May 2023 Farm And Property Update With Donny Greens 

Straw ahead of uncomposted wood chips. Wood chips will use up nitrogen to decompose. Make sure your compost is close to fully composted, it will use nitrogen to finish. You can add perlite to your soil mix if you think its too dense. Look up companion planting. Lots of veggies do great together or terrible

I didnt catch what you said you were feeding them. If your not you might have too. Woodchips will suck nitrogen out of the soil to help them break down. And most of the time raised beds need micro nutients along side the macro nutrients. Boron especially. Get with a local lab and have them text the soil in your beds so you dont waste alot of time experimenting. A local university extension usually is a good place.

What do you think my problem is with these beds!!! I'm thinking the soil doesn't have enough drainage, plus the wood chips creating a fungal-dominated environment rather than a bacterially-dominated environment which annuals prefer more.

Thanks for sharing your micro green knowledge Donny! Wishing you success brother 🙏🏻

So, wood will scavenge nitrogen but so long as the wood isn't in the root zone it won't matter that much. However the reason that your seedlings stopped growing after transplant is because of transplant shock which is very normal because of the root disturbance. If you want to stop it then you can either soak your seedlings in a compost tea or extract or you can go to using soil blocks which will air prune the roots and make transplant shock lessen.

Add fertilizer pellets to the bed of struggling veggies and till them into the first 2 inches of soil and after a few waterings you should see them catch up to the other bed

The best moment of this video is the pick and eating of the single pea pod. Wonderful!

Those wood chips are binding up your nitrogen. They need to be decomposed. Use the for weed control in walkways if you do put them in your beds put a layer of compost 4:10 under and make sure they do not touch the steams of 😅your plants. Love watching your stuff.

Wood chips can tie up nitrogen so add some nitrogen to your beds with wood chips.

I love growing okra and I combine strawberries with asparagus

The bed with the wood chips try putting your finger under 3 to 4 inches to check how wet the soil is because with wood chips acts like a sponge so a heavy water and then check again put finger under again expecially new wood chips can really drain moisture out of soil just keep moist raised beds heat up faster than normal ground beds

Transplant shock possibly for the growth slowing. Look for your county extension office or somewhere locally to test your soil. When Transplanting starts add some worm castings and a good organic fertilizer in the hole. They are pulling so many nutrients to thrive and they may just be running out at that stage. They should show some good growth in a couple of weeks.

Wood chips that get mixed in with soil leach nitrogen from the plants.

Try growing peas with your tomatoes I have personally done a test with tomatoes on their own and another bed with peas and tomatoes and found a big difference as the peas are nitrogen fixing veges

The purple in the grass, is Daisy.

From what I've learnt about wood chips, it isn't good as a mulch for your vege patch more for ur garden paths to suppress weeds and in its process to break down it takes alot of nitrogen and that is what your lettuces need.

Do you test your seeds in water, to see if they float or sink, B4 using them? And are you adding organic fertilizer, like worm castings every 2 weeks? Are you charting/ documenting what you grow and how it's doing ect... Yeah could easily be several reasons why they aren't doing as well as the other's.

I'm in my 4th season of Grow BioIntensive farming. Dug out beds in my back yard. Have removed thousands of rocks. I grow my own compost and only have to bring in alfalfa. I would not use wood chips on most crops. Close spacing planting will allow for a canopy over the soil. The leaves touch and helps with watering less. Look up some GB and the book How To Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons.

That peach trees pretty close to the fence. Also they attract alot of bugs/bees next to the pool. Rip atleast you can eat a peach wile swimming lol. Try growing some bell peppers they are soo good fresh and ez to grow

Are you letting the mulched beds dry out enough? When i started mulching years ago i kept watering as if i wasn't, big mistake. Letting the soil dry is a vital part of encouraging root growth, so maybe thats part of your issue? The new space and garden is looking great otherwise!

Hello! Love your content! Searched your channel for info on the testing you did while starting your biz (how you went about offering samples and then how you transitioned the folks you offered free greens to into paying customers, but couldn't find it! If you have any vids on this and can point me in that direction, I'd appreciate it so much! Thanks!

I notice your birdie beds are on a paved porch, put them on the ground, let the worms come and go from the bottom, the pavers get hot and you start getting mould instead of bacteria.

Hi donny i saw many of your videos so helpful . Im gonna start with your suggested 4 crops . But i can't find a video which tells how much seeds i should use for 1 tray. Can you please tell that ? Thanks

Hi man! I love watching your videos and I’m thinking to start micro green growing. I was wondering can I grow at home edible flowers like calendula, hibiscus, daylily, chive and nasturtiums? And if I do how long it takes to grow those flowers? I appreciate it your time!

the problem might be the compost you are using. unless it is certified organic you might have some sort of pyralid I think it;s called (pesticide) mixed in the compost through the ingredients used to create the compost that can cause the stunted growth. wood chips would cause a problem if you have a lot mixed in the actual soil.

i didn't know that Mike Wheeler´s from Stranger Things had such an amazing Farm. Very cool Mike Greens.

I’d say a few things. Pollination issues. Fertilizer issues. And nitrogen issues bc of wood chips.

How about a tropical food Forest greenhouse ?

Hi how r u .. Merry Christmas i like to ask u if u have any information or have u try to plant this before if yes please share a video ( AGARWOOD SEEDS ) THANKS

Trust me, fish fertilizer. Use a full dose, asses after a week, apply more if they're still struggling.

i prefer promix Hp for its higher drainage than the Bx. maybe introduce some simple pearlite in your soil mix to assist in drainage? I dont use mulch so not sure about that, I just layer pineneedles on the top sometimes

What of dirt should I use

Just sow the seeds in the ground where you want them. If they bunch spread them out as they grow. The birdie bed could be in the wrong spot, could be too wet the soil is probably not the issue, but wouldn't rule it out. Also the birdies bed get hot 🔥. Use a sugar cane for mulch, or use a mycologist straw from mushroom farms. Wood chips are best IN the soil breaking down.

Lettuce likes cooler temps... they could be getting too much direct sun.

Dear Donny, in addition to instagram and facebook sales do you have any employees doing this job?

Let’s get a video on growing the new Microgreens you’re doing for chefs

I'm in Santa ana California and I would like to come and buy kits from you. Please let me know. Thanks!

Do you grow micrgreens indoors year around

The wood chips are your main problem, remove them and put them in your compost pile. The wood chips will nake the dirt to sour, that's no good

Lol. Also plant way more flowers for the bees. They will be your best friends

Get some of that ash from the fireplace in the soil.

to much water in outdoor pots . only water every 5 to 7 days outside

Wood chips are good for woody trees fruit etc, not for vegies.

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