What an interesting mystery “illness” of your plum tree. It was very impressive that you figured out the cause and the deep root treatment makes perfect sense. As a physician scientist, I particularly liked this video! Please don’t take this as criticism, because it is not intended to be. I merely want to pass along the pronunciation of the word “chelated” is actually “KEE-lated” rather than “tchee- lated.” It might help someone ask for or find the correct type of iron to ask for.

I can actually understand the details of this video! Understanding the symbiosis Of PH and soil is a pretty major deal.

It’s like he’s in my backyard looking at my garden and telling me how to fix the problem. He thanks for the tips.

This heat wave has been brutal

Your videos are a pleasure with you sharing wisdom in a lively positive manner! Thank you, and it was a pleasure to finally be able to visit your store and shake hands with the legend. I'm surprised how your voice in person is congruent with recordings, and you skip around your shop positively just like the videos. Many blessings to you and yours Luke!

Appears I may have a similar plum problem. Our lot was filled with cement rubble before our home was built. I never would have known to check for this lime/ph/iron issue or how to remedy it if it weren't for your video, Migardener to the rescue again👍!

Great video, Luke, thank you. I always love learning new stuff from you. ❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️

Good Morning from Eastern Washington!

Organic appl cider vinegar with the mother mixed in water :) I use in my potatoes and tomatoes, and also blueberries.

Thank you, Luke. 😊

You need to come in closer and hold longer when showing leaves.

@microbefeeder

Ай бұрын

Here, I'll help you. Next time you make a comment, go to ChatGPT and type something like this. "I just watched a video on fixing sick plants. I really liked the video but I want to make a suggestion. You need to come in closer and hold longer when showing leaves. rewrite this, but make it nicer sounding.". This is what it gave back to me. " I really enjoyed your video on fixing sick plants! I have a small suggestion that might make it even better: could you come in closer and hold the camera a bit longer when showing the leaves? It would really help to see the details more clearly. Thanks for the great content!" Then copy and paste this into the comment section instead. Hope that helps. :)

Thank you for posting great information as always.

Fascinating 😮

Thank you for your lesson on testing the ph. It was very helpful.

Thank you!

Sure would like to see follow ups keeping the trees and vegetables happy

Great information!!! I've noticed that one of my new Golden Currants has a knob at the top of the young plant where the leaves are all growing in a cluster. I don't know if this is normal, but it looks odd to me and now I'm going to check to see if the edges of the leaves are yellow. The good news is that they're still in their nursery pots, so if this is an iron and/or a pH issue, hopefully it will be improved when I plant them.

Good info. I don't care where you live in the city in the desert if a person lived on it before you have no idea what they may have poured or put into the ground. I'm glad you were able to figure out what was wrong and that you're able to amend it

THANK YOU💕🤗🍃!!

Having healthy microbial action in your soil will allow the microbes to change the soil pH to what the tree needs

Hope you can get to show us the procedure.

I’m glad for the fact that you, even though an expert gardener, have screw ups like this so you can show from your experience, how we can correct our mistakes. Mine are many -which is why I binge watch your videos! 😅

Good info. Are apples and red pears the same as plums? I have a MacIntosh, Granny Smith and Red pear in a corner of my property that is relatively free from concrete rebar. This property was once a storage area for the county road department. One corner has buried scrap metal. There's one corner with alot of concrete rebar parking lot bumpers. Half the yard has road gravel buried under soil. I have raised beds some places. The MacIntosh is 26 years old. The other 15. The pear 15. The pear does have smaller leaves like your plum. Produces smaller fruit than it did at first. I will try this.

My sweet pea tree leaves turned all hello to orange brown. Some new green leaf grow. Did I over use liquid fertilizers

We are on a well. The water coming from that well is high in iron (we are in northern Oakland County, MI. Watering with that water, is that enough?

THANK YOU SO MUCH for explaining so well, the challenge for newbies to understand how to assess the problem in gardening as well as plants. I love how you detailed instead of many others saying oh it's chlorosis so just add iron without explaining the ramifications. Again, thank you, you're best. Blessings . Namaste.

Will you also top dress with the iron sulfate?

My Butterfly Bush, which I never grew before, is putting out small buds. The leaves near the base is yellowing...not sure if there was any spotting. I see no insects, caterpillars, etc. It's grown quite a bit. We're having high 90's here (near Chicago, zone 5). I just put out sun shade over the tomatoes. Could this be heat related or something else? Thanks

Nice story

The "ch" in chelated is pronounced with a "k" as in key-lay-ted

I see more chlorosis happening in my pot plants however I don’t know what and how much to add in them to clear up the problem. Help!

@conniesanrn2730

Ай бұрын

I use EDDHA iron chelate 6%. I bought it from Amazon. Made by Grow More. It's powder you just sprinkle on the soil surface and water it in. It is dehydrated blood from slaughterhouse so you will see red 😊

Im pretty sure you just diagnosed my green plum tree lmao thank you so much

What other fruit trees need more acidity? I have apple and peach right now..

@donnabrooks1173

Ай бұрын

Blueberry bushes need a pretty low ph.

Epsom salt usually is my secret

Lost my apricot (well maybe she does have a few leaves), who knew they didn't love wet and we went from drought last year to very wet this year. Lesson learned, don't put apricots near drip lines. 😆

@dash-4150

Ай бұрын

My peach trees have a couple branches that stick out past the main canopy. The end leaves appear like they got sprayed with some sort of weed killer. The leaves were all dried out and dead last foot or so.

Will my strawberry leaves turn back green because non has and I think they will die maybe it's a ph issue might have to start over with strawberry's 😢

@dmo848

Ай бұрын

Advanced nutrients works good

Luke is wearing his blue paper thin shorts again.

What about if your tomato leaves are going yellow? I guess feed them more?

@jimmylarge1148

Ай бұрын

Nitrogen

@pamelah6431

Ай бұрын

Yes, it probably needs nitrogen, but too much nitrogen will result in tons of leaves.

OMG, im going to need to throw down some sand around my peach and nectarine trees

Omgosh my new property the whole yard is filled with concrete chunks from basements 😵‍💫 I’m already having HUGE problems with slugs, chipmunks and well almost everything you can imagine maggots eating bean seeds there has been no end. We just got our beds in and planted bc it took so long to level the beds out with the concrete everywhere and now I watch this 😭

Why didn’t you test the soil 2 feet down where you are amending it?

@pamelah6431

Ай бұрын

Probably because roots are mainly in the top 18".

ever hear of an auger?

@pamelah6431

Ай бұрын

Augers around roots is not a good idea.

My plum was destroyed by Japanese beetles already :(

Chelated (Iron) is pronounced "KEEL- lay -ted ".

@conniesanrn2730

Ай бұрын

Yeah that bugged ne too 😂

@emilybh6255

Ай бұрын

@@conniesanrn2730 : )

Hope you show us in September whether you think you are successful or not.

@MIgardener Greatly appreciate your videos, but I've noticed your editing has changed. Is this AI editing? The videos jump for a microsecond every few secs. It's difficult to watch, and we def lose out on your unique, natural vocal flow and mannerisms that helped make this channel grow. Please consider less editing and let your work flow, even if there are awkward moments or delays. Thanks for all you do and continued success.

@janeburns8789

Ай бұрын

I noticed the same thing

Instead of adding more heavy metals just use sulfur period. Not iron sulfate not aluminum sulfate. Just sulfur. You already have the iron in the soil now your over doing it just to get some sulfur to change the ph.

Be more specific about the water you add. You don't add city water or well water you want to add either RO WATER OR DISTILLED water. That way you know the starting ph of the water is 7. And not changed with chemicals from the city or ground Reservoir

@dash-4150

Ай бұрын

Well water to make it more alkaline, sand to make it acidic.

@soulseeker42388

Ай бұрын

@dash-4150 sand will do nothing to make the ground more acidic. Better drainage maybe but will do nothing for the ph. And watering will do nothing for the ph. Actually water will not raise the ph either unless you are using city water with a bunch of chlorine/chloramides. The soil will actually buffer out alot of this in the first 2 to 6 inches of top soil. The only way to lower or raise ph (truly) is to use a sulfate/sulfur or use dolomite lime or crushed lime stone. Calcium sulfate (gypsm) will also help raise soil ph to be more alkaline. If you want to use something that breaks down over time and acidifys soil use pine needles.

@soulseeker42388

Ай бұрын

@dash-4150 also most well water unless in a limestone Reservoir. Is going to be mostly slightly acidic. So your well water will actually lower ph and help brak down Calcium additives like oyster shell or egg shells

@dash-4150

Ай бұрын

@@soulseeker42388 cool, I'm in a big lime stone area, Chicago land, that must be why my water isn't acidic. Thank the heavens above I'm not on city water, and well is deep enough not to have sulfur water.