FREE seed starting video classes
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Want to watch free seed starting classes so you can take your organic gardening skills to the next level? Then you’ll love our three seed starting video classes / tutorials taught by GrowJourney’s Aaron von Frank and Eliza Holcombe.
Want to learn organic seed starting from the comfort of home for free?
One of the most daunting tasks for gardeners is seed starting. While we have lots of seed starting articles and instructions throughout our website, we recognize that people are also visual learners.
That’s why we created a 3-part video series: GrowJourney’s complete guide to seed starting for organic gardeners.
GrowJourney’s complete guide to seed starting for organic gardeners – 3 FREE video classes
Here’s what’s included:
- Our 3-part video series providing a complete guide to seed starting;
- Seed Starting Ebook in case you’d prefer to read through any of the information from the video classes and/or get additional notes.
These three video classes will teach you everything you need to know to start, grow, and transplant healthy organic seedlings into your garden. Whether you’re a green thumb or a brown thumb, you’ll learn methods and approaches from watching these videos that will help you have better success starting your garden plants from seed.
Class instructors are:
- Eliza Holcombe, GrowJourney’s Education Director (Master Gardener, Master Naturalist, Permaculturalist), and
- Aaron von Frank (GrowJourney’s cofounder and an organic no-till gardening teacher).
*Note: These classes are able to be made free thanks to advertisers. However, if you run ad blocking software on your computer, the videos may not be visible to you.
Video 1: Should You Start Garden Plants From Seed? Why?
Video 2: From Germination Day to Transplant Day
Video 3: The Do’s and Don’ts of Transplanting Your Seedlings Outdoors
Seed Starting Ebook/Notes & Additional Information From The Video Classes
If you prefer a written format and/or want to read through any of the notes and information provided in our video classes, check out our free Seed Starting Ebook: GrowJourney’s Complete Guide to Seed Starting.
Where to buy organic seed starting products from the video classes?
We showcase and mention quite a few seed starting products in our free seed starting video classes. Where can you buy them?
Easy peasy! The seed starting supplies section of the GrowJourney store has all the products mentioned and more! Order fulfillment is handled by Amazon and we earn a small commission on each sale.
Have questions about starting your garden seeds?
If you have any questions that we didn’t cover in our classes, please ask away in the comments section below.
Happy gardening!
-The GrowJourney Team
Is starting seeds for organic gardeners easy for beginners?
We think it’s fairly easy for new organic gardeners to start their own plants from seed, but you’ll do better if you make sure to use a helpful resource like our seed starting video classes before you dive in. Good luck!
This was really helpful to me. I was looking for a way to set up our hydroponic lettuce inside and I just set this up 3 weeks ago. The lettuces are growing really well, the grow light we had was the perfect size for the shelf, and we happened to have one of these shelves just lying around. I’m going to plant more lettuces in the top shelves next week once I get my new light. So happy with this set up. It’s nice, neat, and in a corner of my study. Thanks so much for this!
Glad to hear that, thanks Cristina! Best of luck with your hydroponic lettuce setup.
Do you have any articles or advice on direct sowing seeds in a no-till garden? At the moment I don’t have anywhere to start seeds indoors.
Hi Shannan! Yes, we have some resources for direct sowing in no-till systems:
1. https://www.growjourney.com/seasonal-transition-no-till-organic-gardening/
2. https://www.growjourney.com/march-2016-gardening-tip-of-the-month-preparing-your-garden-beds-for-spring/
3. Here’s one of our short videos that may also be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82N_fzZ8FMo
Please let me know if that info answers your questions, thanks!
What do you recommend with LED lighting? I just bought a couple for my shop and I’m amazed at the difference, especially in the cold. Will they work or not?
Hi Jack! Having never used LED grow lights or done much reading about them, I’m hesitant to provide any advice here. I know that a lot of indoor grow light systems use them successfully. Years ago when we first made our DIY grow light setup (https://www.growjourney.com/want-to-garden-like-a-pro-heres-a-simple-and-affordable-indoor-grow-light-setup/), LEDs were prohibitively expensive for us and hard to come by. That may have changed by now. If you find good ones that work well for you, please check back here and let us know, thanks!
Also, when hardening off, are you bringing the seedlings back in at night or leaving them out following the sun exposure scheudule. (Assuming the temperature at night is `normal`)
Thank you,
Kathy
If temperatures allow, we’ll leave them out at night. For summer seedlings, that means we prefer to bring them indoors if nighttime lows go under the low 50s °F. For fall/winter/early spring seedlings, that means we bring them indoors if temps are going to go lower than 40°F (they can take it, we just want to keep them extra happy).
Thanks again.
Hello, what is the best way to water seedlings. Do you water direct into the cells or do you bottom water by filling the tray and letting the cell packs soak up the water. Or do you use a spray water bottle. Just trying to avoid overwatering and damping fungus disease.
Hi Kathy! Great question. The answer somewhat depends on what type of seed packets we’re using and what stage in the life cycle the plants are in.
Between the time when we first put the seeds into their cells and the time they germinate (3-10 days depending on seed type), we typically just use a spray bottle to keep the cells/seeds damp. As the seedlings get growing they start requiring more water, so a spray won’t provide the deeper watering needed. That’s when we start using a watering bottle with a small attachment that slows down and directs the water. (A lot of people just use a standard water bottle with small holes punched in the plastic screw-on cap.) When we’re using standard plastic or biodegradable cells, we usually top water. When we’re using Ladbrooke seed blocks, we always bottom water.
As far as damping off is concerned: If you have: 1) good airflow over your seedlings, 2) a good biologically rich seed starting mix like the one we recommend (http://amzn.to/2ktNYPi), and 3) clean/sterilized seed cells, damping off won’t be a problem.
Thanks Aaron! Great idea using the water bottle with holes to control the amount. I found your instructions on how to build your own grow light system and just purchased everything yesterday at Home Depot. Will be setting up this week. I had been shopping around for weeks trying to figure out what to buy and was disappointed with the options and pricing of ready made grow lights. Thank you for sharing this!! I am starting a micro cut flower farm in my backyard this season and needed something to start about 400 seedlings. This will do it!!
Kathy