MARCH 23 AT THE HOTEL ROANOKE AND WE ARE EXCITED IT WILL BE FUN.
>>Natalie: GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
WE STILL HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND, SPRING ACTUALLY IS ONE WEEK AWAY AND FOR MANY OF YOU PROBABLY GETTING READY TO START YOUR GARDENS.
>>Brittany: IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT GROWING VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS, YOU WILL WANT TO START SOON.
TODAY WE HEAD OUT TO VISIT OUR HOME CONTRACTOR ROB LEONARD TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE KITS AVAILABLE TO ENSURE A GREAT YIELD THE SEASON.
>>Natalie: IT IS THIS TIME YEAR WE ARE ITCHING TO GET INTO OUR GARDENS AND I'M HERE AT ROB LEONARD'S HOUSE.
HE IS OUR HOME CONTRACTOR WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEED STARTING.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS, RIGHT?
>>> I HAVE EXPERIMENTED AND HAD A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERRORS IN SUCCESSES AND FAILURES.
THE THING MOST PEOPLE THIN, JUST THROW IT IN A PAPER TOWEL OR THROW IT IN A JAR AND YOU CAN GET SOME SUCCESS OUT OF IT BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DELIBERATE THAN THAT.
THE ADVANTAGE OF THE SEED STARTING IS YOU GET A WIDER SELECTION AND CAN REALLY CONTROL THE SOIL AND MAKE SURE IT'S ORGANIC.
YOU CAN ORDER EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT VERSUS WHAT YOU HAVE TO BUY IN THE STORE.
THAT IS ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT IT.
I LIKETO GROW A LOT OF CONTAINERS AND CONTAINER GARDENS IN BOXES AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO WE GET THE SEEDS THAT ARE MORE PRODUCES FOR THIS TYPE OF PLANTS.
YOU START REALLY SIMPLY.
YOU CAN CUT UP STUFF FROM YOUR PACKAGING I JUST TAKE THIS CONTAINER AND PUT THE PLASTIC ON THE TOP AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO BUY THE BOXES.
>>Natalie: WE HAVE DONE THESE BEFORE.
>> YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE ROOTS ARE COMING THROUGH THAT YOU PULL THESE AWAY FROM THE ROOTS.
OFTEN TIMES THE ROOTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGSTRENGTH TO BOTH OF THEM.
THEY MAKE THESE MYSELF WATERING KIDS.
I HAVE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THOSE TWO.
THOSE WORK VERY WELL.
ALSO THE PEAK POTS AND VARIOUS GREENHOUSE THINGS YOU CAN GET.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING THIS IS THE LIGHTING, THE TEMPERATURAND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NICE TEMPERATURE AND LIGHTING
CONTROL.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T WANT LIGHT ON 24. PLANTS NEED PERIODS OF DARKNESS.
IT HELPS WITH THE SUGARS AND ENZYMES AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE WORKING WITH.
>>Natalie: IS OUT WHERE THESE COME IN?
>> THESE ARE THE ERROR GARDENS.
WE STARTED DOING THE SEEDLINGS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
HANDS DOWTHESE ARE THE ONES ABOUT THE BEST SETH SEX WITH.
IT'S LIGHTING VERY WELL CONTROLLED.
IT'S ALL HYDROPONIC SO IT HAS THE RIGHT NUTRIENTS IN WITH THE WATER AND YOU HAVE THESE SEEDPODS THAT WORK REALLY WEL.
YOU PUT YOUR SEAT IN THERE AND IT GOES INTO THE WATER.
>>Natalie: AND IT COMES WITH THAT?
>> YOU CAN ORDER WITH THE ARROW GARDEN.
THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SIZES.
SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIZES, ACTUALLY.
THE THING YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THE LIGHTING HAS TO BE RIGHT,THE TEMPERATURE HAS TO BE RIGHT.
THE HYDROPONICS TAKES CARE OF A LOT OF THE NUTRIENTS.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY PUT TOO MUCH FERTILIZER IN SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY HURTHE SEEDLINGS AND MAKE THEM NOT GROW AS WELL.
ALSO, YOU WANT TO BRUSH OVER THE SEEDLINGS WITH A PENCIL OR A STICK OR SOMETHINGOR SUPPLY SOME TYPE OF FAN.
IT WILL MAKE THEM LESS TRUE.
THAT IS OFTEN SOMETIMES WILL HAPPEN WITHSEEDLINGS.
IT STUNS THEIR GROWTH BUT MAKE SOME FOLDER SO THAT IS ONE THING.
THE OTHER THING IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS HERE.
THE NEWS YOU STARTERS HANDBOOK BY NANCY BLUEBELL.
DETAIL ORIENTE A SEED STARTING IS A LOT MORE TO IT IN TERMS A TYPE OF SOIL, NOT A LIGHT DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU ARE PLANTING WHAT YOU ARE PLANTING.
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT OUR LAST DAOF FROST'S TEMPLATE AROUND MOTHER'S DAY, MAY 15.
IT REALLY HOLDS TRUE.
IT'S PRETTYAMAZING.
BACKUP FROM THERE WHAT YOU WANT TO PLANT IN YOUR GARDEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND BE VERY DELIBERATE THAT WITH.
ONE THING I WILL SHOW TO .
>>Natalie: THIS IS QUITE THE SET UP.
>> THIS IS A FRAME.YOU CAN BUY THESE FRAMES.
IT IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
WHAT I DID WAS I EMBELLISHED IT WITH A HEAT MAP AT THE BOTTOM.
THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN DO IT AND I SUGGEST VIEWERS READ UP ON IT AND UNDERSTAND IT MORE THOROUGHLY.
THERE IS A LOT OF SIMPLE WAYS YOU CAN DO