Come and see what seeds I am sowing in March along with my favorite varieties of Tomatoes to Grow from Seed!
When you can start seeds is NOT determined by your ZONE: https://youtu.be/pIgSzAu0bHE
Hi, I am Pamela and I garden in the mountains of Northern California. I am in Zone 8b. I defy convention and break many garden ‘rules’ yet my garden is a tapestry of color and unruly beauty! I want you to be inspired to create a beautiful garden.
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Wow, context is everything! Pam, you may be in zone 8b, but you sure have a weather/growing context that is vastly different from other 8b gardens in other states.
This is just what we looked like last week but then it is WI! It’s all gone now and my husband is working on our greenhouse! I need one to extend our spring/fall season a bit.😊🌸
We got snow here today in NW Pa. 😢
I have tried sowing tiny dust-like seeds of begonias and trailing lobelia in potting mix and it does not work well at all. Seed starting mix works much better for those teeny tiny seeds in my personal experience. Once the seeds germinate, then the seedlings get bumped up into potting mix. I make my own seed starting and potting mix in order to save money.
I did like nadapeños, the ones that have a very weird bad taste are habanadas the sweet version of habaneros I didn't even save the seeds from that one.
I’m in NJ started 200 flower seeds, some Franchi peppers, Krim Tomatos, hoping for rain & 65 degrees this week!
I find your videos so helpful as your last frost date is the same as mine, even though up here in Canada I'm zone 4. 😊
I do not like growing the tiny currant size tomatoes. They taste fine, like miniature grape tomatoes, very sweet. Very novel the first time you get some. So, "why not?" Because, they're so much trouble to harvest compared to larger tomatoes and you get a tiny fraction of the harvest for the amount of effort, space and expense. In 2012 was the first time I ever had those tiny ones, but they weren't supposed to be that size, they were supposed to be regular cherry size tomatoes, in fact they were labeled "husky cherry," and some were labeled, "sweet 100." I didn't start the plants from seed, they were purchased transplants from a garden center. In fact, the reason I began starting my own seeds is because for about 3 years in a row the purchased transplants I grew produced tomatoes which were much smaller than they were labeled to be, and included a lot of those teeny tiny currant size ones. I thought, what in the world am I doing wrong?! But now, I don't believe it was me since so many commercial seed sellers are selling "currant" size tomatoes. I believe now whomever was selling the transplants must have been making some sort of mistake, and perhaps they were sold the wrong seed? Sure wasted a lot of time, effort and expense for me. Very disappointing when you're expecting cherry or grape size tomatoes and you get those tiny pinky fingernail size ones. At least in your case, you know what you're planting and what you're expecting. They do taste good and they're fun in a salad.
Planting tomatoes transplant in the garden today. Lower Alabama zone 8b. 83° today. I gain much from your videos even though our climates are so different. Of course I watch warmer climate videos too.
I’m in Northern Oregon. Started tomatoes indoors a few weeks ago. I did the solo cup method. It’s going great 😊 Still waiting for my petunias to get bigger. I love your greenhouse!
This is a great example of why USDA hardiness zones are limited to only your lowest average temperature. Climate is everything. You have snow in March, and here in my zone 7b our only and last snows occur in January. My last frost date is a month before yours. A lot of plants that flourish in your climate would absolutely struggle in my summer heat and humidity – dahlias being a good example.
I recently sowed sugar snap peas, mammoth dill, and borage in my vegetable garden. We've had an unusually warm March so we'll see how it goes. As for flowers, I'm starting lots of annuals from seed this year. Some I winter sowed in jugs, and several I'm just starting now. I've never done a fall sowing of flowers, but I think I will attempt it this year.
Please share your process and how that's worked out for you. Even though we are in totally different growing conditions, I'm learning a lot from you!
Wow! Incredible to see the snow you still have in March!
Snow! Looks pretty though. Just show how different 8b can be. I am a zone 8a in NW Alabama and we are getting warm now. Great video as always.
Hello from the UK. No snow here or frost for the next 7 days with daytime highs of 15 celsius and night time lows of 4 celsius. I think we have the same last frost day in mid May, even though you are in California and I' m in Hertfordshire. I've sowed my sweetpeas, sugar snap peas and snow peas/ mange tout peas this week. But will start my outdoor tomatoes next week, growing Bite Size, Garnet, Honeycomb, Orangello, Romello and Koralik. All new cherry varieties for me this year. Our summers are not long or hot enough to grow the big tomatoes outside.
WOW!! Your zone 8 is so different from my zone 8. 😳🥶 I enjoy your videos.
Pam I sowed marigolds zinnias and daisy's! Today I'm sowing 10 tomatoes and red bell peppers! I'm excited to see them sprout! ❤
Snow is beautiful. March 14 we (12 of us) were in Disney World. March 26 back in PA and 41 feels like 36. Sowing Geraniums today.
Thanks Pam always great videos ❤
Thanks for sharing your greenhouse with us and how well your plans are coming along
What is your elevation? You haven't had that snow all winter right ? It'll be gone very soon, good to have a GH in that type of climate!
Thanks Pam, it really makes me want to sow more seeds in my improvised trays and my DIY mix, also, oh my God the snow just looks beautiful (despite the cold and the fact it is march so it should be spring already). I haven't had snow here since December. It is really magical looking. Also I decided to sow some sweet alyssum seeds on a new tray and wow in just 4 days it has sprouted! Some seeds I direct sown too. Phlox drummondii is still not sprouting, it does take more time to sprout as seeds are larger and it has been only a week or so.
Thanks for posting the link to the sieve. I bought one and love it. The amount of bark I get out of my potting soil!!!
Hey Pam 🤗
Love your videos and tutorials!
When you plant snap peas in hanging baskets do you leave them growing there and how well does this work?
Thanks. Im in southern NC
Another great video. Thanks for sharing your insights.
I never buy seed starting mix. Mine always do just fine with potting mix too 🙂