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Your gardening videos are the best on the Internet. Thanks so much

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! I really appreciate that.

@steveneady7027

9 ай бұрын

​@@TheMillennialGardener9😊😊0

I put the 40% shade cloth over my garden in June after seeing your video and all my crops are killing it!!! Thanks for all that you do!!! Just another North Carolina gardener Charlotte Area!!

Pro Tip: Plant your tomato plants between basil plants and your tomato plants will never again be bothered by Tomato Hornworms -who detest the smell of basil! I've been doing it for 3 years now and haven't seen a tomato hornworm since I started doing it. My tomatoes grow like crazy here in SC zone 8A. It WORKS! I will never forget to plant tomatoes without basil.

@ap97718

9 ай бұрын

Yeah... That tip sure doesn't work for me here in NC. I have basil and dill in between my tomatoes, and the hornworms and fruitworms found my tomatoes just fine. However I was vigilant and able to control them early with BT.

@emilybh6255

9 ай бұрын

@@ap97718 They need to be close to them. I'm in SC zone 8 and this year have one bed with two large tomato plants and 3 large lettuce leaf basil plants right next to them. Then I have another garden with 4 large tomato plants and have three large Basil plants right next to them. No problems. They are producing like crazy but the basil plants aren't any more than 12 inches away and it is usually more like 6 inches. I'm removing the flower buds from the basil so I've been keeping them growing and producing leaves. They are all mostly also under shade cloth.

@MoparRob440

9 ай бұрын

Same

Please check your peanut butter to make sure there is NO XYLITOL !!! Deadly to dogs ... and the peanut butter companies have started putting that in their mix ... Love Dale !!!!

Agree with your conclusion, especially with respect to shade growing. Hard to believe the beefsteak planted next to your sunroom has enough shade to make a difference, but apparently it does. I never expect long-term production from tomatoes, even indeterminates. This year I cut back three tomatoes to about 6 inches, expecting them to regrow for some fall production. So far, in shade, they are looking good. (From a facilitation background myself, normally I don't like rapid-fire lecture videos, but with visuals and camera movement, you maintain attention and I expect viewer retention level is pretty high. Thanks . . . look forward to your output.)

@laddieokelley6095

9 ай бұрын

If you interpret my comment as criticism, you have an issue with perception. Wow

So happy you found these resolutions... this whole summer I have had a shade cloth over all my veggies, and I have more veggies than ever with no insect issues. I live in Zone 9b/California w/ hot summers no rain, but not as humid as your area.

Danbury, CT here…love your green thumb videos and I’m only 64 years old…haha still learning how to garden and give our plants the best they can get! Stress free is how both us humans and our plants need to grow! Live life to the fullest, talk to your plants (I sing to mine but not sure if that stresses them out more…haha). Be well my friend, your good news and updates inspires all us “kids” to be better gardeners and enjoy this lovely world that God gave us! Peace

@rosemaryus-ct6151

9 ай бұрын

hey i grew up in ct; [waves hello]. i came to visit my daughter in nc in 2019 and covid trapped me here for three yrs. i came to love it and stayed, though i still have the house in ct. ur correct; stress free is the way to go lol. i talk to my plants. i say, 'grow dammit or ur going in the compost pile.' kidding. i hope u enjoy gardening as much as i do. have fun.

Ramble on we so appreciate you sharing! Gentle hugs to our Dale....

Your videos are always so helpful!!! ❤

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad to hear they're helping.

I appreciate this video so much. Thank you for taking time to experiment with your garden, then show the results to help others create better growing conditions in their own backyards. We will be implementing these tips next summer, for sure. Blessings to you and Sweet Dale.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I want folks to learn from my mistakes. So many people are suffering (somewhat needlessly) in the summer heat. Shade cloth is the solution we've been waiting for. And it's actually pretty inexpensive. I believe it's as essential as a shovel to a gardener. Dale sends his love!

One reason I keep coming back to your channel is way you show your own original experiments, and back up your claims with actual results from your own garden. Excellent as usual!

I discovered this on accident. I live in southeast VA and I have one of those large, cantilever umbrellas. We leave it up when it gets super hot to make being outdoors bearable, but I was worried bc it shaded some of my supposedly "sun-loving" plants. Lo and behold though, the shaded plants did VERY well while the rest got scorched. Definitely going to use shade cloth next year. Great vid, as always!

Thank you. Makes sense. Next year I am absolutely going to make a shade cover for my garden.

Dale is such a good boy and gotten big. Poor guy can't get a break with thunderstorms and motion sickness. You're absolutely correct with gardening. Sometimes, we need to think differently and backward to be more productive. Great video 😊

So true. I knew farmers who used that technique for a few decades ...Plastic tunnels/houses in winter and screen/shade tunnels/houses in summer. Screen/shade cloth protects the plants from excessive sun/uv, hail, wind and animals.

First you outsmarted your climate then you outsmarted Dales motion sickness! I had unusually cool weather most of the spring and it really stressed out my garden plants. The pest pressure was worse than i’ve ever seen.Some of my plants never recovered and all were set back at least a month so there is great validity to what you’ve said! Thanks for being honest and up front with us!

Wow, amazing! I just discovered today that the tomatoes I have with the least problems are the ones in partial shade!! I seem to have a problem with Fusarium wilt and some natural bacteria sprays help some, but it comes back, and now ma y of my tomatoes are about done! Well, next year I'm going to try to shade the ones in the ground more, and move my pots into better locations! One of the potted tomatoes that got stressed the most from the sun hasn't died from Fusarium wilt, but even though I've given it all the same nutrients as the others, it keeps producing tomatoes with blossom end rot! Maybe the extra sun stress is a factor with that too!! Thanks for your awesome videos, I learn so much!!

Yeah man. One thing I noticed with my tomatoes and peppers while using shade to modify the environment. Is just how much easier it is to water them. I used to have to water every single day many times twice a day. Now on some of my beds I don’t even water them every day. The use of shade cloth has made my plants look so damn healthy and happy. All thanks to you big dawg.

As an NC native I have found your videos particularly helpful to my zone, 7b. After your video whete you intriduced the idea of shade cloth for tomatoes, the penny dropped for me. I had been concerned about my one tomato bed that was getting the most shade from a nearby maple tree. I was concerned it wouldn't get enough sun. But as I thought about the declining condition of all my plants, the shaded bed was the one where the plants largely were in the best condition! I immediately started buying up shade cloth for my beds. Game changer!

I'm in west central Florida. I have peppers, cucumbers, and many spices growing in partial shade, some with 50% shade cloth. Those plants in grow bags, I have found that fewer plants per grow bag, plus adding bone meal and crab and lobster shell top dressing about every 6 weeks or so, worked under the mulch, along with watering a few times a week, has worked to keep the plants healthy. So instead of 3 - 4 plants per 10 gallon grow bag, do 2 instead.

Thanks for pointing these things out! I agree with you in that gardening myths are debilitating. I've believed lots of them over the years, but by trial, error, and experimentation, I've discovered that many things I (and most of the gardeners I know) had believed are simply old wife's tales. They're just something everyone believed and passed it from one generation to the next. One of my peeves is: tomato leaves "naturally turn yellow" toward the end of the season. For indeterminate toms, I've found that leaves' ability to harness energy from the sun dissipates as the vine grows. The healthy leaves at the top half of the plant are doing all the work and doing it efficiently. Even the plant knows this, so they try to shrivel and shed those bottom leaves! I always prune off the leaves at the first hint of yellowing. I've had people comment that the bottom third to half of the plant is bald of leaves. I always reply: I'm growing tomatoes not leaves.

What a great channel! You explain everything perfectly! This is the only garden channel I watch except for garden answer but that channel is great for flowers!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words, and I love knowing the videos are helpful.

It’s blowing my mind that your tomatoes are setting fruit in these temperatures. I just transplanted my “second summer” tomatoes, and I’m watching two fig trees rust all to heck, so I’m going to implement some of these things.

I love how excited you are to share your knowledge with us! it makes sense that less stressed plants are healthier and can fight off disease easier. thank you for your insight!

I live here in Coastal NC , so about 20 years ago I started trying to grow tomatoes in open sun and some in part-sun under the pines. Both in containers. And roughly about 10 containers in each section. I have repeated this trial repeatedly over the years, what I found is in early summer the full sun ones produced more initially but would be dead by late June. However, my shade covered tomatoes produced strong typically going into late October. So basically I get 4 extra months of steady production. So yeah basically just wanted to acknowledge what you are saying here and it test the same for me. I just repeated trying this again this year. All my full sun tomatoes are about destroyed now, and yet my shaded tomatoes are going strong.

@brfinger

9 ай бұрын

And if you are curious, I am in the Morehead City area.

@rosemaryus-ct6151

9 ай бұрын

my plants are on the 'morning shade' side of a parked car; it works lol.

Would love to see you set up a rumble channel too! We're slowly ditching KZread but love watching your videos and don't want to miss out ❤

@erikahuxley

9 ай бұрын

I don't think many youtubers will switch, this is where they made the most money,, between things like buying Thanks', Join membership, Superchat. Until something drastic happen that cause them all to not be able to make money or you can make more money on a competing platform then they will switch. Otherwise only the more ideological minded creators will.

Same thing here learning what a positive change it's been using shade cloth for the majority of my crops. I started late and by the time I was able to put my peppers and tomatoes in the soil, it was so hot that I couldn't get blossoms and fruit until I got the shade cloth and 22 of my tomatoes/30 peppers still going strong in NC zone 7b

Such good info!!

Love your channel 👍

Thanks!

I noticed the same thing. I had more tomatoes than usual so i planted in a spot that only gets sun until about 4pm. Those plants are much greener and have very few dying leaves on the bottom. I'm fully convinced that a shade cloth is mandatory to have an extra long season. I also recommend silica, b vitamins and micronutrients to prolong the season, I'll even throw in molasses to the mix to feed the microbes In the soil

your fig trees are the best I've seen through the entire internet. 😍❤👍

Thanks for sharing this information. I’ve done the same with my tomatoes and some trees here in Florida. As for Dale, that’s a tasty way to take medications. I give my dogs their medicine with cream cheese.

i used shade cloth for the first time this year because of California's extreme heat and it seems like all the plants loved it

This was SO helpful, thank you!!

Good info on watering figs!

I discovered this with my figs by accident when I left the hose on drip too long and the next day they looked better then they ever have. I thought I was watering enough but apparently they wanted more water. Now I know. Also, straw turned out to be a food source and/or safe environment that grasshoppers loved which made them grow uncontrollably this season. I'm never using straw again as a mulch. Thanks for this video!

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing 🙏

80's overnight? Oof. I live in an arid climate. It's hot during the day, but I can't imagine not being able to open the windows at night. Love watching the differences in climates and where the overlap is. Thanks for the great content.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Our air is so dense here that it doesn't really cool off much at night. We went a whole week where we didn't drop below 81/82. It can get rough. Humid air holds more heat than dry air, so that's why arid areas can see high temperatures. The low humidity air takes less energy to heat since there are less molecules, so temps can go higher. Humid air is so dense that the air takes more energy to heat per degree, so a 95 degree day where I live can actually contain considerably more heat than a 105 degree day out west. It's tough to explain what a 115 degree heat index feels like here. It's like walking through hot pudding.

@melissamoore521

9 ай бұрын

Arizona desert?

Such an excellent video. Tanx for sharing!

fantastic new way of thinking and doing

I love all your videos!! And like all your input, it really has helped me a lot!!!

Everything he said is so true! I was gone for 2 weeks and came back to peach tree boarer in my cherry tree. Of course it was heat wave after heat wave while I was on vacation. Now I'm watering regularly and not taking any vacations during summer. Haha California zone 9b ☀ 🔥

Thanks for the info, you shed some light on several issues that I was contemplating.

I just answered my own question, I think. I went back and reviewed your Container Garden video from 7 months ago where you were rejuvenating the soil.

Thank you MG😊👍👍👍

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

Thanks for this! Makes so much sense.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

Growing up in PA, I only grew tomatoes in full sun. After moving to Texas, I decided to give my tomatoes afternoon shade. For two summers now, I’ve had tomatoes all summer long while I’ve heard from others that theirs stopped producing entirely. I also heavily prune my tomatoes to stop any spread of disease. As a military spouse, I know I will be moving again in a couple years and I’ll learn about an entirely new gardening climate. This video shows the best thing about gardening, that it’s always got something new for us to learn. ☺️

All your videos are so interesting. Glad I found an engineer gardener!

Fantastic advice!!!! Will definitely implement 🎉

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

Great advice.. 👍👍😊

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! This is very helpful.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

Even in Michigan, I've found usefulness in shade cloth during the height of the summer, especially with my grow bags. This is great information!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Oh I'm certain of that. Even in Michigan, hot July days can be more than a modern tomato plant will want to endure. They are truly fair weather plants. If it's hot enough that it can burn you, it's hot enough that it can burn your tomato.

Wow, man. Brilliant. I live in Central Florida. This makes so much sense. Thank you for the intel! Blessings and love to you and Dale! ❤

Thanks so much. I have notice the same with my plants some that I grew had less sun did much better. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

We live near you, south of Wilmington, so follow your videos faithfully. I wanted to share that we had great success this year with cherry tomatoes. I have sprayed them weekly with diluted baking soda (1/2 tablespoon per gallon) and it has kept the usual diseases at bay. Production is dropping, but we still have a bunch of fruit coming on. I was lazy this year and did not keep them pinched off, so the growth is a bit uncontrolled, but with the spraying it has worked out good! We appreciate the variety suggestions, since anything that works for you will work for us. Keep up the good work. Hope to run into you at HD or Lowes.

Lol I've abandoned my garden until maybe end of Sept but here I am gathering the knowledge

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

I understand that fully. I used to feel the same way. But I think you'd be STUNNED what shade cloth can do for you. A $25-30 investment will be worth its weight in solid gold. The shade tarps make so much possible, and they last for many years. It's easily a 10 year product in normal conditions. I have 6 of them, and I'll probably buy more!

Another amazing video thanks for sharing your experience in your garden 🪴

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m happy it was helpful.

this is awesome info! This winter, it will be interesting to see how tough or hardy your in-ground figs will tolerate the cold with such a healthy summer

As always you provide amazing insights

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad the video was helpful!

@rushi450

9 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener yes

Never done learning-amen!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Every year, we grow...if you allow it!

Awesomeness! Welcome to the no spray club. Life is good here!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

We will never be no-spray here. It won't work. And no matter what you do, the worm infestations will be inevitable, unfortunately. But you can reduce.

Yes thank you for saying it. I too was always told you have to have sun all day for tomatoes. I have very little space to grow in the sun. This year mine started out great the best ever. Until the sun go really bad and no rain. I watered them consistently like I have always done for over 45 years. They went down from best to some of the worst. The fruit got smaller started to ripen too early. But the plant's in more shade area done better still are. So much for all the hours of sun. Next year I'll plant more in semi shade area. Thanks great video.

I grow tomatoes in different sun and shaded areas of the yard. It spreads out the ripening time and creates a natural secession process.

Great video, so much info about shade.👍

@albertnett7864

9 ай бұрын

I too have some of my tomato plants in partial shade and they look so much better than in full sun.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

You have the best gardening lessons! This one was super timely for me. Thank you!!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful.

So helpful❤❤Love how simple and clear your videos are❤❤Always super educational ❤❤Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thanks

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thank you for sharing your gardening advice. Your videos are always very helpful.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad you are enjoying them! Thanks for watching!

This is great education 🎉🎉😊

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! A gardener’s education never ends 😆

Florida here. Excellent information. Another bit of help for the garden is companion planting. I companion plant with alyssum, nasturtiums and marigolds. I almost never have insect problems. My enemy is disease and heat. Your information I will try and I'm sure it will help.

Absolutely amazing, and you're right. My giant Celeste tree is leafless, not 1 leaf, whereas my 30 potted trees that I water almost every day look amazing.

Thanks! I just put up my shade cloth today in S. Alabama - hoping to get some newly planted cukes and maybe even a tomato or two. Next year, I'll put it up much earlier.

You definitely weren’t rambling. You information was very useful. I am in northwest Indiana and my tomato plants have not had pest problems or the issues you’ve had. My problem is BER. I can’t seem to concur that. Not all of them get it but it frustrating because I water the same and not all get BER. Mine are all in grow bags and I have two raised bed wood containers. My zucchini plants I have trouble with squash bugs. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing your results. Best channel ever!

Cool video man , here in Carleton place Ontario we had one of the hottest and driest may ,June and first week of July that I can remember and then the rain started and it hasn't stopped.. so it has been a challenging year . But thanks to your early advice I put up shade cloth ,made my watering a little more consistent , and used more organic type soil supplements and I believe it has made a huge impact in our production . We did loose a couple of tomato plants that I just couldn't keep from getting blossom end rot thay got so wet from rain . But we have never had so many cucumbers ,beans , peas . And tomatos .. brussel sprouts got burnt early and are struggling a bit .thanks again for the information..Cheers man.

Thank you very much for your information and advice, I'm going to apply this to my cucumber plants as I can see that it is suffering from direct sunlight and pests.

I think isolation, good soil and great pruning.

I appreciate the info. Shade cloth was a definite plan for next year as I am in central Alabama. I do use grow bags and have no issues re-using the soil. I use the old soil to add to my kitchen compost as collected and amend the remaining soil with all of the compost I produce in the late winter so there is at least a month with the new mix in the bag before planting.

Brilliant 🔥🔥🔥

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing. Something additional I have found that is helpfull when we have heat spells or any other stressor is superthrive. It is all natural vitamin and mineral boost. I also use it when transplanting and it greatly minimizes shock.

I moved my tomatoes under my roof overhang and they are doing a lot better. We have had terrible heat and humidity here in Oklahoma the last few weeks. Hopefully we’re near the end of it. ❤ Dale🐾

Anthony, I think what you are proving is that we don't need yards barren of trees to get 14 hours of sun to do good gardening. Regarding your shade tunnel, I do all my gardening in fabric pots and containers. I reuse my soil every year. I would be happy to talk with you about what I do to reuse my soil and how I do my fabric pots.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

I do want to provide a rebuttal to that. The solution won't be to plant things in part shade, because the sun is too weak in spring and fall. If you plant your tomatoes out in part shade in April, they'll stall and you risk having a lousy crop. The solution is to plant them out in full sun, at least 6 hours but preferably 8-10 hours, and then when the sun gets too hot, put up your shade cloth. Then, take it down in the fall. That's the best of both worlds. That being said, the 12 hours of full sun my plants get in my south-facing lot is overkill. It's great in the winter when the sun is low, but in June, it's too much. I'd rather have too much sun and cover them with shade cloth than have not enough, though. The problem with the pots is that I cannot grow tomatoes the following year in them. The soil will be infected. 5 months isn't enough for the soil to rest. Planting the tomatoes in the same pots every year will lead to earlier diseases. Tomatoes should be rotated, and I'm not going to buy $200+ in peat each year just to grow 15 plants. The tomatoes would be unaffordable, so I need to find a better way to make the straw work.

Thank you so much from Daytona Beach Fl. You put in words what I learned this hot dry summer. My potted Figs were getting rust and once I started watering more and the rust went away. Also, all my peppers were dying but I had one under a shaded area and the plant is gorgeous with 10 large red peppers on it. I will put all my plants under shade cloth next summer.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

I was just in Volusia County on Friday. I was outside in full sun from 9:30A-1P. I could not believe how much stronger the sun was than where I live. The temperature was the same, but the UV intensity was absurd. I thought I had it rough. That felt like when I went to Belize in May. It was like a laser beam. In your location, you *need* shade cloth for vegetables. Luckily, you can probably grow all winter with a little frost cloth 2-3 nights a year.

Loved this video, makes so much sense. Here in Dallas we haven’t had rain for 70 days and temps have been over 100 for almost 3 months ( we had a 95 degree cool front one day last week). Talk about stress! I have a question, though. You made a comment about perhaps using grow bags next year but said if you did you couldn’t reuse the soil. Why could you not reuse the soil as long as it is amended with compost? I would be very interested to have you address this since I have to garden 100% in grow bags. Thank you,

Another great video. I like how you stress plant health, but also mention that if one is up against heavy pest pressure some pest control products will be needed. Even the healthiest plants can quickly be taken down by cucumber beetles and squash vine borers.

I started incorporating 60% shade clothe during the summer and have noticed a huge difference. I also made myself irrigation bucket kits so that watering in the summer isn't tedious. Now pest are the only problem I need to figured out. I'm fighting a really bad spider mite infestation. They killed my tomatoes and they have beaten my peppers and eggplants. The strawberries camw out pretty fine surprisingly. I'm ordering predatory mites to help.

I can't wait to try out my garden next year under hoops, armed with insect netting, frost cover, and shade cloth. With either straw or cornstarch mulch. The 40-100 degree temperature swings, humidity, high winds, and grasshoppers are murderous here in Minnesota 4b!!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Taking nature out of the equation changes everything. These fragile plants are not made to be grown out in the open in climates like ours. They're better grown indoors, so taking the harshness of the sun, wind and rain out of the equation makes them happy.

Lol! "They have finally given up the ghost!" Lol. 😂 You are so fun.

Thank you for sharing. This may help me reverse the issues with my inground fig trees. Also, I threw a couple of aspirin when I planted some Cherokee tomatoes , and in two weeks they nearly tripled in size. Thee aspirin has an ingredient that triggered a hormone that strengthen the plant. This normally affect. Nightshades

This is such a good video! Thanks from a Texas gardener! 🥵😅

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I’m new to growing fig trees and always hear that they love full sun. With 105+ temps for almost 2 months now in North Texas (DFW), i saw one of your previous videos and copied your shade cloth method. They are now thriving again. Temps on the cloth is close to 130F and under it is 115F. Hopefully September is in the mid 90s.

You need a tree canopy around your garden - wind break and natural shade cloth

Omg yessss I have 3 tomatoes big plants in different area and they still producing well (all cherry tomatoes plants)..but doing well ..,1 plant is between my house and garage apartment so maybe ..this plant maybe get 6 hours of sun …and this plant has 30 tomatoes growing now .. I feel it’s the area last year. I grew brussels sprouts in this area and they did well. It seems like everything I put in this planter. A bigpot grows well at this spot. 🌱

Great topic. Plant resilence and pest management is always an interest of mine. I’m in Ga and you mentioned that you don’t think you can reuse grow bags… how come? I have a similar hot humid environment and my blueberries are in grow bags and I have 3 extra bags in my back patio that I plant tomatoes in. You can refresh the soil with your regular granular fertilizer or fish emulsion and it works like a charm. I only bought soil for my pineapple guava shrub but I just amend my grow bags.

I suscribed because of that vid. You really good man, I followed some vids for some time, but this is just almost scientific experiment and results. What stroke me here is that I live in QC, a far wetter environment and my tomatoes aren't even diseased. They are honnestly almost invasive because I put only some few ones, and they are almost taking over all the space I have. But as I'm further north than you we are not striking so much heat, just more wet. This may explain why I have trouble with my peppers. The leaves are badly damaged probably because of slugs. It is my first year gardening so I was not really expecting a lot, I wanted to get experience. But I think I definintely needs some way to either shade or protect peppers against rain, then later protect them against cold to extends my growing season. So I think you basically just explained out loud what I was slowely figuring out, and this really helped me knowing what to do for next year. So, thank you. Your advices are really good and worthy.

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

Stress can come in a variety of forms. For me, it's mostly heat stress and UV stress from our very strong sun. Other locations that don't get as hot and the sun not as strong can possibly get stress from not enough warmth, insect attacks, or lack of fertilizer. Peppers like hotter weather than tomatoes, so your peppers could be stressed because it isn't warm enough. Or, they could be stressed from insect damage, resulting in vulnerable plants. Keeping plants well-fed, protected from insects and from sun stress or temperature stress will give you stronger, more disease resistant plants. I'm glad you enjoy the channel. I am engineer, so I approach things experimentally.

OH MY!!! We live in the Houston area and this summer has been the most brutal! This video came up just in time. We’ve been planning the fall garden and thinking forward to completely revamping to straw bales. So it was the shade cloth!!! Thank you thank you thank you! Now we’re designing everything based upon erecting shade tunnels. You’re the best Anthony!

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

It’s Anthony 😆 But thank you. Next week’s video will be growing determinate tomatoes in straw bales for fall, so stay tuned. I just planted them yesterday.

@mphcabeza3242

9 ай бұрын

Oops sorry Anthony! @@TheMillennialGardener

isnt it nice to have an epiphany? thank you for giving us the benefit of ur learned knowledge. i must be doing something right; my tomatoes are looking good. of course i took good advice i found here and elsewhere. i gave them light, food, water and thinned them out for air flow.

love the video, and thank you for the amazing information. i was wondering if you’ve ever looked into stressing your seedlings early through either heat stress, drought stress, salt stress, and cold stress. there has been some studies that show if you stress your plants early(not excessively) that their natural resistance to pest and disease is raised.