I appreciate y’all for putting out the July content right before fully and not right in the middle. It makes me feel a bit more prepared and not like I’m constantly in a state of catching up.

@JL-ip3sf

2 күн бұрын

That is why I like this channel! They make it make sense.

As a beginner impulse gardener, I find it very comforting to see experienced gardeners say “there’s still time!” I was talking my self into waiting until spring next year but F it, ya know? 🤣

@lyndaevans1132

4 күн бұрын

No, no, no!!! Glad you are getting into gardening, and depending on where you live, gardening can continue longer than you think! Congrats!!!!

@mamabear968

3 күн бұрын

I really recommend a fall garden. The weather is better, there are less pests and the crops require less maintenance than summer crops. I thought gardens were just for spring and summer when I first started gardening. But the fall garden is the best.

@Howwerelivingfishing

3 күн бұрын

I’m still waiting to plant my fall succession of greens. I’m hoping I can time it so that when the hot weather stuff is ready to come out, I can fill all of the garden space with cold hardy vegetables and cover them to protect from cold when the temperature drops.

@timmieBob012

2 күн бұрын

@@lyndaevans1132 I’m in Arkansas and my zone is 8a, Google says that our first frost isn’t until Nov 3 so I’m just going to plant some stuff and see how it goes. Thank you!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@DrKellie247

2 күн бұрын

Please give it a shot, and know that every gardener has success stories and opportunities for growth. ❤

Ok...yall are freaking me out. Everybody in this video has said "its finally july", but here in alabama, it's still June! Are yall time travellers?

@susanmercurio1060

4 күн бұрын

It's still June in Minnesota 😂

@smoothtwh

4 күн бұрын

For all intensive purposes, June is ending and he's ontop of his planting tips.

@funniful

4 күн бұрын

Time zones. Lol 😆

@john__johnson

4 күн бұрын

​@@smoothtwhjust fyi, it's intents and purposes.

@clausroquefort9545

4 күн бұрын

they are not telling you what you should have done yesterday, they are telling you what you can do next week. in this sense it is also handy to watch gardening youtubers from the other hemisphere. having the seasons inverted means that the content is timed to give you ideas for next season.

With how hot it is this year, it's basically been July for weeks now.

@bradical2723

3 күн бұрын

Been the opposite in my area in MT. Still snow on the mountains ( which hasn't happened since I was a little boy) tons of rain and cold weather..

@MyFocusVaries

3 күн бұрын

We've been having Junuary weather 😢

speaking as someone who gardens in a california desert, zone 8b/9a: arugula is both drought and heat tolerant. yep. you would plant it, allow it to bolt AND drop seeds. these seeds will naturalize and grow on their own cycle. so, i have some arugula that sprouts up in fall/winter and some that sprouts in spring/summer. the water they get is none to incidental because of proximity to an in-ground bed. it's been in the 90s/100s for days now and none of the arugula are bolting.

@tinad6812

4 күн бұрын

I also grow arugula through the heat. I’m in Chicago and it will bolt but I keep sowing. It’s one of my winners along with kale.

@GoingGreenMom

3 күн бұрын

What does arugula taste like?

@trishc3741

3 күн бұрын

@@GoingGreenMomnutty and peppery

@GreenGranny

3 күн бұрын

I live in Central valley California and we are in the 100's. My Arugula bolted but it is so beautiful. It's been blooming for about a month and the Bee's adore it. It's awesome to know that it will reseed readily. I can't wait.

@danielleahy15

2 күн бұрын

yo this is brilliant

I love the new format adding growers from around the country. Great ideas from these extra smart people.

@lemonyskunkketts7781

2 күн бұрын

It's genius, really.

Thanks for putting this out before July and not two weeks into July like some other channels

I appreciate these types of videos for those of us who had a late start and still learning. It's encouraging to know there's still time to get a harvest.

This is my first year getting serious about planting flowers in my garden. I will never go back, flowers 4 ever.

@karensnow4690

4 күн бұрын

Do some research. Many flowers are also eatable. It’s a ‘win win’!

@Just_A_Name14

4 күн бұрын

@@karensnow4690edible is the word you are looking for

@TheSkypeConverser

4 күн бұрын

real 🌼

@johny9101

2 күн бұрын

@@karensnow4690my favorite edible flower is hibiscus, it’s so versatile 😻 honestly nothing better than some Jamaica on a hot day (hibiscus tea)

Meg, we should start a Squash Vine Borer suppprt group. The struggle is real 😭

@meggrowsplants

3 күн бұрын

I’m down 😂 sometimes I just need to talk to someone hahhaa

@amandakiggans3062

Күн бұрын

This year was bad for us.... I noticed more Japanese beetles also

@KB-2222

Күн бұрын

Damn June bugs! Spray clay on your plants and it helps a ton.​@@amandakiggans3062

Meg’s garden in the background looks so green, full, and beautiful. We need a garden tour!

@bridget7141

4 күн бұрын

she has some on her channel!

@heathie03

4 күн бұрын

@@bridget7141what’s link to it?

For people in colder climates, there are many many cold hardy perennial salvias. They are great for pollinators and don’t require fertilizer or much water.

I would love representation from a shorter growing season too! I am in zone 5, but our last frost hits the end of May and our first frost hits mid to late September. Idaho Falls. Love your channel! 👩🏼‍🌾

@bradical2723

3 күн бұрын

I'm in montana, I feel ya!!! 😂

@GoingGreenMom

3 күн бұрын

Fingers crossed. I know the one is in Chicago, but I don't grow in pots much at all and we have different tastes in plants from what I can tell. But here in northern Indiana I have mid-May to mid-October and would love a cold weather shorter season represented too.

Love seeing how Epic Gardeners all across America are approaching July! The diversity of growing zones is so inclusive, allowing those in colder or warmer regions to get the information they can practically use, but it's also so interesting to see how horticultural processes that I'm accustomed to be flipped on its head for a completely different growing zone. Great job y'all! Excited to grow in July!

Year 2 gardener here- and I definitely focused more on flowers this year :) We have a massive flower patch, with 1/2 of it being dedicated to natives, and now planning another 5000sqft for more natives & few other cut flowers. Hoping we’ll get better pollination in our veg garden this year!

This is my first season growing (and I started late). I made some mistakes in June with my cukes, squash, and zucchini, and it knocked my confidence. But after watching this video, I feel like it's not too late to get another chance at getting it right and having a successful first season. I have learned SO much from these videos and am excited to get things going again for July!

@erikahuxley

2 күн бұрын

Look up the first frost date for your zipcode. That will give you an idea of the amount of growing days you have left for frost sensitive plants, but it's still possible to grow cold tolerant leafy greens past that date.

@mikeylikesit6622

Күн бұрын

I suggest growing some radishes especially and carrots to boost confidence with the garden- radishes show up fast and are rewarding . Also arugula! - it’s very tough and easy to grow without problems and produces tons of good food. Arugula if anything my #1 thing to try for new gardener to have a successful rewarding experience

I got corn and scarlet beans in the ground, cucumbers and a variety of pumpkins and sunflowers blooming too! oh and watermelon, jalapenos, peppers and tomatoes! Can you tell its my first year gardening?? I absolutely love it!! its been a great year so far

That 1870’s Homestead had mentioned she wraps the bottom 3” at least of her squash etc with stretchy athletic tape so they can’t access where they normally would and it has helped them!

I could listen to Bethany speak all day 😍

I just made some bare spots in the garden and was waiting for this video to come out. Glad it came out three days early.

Vegetables garden and flowers garden go together nicely. ❤

I am so happy that there is more growing time in this year after the crazy weather we all just experienced 😊

Meanwhile , I'm still waiting for the effing summer to begin here in the cold-wet-yuck PNW 😂

@michaelmangus2366

3 күн бұрын

Same lol

@MyFocusVaries

3 күн бұрын

Sigh. Same in Vancouver BC. Junuary nearly over.

@leonalisa9163

2 күн бұрын

I got a reminder three years ago today it was 108° in Seattle and 110° in Forks I will keep the 70's

@ElenaXrm

Күн бұрын

@@MyFocusVariesthis is so well said😂. I am in Vancouver area too

Really appreciate this info! I'm in broiling Austin, TX (8B) and listen extra carefully to the Florida info.

Thank you guys all of y’all I will be trying that new squash that MEGS ,showed and cucumbers. I’m on my second round. I did the Boston pickling and they’ve been great for me. I planted or over planted about 13 plants and I am at my 24th jar of pickles and I already see about 6 to 8 already outside to harvest again for me, only I’ve already noticed. I can only focus on one main crop last year. It was cherry tomatoes, and I did great this year. It’s been pickles. I’m gonna do all sorts of peppers. I do have some Meleons ,watermelon and winter squashes in the ground as well as far as my main crop this year cucumbers, I have some tomatoes too. We are eating fresh and pickling cucumbers.

This is fantastic. Really grateful for your east coast information. Zone 9a and started my pumpkins already! Really excited. All my squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes have stopped flowering. Plants look great, so hopefully they will start producing again in September. Shannie and Meg are fantastic!thanks so very much😊

@st2778

3 күн бұрын

Shannie's information about pumpkins is so valuable. Thanks ❤

Thanks for the arugula tip!

A place near me just closed and I bought so many seeds from y'all brand. I'm super stoked! A little late to plant bur thankfully I'm in Southern California so the grow season doesn't end as quickly as many others. I even found Salvia!

In Central Illinois, the corn is often eight feet high (2.5 meters) by July 4th, but those strains are mostly government subsidized for ethanol.

Grateful for these monthly videos! I’m new to gardening and it can definitely get confusing 😅

Love Salvia! So many pollinators. I get two flowering even in MN as a perrenial.

Love your vids I love when you let us know what to plant and when.

My first batch of corn is angry about either water or food despite my best efforts because some of them are not _nearly_ tall enough or producing corn and are looking to sent up tassels. Hopefully my second batch (planted several weeks after the first) will be happier. Also, Meg, I 100% said "Be thankful" at the same time because OMFG I hate squash vine borers, they are my sworn nemesis, and for anyone that doesn't have to deal with them, you have no idea how lucky you are.

I LOVE these videos, follow them every month! Hey Kevin, you should make a bundle of the seeds mentioned available for sale on the site. 😏

The first guy is in a long sleeve shirt at the end of June. Here in North East Texas, we're already near triple digits, and the next 10 days are going to be triple digits.

@ann7318

3 күн бұрын

I lived down there for 10 years.... Horrible heat. Ten months of summer, and two months of whatever. They were getting triple digits in APRIL when I lived down there... I am allergic to all that heat. 😵

Bethany, in Chicago also. , my lettuce is sprouting in mostly shade in a heat wave. Its a more 3 season variety!

love the editing, I see you and your editor gotten better at production!

You guys are AMAZING!!! you’re like my gardening tutors!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Love this series!

Regarding Salvia -- I'm in zone 5b and there are definitely perennial salvias here too. I cut everything down to the ground before winter and it regrows each year. Also can get a plant from cuttings so proplift from a friend!

Maybe someone else has mentioned this already, but "knee high by the 4th of July" refers to your knee height when you are riding a large horse. So, yes, chest or higher if you are standing.

Planted squash in the summer last year and they didn’t do too good. Thinking back, it might have been too hot. Will try some shade this year. Thanks for the reminder!

Fantastic video! thanks so much!

I live in zone 6 high desert and salvia is a perennial here. Great low maintenance plant

Was just thinking about this!

Watching this for zone 7 suggestions!

I’ve been waiting for this 🎉

There are many cold-hardy perennial salvias!

@tinad6812

4 күн бұрын

I planted Salvia officinalis in my garden in Chicago 5 years ago and it lives through the hard winters. The heat just made the beautiful flowers go to seed. I cut it back and I think it’s going to flower again for a second time. Weird weather, but it’s a winner. It’s definitely a perennial in a cold climate. Pollinators love it and hummingbirds too.

Wow I'm stunned about knee high in july..we've always used it as a metric.however ours is waist high right now going back into July despite lack of rain, I also see tassels starting

In Arizona, I've learned not to trim away the dead off any given plant because it helps it fight the heat. As soon as I go to clean up a plant, the next day, it's dead or dying. Summer months and even winter also.

Good selections!

There are a lot of Salvia varieties that are hardy to zone 5! I live in Colorado and have a few that are perennial :) I would love Botanical Interest to expand to those varieties 💕💕

As a central GA gardener, i wait until after Aug 1st to start broccoli. But I also grow shorter harvest varieties

Fun video, great tips.

Meg is in zone 8 down in NC as am I across the country in western WA; couldn't be any more different when it comes to weather. June-uary has been wet and cool, my garden sucks this season!

He mentioned native plants! *hyped up fangirl moment!*

Salvia varies, some varieties are perennial in lower zones, you just have to check the tag. We have native varieties up here in zone 4

Meg following Jacques…epic!!!

Thanks folks. From Zone 8

5 hours later and all the Salvia is already out of stock. X) Good job, guys! Congrats on your success!

I heard of a tip to wrap the zuke stems below the first set of leaves with that stretchy self-adhering bandage to keep the borers from killing the plants. I'm trying it to see if it works.

So far my yellow crookneck are still doing really good. I injected them with BT a couple times and so far they're doing good. I did see one of those little vine borer bastards but I haven't had a problem (yet). Not really seeing many squash bugs this year either.

Mmmm if you're in Florida you should start your pumpkin sooner than later to get the early summer rain too 👋🏼 dont forget your pumpkins love fish guts once a week!!

Watch out for pickle worms in Zone 9b West Central Florida. They love pumpkins. My butternut squash is doing well so far….🙏🏽

I have had the squash vine borer adult (I think!!!) suck juice from the stems of my mammoth sunflowers.

Thank God for this video today!!!!!!!

I’ve got my zucchini seedlings ready to go in..😊

I live in tropical Indonesia, which is hotter and more humid than Florida, and eggplants thrive in the intense heat in the dry season (summer).

Do you have a video on weed maintenance in raised bed gardens for the Midwest

My salvia came back after our winter in zone 5

Overlapping my cucumbers this summer!!❤

im planting some wildflowers, beets, and some squash and also some random blue variety of flowers that i dont know

I saw a few squash vine borers stalking my plants already! How do you feel about Surround kaolin clay? I kinda used it last year on my kale but I got lazy and I wasn’t applying it correctly. It’s messy and unsightly but I covered my squash leaves and stems…fingers crossed it keeps svb away.

I just planted 2 Cherokee Carbon rooted suckers that will be my tiny fall crop. Earlier than in past years but life is an experiment, right? 💚

I'm in zone 7a. Would love to see you add someone in that zone.

My salvia is perennial in zone 6. It just has to be the right type

Hey it will be July before y’all know it! Gotta start planning now that’s for sure!! ❤😂😊

Eggplants do fine under any conditions … if you find the right variety. I have eggplants cranking all summer in zone 9a, and it’s blazing hot and humid here in Houston. 😅 PS Thanks for reminding me to plant some corn, and the idea to plant a second pumpkin crop. I think I may be able to get away with that here. Just harvested first pumpkins, and actually a bit late as the bugs got one of them.

When are those Epic hoodies going to be available? That is rad

Interesting the person in central Florida start seeds in July. Florida is big and depends on where you are it makes a big difference in the garden season. When I was in Miami Zone 10b, I would not start seeds until atleast September, and I do it indoor. Otherwise even the seedlings will be killed by pest and fungal diseases. Even sometimes early October is too hot. The gardening season there for me was October to April. After that I clean up the garden so it doesn't allow pests to linger until the next growing season, as there is no freezing temp in Florida so the pests can stay around very long if you continue to provide stressed bolted plants for them to live on. One thing I discovered afterward is you can stretch out your garden season by using shade cloths. Sure you can grow from May onward, but it is preferred to relegate those months to specific heat loving plants that does well in tropical climate, yam, banana, fruit trees, tropical flowers...

So we are starting a raised small garden. 2 boxes both about 3x5 though a couple romas and a couple serranos in one, and throw some cilantro later in the fall in the other. What is good to plant with cilantro?

Can you make a video about vegetables that we should plant multiple times per year to have different stages?

My salvia has been perennial for three years now in zone 7? I cut them way back in the late fall and every spring they come back bigger and better :)

Omg, those vine bores took out my pumpkins and zucchini... 😢

@eyesofthecervino3366

4 күн бұрын

You might be able to replant zucchini for a later harvest.

Jaune et verte means “yellow and green squash for anyone wanting to know

Wishing for some zone 6b representation, larger not just container gardening!

Will I grow seedlings indoors under a grow light or outside in the high tunnel where it is hotter ? This is the part where I get confused.

Usually I can find seeds for any variety of vegetable mentioned in a US video when I Google the name. But couldn't find any seeds for Orange Bulldog Pumpkin, just a lot of articles

I have not been able to get any Salvia or white sage to grow and I've resown 3 times at different parts of the season 😢 nor my corn. Nor my carrots. Nor my cosmos or marigolds or cucumbers..... but I have a sh*t ton of tomatoes!!! 😅

There's another epic gardening channel?! 😮

Oh to have your climate...

In the middle of Iowa you would figure deer would have enough corn, but no, they came into a residential neighborhood and ate ours last year. We ate the first eight, the next 80 or so, deer food in one night.

@user-ey2ei5yv3f

3 күн бұрын

😂

@MyFocusVaries

3 күн бұрын

The rats got ours two years ago and I haven't grown it since.

Meg, for future reference, the name of that squash is just Yellow and Green in French. And your pronunciation wasn't bad. Although Im sure it was very accented to someone that actually speaks French instead of is just learning. 😂

Salvia is a perennial for me in 5B.

James Prigioni’s channel recommends spraying kaolin clay on your cucumber and melon plants and fruit trees. It’s not a chemical and if applied properly will last through a few rain storms. It also reduces sunburn and heat damage. I tried it this year and noticed that I have VERY few japanese beetles

@Julia________

3 күн бұрын

'not a chemical' It's Al2Si2O5(OH)4. Sounds pretty chemically to me. But so does dihydrogen monoxide so what do I know.

@MyFocusVaries

3 күн бұрын

​@@Julia________ Now now, we all know what folks mean when they say chemical in this context: "not a synthetic..." Let's not split hairs. Or as my dad always said, Try to get along. We're short of help. 😂

Jaune et verte; in English, yellow and green.

You’re all great but I came here for Meg 😍❤️.

Whoa! Wait a minute! EVERYTHING that I have read and/or heard about corn pollination states that if you want to use distance to isolate corn, you must have about a 2 MILE distance between corn cultivars. The reason for that is because corn is wind pollinated.

@Julia________

3 күн бұрын

For commercial purposes, sure, but at home we can deal with a few stray kernels if needed. Same with peppers and tomatoes needing like half a mile despite the flowers almost always pollinating themselves

I’m in zone 5 ,next to Canada I put seeds of cabbage last week ,thinking plant them after I harvest garlic,but they just come out tiny little think. I think here is not that easy grow later, my tomato just start making fruits and cucumbers also size of half pinky finger. Greens grow good, cut my parsley and cilantro 2 times now ,dry them and freeze.

I live in Texas. Can I still plant these in July or August?