I loved the video it was funny. Ps I don't know how to link things sorry. But mybe do a video on agrivoltaics farming. Do you know how it works?. If not here you go. Solar works best at 72f if solar is 5 to 10 feet above you're garden or farm the sweat from the plants cool the panels and the panels cool the plants and keep bad weather off them.
I love growing chamomile and that hack absolutely sent me. Not only do those bags not contain anything that can strike, the bags themselves don't degrade, so I knew it was gonna be bogus from the start but when the cucumber sprout popped out I nearly cried. It couldn't look less like a chamomile if they tried 😂😂
I accidentally grew chamomile from a teabag, I had put the teabag at the bottom of a balcony planter to cover the drainage holes. I may have not boiled the water for my tea, it was most likely lukewarm and was not a premium brand. Celestial Seasons Sleepytime
@@epicgardening “Ah you think compost is your ally? You merely adopted the compost. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light soil until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!”
I'm sure they did it to push out the video, not that I agree with it. Pinecone bonsai is common. I've got a friend with dozens.. ( She doesn't bake them, she just plants the cone half under the soil ) they look quite similar to me.
Many years ago, I planted a couple of old sweet potatoes in one of my raised gardens. I never really harvested it and allowed them to come back perennially since I liked the bush and beautiful flowers which looked like Morning Glories (since they're related). When I finally dug them up (they were taking over) a few years later, I had over fifteen oddly-shaped sweet potatoes with one that looked like an overgrown heart!
They heated that mini-trowel to make the holes in the plastic bottle (I do that sometimes myself). As for the buttermilk/moss thing - it was done for an episode on Mythbusters to get moss to grow on stones. With the oyster mushrooms, it's useful to do this if you've left them in the fridge too long (when the spores produce mycelium in the gills). However, you really have to watch that fungus gnats don't get through the holes on the sides of a container like that, so I would wrap it in something fine pored but breathable - like horticultural fleece. I grow a lot of pine trees from seed, which means hunting through plantations for cones; but I have never seen seeds geminate in a pine cone. I wouldn't think it's a good idea to encourage them to do that either as the roots are quite hard and liable to be badly damaged when it comes to separating them. I have to keep my succulent collection indoors in the winter, but they do take on vivid colours when I put them outside in the summer. I find that Aloe vera is quite difficult to get just right - it's either pink or sappy yellow. ***Important point about the Sweet Potato*** These are often irradiated if they are shipped abroad (say like from the USA to the UK). So they won't grow if they come from another country (I had to buy some slips, ready grown here in Scotland). I'm hoping they grow well enough this year (my first time growing Sweet Potato), so that I can keep raising a small crop of these every summer.
Looks like they heated the spade in the green onion hack with some kind of flame. It doesn't take much heat to carve into plastic bottles with hot metal.
@@BrickTop06 does the same thing of you drink that water...it's to hot to handle without gloves coming off the tractor trailers in the summer... and everything is gonna kill us... that's one of those to each their own... at least it's food grade plastic being used
3:13 As a forestry student I can say, that this isn't what actual pine seedlings look like. Here they just took some twigs and let only needles on the ends. Same thing is about the earlier phase of seedling, when it really doesn't look like grass or pine needles. Anyway, germing from cone is somewhat possible to some extend, I've even seen tiny seedling on a cone few times, but it's alot about coincidence, because the seed has to have dormance long enough to germ at the point, when the cone slowly starts decomposing.
I grew up surrounded by pine trees, and those 'seedlings' growing out of the pine tree look more like new branch growth from a mature tree that was taken and shoved into the cone. Also, the 'sprouts' looked more like just regular pine needles. And even if they are real, they would have been much larger to be that thick. While it may very well be possible to sprout pine seedlings that way (why would you though?), the video itself was still fake.
For the oyster mushrooms, they actually laid out two different kinds of oyster mushroom. The very first one they put down was a King Oyster, but of all the oyster they laid down, only two were King oyster, the rest were just regular oyster which is what they showed cutting off after growing.
I grew my slips by placing the sweet potato in a bowl of moist soil. I had slips to cut out in 3 weeks and it took another week to grow roots. They should be ready for harvesting by the end of this month (so excited!).
Two things: 1) I typically really enjoy anticipating where Kevin will pop out at the start of a video, so turning it into a game made the start of this video infinitely more entertaining. 2) It would be amazing to have a "roast series"
I had broken a piece of my snake plant off and I'm happy to say that it finally sprouted a new plant. It seemed like it took forever though, but its exciting nonetheless
1:30 That's an _eryngi_ mushroom, and TIL it's one of the oyster mushrooms (the ones I usually buy are _ostreatus_ mushrooms from the same _Pleurotus_ genus). I've seen it a number of times in Japanese recipe shows, and I have no idea what it's like because my mom isn't a fan. "Hacked" genetics... Yeah I think they used an inoculant.
Had a Japanese sweet potato sprout on one end before I was ready to cook it, so I cut that end off, split it up between the slips, and stuck them in a pot of soil. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in my garden this year!
I have people tag me in plant hacks all the time and I'm usually like " uhhhhhhh, that doesn't actually work!" Or "That's kinda overkill and not necessary ". But I have to say I'm surprised by some of these! Also, I love the hide and seek games!
Regarding the pine cone - it's not uncommon for bonsai enthusiasts to use an oven to warm up the resins that hold pine cones closed. But you're right - we don't tend keep the seeds in the cones. Plus the greenery as shown in the Blossom video is way waaaaaaay too mature to be coming from seeds from a pine cone. They also look like they were just glued on.
This is actually great that you point out the flaws, and it's worth continuing these videos for sure. I tried a few "hacks" back in the day, and it's sad to figure out a lot are a waste or time or just don't work!
I propagated some snake plant leaves that had root rot by cutting them near the soil and put them in water for 5 months or so, even accidentally letting the roots dry out completely for a week or 2 because I forgot about them. I put it in soil and now it’s 2.5 feet tall. It’s probably one of the most forgiving plants I’ve ever grown
The other thing with when a Life Hack From Blossom Does Actually Work/is somewhat accurate, there is still context missing of as to *why* a thing works that way. Of course explaining things in details takes time and research and makes the videos longer than blossom wants them to be, they are more about showing a spectacle and entertain people rather than teaching them. Great video, always love to learn how plants behave and grow!
Seeing your loufa made me happy. My dad grew loufas. He died this year (covid) and now I have one of his loufas and I have no clue what to do with it. I'll plant the seeds in spring and see what happens.
Not only is this channel hilarious, it is super informative and it is encouraging a newer gen of people to get into one of life's most rewarding hobbies...gardening
@@skippythealien9627 And it’s geared towards everyone, so lots of info no matter the growing zone. I think the fact that Kevin can grow so many things nearly year round gives him a lot more chances to showcase plants that would be out of season for many Epic Garden fans.
@@Randoplants yeah that's the only thing i hate about this channel is that he lives in San Diego and I don't lol love your profile pic btw. looking forward to pumpkin carving, which is always the reward I treat myself to when i clean up the garden for fall
Great channel. Been sitting here very sick and depressed and this is the only think that's been able to distract me and make me feel better. Thank you so much for helping me without even knowing it.
I feel like the bottom watering one isn't a real hack. Most experienced gardeners do it that way anyway. And that luffa one! 🤣 Apparently now it's a hack to plant seeds from the fruit of a plant.
Imagine if they found out you can also plant the seeds from grocery melons, pumpkins, papaya, jackfruit, mango, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, figs, cherries, apricots, plums, and even avocados (if you feel like waiting 9 years for fruit). Seriously, most fully ripe fruits will have viable seed if pollinated, though not all come true to type (apples come to mind). Shoot, I have a baby clementine orange from a grocery store fruit because I was bored and decided to see if it would grow, as well as a pair of 2-year-old sapote trees (in my bedroom, with a grow light) also grown because I was curious to see if it could be done.
@@cristiaolson7327 I've done several avocado, a mango, kiwifruit, apples, and lemons. Yeah, alot of fruits are very easily and readily sprouted from store bought. My dad liked saving his lemon seeds from his sweet tea whenever we went out to eat so he could sprout them.
@@zarynt1089 The current inventory of grocery store sprouted trees at my place is a 2-year-old pair of avocado, a jackfruit and a pair of sapote, all the same age (it was a really boring month, so I started a bunch of stuff around the same time), plus the 1 year old clementine. I had managed to sprout a persimmon this year after stratification in the fridge, but it damped off at 5" tall. I just ate a cherimoya today at lunch and saved the seeds. I know from past experiments that they sprout well, but they need more light than I normally have in my home, so I'm going to give them a go again now that the grow light is up and running. Even if I never get fruits, at least I have really interesting houseplants.
@@cristiaolson7327 That's great! I've got a Cherimoya and 3 Sapote that are over 1ft tall . I also had several jackfruit trees but lost them when I went on vacation and the person I left them with didn't water their greenhouse. I get the exotic seeds online because the local store doesn't carry the fruit. The only problem is that my zone gets too cold in the winter to support some of these trees outside of artificial heating. The black mulberry, loquat, ginko, apple, peach, pawpaw, and raisin trees all do fine outside. The kiwi vines do ok outside also.
Thank you so much! You are, pretty much, the only gardener I go to when I need information. You are clear, concise and easy for me to follow. I, somehow, wound up planting, and caring for, our little community garden. I'm loving it; and, with your help, it may actually be a success--and I now know all kinds of things to correct for next year. I have learned so much from you! Thank you, again, and have a lovely day.
2:29 >>Me wanting to defend EG editors' honor when I thoroughly enjoyed that intro P.S. I totally guessed where kevin would pop up correctly!!! Can I get a +40 defense against the Root Rot Gods?!
If a plant changes colour, it changes it's chloroplasts to chromoplasts. For the succulents in to much sun, it is probably because they don't need the chloroplasts that much :)
It's called "Sun Stress"... and they get so pretty with it. But have to be careful that it doesn't get too much sun. Even some Aloes can get wicked sunburn if it gets too much. ^.^
@@RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula Sunburn is not completely the same as the changing of chloroplasts to chromoplasts. Although getting to much sun will make plant cells have less chloroplasts.
Yeah, I'm growing oyster mushrooms right now, and I followed FreshCap's oyster bucket video. Bought some Oyster mushroom liquid culture, made sterile grain jars, inoculated them, and when they were fully colonized, I spawned them to some aspen wood chips that had been soaking in hot water overnight. My pearl oyster bucket has already yielded me some really lovely clusters, and my pink oyster bucket should be fruiting within a week or two. Honestly, growing mushrooms can be easier than gardening. Oysters are especially forgiving. I think it's worth noting that while coir and peat have similar uses in gardening, they have very different usages in mycology. The lack of nutrition in coir makes it an ideal fruiting substrate for many mushrooms, but peat is best as a casing layer for mushrooms that have more specific fruiting conditions. I've heard the very best additive for moss slurry is actually dog shit. And I've switched to sub-irrigation planter boxes for some of my crops, and EM-1 is my gardening hack. SIP + living soil = easy, hands-off growing. Just top-dress every so often with compost and bokashi. Less ferts, less water, more yields. Highly recommend looking into the Earthbox method if you haven't already.
I have never enjoyed a gardening video this much in my life. Intro was top notch, and I actually have tears from laughing at the Idubbbz greenscreen at the end. 😂 thank you for that
I was wondering what luffa was until they did the cross section and I recognized it as environmentally friendly sponges I use. They work great. Not sure what else the plant is used for though.
@@jacquelinele9170 I buy them online at a shop that sells several more environmentally friendly articles. If I am not mistaken they also sell them on Amazone. Just Google environmentally friendly sponge or Google loofa sponge.
On the onion in a plastic bottle - Kevin they probably heated the little shovel before they used it to melt the plastic to cut the hole. I’ve done that with a heated nail to add more drainage/air holes to a plastic orchid pot.
You're giving blossom way to much credit. Even in the clips that are correct, you explain why they work and give more information which is infinitely more useful and educational than what blossom does. These hack channels are absolute poison actively discouraging people from actually learning how to do things. "Life is simple and if you can't hack it then I guess you're the problem" is the message they tout.
Epic gardening - to cut the hole in the plastic jug, the tip of the shovel was hot, so it melted the plastic. Leaves a stronger hole also, since the rim is thicker due to the melting.
So glad YT qued you up after I had just watched the Blossom video. I got to the little smiling orange and thought that was the end, too. But I could see there was more content and let it run. They go through a bunch of DIY things with concrete, and then they get back into plants. Hopefully, you can give your thoughts on those things, too. Thanks for checking into these. I especially liked the tomato plant one.
@@Ashleyyy414 They're definitely unique in their styles and approaches, but they both share an incredible passion for gardening. Best of both worlds for their viewers!
Big fan of the opening on this video.. also I believe they heated up that little metal shovel so it melted through the plastic bottle not cutting it at all. Keep up the great videos. My Girlfriend and I enjoy and appreciate them. 😎🤙
Love the editing, and love this series!! I've always said the best things are hidden gems; it doesn't appeal to the general public. Like the TV show Community :)
I did the green onion thing with scallions in a peanut butter jar and hung it up. It was neat but they do better just planting it in a big pot. Interestingly I planted them in a window pot and they did fine for years but when we transplanted them in a big terracotta pot that was deeper they grew twice their size in just 2 months and they also flowered for the first time
Very good information friend and those mushrooms I have taken time to plant in my house although I still do not dare I stay on your channel for more videos, thank you very much
Sweet potato (NOT any other type!) has edible leaves. They are high in vitamin A and make an excellent standby green for summer when lettuce has gone bitter and bolted. They don’t have the snap of iceberg lettuce, but are more like a leaf lettuce, and not much flavor. They are tender and not bitter and I used them quite a lot.they are SO easy to grow, and at the end you get the sweet potatoes, too ☀️
Ohh, thank you! I was looking for that comment 😄 I wanted to try this hack, but it looks kinda unreal, so needed a double confirmation before trying it on my own 😅
I use a cap of peroxide in a bottle of water and wet paper towels to where it’s just damp, and put my seeds in the paper towels..put them in a plastic baggie (leave the corner open for oxygen) put on a heat mat for a few days and my seeds are sprouted. Make sure to put a towel or something over the baggies so it’s dark. They sprout so much quicker this way.
I loved you doing a video on those crazy plant hacks. They annoy me too. But they were correct about the moss & buttermilk. I've tried it & it does work. Keep making your videos please. Great information. 👍
The sweet potato grows better slips for me if you plant in soil half way. Less rotting. Also, and this i didn't know, you have to pull the slips off for the plant to make more sweet potatoes. I took the last couple sprouts and left them on the little potato and popped in the last bucket. That was the only bucket that didn't make sweet potatoes lol. All the other buckets made sweet potatoes. A sweet potato farmer told me that if I had a longer season I might have gotten a few potatoes but since the plant has a potato on it it doesn't try to make more lol. I love gardening as I learn new things every year(if not day lol) And the onion/garlic hack. I found out from a pen pal(does that count if its email?) That in many Asian cuisine they grow out just the greens during winter for cooking and clip them for stirfry as needed. Whole friggen plates of onion/garlic greens. I've done it myself in dead of winter with bolting onions and garlic. The green parts are really nice and juicy and add all kinds of flavor. But once its done its done.
That was fun, Kevin! These hacks are a lot more fun to watch with you 😂 Loved your special effects! Bless you and have a great day ...this started mine off right 👍
The snake plant hack is correct, but you’re right they shouldn’t be completely submerged, but they do take long. I took a leaf cutting and it took about 5-6 months to grow roots.
#1 I live the editing on this video! Especially the beginning. Totally took me back #2 In the video where they used to trowel to make holes in the plastic. I believe they heated the trowel to melt / cut the plastic my husband has done this before with a nail to make holes in plastic that aren’t sharp.
I tried the mushroom methods n for those on food stamps, you can’t buy mushroom kits. So it’s possible. The pine cone I’ve done and once seedlings grew, I used tweezers to move to pots. I’ve planted sweet potato splits and started potato sprout/eyes too that were growing in my cellar.
They cut the bottle by heating the spade. You can see the edges were melted. They melted through and sped the footage up a little bit to make it look smoother and faster, more editing magic! =====THE MORE YOU KNOW!===☆
What they used to cut holes into the bottle in the onion hack was a heated up tiny garden shovel. As long as it's metal, it transfers heat well and melts the thin plastic of the bottle. Good breakdown on the hacks though, thank you! Some of them belong into the "why" category but still. :D
for the shovel cutting the jub..you can tell they heated the end of hte shovel up and you can also see the melted edges of the plastic around the circle
The green onion hack with the plastic water bottle that they pierced with the "mini shovel". Around 8:13. The reason why it cuts like butter is bk the shovel was heated. The plastic was melting easy.
It can wark with coocked/boiled seeds. I had boiled green pea for lunch, we threw the leftovers for chickens but they didn't like it. Few days later pea started to sprout.
That was the best intro to a video I've ever seen. Lmaoo The Eric Andre refference was the cherry on top. 😂 This is by far my favorite plant channel on any platform. ❤ There's literally a video for every question/plant I have. It's become my go-to for anything I need regarding my plant babies. Kevin is so knowledgeable and explains things extremely well. I love how he doesn't "dumb things down" especially when it comes to names. I appreciate the existence of this channel. 💚
Thanks for this. Just for fun I did that with a whole sweet potato once and then stuck it in a big pot of soil. It actually grew more sweet potatoes. They were small and I never bothered to cure them or see what they were like. I just wanted to see what would happen. I don't know what their intent was with the tea bag, but I do know that chamomile tea can help prevent damping off fungus.
I am not a professional, I'm not even an amateur... I'm a person who likes plants. That said, I saw the original "hack" video and had the exact same thoughts regarding "chamomile" sprouts, the soil in the cupboard, and the mushrooms not being the same as the ones planted, as well as the pine cone thing. I appreciated the information on the coir pucks, didn't realize about the lack of nutrition in them. My other problem with that "hack" is that a bag of soil is... dirt cheap... but those pucks can get quite pricey... when originally viewing I was hoping they were going to show us a hack on how to make those pucks with soil. That would have been cool. I really appreciate the algorithm putting me on to your videos; great information, insight, and clarifications. Looking forward to seeing more. Side note...now I want to grow luffa!
You're editing is amazing. I randomly found you while looking up tips for my plants. I'm currently growing multiple tomato plants, green onion, Lettuce, Celery, Cilantro, oregano, parsley, and way to many vine and succulent variants. This might be my new morning show while I have my coffee!
For Tomatoes, if you put a baggie with some soil in it and wrap it around a stem so the moist soil is touching the stem, it will grow roots then you can cut it off and you are ready to plant right away.
