ROCKS IN POTS. A SOIL SCIENTIST EXPLAINS PERCHED WATER TABLES & QUICK FIXES. Part 1/2 👩‍🔬

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Rocks in Pots 101 8:15
Capillary Action 9:00
Wetting Curve 10:26
Pore Size vs Total Saturation 12:00
Total Soil System Energy 15:00
Height of the Soil System & Perched Water Tables 16:00
How to remove a perched water table 19:29
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@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

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@MacroAggressor 3 года назад

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@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

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@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

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@coolhead8686 10 месяцев назад

Your explanation is the only one here on RU-vid that makes sense to me. Everyone should learn Physics in school.

@freedomofreligion3248 11 месяцев назад

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@rokairan 3 года назад

Hi Ashley! I just found your channel and I love it. I'm catching up on all the past videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us! Quick story: I recently repotted a small plant and overwatered it. (I didn't realize the new pot completely changed the watering needs!) I put it in a larger, decorative pot and left it in a sunny window for a week. Came back to find the soil dried out and the plant thriving! But I noticed the smaller pot had been tilted inside the larger pot the whole time. I thought, thank goodness my lil plant survived despite this mistake. Thanks to your video, now I know that tilt actually gave it an extra helping hand! And now I have a new tool to help address overwatering. Thank you!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

That’s awesome what are the chances 😂

@valiumsurbanjungle2041 3 года назад

As an overwater that was a great video!! Although I think I'll have to rewatch it, because between physics, maths, Monday overload and being after midnight, I think my brain short-circuited a tad bit... 💥😅 Thank you and have a great week!! 😊

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Hahah that’s fair!

@tarzouet3142 3 года назад

Thanks. I realise that hydrogeologists and soil scientists have a lot of common vocabulary but they give a different definition for it. I like how soil science is applied to living things.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

It’s pretty fun stuff I agree! I’m not a soil physicist by any stretch they would be able to deep dive into stuff a lot more.

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@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

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@gegounaris 2 года назад

Mind blowing! Everything is science... Thanks for the great video and the best explanation ever!

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

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@ashleshaashlesha 2 года назад

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@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Wow, thank you

@michaelmarchione3408 3 года назад

A Tip-of-the -Hat to you for what you are doing with the book! Your info is top notch, this old man has learned a lot. Our oldest girl is a biology teacher for 7th and 8th graders. With her background she could have a job making more, but she decided to teach to help kids. Take care and be safe. What you are doing is very commendable!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Thanks so much! And I’m glad your learning, it’s difficult to know if what I’m teaching is coming across properly especially when I’m not in front of everyone getting feedback in real time. You’re daughter is probably in the same boat with everything going virtual now!

@michaelmarchione3408 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada Yes she is. I was never really into science, so some might be over my head, but I'm still tuned in lol. You can't learn if you don't listen lol. I was a history major in college and art in high school.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

It’s very true!

@incorrigibletexan152 2 года назад

I really can’t thank you enough for all the info. Found you because of CP and I have literally watched all of your videos in 3 days. This video in particular is helpful because I’m a container grower(very rocky bad Texas soil). Thanks again!

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Haha awe! Make sure to take breaks ❤️

@corey688 10 месяцев назад

Love the channel and thanks for bringing some solid science to the home plant world where so much anecdotal opinion exists. If you use a saucer under your container to catch drain , having rocks can help keep roots from drowning in the drain collection if you overwater a bit.

@gregkisinger4183 5 месяцев назад

Very scientific and you did a great job presenting! The one thing that stands out to me the most is that sponges are my friends now! Very informative video!

@rachel18809 2 года назад

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@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

perfect!

@dbbdeb2327 2 года назад

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@susanmullaney9359 2 года назад

Thank you for the science.

@TheAsadJK 3 года назад

It made perfect sense, you did great! Thanks!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Oh thank goodness! I was worried that’s for the feedback

@TheAsadJK 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada the sponge was a great visual prop. Showed all the concepts perfectly

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@rempal4549 2 года назад

Sorry for commenting on an old video, just wanted to say this was super informative and really helps me understand capillary action and the relationship between soil porosity and over-watering so much better! And just to make sure I've got it, the perched water table will be lowered if we use sponge/cotton or something with a porous texture to draw the water further down. If we put rocks/pebbles at the bottom (which wouldn't be porous, or as porous) is the height of the perched water table likely to be higher, since the soil/porous material won't extend as far into the bottom of the pot? (I haven't watched the second part yet, so apologies if this is answered there haha)

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Yea it will definitely be higher. And don’t worry about video age! I answer all ques

@rempal4549 2 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada Thank you, really appreciate it :)

@MacroAggressor 3 года назад

So obvious, yet so enlightening. Thanks! I've got a request for a followup vid: what are the consequences of these principles in different garden beds (traditional, raised beds, elevated beds (separated from base soil), Hugelkultur, shallow clay base)?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yes! Loveeeee this idea.

@EcoJourney 3 года назад

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@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

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@Lex-rd4cj 3 года назад

I'm a bit confused about why the pressure would be 0 at the bottom and 100% at the top! Exactly what is the pressure on and from what? My instinctual interpretation was that you mean the pressure from water on the substrate at a given saturation level. Say we're watering from the top and start out at a homogeneous saturation level of 100% through out the sponge/soil, then at that moment my thought would be that the pressure ON the substrate would be highest at the bottom due to gravity, but are you rather referring to the negative pressure BETWEEN the pores within the substrate due to lack of water at the top as gravity starts acting or? On another note, I just love that you provide us plant lovers with more scientific explanations and I think you are doing absolutely fantastic in your creative ways of demonstrating your content!

@DeliciouslyElegant 2 года назад

You are seriously such a phenomenal person!

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Glad you enjoy!

@kele1264 3 года назад

Blushing...thank you for the shout-out, Ashley! Migraine prevented me from watching til now. And now I feel like grabbing my sponges, a bucket of water, and some paper and running around the neighborhood showing all the plant people. I'll be watching this a few more times. Meanwhile, here's where I make a fool of myself in public, and my apologies in advance. Around 20:56, to make a pot "taller", you'd cut the sponge and place it how? At the bottom of the pot, but sticking out the drain holes, and set the pot on risers, in a taller pot, or on a perforated tray? Or is the sponge completely inside the pot, touching the bottom of the pot, extending up past the rocks in the bottom of the pot and into the soil? I don't know why I'm confused about that. Also, if you have a sponge already in the right position, but you overwater severely and you tip the pot to make that happen, should the sponge be on the "tall" side, or the side that's "shorter"? Would the water drain any faster if the pot is both tipped and has a sponge, or would the amount of draining water remain the same? You know, when I finished watching the video, I thought I had a grip on the concept of perched water table and how it affects my container garden. But I might have completely confused myself just now. I should tell you that I don't have rocks in the bottom of my containers; only in my head.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

These are great questions and I had a few requests to do a video on this so I’m going to work on that this weekend hopefully

@kele1264 3 года назад

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@twidledrum36 3 года назад

In conclusion... please correct me if I didn't get it : the rocks make the pot less high ? So the water perch table is above the rocks instead of being at the bottom of the pot ? So we are more likely to have rotted roots ?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yup! 110% however if you raise your water level up and your roots are able to utilize all the water in a reasonable amount of time then you don’t have to worry.

@coolhead8686 10 месяцев назад

I just did the experiment with putting sponges at the bottom of the pot. It does not work. The sponges hold the water, and they slow down drainage. However, when putting only pebbles, the water drained quickly. Also, I agree that no need to put too many pebbles at the bottom. The only purpose of the pebbles is to prevent the soil from clogging the drainage holes. The water table is real. It is always there doesn't matter how tall your pot is. The thing that helped drainage the most is loose soil. The styrofoam beads I mixed in the soil improved drainage drastically.

@plant-logic 6 месяцев назад

For clarification, are you saying you put the whole sponge inside the pot?

@NewDimension7 3 года назад

Yeay nice information Thanks for sharing Garden lover yuhuu

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Thanks!

@TheDIYjournalist 3 года назад

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@TheDIYjournalist 3 года назад

I’m sharing this with all my friends and family! Thank you so much!! 🥰

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

It’s honestly insane! I can not believe the prices right now. Very upsetting

@2076649 2 года назад

extremely under rated vídeo, verry informative. deserve way more subscribers!

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

I appreciate that!

@ishiggs8150 2 года назад

Thank you for this, liked and shared!

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Awesome glad you enjoyed

@lorimurdy1215 3 года назад

I just watched❤ this 1st video from you !! I love your channel ⚠️⚠️ ❤❤ keep up the good work girl !!!!

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Thanks so much ❤️ I’m glad you enjoy it let me know if there is anything you want to see

@thecowman6807 2 года назад

Hi, great video. I have a question. If I was to fill the top half of a pot with say 60% peat 40% clay and the bottom half with 60% peat, 30% sand, and 10% clay, would this also create a perched water table where the 2 soils meet/mix due to the higher adhesive forces of clay compared to sand or would this only happen if the pore space was too big in the bottom half?

@nabillbenismail7111 Год назад

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@mosspinzo4523 Год назад

Hi, thanks. I think it's digestible, perhaps in simple terms is to know or try to know how long your roots are or how much you want your plant to grow. Then adjust accordingly size of container or pot (more soil or sponge etc). Thereby determine where capillary,waterbed occurs. You're right the whole no stones and other drainage options have been blown out of proportion. Thanks again

@mdrlz 4 месяца назад

hello from 2024. god damn, this is probably the best video about the subject in the history of mankind. thanks and i'd bring you over to help repotting my greens but I've already done that, only to discover root rot in the pots I was confident were the best in the house

@ellieknol 2 года назад

I 've always drained my pots after watering by tipping it on its side without knowing the science behind it. Lucky me. :)

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

HAHA I love that

@riavanniekerk977 3 года назад

Thank you for your insight and especially your philosophy on sharing knowledge. My poor succulents have suffered under the hands of my drainage and soil experiments 🤣🙈 Ive even went and drilled 5+ more holes at the bottom of all my pots 🙆🏼‍♀️ now I know it won't do as much as I thought 🤣 Question: I'm familiar with using cotton string to help drain that extra bit of water from the bottom of my pots. I fell into the the habit of looping a string through the drainage holes of my pots before planting anything in it. Is it okay to keep it there permanently? It doesn't obstruct the pot as it stands and when I need it, I probe it around to soak up extra water and then after a tight squeeze I allow it to drain. Other than that it's not in the way and I make sure it dries out completely between watering.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Oh yes absolutely no issue leaving that hang out it makes a big difference with the perched water table

@riavanniekerk977 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada Dankie (thank you) from South Africa 😁 looking forward to watching more of your content 😅

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Oh wow! That’s so far away from me!

@nanakoosa1 3 года назад

holy cats!!! I am so happy I found this channel. You rock (pun intended) :D

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

HAHA ❤️ I’m glad you found me too and hopefully decided to stay. Feel free to share anything you think would be helpful

@Joe-mo1gv Год назад

Hello, my name is Joe I’ve just subscribed to your channel and I think you are incredibly informative and I look forward to your videos. I am a bottom water, and I have been forever and my plants always do very well. Lately, I’ve noticed that my transplanted seedlings are always very dry on top and the water will not wick all the way to the top. The plants are doing great. Should this be a concern?

@scottsmith507 3 года назад

So ok I think I get it know. This is why the soil in my wicking container has a.very fluffy texture,.so the capillary action can pull a gallon of water up and saturate 18 gallons of soil. Gotta check out second half video. This is very interesting to me. If I got it right.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

You got it! And I love a fellow soil nerd 🤣

@txpepper 2 года назад

Ashley, in one of your videos you make the specific statement (my very loose quote)..."when substrate materials are layered, each layer can create a perched water table". Which video is it and time code if possible. I would like to link the video as a reference. Thank you so very much! Absolutely love the geekiness! 💕 This is coming from a girl that slept through biology class in high school. 😆

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Oh gosh! I am not sure which video that would be. I am glad I can keep you awake.

@chickenjohnny3308 3 года назад

I may have to watch this again. LOL

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Does that mean it put you too sleep?

@yoriichi3347 2 года назад

I'm adding perlite/pumice at the bottom of my pot.

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Nice

@yoriichi3347 2 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada is it good? Idk but i'm seeing a difference that my plant very healthy.

@freelivingtennessee 3 года назад

Being poor is the mother of all the invention in my gardening journey!!!! 😹😹😹😹 I dedicate 1:3’d of my gardening to experimentation. This way I’ll never have a ruined season or a ruined crop. More times than not I have success or I learn something which is a success in itself. Especially if it’s a plant I can used save seed from my own stash. Then I’ll really use those seed to to dedicate towards the third of that crop and I don’t lose anything

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Haha love that!

@amandairizarry1017 Год назад

I love watching your videos thank you for sharing good content in a fun way. I clicked the link to buy your planner and now its unavailable? Is it possible for me still to get one?

@fedfedll 3 года назад

The thing is .. when you have rocks at the bottom, and you put a sponge or a wick in the drainage holes.. it will not be in direct contact with the soil and will not remove the water table from the soil. Try it with two sponges with an intermediate layer or rocks. The water in the top sponge will not be transfered to the lower sponge through the rocks.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I think it goes without saying it need to be in contact with the soil

@fedfedll 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada but in the video you said if you already have rocks in your pot and you overwatered you can just put a sponge or towel in the drainage hole to absorb the water.. but the rock layer will prevent this from happening so the perched water above the rocks will remain above the rocks

@nicolem3676 2 года назад

I know it's almost 2 years later but I believe a charity supporting mental health would be a good idea! Gardening is therapeutic!! P.s; do you have a planner for 2022-2023

@powerofknowledge7771 3 года назад

Thanks for this info and solution to the root rot issue! So to be clear, you set the sponge upright, and along the side, so that it's running vertically through the soil and rock, which will force the water down to the rocks. Correct?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yup exactly!

@powerofknowledge7771 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada Awesome! This is incredibly helpful! Thank you! I'm 41 yrs old. It's my first time actually trying to grow & transplant anything. When someone got me a plant/flowers, I'd normally kill them without knowing what I did. So glad to have this advice as a newbie!

@lunacycalico4017 2 года назад

Thank you for the video!!! I would like to get your opinion about my idea for reducing water perch in a pot. Will holes round a pot, 1cm high fm bottom, help to reduce the water perch?

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

Yeah you don’t like it give it a shot.

@agm1112 3 года назад

Considering putting in rocks moves the perched water table up (I hope I’ve understood that correctly!) and so the perched water table ends up in the same place in relation to the soil and roots, what is the point in putting rocks? The reason people recommend using rocks is for better drainage whereas actually that doesn’t appear to be the case, is that right?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea exactly. So it doesn’t add drainage unless is mixed into the the soil. If you pile them at the bottom the. It won’t help with drainage. But the purpose is to reduce the total volume of soil needed. Which if you’re able to reach a balance where the perched water table is below the root zone then it will work.

@themightymustache69 3 года назад

You so nice ;) I’ll take a copy

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Done and done

@NashvilleMonkey1000 3 года назад

If you're stuck inside for the winter, you can taste-test all the kitchen spices, but beware of the potential heavy metal content of some spices, as well as from things like salmonella. We tried doing a color-burn test on the cinnamon we used in the seedling dirt, and there was no color-change, and it didn't burn readily either, so it's prolly clear of heavy metals, but you want to do such a test BEFORE putting it in the dirt~ Oh, have you seen the charts made by Steve Railsback?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

No I haven’t before

@NashvilleMonkey1000 3 года назад

If I remember, he had good information on a periodic table that's very useful~

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I’ll have to check it out

@incorrigibletexan152 2 года назад

Thanks

@gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340 3 года назад

What about air pots?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I should do a video on those. thats a totally different concept

@joewilds3960 6 месяцев назад

Commercial growers used rocks as a weight to help keep the pots upright and not to be blown or knocked over once they became top heavy, not for drainage I am a retired greenhouse owner grower and almost all of our plants grown for sale were in red clay pots in the 1940's & 1950's.

@brandonbaker7401 3 года назад

I put rocks in the bottom of my terrariums! I just use small ½ inch_ 1 inch rocks. I haven't put rocks in my large Indoor pots yet 🤔

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I have/do for a filler

@wildedibles819 3 года назад

I use tall pots for cacti because of the tap root needs room to grow And i use rock in the bottom and top for mulch ;) Free rocks i pick up walking lol bad habbit

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Haha I do the same especially on top. It’s much easier to water without displacing soil.

@wildedibles819 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada yes exactly and a tiny bit of moisture can be held under the rocks but not lots it dries out quickly

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

It is pretty fast. And any time I’ve had issues I just move the rocks out of the way.

@wildedibles819 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada exactly:)

@lazyplants12 3 года назад

Will you do the sponge thing in a pot just to give an example? And if I say I overwatered my plant, can I use the sponge for it to take out the excess water ?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea absolutely you can!

@seacoast4950 2 года назад

So, if I have river rocks the size of my fist 👩‍🔧 or slightly smaller at the bottom of my very large/tall pot, should I put sponge on top of the rocks then put the soil on top of the sponge?

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

i wouldn't but you can run a sponge from the bottom of the pot through the rock and into the soil.

@sergy5337 3 года назад

It is quite detailed explanations of water table in pots (be careful using "perched" coz it refers to water saturated layer sitting ABOVE impermeable layer which is higher than its surroundings) ... but I could hardly understand how to reduce the height of it with a sponge, cloth, etc. Do you just place a sponge at the pot bottom or else? Would be helpful just to show it with a sponge and empty pot or draw it to make it clearer how it works. Thanks

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

We say perched in soil science because it’s not an impermeable layer. It’s temporarily perched in place until it continues to drain out or the soil system changes dynamics such as height. For the sponge place it throughout the profile. Half way on soil into the rocks.

@clipngrowbonsai6946 3 года назад

What happens to the perched water table overtime inbetween watering? Does it dry up? Or does it get absorbed into the upper layers of the soil which start to dry up?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

It is absorbed into the upper layers of the soil system as the upper soil system looses water.

@khalidjaii2 3 года назад

I just discovered this channel yesterday. I am already addicted listening to you. My brain bocame just like that overwaterd sponge with all the knowledge I am gaining :) Thank you for sharing. 👍👍

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Welcome aboard!

@nickangelovski4358 Год назад

You done good kid 👍

@yurimodin7333 3 года назад

loving this channel......but isn't it easier to just not over-water?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

im happy you enjoy! some times its to cut costs

@valiumsurbanjungle2041 3 года назад

Could you please make a video with a potted sponge/cloth/string etc included into the mix? Does that need to cover the entire bottom surface by 2''? Or would a tiny bit at the bottom, be enough? That's the only thing I can't understand, probably because I'm a visual person (or too exhausted to think for myself)

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea absolutely I can! It honestly depends the soil you have and the texture but I can do it with your average everyday potting soil.

@valiumsurbanjungle2041 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada thank you, yes, even with just ordinary potting soil would be great.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Will do!

@Brokersong Год назад

Kinda related question. I'm eager to hear your thoughts on this.... There is a gardner talking about changing the water's bonding characteristics (to each other) bu spraying isopropyl alcohol onto the potting soil's surface to cause this action. It was really cool! But is it necessary?

@jeaninecelayeta3370 Год назад

Hi Ashley, I’m new to your channel and just love your style. I live in the Pacific Northwest in zone 9B with 230 growing days. Some of your advice doesn’t apply to me because it rains all the time in the winter and then it’s pretty dry all summer but can be foggy. When is 2023 book come out?

@GardeningInCanada Год назад

It’s already out actually! The link is in the description of my latest videos. Thanks for joining the crew

@sergy5337 3 года назад

Hi again - do you know if surfactants affect perched water table and how? I would expect they should lower it coz of less tension hence less capillary action holding water. But what about any experimental evidence? Soil wetters are common but do we know how to use them correctly?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I haven’t tested or seen any tests but in theory it may help. Especially in an organic soilless scenario

@sergy5337 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada It's surprising such a straightforward issue does not appear to have been researched. I haven't found anything on the internet, including google scholar. Then why don't you do experiments and write a paper :)? I think it's worth it.

@aichamuhammad5904 Год назад

I still needed to see how are you exactly inserting sponge

@slicktmi 3 месяца назад

Do you think a micro fiber cloth hanging out the bottom would work aswell

@kyote_unleashed 3 года назад

i'm just a couple min into your video & i have a suggestion for you - check out grow calgary. it's a non-profit organization growing food for the local food banks. they have education programs for kids and also run a veterans farm therapy program.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Oh that’s amazing! Do you know if they have a name or website at all?

@kyote_unleashed 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada www.growcalgary.ca i found their website looking for local gardening resources

@carmenbugeja8722 3 года назад

Hi, Can I apply pebbles on top of damp soil?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea absolutely. Just understand it will hold in more moisture so less watering maybe needed

@carmenbugeja8722 3 года назад

Thank you

@dana102083 3 года назад

I jist got here but glad I found you. You seem like a decent human. I am unemployed and beyond tight on cash amd would take you up pn your offer? 🤗🙏🖖

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea absolutely! Send me a DM on Instagram, instagram.com/p/CH55vPiAxtf/?igshid=zp0m82jpgkfi

@NashvilleMonkey1000 3 года назад

Here's a question for a soil scientist: If moss is a bio-accumulator of heavy metals, why would we dump tons of dead moss into gardens? Shouldn't we grow live moss and remove the heavy metals instead of importing them into our source of food?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yes, so I’m not confident this is an issue in a Canadian peat bog. Mostly because these are in relatively remote areas, but from other regions it can be of concern similar to vermiculite and asbestos scare in the 90s

@NashvilleMonkey1000 3 года назад

Oh, of course, historically it's human activity (mining/smelting) that releases the pandora of heavy metals onto the land.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I would have to read into more of the criteria. But for things like the OMRI certification that sunshine potting soil gets, I wonder what goes into the heavy metal/contamination testing for it. You’d think there is something

@drusso3532 3 года назад

Does this process work with pots without drainage holes?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Same thing happens yup. Only thing that would change it is if you fill it up so that the rock portion is totally flooded

@vanschermerhorn7167 2 года назад

I'm catching on , the more compact the soil is the higher the water table . Just go slower , you have a llot of material too cover . May take more episodes on TV. Enjoyed your show .

@randy-U.I.O.G.D. 3 года назад

I've heard that if your using pumice rocks at the bottom of the pot root rot may be avoided even under a perched water table since pumice is highly porous and aerated. Is it true? Thanks.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

No unfortunately any change in substrate will cause the effect.

@randy-U.I.O.G.D. 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada thank you so much. To return you the favor of answering my questions, you can ask me anything regarding the eye. I am a general ophthalmologists. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Stay safe.❤❤❤

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

That’s really cool!

@randy-U.I.O.G.D. 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada I'm watching your videos here from the Philippines and subscribed to your channel. Most urban vegetable gardeners here like me who is just starting are using potting mix made from mixtures of GARDEN SOIL, COCOPEAT, CARBONIZED rice HULL, RICE HULL, chicken and cow manure. DO you have topics or videos discussing the soil amendments we are using here? ALSO I'D like to know if there are DISADVANTAGES in using TRANSPARENT PET BOTTLES with regards to SOIL PHYSIOLOGY? Thanks again.❤😍❤😍❤😍

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

I have lots of soil amendment videos under my soil science playlist. But if I’m missing any let me know

@sadoldgit313 5 месяцев назад

Get a moisture meter and check the full depth of the pot! Stops accidental overwatering!

@vohrausman9128 3 года назад

Nvm But i Guess you use inshot for editing?

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea! Them or KineMaster depending on what I need done

@vohrausman9128 3 года назад

Hey Plis Make a Video On grow bags

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Yea absolutely are you referring to the smart pot ones? The black cloth with handles

@vohrausman9128 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada black cloth with handles

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Okay yes I know which ones your talking about! Will do

@darcypotterpotter6214 2 года назад

SUPPORT COMUNITY GARDENING ,, MOST TOWNS ,CITY HAVE COMUNITY GARDENS AND NEED HELP

@cassycerny3056 2 года назад

I want a free coppy of the book.

@vanschermerhorn7167 2 года назад

Thank you just go a little slower for us old folks . When putting web link on the screen leave it on a little bit longer for me to copy it down . I am doing a little experimenting myself . What works and what doesn't .

@themightymustache69 3 года назад

I challenge you to wear a mustache for an entire video and only explain it at the end of the video. :) also great video as usual Ashley. Soil is damn expensive your correct.

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Haha omg I’d have the itchiest nose ever

@aichamuhammad5904 Год назад

It was confusing

@vohrausman9128 3 года назад

Hey I Dmed you on instagram plis check out

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Saw it!

@mayflower6819 3 года назад

Omg sorry but

@michaelsalcido3736 Год назад

Did not understand a darn thing. You asked.

@biggusdikkus1807 3 года назад

so confusing - have not got a clue what you were trying to explain

@GardeningInCanada 3 года назад

Unfortunate! Everyone else seems to get it. Maybe check out the second video

@biggusdikkus1807 3 года назад

@@GardeningInCanada I am trying very hard believe me!! I am not the sharpest peg in the shed. :-(( Can I ask this - if I had a plant in a pot which had no base to it - and the soil medium was described as a sandy loam. If I poured water into it - irrespective that the pot has no base - a water layer would still be held in the soil at the base by forces within the soil - the thickness of this water layer (what you call a perched water table) would vary according to the soil type (clay vs loam vs sand) within the pot and independent of the height of the soil above. True or False? Respect and thanks

@ronap7449 2 года назад

You need to redo this video it's so long and you need to be more straightforward, i.e., say rocks is great in the bottom if..and if not, say in what situation...my head hurts

@GardeningInCanada 2 года назад

sorry about that

@cannonsovercharged 3 года назад

Academic scientists frustrate corporate scientists. If I ever tried to present such a self indulgent, belabored presentation in the cut throat world......my throat would be cut 3 minutes in. In academia, the more special of a mouthbreather the student is, the more time and resources expended. I wish I saw the version of you explaining it to a friend over a beer- should take 4 min. Imagine your audience is sophisticated. You might be reading comments- they will always bias towards the simian