HTA-0648: Henry's Garden — Starting from Seeds

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Henry explores seed starting: timing, soil, containers, and transplanting.

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Beat that!

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Dahlia! Gotcha!

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Wow, oh yeah!

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King, Henry, Trump, you both!

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This seedy game we're playing is all about starting seeds,

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which is a great way to create a garden.

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It's a wonderful way to create a garden.

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It's an economical way to create a garden.

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It's a cheap way to try new varieties.

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It's a lot of fun to grow seeds.

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Kids of all ages can sit there and participate,

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so let's do it! Let's do it!

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So there are a lot of different ways.

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Kimmy uses the most simplistic method of all.

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I like to use seed starting soil,

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seed starting soil.

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It's a fine soil.

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And there's several brands over the way.

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I get it wet, I get it damp, and I put it in a flap.

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Now wait a minute.

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You want to get it damp ahead of time

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because it's very hard to get this moist.

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Absolutely, it's really hard to get it wet.

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And plus the fact that the seed starts to flow around too

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when you get it wet, so that causes problems.

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That's right, that's right.

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So moisten it ahead of time.

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Moisten it ahead of time.

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I just dig a shallow trench.

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Call the fir.

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- All I do, a furrow.

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I'm gonna plant marigolds.

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- Is this pretty much the same thing you would do

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for let's say lettuce or dolly?

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- You would do this for lettuce or dolly?

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- See how small that seed is?

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This is why this type of germination

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and this style is so easy.

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Or actually it should be--

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- I plant thicker than they recommend to plant

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because what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna thin them

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once they come up.

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But this is it.

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They're basically on the surface of the soil.

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I'm just gonna close it over a little bit like this,

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and I'm gonna keep this soil damp until these seeds germinate.

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- Now there's a couple of other things.

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First of all, do you cover it at all at first

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just to keep it moist?

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- No, Henry, I just missed it to keep it moist.

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- Okay, there's something else that Kimmy's doing here

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that's sneaky.

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- What?

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- Well, you've got it sitting on this.

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- Oh, yes I do, yes I do.

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- Explain what that is.

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- This is a heating mat,

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and it's used just to raise the soil temperature

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about 20 degrees.

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What happens is roots really like to form

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when the soil is warm.

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So this imitates an early spring, there you go.

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And you just plug it in.

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- Can this be used outside

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or does it have to be inside?

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Does anybody know?

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- You can use it inside, outside.

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See, it's all contained and sealed.

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- Okay, well, be careful though.

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- There you go.

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- It increases the germination rate.

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- Now, Buzz has come up with another method,

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which comes in a box.

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- Yeah, well, it just contains a lot of elements together.

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I like the individual type of segment, so I will plant individual cells.

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Well, the other thing about this before you do that is that it's sitting in this tray

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which sits in water.

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Exactly.

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So rather than misting it all the time, it's going to get some moisture.

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Well, and the other thing that I'm going to use to help contain the moisture is the dome

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over the top of it, so that will sit there and trap the moisture.

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Now, before you do that, Buzz, Buzz, before you do that, I do want to ask you, this is

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not the same kind of soil.

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In this case, you're using a regular potting soil.

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Potting soil.

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You can do that?

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It can be, but you know, it's a little bit hard.

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So I mean, it's a little trickier.

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A little thick, so maybe a lighter soil will work.

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But with this larger seed, I'm just going to drop one into each one.

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This is radishes.

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Okay.

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I'm putting one down there.

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And there we go.

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Okay.

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Here we'll have individual plants and then I'll be able to sew them into its final resting

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place.

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Its final resting place.

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As Dean my pal often says, Henry's garden where plants go to die.

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And so this goes on here and this also comes with a heating mat.

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So again, this ends up being a...

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Well actually you took my heating mat off of my kit.

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You stole this heating mat.

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But you can buy a heating mat separately for Kimmy's type of project.

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So it comes either way.

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The thing about these is that it is a two-step process.

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Eventually, you're going to have to thin this out,

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or you're going to have to take these out.

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You're going to have to pull these out and, like, push out,

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once they're grown, obviously, and push it out,

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and you'll have roots in there, and then you'll have to replant it.

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On the other hand, you can go straight into the soil,

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which is what Buzz has done here.

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I'm doing a one-step process,

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and I'm actually combining some color in a container,

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and we're going to be growing some radishes and beets.

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These don't look like radishes.

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What are you doing?

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- No, no, but I'm putting some color in it.

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- You're doing a seed segment, Buzz.

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- Yeah, what are you doing?

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- Yeah, I just wanna add some color to it

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so that you can put it on your deck or patio

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and have something right away with it.

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- Okay, well, now wait a minute.

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Where are the seeds, though?

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- The seeds are gonna go right down, like here.

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- Oh, okay.

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- And go right, make two.

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- But you're gonna have to keep this moist,

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so are these plants gonna be okay?

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- Yeah, yeah, you can adjust the moisture.

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You're gonna water the ends a little bit heavier.

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You're gonna water this a little bit more frequently.

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- And what are you putting in here?

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- And I'm gonna use this little finger carrots,

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which are ones that are not the traditional length.

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'Cause that's why this is not a deep container.

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If you were doing a traditional carrot,

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you would naturally use a much deeper container.

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- Okay.

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- Well, this is a lazy man's way to go, Mr. Bertolero.

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- It's a sneaky, easy way to go.

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- No, I think it's just a simple way

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for people to have a little bit of both,

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then you'll come through here and-

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- Okay, good work, guys.

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- Okay, you're seedy, but growing.

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- Many ways to start your own garden.

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What happened to that King's Henry?

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- Where's some radishes?

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- I want some radishes in here too, Henry.

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- Well, I want some lettuce.

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- Hey, Henry.

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- We're gonna have a salad, I want some lettuce, okay?

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Thank you.