You are an inspiration. Muchas gracias.
@astrialkil Out of 195 videos that I have made and released, 3 of them you have to pay for. I’m not trying to piss anyone off. I am sorry if it did. Since the release of those 3 videos I have released 4 more free videos and I will continue to do so. In terms of the comment feature, I don’t think that’s my doing. I think that is done automatically thru youtube. I appreciate your support and passion for wanting more information on gardening and that you chose me.
Oh come on patty! I just tried to watch the square foot gardening with Mel and not only is it for pay! which i didn’t even know you tube even had, but we cant comment or thumb up with out paying! Not to be too rude but that is like saying we cant comment with out paying you off. If you or you tube want to silence complaints about the cost then your just pissing on your viewers.
great vid. very informative.
Patti, feel free to send me that kit when you’re through with it.
I recently saw a documentary “grown in detroit” and I used pay pal. They had a trailer on you tube and I got the tip from roof top farms through facebook. I thought supporting their caused cost was fine. They said “enter whatever amount you like” was cool too. How many gardening videos does one need to see? Never enough although recently expert village and all those comercialized videos are out competing the amateur ones. Garden girl has been giving us professional work for years for free
@posha2009 Probably harmless mold.
Hello Gardengirl, im growing some Herbs indoors, from seed. About to have a couple thousand flower seeds………..my question is, I have some greenish/blueish stuuf on the top of my growing medium? What is it, and will it kill my seedlings? Is this normal? I would hate to think that this is “dampening off”………….Help!! Thank you in advance!!
I’ve found a fan on gentle towards indoor sprouted seeds prepares young plants nicely for when they’ll have to put up with wind outside. That’s a nice looking light setup though I have to say.
@Athenaslife Your welcome. I would like to point out that these video’s do cost money to make and without the support of viewers who learn and enjoy the work I do it is “unsustainable”.
Good video… Thanks for not charging to watch it. I will not pay to watch anyones video… I feel that all videos should be free to watch on youtube.
you rock ! gardengirl!
Great vid – Thanks Im in NY and Im hating the snow. I’m dieing to start veggies but not sure of which to start. Your vids are very helpful thanks again
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! I love all your segments!
Thank you for teaching us . I did everythign wroung hahahaha. IN the window where its cold no wonder they wont germinate okkkkkkkkkk . Knowledge is power
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I appreciated the images of the Amaranth plant showing the mature plant the seed will produce
your garden is beautiful, even in winter!
GREAT video!!!!!! : D
Thanks for the video and information Patti. BTW I saw you on a PBS show, I think the title was “The Green Gardener?” and I said, “Hey, That’s The Garden Girl!”
@4GreenEarth2 We have not added anything extra. We used vegetable soil to fill the raised beds then add leaf mold compost as the soil settles. That’s it.
what kind of soil or nutrients do onions need?
@LDSPrepper Well, thank you, my LDS “brother.” I remember when my grandparents grew lots of onions, and the would bring home from their garden at least that much when it was time to harvest them. Because I grew up in NY State, we had an excellent root cellar for all our potatoes, onions and other produce to last us thru the winter. My favorite thing to do was shucking corn, snapping beans, cut up tomatoes to prepare for canning sauces, etc. Lots of work, but it kept us out of trouble.
@mainbearing68 BTW, my guess was 25lbs, because I bought two 25# bags this year and dehydrated about half and froze about a third and cooked the rest and ate them already. Great Video.
Thanks for the info; I have had problems growing onions. The ones in the shade explained one of my problems. I had now idea they needed full sun. THANKS!
@MsDKGirl Thanks for the recommendation. I did and he does.
@MyFreedomChannel Very good guess. Thanks for commenting.
I’d say your onions weigh between 20 & 30 lbs.
I think they way about 30 lbs.
Check out Donald a.k.a. WebCajun for tips on drying onions. He’s awesome!!
@childhoodprepper Thank you. I will. I keep seeming to come up with things that I do for prepping that are second nature and hadn’t thought about sharing just because they are routine and the thought doesn’t cross my mind to video it. I’ll be more alert.
@slbaldwin7 Thank you and thanks for commenting.
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uve got a great channel keep the vids coming
I’m guessing 44 lbs. They look beautiful!
@childhoodprepper Yup. When I was editing I realized I said tomatoes. Good comment. Thanks.
7 pounds of tomatoes lol
My guess is 31 pounds. I have my spanish onions growing up here in Canada, I like your stringing idea and will try it up here.
Just put them in the ground and let them grow, YOUR kind of plant, MINE too lol.
ummm… looks like about 26 lbs.
I guessed 13#…way (weigh- LOL) low. Your onions look great!
@03DexterHauler Here in Houston the ground is solid muck. Nothing will grow in it that you would want to eat. Raised beds are the only way we can get things growing here. Most of my fruit trees died the first year because I didn’t break up and mix up the soil when I planted them. They drowned in the muck because there is no drainage. This year I planted them all higher in raised mounds. They are doing great.
@SasyBecause Thank you. I have them strung up drying some more. I just like to look at them. They are beautiful.
@Shameful26 It sure looks like 42 lbs. These are big onions. Thanks for your guess.
@sciwolf359 Good question. I don’t know. I would imagine that is the case. I know you are suppose to harvest them with the tops fall over. That is what I did.
@ArkyPrepper Very good guess. Thanks for commenting.
The onions look great!!! I’m guessing something just over 20 pounds.