In this January garden guide, I share 30 unique veggies, flowers, and herbs to inspire your planting endeavors this month. Whether you’re in a hot or cold climate, January is perfect for starting seeds and growing transplants for spring. From cool season herbs like cilantro and dill to unique crops like celtuce and Chinese broccoli, I’ve got a variety of planting ideas for you.
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HERBS
🌿Cilantro seeds: https://tinyurl.com/3umkcw89
🌿Red Rubin Basil seeds: https://tinyurl.com/2mfj3hhz
🌿Mammoth Dill seeds: https://tinyurl.com/j932zesz
🌿Lemon Balm Seeds: https://tinyurl.com/mr3pba2u
CORN
🌽Corn seeds: https://tinyurl.com/bdcwaauh
How to grow corn from seed tutorial: https://youtu.be/XhrJQ09dajQ
PEAS
🌿How to grow peas from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/9yEW5aCveXI
🌿Seeds for all sorts of peas including Luang Prabang snow peas: https://tinyurl.com/3dnxhxuk
OKRA
💮Okra seeds: https://tinyurl.com/3bafwfsf
TOMATOES
🍅My tomato playlist – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0pbzjoxbiF_-OirkFEVBWfCoI9qOhvX1&si=L762mNnthhIiI0Mk
🍅Tomato seeds on my website: https://tinyurl.com/yu5j76dd
TOMATILLO
🌿Early Green Tomatillo seeds: https://tinyurl.com/2ypsc6kd
LEEKS & GREEN BUNCHING ONIONS
🧅How to plant onions: https://youtu.be/g35dF8aVDhw
🧅Onion & leek seeds: https://tinyurl.com/mpvymn7n
SQUASH
🌿How to grow squash from seed: https://youtu.be/FZi4qY5X1Qk
🌿Squash seeds: https://tinyurl.com/7a8hnxs5
PASSION FRUIT
💮Giant Yellow Brazilian Passionfruit seeds: https://tinyurl.com/kyyres6h
PEPPERS
🌶️How to transplant peppers: https://youtu.be/hqkwOP-ci9M
🌶️Pepper seeds: https://tinyurl.com/yvv35m55
CHINESE BROCCOLI
🥦Chinese Broccoli aka Kailaan seeds: https://tinyurl.com/23efvyeu
POTATOES
🥔How to plant potatoes: https://youtu.be/AY7NCQM0Cok
TURNIPS
🍈Purple top white globe turnip seeds: https://tinyurl.com/mrxt62sj
BEETS & DAIKON/RADISH
🌱Beet & radish seeds: https://tinyurl.com/yp3bbxpu
🌿AgroThrive liquid organic fertilizer (Amazon): https://amzn.to/4idGQmL
👩🍳My recipe for Korean Pickled daikon (radish), carrots, & cucumbers: https://youtu.be/h61XMRx9TDw
EGGPLANT
🍆How to grow eggplants from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/1Rs7pcCP1kM
🍆Eggplant seeds: http://tinyurl.com/yc99ku6f
CELERY
🥬Chinese celery seeds: https://tinyurl.com/4t6rpuv3
CELTUCE
🥬Purple Sword Celtuce seeds: https://tinyurl.com/4bmwf3t8
NAPA CABBAGE
🥦How to grow cabbage tutorial: https://youtu.be/wE9uMQIoOmc
Cabbage seeds: https://tinyurl.com/49w3x2rr
CUCUMBER
🥒Cucumber seeds: https://tinyurl.com/ywfb3dca
🥒How to grow cucumbers from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/_aj19Mv2Lsg
BOK CHOY
🥦Bok choy seeds: https://tinyurl.com/y6d56d4d
CANTELOUPE
🍈Melon seeds: https://tinyurl.com/2s4bzhtm
THAI BLUE BUTTERFLY PEA FLOWER
🌱Seeds: https://tinyurl.com/tpsbypzu
How to grow Thai blue butterfly pea from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/R1AeFCcNkfw
My recipes that use Thai blue butterfly pea flowers
Blue Japanese Lemon Sour: https://youtu.be/FCyTUsQ3HN4
Magic color changing lemonade: https://youtu.be/M3mwt4P8_2Y
Thai Blue Rice: https://youtu.be/sik4SFyHgAI
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45 Comments
I haven't been able to grow lemon balm yet. Maybe a second pack/second season of seeds will have me having a happy accident.
Thanks for the reminder about your recipe focused channel. I meant to subscribe last time and forgot🤦🏼♀️
Great video Jerra TY
I did not know about your cooking channel so thanks for saying that!
Love your video… always walk away with new ideas
My yard long beans keep growing back just ripped more out because the aphids love them 🤦♀️
Thanks for the reminder for starting seeds indoors for later. I always miss that part. Going to get a head start this year. I didn't know about your recipe channel, going to check that out now.
wow so much!!!
Snake behind you at 16:33 had me screaming.
There is also a yellow tomatillos.
I like that you describe the flavor and give cooking ideas for the harvest.
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A lot of great information. However, I would love it if you were to speak slower.
I'm in Roseville California CA
and I'm in zone 9B in Roseville California CA
Thank you
Where are you from? I'm from Australia, pretty hot in January haha, not sure it applies there..
My tomatoes have soo much green tomatoes on them. I'm hoping they make it . Through the cool weather.
Hello Jerra, I have a question(s) regarding the blue flowers.
2024 was my first year really amending my heavy clay soil in NE Louisiana. I used my 2023 soil test to bring up the PH and macros and got a decent fall crop, so excited about spring 2025. The garden is laid out like an American flag. Red and White clover should do nicely for my target of July 04, 2026. I am hoping to try your blue flowers for the field of stars, not ambitious enough to spot 50 white flowers…yet…maybe.
Google Earth photos have been in June lately, so I am hoping to time the blooms for the clover and blue flowers for my fly over picture in June and, obviously my July, 04 250 year celebration.
Do you have any advice regarding timing the bloom, or should I just buy and try?
Jerra, Love the video. thank you! one small correction to keep in mind. you reference your zone 10a/10b USDA zones, but reminder these have nothing to do with last frost date, nothing to do with the soring/summer temperatures, and are purely based on the absolute minimum cold only.. so some of us in the same zone as you (coastal San Diego) can grow peas all the way until July being in a zone with no frosts, yet also not hot weather until August. Us gardeners need a better alternative to the USDA zones to talk about garden varieties. The Sunset garden guide zones was quite sophisticated, taking into account factors like wind, humidity, frost dates and more. Sunset had about 25 garden zones, but I think has sadly fallen out of favor.
Would be great to address northern planting suggestions. Very disappointed to hear mostly about southern warm climates.
Jerra, Knowing how big each plant gets is so important and I never see it mentioned anywhere. Editing a picture of your mature plants with you standing next to it would be so helpful
Thank you for this video. Do you have list of flower seeds I could plant in January?
A lot of great info here ! Subbed!
My experience is my basal is prolific dumps.seeds every year only bought 1 years ago. Dill, on the other hand, forget it. Won't grow for me. 10a swfl
Amazing, Jerra! I just love your videos! 💜🪴💜
Great tips, thank you. I am in zone 9a, Tucson, Arizona. Going to order new varieties you’ve mentioned.🌵👩🌾🎅🎄🐓
Thank you so mcuh for the red solo cup advice! never thought of that and alsoso much more information!!
I have replanted tomatoes the minute the floods left after the hurricane Milton in October in Daytona. The tomatoes are very full of tomatoes and flowers still. What do I do? Can I leave them and wait?
I struggle with beets here in 9b central Fl. Also, cucumbers…any variety always get Powdery Mildew or infested with pickle worms no matter what I organically spray with or pick off. I have tried China Jade, Tromboncino and they all succumb. I will try this year with 2 varieties I bought from Eden seeds that claim to be powdery mildew resistant. Love your channel. Have learned so much from you.
Happy New Year Jerra 😊 I live in Sarasota zone 10a I started my tomoteaos in October and they are almost ready to harvest. I have already picked a few. So I do think you an grow them sooner in zone10a. Thank you Jerra you are a wealth of knowledge. I will check out your other channel.
Thank you for this! Would you be interested in doing a "flowers to start/plant" video for each month (or season) for us central Florida/10a gardeners? Love your channel.
Ever since I started watching your channel a year ago, I have grown things I never thought I could in 10a in Central FL. I have learned a TON and I am excited for another year of gardening!
You’re on Florida
Lifesaver for Florida gardeners! Thank you for your dedication
Have you ever grown/tasted Madhu Ras Melons? If so, are they similar to the Kajari melons you recommend? Of all the melons I've grown Madhu Ras were the most pest & disease resistance, tasty and best smelling. Great tip about hitting the beets hard with K early, I never seem to get huge beets, abundant leafs but rather disappointing "bulbs". Thanks, coastal SoCal zone 10.
Thank you for another great video. Melons and cucumbers are a struggle for me. I cold pressed juice, I would love to a great harvest of cucumbers.
Thanks
Thank you ❤
What variety of sweet corn do you use.
In January I love this lol 😊
Great video,Jerra!
New sub here. Well done.
What do you do with basil? It grows like a weed in my garden every year because I let them go to seed, but I run out of ideas on what to do with it. I’ve made pesto, tried basil tea and didn’t like it. I gift it to neighbors, friends and coworkers. Give me some ideas! I’m in South Florida, zone 10a.
❤❤❤ I love the video!👍🏽
Why you speak so fast