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Really helpful info, thank you! 🌱💚🌿
If I add Bermuda grass clippings wont it run the risk of starting to grow some Bermuda grass in my raised beds?
❤😂❤I LOVE THISTLE! I made a barbed wire fence around my yard & wood fence to keep trespassers out.
This helped me so much thank you
would this work with sad looking chilli plant? its trying to grow 4 leaves now.. but the stem is droopy.. the stem quite thick now.. I am really tempted to just pull it out and replace it with another chilli plant..
If I take the plant that has flowers on it, can i dehydrate everything and make a dried cilantro?
Why fight it. It produces beautiful flowers and it is 100% edible. It is also a national symbol of Scotland. A magnificent plant IMHO
Thank you for making this video. My first basil plant started flowering and I wasn't sure what to do so I did a Google search and your video was one of the results. This was very helpful. I think it is early to be bolting, but at the same time we've had well over 100°F heat for almost a week (southwest Idaho) so no wonder my plants are stressed, we all are! ❤
Hi Sarah, glad you found my channel and I was able to help out. Even though summer has barely started, I think we've already had enough heat for now....lol! Thanks for watching Paul
I thought that once the plant starts flowering, the leaves become bitter. Is that correct?
I have the same concern. Will the regrowth taste like it did before it flowered?
The worst weed in your garden is 'Ground Elder.'
Grass is a huge waste of resources. Grow clover, chickweed or many ground covers...or Grass is best for compost tea. Mulching results in weeds and grrass in your growing beds.
But don’t put the grass on your plants if your mowing up weeds with your grass. Trust me it’s not worth it.
Have my first and only thistle. Its huge. Was going to let it bloom out of curiousity. Glad I watched your video. Have been digging out wild roses for 20 years. Just because its pretty and smells good doesn't mean it belongs in your garden. Thank you.
On a 400 acre farm - I lend a hand and garden there - there is no practical way to control them except relentless effort. 10% H2O2 would work to some extent, and would mean quite a cost, let alone that the roots would probably just laugh it off ... :) In the garden I've see a few for the first time. I'll use your method when harvest is over if any pop up, or next spring/summer.
Excellent idea usinh a spoon
I use it (and much more collected from neighbours) a) as mulch b) together with leafs or paper-clippings, kitchen wastes, enough water and oxygen (turn it daily) to quickly create great humus within 3 weeks
Excellent video.
Tanks for sharing. Now I can use My grass as a resource
Thistles are nutritious no ?
the thistles are bringing up minerals from deep in the soil that your plants cant reach. they may be medicinal to control or even heal you. research before destroying.
Thanks for great teaching.
How do you keep the grass from seeding the garden?
Just found this video after discovering that my leggy tomato seedlings were all along the soil this morning. This is the first time I've tried to grow tomatoes and am using an indoor greenhouse. I had a feeling they might need to be transplanted but wasn't sure the best way to do it. I'll be trying this method later, thank you so much for the tips!
I prefer mineral oil, multitude of uses including wood metal and !leather.
You don't have a problem with introducing grass seed into your garden bed? Or worse, Bermuda grass?
When I used freshly mowed grass clippings some of my plants got burned. Does that sound correct? I was guessing due to the heat being produced by the green fresh clippings.
Hi Ruben, yes, fresh grass absolutely will give off heat as it decomposes. But it will only hurt your plants if you lay it so thick (maybe 6 inches or more) that the heat can't escape and builds up to a damaging level. Instead, if you lay it down two or three inches at a time, any heat that is produced can easily escape into the air and not harm your plants at all. Thanks for watching! Paul
@@GardenWellEatWell thank you for your response and time.
Oh God I love this video! 😍 I'm from Ukraine and many people here don't like the smell of cilantro, but I adore it in dishes, so I'd decided to grow it this year at my grandma's garden. By accident, it overgrew and bolted, and no longer looks edible, so I was wondering how I can use it. I couldn't find any decent piece of information within the ukrainian content, and here it is - a treasure! I'm definitely gonna use the berries!!! 👍 Thank you so much for the video ❤
I'm glad you found the video so helpful! Thanks for watching Paul
Nice One. Thanks
so after transplanting is it still necessary to harden them if they've been indoors on the windowsill?
Good video, however I'd like to point out that many of the photos you used were spear/bull thistle rather than creeping thistle. Those are the absolute worst in terms of sharp thistles as the leaves are much thicker and stronger, as are the thistles themselves! They also only have a taproot so are much easier to get rid of than creeping thistle. I've tried many of your methods previously to try and eradicate creeping thistle but the damn things are still coming back even after a couple of years, got to keep at it and hope that eventually they will indeed grow far too weak to continue!
I use it on my strawberrys , and potatoes .In containers . Works for me .
Thistle and dandelions are amazing medicinal plants.
Thumbs UP! That was great Thank You.
Yellow star thistle is the worst who else think so
I love thistles. Good edible.
I use the paper towel a bit differently. I place the seeds on a sheet of white paper, cut 1x1 squares of paper towel to cover the seeds, only a few seeds under each piece of paper towel. After germination, if the roots have grown into the paper towel,, No Problem,, just use scissors to cut the paper and plant the little piece of paper n towel (They're both biodegradable!!) This way I don't disturb the roots!! I like the paper towel method because I don't have to disturb the seeds to see how they're going, I just hold the baggie over a light and I can see right through the paper!
Thistles are edible plants. Quit being afraid of “weeds” people.
my first cilantro plant bolted and the flowers tasted AMAZING. wont bother trying to stop it.
That's great! Make sure to leave a few flowers so you can try out those berries too! Thanks for watching Paul
When it come to thistle and killing it , I’d use those terms like this. “Are you a thistle farmer ? Yes, and I’m killing it.”
I have lots of weeds in my lawn including poison ivy, so wondering if this is a good idea. I also have thick clay soil. Your thoughts?
Thank you I have a bunch of very crowed and leggy lettuce seedlings. Will do this asap!
Every part of every type of thistle is edible except the spines. Different types of thistle have different medicinal properties. You might want to learn more about them before getting rid of them
Thank you! A new way to do this 👍👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I have a big problem with slugs every year.this year I put down landscaping fabric around my raised beds. I also experimented with fabric in my garden beds and cut holes for the plants. I cut down the slug population by 70% and I dont have to mow around the beds.weeding is minimal.my lawn is a field reclaimed by mowing.you can’t kill it.if I grade it to dirt it grows back by next year.
I get weeds everywhere when i add grass
So how do you keep the seeds in grass from sprouting
This was very helpful thank you
Very good advice!
Will this process cause grass to grow in the garden beds?
Milk, thisiles is not a weed, it's a medicinal herb.