I grew up with two highly experienced gardening parents who taught me A LOT, the problem was that I wasn’t all that interested at the time and now they are gone💔. I’m so grateful for your channel because it has reminded me of things they taught me and I continue to learn more techniques that I didn’t learn from them! It’s so interesting that you can plant two peppers right next to each other and they will help support each other! Love that!!! And with tomatoes growing vertically they can also be planted closer together? Boy does that help with limited garden space! Thank you so much for these posts! My husband and I would love to see your garden in CA! We live in Iowa, but my daughter is out there.😁

@kathymyers1023

Жыл бұрын

I feel this. Same exact thing. Sorry for your loss. 💗

I didn't get my stakes, trellises in before I planted, you know the I'll get back to it. Catching up in bed planted full takes more time and can break plants. Think I would've learned from last year

I couldn't figure out why my peas and beans weren't coming up or came up and disappeared. I planted three times. I finally figured out the birds love those tender shoots. So I covered them with plastic mesh cages until they were big enough to climb and that fixed the problem. That is the biggest trick I have learned lately.

@marcywilson513

Жыл бұрын

Aha moment here! Heading outside right now to protect my third try to get beans going. Thank you!

@barbstcyr304

Жыл бұрын

The birds are digging up everything we have planted. We are using straw mulch this year and it seams worse.

@inuiechoi193

Жыл бұрын

Can I put milk crate upside on top of my shoots

@barbstcyr304

Жыл бұрын

@@inuiechoi193 We started putting the plant trays that mostly have holes so lots of sunlight and moisture can get through

@terigeorge5545

Жыл бұрын

I string a piece of twine among the area I plant about 4”-6” above the ground and haven’t lost one. Before that, the birds were eating my melon seeds so the birds know I plant in that area 😊.

I wish you could have seen my face when I saw you lift that little plant out of the six pack by a leaf. I would never have imagined you could do that!

One of my biggest mistakes was the very first time I had space and wanted to start a vegetable garden. I read that zucchini was very easy for beginners, so I decided to start with that. I had no idea how the plants grew or what the yield would be, but wanted to make sure if they were successful that I'd planted enough. So I planted twelve zucchini plants for a family of four. That year I made zucchini bread and cake and pickles and stuffed it and sauteed it and took boxes of it into work until until my coworkers said thanks but stop now. I gave it away to neighbors and strangers. My family wasn't all that thrilled having zucchini every day and still teases me about the summer of zucchini hell. That was long before the internet, and I didn't know that there were resources at the library that would have given me the information I needed. But that summer taught me to find out ahead of time the expected yield of various vegetables so I can decide how much to plant.

@DDGLJ

Жыл бұрын

My cousin says she never grows zucchini because there’s always one friend or another she can count on, who does!

@DWlsh43

Жыл бұрын

This is so funny 🤣🤣

@julielopez3345

Жыл бұрын

❤️

Forgetting what you put where and double planting an area. Yeah, I did that last week. I have no idea what is coming up in that spot.

We are in Northern California zone 9b. And we are just now planting our garden. This year’s wether has been so crazy this year. I almost think we are going to have a longer growing season.

@bjbrown

Жыл бұрын

I am 9b in Florida just north of Tampa and I have been harvesting tomatoes, peppers and finally cucumbers. Squash is doing great but watermelon seems to have stalled. Your 9b seems so different from my 9b! I start seeds late January and into February and plant out usually in March. By end of July my tomatoes and peppers slow down since overnight temps are high but they usually hang on through fall and start producing again. Overnight temps remain high here during that time. I keep a steady supply of seedlings just in case so I can fill in for plants that didn't make it.

@tb-yr6wy

Жыл бұрын

​@@bobalman Are you in Santa Rosa beach Florida?

I got so excited that my wife agreed that starting a garden would be good rehab for my lungs and hips, that I bought a small ebay indoor greenhouse. I ordered the kits with the dehydrated compressed discs, and commenced to planting just about everything. No research needed, as my parents and both sets of grandparents raised HUGE vegetable gardens each year. Oh how wrong I was(probably should've paid more attention)! I had a bunch of leggy seedlings that started damping off daily. Me spending 10 days in the hospital, my helpful family(following my lead) assisted most of the rest to damp off. I now understand watering from the bottom!

My mistake was not listening & asking questions when my grandmother was alive. i also HATED being in the garden with my mom. (little girl/bugs) I do have a funny story tho. i was talking to my mom the other night about hilling potatoes. My mom started laughing about how much I've changed. Thanks so much for your videos, so i can learn it now!

@xpurg8d

Жыл бұрын

When my son was in Jr. High I had him take a semester of "agriculture" hoping he'd learn and help me in my vegetable garden. He hated it and for many years wouldn't go near a garden. Then he became a chef and got very interested in being able to grow things to eat. Now he's 57 and loves helping me with my garden, as well as doing all kinds of things on his own. I know exactly how your mom feels! We learn from you, too.

Northern Arizona: monsoon in May. I have not see this b4! Then hail...larger plants are good. Seedlings and flowers will have to be replaced. I forgot the rock phosphate with the peppers. I have a notebook. But, I am not good about writing OR reading notes from the year b4. 75...I need notes to remind me of my notes😢

@EpicenterLLC

Жыл бұрын

Just use the sticky notes version and attach them to yourself. Works great! 😂 In Southern Arizona... monsoon weather in May! Unheard of. Weather manipulate much?

Florida zone 9B I think although honestly I’m not sure because I don’t really do any research of any sort other than watching KZread videos and forgetting what I watch. My favorite thing to do is just put a bunch of seeds in soil and see what happens. I call it my surprise gardens and generally have a decent amount of luck, although I just planted entirely too many luffa seeds so I’ve been trying to pawn off the plants on neighbors.

🤗❤ Have an amazing week!

My garden does very well holding moisture in the soil by using leaf mulch.

Gah!! Thank you! You just made "row spacing" vs "plant spacing" hit home for me! Newer gardner with only raised bed and containers... Love your videos! 😊

I get my tomatoes out early, too. I start them in February in zone 7 and pot them all the way up into 1 quart containers before they go outside. When your plants are 10-12" tall you can still bury them deep in early April and leave 6" above ground, and I find they don't need too much hardening off. They're big enough to just keep going at that point. I did that with my peppers too this year - got them 8" or better tall in 1 quart pots before going outside. We had a really cool start to the spring - lots of nights in the 40s. So everything took a while to get going, and I had to pluck some early flowers, but everything made it, even the peppers, because they were past being seedlings when they went in the ground. I think I'm better off than I would have been if I didn't start everything in February. I did the same thing with my herbs too - I'm already cooking with my lovage and cilantro this year.

We are in zone nine,been eating tomatoes and zucchini for at least 2months. Thanks for your info.👍

I live in a valley up in Canada, and it’s really hard to grow a spring garden. Summer is great, spring is not. It goes from -10C to 22C within a week, with frost advisories most nights until June. Perennials do ok, but any leafy greens pretty much bolts right away. Same thing in the fall, but the other around. This spring, people were walking in shirts and shorts while there was still 2 metres snow banks in some places. Wild place to live.

Great Video. Sent it to my sister in California too. Using the Neptune crab and lobster. Don’t have the kale yet. Weather here in AR is inconsistent but hoping for the best. All warm crops can go in, but we’ve already had high 80’s. Now cold front came through to 70’s. It will be interesting. Blessings❤️🌺

When I first got started, I followed the spacing per the seed packet. Then, I started to experiment on how close I could plant things. My pole beans.. seeds are 2 inches apart on both sides of an 8ft x 10ft - hog fencing trellis.. raised bed. Cucumbers... 2 rows, parallel and staggered, but 6 inches apart. (row separation is approx. 3 inches). I do the same for my squash, except the row separation is closer to 6 inches. I train my squash and cucumbers to a hog fencing trellis

A container mistake I made was using planters that were not self watering. Of those, the worst was porous clay pots in full sun. It just cooked everything. “Strawberry planter??” Oh bull. It will kill those! Instead of high drainage plastic planters, I found out that double walled self watering plastic planters, especially those sat inside a wood decorative planter, conserved the moisture the best on hot days. Frying or thriving, that is the choice. It is worth it to put more money into the planters.

@DDGLJ

Жыл бұрын

So true! Just as bad are the fiber baskets they sell for flowers. Seriously? I guess it would be okay for England.

You are so right about the importance of timing! Here in Florida 9b, it is important to not wait too long to put things like tomatoes out. It doesn't take long for our weather to become too hot and humid for them to thrive. We are already having temps in the 90s most days. I put my tomatoes out in February and I've been harvesting a lot of tomatoes for weeks now. But, the weather is turning and they are beginning to suffer. Also, instead of red solo cups, I use the clear plastic version because I can see the roots and know they aren't becoming root bound. Thank you for the tip about Sluggo. I just planted my sweet potato slips and I worry about cut worms ruining them. Great video.

@jo-annjewett198

Жыл бұрын

I am zone 9b too but in south Texas on the Gulf. Yes my tomatoes are starting to suffer too but I think I will change this up next year for better air flow. Discovered Sluggo Plus this year and so pleased. Never had issues with pill bugs except this year they ate my green bean seedlings to the ground and were eating my strawberry. I replanted 3 times.

I know this is a bit off topic for this video but I would like some advice on storing garden products. I used tule (sp?) this year on my beans since the squirels seemed to like eating the tops. The tule helped, but I no longer need it in the garden & it seems a waste to toss. Would like to use what I bought in the future. What's the best way to store it along with containers from planting & such? I have a small yard with a potting bench - that's about it. Appreciate any "housekeeping" tips you might have Brian.

The weather is extra whip lashy in Bellefonte Pennsylvania , now it is finally past frost Temps I have to deal with extremely strong sun with no clouds and very strong winds .... with a little sunburnt plants to deal with but the STRONG WILL SURVIVE!!

Our spring has been completely unusual. Zone 3. We haven't had a frost since mid April. Our last frost date is end May. I adapted for it this year. Started my tomatoes and peppers indoors as usual. I started all my other vegetables in trays but outside. This way they were garden ready but if the temps were to drop I could protect them. I hardened off my tomatoes, peppers and transplanted them out now. All projections are above 55° for night temps. Fingers crossed it all goes gangbusters.

@alicelaber2068

Жыл бұрын

I'm in zone 3, 4a, too. I wish I had thought of doing it that way!

@user-sw5pj9cf3t

Жыл бұрын

6b/7a we weren't even getting frost Temps at night from about mid to late April then all of a sudden last week one night a big dip in the jet stream brought Canadian air down and it got to 32 overnight. Had to run out and cover everything planted for the night and all seemed well next morning uncovering. Wasn't until a few days out there was even a hint it was going to get that cold. May 1 was the last frost date and this was may past it. Anyway seems like now we aren't near frost Temps at night anymore so it's at lowest like 48-49 at night, 50s otherwise.

@bsjourney8545

Жыл бұрын

I’m also in zone 3 which has me a little nervous due to our typical frost date. I have done something similarly and have been keeping my eye on the night temperatures

@DDGLJ

Жыл бұрын

I’m in zone 3, gave up and built a greenhouse. Not just for temps, but wind and animals. Still not above 50 for night temps but I had tomatoes out May 1 which is a miracle!

@suzannestack7784

Жыл бұрын

@@DDGLJ I would love to have a greenhouse! ( greenhouse envy here 😆).

One mistake: planting individual plants with nothing near it. Plants seem to love neighbors, contrary to what I been told. Plants I place a bit crowded near other types of plants of various heights usually survive the scorching heat of summer, and the freezing winters to outlast their expected end date. The best growth I had in the soil was when I did close companion planting of many types of things like ground creeping herbs, grape arbor, tomato on trellis, foot tall strawberries, etc., with planned variation of heights.

This upcoming week looks to be IDEAL for transplanting! I don't mind my peppers, and melons being slow to start, I will enjoy this cooler than usual weather for as long as it takes!

Well, today…was finding waiting for my back to heal, yielded weeds too thick for my weed whacker (larger string won’t fit). And, after shoving tomato cages, stakes, and even garden torches deep in the rain soaked soil to try to hold back plants during the winter deluge, resulted in a sword and stone situation. They will.not.come.out. So now I’m going to have to water weeds to get them out before prepping garden bed.

I think one of the hardest things to figure out is watering. I have found that under watering is far less of a problem than the opposite. In fact a little less watering when young cause good root growth provided the necessary N-P-K is available.

I planted tomatoes and peppers 2 weeks BEFORE average last frost date. Had one frost which I covered them, and now I already have loads of tomatoes and peppers on each plant.

Along the lines of nor planting too early, be careful if you have an unusually war spell because the weather could turn much cooler very quickly. That happened t me this year, and I have been gardening for many years! My peppers are now struggling

Last frost day recorded as Apr 27...... We had FREEZE May 16 this year

Great reminders 👍🏼👍🏼 Somehow we always forget something or make the same mistakes. Last year I learned not to put the zinnias or basil in the same container as veggies. They get big and compete for space and nutrients (in a container). One plant/flowers per container, unless it's an 18 gal tote then 2 max. I can then just place the companion flower containers next to the veggie ones and they will be happy together but with their own space. This doesn't count for ALL companion plants, just the ones that get big. Edit: Ok I'm not sure if I can do more than one flower per container. I'm new at flowers.

Yeah this year messed me up. It was suppose to be safe from frost, but we got frost about a month after last frost date. This was my first year growing everything from seeds, I had everything ready to go, and then that last frost destroyed most of my stuff, everything else has been stunted.

can you mulch with coconut coir?

East central Alabama here, I learned the hard way not to put out too early. I was focused only on the frost date. If I had waited a lil longer to plant my peppers and tomatoes a lil later to avoid early blight and stunted peppers. Miserable for a first time gardener especially since I purchased my plants this first year. I’ll be seed starting next year and it won’t hurt as bad.

Here in Indiana our plants got "burnt" over night recently. Our garden was so healthy. Then the next day asparagus ferns were burnt & yellow/dry, shoots that were coming up curled up & were dead. Bean leaves had a weird shiny areas on them that dried up & formed yellow tissue thin areas, strawberries leaves crinkled & dried up, pepper plants wilted, tomatoes in every bed had a residue on the leaves, some were curled too, all potato bins had the same film as the tomatoes leaves did. We quickly have created tents with landscaping paper & white green house plastic. We blame the Chem-ical trails they admitted they are spraying. *I have some veggies that I only transplanted into bigger pots because I ran out of room in the garden, that sit under a clear plastic lean-to .... yep they're all perfect. Nothing got to them.

Thanks for sharing your ideas. Some good reminders of things I need to keep in mind and a few new tips, too. Always helpful!

Excellent advice. Thanks!

I have been planting my garden on cloudy days, at least 2 in a row and it works so well. So much easier than daily bringing them in and out. Thanks for sharing

Thank you ❤

I make the same mistake every year. I start my peppers and tomatoes at the same time and I don't use a heat mat for my peppers. RIGHT! The peppers geminate slower than the tomatoes and develop slower than the tomatoes. The difference is about a week to a week and a half so I struggle trying to get the peppers closer to the light as the tomatoes are developing faster. I always put a handful of granular low NPK fertilizer in the planting hole and water in with Neptune's Harvest (tomato). Later on I use their Rose Formula. (An idea I got from you-- thanks for that one) Keep it comin Brian you are my in house resident teacher LOL. Love your vids I always learn something from them. The Bayonne N.J. guy.

I just want to say thank you so much! You have given me the advice I'm searching for. ❤😊

And again, Boom, great advice.

I tried spacing my indeterminate tomatoes 1 foot apart with pruning to a single stem and the plants were way too close together. The leaves of the plants were touching each other and majorly overlapping so they quickly got diseased. This year I spaced them 2 feet apart and the leaves are still touching between the plants.

@mtpocketswoodenickle2637

Жыл бұрын

I can only get 6 tomato plants to fit in a 50 ft. row.

Thank you!!

Thanks Brian. 🌷💚🙃

When I’m planting seeds direct into the ground, I always use a small amount of my homemade container soil ant it really helps with germination and early nutrition.

A mistake I made last year.. Using potting soil/shredded bark (store bought in a bag), that was over 2 years old. The shredded bark produced fungus spores. Every bed that I put it in would get clumps of fungus. Whether it was on the plants, corners of the bed, outer side of the bed.. everywhere. It was frustrating to get rid of. It wiped out half of my peas and a few of my pole beans. The lesson is, don't use Old potting soil mix that has a woody structure. Especially if it's still in the bag.

I think I goofed big time. :-( Our last frost date is late May, but the weather is not forecasting any freezing temps. Awesome, right? So I planted the other day knowing we had two days of big rains coming. The plants looked great, until the end of the second day of rain. The temps were between 45 and 55 degrees (which is probably too cold...ugh), and now my tomato plants and basil have pale green leaves and brown spots. The sun is out now, and I trimmed off all of the branches and leaves, except the few healthy looking ones, which was only a few...they still don't look great, but hopefully they're not too gone to save. So frustrating the Colorado short growing season!!!

Hey, Brian, I’m a huge fan-thanks so much for all your hard work to help us! I had a thought watching this video that might be interesting for you… I wonder if it would be fun for you to do a swap of, say, a month with another garden KZreadr in a totally different climate? I’ve learned so, so much from growing veg in CA, NJ, and the northwest UK that it’s hard to describe. In some ways, I felt like I was starting from scratch in the UK because the climate, birds, and even some bugs are massively different. Anyway, just a thought for you to tuck in he back of your mind for someday… ❤

I am excited to do the pine shavings in my beds this year and planning on doing it this weekend. :-) a little past due but have been busy busy. I have it for my goats and horses anyway. Hope it works!

Excellent video to share!❤ Like you, I like to transplant in the evening. Plants actually do go to sleep and this will actually decrease transplant shock. As a experiment, I dug up a plant and moved it to a shadier place in August, hottest month here. Got very little wilt. I did it by flashlight.😂

Your new place is stunningly beautiful.

My newbie mistake: not realizing the pretty woods behind the house has deer. Took one good pillaging until I bought the motion activated sprinkler.

One of my mistakes is thinking I could be as successful as someone like you, Brian! But I don’t garden full time and it’s only my second year 😂 I’m humbled lol

My Grandparents were excellent country gardeners, who always used the Almanac to plant by. The moon phase and position were very important for determining planting days. They emphasized to never plant when the moon was in a kill sign astronomically. Namely Aries and Leo. They also tried to never plant during an East wind. Something to it? Maybe, but they always had great gardens!

@canadiangemstones7636

Жыл бұрын

And NEVER plant under a full moon, or your plants will turn into werewolves. 😂😂😂

@mariap.894

Жыл бұрын

I follow the moon bc my family did too. If it affects the ocean (high/low tides) why not the sap in the trees🤷

@DDGLJ

Жыл бұрын

East wind makes sense- that’s not normal and around her means a bad storm system is moving in!

It’s easy to miss an important step in each of our processes 🙃 A bad decision I made a few years ago was to put my bbq ashes ( from briquettes) into my garden along with some ash from my fire pit where I had burned some pallets. I ended up with a bad area of the garden for a couple years. 😞

This year I wanted to grow everything from seed. I didn’t have grow lights and started late. Now the garden centers are out of plants to transplant and everything in my bed seems to be behind so the bed looks sparser than it did last year which makes me sad. Thinking about doing seed plantings AND transplants next year and investing in a grow light to start on time inside for next season 👍🏼

Great tips. Timely too😊 If you follow your rules for planting outside, I've found that if you get plants from a good local grower, hardening off doesn't make a difference. A healthy plant is key. Same thing with root bound plants. If healthy, use those roots. Break them up, surround them with the new "home" soil and water them in with some good root nutrients.

In my area, getting my sunflowers out too late. If I plant them in May, the bugs eat the seed leaves. If I plant in April when it’s too cold, they sprout when it’s warm enough which is usually 2-3 weeks before the seed packet says to plant them.

Very good.

I've never needed to harden plants off for more than two days, maybe it's that the weather is cooler where I live and they're not going into the scorching heat, but they tend to do just fine with a half-day outside to full day outside to planting.

Thank for mulch tips❤

We just flew back last night from CA and it was cool there compared to Iowa, so odd!

@MiladaKaiser

Жыл бұрын

This year spring in CA is very unusual. I used to plant tomatoes end of February. This year - 2 months later! And my pepper seedling are sitting there, doing NOTHING! I do not remember that in 21 years gardening here.

I have been using wood ashes around my lettuce and other seedlings as a slug deterrent that is working great so far and costs nothing. I am in western NY so very few things in the garden right now.

No fuss way to harden off plants (if you're impatient like me and don't want to bring them in & out every day:) I place them on a table on the East side of my house. We also have trees in the yard so, directly next to the house does get light but no direct sun (and it's shaded in the afternoon.) I just leave them there for a week and they are good to go. I've never had any issues doing it this way and it's much less annoying than trying to fuss with transporting plants in & out every day or hoping for it to be overcast.

When you’re explaining what you’re planting could you also give the names of the plants around where you’re planting or the companion plants names too. This would be very helpful as we plan and plant our starts. Thanks so much Brian!

Have only been gardening for a year. I direct sowed some seeds and them added lots of mulch. Big mistake, live and learn. Lol!!!

Started my indoor tomato seeds same time as the peppers at about 10 weeks before last frost. Great timing for the peppers, but too early for the tomatoes which got a bit leggy despite being transplanted to a bigger indoor grow pot (from the solo cups). Next year the peppers start at 10 weeks but the tomatoes will start at 8 weeks.

strong el nino is coming according to the POW weather channel, just an FYI...

This video came out a couple of weeks late :( we put all our starters out mid May as we usually do and they all died.

thank you soo much for your vids,love them.I'm using homemade heavyduty cages I made,18in across,should I just plant 1 zucenni,1 squash,1 cucumber per cage?,thanks again,Rick from Delaware

Planting too late is the biggest problem I had last year when I was a brand new gardener. I planted squash and zucchini and way too late the frost didn't kill them but they just ran out of daylight.

Hi, I love your video's. I have learn so much about garden, even more than my grandmother taught me. But today I also heard about wood ash and how bigger your garden vegetables will grow. When I say wood ash I mean ashes from a wood stove, a fireplace, a grill. They charcoal works somewhat, but wood does wonders. You might try it and see if what learn is true. Thank you.

@mariap.894

Жыл бұрын

Cynthia E@ That'll be great! I've heard that I can not use wood ashes here in Florida bc the soil is already alkaline. It'll be interesting to know his findings 😃👍💜

I'm a new gardener and your videos have been helping the entire way through so thank you sooo much!! I want to put in zone timers for watering, but would you suggest one timer with 4 zones, or setup a Y with two timers each with 2 zones? Thank you again!!!!

Great hearing all the advice! We expanded our garden space and re-configured our beds...so probably lots of potential for mistakes! Where do you get your pine shavings? I would like to mulch the beds but I'm not sure if just any wood shavings will work...like the products used in animal cages??

Question: If you mulch with shavings, you said not to mix them with the soil ( nitrogen loss). At the end of the growing season, should you remove the shavings from you raised beds before prepping the beds for winter? I’m learning so much from your videos, thank you from a new Gardner in New Hampshire.

My mistake is planting things groundhogs and squirrels like to eat. 🌷💚🙃

@MiladaKaiser

Жыл бұрын

They like it all !!!

I don’t know what the little flying and crawling insects are in my containers but I took photos and would love to know whether I should not plant the vegetables or treat them first. I was going to mix last year’s organic soil with some new potting soil with some lobster/crab mix per your video.

I started gardening 7 years ago and my biggest mistake was thinking I could just plant everything in my backyard soil. 😂 so you could say I’ve been gardening for 6 years.

@DDGLJ

Жыл бұрын

😀

I've never had a cutworm problem until this year...all my cucumber and melon seedlings are beheaded the day after I plant. Thanks for the Sluggo Plus info. Will order and give a try

@leslieeide6721

Жыл бұрын

You can place a toothpick next to the stem to prevent cutworms from wrapping around your stem. The wood is too hard for them to get though.

@pjsviking

Жыл бұрын

@@leslieeide6721 Hey, thanks for this super easy and cheap tip - good gardening 🇨🇦

Well.. our nights won't be in the sixties untill July this year. Here I thought it was 50's all these years.. I'll cover them at night but if I wait I won't have any heat loving crops this year. I'll take the risk. Let y'all know how it turned out. Thanks for all the info you provided

Speaking of mistakes, did you ever cover replacing the mulch you filled your raised beds with? :)

Can you do an episode on mealybugs and clover mights?

Question, can we plant seeds in only peat moss?Tia

I have some hardwood mulch from previous years (2) that mixed into the old soil. I am amending with new soil and fertilizer after removing the majority of the old mulch. But since there is some breaking down in the lower soil, what can I add to counter any nitrogen loss. (PS: I use raised beds and grow bags.) I use NH Crab and lobster and bone meal with my amendments. Thanks

For years I have mixed a light solution of B-1 to help with root shock. Do you think that is necessary?

Thank you great video. I'm curious about what you do with the pine shavings when the seasons over? Do you compost them? I've never heard of using them before.

@pixiebombl33

Жыл бұрын

Just leave them on the top of the soil throughout the year. I would think by the next gardening year they will have broken down quite a bit. If not, I would just gently move them off the top surface into a pile as you clean up your garden area, post growing season. Then spread them back to cover the soil in the winter. Since they are just shaving, not wood chips, they really should be close to broken down by the next planting season. This would be the case in Iowa anyway.

@MiladaKaiser

Жыл бұрын

I use a new layer of compost each year. No tilling. Push the shavings aside, spread compost and return the mulch back. At spring add a little bit more shavings.

Thanks for the tips! I live in the Florida Panhandle. Every year I plant my tomatoes in a raised bed and every year they grow big and healthy looking . Then all of a sudden every tomato plant starts to wilt and die. I have planted some tomatoes in pots and I’m waiting to see what happens. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Potting up tomato plants is where we lose a lot of plants. They just fizzle. Plant extras to offset this, but still a lot of plants lost.

I also have seen in previous videos, you using those pine shavings. Just like you can buy at any pet store for their bedding material? I see them carrying pine, but also cedar and aspen, maybe others, does it make a difference? I’m trying to figure out what is best. I was able to get a little bit of grass clippings around the base of my tomato and peppers, but that’s it, I don’t have anything on the rest of my raised bed. It actually isn’t really easy right now to gather grass clippings, it’s been a little dry and the grass isn’t growing over abundantly to have to rake or anything.

When I used pine shavings, they held moisture and actually grew mold or fungus, sharing the infection with my plants! 😢

Hello, first thank you so much for all your hard work and sharing everything. I'm learning so much. Do you have any recommendations for Rock phosphate? I can't seem to find the one you recommended. It's out of stock at Amazon.

When you direct sow, do you mulch right after sowing or do you wait for the seedlings to sprout first? I use straw mulch and I wasn't sure if the mulch was making it difficult for seeds to sprout through.

My mistake last year was not using shade cloth correctly, or at all in some cases. We have a short growing season and I was asked, "Why are you using shade cloth at all when tomatoes love sun and need all it can get?" So I probably didn't use it when I should have. Would really appreciate a video on this topic.

@loricawley54

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Tomatoes will stop fruiting above 95 degrees F regardless if u use shade cloth or not. I’m in Tx, zone 8a, and although I did use shade cloth last yr bc we had a SUPER hot, droughty summer, it only kept the tomatoes alive. I had zero production of fruit during the summer. They didn’t begin fruiting again until the temps consistently dropped below 95 degrees in the fall.

@susanhenley8240

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@@loricawley54 Thank you for your input, Lori. I didn't know about the 95 degree thing.

@loricawley54

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@@susanhenley8240 Yw! If u haven’t already bought a copy of Brian’s book, I highly recommend it esp for new gardeners. Has helped me a TON!

Can you fix root bound plants?

@mariap.894

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God's W@I just cut the part at the bottom and re-plant or re-pot and it has worked out well for me 🤷 Ah! and fluff the roots before planting. Hope it helps💜

Another mistake: planting seeds indoors and putting them out into big empty containers. In zone 8b I have found putting seeds into my compost bin, then spreading a layer of compost into the garden will be best way to sprout squash and tomato seeds.

help! I direct seeded some herbs and peppers a couple of weeks ago and then my family and I found out that we have to move! My seeds haven't germinated yet. If I bring the soil with me (where I planted them) in a pot or a bed will my seeds still have a decent chance at germination? I also have some fairly well established potato plants, sweet corn and peas. Will these transplant ok? Any tips, tricks, advice would be much appreciated!

As always, thank you for your tips. I'm assuming in the fall, you rake up and dispose of the wood shavings? Or do you till them in? I was considering using straw. Seems to work pretty good for my garlic. Last year was brutally hot and it was a real task with keeping up with proper watering, so I want some help with moisture retainment.

Should I add the same fertilizers you used if I’m planting in containers?

@camicri4263

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Absolutely! Especially in containers.

@MiladaKaiser

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And much more. You have to water more and fertilize more.