Are you growing strawberries and asparagus in your garden? Let us know in the comments below!

@adamakaru2683

2 жыл бұрын

Hoi Millennial, any chance for Italian-258 cutting for me?.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamakaru2683 I have several up on Figbid, and I will be adding more over the next few weeks.

@moniquegebeline4350

2 жыл бұрын

39-48-49-56 high temps for next 4 days here on MS gulf coast LOL!!!! I actually have a dedicated asparagus bed with purple asparagus and it’s mulched with strawberries. I have 2 gutter strawberry boxes and I have a few in hanging plants, mostly mixes with pine berry also. Here they tolerate our light frosts so they grow actively now (‘spring’ like temps for most ) and our harvest here begins in February. Xoxo

@lulasalem1250

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have one 8x4 strawberry patch, planted in 2020. They are overbearing. And I planted around 20 asparagus crowns in 2021.

@contestwill1556

Жыл бұрын

yep. 4x4 "table style" elevated raised bed of June bearing from one plant in 2019 or 2020

I planted about 150 bare root strawberries last year. Got enough berries to nibble on but next year will be sweet. Planted asparagus from seed last year and I already have fairly thick stalks about to come up from the roots. I’ll have to sit on them another year to get the best harvest next year. I’ll probably harvest a stalk or two lol

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

That's going to be a great strawberry haul this year! I bet they multiplied quite a bit and you have closer to 200-300 plants, now! As for the asparagus, the general rule of a light harvest the 2nd year is for asparagus starting from crowns. They may take a little longer grown from seed. You may want to be extra conservative and not go for a full harvest til the 4th year. Just a thought. Of course, it depends on how they perform. Maybe you'll have enough for a light harvest.

Thanks so much for your heads up advice! It is so much appreciated! I just bought the asparagus and strawberries from hand-picked as you suggested. I really trust your recommendations and time frames on purchases! I would’ve totally missed out this year planting these wonderful items! You are totally awesome!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad the video was helpful and timely. Please make sure to watch my two guides on planting asparagus and strawberries - especially the strawberries. It's critical to plant them properly and ensure you do not bury the crowns, or they will rot and die. Most of the negative reviews come from user error, so be sure to give at least the strawberry video a watch, because you may be surprised how high you may have to plant them.

Dale is cute as always. He’s having a great time with his toy. Your strawberries look pretty good in this cold. Thanks for the info.😊

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

He’s so handsome, and he knows it 😂 Thank you! I appreciate you watching.

Excellent advice to shop now for best selection. I planted first asparagus last year and so very much looking forward to your how to prune first year asparagus video. Thanks! Hugs to Dale!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I hope to put something together on cleaning up my asparagus bed and pruning within the next couple weeks. Dale says hi!

I always love the Dale clips at the end. The squeaking while zooming was adorable! I miss the warm winters down south! I’m in northern New England and I’m currently iced in dreaming of spring. I placed a small crown order of Martha Washington, but am really considering adding a second variety after seeing this. I also went with a single variety of bareroot strawberries (charlotte) and am tempted to order a second … just in case the first doesn’t do as well in our frigid zone 5. I’ll be looking forward to the upcoming asparagus videos!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I'll tell you what, it's pretty cold here! 29 degrees last night, and we have 7 nights that fall into the 20's over the next 10 days with the coldest advertised at 24. I know it doesn't sound all that bad compared to New England, but we aren't acclimated to these temps, here. Friday's high here is 37! That's literally 20 degrees below average, and almost every day for the next 2 weeks is anywhere from 10-20 degrees below average. I imagine you guys will be suffering, too, if we're freezing down here. I can't wait for February to get out of this January pit. Poor Dale is freezing with his short hair. I put him in a sweater the other day and he actually gave me a kiss for it, and he almost never gives anyone a kiss. He's not a licker (thankfully 😄 ). I've heard good things about the Charlotte strawberry. They're new, but getting rave reviews. I'm neck-deep in expanding more and more things, but once I get settled down, I may add some more of them and expand my strawberry patch.

@SiriusScientist

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener I know what you mean! I’m originally from the south and the idea of more cold is depressing. I’m definitely ready for spring and getting our garden together! Aw, I bet Dale is super cute in his sweater! Tonks, our border collie mix, loves the snow, but not the super cold temps (she’s our garden helper too). I’d love to see a video on how you plan garden or the stages you do for expansions! We have some going in this spring but want to expand over the next few years.

More great info...thanks! Dale is too cute! He's a very fashionable pup...another sweater he looks great in.🙂

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I remember when we said we were going to keep his clothing to a minimum: just a sweater and a rain coat. Now, he has an entire seasonal wardrobe 😂 Far more extensive than mine!

I will have to buy some plants from that hand picked nursery. Any time i can support a veteran, I absolutely will. Good to know. thanks.

Zoomies. Great video! I just adopted a little designer dog. She is amazing and loves the garden. Wanted to let you know my "winter" tomatoes are huge. Ken in southwest Florida

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am jealous of your winter tomatoes. I just got back from Tampa, Crystal River and Alachua. The weather was so nice down in west-central Florida. The cold has gotten for real here in NC. The next 10 days are some of the persistently coldest weather I’ve seen in the 5 years I’ve lived here 🥶

Aaaw man, I can’t wait for spring. I planted a bunch of June bearing last year. I also have a few ever bearing. The Ever bearing was flowering after the frost. They don’t produce much but it’s a nice surprise to find 2-3 berries here n there . I do need to plant a few more this year

@coryloggins3948

2 жыл бұрын

Day neutral varieties are good and you get berries first year

@Betty-qd8st

2 жыл бұрын

@@coryloggins3948 yea, that may be what I have , I think there ever bearing

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I like the Day-Neutral varieties, myself. If you want huge bushels of berries for processing, you pretty much have to grow Junebearing types. However, for handfuls of strawberries, I really like the Day-Neutral. I think the Everbearing types are the "odd man out" since they lack the large harvests of the Junebearing types and the consistency of Day-Neutral types. If you're a strawberry fanatic, you probably want a bed of Junebearing and a bed of Day-Neutral types so you'll have both buckets of early summer berries and regular handfuls all season long.

@Betty-qd8st

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener yes. Do wanna put strawberries in my freezer. I also like having fresh all summer.

There are tons of varieties. I just ordered "tribute everbearer, Surecrop June bearing and Earlyglow june bearing"

I’m also growing strawberries “I don’t remember variety” and moving to a sunnier location and I want to put some in a grow tower. These fruit all summer/fall, is it better to mix varieties that produce spring/summer with the variety I have. And best varieties? Any suggestions? I’m in Summerville SC. Also thank you so much for all you do. I so appreciate your advice and grow tips.

Hello. This is the second and third season for my Asparagus grown from seed. In the first 2 years the bed filled out nicely and last year I had a few small harvests and left the rest to grow into a tall bushy hedge. I also added several plants that I'd been growing in pots and now look forward to bountiful harvests of tasty spears this spring. My strawberries are on their second season and were heavy producers right into fall. I cut and disposed of the runners because there were just too many but planning on potting some up in the next growing season. Dale definitely loves his sqeek toys. My dogs always eventualy removed the sqeeker and chewed it apart.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Since you started your asparagus from seed, you may want to only have a light harvest this season, since they’ll be a bit behind if you began with crowns. Taking too much can slow the plants down. I think next year may be your “full harvest” year. You can cut off those strawberry runners and put them in little pots. Then, you can replace the tired, older plants. Individual strawberry plants decline after 2-3 years or so, so you can keep your patch young and healthy. The trick is finding a toy that can hold up to Dale. He is a hyper power chewer. He will tear the squeaker out of a stuffie in 20 seconds flat. The Nerf ball has held up so far. It is well-made!

@annakramar5088

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Dale's so smart when you told at Christmas to be gentle with squeaky....He cracks me up every time & makes me smile🤣

@goodwrighter7573

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks. I forgot that my Asparagus crowns aren't very mature and are still developing :)

I like Raintree Nursery for my bare roots. Thanks for the video.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video MG always learning from your channel! I thought you were going to say buy bare root fruit plants! (Just planted peaches and mulberry this week)

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I would never do that 😂 I have complete guides on these 2 plants, so I didn’t want to be long-winded, but I wanted to squeeze in a few tips and references to help aid your selection process. What’s good for my climate may not be good for yours!

@Youngstomata

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener last year at this time, bare root fruit trees were out of stock at my favorite nurseries!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@Youngstomata check out my Amazon Storefront. Hand Picked Nursery has a great selection available.

Thanks for info

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Got 25 of the Evie-2 everbearing from Hand picked in Oct doing real well in a oak pallet frame, also scenic hill farm nursery has Albion bareroot that i bought in end of Dec they are doing very well here in zone 8b South Georgia.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! I’m surprised they were stocked with roots in October. Their quality is top notch.

@TheSandersl1

2 жыл бұрын

Scenic Hill Nursery

Hi MG, I’m growing both strawberries and asparagus. They are in the same raised bed, but not interspersed. This is the second year for both. Can you please tell me when I should fertilize them? I’ve heard as early as January (I’m in 9B). Loving your message!!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

In 9B, I would fertilize them tomorrow! They’re going to be waking up shortly. I’m actually surprised you have asparagus in 9B! Cool! Now, when I say fertilize tomorrow, I mean with granulated organics and/or compost. Those fertilizers take months to break down fully, so it’s always good to place them a little early. Now is a good time to do it so the fertilizers are in a state of decay when the plants wake up in the next few weeks. When you see the asparagus break ground or the strawberries push new leaves, you can hit them with a water soluble fertilizer if you desire, since they are immediately bioavailable.

Thank again!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I once bought a pack of bare root strawberry plants from a big box store, and there were tiny roots and only 1 out of 10 lived.

Nice video! His strawberries and asparagus are amazing i purchased this past spring from him! However we were so impressed we purchased raspberries and blackberries and the raspberries were not great and I reached out several times with extremely delayed contact and then no contact at all. Would've loved to purchase from him sheikh but after that experience we searched else where.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I think it's a lot tougher to ship live plants. I suggest ordering them through Amazon, because you get all the benefits of Prime shipping. If you need to return something, simply initiate the return through Amazon. Using them as an intermediary is helpful, because you can still support the small business while having the protections of the larger platform.

Strawberry 🍓 sounds so darn delicious right now in this 🥶

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

And so easy to grow! They’re one of the first plants to fruit, so they’re so important to have to get us out of this winter slump. You can’t beat fresh fruit in April or May!

Watched this video last week and just received my strawberry roots from hand picked nursery in the mail today. Thanks for the tips! I am planning on planting my strawberries in an outdoor hydroponic grow tower and some in my raised beds. Should I start this inside for the next month and a half or so, or what would you recommend for my situation? I am located in NC as well, 7B. Thanks again!

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

That’s great! I would transplant the roots into pots as shown in this video, then move them into the tower come March: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZ5huZeBc7DZfdY.html

@qccards8716

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener I watched this as well and was planning on going this route. Was just curious if I could leave them outdoors without a greenhouse until March or if I needed to keep them inside

I have some asparagus I started from seeds in 2019 and have resisted harvesting any spears so far. Planted one pack of crowns from Walmart last year. Hopefully will harvest some this year. Bought some strawberry crowns from Hand Picked Nursery about a month ago and sadly none has shown any sign of life so far. I hope they grow.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You are probably due for a light harvest of asparagus this year. When the strawberry roots came, did they have any green leaves attached? Usually, his roots have a small amount of green leaves, and they shouldn't be completely dry. Did you soak them before planting and made sure you planted them high? They should only take about 10 days or so to show life if you started them indoors or in a greenhouse where it warms up. If you planted them directly outside in January, they can sit indefinitely, so they need to be maintained with moisture. This is why I prefer starting them in small pots.

I have two grow bags of asparagus two years old. The bags were frozen in our big freeze, should they be ok to transplant very soon, or should I order fresh crowns. I started these from seed, I believe they’re Mary Washington.

How long before the last frost date would you recommend starting strawberries from bare root in containers indoors?

I love my Albion strawberries in Connecticut!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

They're so sweet! The first time I planted them 5 years ago, I was shocked how much better they were than grocery store strawberries. They're so deep, dark red.

Go, go go Dale!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Dale doesn't run. He teleports! 😅

asparagus was the first thing I put in when I bought my house in 2017. finally getting some good amounts. I would love to do strawberry but the dang bunnies and birds are everywhere

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear about the asparagus. You'll be rewarded for many years to come! You can defeat the birds and bunnies by placing chicken wire on top of or around the strawberry patch. You can also grow them in raised beds or in grow bags where bunnies can't reach. Ultimately, the best cure is a fenced-in garden, if possible, but strawberries make great ground cover. You can even plant them around the house. Often, the rabbits won't want to come up to your house.

I just picked up a bag of bare root strawberries. Just a cheapy bag from Walmart called "all star" but I'm still excited. Thanks for all of the great information!! Aaaand now I see the "don't buy the first ones you see at a big box store" 😂😂 I totally get it though

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

My issue with store-bought strawberry roots is they're often dried out. If you got them early enough, they may still be fresh. Definitely give my guide to rooting them a watch: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZ5huZeBc7DZfdY.html Make sure you soak them ASAP to re-hydrate them and plant them ASAP. Make sure the crowns stay elevated. I like starting them in pots, but that's my personal preference.

@valerie362

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener I completely understand! Thank you!

Thanks so much for this information! It’s very helpful! Dale is fast.. wow!..even with a toy in his mouth😁 👍

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Dale is still fast, but 2 years ago when we first got him, he was like lightning. It was crazy. As fast as he is now, he's slowed down quite a bit 😅 I've gotten clipped by him a few times doing his zoomies and if you're not careful, you'll go down like a sack of potatoes.

My friend gave me a bunch of strawberry runners and dug-up plants. I've had them in my greenhouse for two months. Should I move them outside in the cold so they don't get confused which season it is? Did I already screw them up?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I think you'll be fine. They're new plants, so they won't fruit much for you the first season. I would actually recommend you keep them in the greenhouse, since they'll grow more quickly and have larger roots for transplant. You can probably hold off until late Feb/early March to plant them in-ground. Don't expect much, if any fruit, this season. It's next season they'll reward you, so work on getting them big and healthy this year.

Not to be a jerk, but it's funny to hear you say it's freezing and see you outside in just a sweatshirt. Where I live, there are many days where it stays negative temperatures all day. And yet, I'm planning my garden for this summer when it's actually warm! Cheers!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

It’s relative to where you’re used to. Here, cold is sporadic, so you cannot acclimate to it. I could say the same thing about folks that live in the Northeast or Midwest that are dying after their 3rd 90-degree day in a row when we are on our 43rd day over 90 in a row in the summer. Here, you acclimate to the heat, so 93 degrees with 77% humidity is just another day. But you never acclimate to the cold. When it comes, it is bitter.

Thank you for suggesting a veteran-owned business!!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I try to promote smaller growers where I can. One of the misunderstood things about Amazon is you don't need to buy directly from Amazon. There are many small sellers that use Amazon as their platform, so you can have all the shipping perks and simple returns the Amazon platform allows, but you can support small businesses, too! And, if you buy through someone's Amazon Storefront (like mine), you can support them, too. It's a great way to spread business around and support a lot of small businesses.

I got my strawberry and asparagus bare roots yesterday, but we’re still getting occasional freezing temps in the low 30s and upper 20s. Can I plant them now, uncovered and unprotected from the freezing temperatures?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Freezing temperatures are absolutely no risk at all to strawberries and asparagus. They can tolerate temps well below zero. As long as your garden soil isn't frozen, plant them right away. Here in NC, our ground never freezes, so I can plant today if I wanted to do so. If your ground is workable, plant whenever you'd like.

Question: both my strawberries and raspberries caught some sort of early blight, around end of June/early July. The first time for me. Could you please advise me on preventative/early measures to take?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Your best bet would be to apply a preventative anti-fungal spray. A good choice would be a natural copper concentrate that you can mix with water. Spray every 7-10 days. I have a copper fungicide linked in my Amazon Storefront if you need assistance searching for a few brands. If you do not want to use copper, you can try the Monterrey Complete Disease Control spray, which uses a natural bacteria (similar to yogurt bacteria) to colonize the leaves and crowd out any pathogens. This is not as strong as copper, but it will extend your season by delaying disease. It works better in drier climates than wetter climates. I have this product linked as well.

@lulasalem1250

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you so much. I’m in zone 7a, Norther VA . As you know, it’s very humid here, so I think it would be better to go with copper. I will go to your store.

@lulasalem1250

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener oh, when should I start spraying?

Looks like Jerseys are thick steamed. Purple are less fibrous. Purple and thick would be perfect. Thanks for the Southern source.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! They’ll all be better grown fresh than what you get at the store. I’ve never had purple asparagus, so I wanted some variety.

the best way to grow strawberries is every year or two you should cover some empty beds with black plastic to kill all weeds and seeds in the soil and than move all the strawberry plants into the fresh beds and they will never die doing this and you want to leave the beds you took the strawberries from for a while and continue to water them and you'll get a bunch of strawberry seedlings and than you should remove those and put them in Lil pots and cover the old beds with plastic to compost the weeds and seeds in the fastest time possible and than you can replant the seedlings and new runners in the old beds that are now completely new and fresh with no roots or weeds or seeds in the soil and you can add some extra soil ontop If you want but you really dont need it! Black plastic is the most useful tool a gardener can have! It completely removes the need to remove weeds which is the hardest part of gardening by far! And the black plastic is 100% reusable where as wood chips are way more expensive and will still let weeds get through unless you lay it super thick, the plastic only takes about a month to completely have nothing but amazing soil left no matter how weedy or grown in it is! You just chop and drop and cover in black plastic anytime you wanna create a new garden bed on your property! :) home depot sells black plastic in 20 foot by 100 foot rolls for only like $20 so its extremely cheap to cover a giant area for farming and you can use soil to hold it down at first but within days the plastic suction cups to the soil through a natural reaction of the plastic heating to 140 degrees during the day and causing the air to rise from the ground out of the black plastic than at night the air condenses and the plastic sucks down to the ground super tight! It's amazing how well it works!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good way to get an enormous patch of strawberries over time. I can tell you that's probably more than what I want since it's too hot for them to produce past late May here, but if you have the climate for it, strawberries are absolutely beautiful plants.

I have 45 strawberry crowns on order right now actually. I am going for long-season types that are packed with flavor. Aka... you can't get them in stores because they wont last long enough. Mara Des Bois (French accent required) and Charlotte

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard of Charlotte! It is new and is getting rave reviews, but it is hard to find still. Maybe next year for me. Right now, I have plenty.

@great0789

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener I bet you do indeed have a lot of berries on your hands. Charlotte is a child from Mara De Bois (ultimate flavor allegedly) crossed with a larger and firmer commercial berry. It was very hard to find both cultivars in bulk. I had to buy from two different places and have been waiting on the crowns for a few months already. They will be shipping from both places next month. Very soon it will be hard to buy from any place in bulk I bet. I had a hard time from waiting too long the last few years. Good job reminding everyone!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@great0789 honestly, I don't have that many strawberries - just the patch I show in my video. I do eventually intend to expand it, but I have so much going on that I'm content with what I have right now. If Charlotte continues to get rave reviews and becomes more common, I will likely give that one a shot. I love myself a variety of varieties! I'd like to hear how you like them in the long run.

@great0789

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener OK. I watch all your vids. I am sure I will be choking in on them in the future. I may even send some crowns your way some day after my beds fill out.

Great video. I sale and grow lots of plants from seeds.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

7a they stay green too . I have pine berry aka white strawberries that are running everywhere.

@MrBuzyb77

2 жыл бұрын

Also have some type of strawberries I grew from seeds really seedy fruit but really sweet and a red flowering strawberry

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I think some strawberry varieties are more cold hardy than others, but that's great to hear. I've never had those white pineberries. Do they taste like strawberries? They look pretty.

@MrBuzyb77

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener ever eat a pineapple and then eat a Strawberry. that taste they have in common is stronger in a pine berry. I would suggest to anyone to get one they are tasty.. just don't plant alot unless your want to use them that day or the next. 3 days max.. really short life on the berry

What should I do to take care of my new bare roots until I am able to plant them?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You can store them in your vegetable crisper in your fridge, or if you have a place in your garage or basement that constantly stays in the 40's, that could be good, too. Just make sure they don't dry out completely, and also make sure if you store them in the fridge, you store them in a paper bag. Don't use plastic, because they can get damp and rot. When it comes time to plant, make sure you soak them in a bucket full of warm water for 30 mins or so to hydrate them.

My strawberries got tons of runners last fall. Fyi to people watching you need to remove the runners or you will not get very many strawberries.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

A great trick is to clip the runners off and move them into pots like I did. Then you have the advantage of both higher producing plants and a ton of replacements to replace the old plants!

@Youngstomata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the knowledge!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@Youngstomata thank you for watching!

What about strawberries in containers? I don’t have enough yard space for a proper garden, so I’ve tried to grow them in containers and/or raised beds. They always die with the first cold snap. Will they re grow? Do I need to bring them in to the garage or something next winter? Or are they only perennial in the ground?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Strawberries can survive down to -20F. Frosts and freezes are no challenge to strawberries. Don't confuse the leaves turning brown or getting killed back with the strawberries dying. The roots are extremely hardy, and they come back as soon as it warms back up. The thing that kills strawberries is rot from being kept in soaking wet mix and the crown rotting.

@andreaholamon5238

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener wow!! I had no idea they were so tough! Thank you for all of your knowledge. My parents are in Southport and my dad gardens so I told him to watch your channel lol I grew up in Wilmington

When should you plant bare root strawberries? I live in eastern nc. Thanks.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

I would start them in trays in January and plant them out in the yard in March. I show you how to do this here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZ5huZeBc7DZfdY.html

Great advice, thanks for sharing. But, what is the trap for that was in your video?!?!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I have a rabbit in my yard. At least twice a week, Dale goes chasing after it at 10pm on his last pee break and he never catches it. It is chewing on one of my fig trees. I want to relocate it before it either kills a tree or Dale gets it 🐰 But it won’t go in the trap. I think I need a bigger one.

@borracho-joe7255

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Well that very nice of you! I would be in a blind with a pellet gun!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@borracho-joe7255 I struggle to kill anything that isn't an insect. I'm the guy that catches spiders and ladybugs inside the house and carries them to the door. Gnats, mosquitos, cabbage worms...I have no mercy, but I'm just not cut out for battle. That being said, if Dale happens to get the bunny one day, he had it coming. He's been chased out of this yard 50 times, and if he keeps coming back, he deserves to be Dale's squeaky toy 😂

Millennial, any cut of Italian-258 for me maybe??.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I have a whole bunch of them up on Figbid. Several listings right now. I will be putting up more, too.

What really surprised me is that brown lawn in climate with average temperatures above freeze.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Southern lawns are different. They do not grow all season, here. Southern lawns go into dormancy and turn brown. This is Centipede grass, which is only green from April thru November. Frost puts it into dormancy, and it will not wake back up until about 3-4 weeks after the last frost. Other common Southern lawns, like Zoysia and St. Augustine, do the same thing. Northern lawns that stay evergreen will not grow here in our climate.

How many strawberry plants can I put in a 20 in pot ? The one's I got have 10 in the pack.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

In one single 20 inch pot? I don’t know. You’d have to space them out. You’d probably want to keep them around 6 inches apart. I’ve grown strawberries in pots and actually cut 3 inch holes in the sides of the pots and jammed roots in the side holes! It worked!

I don't see a link to handpicked nursery. Am I just missing it?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

In the video description, I have a link to my Amazon Storefront. Navigate there and go to BARE ROOT PLANTS. I have all the plants linked there. It’ll take you to the Amazon page. Make sure the seller is HAND PICKED NURSERY under ADD TO CART.

Is the $12.95 for 1plant or for the 4 get 1 free at hand picked nursery

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure which item you are speaking of. None of the items on my storefront are $13, so you may be on a different page. You’ll either have to post to link or navigate through my Amazon storefront, where I have a description of all the items so it isn’t confusing.

Ahhhhh....my Quinalts were so flavorless. They tasted like lightly flavored strawberry water. I was getting ready to trash them! I guess I'll hold on to them for an other year.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Wait another year. I can't explain why, but the first season, I was so disappointed I contemplated ripping them all out. No flavor. Then, the second year, they produced the best tasting strawberries I've ever had in my life. And HUGE! What a difference a year made.

I’ve been told you can grow asparagus and strawberries together. Do you know if this is true?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I have not done it, but asparagus roots are deep and strawberry roots are shallow, so they shouldn’t compete heavily. I can tell you the asparagus ferns are intense and will block out sunlight though, so they will shade the strawberries big time. Not sure if this would be a problem and limit fruiting. I personally would not do this in a raised bed situation, but in an earth bed with some spacing, they would probably make good companions in rows next to each other. Just make sure the asparagus don’t shade the berries.

@stimmy86

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you!!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@stimmy86 you're welcome!

DID YOU PICK THE WINNERS OF THE FIG CUTTINGS YET ?

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! I announced it at the end of my last vide here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4pmqquvYda-gKw.html

Looks like it's already too late. Currently unavailable on all asparagus roots in the link

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

I’m early with this. They probably won’t be available until February. This is a reminder to put it on your to-do calendar.

@somejerkbag

Жыл бұрын

Gotcha. Done and done. Thanks 😊 This will be a great garden year

doesn't really look cold though..

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

The type of cold that is coming to the southeast is going to cause tremendous losses of crops and landscaping. It is going to make grocery store prices even higher. 10 degrees in the South is far worse than -10 degrees up North where industry is dormant during the winter.

@Avo7bProject

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Yeah I think your next video is going to show people that Wilmington can get iced up quite well, when the conditions of offshore moisture and northern cold air advection match up properly. Even the South Carolina coast is going to get a share.