8 Gardening Tips You Can Ignore

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There are some tips that gardeners can ignore. They're not backed up by research or science and can be a waste of time, energy, and money. Good gardening information is important to know. Garden smart and learn to recognize tips from other gardeners that might not be best for you and your garden. (Video #109)
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@priayief 4 года назад

Here's a tip: if you hear or see a tip (especially about adding anything to your soil), Google the tip and add the phrase "garden myth".

@PeterSedesse 3 года назад

This is true for anything you ever search for....add myth to the end and you can get some eye opening results.

@jeanlaikan8400 Год назад

What I like about this channel is Gardener Scott goes straight to the topic. On many channels, the topic only starts at 3/4 of the video. Another thing I like is his topics are not the common ones every RU-vidr deals with.

@lilsavage1542 Год назад

You should have your own show on PBS. You remind me of Bob Ross. You have a calm demeanor that lows my blood pressure while delivering excellent gardening advice.

@beckijameson3844 4 года назад

When I listen to your gardening wisdom, I am completely humbled, cognizant that I'm an absolutely clueless gardener. I need you, Gardener Scott!

@mrjasonjneal 2 года назад

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@MrAxebane Год назад

I can confirm from personal experience about the advice to NOT add sand to clay soil! I have soil that is very heavy in clay, and early in my gardening attempts, I added some sand to one of my raised beds thinking it might improve drainage. It wasn't even much sand, maybe half a bag! The raised bed at that time was at least 80% clay soil because I couldn't afford much purchased soil to amend it with. The next year, when I was redoing the layout of my garden, I dug up some the soil in that bed, and there were many clumps of hard concrete like dirt in the soil! It was awful! Just as bad as having a bunch of rocks in the bed, just totally blocked the roots wherever the clumps formed.

@lukehebert6207 3 месяца назад

Dang. I literally just started a 10 ft long garden bed over clay soil by putting down a few bags of sand first...here goes nothing 😢

@1920sman 2 года назад

Here in the New Zealand (Northern North Island) summer, the rain showers certainly can scorch leaves. I have even had brassicas (and numerous flowers) had burns and even holes burnt in them from drops left on if the sun is full strength after rain! If you are lucky enough to live somewhere with mild sunlight, you are certainly lucky. I would never recommend anyone water in the full sun. Easiest way to kill all the plants - I have killed enough in past. If I need to water in the middle of the day - sometimes newly transplanted seedlings need it, I always provide a shade cloth, or an upturned terracotta pot if it is just one or two plants.

@2outta3aintbad96 4 года назад

Lady bugs worked for me. I mixed yeast and sugar together and painted the tree trunk where they were released to get them to stay and eat. Many laid eggs which by the end of the season gave me a hoard of them. They stayed I guess because where they were born became they're home !!

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

That is a creative way to keep some. Thanks for sharing. I was able to create a population in the greenhouse by releasing some there. The newborn ladybugs stayed and started new generations. It helped that they had food right away; aphids in my case.

@CRHall-ud9mq 4 года назад

I love all the different input of knowledge and experience shared here on this channel. I think any insect or animal may decide to stay for as long as provisions are sustained within an ideal habitat for future generations ?

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks. You're right @C.R. Hall. I was able to sustain multiple generations of ladybugs in the greenhouse by tending to their needs.

@rebeccahenry4930 4 года назад

Thx for the tip bc mine all left immediately

@BrightestBlessings7899 2 года назад

We collected alot , 30 or 40 lady bugs about 7 or 8 years ago, before we moved here. It is lush and wild and green. We now have a small colony that hibernate under a crack in the siding between the shed and house. They always have tons to eat! My neighbour told me she was glad of 'my' lady bugs because they saved her tomatoes last summer when a wave of red aphids attacked our maturing plants!

@NONAMESLEFTNONE 3 года назад

I can't believe how much I'm getting into this series. Yesterday my daughter fell asleep on me and I sat there and watched for a few hours. Total treat.

@moodieslog 2 года назад

Same. I'm addicted :) it's a treasure of quality information

@donrodgirs9265 4 года назад

I must say Scott I have learned more from you in 3 weeks than the previous 3 years. I wish I had found you before spending way to much and spend way to much time. Last year I followed the great tips on pepper growing and had a TOTAL crop failure. From germination to harvest. Thank you so much.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

So glad to help.

@hywl5746 3 года назад

the bob ross of gardening! great tips!!

@keilacosta3896 3 года назад

I'm totally addicted to your channel! I'm starting a veggie garden and your tips are just pure gold. Thank you for sharing all that knowledge!

@leslieschwindt3555 4 года назад

In regards to your tip about overhead watering... I use to live in Kentucky and battled summer rains that would overheat and scorch plants all the time so yes, there is some truth to overhead watering during the day. I've known and witnessed large farms losing entire crops, upwards of several hundred acres, to scorching rains. It was actually best to water in the evening so the air was not as hot and the water could absorb overnight and the plants not be jeopardized with the triple digit summer sun heat. Gardening in Idaho/high altitude is much different than Southern heat with high humidity. Blessings with much love and happy gardening!!

@douglasbyers3094 Год назад

Always enjoy your videos, but what I like about this one is the honesty - "don't worry about" etc. Half the fun of gardening is seeing what works and what did not. It is a great retirement hobby. Sure, some knowledge is essential, but the learning is the fun! My grandfather always said, the think a gardener needs to cultivate is a sense of humour. !!

@memisemyself 4 года назад

It's my first time seeing one of your videos and I'm impressed.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thank you.

@sharonobrien9962 4 года назад

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@ranchoraccolto 4 года назад

now like me just can't stop seeing them...

@ultimatehomestead1466 4 года назад

Scotts really awesome . I can't understand why he Doesn't have the subscriber Base he deserves . He actually interacts with his Subscribers unlike a lot of Others . Its nice that he really covers a Lot of bases on a subject that Others just say : "don't do this" . Kind of reminds me of my old horticulture teacher .

@ranchoraccolto 4 года назад

@@ultimatehomestead1466 easy, people want to be right not to learn...

@highlandscommunityclub1160 3 года назад

Thank you Gardener Scott for dispelling the water myth! I’ve been misting my lettuce (under shade cloth) all summer and it’s been doing great! Made note of your tree planting without compost tip. I won’t do that again!

@mapofthesoultagme7143 Год назад

I was also wondering how wild plants don't burn all their leaves after heavy rain when I first heard that watering tip.

@marysuewhalen5446 Год назад

I have bought ladybugs and had great success with them. I just covered my self-watering container plants with tulle to contain the ladybugs until they chomped away all the aphids. Then I let them go back home!

@mgguygardening Год назад

Great video. I just want to add about the spacing on seed packets, I believe it's based on large scale farming methods where you're planting on acres of land. The seed companies need to catch up to the backyard gardener and offer instructions just as you suggest - 6 inches in each direction, not 6 inches in a row and then 18 inches between rows.

@GeauxGrow 4 года назад

Love those tips. I'm guilty of some...but when I learn better, I do better. Thanks!

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks.

@theresawheat6813 Год назад

It really gets to me how complicated everyone makes growing things 😕. I've tried what works for me and I stick with it. I listen and learn new things and learn better ways to do things and I feel the wiser for it. I've shared information with people about what I've learned. It really gets to me when people say that it doesn't work, but I tried it and it worked 🙃. I sometimes don't say anything lol.I am happier 😊 for it.

@threadbarerag336 2 года назад

The only mycorrhizal product that even has an microgram of sense is one specifically designed to inoculate legumes such as peas and beans and is actually the bacteria Rhizobia. Once used, the ground has the bacteria forever. Most soils already have it but in a brand new garden, it couldn't hurt to sprinkle around your peas and beans the first year.

@robertshorthill4153 2 года назад

Scott, thanks for the tips to ignore. I should say, I've never done any of them. There are things that require a minor amount of expense, but none of these do. I mix my soil from depleted soil from the previous year, adding amendments that I can get for free and/ or at little cost. I get damaged bags of composted manure, damaged bags of alfalfa pellets, potting soil, etc, for free or almost free. The only things I have to buy are Ca sulfate or nitrate, slow release fertilizers, bone meal, worm castings, perlite, peat moss, but these are small expenses as a matter of course. I went a bit overboard perhaps at the end of May for squash, peppers and toms. And the weather was perfect this season. No storms or hail, hot days and warm nights. My tom crop is the best I've seen in years and zuccs have been pumping them out like crazy without any signs of powdery mildew or pests. So maybe I didn't go so overboard after all. My compost pile I will use next spring is cooking as I write this. I stir it about every two weeks and keep it moist. All harvest scraps go into it-- egg shells, coffee grounds, kitchen scraps. It may be ready to mix with next year's garden mix in May of next year. Thanks for tips to avoid. Cheers,. Bob

@ponycentaur1456 4 года назад

6:00 i never heard of that one. In cali, we don't water during mid day (southern California where its mostly heat) , because water dries up rapidly during mid day. Especially during the summer .

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

It is best to water in morning or evening to reduce evaporation that happens during mid day watering.

@ArRi533 4 года назад

Discovered your channel today and subbed (from the Netherlands). I prefer watering in the morning. In the evening the plants will not dry anymore (above ground) which might give harmful fungi a higher chance during the (humid) night. Example: botrytis on pansy flowers.

@escapefromny2012 3 года назад

It's okay to add sand to clay soil ONLY if you also add organic materials (compost). So if you've made the mistake of amending clay with sand already, don't freight, just add a lot of compost to fix it.

@katieloss5772 4 года назад

Thank you so much! I’ve just discovered you and your wonderful teaching. Short, to the point, lots of excellent info for we home gardeners, delivered in a calm, measured way. No extraneous talking and hyperbole or pushing of products of particular companies.... unless specifically asked or you think is necessary. Appreciate it. It is a jungle out there in the marketing world of gardening products!

@garysaulnier1223 2 года назад

couldn't wait to share with my daughter in law, b-4 I got to reason 2. Thanks Alot

@pecker556 2 года назад

Thank you for your videos. I really enjoy them. I have wanted to start a garden for a long time, and did this year. It has been great. Very fulfiling. Mistakes made, lessons learned, and delicious fruits and vegetables harvested. Ive saved money, lost weight, and droped some daily stress, thanks to the garden and your videos!

@Thathandytiger17 Год назад

Thank you for confirming many of my thoughts as a new gardener on the false growing tips. 😊

@opencoop4268 4 года назад

Thanks for the great tips. Something to consider: Row distances are based on making sure the plants aren't competing for the same water and nutrients in the soil. In square foot gardening, Mel (the creator) assumes you're using his raised bed system filled with very rich soil. I've read that some plants do better in rows and some in blocks. Those that might go well either way generally allow more space between plants when using blocks and less space between plants in wider rows.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks. Yes, there is the assumption of good soil. Generally the block method is best for smaller plants. I still grow tomatoes and peppers in rows in open beds, but grow them in blocks in raised beds. Much depends on how to easily access the plants. In home gardens, some plants like corn that are wind pollinated must be planted in blocks for pollination.

@Cathy24601 Год назад

I garden professionally and the thing I think that hurts plants more is blasting plants with ice cold water when the foliage is already very hot and the sun is directly overhead. It seems to shock them. If the water coming out of your hose is very cold you may want to just sprinkle them lightly a few times to let them adjust. I usually just water at the base when it’s very hot and the sun is directly overhead, generally I just try to avoid that by watering earlier or later in the day. But if you have to water at a not ideal time, you can do it that way.

@zazugee 4 года назад

Adding sand actually will make clay compaction and hydraulic conductivity of clay worse, up to 60-70% of soil sand wont reverse this till it becomes greater than 80% of the soil but you can change and build soil texture and stucture with organic matter while adding sand, which is what is the best method

@ArchTenshi66 2 года назад

On my second year of gardening and learning a lot from your channel. Thank you for sharing!

@maggiedaniels9562 2 года назад

Thank you so much! As a new gardener, it can be confusing. Your advice is always great and so sensible.

@peterzenhorst930 2 года назад

The first tip I ignored was that I had to dig my soil. Everything grows just fine without digging 😃

@davidedgerly 2 года назад

Thanks Scott... I'm a newbie... and you're presenting first class info...

@WinsomeWinslet 3 года назад

I ignore the spreading eggshells around the garden tip because it takes a very long time for them to break down into bio-available particles. Instead we use bone meal, lime or gypsum if we're needing a good dose of calcium for blossom end rot prevention.

@zakkrueck2362 4 месяца назад

very useful video for a beginner like me. i had thought about the necessariness of rows before and i just needed to hear it from someone else to be sure, thank you GS.

@singncarpenter6270 4 года назад

Great video. There's a lot of rules that have no basis in fact. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up, followed, and clicked the bell icon.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thank you. Welcome to the channel.

@arnoldpelletier5489 2 года назад

Thank you so much for your kind gardening advice. When it comes to gardening you are my main man. Novice like myself rely heavily on your wisdom and advice.

@ghostridergale 4 года назад

Fairly new to watching your videos, but I have enjoyed every one I’ve seen and believe the information to be honest and straight forward to understand. I certainly appreciate all your efforts in making your videos to help others like myself out. Thanks once again!

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

I'm so glad you're enjoying them, Gale. Thanks.

@PrettyAliceNight 4 года назад

Fantastic video! I would love to see a part two with more tips to avoid.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks. Part two is on the drawing board and will be coming next year.

@PrettyAliceNight 4 года назад

Gardener Scott Awesome! I feel like I know some more bad tips but I can’t think of them right now.

@503rpf 4 года назад

@@GardenerScott What are your thoughts on praying mantis?

@lonewolf1461 2 года назад

Another video where I have learned so much. Thank you again Gardener Scott! 😎

@stcroixman2002 3 года назад

Thx Gardener Scott! Your the Master!

@stanmack6171 4 года назад

Thank you Gardener Scott for these tips! You always come with that simple approach and this will be valuable for years to come. I’m sharing and also using this video as a future reference.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Stan.

@ecocentrichomestead6783 4 года назад

8:50 if you alternate the planting, you can plant spinach in 6" equilateral triangle and fit even more plants in.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

You're right and I'll include that in a future video. For many beginning gardeners it is easier to learn with squares.

@danielrose1392 4 года назад

Potentially 12% more plants, assuming you can still fit the same number of plants in each row.

@tommyjohnson4162 4 года назад

Makes sense to me.. that's why I listen

@desertflower9557 2 года назад

I'd thought about that rain situation. Plus if that is the only time that I can water my plants instead of letting them die from lack of moisture.

@frankburns8871 2 года назад

I think the row-spacing recommendation is based on the assumption you're planting directly in the ground in long rows, so the extra space is to allow you to walk between rows for weeding, harvesting, etc. Of course, they should SAY that if that's what they mean, since obviously it doesn't apply to raised beds.

@reesurgent6400 3 года назад

What a good pupper!

@bethfurry7461 2 года назад

To my clay soil I added sawdust. Worked like a charm! Of course compost would be good if you have enough, but sawdust worked for me. Not cedar sawdust, though.

@VinceEspositoJr 4 года назад

Great video. I especially appreciate your “tip” to be careful of advice offered by folks on the net, including YT. When I built my orchard, I turned in part to YT for some learning on how to prune and train fruit trees. After I learned from some commercial growers, I was able to recognize bad advice - and there is plenty of it out there. As you intimate following bad advice can sometimes be costly.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Vincent. That was a big reason I started doing videos. I was disturbed by the faulty information and concerned by how much it could affect new gardeners.

@oldschoolhousegardening8223 11 месяцев назад

I work the afternoon shift, so watering early in the morning isn’t an option for me. Some water always splashes on the leaves a bit. My leaves are fine. Also, seed companies NEED to give block planting information too. I had guess about Napa cabbage. I wasn’t sure how big it would get so I put four in a block. That was not a good choice 😂

@amyjohnson9240 2 года назад

This was an awesome video, some much valuable info. Getting ready to buy a new tree and thriled to know about not using the compost for the root ball, because I sure would have.

@go-wycowboys5018 4 года назад

clay makes a great foundation for compost filled raised beds :) not only do you not want to compost a tree hole you do not want to buy trees that have roots that are spiraled, they take three years longer than a tree that has a straight tap root.

@moodieslog 2 года назад

I agree with the ladybug tip (didn't fall for the others because they didn't seem logical to start with). So I bought ladybugs, even built homes for them and bought food for them to establish a colony. Totally failed. They were Totally gone in two days. Lesson learned. Wish I had your channel back then. Thank you gardener Scott, great advice every single time.

@stephanieray6587 2 года назад

The tip about mycorrhizae fungae is a real money saver, Gardener Scott, and total makes sense... I use wood chip mulch myself and see those white threads everywhere.

@mariabentele7909 3 года назад

Thank you so much 🌻

@rmgalardo 2 года назад

Sooooooooo helpful! Thank you!!

@gregveleker3087 4 года назад

Wow, an honest gardener who would actually admit his gardening blunders. Keep it going Scott. An avid gardener!

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Greg.

@SciaticaDrums 2 года назад

Love your channel! Common sense! Simple is better.

@douglasbyers3094 2 года назад

Thouroughly enjoy your videos. Tips are always welcome but as you say not all work and a lot of the fun is finding out what works for you and your garden. When some idea does not work to well I believe what my old mother used to say " first thing a gardener needs to cultivate is a sense of humour" Learm from your own mistakes as well as tips from others. Most of all get out there and enjoy it.

@sarahkirbach5040 3 года назад

I wish I knew that about the fruit trees. I'm definitely going to do that next time. Thanks :)

@TarasSimpleCrochet 4 года назад

Another great video Scott thank you :)

@Mel-jt5fl 4 года назад

You are a gold mine sir!!! Oh my goodness, how much money I have wasted through the years with just about every one of these 8 tips. I did over time figure some of them out, but I was still in need of enlightenment on others. Thank you for another great video.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Mel!

@wayneburks5872 4 года назад

I thought I would disagree with you on something but I totally agree with you on all the things you stated.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Wayne.

@karinchristensen220 3 года назад

This is the first time I've heard of not adding mycorrhizae. I try to pay attention to what the soil needs but didn't think that there can be different kinds which might compete with the native kinds. I have used a type in my grow bags since the soil isn't connected to the native soil. Maybe it would work better to just add a handful of native soil. My soil is terrible, more like rocks and rock dust.

@paulschaefer5241 4 года назад

I have been gardening since a was about 5 years old. most of those i have heard myself. I have also read many books and seen television programs and listened to speakers on the radio. many of them I agree with some of what they say a few I have agreed with most of it. This video I have to admit that I have heard 7 of the 8 you mentiond and I completel agre with you 100% on this video.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Paul.

@dashmelon 4 года назад

I've not heard of the magnifying water droplets. I automatically sprinkled the lawn at 3:00 AM for two reasons. The sun and wind are generally working to increase evaporation at 3:00 PM. I am using less water as well with shorter cycles and I have noticed the difference with neighbors hopelessly watering brown grass in the afternoon. I always water the garden by hand, so that doesn't apply to gardening. I am also talking about Florida sun here.

@tranthiduyen615 4 года назад

Em chào anh.chúc anh cuối tuần vui vẻ ạ.anh có vườn rau đẹp quá

@GrumblingGrognard 4 года назад

Very nice, concise and logical. You got my subscribe. Thanks.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Welcome to the channel. Thanks.

@silverskyranch 4 года назад

Got linked this vid from another gardener in a facebook gardening group. Very good info! I was laughing at a few of them, like the not to plant melon and squash varieties together, because I had watermelons and cantaloupe planted in the same bed, going up the same trellis! Supposedly the two can't cross pollinate due to plant species difference, but still saved the seeds anyway from scientific curiosity.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks. I've saved seeds like that, too just for fun. Most of the time they don't germinate well, but occasionally a surprise fruit grows the next year.

@stevena3333 3 года назад

6:00 I wish you would have asked the question, “have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day?”

@orchidjewels48 4 года назад

I finally got a good population of ladybugs. I now see many larvae in my garden. I have friends that swear they can't grow cucumbers and muskmelons in the same garden because the melons will be part cucumbers. They believe that is why their melons aren't tasty. I've tried to explain, but they don't believe me. My melons are great even with the cukes intertwined with them, but I know how to grow and pick them. I sure agree with you on planting spacing and the fungus in purchased soils.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing your results. Keep on showing others the right way.

@pesjms2 4 года назад

Thank you for the tips, love watching your videos. God bless. 😁

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thank you, Jennifer.

@farmerbobsgarden5554 4 года назад

i just discovered your channel . I like it . A lot ! .

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thank you very much. Welcome to the channel.

@BrianHSC 4 года назад

I second the 8th tip. I sprayed molasses as some suggested and had tons of ant mounds within days.

@teapotdome 3 года назад

i used a tablespoon of molasses per gallon of compost tea on my cannabis plants this season outdoors and while it could have been something else I had much larger plants and 20% greater yield compared to last season. I grow in 50 gallon containers tho and not directly in the ground so I never experienced a pest problem.

@patticriss2238 Год назад

My place is overrun with lady bugs. I love them.

@davidpruitt3982 4 года назад

Great video and thank you.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

You are welcome.

@chrisp4170 3 года назад

This is very interesting...

@andreal.8628 4 года назад

Thank you for a great video

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

You are welcome.

@justsomeguy6133 Год назад

Row spacing is so you can walk or cultivate between rows in conventional in-ground planting. I plant in ground but do double rows, then I can walk between each double row.

@calbrown5252 4 года назад

Thanks Scott - great video. I'm just getting into market gardening so spend a lot of time seeking out advice on the likes of youtube. I'll definitely do my research a bit more before diving in! Much respect from NZ

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thanks, Cal. Best wishes for your market garden.

@tameruykal 4 года назад

Thank you for the tips. I really like it very much.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

I'm so glad to help.

@ceojr1963 2 года назад

I love seed saving.. Great tip, grow all kinds of related plants together, get into creating new weird plants... LoL... Thanks for the video. I knew most of them. I'm a long time gardener. I was single digits when I planted my first stuff, as well as cooked things, my first recipe is in Crayon. I love saving seeds, making things up as I go along in the garden, Your garden seems to have to much bare ground though, I want it to be green, I eat the weeds, well some of them anyway..

@Sal.sanchez 4 года назад

Tip 4 if you add compost to the soil don’t make your hole perfectly round. Give it ruff edges and random dips and bumps and cracks/corners in the side wall of the hole so the roots will hopefully be funneled out into the native “hard to grow in” soil.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

That can help. Thanks for the idea.

@gogan3429 4 года назад

Thank you

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

You're welcome.

@williamtbaird8457 4 года назад

Great tips! You have definitely made gardening more fun with the awesome information you provide. I appreciate your videos and can't wait for the next one. Would you do a video one how to raise asparagus? I would love that. Thanks again for all your work on these videos.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

I just added a video last week on planting asparagus. I'll do more as it grows.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

I just added a video last week on planting asparagus. I'll do more as it grows.

@ElectricianTS 2 года назад

I don't know if what I stuck under my tomato plants had anything to do with the results, but I have 8 foot tall tomato plants completely full of tomatoes. I buried kitchen vegetable scraps, a bunch of banana peels and ends, and some coarse Red Sea rock salt. I even managed to mend a broken branch (strong wind) with tomato leaves and plastic string and it has completely recovered. Cucumbers are also growing like crazy after a slow start. Yellow bell peppers keep flowering but nothing more... I already know what I'm going to do with my potato plants next season because of the strong wind we have here.

@victorb145 2 года назад

I like the tips. Some of I actually use are used in a slightly different way. Like cross pollination. I might save a few seeds just to see what they do. You probably won't but you just might trip over a winner. I once knew a peach tree I wished I could take with me when I had to move. I asked the owner what it was he said. I don't know the compost pile is not fertilizing the Peachtree. A peach pit that was in the compost just decided to grow.

@camogirlkm 3 года назад

I remember when I was a teenager my dad grew some seedless watermelons next to cucumbers & the watermelons tasted like cucumbers! So I'm not sure if I'd follow tip #6 some things might be not a big deal but I'll stick with not planting certain things close together bc I don't want to run risk of ruining a crop. For me it's a safer bet not to plant things that could cross polinate anywhere near each other.

@denver1865 4 года назад

Interesting view on ladybugs. I have released bags (3) of ladybugs over the past 2 years and the aphids on my honeysuckle vine immediately disappeared. I finally used some Neme oil and think I may have solved the problem. Maybe not... :)

@robertwillard8011 4 года назад

I never used a ladybug unless it occurred naturally

@Neldidellavittoria 4 года назад

Very good video. Very sensible comments. I completely agree on everything from experience. Can't comment on mycorrhiza, which I've never used, but I've always suspected exactly what you say here. Thanks to YT for suggesting this great channel. I'm off to explore your other videos.

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

Thank you very much. Welcome to the channel.

@maitegonzalez1261 4 года назад

Great tips & thank youuuuuu!

@GardenerScott 4 года назад

You are very welcome.

@thomasedwards9101 3 года назад

🤔 I have done everything you commented on and gotten the exact results you stated. I still feed sugar ( molasses) to the bacteria occasionally but everything else is out the window. Not I prefer to Hugelkulture in concrete block raised beds the I get two harvest from a season. I add a few soil amendments and compost every year but not much and garden by just giving the plant what it needs and by working with biology of the plant and the soil ( nature ) instead of opposing my will over everything. The results have very encouraging and fruitful. I like your channel because it’s straight forward sound and practical advice. Thank you for the time and effort you put in your videos and for sharing them.

@donaldvanvalkenberg1166 2 года назад

Common plant science says, plants roots only take up inorganic mineral salts and water. this is industrial chemical fertilizer rhetoric. They take up complex organic compounds (carbon based) also, sugars being one of them (complex carbohydrates). This is easily provable in the fact that systemic insecticides and herbicides (both being complex carbon compounds) readily work (I do not recommend these , but I am only making a point). Back to sugars, I would say, molasses would be much better than "white" sugar, as it is a natural sugar, not chemically crystalized, and contains sulfur and iron , both important to plant growth. I usually only add this to my liquid applications ( 1 tbls. / gallon of solution) of fertilizer during peak flowering and fruiting periods for readily available nutrient flow. I would add that terpenes (bioflavonoids) being present in the soil also have a determined effect upon the flavor of the plant and its fruits. And yes it is especially true that the mycorrhizal bacteria will flourish, an added plus. As for the soil becoming "sweet", who knows what that means. Happy gardening!!

@JulesGardening Год назад

Scott. I agree that watering overhead does not lead to scorch, but that is not the reason to avoid overhead watering. Fungal and bacteria diseases love hot and humid weather, which we regularly face in the southeast. The mitigation is to avoid watering overhead which wets the plant and throws up soil if not mulched and leave space for airflow. It is not fool proof, can't control the climate, but there is no need to increase the odds of getting black spot, black rot, etc. Enjoyed the video.

@JulesGardening Год назад

I caught that sugar bit after posting above. How silly. I have never heard of that one. And the master gardener bit was surprising. The plant uses photosynthesis to makes its sugar as needed. That is strange myth there. Goodness.

@ritasenergyherbs3650 2 года назад

Thank you. I have been told a number of those myths...especially not to water on a sunny day. I also heard not to plant different types of peppers in the same bed because they will cross pollinate...and the peppers will taste the same. ie. cayenne and poblano peppers planted together can create more spicey poblano...it sounds like I can toss that caution out with the bath water! My mother taught me to put epsom salt granules in with tomatoes , magnesium and it sweetens the tomatoes.

@Cathy24601 Год назад

The row width is so machinery can go between. It applies more to a farming production situation.