When my father passed (Native American), we had him a sacred fire in his garden. The next year I tilled up all the ashes into the soil to spread them around. The center of the fire yielded that absolute biggest tomatoes I'd ever seen - and very prolific!! Best thing was I felt like my father was with me every time I went to work in the garden 💞

@ixchelskyfeather2513

4 жыл бұрын

D Jones Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻❤️

@sarikasabnis2369

4 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. I have always said I'd want my family to spread my ashes in my own garden. I didn't know this was a Native American practice, so thank you for sharing. A beautiful sentiment

@abh6967

4 жыл бұрын

Man this is beautiful

@carlafrechette1589

4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely tradition!

@tomrobards7753

4 жыл бұрын

Our ancestors are always with us

I'm never telling you a secret. 😂🤣 It's so important to teach people to grow their own food so they can feed their families and to save whatever money they can doing so, especially in this day and age. Thank you for your helpful and very informative videos. Always well done! Oh, and I completely agree that these types of secrets should not die with the people who kept them. 👏👍

If you don't wanna watch 13 minutes of footage: Apply a cup of woodash to the base of your tomato plants. Determinate tomatoes only (might hurt indeterminate). Works by being alkaline and a good source of potash. Confirmed by 2 different & independent universities too

@Mina-gm3pg

3 жыл бұрын

He is science and information based which is why I enjoy watching his videos. Otherwise just read a gardeners horticultural manual. Very specialist and not easy for the amateur/home gardener.

@denisse37921

3 жыл бұрын

I knew that but I didn’t know about the indeterminate part... thanks for sharing.

@will8154

3 жыл бұрын

Can you reply to me so I can have your comment on me nonfictions 😁

@CG-mj8tk

3 жыл бұрын

Could I use ashes from woodburning stove? Ty

@Gaspa79

3 жыл бұрын

@@will8154 ash notification

Interesting note on this video....I am 59 and have spent my life teaching science and gardening among others....when I was young, an old farmer also told me to always use wood ash to help grow tomatoes. I have faithfully done this for years until recently. One day, as a high school science teacher I had an epiphany, knowing that ash is extremely alkaline and also that tomatoes love acidity, I questioned this age old practice. Because I trusted my old farmer, I had always connected ash to acid, even though as a science teacher, I knew this was not true. I had to laugh at myself for making this mistake for all these years. Today, this video popped up on my computer and I feel a sense of relief that I was correct for using wood ash but not for the reason I have always thought! Thanks for the clarification!

@patriciareynolds2729

2 жыл бұрын

most of my huge pink tomatoes have rotted we had so much rain in tenn. i use lime, fert 13-13-13-, & epsom salts. any help? it hurts to throw away so many sweet tasting tomatoes!

@mayseventy4466

Жыл бұрын

@@patriciareynolds2729 hi 👋 from what I've learned and experience is heavy and constant rain causes crop to lose oxygen this they die. I used hydrogen peroxide and the plant perked up as it adds oxygen. When planting you want to be sure water can run off rather than hold in soil. Hope it helps ☺️🙏🇹🇹 One more thing I mix all the fertilizers in to the soil at the same time I sow seedlings.

The old school is the best school. Bless that old farmer. Imagine what else he knew

@allupinya5938

3 жыл бұрын

He knows what you did last summer too.

@petepenn1

2 жыл бұрын

OATS are a Great trans planter boost.

Anything that increases the food production of a plant should be shared. We have a lot of people to feed on this planet!

@obviouslytwo4u

3 жыл бұрын

The government would rather feed them animal products to keep them weak, sick and dumb.

@obviouslytwo4u

3 жыл бұрын

@@oh_k8 finally someone who realises this because you know this is why most of us have a lot of diseases and autoimmune disorders.

@hopeking3588

3 жыл бұрын

Thats for sure! And calaforia is being burned so that's less gardens there

@phillippinter7518

3 жыл бұрын

@@oh_k8 actually Vegans get around the same amount of protein as “omnivores” It’s only the animal protein that’s dangerous. Eat your beans ppl

@botanicalstig

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillippinter7518 Protein comes from plants. I'm not against eating meat, but it drives me nuts when people equate meat & protein. Cows eat grass, not deep fried bacon wrapped chicken.

Wood ashes are actually minerals. Wood ashes have been used for centuries for gardening in almost every culture. My tribe uses them and have for a very long time. My other side of the family being European, have also used them. I used to help my great grandmother and grandfather put the ashes on the whole garden before planting the seeds. Then we would flood the garden with creek water coming from the mountain. We also made a trip every year to acquire volcanic ashes and glacial till, all for the vitamin and mineral content. The vegetables and fruit were always very large and very sweet! It's amazing to me that not every person knows this information. I am a very big advocate for teaching this information in school.....along with home economics. All of the children of this nation should know how to grow their own food as well as process it in as many ways as we can teach! Thanks so much for your channel! It would be a great one for classes in school! My friend is a teacher and I showed her your channel.......needless to say, she is showing her students!!!!❤💛

When an old person tells you a "secret " its because they want you to learn, grow, and pass on.

@chrisc9611

4 жыл бұрын

S Mor it makes it more attractive

@CaroleHaddon

4 жыл бұрын

I

@robertschmidt9296

3 ай бұрын

Telling it to a youngster that you don't know kinda confirms your point.

I am 58 and my father had the greenest thumb I have ever seen. And I have ALWAYS had a garden. My largest was 2 acres and I love listening to you. I have picked up many tricks from you.

I used to have a “friend “ who was a good baker, and I asked her for a few recipes. She always left out some detail that med the recipe fail for me. I’m sure she did that to everyone who asked her for a recipe. I also gave her several intact recipes, I’m a good baker too, and that is ok. It’s nice the old farmer shared his secret which he really did not want to keep a secret!

@MsSagittariusA

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, just say she should just have said "I don't share recipes" instead of sharing botched recipes

@xaviercruz4763

Жыл бұрын

Hi, do you still bake?

I believe that when an "old farmer" tells a "secret" to successfully grow food, the farmer WANTS you to think about why it would work. And an 80 year old farmer knows full well that any growing season could be his last at that age, and telling a passionate 15 year old boy a "secret" is passing on knowledge. He knew he'd tell the secret.

Lol, if you have any Indian friends, they would have told you that a long time back, wood ash is alkaline and rich in calcium, but it, discourages pests and mites, good luck and happy gardening

@1N2themystic

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great source of potassium.

@acolley2891

4 жыл бұрын

Asians know gardening that's for sure.

@jameswiggle

3 жыл бұрын

@@acolley2891 i think he meant indian as in native american?

@fayetanner2244

3 жыл бұрын

I forgot about this. I learned about this from Rachel from Tenn. On utube. Thank you!!!😊🎵🙏

@AmyJ81

3 жыл бұрын

Can you just sprinkle it in the garden?

I loved your story about the old farmer. So precious. It's amazing how gardening has become so complicated and expensive. We need to listen to our elders and learn.

Haha. Anyone who has ever heated with wood has known this for centuries. Youngsters and city dwellers may not be privy. A lot of old ways are rooted in science and performance. We used to raise food as a necessity ,not an edible hobby. Take the time to learn from your elders about ways of old. Because before you know it,you will be that old person.

It is only a secret to those who don't have wood stoves...

@davidbugg6990

4 жыл бұрын

My mom grew up on a farm and was born in 1912. In the 1950s when I grew up we we always took the ashes from the wood stoves in the garden

Was anyone else surprised to find out he is only 25? His maturity and wealth of knowledge had me guessing mid 30’s . Keep up the great content it’s definitely helped me in my garden already ! 👍

@terrisouthernplainsprepper5927

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, same here.

@katoucha007

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Incredible!

@jeffd1919

4 жыл бұрын

Mi has become my favorite garden tipster.

@sitdown3983

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffd1919 I agree with all the above from the comment about his age on.👍👏

@AMcDub0708

4 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t look “older” but by his knowledge and maturity, like you said, I thought the same thing 🤯

My Mother used to tell me that back in Italy they ALWAYS put wood ash on the crops.

It does work, I've used potash biochar from the wood stove on tomato plants for years. Not a huge secret but it has huge results

@JulieSnowstudiojuliesnow3698

3 жыл бұрын

Even on indeterminates?

@Dovey62

3 жыл бұрын

@@JulieSnowstudiojuliesnow3698 why not on indeterminants?

Luke, I LOVE your videos and refer back to them often. You are smart and energetic! My father was one of those "old" people. Your description of the ol' guy sounds just like him. He grew tomatoes like you do without having the full scientific understanding that you do. He tied up the plants to the eve of the house. "Old" people like to "tease" kids...and asking them to "swear" doesn't mean to curse. It's to emphasize how special YOU are for him to share the information with you. And by asking you to "swear", he was hoping you would share the knowledge. And you did!

I heard that after mount st. helens blew, the crops grew like crazy for several years afterward.

@Foxkitten86

4 жыл бұрын

We lived in southern Alberta when Mt.St.Helens blew. Yes, everything grew better afterwards, and we were shocked because all the news and just general information we had said the ash would kill everything.

@icecreamladydriver1606

4 жыл бұрын

@@Foxkitten86 It was bad in some ways and good in others.

@sassytherabbit

4 жыл бұрын

My Grandma used to tell me about the amazing tomatoes my parents grew after Mt. St. Helen's erupted. My Dad could have cared less about the tomatoes, he was angry about the fence he painted white just before the eruption. I feel my Dad's pain but I would have loved to have been old enough to appreciate those tomatoes!

@Agui007

24 күн бұрын

For a natural disaster comes a precious gift in return 😊

I have been adding ash to gardens and compost since i could walk. My grand parents and parents have all ways done this. It works amazing. Wood ash, compost, and worm casting is all we use

@tammywillis3352

2 жыл бұрын

How are you using? In the hole at planting, or worked into the upper soil?

I haven't planted tomatoes in years but I get a bushel plus each year. An old Beefsteak Heirloom grows wild because I cold composted years ago and the seeds got transferred to all my beds. Now when I see a volunteer tomatoes in the spring, I just let it go. The seeds make it through the winter and still thrive in the srping.

I appreciate hearing the science why this “secret” works! Good job!

Wood ash also helps to reintroduce trace minerals. Heard this from a nutritional doctor talking about depleted soils.

You’re covered ... That’s not a secret. The real secret is to make you think it’s a secret. Shh ... but don’t tell anybody,

@toamaori

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

This past winter I put my fireplace ashes in my two 4x4 beds. I mixed it in this year with more bagged compost a little of Trifecta and 2 Tums by each indeterminate tomato. I think I have a pretty good harvest (also planted late) and the best tasting tomatoes yet! Thank you for all your knowledge, I'm definitely a spong🌞

Thanks for sharing the secret! Your tomatoes look great. I hope you don't get in trouble for sharing the secret. My tomatoes grew well this year too!

Knowledge that's passed on by old-timers always carries a story with it, giving context to it. Successfully using this knowledge, or finding it doesn't work for us, still lets us have a conversation with history and gives us a sense of communion with growers over time. I'm amazed by the wisdom of people all over the world who have learned the peculiarities and preferences of what they grow for food. Thanks for sharing your experience. I imagine that, if the old guy is still alive and hears this, he would be blushing with pride.

Love this, Luke! Lifelong learner right here as well ✋

This is my first year ever doing a garden and I've been following your videos! I started with tomato seeds in my basement and I have to say, you said your tomatoes got 6-8 feet tall, and I used the Trifecta fertilizer...mine got to 8 feet and showed no signs of slowing down! I ended up with 25 tomato trees!! Lol.

@TheRainHarvester

4 жыл бұрын

What is the trifecta? Mine are only 5' tall. I have room to improve!

@brettlamar118

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRainHarvester It is his fertilizer that he sells on his website. It was still sold out the last time I checked.

Good to know, thanks. Suggestion on an upcoming video: how you take down/tear down your garden. What plants you pull up and which ones you leave in the ground, for next year. example artichoke, peppermint..... Thanks for all you do! You've taught me a lot.

@stevengonzalez27

4 жыл бұрын

Pamela Sierzan Peppermint comes back, leave in. A lot of herbs come back. Asperagus once established keeps giving for about 10 years I have heard. Strawberries about 3 years. Need to be replanted. Berry bushes stay many years, many kinds. Rubarb lasts years and years. Sage will last too. Don't forget fruit trees. Some can be purchased as mini dwarfs, meaning their are grafted to a compatible rootstock not to exceed a small size. Great for small spaces. Then there are the columnar varieties of apple trees. Tall and streight up. Like a column, hence the name. Need to be ordered at a nursery.

@PaintingVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I heard beans come back. Cut these off above ground. Broadbeans, brownbeans

Love your secret. Don't worry I won't tell him you told us. I am going to have to try this next spring.

@Ms.Byrd68

4 жыл бұрын

Test your own soil first, wood ash is 'alkaline'.

@helenpatterson3858

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ms.Byrd68 Right, I live in the desert where I have to add oak leaf mold from the nearby mountains to get the soil acid enough to get the tomato to have flavor.

We use that method here in the UK........everyone at our allotment site uses the ash from any wood fire on their soil a month before they plant their tomatoes.

I have known this since I was a little girl. My grandfather would burn his tree trimmings on his garden bed and then dig it in before he planted his garden every year. That was 40 years ago. After I started a garden, I always saved my wood stove ash to use in my garden.

The stories help the knowledge to stick. Well done, Sir. Keep it up..

My grandfather took all his ashes from the woodstove, and always mixed it into his garden...i remember this over 30 years ago

Back in the day I remember the farmers use to burn all plant waste and spread it around their fields ...such as dried out tomato vines,tree and grape vine pruning waste..ect good disease control as well...nothing was wasted☺

Just so you know.....that Old Farmer's ghost will haunt you now. hehehe

Wow you’re only 25. Such wisdom and wealth of information for such a young age...amazing!👍🙏

Hi there so delighted to hear you say that about ash, I keep shaking my head when I hear people saying do not put a lot of ash around your plants because of the alkaline and yet that is one of my major ingredient in my compost and I grow fantastic plants thanks for the video

@Monarky777

4 жыл бұрын

I have been adding it to may garden for a few years now I have tested my soil. I have not seen my ph climb one tenth of a number still reads 7

Thankyou for the tip!! I think most of these people are joking Luke!! I love that you shared the story. Thanks

Thank you Luke! Does it work to bury a fish under a plant? I am gathering info to start my first container vegetable garden. I have no clue about even what to plant and when to sow the seeds, but I am going to plant spinach first! Yay! I am so excited and I love your energy. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information. God bless you for teaching us! 💕

Besides this being entertaining and educational as always, I especially appreciate that you talked about the different nutritional needs indeterminate and determinate tomatoes have.

Always like to hear of new things to try to improve productivity in the garden. Normally I only grow indeterminates BUT my husbands garden always has a few determinate tomatoes, might try it there. Thanks for the great vlog!

I used wood ash in mine this year and they won't stop growing lol. I only have 2 plants.. And I have toooo many lol its incredible.

My secret to growing tomatoes is learning, persistence, and willing to experiment. I started gardening in South Florida which is arguably the worst place to grow tomatoes because of climate, root knot nematodes, pests, diseases and whiteflies carrying TYLCV. I don't think there is any one magic ingredient, you just do it a lot and you get good at it, and you have to adapt the methods to your situation. I tried many things and ended up with organic matters, compost and mulching which makes the biggest difference. Grow bags is also amazing. Having big durable trellis and planting at the right time of the year are vital. And then experiment which variety is more productive for your climate. Eventually I got pretty good. Now I live in the north and not trying to be arrogant, but it's a walk in the park gardening up here compared to Florida.

@michaeljohnson3976

4 жыл бұрын

Great advice.

@stevengonzalez27

4 жыл бұрын

Max Johnson Plant chives, green onions and lots of marigolds too, as a lot of pests don't like them. Solves many problems. Safe all your clean eggshells and crush them really small with the potato mashing device. Sprinkle all around your tomato plants, and goodbye snails and slugs. It cuts their little bodies, so they go elsewhere.

Really enjoyed your video. I really like hearing stories of how things were grown and planted in the past.

Funny timing for me on this same discovery about wood ash just this year and then seeing your video right after. I have been growing tomatoes for 25 years in my small raised bed and a few large grow bags. Never have I grown any as LOADED with tomatoes as the few volunteer plants that came up in my burn pit this year. The plants are pretty short compared to any others I've grown, but they are gorgeous! These few have by far out produced my other 8 giant plants in the raised bed. I know it has to be the ash because I had heard of the benefits it can bring to a garden. This "secret" is a definite keeper for my future gardening!

good share, also people can use volcanic ash which has 60 different minerals

I'm gonna like this series. Good idea.

I do a lot of wood working and used my wood scraps for fuel in our fire pit. The wood ash has definitely help my garden thrive!

Love the info again Luke and look forward to this "series"! I think it will be another great source of valued info!! -Kristy in Missouri :)

In my part of world, wood ash is generally tossed over tomatoes and other plants. Helps to get rid of bugs. Bugs hate touching ash

@cristinamonteiro3817

3 жыл бұрын

I never knew. Does it hurt worms? Do you agree it's not great for indeterminate tomatoe plants?

My parents grew up in South Dakota. They grew up with and went to school with the Sioux indians that lived near by. My Dad's mother did this all the time when she could not get the two ingredients for her fertilizer .

@stevengonzalez27

4 жыл бұрын

Virginia Reid Ashes are a way better fertilizer anyway, provided they come from natural untreated woods. Contain minerals and trace minerals said trees pull up with their deep roots. Farmers used them yesteryear and collecting the house wifes leftover ashes from towns used to be an actual occupation before electricity came along.

I learned all my gardening lessons and information from my grandparents and my mom, plus a few friends when I was older. I have passed on the information to others who wanted or needed it.

Yes, please share! I LOVE this stuff.

Yes Yes Yes. Thanks from Ontario Canada.

Haha, my dad puts wood stove Ashe into the compost. People share lots of similar thoughts/ideas.

Great video! I personally am not a fan of tomatoes, but I enjoy growing them every year. I hope to try this helpful trick next year!

@gardeningdiy792

2 жыл бұрын

1 xc,

Thank you Luke, I knew this trick (just sprinkling on top of the soil but not under the plant. I will definitely try that. Thank you

Remind me to never tell you anything

@charleyedwards3056

4 жыл бұрын

LoL!

@brownthumbs1

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂right

@robertglass3944

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@mvilla4614

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mariacastaneda409

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Hey there I’m waiting for your video i wanna be a good gardener and planting plants 🤣 Sorry for grammar 🤣 I’m from Philippines

@peterscherling9000

4 жыл бұрын

joanapot VLOGS hi I’m in makati and miss my gardens very much! It’s very important that your soil has fiber in it! Most people don’t know that! Leaves shredded or wood chips without the bark or best might be rice husk! Fiber retains the water and ph for hot days!

@jeannine9066

4 жыл бұрын

Your grammar was perfect 👍🏻

I appreciate you sharing one thing I learned from An old gardener is because I worked at a paper mill from the age of 19 after several burns and infections at a cast iron pipe foundary

Greetings Luke..thanks for sharing the secret..yes I don't think the Farmers with us right to worry about it ..thank you for always being thoughtful of the information give out.. blessings to you and your family 😇 😇😇 😇

That old farmer probably told everyone this ”secret”. He invited you to his farm after all

@joem2745

3 жыл бұрын

Either that or he will be cursed for life for swearing a promise and breaking it.

You are amazing. I wish I knew what you know. In Australia we have bush fires, more often than I like. It’s abnormal for them to come where I live. Anyway, one did recently and took my fruit and nut trees with it. Can I use that ash? There is a lot of it.

Fascinating, amazing what you can learn from us elders. I will remember to use on my determinate tomatoes. I actually, grew one this year and am worried as none of the fruit has ripened so far.

My grandmother used her woodash as mulch around everything for cutworms. She also buried her squash and pumpkin stems to stop borers....well the moth from laying the eggs. I do this now, burning all my paper trash, bills etc. I also add it to my compost pile. Great vlog!

The old scarcity versus abundance approach to life. Obviously you're in the abundance camp or you wouldn't be sharing this great information on KZread. People ask me why I share so much information on KZread when I run a company that does exactly what I talk about on KZread. The answer for me is that there is plenty of room people who want to learn and do it for themselves. There are other people who need our help or want us to do the whole job. Most of our customers are a mixture of the last two, they learn why we do the work.😎😎😎😎

i have been finger pollinating my tomatoes this year and ALL blossoms are tomatoes, thank you. i do have those teeny white flies this year

@stevengonzalez27

4 жыл бұрын

Karen Lincoln Try using an electric tooth brush to vibrate your plants. That too does it. Just a little while... and polination will have taken place. Do it often.

Nice to know, and thank you very much😊! I wish I knew it before I planted my tomatoes this season lol. Definitely will try it next year!

I LOVE that story! It sounds like that old farmer was smarter than we might know! I think he wanted you to tell as many people as possible!

I learned this actually from my favorite Aussie farmer

In the UK if someone cant keep a secret we have a saying: " I wouldn't show him a birds nest". Jim.

@Celtman101

3 жыл бұрын

Home Grown Veg, I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and you have fast become one of my favourite channels to watch! You got me inspired to grow in pots this year. Thanks mate and keep up the great work.

@alicefrolio1929

3 жыл бұрын

I really like Jim he has taught me so much about gardening and I miss molly so much in your videos

I’ve put it around my tomatoes twice this year. They have flowered more and put on more tomatoes than ever. I’d say it works! Watch your videos all the time. Thanks for everything

Thank you for sharing! I know I’m way late to this video but better late than never. I kind of giggled at the end when you said you’ve been holding onto that for about 10 years. I definitely have some 10 year in 20 years stories that I can’t share now but can share later, LOL!

I always put a sprinkling of kelp powder under every tomato plant and never have blossom end rot when I do. (But do when I don't)

It’s definitely not a secret lol My mom has been growing with ash with her tomatoes, beets & radishes for years.. In fact I remember my grandma doing the same. She swore it kept the pests off root veggies and would keep her tomatoes alive longer. Yes old Timer mini series!!🤭👍🏻farmers always have the best tricks and tips.

I use it in the compost which goes in the garden next year. It does great

I have used ashes from m woodstove since the 70's. It's no secret! I love your videos, so helpful! Thank you!

Thanks for sharing that Luke! That kind of information isn't, and shouldn't be a "secret". That's ridiculous. Looking forward to the mini series!!

Am i the only one who wants to see his granpa in a video?!

@occamsrazor5376

4 жыл бұрын

He says it's his grandpa and then later he says it is an old farmer and he doesn't know if he's still alive. GEEZ. (I WAS INCORRECT WITH THIS STATEMENT!)

@laudya1

4 жыл бұрын

@@occamsrazor5376 Please go back to the beginning of the video and listen carefully, he did NOT say he got the information from his grandpa, he spoke of his grandpa.

@occamsrazor5376

4 жыл бұрын

@@laudya1 Then I apologize for my misinterpretation! Thank you for clarifying. :-)

I think I've watched about 40 of your videos! Great energy & knowledge! Thank you!

Love your tips. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our tomatoes.

I wonder of he used it for indeterminate tomatoes? Something I did this year was put saved tea leaves under each tomato plant and in my cucumber bed. My tomato plants grew huge and my cucumbers produced more than they ever have. I may combine wood ash with tea leaves for the maters next year.

@fatou1975

4 жыл бұрын

Chelsey Hartmann hello there I planted tomatoes for the first time ever this summer in my garden and Out of 5 indeterminate plants, I had 4 successes, the one variety that didn’t succeed is called “ cœur de bœuf” in French it translates to “ beef heart” in English and it was attacked by mildew. I would like to know how you used tea leaves please for me to improve my results for next year. Thanks.

@mizzlemoonglade4996

4 жыл бұрын

@@fatou1975 I just saved used tea bags and buried one or two under each plant. They add nitrogen to the soil and supposedly raise the acidity a bit as well. They probably won't help with flower/fruit production though. But the plants should get some size to them. I've never had problems with mildew so can't help you there.

My cousins tomato plants had blossom end rot. I told him to pour some buttermilk around the base. I was at his house a couple of weeks later and the blossom end rot was gone.

@ourfamily3570

4 жыл бұрын

Wayne Leamon Cool!!!

@JJ-he9ec

4 жыл бұрын

I had the same issue and I dissolved 2 Tums antacids in 1cup if water poured around the tomato plant and it totally recovered. I found it was a lack of calcium causing this.

@kellyc2425

4 жыл бұрын

Blossom end rot is VERY common in the first fruit set. Your buttermilk and Tums doesn't have plant available calcium until it breaks down by 2021. They recovered on their own.

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane

4 жыл бұрын

Blossom end rot is caused by lack of calcium. We had the same problem with a patio tomato this year. Added calcium and the BER stopped.

I think sharing this is great. Some people are just to competitive. Grant others some successes! 💚

Hahaha!!! What a trip!! I grew up in Marlette, been living in Nashville, TN since the late 70s. Love the tips and vids!

This will be fun, looking forward to hearing your stories! :) And don't worry about secrets. Gardening and growing food is not just a "fun" thing that people do, it's about surviving and actually getting something to eat, so secrets are a no go!

I cant understand who thumbs down these videos? Jerks. Great video buddy! Love them all!

@bohaggin5913

4 жыл бұрын

Snitches get thumbs down ;)

I think potash is good for roses too. Roses and tomatoes are pretty similar in what they need. If you think about it, they're both vines (climbing roses) and make blossoms! =D

That is a very sweet and hilarious story! Thank you so much for sharing!

My grandparents used wood Ash on their rows in their garden. You're loved more than you know.

Had a old farmer tell me this about 20 years ago to use when growing grass , pretty cool to know works on tomatoes Det kind

Gonna have to give this a try. Thanks Luke!

Around here it is common to use wood ash in the garden. But it's nice to know there is science to back it up. Hugs

mix the wood ash with urine, tomatoes grow like crazy, water at the base of plant

We have put wood ash in our garden for years

Thank you - good video, my dad used to use wood ashes.

Thanks for sharing. My father had certain plants he wanted the ashes from the wood stove to go to. He was from farmer stock --- orchard and dairy folks.