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@JoesWebPresence

Жыл бұрын

@4:54 I had to quit this video as it triggered a migraine. You may think those hand held upside down panning shots look cool, but many people experience it like someone is grabbing their eyeballs and twisting. I just wanted you to know that sadly, I can't watch your videos because of these jarring effects.

I think ive watched every seed starting mix video on youtube. Congratulations, this is the best by far. Thanks for sharing. Big ups from down under!

Can't wait.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam!

Like the recap!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne! Helps me too to remember everything!

As usual, you make it eezy peezy! More please.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim! 🙂

So glad I found your channel!

Thank you for sharing Jeff. I have found your channel to be very helpful. Best wishes to you. Jason from Melbourne Australia.

Very clear explanations, simple enough and effective. thank you Jeff!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Jean-Erik, thanks so much for watching! :-)

New fren from phillippines

Good idea to make your own. Last year there were several different brand name seed starting soil and potting soil that flopped big time.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Sooooo true Joe. When I go store bought, the amount of fungus gnats I get is staggering!

@Joe-Skier

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms last spring when our seed starts were so bad that maybe 10% survived. I blamed myself until I saw another person I follow on KZread mention that a lot of her followers had the same problem, regardless of quality or brand name. I never really wanted to do a compost pile (because running my business, life, etc) and make my own starting soil but I am now! Thanks for your great videos!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

@@Joe-Skier All too common lately man. Best of luck either way buddy! 🙂

Great video! As always. Time is short I gotta go!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael, appreciate it!!

Thanks for another great info video, still waiting to get started in zone 6b.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers RLB, hope the weekend was good!

Thanks Jeff, really informative and helpful. Once I use up my store bought seed raising mix, which I now understand how different it is from potting mix, I will be making my own.

Thank you

Thank you for the great explanation

Perfect is the next video when to transplant that always confuses me 👍 thanks Jeff have a great week, Ali

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Coming very soon Ali! :-) Take care.

You can use worm castings as well.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Yup, love worm castings Tolga! :-)

@tolgagurcimen2957

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms cheers from Cyprus. The island of Aphrodite.

Hi Jeff. This was very helpful to me. I went on Lowe's sight last night and I had know idea about so many kind of soils fertilizer and such. I intended to ask you about which do I need. Isn't that ironic? I even have it written down to remind me. So now I'll go back on line and price what you've talked about. Hopefully I can get this weekend. That's nuts though. Ambra kadabra " here's Jeff" with all the answers. Thank you so much for reading my mind. Lol!!! Take care.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha its awesome when it works out that way Donna! 🙂

@palliaskamen5722

Жыл бұрын

I've only ever used ordinary potting soil or wet paper for seeds. Never had any problems.

I made an exception this year for starting tomatoes, added worm castings because the plant/per pot will grow until put in the garden. I also tried a new idea, used just the potato "chits" without the tuber, and yes, they're growing. A bit too early for planting outdoors, but now I know I don't have to try and keep the entire potato. Lettuce seeds I bought were "winter" lettuce and despite the -10°C freeze they're still good. Hopefully get a very early picking from lettuce.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Right on, sounds like its going to be a good year!

Hi Tony, great to see you back and what a variety of potatoes you have. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

Will be using this mix this year! Would also like to see your mix when planting up.

I usually make my own seed starting mix unless I can find it on sale in the off season.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Me too Lynn. So much better.

Hi Jeff, great video on seed compost. Thanks for sharing and take care

Hi, so how donyou sterilize your compost? Do you just get it from your outdoor compost bin and heat it in the oven for a certain amount of time and temp? Thanks for your videos.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Most people use steam or an oven.

Thanks for sharing ❤

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! 🙂

Getting my hands dirty today 💥💥

I usually apply Rootwise Mycrobe Complete, there are other similar brands as well, while bedding/watering-in seeds. Doing so seems to work based on when I do not, all else being equal.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Keep doing what works for you!

Thank you ☺

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers John, thanks for watching!

I've been binge-watching your videos on indoor herb gardens, and it's been so informative and helpful. I have a question. What do you think about seed starter pellets? Take care and thanks again!

As I am rewatching your videos over and over again, my golly wow, I realized I forgot to add perlite into my DIY seedling soil. I have already sown my tomato seeds. How do you recommend to go from here? 😭 I followed your formula in the other video that says 50% compost + 50% coco coir. I guess I was so excited to start my seedlings I totally forgot the perlite.

I love making my own, I was just mixing up a fresh batch today. :) My recipe is pretty close to yours, do you see a big difference of rock phosphate vs bone meal?

Thank you so much for this info. 😊 Newb question, can or should this starting mixture be used for flower seeds too? Thank you.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gina, yes, flower seeds as well!

What is your thoughts on using peat pods to get started?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

I try to avoid peat. Starting seeds is really easy, I find the peat pods kind of gimmicky and unnecessary.

Where are you at boss? My dates differ from the dates you mentioned. Just wanted to make sure your further south than I am here in the Okanagan. (BC)

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Victoria, BC zone 9b

Seed starting madness... you've been spying on my house, haven't you? 🤣

Can you share what kind of compost you buy for this? Or brands that you recommend? Thanks! I appreciate your videos!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hi Evelyn, thanks for watching! I tend to go with either my own composts or local companies for a larger supply, so I'm not well versed in what's available brand wise. I would like to do some testing though!

Is the 25% compost that you use your own homemade compost or is it a store bought, sterilised compost?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Lately, I've been going store-bought sterilized Dave....I found one good source and it hasn't failed me yet!

Too early for seed starting in my area unless you have a fantastic indoor light set-up. I don't. I can't start mine until almost April. ☹

I grow indoor and don't have compost neither iI can biy any here. We can mostly buy manure compost and its crazy bad for seeds. I started do use coco peat/peat moss mixed with perlite and filter sand and my succes reat become about 90% and beck then it was like 10%. I recomend this for every indoor grower who have insucces with store bought potting soils, maybe your country sell the same bad soil as mine and that causes the seeds not to germinate at all.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Great that you were able to increase the germination rates like that! Well done! :-)

@TheRipeTomatoFarms How do you know if the compost you purchase is sterile or not? I looked at a few and they did not list it.

I am a bit confused by how you state the ratio of components- so I am going to restate it in liters, is this correct: 7.5 liters coco or peat, 2.5 liters sterile compost, 1 liter vermiculite, 1 liter perlite?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Yup, exactly.

Where do you source the cocoa fiber?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

All my local hardware stores and plant supply stores carry it. Comes in bricks.

@patriciatinkey2677

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Weirdly, it's hard to find here in South Florida, where you'd think it would be plentiful. Lots of peat around, though...but not so😐 great for the environment.

Do you prefer compost over worm castings or is it because it's cheaper for you to produce yourself? Does that affect the ratio if you used castings? And do you recommend buffering the coco with calmag? Liquid mycorrhizae?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

I prefer compost for the structure and moisture retention. Seeds don't need the nutrients yet, so worm castings are kind of lost on this mix. Great long-term though. I've never needed to buffer or add fungal networks, but some do with great results.

@patriciatinkey2677

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms HI Jeff! I love that you are so responsive to our questions! Chances are, If one person asks it...more people are thinking it. This is one of the things I mention to others when recommending your channel. 😁

@lindadempsey2468

Жыл бұрын

Should you sterilize your home compost or if buying what do you recommend ?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

@@lindadempsey2468 I would sterilize if you're ever bringing it indoors Linda. Normally the soil life is a huge benefit when working with compost, but when you bring it indoors to be used with seeds, bad things can happen. So definitely sterilize it

What is canola meal?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lynn, its an inexpensive Canola byproduct....same consistency as Alfalfa Meal.

Ok, call me stupid, but the recipe is 75 parts coco/peat plus 25 parts compost plus 10 parts ver/per mix ? Or is it percent plus 10%

I used a mix last year and my plants were MASSIVE. This year I used this basic potting soil mix and they’re definitely smaller 😢

@BrookeandBaby

Жыл бұрын

I started last month is it too late to transplant to better soil

Catch my comment at the end of the chat.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

The one about cost? Its definitely a line that depends on how many seeds and seed trays you're going to do....most people buy and do just fine going that route.

What is your next step.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hey Melody, next step for what? The seedlings?

Damn nature for not providing us with the right growing medium doe all my seeds

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Right? LOL

[ Potting soil ] Container [ Garden soil ] Raised bed [ Top soil ] Landscap ideal mix ( cocoa fiber/peat moss ) 75 ( Compost ) 25 ( Perlite ) 10 ( Vermicu lite ) 10 Sterile compost

6:13 that i was looking for. this exact thing showed you not like the 99% blah blah gardeners in youtube.

@TheOriginalStriker

Ай бұрын

except that your calculation end up 120% hahaha