Greetings, my name is Matthew Wottrich, and this is channel is all about gardening in Austin Texas, Zone 9A.
I invite you to join me in my journey of battling the elements and touching grass. I hope y'all enjoy my how-to video essays and backyard garden tours where I'll be discussing my garden, the weather, living in Austin, seminary studies, and general thoughts on life.
@@AustinTexasGardening I see, certainly looks like an ongoing problem that must be very worrying for you. What is this compound you mentioned. I've not heard of this before.
All i do is just plant the seeds in the gound or pot. I have servals in container in FL. They grow very fast here normally with in 2 weeks for germination.
I'm sure you planting process works for you. However, it does not take 18 months to germinate and give you wild flowers. You can seed in the fall and it you have seeded properly you will have bluebonnets in the spring, march/april time period. I do it all the time.
I had a low spot in my New Zealand garden where it would continually be sodden with water after a heavy rainfall and my Flowering Cherry tree died because of root rot. I borrowed a hand auger from my work and drilled two 50mm diameter pilot holes to 2m depth to punch through a layer of hard compacted silt (not clay) to the sand layer below it and then followed through with 100mm diameter before adding drainage gravel. Worked wonders. This is called a vertical French drain.
this thing grows like a weed. great ground cover. i love it. didnt know it was easy to propagate (thanks for the tip!) so i've been buying at walmart. they come in white, orange, pink, and white - unaware of other colors). extremely low maintenance in hot/humid climates. A+!!!!
Lol I just started from seed around August 1st 2024 and my seedling is about 6 inches tall now. I'm leaving mine outside in the sun with a water bottle over it for added humidity. Was wondering how your tree is doing now 4 years later and also wondering how it did without the added humidity
I live in College Station,TX and in the same plant hardiness zone. Growing 2 pineapple crowns and still looking good. Although, I do bring them indoors on the rare night it drops below 40°F in the winter
Someone from Round rock here ☝🏽 do you need city permits or call the city to check if there are any pipes or wires that you need to be aware of before digging in? We’re trying to figure out that part .
Permits no, but you really should have them come map out gas, electric, and fiber lines. The only reason I didn’t do this is because I watched them lay the lines during my homes construction one year before I made this video
great video, I had one take root randomly in my backyard and really like the blooms on it. Will be trying to propagate more. Located in Las Vegas NV, it's handling the 110F summer just fine
I found purslane for the first time this year. Wow, what a performer in our OKC area yard. I cut off a few stems mid July and added them to a pot with a young autumn joy sedum.
Almost reminds me of artillery at night. Yet very peaceful thanks to the music. Imagine how existentially horrifying this footage could be with eerie music
My aunt planted a 3 ft mango tree in my backyard, 5 years ago. She passed away a couple of months ago, and this season was the first time we had mangos grow on the tree. My 5 year old daughter and I just ate the last 2 mangoes and we decided to try and grow a couple more trees, in her honor. ❤
Filling in the cracks with compost or grass clips, grass clippings are a good source of nutrients that will help improve the erosion in your backyard :)
I appreciate you saying that. When I started gardening 5 years ago, I started watching other gardeners on youtube as well, its a great way to find out what to avoid, and how to do things right the first time. I try to show my highlight reel of success, but also talk about the mistakes I've made so you can avoid them.
I love that you’re honest about a lot of plants dying. Not everything you plant does well. Human error yes, but also just uncontrollable factors that you should expect.
In the raised bed it’s bagged raised bed soil from Home Depot. It would be more cost effective for you to source soil cut with compost from a soil yard. The volume of the bed is 3ft wide, 2ft deep, 20ft long, so it could hold about 4.4 cubic yards of soil. I recommend fertilizing with 13-13-13 about 2-4 times a year For my lawn, I fertilize 2 times a year with 13-13-13 and 2 times a year with 29-0-0 nitrogen rich fertilizer. I aerate my yard by hand, and mow with the mower set to around 3-4”. The soil in my yard is all yellow clay, topped with a thin layer of sod, but the aeration and fertilizer really helps.
Ive heard it needs quality UV light... im in austin as well and just bought a venus fly trap.. so beautiful but the mixed directions from videos are throwing me off... theyre from NC and can endure heat/winter.. what are your thoughts?
I love mango, but some varieties are much better than others, especially in regard to the stringiness of the meat. Having a tree can be problematic, though, in terms of mess on the ground. When I lived in Lahaina long long ago, the house I lived in was surrounded by mango trees and we lived next to the train track that was a tourist thing. Every time the train passed, I got to hear lots of mangos falling on the roof. That house burned down along with everything else I knew back then, sadly.
