Complete SEED STARTING GUIDE For Beginners: VERY DETAILED!

This video is a complete seed starting guide from start to finish. It is a very detailed guide made for beginners so beginner gardeners can easily understand how to start transplants from seed, but intermediate and advanced gardeners will learn seed starting tips, too! Starting seed is so much better than buying transplants, because it gives you the freedom to grow any variety on Earth for a fraction of the cost of buying transplants from nurseries and big box stores with limited variety selections. By the end of this video, you will understand how to start seeds indoors with confidence to help you grow the vegetable garden of your dreams!

Where To Buy Seeds: https://youtu.be/7y3hPQr7Nek?si=KqY_6ty4fFIxbRKd
How To Make Seed Starting Mix: https://youtu.be/jbsIHN3Zb0w?si=5iQJsMVLXYyOOpLY
How To Make Bulk Potting Mix: https://youtu.be/t3kx5PhCJU8?si=tjzc8d5IKqzgY_Lx
How To Build A Grow Light Stand: https://youtu.be/h1rrHl8oSJY?si=Y7nCZytkyUaiAzp8

I use the following products* for starting seeds indoors:
Jiffy Organic Seed Starting Mix, 10QT: https://amzn.to/3VZby9F
Coco Coir, Small Bricks: https://amzn.to/41UrU7j
Coco Coir, Large Brick, 2.5 Cubic Ft: https://amzn.to/401QoZv
BNLINK Seedling Heat Mat (Many Sizes): https://amzn.to/3Pyk3Fb
BNLINK Standalone Heat Mat Thermostat: https://amzn.to/3PbRDQP
BNLINK Seedling Heat Mat w/T-Stat Combo: https://amzn.to/3ZNdqmW
4 FT LED Grow Lights: https://amzn.to/4fK3Xmq
Oscillating Fan: https://amzn.to/4a9zRYf
Long Spout Indoor Watering Can: https://amzn.to/4g6rmyA
Seed Starting Greenhouses (5-Pack): https://amzn.to/4awBBKS
72-Cell Seedling Tray Inserts: https://amzn.to/3tGWFh6
Seed Starter Tray Bottoms: https://amzn.to/48d5PRy
3"x3" Nursery Pots (54-CT) w/Nesting Trays: https://amzn.to/42UgMYv
6-Cell Seed Starter Trays, 1.5"x2.25"D: https://amzn.to/4iSYg8B
6-Cell Seed Starter Trays, 2.25"x3"D: https://amzn.to/3PmENiW
Peat Pellet Greenhouse Domes (4-Pack): https://amzn.to/3NKHoTf
42mm Peat Pellets (100 Count): https://amzn.to/3RK4w5A
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Plant Labels, 300 PCS: https://amzn.to/40j47ws
Sharpie Paint Markers, 3-Pack: https://amzn.to/403ogFq
Vermiculite, 8QT: https://amzn.to/4a1QLYG
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Perlite, 4 Cubic Ft: https://amzn.to/4hUXab1
Pruning Snips: https://amzn.to/4eZxCrM
Jobe's Organic Vegetable Fertilizer (4lb): https://amzn.to/45YHmh2
Alaska Fish Fertilizer (Gallon): https://amzn.to/4fTV3D3
Espoma Bone Meal (10lb): https://amzn.to/3X9s88a
True Organic Blood Meal (3lbs): https://amzn.to/3DvlzVJ
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
1:25 Choosing A Seed Starting Medium
4:17 Seed Starting Station Preparation
5:46 Tomato And Pepper Varieties I'm Planting
6:57 How To Sow Seeds Indoors: Start To Finish
17:47 How To Cover Seeds After Sowing
20:40 Sharing Trays With Multiple Species
21:15 How To Sow Seeds Of Multiple Species
32:38 Watering Seed Starts
34:55 How To Germinate Seeds Indoors
37:37 Grow Light Operating Schedule
39:15 Up-Potting And Acclimating Transplants
41:30 Mature Transplants Final Results
43:48 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about how to plant seeds indoors, have questions about growing fruit trees or want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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