This is some really good information. I’m a seasoned gardener. There’s nothing this young man said that is wrong. Very concise and to the point I’m a new subscriber. Why? This younger crowd seems to be in tuned with nature. Well, at least the ones that care about gardening nowadays. Good for you young man!
Miracle grow! Lmao 🤣 nutrients! Feed the soil, not the plants. Elaine Inghams soil food web system is the best system I found in my 35 years of growing. But you need a microscope..
Love this. No opening song, you were fast and to the point. This is how it should be. Good tip about not walking on the garden. THANK YOU. Subscribed and liked
NOTE: Full sun does not mean full 8+ hours of sun in zone 9 and above unless you are growing cactus. Some peppers require far less sun and heat than others and heat is a killer.
@@BFjordsman My Primotalli peppers seem to like the shade way more than the sun. I think they had more than they needed back in Jan on the side of the house. They get sun burnt.
I'm in zone 9a south Texas. The sun and heat are brutal here. If I left my plants stay in full sun, the plants and fruit would be scalded easily in a short period of time. Shade cloth is a must.
thank you for mentioning again , and again , and again.,,, that I need to be patient after transplanting outside... that rush and flow of indoor spring growing grinding to a halt once out there always gets my attention,... yet thanks again for the visual of them roots finding space and home in the soil prior to growing up... always key to remember..
Most universities have soil testing for 15-20$ if you want to get faster results you can always do a slurry test with the same water you use to water your plants and you can build a nice guide from it.
I normally don't like using extra products (especially not animal byproducts) but I kid you not... I pretty much cured my transplant shock issues with fish emulsion fertilizer. There was an organic farm near me that always had amazing seedlings. I noticed that their seedlings would always outperform any others by far. So I asked how they did it and they said a couple days before they sell the seedlings, they hit everything with a nice round of fish fertilizer. I've started using it on all my seedlings and transplants and it makes such a big difference, particularly with my peppers!!! Also I tried biotone for the first time this year and that seemed to be pretty helpful with transplant shock and early stage vegetative growth as well (need a bit more testing to be sure though). Assuming I obey basic transplanting rules, I've essentially eliminated transplant shock which is something I really struggled with in years past. Anyone else had luck with this?
If you used fish emulsion and bio-tone, you are introducing a lot of nitrogen to the soil. I found compost has similar benefits and mitigates transplant shock. The two tomato seedlings I transplanted with compost, are doing really well. If you have extra compost, add half an inch to an inch now, to introduce more nutrients for the rest of the season. As your plants start to flower, start to switch to phosphorus and or potassium-based fertilizer, such as bone meal and Langbeinite
I put the most beautiful plants in my garden that I started from seed. The last bed I planted were the jalapeños. 3 hours later we had the hailstorm from hell. A month later they are looking better and starting to bare fruit. I honestly think my harvest wont even come close to last years harvest. Keep on GROWING (~);}!!!
Just answered why my transplanted peppers are not setting new fruit...I just picked the large pepper off the plant that set before I even transplanted it...looking forward to it now focusing on some new growth. Thanks!
@@geekygreenhouse How does one explain the Ruth Stout method, whereby hay( grass clippings or straw) are used? Seems to me, plenty say they don't have to water much, since those mediums trap water in...
@@JRESHOW Same here, in Ohio. I bought plants that were pretty large already and yet they are very short. By contrast, got tomato plants the same size and they took right off.
This was a great and well-informed video. A lot of videos I found regarding "how to make your plant grow faster!" is a lot like the videos of "how to make your hair grow stronger"! It's a lot of cool-looking or strange hacks that really have no basis or point. This was a great "This is WHY, and this is HOW." Thank you so much!!!
@@dodril17I don’t really understand why you made this comment. Everybody watching this video is likely somewhat inexperienced, which can bring people to all kinds of issues, and in any case my container grown blueberries definitely need pH monitoring and adjustment.
We have been having a problem with stunted growth on a few of our plants this year. I have been gardening nearly 40 years myself and with my family before that. Our problems ended up to be contamination of glyphosate in our compost and one bogus bag of potting mix. The contamination came in on store bought straw that was not organic and ended up in our compost. The bogus bag of potting mix was name brand but bought at a discount store for half price. We lost a lot of time finding out the causes and replanting where needed but everything is growing like gangbusters now. The rain from the Canadian fires' smoke is helping that.
This was the exact information I needed to understand why some my plants are not doing so good so far, I started my tomato and pepper plants in the sunroom with grow lights in march, I’m in zone 4b , they were very healthy when I transplanted them to outdoor raised beds and pots, bu5 got to much sun and humidity in a short period, after that they didn’t show much growth at first, the tomatoes are now doing great, but the peppers are slow and not very high, they’ve started to flower and some have peppers but very small. I’m going to do as you suggested, patience and regular watering. Thanks for doing this video.
I think my pepper plants are tiny because of lack of nutrients. He mentioned yellowing leaves starting at the base which is what mine are doing, although the tomatoes (same raised bed) are doing a bit better 🤷♂️
@@slowpoke4557 my peppers are doing great, the humidity and temperatures have been high for about a month now, as for my tomatoes they lost a lot of leaves but the fruit is plentiful, I’m going to to limit their sunlight, hopefully they will all ripen on the vine. 😁
Extremely timely. Appreciate that this channel and PepperGeek focus on gardening issues that matter and make a difference. And that will be why both channels will gain more followers as word keeps getting out
Good information. Too much rain can do it too. We have been having big rain storms for several days in a row and I think the vegetable plants are either not getting enough sun and/or the water is washing out the nutrients and/or compressing the soil. This has really slowed the growth of fruit and flowers on my tomato plants and peppers as well as strawberry plants. On the strawberry plants even the foliage growth is slowed. Ironically the ones I have in deep water culture hydroponics are growing much faster; probably due to the oxygen in the water whereas the soil can get compressed, supplying less oxygen to roots.
I lately had this issue with a cucumber. I was helping someone move and since they don't have a gardner I took one plant home. It didn't make it - but I cut it done and the roots are still growing. The other plants had similar issues with the owner after moving.
Great video . 1 more thing to add to the discussion is soil ph . If your ph is not correct then your plants will not be able to use the available nutrients called nutrient lock. A ph meter is a good idea . I try to keep a 6.5 to 7 ph in my beds but some plants like a 6 to 6.5 like potatoes and blueberries and can go as low as 5 .
I have been this person …. I have transplanted a few small tomatoes seeds and i check them every day thinking they are going to grow and i see nothing … i have learned so far that i need to be patient for sure
So glad you mentioned aphids. My okra plants basically stayed the same for almost a month after transplanting, so I checked under the leaves and found aphids. Without wasting a minute, I squished them and applied glue to the base of the stem just above ground level. Now, just 3 days later, there is already a huge noticeable growth in the plant size, with new foliage coming forth!
An aphid infestation can go from not a problem to being a big problem fairly quickly when their eggs hatch out. Their numbers tripled over the last few days on my black eyed peas. I’ve been blasting them off with water but they come right back. I’m waiting on my Castile soap to get here, then I’m going to try a soap, vinegar, water mix on them to see if that knocks them out. The plants are growing vigorously and the aphids love the tender young growth and the ants are herding them right to it
@@gardeninggirlct @jeremysmyth8839 I had typed a reply to jeremysmyth and clicked the send button, but it disappeared. Probably because it had the amazon link. Sorry about that. The glue I used is Tangle-trap sticky coating. First I gently squished all aphids I could find under all leaves, then made sure that no leaves/branches of my okra plant were touching the ground or any other plant/thing. That left the stem as the only route for ants to reach the leaves. Then I applied the sticky coating glue around the base of the stem, roughly an inch above the ground, about an inch wide. Reapply every 3-4 weeks as the plant grows, as needed. I would recommend applying the sticky coating glue on every okra plant after the true leaves show as a proactive preventive measure, instead of waiting for an aphid infestation to occur and then scrambling.
Thanks for the tips .. I grow south facing due to location.. I grow large growth plants in the back and smaller plants in the front .. unless they like shade, vegetables and flowers. I hope that helps someone.
This explains why the tomatoes I grew from seed in the greenhouse don't seem to be growing very fast. I might have transplanted them a little soon. The starter plants seem to be taking off pretty fast though so it has been confusing me a little bit.
So much great information packed into this short video. So glad I took the time to watch it. Everything you said makes sense. Will be looking for more in the future. 💚😊💚
I skimmed the video....one thing I don't believe was mentioned is that many plants, eg tomatoes and peppers, will start puttin gout blooms when they are still small....I find that if I snip off the blooms or in case of peppers the little round heads forming the pepper early in the season, the plant will be able to put more energy into growing the plant size...it will have plenty of time to put out fruit in july/august.
0:44 you said it man. About couple of days ago, i had one of my rose plants which was transplanted a month ago and barely showed any signs of growth. I thought, i may have messed the potting soil and started to remove the plant from the pot. Too my surprise a giant root ball has formed beneath and i could see new white roots sticking out. I put back the plant as it was and within a week the growth took off with new leaves etc.
i think i have found the culprit for why my tomatoes are growing so slowly, even my $5 tomato plant i got from the nursery is struggling with this Miracle-gro In-ground soil. the tomatoes just don't like the coarse material in this soil and i will be switching it out for potting soil that i know worked well with last year's tomatoes
Easy to listen to. Some that make videos are knowledgeable and helpful info but are difficult to listen to as they are "sing-songy" yelling, or talk to fast. I turn them off as it get irritating.
Mine are doing better after transplanting to larger pots and feeding them Vitamin B1 and better soil using Fox Farms Ocean Forest and Happy Frog. I do use Neptune Harvest liquid fertilizer now that they are flowering. Some pepper plants do not get very tall. My habanero is getting huge!
Quick tip- go for the tan fabric pots over the black. At least here in Az I've noticed a lot more soil life in the tan. I've moved the black pots so that the sides facing the sun are shaded. Years ago tho I noticed that the plants stayed small or stringy in comparison to tsn😢potted plants. Yet.... I'd like to see what the black pots do in a colder area. They may outperform the tan due to better warming? ✌️💚🍉
I got three plants, in a crested gecko vivarium, and they died back upon planting them into the tank, transplant shock I believe, and now they're trying to regrow, but the the new growth halts just after it sprouts. It doesn't always die off, it just stays as ungrowing sprouting tiny growth. The new growth that does eventually wither is then replaced with new new growth that won't develope. It's two nerve plants and a Begonia rex. The other plants in the vivarium are doing great. It's driving me mental.
This is a very valuable video , I have been fighting very slow going bell pepper plants and trying to trouble shoot . Out of 30 ! I have one that’s looking like it’s bouncing back . We here in zone 8 in Texas had a late 3rd week cold front hit and of course I planted second week of April 🙄 so I believe that’s what happened to me . They look like they are trying to go but I have had what I think is bird damage as well so it’s been a fight . This is my first year trying and althou I’m sad about it it’s def been a huge learning experience ! Ty for this vid ! ❤️🙏🏻 we are all one
In my experience, bell peppers are just extremely slow growers. I've grown a variety of peppers, all of which are really slow growers, and bell peppers are the slowest I've encountered. Also, if you see any flowers this time of year, pinch them off. It's too hot here in Texas right now for them to fruit consistently, and it's waste of the plant's energy. They'll likely fall off on their own anyways, but pinching them off speeds up the process and forces the plant to focus on long-lasting growth.
They do seem to grow slow and for me I have yet to experience a plant produce much more than two peppers in a season. I’m gonna try pruning the budding fruits early on this season per this video’s suggestion! 🤞
Planting things in the right time of year for the zone you live in is crucial. Lack of soil biology and high pH was another problem for me. Adding more compost and compost tea added the biology to balance the pH, and viola! My plants started to grow like CRAZY. Adding nitrogen fertilizer is only necessary when you don't have the right microbes in your soil. in nature plants partner with the biology of the soil to take exactly what they need. So no need to worry about over fertilizing. The best solution to pests is GOOD soil with unlocked calcium, healthy plants naturally resist pests. Organic gardening for victory!!
Ours has been the overwhelming heat and drought we got hit with. 😢 We didn't plant too early for anything, but we had one of the driest June's on record, then getting torrential rain the last 2 days. Basically everything has been hit hard.
I planted pepper plants in my bed garden and then I placed some in pots completely different soil and the ones in the pots are growing massively and the ones in the grown are just little bushy plants
For me its got to be the soil. Im growing in almost 100% compost I bought from a yard in my area. I grow in raised beds. Almost all the veggies in my garden haven't budged only the flowers grow. I irrigate, fertilize, bio-charred my transplant roots, and the sunlight is better than last year since i cut some shadowing branches overhead. My garden should be thriving. Last year's harvest was good. Not great but decent. Back then I got soil from the same yard except i got 50/50 compost and regular soil mix. This year has been super discouraging. Gonna try my own native soil next year.
We have had the same issue this year with our new raised beds. New soil, poor growth. Over time, you should be able to improve your native soil by amending with relatively small amounts of organic matter. It's scary to bring in soil from unknown sources. Could contain herbicides (as much of the topsoil sold is used for growing grass only). Hope things improve for you!
My corn is only a foot tall and is starting to tassel. I planted seedlings in late May but the weather turned cool and wet and night time temps down to 6°C overnight. May ad well tear itball out.
Excess growth can be slowed by growing crops cooler with increased spacing and using less water, a term called growing “harder.” If space allows, increase plant spacing and if crops can take colder temperatures in the 60º F range, you may want to consider this approach.
Since you mentioned green beans, and for most varieties of peas as well, you don't need to plant them super early, because in warm soil, they will grow and begin producing very quickly. If you wanted to get a head start, don't bother, I planted peas this year, and they grew to about 6 foot in less than a month, and had bloomed & started producing peas in that time. I missed the first crop, because I wasn't expecting them to be putting out new peas so quick. So wait until it's consistently staying above at least 65 degrees at night to plant them, and they'll jump scare you every morning with the amount of growth you'll find. Keep a close eye too, because the peas don't tend last long on the vine. Green beans will keep a bit longer in my experience, and you don't need to worry as much about regularly harvesting.
Now that it's the end of the season, I had WAAAAY less harvest than I should have... Basically all my plants are big and healthy, but they were stunted somehow in terms of fruit production. I fertilized in different ways, same as I did last year. I watered regularly. The plants were all loving life, and growing nice and big, but never put out flowers until like this past week, and now there's definitely not enough time for them to be viable. Any ideas on what could cause this kind of stunted plants? Where they're healthy looking but take months too long to put out flowers?
My 2 cents: do not use tap water on your plants if your house has a water softener system. Last year I transferred to this house which has a water softener, and starting plants from seeds has proven very difficult. Then I discovered water softeners lower the calcium in water but raise the sodium amount, which is no good for plants. I started using collected rainwater and the plants are more healthy.
this year in the midwest the rain is ruining everything. my peach tree has a jelly fungus, my corn field is flooded and has been flooded since April, my tomatoes all lost their blossoms, everything is a shade of yellow. even though most are in well draining containers they have been soaking wet since mid May. This will be the first week since April with no rain but it still says cloudy not much sun. Lacking sunshine majorly here causing everything to grow leggy.. very disappointed with the money and effort we put in and seeing this weather..
This year has been a bust. 18 days no rain, temps in high 80's. Too early for that heat. Seeds planted, watered 2x a day, 1x before work, when I get home, but soil is dry as a bone. Seeds not germinated, transPlants not growing for over a month. Usually a 2 week inaction after transplant. This year, they just aren't growing. They are in mushroom manure, have had bone meal, blood meal. Usually, they are jumping out of the ground, not this year. I have short growing season, so this year I'm not counting on anything doing well.
It used to be planting time in Ohio was May 15th. Potatoes and onions sometime in April. This year(like last year) most planting happened in June and even then we experienced several very warm days in a row, followed by rather cool weather for a week(back and forth 3 times). It didn't bother my potatoes or onions a bit. But it did bother the beans, squash and peppers. Funny thing, my tomatoes are going like gangbusters(about 3' tall so far), yet my sweet peppers are only about 12" tall and all planted at the same time.
Sounds like my garden this year. I’ve been gardening for 10 years now and this is the first time I’ve really struggled 😩 my tomatoes have blight and I don’t think I’m going to get any lettuce, spinach, turnips, or chard this year.
This is a great video Sadly none of the tips can really help me now. Compared to last year my plants are struggling hard but it is logical. Last year we actually had a heatwave, with warm temps the plants grew a lot better. Now we're under the climate average and have been for quite some time. Most of my plants, besides brassicas, don't really enjoy 15c during the day and 6c at night. They grow a lot more slowly because of it And not only has it been colder, it was very wet too. That caused me to keep my seedlings indoors way longer, limiting their space a lot. (Kept them inside because slugs were decimating everything. Even my onions. ONIONS! They are known to be generally disliked if not hated by slugs. I fear they'll be more like shallots...)
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meh, plants don't need time. I find you can get over the situation very very quickly by providing liquid hormones and liquid plant fertilizer on the foliage when the stoma are open (clear nights typically). And you can over water them for sure the first 2 weeks usually results in a faster bounce back. Burnt wood or charcoal-based fertilizer and compost also helps along with soil bacteria. Introducing excess worms helps also. Sometimes misting the plants regularly during the day (allowing them to fully dry also), can help. And sometimes I will mist with 1 drop of soap per gallon of water. This will remove any bugs just-incase. There is TONS you can do. TONS. If you have more time I would hang a black fine net or mesh above the plants to allow them to recuperate in partial sun. You can also water 3x per day for maybe 10-14 days before your plant will really experience over-watering anyways.... so yeah you have a LOT of room for error. What 100% does not work to recover plants from shock (i've tried): Salt-based fertilizer specifically phosphorous if you're already adequate less watering more sun-light (needs to be slowly increased, better to be part shade during shock) wrong soil ph levels -> this one is really hard to fix I've messed up so many plants over the past 18 months trying all these techniques to figure out what works. I tried to grow plants in soil that was over 8 feet below the surface which was 100% devoid of bacteria, nutrients, etc. 100% Clay and that's what led to these discoveries.
