It’s December and I have a ton of garden ideas for you! In this month’s garden guide, I focus on the vegetable crops and plants that can be started from seed or planted during the month of December. Believe it or not, December is a huge spring garden planning month. Gardeners with last spring frost dates in January, February, and March, need to start sowing seeds now. Therefore, I share my tips for indoor or outdoor seed sowing. I also cover important garden tasks like fertilizing fruit trees, techniques for sowing seeds, and recommendations on my favorite cultivars. December is prime time to plant a lot of food crops that cannot be grown during other times of the year (for South USA gardeners) such as strawberries, potatoes, onions, and garlic. I definitely go into details about how to plant those crops and get a huge harvest.
If you’re looking to start some plants from seed or plant some vegetables in your garden this month, be sure to check out my garden guide! I hope you find this guide helpful as you garden in December!
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***Everything Mentioned In This Video***
🧅How to grow onions: https://youtu.be/g35dF8aVDhw
🧄How to grow garlic: https://youtu.be/pbtEnVWsWfk
🧄How to grow elephant garlic: https://youtu.be/ti4B13px3mk
🌻Dwarf Mexican Sunflower aka Tithonia: https://tinyurl.com/34p6shfv
🍓How to grow strawberries: https://youtu.be/ohEY8gk5Thk
🌿GreenStalk vertical garden planter: https://amzn.to/3MEZplv
🥔How to grow potatoes: https://youtu.be/AY7NCQM0Cok
🥬How to grow various types of greens
How to grow lettuce: https://youtu.be/GEoQABbo9tM
How to grow Napa cabbage: https://youtu.be/bvZBdjPazeM
🍃Organic blood meal (high in nitrogen): https://amzn.to/46th3k8
🥕How to grow carrots: https://youtu.be/nsEZCDwjxFw
🌱How to grow peas: https://youtu.be/9yEW5aCveXI
Luang Prabang snowpea seeds: https://tinyurl.com/m5r96ttx
Royal Snow snowpea seeds: https://tinyurl.com/3met8hmv
Golden Sweet snowpea seeds: https://tinyurl.com/2ewvz67j
🔨Supplies to make vertical trellis: https://amzn.to/3Glt0gg
🥦Piracicaba Brazilian sprouting broccoli seed: https://tinyurl.com/msznxbjr
🥬How to grow kale: https://youtu.be/gxdy-GwoaRQ
🌱How to grow kohlrabi: https://youtu.be/8YyX2RlpTEw
👩🏫Live garden class about starting from seed and growing brassicas: https://youtube.com/live/eUia9sAphIQ?feature=share
🌐 Find your garden zone & first/last frost dates: https://plantmaps.com
🌿How to sow seeds tutorial – my seed sowing setup: https://youtu.be/V1JkF9tdVf4
🏡Small greenhouse that I use: https://amzn.to/3sW1frE
♨️Heat mats: https://amzn.to/3t0NO9N
🍆How to grow eggplants: https://youtu.be/1Rs7pcCP1kM
🍅My heirloom tomato playlist – how to grow from seed, trellis, prune, and comparison between cultivars: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0pbzjoxbiF_-OirkFEVBWfCoI9qOhvX1&si=L762mNnthhIiI0Mk
💡Shop lights – grow light alternative: https://amzn.to/47WYzsE
🌿How to germinate luffa: https://youtu.be/UveaM3vyA54
Luffa seeds: https://tinyurl.com/5d7k2fwt
🌿How to germinate moringa: https://youtu.be/2nHDF2v01rk
Moringa seeds & plants: https://tinyurl.com/2d5h3we9
✔️List of how long it takes each crop to be ready for transplanting from sowing seed: https://tinyurl.com/2s3bn37t
🍊Citrus Tone fertilizer: https://amzn.to/3RmTAvT
🛢️Horticultural oil: https://amzn.to/3Qwms4r
🗺️ New Updated 2023 USDA Garden Zone Hardiness Map: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
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16 Comments
Excellent info, so impressed with how much you cover in your videos! Thanks Jerra! I love that mini greenhouse, looks like one I have had my eye on over at Amazon, so I will definitely look into it further! Your garden looks amazing btw!
THANK YOU for the Dec tips! Needed some direction on what to plant in So Cal and now get to prep for SPRING!!
Thank you for the link to your blog detailing your tips. I had to replay a bunch of times in order for me to log all your tips on an spreadsheet 😂 😂
Your brassicas look beautiful! What do you use to keep the bugs from devouring the leaves?
Agree that we are 10a I was trying to grow plants for zone 9 and lower and failed so many times, now I know why. Thanks for the great video.
Do you have seeds for drawf tomato seeds ?
Thank you for this great info. I have to do my seedlings outside. I like the green house idea you have. Question though, do yo keep the mats on all day or do you turn them off at some point during the day?
Excellent info Jenna! Thank you my Brassicas I planted along side with you are doing great and the tomatoes so far. Beginner question. I have eggplants, tomatoes and broccoli growing now. I’m in 10a. I don’t have room to plant more in springtime, will these plants not last throughout spring and so I will need to plant new ones? Thank you I’m learning so much from you 😊
So much great info…im new and ive enjoyed every minute. Im ready for spring, bought so many seeds from your shop!!😊
In in central Florida 9B to 10A. Enjoy your channel. Great info.
Well, I agree with the new update I’m in Portland Oregon and I just went from zone 8B to 9A. it’s getting warmer in Portland Oregon. I planted all my hard neck garlic this year only to have it start sprouting early. Don’t know what to do with it but I guess I’ll just leave it and hope for the best. Cheers.
I would like to grow collard greens that good. I guess its collard . Do you use blood meal and organic granular fertilizer and compost for your amendments ?
I bought Papalo from you but their not germinating what could I be doing wrong?
Love your easy trellis idea. We put up the same trellis for our string beans.❤
Always so thorough, thank you. Also thank you for the USDA update. Just discovered my zone is 10A as well (from 9b).
Hi there, can I ask if your Moringa are from cuttings, seeds, or tissue culture?
My greens and cabbage look amazing this year!