9 Crops You Should ONLY Direct Sow (And Why)

Don’t ever pronounce Chamomile like that again lol

I love chimarmalade also

If you guys really think I don't know how to pronounce chamomile, IDK what to tell you...😂

As a Mexican, for all of you who have radishes, when we have tacos we usually have some radishes on the side, whole or sliced, that we take bites of as we are eating. It’s a nice, fresh, spicy, refreshing way to cut back on the greasiness or heaviness of the food. I also like to slice them up and let them sit in lime juice and salt and have them along our carne asada meals too! Drinking the remaining pinkish lime juice at the end is also a nice treat. Though may not be for everyone 😂 Hope my two cents help.

10:15 😂😂 “think he got canceled or something” he's so unserious I love his charact

I've presown my carrots in eggboxes with holes poked. Once they sprouted indoors (way quicker), you bury the whole box and it rots down in the soil. That way the roots stay intact 👍 thx for the video

My local garden centre has a neat trick with carrots, paper tape. The seeds are already evenly spaced, stuck to the paper tape. The paper dissolves in the earth and your carrots are perfectly spaced.

Fun fact: most pole beans (phaseolus vulgaris) twine to the right, while runner beans usually (phaseolus coccinus) twine to the left!

If you want to give your beans a for sure sprout and head start. Put them inside of a damp paper towel inside of a ziplock to observe them until they sprout roots. Once they do, plant them directly like normal and enjoy not having to worry about failures to germinate.

I'm literally listening to this while transplanting cucumbers. Just gotta do what I can not to disturb the roots!

crop #1 reminded me of a story. when I was a kiddle in 2nd grade we all had to grow something in a little pot of dirt and everyone did little flowers and whatnot but I did corn. all these little pots of flowers and there's my 3 foot high corn stalk growing out of a milk jug. I only got tiny little ears of corn but it was still funny.

OMG. CH-I-MOMMA-LAY. Your killin' me😂

Being from southern Minnesota, my mom and I used to use biodegradable planter pots. This is especially great for starting plants with taproots indoors for cold climates since you can stick the whole thing in the ground once you plant it outside 👍

I start watermelon inside, but that's because I have a fairly short growing season, it's not safe to transplant melons and cucumber out until mid-June/early July, and we can get cold spells enough to kill them as early as mid-September. I start more than I need, and accept a certain level of loss at each stage, but I'd never get to harvest if I waited that long to start the seeds. Of course, I'm in zone 5a in Canada and we got about a foot of snow a week and a half ago :)

My last frost date is in May, then in July we get 110°. I have no choice but to transplant almost everything! Must be nice to live in a place where you can direct so so many things!

I have a couple of crops that I do both ways: direct sow and indoor starts. Direct sow is better but when all the emerging seedlings are eaten by sow bugs or they never emerge at all I at least have a backup. 💚

Great movie! However, you guys clearly do not have a snail problem. Zone 7 Europe here. If I direct sow cucumbers, beans, peas I will never see them. Ever. They are eaten before they have a chance to see the light of day. And I do collect the snails every night, spray my garden with nematodes, sprinkle some coffee, egg shells, lava stones... you name it. The only way those plants stand a chance to survive is when I pre-grow them and plant when they are actually big and strong enough to survive even if nibbled on. I am aware, though, about their sensitive roots, thus, I grow all my cucumbers from start in bigger pots, and all my peas and beans in long, deep multibox-trays. Greetings from Belgium!

TIP: 3 Sisters - mound method Position a bamboo stake in the middle of each mound. Direct sow four corn kernels around the central mound stake. When 2" height direct sow your pole beans. Train vine around the group of four corn plants with the security of the central bamboo stake. Direct sow your squash of choice.

Radishes in kim chi. I like them so much, some times, I just make it with radish only. Really a blend of rootcrops in a home fermented kimchi is such a tasty condiment and I definitely find it more versatile than regular kimchi (which I will just eat of out a jar or with rice. Some seasons I like them as a garden snack, but really, its all about the ferment life.

Trick for starting seeds with delicate roots: make tiny paper pots. Then just soak and pull the bottom off. And pop it into the ground. The sides will compost themselves and you didn't have to mess with roots! I do this every year with my cucuzza squash! ❤ happy planting!