Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You bet

Chickens love clovers! 🍀

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they do!

Overwintering in East Central Florida.9b. I started my seed July 30th. Can't remember when I transplanted but mine are bulbing!! I did some ammonium sulfate but never really kept a strict schedule. I am shocked our warm December didn't kill them. It seemed to accelerate them.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They don't seem to mind a warmer winter. That's probably why ours are so slow. We had a cold November.

My chickens started laying just 2 weeks ago. I tried a chicken tractor when they were smaller but a skunk killed 6 of them so now I just dump the coop cleanout on the raised beds.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about the skunk. Luckily, we haven't had anything trying to dig underneath ours yet.

Travis you can't go wrong putting that straw down good for everything all around.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I like it for the crops like garlic which are in the ground a long, long time.

Gardening in SWFL is a bit different from other areas of the country. This is me second year of growing (Dixondale) onions. Was very pleased with last year's harvest, but bulbs didn't get as big as reported. I contribute that to this gardner's habits. I watered and fertilized, but perhaps not enough! My plants look good and healthy. Also, I decided to try growing leeks this year, even if I am doubtful how well they'll do because of the heat. But, heck, ya never know unless you try. You make me think about possibly starting onions from seed for next year.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You should try growing your own plants and compare them to some of the Dixondale plants to see what you like best -- or see if you think it's worth the effort.

I can't plant onions yet in Missouri.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Probably getting close though!

Putting those chickens on kale will certainly give them some needed calcium for the new eggs coming!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

That's the plan!

Yes I agree with the crazy weather slowing down the onion growth. Just keeping fingers crossed.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They'll get there. Just might be a little later on our harvest.

This is my first year to overwinter onions from seed. I’ve always bought big box store starts that never did well. Last year I tried seeds but didn’t realize I needed to grow short day onions in zone 9a. My plants look great. The greens look healthy, free of disease, and are standing straight up. I’m super happy and excited for my first harvest this year. Thanks for the info and updates.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear Amy! Sounds like you're going to have a great onion crop this year!

I identify with your Amaranthus annoyance. It's a problem in the PNW also. Does it ever get cold enough to kill the little pest? Lol! My mother referred to them as her other kids for their need of fertilizers. Warm and fuzzy memories! Peace on your doorstep!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They've been knocked back this week with the sudden onset of cool weather -- thankfully!

This is my first year over wintering onions in NC zone 7b. We got a surprise snow storm and they've been buried for a few days. Snow should be about gone by tmrw and I'll see how they're doing. Might have to get some more started just in case! Thanks for sharing your experience with us! 💜

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

As long as your temps weren't below 20 for a long time, they should recover. Might have to "baby" them a little bit to get them back to full strength.

Chicken manure is good for everything and more specially for chapped lips,heals them up real quick cause you want be lickin them lol.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

What was the wheel assembly on the tractor ?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Right here: www.chicklifts.com/

Might I suggest for your alfalfa pellet test, grow a couple rows of the same plants in the same plot, one set with alfalfa only and one with compost only. That would be a more definitive test.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I could do that, but I'd have to do it in one of the plots that wasn't heavily composted like this one.

I use blood meal on my onions in the spring. I am starting onion seeds next week in zone 6a. I am so happy you're coming around to no till and using a mulch! I use the grass clipping as a mulch too. It makes nice food for the microbes in the soil.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

It's fun to have lots of different techniques and systems at play all at once so we can compare the + and - of each.

No till is not a very accurate description anyway. Minimal tillage is more accurate but doesn't roll off of the tongue quite the same. Maybe low till? The main thing is leaving the soil layers intact as much as possible.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I like "low till" a lot!

I agree with you, the garlic is a long time crop. I'm not going to grow it again since I could harvest something else twice by now.

Hey Travis! Great information. I have my onions in a raised bed. Ordered them from Dixondale. Got them planted about 10 days ago. So far so good. Feeding them with Agrothrive and fish emulsion. First time growing onions. I figure most of the produce I get at the local Publix, I can grow myself!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You got this!

@urbanbackyardcontainergardenin

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks!

Second year overwintering 1015Y Sweet onions directly sowed in raised beds in Oklahoma Zone 7a. Our Growth is identical. Sowed seeds on October 1st. I have mulched with chopped straw and am able to cover each bed with a tarps when temps dip below 32*. I have experienced some tip burn when temps got in the teens and we were frozen solid for 48 hours but have not lost any plants as of yet. Thanks for sharing your garden tour!!!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Usually they don't suffer unless temps get below 20, but every frost is different. Good to hear yours are still kicking!

Thanks so much for the onion update. This is my first year with over winter onions so I didn't know what to expect. I've been following your lead and so far they all look healthy. I expected the green tops to be straighter and more upright, but they kinda flop all over the place. I'm glad to see yours do that, too. This is also my first time with elephant garlic. I have to confess when I went looking online to buy heads for planting last fall I thought it was way too pricey. I actually found huge heads at Publix for $4.99. Three heads gave me 20 cloves, and they all sprouted and grew. Now they're huge! I'm having a wonderful harvest of snow peas again this year. In your recent video, when you mentioned planting a second round of English peas got me the thinkin', "Hey, I got pea seeds, I could do that, too." So, Little Marvels are going into an open spot this Friday.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear the store bought garlic is growing well! Seed garlic isn't cheap.

I'm down in Florida near Daytona Beach. I have about 72 of the "Grano 502" variety that I started from seed in early September, and planted them out in October. I filled a raised bed with them with only six inches spacing in all directions. No wide row spacing. I amended the soil with Black Kow and 6-6-6 before planting, and used liquid 20-20-20 for the first few feedings every two weeks until December. Once they started to take off and weeds started becoming a problem, I weeded the bed real good and put down tacky straw. Now they're getting Ammonium Sulfate in their water every two weeks or so. They are now HUGE and looking fantastic. I've only tried onions once before, but this time it's going MUCH better (didn't realize how hungry onions are the first time I tried and I guess I didn't fertilize nearly enough). I really appreciate your wisdom on growing onions. So far, a modified version of your tips and advice is working out great for me! If there was a slowdown due to the warm December, I didn't see it here.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They are very hungry! It's tough to overfeed them. Glad to hear yours are doing well!

Alfalfa meal has worked better for me than the pellets. I also like to use the Alfalfa meal in tandem with cottonseed meal.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Does chicken are getting big eating those greens

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They are! Some of the prettiest looking chickens I've ever seen, although I may be a bit biased. lol

Travis you said you was using straw to mulch that garlic. But what I saw you pick up was pine needles. Won't the pine needles make your soil acidic?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

We call it "pine straw" around here, so that's why I used the term straw. I'll remove the straw once the garlic is done, so hopefully it doesn't make the soil acidic.

@SH-gd9uq

2 жыл бұрын

I get it, as long as the needles don't get turned into the ground to break down, shouldn't make the soil acidic. Make sense

So worth growing no till onions for me. I just clip tops off before transplating so they stand upright and took off last yr. I also took soil away from them as they bulb up and wow those candy onions took off. Love the red onions as well and looking good Travis...... Only thing different I would do is trim the tips off before transplanting. 🌱😁

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

We did trim some right before transplanting, and almost all of them died. Trimming in the trays a couple weeks before planting worked, but trimming right before planting was a disaster for us.

@cpnotill9264

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Oh dear.....

Great video Travis. Plots are looking good and healthy and you should get some good eating groceries!!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim!

If you ever need to side dress after you mulch, just rake the straw to the side and apply the same way you always do then rake it back and add a little more straw

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Good point!

That's first egg will brighten your day.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait!

Blight and slow growing in Arkansas in tunnel

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

We might end up getting some blight before it's all over. The good thing is that it usually doesn't bother the actual onion much. Just makes the green part look ugly.

Another great video and late comment. Question: You side dress with Nature Safe 13-0-0. Do you see any "real" advantage of Nature Safe 13-0-0 versus 12-0-0 blood meal in a smaller container garden? Trying to come up with a fertilization plan. Thanks and please advise when you get a moment.

@LazyDogFarm

Жыл бұрын

The Nature Safe 13-0-0 does have a little ammonium-based nitrogen in it, which means that it provides a quick pop in addition to the slow release that you typically see with organic fertilizers. That's the advantage IMO.

@davidscarborough713

Жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks Travis. Makes sense.

This year, I've only managed to plant a few bunching onions - Next year, I'll try harder to get ahead of the game. We keep having several hard freezes, then a day or two of mornings in the 40's, then hard freezes. Weird weather, for sure!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. We get all four seasons in one day around here.

I'm hoping our onions don't get killed off by this snow

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They were calling snow for us earlier in the week, but looks like just rain now.

It sure is a pleasure to watch your garden grow while mine is under a couple of feet of snow and the mercury expected to dip to minus 25C tomorrow! I was all excited about alfalfa pellets until I saw people warning about how it can attract rats, I don’t want any of those in my suburban garden! I think a bacteria based tilled soil for annual crops and a fungal based no tilled soil for perennial crops is the right way forward for me.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't noticed any rat issues, but we do have two cats that are rat killing machines!

My elephant garlic is looking good, but the onions are at a standstill!!! ✌

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to be the case with a lot of folks.

My onions are doing Good (Rough looking )considering it has snowed 3 times here in the last few weeks. They stayed buried for days, There still green but folded down...

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear they survived!

I agree with the temp fluctuation. Also, I will trim mine from now on. I planted the majority of mine not trimmed and they just looked horrible. When I weeded I trimmed and they seem to be putting out new leaves. Also I had about 50 that weren’t ready and I transplanted them 3 weeks ago and I trimmed them. They look wonderful. That being said I can’t say with certainty that made the difference. We had an extremely warm November and early December and then one night we had frost and the next night a hard freeze. We are expecting another hard freeze the next couple of nights and we have put up some hoops and covered with plastic. I’ll vent each day but I don’t want to lose my crop to a freeze. This year I’ve not used the 20-20-20 as heavily as usual. I always till my raised beds pre planting with a mantis 4 cyl. Also, no sign of blight here either.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear no blight! We trimmed one row right before planting and almost all the transplants died. I took the leftover transplants in the greenhouse, trimmed them, and used them to fill in some gaps. Seems like mine did much better if they were trimmed a few weeks before planting.

I'm glad you will do a test plot just with alfalfa pellets. I am concerned about herbicides being present in the pellets and destroying the soils

@markware7748

2 жыл бұрын

I live in alfalfa country. Established fields would not generally require herbicides since the alfalfa itself will outcompete about any broadleaf weed. Since the primary market for alfalfa pellets is for livestock feed, the occasional weed that may be incorporated at harvest would not be worth the expense to eradicate.

@eanderson1801

2 жыл бұрын

@@markware7748 thank you.

My onions are going slow!!! My garlic is going ok, definitely outpacing the onions!

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to be the case with just about everyone.

The pine straw would be rough on little bare feet. 😮 My onions are fine but they are still indoors being just a month old. They won't go into the garden until the beginning of March. You will probably be harvesting your onions a short time after mine go in. The corn should love all that chicken manure.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Those kids have tough feet. I can't walk anywhere barefoot, but those kids and their mom could walk on lava with bare feet.

What is the cost of the Alfalfa pellets per pound. Those onions do look good they are really going to be large.

@stevefromthegarden1135

2 жыл бұрын

Tractor Supply by me has a 50 lbs bag for $17.29 Which works out to 35 cents a pound (not including tax) A 40 lbs bag of organic pellets is $23.19 or 58 cents a pound.

Do u trim ur tops at any point?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I tried trimming some in the trays before transplanting. But I don't trim them once in the ground.

That garden's so vibrant green. Just curious, how far north do people overwinter onions?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Onions can usually withstand temps down to 20 degrees, as long as they are sustained. Not sure where the exact dividing line is, but it usually just depends on how cold your winters are.

We're having a Canada Alberta Clipper arctic blast just starting right now so we're several weeks away from anything doing in the garden.

@handleistakenthatisunfortunate

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Alberta, I'm several months away from doing anything in the garden, enjoy your arctic blast!

@Titus-as-the-Roman

2 жыл бұрын

@@handleistakenthatisunfortunate Now, Now, don't have to be mean about it, we live where we live and the Climate is what it is, as the old TV show, "Only the Facts"

My onions are a little behind as well, but my carrots are well ahead of schedule... I may not get to over winter them... I'm already picking them, and most of them are gonna be ready very soon if things don't slow down drastically... kinda crazy.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Our carrots can be eaten now, but they're not really big. It's time to start gathering a few here and there for snacks though.

i am in zone 7b and thought i would try growing through the winter and have decided that it would only work in the mildest of our winters i have row covers on them and about half of the tops are burned off but they all seem to be alive and some even show signs of new growth i have went ahead and seeded a set of onions for a normal planting and will probably not have any success with the ones out now as there are some really cold in the low teens nights ahead

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

At least you tried and now you know!

Do you always keep your chickens caged?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes we do. Several years ago we had a different chicken tractor and we used the Premier One electric netting around it to let them roam a bit during the day. Our chickens were killed one by one by hawks and other predators. So this time around, they're in the tractor and get moved every day.

Is that like rabbit feed from a feed store?

@LazyDogFarm

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Led420canadian

Жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm nice I’m gonna have to try that out, thanks for sharing your info 🙏

Anyone else lose their over winter onions with the massive temp change? Even the frosty berseem clover got wacked down. Very disappointing. Zone 8a

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

That's crazy that it got the berseem clover. That stuff is usually really cold-tolerant.

@Willy_Peter

2 жыл бұрын

I know right! I had several rows of Winter Rye planted that also burned really bad. 12 rows of carrots that were 3 weeks from harvest had the tops burned off as well.

I read in the farmers almanac that pigweed was a good companion plant for onions what are your thoughts.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Pigweed is a companion of the devil. lol

Ok I have a question. All I could get was soil from a place. It sheds water. I put a ton of 13 13 13. Humas and manure. . . I do have about 30 yard in piles of very very course city yard waste. I go get on Saturdays in beaumont. Question. All I have for fertilizer on hand is a small bag of bone and blood meal. And triple 13 left. What would you put on onion garlic and small cabbages broccoli Brussels. They look pitiful. So sad. I know it has to do with that stuff I got last year that sheds the water. Trying financial afford watering system. Ok I'm rattlin. Confusing.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

For the onions and brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, sprouts), you'll want to use mainly nitrogen once they're up and going. We use Nature Safe 13-0-0, but use whatever you can find. Manure will work as well.

Please make sure your alfalfa pellets are herbicide free.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

These FRM pellets we've been using are, thankfully.

How are the onions you topped doing? My onions were slow going to but looking better now. Should I worry about this ice storm getting the onions ?thanks

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

The ones that I topped immediately prior to planting didn't fare well at all -- lost a bunch of those. The ones I topped in the greenhouse for filling in the gaps later did really well. Seems like topping helps make the transplants a little tougher, just don't to do it right before planting.

Great information.. Speaking of alfalfa pellets....Question: If as we build our compost process, how about adding alfalfa pellets to boost the nitrogen? As we add shredded paper, cardboard, etc. we are adding a lot of carbon without nitrogen, so if we add nitrogen, won't that help the nutrients in the building of the compost? As the alfalfa pellets break down it will add a lot of bacteria and fungi to help the breakdown and create nematodes and protozoa ....again building the compost much faster...???

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

We've had several viewers mention that they add the alfalfa pellets to their compost. Seems like it works well.

i set onions about one month ago. how long til they should be ready for harvest

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You're probably looking at April for a harvest date, but it can vary slightly from year to year.

Hey, luv them onions! I always grow about 1500 for my own use and give away. I need some info in laymans terms on winter squash for saving seeds w/o crossing, im not sure about pepo, mashata, and mixta.. do they cross? How about summer squash crossing with winter squash ?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You've got four species of winter squash: C. moschata, C. maxima, C. mixta, and C. pepo. As long as you don't plant the same species close to one another, the seeds you save should be true to variety. I usually plant a plot with one variety from each species, that way I have a good mix. Summer Squash is C. pepo as well, so it would cross with some of the C. pepo winter squash varieties if planted close to it.

@jeffmartin693

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks so much!

I have to admit that I was not a fan of strowing the alfalfa pellets on top of three/four inches of compost to furnish nutrients for the soil microflora. It's like pulling the bed covers over your head and then having to chew your way through them before you can get to your groceries. "Money can't buy happiness, but money can buy chickens which will lay eggs that you can eat for breakfast and that will make you happy". (Seen on a shopping bag)

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You have a valid point. Although in this no-till system, feeding the soil organisms is a big part of the equation.

My onions seem to have taken off, but leaves are laying down and seem to be all over the place, I Actually just had. Taken a pic today to post since it is only the first time starting onions from seeds. Was curious if I should trim the tops so it’s not such a twisted mess? I also used the alpha pellets and just added a few hand fulls yesterday..

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I don't ever trim the tops. You can if it makes you feel better though.

@eroggero

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm lol ok thanks, I have seen it done guess it For aesthetics, didn’t know if it would help with disease prevention. I noticed I’m getting a lot of white streaks or spots. Didn’t know if that would be a cause. Thanks again

My onions look about like yours. This is my first year growing onions so I was kinda worried.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

They take a good bit of patience because they're in the ground so long. But they should get there!

What nutrients do you focus on when they bulb?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

None. You want to stop fertilizing when they start bulbing.

Seed starting question for you: I remember back in your RXR days you were against bottom watering seedlings in the 162 trays. Are you still against it? What are your cons against doing that? Thanks

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

We'll actually be discussing this on Friday's video about seed starting. But the shorter answer is yes. I don't like bottom watering. I'd much rather water from the top. But I have a greenhouse and so the water can just drip on the dirt floor. If you're indoors, you pretty much have to use bottom trays.

my onion was looking good then they all started falling over and 2 days later they died not sure what happened my garlic and carrots are doing better than normal

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Uh oh! Sorry to hear that about the onions.

What effects are you seeing using pine straw? I've been afraid to use pine straw in the garden because of what I've been told about acidity and what not. I would love to hear what you have found. I have 38 acres of nothing but a pinestraw "factory" that could be useful to me. Let me know.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

First time using it in the garden. We've used it around our house amongst the shrubbery for years. I'm not planning on tilling it into the soil. Just using it as a blanket to help keep the soil cooler in spring.

what is your cost per plot now it seems really expensive compared to how you used to grow

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

The no-till plots have definitely been a bit of an investment because all the compost we had to add to get them started. But all the other plots are the same as they've always been. We may be doing a little more cover cropping than we were in the past, but that would be the only expense increase.

@usn038

2 жыл бұрын

thank you i copied your layout for the dream garden thinking about trying a no till one but the implements here in ms are really expensive

man look at you in a t-shirt dang one day i will live down south for the winter.i remember when you planted the onions but now that i look at it why did you waste so much space?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Fleece jacket one day, t-shirt the next day. We'll experience all four seasons in one day around here. When I'm doing trials like this comparing a bunch of different varieties, I like to give them some extra space. It's mainly for the camera so it makes it easier to show the differences. I could certainly plant them closer if I wanted.

Where did you get alfalfa pellets? My onions look about like yours. I've been giving mine some well composted chicken manure tea. The plants look healthy but aren't growing as fast as they usually do. I'm of the same opinion on the wierd weather affecting the growth. Man I hope you can find some good music for your in between talks lol.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I got these from a local feed and seed store. I think it was the FRM brand. What kind of music do you like? I'm open to suggestions.

@marysurbanchickengarden

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm We have FRM products here in southeast Al. I can deal with the music, I'm probably your oldest sub and I don't want the young ones complaining. John Denver made some all around good theme songs about country life. Have a listen and I bet you're gonna like it and all the lazy dog fam will to. But if you like what you play don't pay me no mind. God bless!

your hens are growing and are bigger now, hence why they are grazing more.. they will probably begin laying in one more month. the comb needs to be larger before they begin laying.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dawn!

I have a question that is totally off topic from this video. My Burpee catalog has a variety of corn that Burpee says was bred to be grown in pots. It looks interesting -but i have never grown corn and although I'm seriously considering trying some just for fun (because gardening should be fun) I'm a little intimidated. Any advice? If I go ahead with this, what kind of fertilizer should I use?

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen people grow corn in small raised beds, but not sure I've ever seen it grown in pots. Corn is wind-pollinated and usually requires a minimal amount of plants to get ears full of kernels. If growing it in a pot, you're definitely going to have to hand-pollinate it by shaking the pollen from the tassels onto the ears when they develops. Corn is a heavy feeder. You'll want to give it a balanced fertilizer (relatively equal parts of N-P-K) initially and then feed it a fertilizer that's just nitrogen.

Travis last year my onions were slow to grow but that was do to the bad cold spell in Feb. those -14 degree days zapped mine. It also was dry and had to water heavy and they finally came on late and made pretty good onions despite what happened to them. Just give em time I think they'll come on. PS I use alfalfa hay same difference different way of application with same effects. Alfalfa hay is a good feed and helps mulch the grounds.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear the onions turned the corner. Hopefully ours will do the same.

the mulch looks great now all you need is 1 foot of snow to hold it all down.lol good stuff travis.

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Haha. That would definitely probably help with getting the softneck garlic to stratify, but not sure my other plants would appreciate it much.

You need to put you some fake eggs I use just white plastic easter eggs

@LazyDogFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I do need to get some of those!