Thank you again for another great video! I really liked this one! Take care Susan!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Alda. You take care as well!

Thanks for all your informative tips, best to you and Bill, Happy Spring!! 🌱 🌱

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You always have great gardening information!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kathleen!

Very helpful tips as always!

Thank you Susan for those great tips. I never knew about copper and slugs. Back when I was battling slugs on my hostas, I googled and tried so many other natural methods, that really didn't work well. I eventually removed those hostas. Funny thing is I have a hosta in another location that had no issue with slugs at all season after season. Strange. Well I just ordered a few new hostas for a shade garden I'm starting this year in the backyard and will defiitely keep the copper tip in mind. Wishing you a happy Spring, and much health to you and your family.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

I hope this works well for you. Stay healthy!

Great message about gardening, it's even more important now. Good tips for the brassicas.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Joyce!

Thanks for the video 👍

Susan thank you for another lovely video, please stay healthy and God bless!!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ana. You, too!

Thank you and God Bless!!

For the hoops , you can use water tubing from the hardware store. It's cheap and works. PVC is too stiff and more expensive. I also use toul for netting. Also cheaper than row cover.

@SusansInTheGarden

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, black poly sprinkler pipe works great and is very pliable.

amazing upload beautiful vegetable allotments useful tips informative topics thanks for sharing your wonderful experience with us I really enjoyed watching your awesome video happy spring

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Stay well.

thank you so much for sharing such a informative gardening tips. I love your ways of explaining so clearly all the topics. I am learning and greatly appreciate your postings...Be Safe and Well...

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Chantal. Stay well!

super helpful! thank you so much!

@SusansInTheGarden

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@beginnersmindfarmstead8057

Жыл бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden this is my first year doing cabbage. i tried broccoli a few years ago and it just got eaten up by the bugs. But going to try out the netting this year and this video gave me all the info i was looking for. ❤💛💚

@SusansInTheGarden

Жыл бұрын

@@beginnersmindfarmstead8057 I wanted to point you to a video I did later in the season last year, in which I compare the different types of covers for keeping the bugs away from cabbage family crops: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5x4tMuFiJiWZ5M.html. Also, I wrote about cabbage worms in my garden column for today. Here's a link to it on my blog: www.susansinthegarden.com/2023/03/column-cabbage-worms/. I just wanted to make sure you had the latest information!

@beginnersmindfarmstead8057

Жыл бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden thank you so much!

What is the width of the tulle bolt that you ordered? I am isolated at home and your videos make me feel like Im actually outside chatting with friends. Thank you!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Famous! Thank you for your nice comments. I'm feeling pretty isolated myself but have so many projects I'm working on that I don't have much time to think about it. The width of the tulle I bought is 108". I know that sounds super wide but you have to account for it going up and over the hoops. Take care.

great video. thanks Susan. May I ask if you remember where you got your tulle? also do you remember the hole size of your tulle? thanks so much

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, JJ. Glad you enjoyed the video. I bought a bolt of the tulle online last year but I can't recall where I got it! I probably was from Amazon but I'm not sure. I do recall choosing "premium" quality because the mesh is quite fine. I hope this helps.

Hi Susan, Thank you for all the information you provide! I am new to growing my own produce, however, I live in a condo and don't have a backyard to grow in raised beds. Can I use the same techniques to grow on my balcony in barrels? My balcony gets 6 hours of sun each day so it seems like it could work! Any advice is greatly appreciated!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Rick. Yes, you can definitely grow vegetables in containers. That's great that your balcony gets 6 hours of sun. The planting would be the same. The main thing you'll need to keep an eye on is the soil moisture because containers tend to dry out quickly. You might even consider getting some self-watering containers, which have a water reservoir in the bottom so you can go longer without needing to water them. Here's a link to some at Gardener's Supply, they seem to have the best selection: www.gardeners.com/search?q=self-water.

@rkersey42

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much!!

Hi Susan, great video as usual! I bought a bolt of double wide tulle and have been using it over my brassicas and over a high arch on a mixed row of squash and kale. I fight with squash vine bores and pickle worms here in Atlanta. If I can get the squash established without svb damage, subsequent damage is manageable. Pickle worms are another story. But they are parented by a nocturnal moth. So I plan to keep my tulle pinned up during the day on one side, then a few quick clips will lower it in the evenings. So this leads me to a question about the tulle. I’ve noticed that my tulle is pretty fragile after using it for only one season. I think that it is a plastic type material (I do not sew very much so I don’t know the right terms) and that the intense sun of the south is damaging the plastic very quickly. Is there a way to uv treat the netting so it lasts a little longer? I like the passivity of using the netting but I need to balance the benefit with the plastic that goes to the landfill. Any advice would be appreciated!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Danielle. To be honest, I'm not sure what tulle is made from but I *am* sure it was never intended for use as a row cover, LOL. I have been able to get my tulle covers through 2-3 seasons by handling it carefully. I don't know of anything that you can spray on it to make it last longer, and would probably be nervous about handling something like that, to be honest. Sorry I'm not of more help to you.

Very informative video! Any suggestions on how I could install row covers on Brassicas that will be grown in a round pot?

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

You could make 2 small hoops and insert them perpendicularly to each other, then lay a row cover over it, plus weight it down so it won't go anywhere.

@mercyl2355

4 жыл бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden Thank you!

Can I ask where your blog is please and do the copper still work if it starts to rust?

@SusansInTheGarden

Жыл бұрын

Hi there. My blog is located at www.susansinthegarden.com/blog/. And the copper tape has been effective for a few years now.

Bought and covered my kale with tulle and finally able to avoid cabbage worm infestations. Thanks! Somehow still ended up with a few worms, but it was manageable. I'm hoping to get 2 or 3 seasons from the tulle, but after one season, despite careful handling, I ended up tearing a few holes. Any suggestions on repairing holes? I suppose sewing is an option, but that would take some time.

@SusansInTheGarden

3 жыл бұрын

Well, first of all, I'm so glad you mostly had success! Re: the tulle holes, it is so delicate and does degrade a bit after a couple of seasons. I use clothespins to pinch shut any troublesome holes.

Hi Susan, where do you buy tulle and what size for 4ft bed? I tried row covers but it doesn’t let rain and water in.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

I buy tulle online by the bolt because the prices are much more reasonable than buying it by the yard at a fabric store. I buy the 108" width (9' wide). It's a bit wider than I need but I believe the next size down is 54" and that isn't wide enough. Here is an example of what I bought: www.bbcrafts.com/products/ivory-108-inch-premium-tulle-fabric-bolt-w-108-inch-l-50-yards. I chose the premium quality because it has really fine mesh.

I was born in the middle of a cabbage field. A 'Crop Duster' an old bi-plane, would spray every week to kill the cabbage moths.

@SusansInTheGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Yikes. I'm sure they were spraying some pretty nasty stuff.

Hi Susan. I live in Gilroy, CA (Zone 9). Today, is April 9, 2020, can I still sow cauliflower and broccoli?

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Irene. I found this information for you and it looks like you might want to wait until August to sow the seeds: www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-9-10-11/zone-9-vegetable-planting-guide.htm.

@irenejoven9152

4 жыл бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden Thanks, that's what I read as well. :)

Susan - I am wanting to cover my honey crisp apple tree to keep the deers off of it. They chomp on it all season. Can I use a row cover to do this?

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Terri. That is so frustrating. I don't know what size your honeycrisp apple tree is but usually floating row covers aren't all that feasible for something like a tree. I did shoot a video on dealing with deer last year and perhaps there will be some ideas that will help: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2WXu8h9lLrbYKQ.html.

@terristraub7797

4 жыл бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden I some how missed this video. This was extremely helpful and I think I'm starting with the soap. It is a smaller tree and I could get the cover over it but the soap will be easier. Thanks for the quick response and help!

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to give you some ideas, Terri. Good luck!

shhhh used piece s of my husband's pex pipe lol.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

LOL.

Some how we still got cabbage worms with cover

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that's annoying. I can only think of 2 ways that would happen: 1) if you purchased plants from a nursery or garden center, there were probably already eggs on the undersides of the leaves, or 2) if the cover wasn't secured around the perimeter of the planting, perhaps a wily cabbage butterfly or cabbage looper moth snuck in there!

Is the apostrophe in Susan's correct? I am no expert but it looks incorrect to me.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, David. Where are you looking? If you're referring to "Susan's in the Garden," that means Susan IS in the garden, which is correctly. The name of my "brand" initially came from the fact that my weekly gardening columns for our newspaper are grouped under the name of "In the Garden." So my husband came up with the idea that my website, etc. should be called "Susan's in the Garden." As a fellow member of the grammar police, I'm pleased that you're looking at such a minute detail, LOL!

I don't grow brassicas because they're magnets for aphids etc. I grow garlic, tomatoes, eggplants and barter with neighbors who have brassicas. My philosophy. Do less but do it well. TULLE is worth considering. Thanks.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 жыл бұрын

Whatever works for you, Daniel, is the way to go!