I totally agree about the Pest Control Operator! People are too careless with chemicals. Really enjoyed learning about the Pittosporum plant! God Bless
We sell these at the garden center where I work here in Louisiana. You've taught me more about these than I ever knew before. Never seen one that huge. Didn't know they got to 15 feet. Lovely. Thank you
Eddie, thanks for making my day my friend and I am truly honored if I have helped you with a better understanding on this plant. I love Pitts and I think they are an under used plant that provide a lot great uses for homeowners and for commercial landscapes. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching! To propagate the Arctic Snow Bush from cuttings, take 4-6 inch semi-hardwood cuttings in late spring to early summer. Remove the lower leaves, leaving a few at the top, and optionally dip the cut end in rooting hormone. Insert the cuttings into a well-draining potting mix, such as a mix of perlite and peat moss, ensuring at least one node is buried in the soil. Water thoroughly and keep the soil consistently moist but not soggy. Cover the cuttings with a plastic bag or place them in a propagator to maintain high humidity, and place them in bright, indirect light. Roots should develop in 4-6 weeks. Once rooted, gradually acclimate the new plants to outdoor conditions over 1-2 weeks before transplanting them into larger pots or directly into the garden.
@AskMrGreenthumbGardening I've followed you a a long time. I'm glad to see you're still around. I live around the corner from where Martin Giles used to live before he passed. God bless.
Lol at your great accents. :D So silly and fun. Oh and the sound effects too. Figs are wonderful. I want to thank you for inspiring me to eat healthier btw.
Good to see you're still teaching gardening, Stan - I owe my success in part to you! My parents gave me your book Florida Gardening when I turned 9, back in 1988. I still have it.
That's one of the best compliments I have ever received. That really made my day, thank you for sharing that with me. I love gardening and getting others like yourself to enjoy it! Have a wonderful week my friend! Stan Mr. GT!
Thank you Stan. So you'll know I saw Kelly on the local news last week about the tree that fell in St.Pete. She gave a very good showing of herself, looking very professional.
Oh that's awesome, Kelly Stafford is an amazing lady running an an amazing company, we feel very fortunate to have her as a sponsor. Thank you so much for letting me know about this. Thanks for watching too, Stan.
Use a balanced fertilizer with an NPK ratio (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) of around 10-10-10 or similar. This ensures that your plant gets a good overall supply of nutrients. Have a wonderful day and thank you for watching my friend!
That stem or scape that grows out of the center of romaine lettuce is called the "heart" or "core." It's the central, compact part of the lettuce head where the leaves are tightly packed together. In culinary terms, the heart of romaine lettuce is often prized for its crisp texture and concentrated flavor. Thanks for watching, Stan
Good points, I didn't elaborate on those areas. Black Kow is always a good start with your soil but I would use it 50/50 with any general potting mix with perlite to encourage good drainage. Desert Rose does very well in full sun, and after it's establishment period mother nature will take care of it's watering needs. Thanks for watching!
Yay, a new video. Mr. DeFreitas, I love the sound effects you use too. I wonder if this Jasmine would grow on Cape Cod? I think it would. The cats and dogs are too cute.
In Cape Cod, Star Jasmine might struggle due to the colder temperatures, especially in winter. It may survive in sheltered locations with protection from harsh winds and cold temperatures, but it may not thrive or bloom as vigorously as it would in its preferred zones. Thanks so much for watching! Yeah we think adding pets to gardening just makes sense, thanks again for watching!
This sounds like a wonderful plant to try and grow on the front corner of my house. I could see it twinning around one of my porch posts, open on 2 sides.
@AskMrGreenthumbGardening ive bought it several different times of year at different locations and its always the same. maybe 50 percent of the bag is actual composted manure, the rest is definitely filler. buy a bag of composted cow manure from a nursery that carries stuff from local farms and compare it to black kow, theres a definite difference
@@cantwealljustgetalong2 Well very sorry to hear this, I know this wasn't always the case, I'll check in with their distributor to see if they are changing things...
Thank you so much! We put a lot of love into making these video's so thank you for taking the time to let me know you are enjoying them. Have a wonderful day!
This year something was off with black cow. What I got was wet and still had ammonia smell to it! I went to the web site and logged a complaint with contact information and no reply ever received!
I used this stuff for last couple years and It was doing good This year for some reason I guess was not composted right and burned a lot of tomatoes and peppers And I notice they have lot more mulch in
Love Meyer lemons. You say that citrus do well in full sun, and they do. I seem to have an issue with leaf miners when grown in full sun though. If grown in a dappled light, under a coconut palm for example, the leaf miners tend to either leave them alone completely, or rarely bother them. I need to get another Meyer lemon, which produce year-round as opposed to seasonal with other citrus. I had one when I lived on another property and would like to get another. I also have finger lime, key lime, and ponderosa lemon, which is one of my favorites. Nice video
Thanks so much for watching, we really appreciate it and thank you for sharing, I need to do a video on ponderosa lemons too as you have just inspired me.
@@AskMrGreenthumbGardening. Good question. It was wrong for me to assume that they are not monitoring their source. Although I have read and seen several reports of growers experiencing issues with crops after using black cow. Since yesterday I’ve learned that certain herbicides used on hay fields are passed through to the compost. . No actual facts as to whether or not black cow obtains their compost from those farms. As I stated. Be careful. People are suggesting to plant a few peas in the mix before using it, to confirm germination.
To some extent that's true, but I would also say Black Kow puts a lot of pride into what they do, I have been to their Oxford plant, inspected it, and it's impressive.
@@AskMrGreenthumbGardening Instead, I use composted cow manure for less than half the price of Black Kow. Peat is also ridiculously expensive. It used to be so inexpensive years ago.
I’ve used it and had good results. This year I bought a trailer load of 8 year old horse manure. My garden is growing unbelievable, already picked some beans. In Ohio beautiful stuff.
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I just messaged the Black Kow company to ask them. But, I wonder, had they ever got back to you about herbicides? And, if so, what;d they say about it?
@@juliegogola4647 The owners of the company hold their products to the highest ethical standards possible, I would be super shocked if they allowed any chemicals at all with regards to the creation of their products. They are amazing people who run a 1st class facility right there in Oxford Florida.
@@AskMrGreenthumbGardening Hello, the company has yet to contact me. But, I have chosen to buy 3 bags of BK potting soil today to fill up a raised bed that I had emptied of old potting soil. I did so because I had done a sorta "test" with my bagged BK manure. I made a "tea" with it, and watered a few peas with it. Legumes are very sensitive to the herbicides, and my peas would have died if it had any herbicides in it. So, I trust it now. Your saying that it's good is nice to hear too. I had seen some videos that said that it COULD have herbicides gave me some apprehension about using it before though. Thanks for your reply. 😁
