What Happens When You Put Copper Wire Through a Tomato Stem?

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In this video, I experiment with copper wire through the stem of a tomato plant to see if this prevents blight and other fungal diseases and to test if this method is a myth or does it work!
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@Baneironhand 4 года назад

We have a cure for tomato fungus here in Canada. After five months it snows and the fungus has no tomato plants to grow on so it goes to Australia for the winter.

@VOTE4TAJ 4 года назад

Baneironhand Yup

@robertbarker2458 4 года назад

In that case us Aussies will have to build a wall around Canada,what the hell around America as well that will keep the Trump weed out too

@philosophicallyinclined3705 4 года назад

@@robertbarker2458 Then, there is the bad seed who can't separate his plants from his politics. Especially as those politics are Aussie, not American. To grow knowledge of a subject, one must educate oneself on climate, nomenclature, and culture - I suggest we keep Trump amendments to the soil from whence our roots originate.

@ppazpppaz8618 4 года назад

Robert Barker. Once Trump builds the Mexico wall he will build one along the Canadian border to ensure that all that fresh clean air that Canada makes does not cross the border into the US of A.

@robertbarker2458 4 года назад

@@ppazpppaz8618 hahaha 👍

@denisstanley6546 4 года назад

My italian grandfather put copper nails and copper wire on fruit trees and vegetables. He is mentioned in the west australian history of wine book as a pioneer of wine grapes in western australia. Some of the original grape stock he brought from italy in early 1900s is still grown for wine in the area. In 1963 1 was 17 years old and showed him how a little copper sulphate had the same benefit as copper wire and copper nails in the trees. At the time i think i actually connected with him as a person and not a kid. I watched him in the orchard and at 75 i have had my own property with fruit trees. I graft and grow for the joy of watching to new growth in spring turn to fruit in the autumn. His name was grandad or mr meleri when i introduced him. Mr was and still is a mark of respect seldom given these days.

@Maxim.Teleguz Год назад

Can you please start making small videos to show what you learned.

@yatah Год назад

Thanks for sharing your story. May he rest in peace.

@michaeltangusso9801 Год назад

What a great story I bet he was a great person and fun guy to listen to !

@daraa151 Год назад

Didn’t know you could grow anything in WA. It’s hot like hell

@barkanellichasingdreams4142 Год назад

I am learning about copper coils aka Tesla and the use of them with Orgone. That can make plants grow faster

@watermelonwatermelon6513 4 года назад

Copper wires often have very thin non conductive coating, so i recommend removing it with fire or sandpaper before using it.

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

NOW THAT IS WORTHWHILE INFO. DO you know how to remove the coating ??? apart from using sandpaper. I found a sheet of thin copper in the shed … so presume that it is coated as well …

@watermelonwatermelon6513 Год назад

@@snowyowl6892 ig not, check if it has oxidation, if yes its not coated

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

@@watermelonwatermelon6513 Yep. - it’s shiny as the sun and has been sitting in the shed for years … ✅

@watermelonwatermelon6513 Год назад

@@snowyowl6892 then heat it up with fire check if the enamel will burn

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

@@watermelonwatermelon6513 OK - got the picture … (Have been enthralled by the copper info on utubes by Morley Robbins …)

@hamiltoncamp Год назад

I appreciate how are you include the whole process and your videos from beginning to end. I’m frustrated by many RU-vid garden videos where they show you what they’re going to do but don’t follow up.

@toocooljonny 4 года назад

Definitely the copper wire you used had an insulation coating, so although I wouldn't think it'd work anyway but the tomato plants had no contact with raw copper at all, another dead give away was the wire remained that redish copper colour, it should have turned green especially being outside in rain and dampness, even old copper wires inside electrical equipment goes green

@gratefulguy4130 Год назад

Yup

@DEVUNK88 Год назад

I have noticed the copper spray is green, just like old weathered copper

@andrecostermans7109 Год назад

My own experience. Yep , removing the varnish ( insulation) gives far more better results . Copper wire slows down the fungi about 4-5 weeks , it works but it isn't a miracle solution . Far more important is working clean, meaning, don't touch healthy plants ( even for picking tomatoes) when you have allready touched contaminated plants . Most fungi aso , are highly contagious .

@stevesmith7839 Год назад

That was the first thing that I thought of also.

@FuzzyButtCheese Год назад

Once i stock a copper rod up my pecker and my nuts grew to double size!! Profit!

@Menhikatu005 4 года назад

I have a quick tip. I started growing tomatoes in bulk and needed a cheap way to support them. I had 20 or so wire mesh sheets (the kind you put in concrete slabs - we use them in Japan to keep wildlife off our property). Anyway it works well as a trellis but maybe because they’re all rusty the iron is feeding the soil. Since using them, the tomatoes have been amazing and more plentiful!

@ralphmoulph1256 2 года назад

Same. I'm from melb, Aus and I use rio as well and I get toms bigger than a Geisha annually.

@kinchegayowie6167 Год назад

@@ralphmoulph1256 the air flow , would have a lot to do with it as well

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

@@ralphmoulph1256 rio ?

@s1imjim854 Год назад

it's electromagnetism... search for "electro culture"

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

@@ralphmoulph1256 rio ?

@Selfsufficientme 4 года назад

Edit: Here's the re-test video with no doubt that the wire is NOT plastic-coated ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dJO2K_u58OM.html G'day Everyone, the copper wire is over 35 years old and isn't coated (edit: well, it doesn't seem to be coated and I've tried burning and scuffing it but yes I could be wrong) it was salvaged many years ago by my grandfather and wasn't purchased in a roll. It also had plenty of wear and scuffs so even if that was the case I doubt it affected the experiment. Regardless, I didn't make up this myth I merely tried it in my own garden and here are my results and opinion. I thought I would just let you know this info to save me writing the same thing in the comments section 1000 times (because I'm sure this video will go viral lol). Cheers :)

@Lordroran 4 года назад

This wire is definitly coated. I used to work for a recycler where we sorted this kind of wire.

@Selfsufficientme 4 года назад

@@Lordroran Say you are right, I'm still confident the scuffs and wear on this wire was enough to not compromise this experiment (as unscientific as it still is anyway) but I do appreciate your input. Cheers :)

@joshuamc96 4 года назад

Never heard of this gardening myth before. But in my opinion, piercing the plant with the metal would cause trauma the plant would have to heal over and would also predispose the plant to fungal and bacterial infections. To me, the best way to add copper would be putting supplements in the water/soil and promoting the good fungi and bacteria that help the plants absorb nutrients, like minerals (Cooper, zinc, iron, etc).

@Selfsufficientme 4 года назад

@@joshuamc96 I think you are spot on Joshua and this is the last time I'm going to stick my plants with wire! A good dose of trace elements should be enough to help the immune system of tomato plants. Thanks for sharing your opinion and knowledge! Cheers :)

@acerrusm 4 года назад

Isn't it better to make a mild copper sulfate solution and pour it to the soil, so that the roots will transport it through the whole plant, instead of injuring it?

@DJe1957 Год назад

Having worked with a scientist gardener in '70s-'90s I can say that the only thing in the myth holding true is the copper itself. Giving it in the form of stabbing with wire is quite ludicrous. Puncturing the stem with the wire damages the water pipes of the stem and also forms a possible point for infection. Giving enough copper as a mineral works, and of course as a spray, like you showed yourself. Thanks for an interesting video :)

@aldoiron1715 4 года назад

Crazy that tomato plants actually came standard with wireless technology

@Mark-jy4qt 4 года назад

🤣😂🤣😂

@Bowfinger6383 4 года назад

Ha!

@NYCThrax1 4 года назад

Tomato plants only use their own... fiber-optics!

@Bowfinger6383 4 года назад

@@NYCThrax1 what kind of telescope does a tomato 🍅 see 👀 with ?? . Oh wait you beat me to the punch. I'll show myself out 🚪 🚪

@brucemcgeehan8255 4 года назад

This enamel coated copper true copper is isolated from the plant no gain

@MrMetalpunx 4 года назад

I thought you were great in gladiator!

@TH-ds2yx 4 года назад

"Are you not Fertilised?!"

@maxl3189 4 года назад

@@TH-ds2yx 👍👍

@kieran5909 4 года назад

Maybe alex jones lol.

@jpeterson9087 4 года назад

Lol.

@miweb3235 4 года назад

@@kieran5909 aww c'mon.

@electrocultureYannickVD Год назад

This is electroculture technique, you can turn it around the stem or put the copper wire through the tomato stem. With electroculture with antennas you can make them more resistant to frost and cold, and also resist a lot more against desease.

@selfsufficientnic7112 Год назад

I just came here to say this!! Yes. I've just started playing with this myself.

@jessh4016 Год назад

Lol no

@jeanninegodwin2285 Год назад

Is there a book or website on the subject of electroculture?

@that_garden_gnome Год назад

@@jeanninegodwin2285 search "Electroculture Gardening Techniques for Beginners - Elevate your garden Cultivate Elevate" - includes some video at the bottom of the blog

@zouminlandau6753 Год назад

@@jeanninegodwin2285 Search electroculture in youtube

@Makin1up09 Год назад

As many have already stated, the wire is coated. You have to used unvarnished wire. I'd also add that brass works better than copper because of the zinc. Important to note. You don't have to stick it "through" the plant. Just stick it in the ground next to the plants, and have it raised about 6 feet, like an antenna. If you try this, I think you'll find it's not a myth.

@savedemperor8024 Год назад

Zinc is toxic to people so i don't think that its a good idea to let the plant to collect zinc in its fruits

@racheledwards6497 Год назад

I put 2 shepherd hooks with copper wire attached to them in my garden, hope it works

@lindawillfindit Год назад

For the antenna method do you have to scrape off the varnish?

@Makin1up09 Год назад

@@lindawillfindit That's a good question, Linda. Whatever will be going in to the soil should have the varnish removed. In all honestly though, I'm just making a logical guess. I wouldn't think the exposed wire would matter. What I did is bought a copper water line. It's sturdy enough that you can make a large spiral on one end and then stick it deep into the soil.

@adamr6172 Год назад

Electroculture 😆

@sapereaude391 Год назад

I'm no gardening expert - in fact, apart from my first job after leaving school almost fifty years ago being in tomato greenhouses, I have very little experience. But I did spend ten years as a radio mechanic which was long enough for me to recognise coated copper wire. It is coated to prevent conduction between coils in components like transformers, microphones and speakers and the coating is usually enamel and unreactive - so extremely unlikely to break down during the period of a growing season. Given the gauge and colour of the stuff you used (it looks particularly dark), the coating would be thicker. The coating would need to be physically removed for there to be any contact between the copper and the plant.

@PLAYERSLAYER_22 Год назад

thanks for this comment, a lot of gardeners dont understand the em spectrum which is interesting considering photosynthesis requires interesting physics and chemistry. he needs to find some industry standard wire and strip it and uncoil a piece. he had like hobbyist wire so we were testing teflon or something more than copper.

@k_tess Год назад

So I have actually been wondering this for a while. So the wire in coils such as Tesla coils and speakers is coated? I've always wondered why the electricity would move through the coils instead of short. The people making diy videos always seem to forget to mention that.

@PLAYERSLAYER_22 Год назад

@@k_tess yeah, tesla coils have to have enameled wire to keep it from shorting. you can get away with using ethernet cable as the secondary and use a solid core as the primary. get a leyden jar and arc gap and bam! nice lil zap zap machine. im interested to see if plants would grow different around a constantly running tesla coil.

@soheil5710 Год назад

@@k_tess Yep you're exactly right. We call it magnet wire

@TheDuckofDoom. Год назад

@@PLAYERSLAYER_22 you can just buy bare copper wire, it is used for safety grounding

@softlyandtenderly8299 4 года назад

After reading many of the comments and even for myself when I saw the wire at the end of the tomato plants life I thought shouldn't the wire have turned green from being exposed? I would have to say chances are the wire was coated. Perhaps you could give it another experimental trail next time on 1 plant of the same variety say Beefsteak vs Beefsteak, lightly burn the wire you will use then insert it in the trail plant and do a side by side comparison. Since many are sure the wire is actually coated? Just my .02 😀

@Papa-bh6zq 3 года назад

Great observation. The copper wire is covered with shellac, so it wouldn't corrode.

@wohelfycopper7943 3 года назад

Copper rod

@RichardRoy2 2 года назад

My thoughts as well. I'd probably have taken some emery cloth and cleaned off a section I'd want to remain inside the stem. Good eye.

@Matthews_Media 2 года назад

Please try this again as I found it really interesting!

@blackduck9867 2 года назад

Also do notice that wire is clear coated, it would be interesting to see experiment with raw copper, author can remove clear coat with a lighter and some fine sandpaper

@sister2717 Год назад

Yes, I had great success growing Roma tomatoes. I took the seeds of a Roma tomato bought at a local grocery chain store's produce section. The seeds from that puny little Roma were saved. I let them air dry in my kitchen for just a couple days. Prepped the soil with a good raking. For fertilizer I placed about a half inch piece of fish head at about ten inches into a hole, covered with soil to ground level. Then planted three seeds directly into each place where each spot/hole had been prepared. For bug control/ blight disease and everything else that grows here (which is just about everything) I used a few drops of Dawn antibacterial dish soap in a spray bottle concentrating on the underside of the leaves. We have two growing seasons. It took two years/four seasons for the Roma tomatoes to acclimate to the growing conditions. Never fertilized them again only that one time at the beginning. Those Roma tomatoes grew huge while the plants were manageable using the cone shaped plant cages. Hope this helps someone. It sounds like a lot of work, believe me it's not. P.S.} I also used companion planting which you can google it if you wish.

@soulalignment44 Год назад

I've never heard of copper through the stem, but I've heard of putting copper in the ground to regenerate the ground because when we use steel and other metals we are removing nutrients from the dirt. I'll be trying that this year.

@lorilaynefarnham6484 Год назад

Me tooooo!!! First time gardening and using the electro-culture method. Super excited!!!

@sid2112 Год назад

Well we are removing iron and carbon from specific places. They don't sweep up iron from the garden to smelt.

@Ann-qr2pv Год назад

I'd never heard of the copper wire method before. Interesting. What worked for me was I planted dill in the next row by the tomatoes. I'd always had trouble with tomatoes worms, but when I planted the dill, they were attracted to the dill and didn't bother the tomatoes. I was amazed. Had bumper crop too. Thanks for your informative video.

@DeborahStebbe 6 месяцев назад

This is good to know , Thank you

@paulschaefer5241 4 года назад

I have never heard of sticking copper through the stem of the plant. I have had good results using copper foil around containers and raised beds to stop slugs and snails and it seems pretty effective.

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

Is the “foil” coated against oxidation? I tried to buy copper foil but no luck yet.

@kenyork6825 Год назад

@@snowyowl6892 maybe just throw a couple old pennies in there near the roots, I hears plants only take what they need?

@kelleycarter1239 Год назад

Hey Mark, I'm with RickV..... I'm a scrapper and it looks like you have what's called red copper which is a "coated material". I would try actual copper wire. I believe red copper is metal wiring with a copper-coating rather than a solid piece of copper. Either way man love your gardening videos just starting to crank up my garden for this year good luck brother!

@usnva5638 Год назад

Laminated copper, enameled wire or magnet wire. This would prevent any electrolytic reaction between plant enzymes and bare metal. Aside from that, this guy was talking about copper based fungicides that can be sprayed on and washed off later and that's fine. Having the copper inside the plant is a different story. The spray can be washed off whereas, a wire in the main stem puts copper all though the plant (including the tomato) where it can no longer be washed away. My question is this: "How much copper is safe in the daily diet?

@SilentKnight43 Год назад

@@usnva5638 The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for copper varies depending on age, sex, and other factors. The RDA for adults is approximately 900 micrograms per day, while the upper limit for safe copper intake is set at 10,000 micrograms per day.

@aliaspault 4 года назад

I recall hearing that growing marigolds between your tomato plants help keep them healthy. Apparently, marigolds repel aphids (?) or other pests. I have no idea whether this has any real value, but it looks really good in the garden.

@kg9155 4 года назад

This is actually true. It release essential oil that repels some weeds and some pests.Check for allelopathic plants.

@andriazanki3043 2 года назад

I think they help with Nematodes... marigolds attract nematodes, so help keep the tomatoes nematode free...

@cinejan Год назад

I use marigold plants and spearmint to repel flea beetles and other pests. no slugs, snails or pests. Aphids show up if your soil is too full of nitrogen - too much pee still in the animal manure if you used animal manure or pee.

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

Yep. Just smelling a Marigold flower and you are instantly repelled !

@geraldtakala1721 Год назад

Kill ants to get rid of aphids, the ants keep aphids for their secretions

@diablominero 4 года назад

The red (rather than pink or orange or brown) color of that wire and the fact that it's still shiny after years of exposure to air means it's coated in a thin layer of plastic enamel. This product is called "magnet wire." The coating is thin enough that it wouldn't be flammable, but thick enough to keep the wire from oxidizing in air and dissolving into the stem. Even if there's a few nicks in the plastic, any effect it had would be way reduced by the tiny surface area.

@tuneinat 4 года назад

I think all that r claiming that the wire was coated should do their own follow up on their own tomato plants & give us their results

@pmessinger 4 года назад

It's not theory, that's fact; the wire was coated. Call again when you find a clue.

@Tuttomenui 4 года назад

The color possibly gives it away that it has the insulating coating, looks like motor and transformer wire. A good source for uncoated wire is scrap ethernet cable only insulation on that is easily removed, the varnish type is a pain.

@glenn1826 Год назад

G’day cobber , haven’t read all the comments but I’m having a marked improvement in my garden by the electro culture method , being a Frigie I’ve lgot lots of copper handy and find it really stimulates the plants . I’ve been growing on the same beds for 15 years and this is the best cropping I’ve had yet , may be coincidence , who knows .

@thetessellater9163 4 года назад

I might try the experiment again, but running the wire through emery cloth to bring it up to bright copper first.

@brendaduval7567 4 года назад

Hi Mark - I am surprised to hear that copper inserted into a plant as illustrated could benefit a plant, as I use copper nails to prevent plant regrowth on stumps and perennial weeds (such as brambles) that are growing in areas where their roots are impossible to dig out. I treat such problems in the autumn when the the sap movement through the plant slows and nutrients return to the roots, presumably taking the copper back with them to kill the plant (the timing and principle is the same as if I were treating woody plants with a shop bought weedkiller). It is also possible to buy barrier fabric with copper mesh to protect areas from roots penetrating walls or spreading into areas where you would not want them (ie root growth is inhibited of the tips of roots that come into contact with the copper in the fabric - a type of root pruning without killing the plant). From my experience of using copper nails, and copper fabric, I associate copper with death of plant material rather than growth hence my surprise that piercing copper wire through the stem of a plant could have benefits. Thank you for taking the time to test out the myth that it would have benefits.

@shani3745 Год назад

Something for me to research. Thanks for sharing

@BrianJonah88 Год назад

Copper nails in trees is actually a common method of killing unwanted trees. I remember someone actually went to jail for doing it to their neighbors trees in BC Canada

@Gr3nadgr3gory Год назад

I thought one used steel for killing stumps like that, I used a roofing nail recently.

@heidimacdonald2031 4 года назад

I have always planted mine with a copper earth stake in the ground. I use it as part of the trellis. I also bury a chunk of concrete with my tomatoes. Gives them access to calcium in the limestone. Have always had great success with tomatoes in Brisbane

@greatplainsman3662 Год назад

Try egg shells.

@jeanniek1498 Год назад

@Great Plainsman Yes Egg Shells 100% to STOP Blossom End Rot

@divinesolhealing 7 месяцев назад

I tried wrapping my tomato plant with copper wire a few years back and from experience , the plants dont like that. It started causing disease but once I removed the wire and hit with peroxide water mix it came back. The key is to wrap the copper around bamboo or some form of nature forming clockwise coils and then sticking the wire in the ground about 6 inches for maximum benefits.

@pattibrooks5198 4 года назад

Best tomatoes I ever had was the year I buried fish under each plant and once a week put a pinch of Epsom salt and white sugar next to each one. That year I grew a 3 pound tomato

@bolton7961 4 года назад

Patti Brooks 3 pound tomato 3 weeks ago with 3 likes

@classicrocklover5615 4 года назад

White sugar? That didn't attract bugs and ants?

@lisa2stewart 3 года назад

That's what my ex son-in-law does and he grows great tomatoes! Also marijuana. LOL!

@sierracharlie7293 4 года назад

Do you end up with Fried Tomatoes after a Thunder Storm ?

@jeffavery5278 4 года назад

just the green ones,olive oil and corn meal/flour mix salt,black/cayenne pepper. salivating

@wascawywabbit0987 4 года назад

BOOM!

@judyhowell7075 4 года назад

Lol

@denkeylee 4 года назад

Good one!

@ClissaT 4 года назад

Maybe not, but you sure as hell get boiled tomatoes on a hot day if they're exposed to the full baking sun all day!

@NZBigAl 4 года назад

💜 WONDERING IF THE COATING ON THE WIRE WAS SCRAPED OFF 💜

@MichaelBryan69 Год назад

It has come to my attention recently that NPK fertilizers also naturally inhibit the uptake of copper, zinc and other key minerals in the soil. There is a book called Cu/re that explains so much about copper and it's importance to not only plants but us as well.

@angeleye4253 Год назад

I’ve heard that insufficient copper contributes to greying hair?

@mawasaki8911 Год назад

Can you share the author of the book you are referencing? I found one by Morley Robbins, but not sure if it’s the same one.

@arlenberthelsen9456 Год назад

Correct copper is so important that life of living things could not exist without!!

@arlenberthelsen9456 Год назад

Yes, when you purchase a carrot if it tastes sweet it is full of minerals, but commercial fertilizer make them bitter Not enough minerals in the carrot. Carrot, Celery, and either Apple or pears juice combo reduce blood pressure 18 points in 20 minuets. Also, Carrots contain Iodine!!

@22kpar1xcyberdyne9 4 года назад

I just watched the movie CALENDAR GIRLS. In one scene, a man advised another man to insert a penny into the soil of a potted flower to help it flourish. I thought it was odd but 24 hrs later I randomly find this video. 🤯

@MagnusOne 4 года назад

That actually works though if you have copper deficiency in the soil...I have done it several times but the key is potted plant, the same way if the soil has iron deficiency you can use old steel shavings or rust it self it its clean. as rust basically is hydrated iron oxide

@user-wy4mp9ts3u 3 года назад

Rusty iron really helps some plants,not sure about tomatoes but they do love that red soil.

@user-wy4mp9ts3u 3 года назад

That happens to me all the time I call it the universe(God) trying to tell me something

@amymclaughlin7373 4 года назад

The biggest problem I've had with growing tomatoes is having the stem that holds the blooms drop off right at the knuckle. I did some research and learned this is caused by a calcium deficiency and was told to look for a fertilizer with calcium. When I couldn't find the fertilizer I was happy with, I crushed up calcium supplements and dissolved them in water and poured it on the soil. This actually fixed the problem and I got a good amount of fruit from my plants.

@tarnishedknight730 4 года назад

Crushing up egg shells until they are pretty small, and then working them into the soil works good too. Egg shells are around 123.7% calcium (maybe not that high, but they are pretty high in calcium). It takes a year or two for the calcium to work into the soil. But when it does, you can see the difference. Also, I find that snails and slugs tend to avoid plants that have a layer of finely broken egg shells around them. It's not 100% effective, but it does seem to work pretty good.

@mulemouse 4 года назад

barn lime, epson salts

@samiamm5764 4 года назад

Dissolve oyster shells or egg shells in vinegar, then dilute with water and apply. DIY water soluble calcium

@maxl3189 4 года назад

Milk 👌

@joewhite2484 4 года назад

@@tarnishedknight730 the egg shell cut up the soft side of slugs and snails...

@turn3423 4 года назад

Me: Doesn't have a garden, has no intention of starting one, doesn't like tomatoes RU-vid: Me: I will watch the whole video

@turn3423 4 года назад

@@mangolighters Tomato sauce is not the same as eating raw tomatoes especially with pizza

@AKAxeMan 4 года назад

If you get a chance, you should try fresh cherry tomatoes. They taste like candy. Don't bother with store bought tomatoes, they are harvested before they're ripe and they are very bland in comparison.

@TNBushcrafter 4 года назад

@@AKAxeMan black krims are much sweeter.

@TNBushcrafter 4 года назад

@Ig Hanchks herbs are a great start, I started with chives, basil, thyme, sage, and rosemary years ago. Tea garden can be great in the kitchen window. Micro tomatoes and greens can be grown year round in the window

@arlenberthelsen9456 Год назад

Interesting, I have used copper to save my personal health for years. My dad grew 100 tomato plants each year, what he did was place Epson salts about a teaspoon at a radius of 4-6 inches from base of plant. When the sweetness of a tomato is noticed it has more minerals bitterness is from artificial or commercial minerals.

@arlenberthelsen9456 Год назад

I have had a serious auto accident by a snow plow hitting the vehicle that was removing a 1/4 inch of ice from the windshield. I was thrown 25 feet Thru the air, causing a head concussion and whip lash with spinal injuries. I invented a 2 3/4 inch Twisted copper and Sterling Silver Sacred Geometry Flower of life, that removes my dizziness and body pains. I have not read of or seen any information of such an item anywhere. I later had a severe near life threatening tooth ache, went to see a dentist, he wanted me to pay a fee and sign a contract before I could see him. Took this FOL and held it to my face over the toothache, and the pain began to disappear and in 2 1/2 hours it was gone for good.

@JV8Ngf Год назад

Sounds interesting, do you wear the FOL or keep it with you?

@arlenberthelsen9456 Год назад

@jf6447 yes, I use a non.metalic parachute cord to suspend it over my chest. Solar plexus area.

@DeborahStebbe 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, I had forgotten my Mother did this 30 years ago.

@fabiocastiglioni8479 4 года назад

Hi, I like the scientific approach you use. I never heard about this wire trick before but it seem that the wire you use is the protected one, I meant that, like most of the copper wires, it have a thin layer of flexibel enamel or film that protect it from oxidation. If this is the case the plant wasn't in contact with the copper. This film can be easyly removed sanding the wire with very thin sandpaper. You should reach a much brighter color. Maybe it worth to give another try :-) Good luck

@snowyowl6892 Год назад

THANKS FABIO ! Great info. Can we soak the copper in something to remove the coating …?

@geoffwebster4115 Год назад

The coating will be quite resistant to most common solvents but paint stripper might do it.@@snowyowl6892

@gplotzke4770 4 года назад

What's a tomato? Lol Personally not fond of tomatoes but my wife of 35 years is. To balance it out we have tomatoe based meals every day..... Thanks for the vid

@donnakeeley7924 4 года назад

You would do better to put a 'copper' penny underneath the tomato plant when you plant them. Or, crush up a mineral tablet with high copper and sprinkle that around the bases of your plants. Also, tomato plants love magnesium! Sprinkle epsom salts around the base of your plants and water.

@karlsapp7134 Год назад

Pennies are zinc

@familei3349 Год назад

@@karlsapp7134 Pennies before 1982 95% copper. After 1983 97.5% Zinc!

@qbmac2306 4 года назад

Wow Mark, I'm the one who suggested to you about this trick in the first place. I never thought you would go above and beyond and make an entire video about it, much less dedicate an entire growing season to it. Thanks for that mate. However, you never touched on the primary idea that the copper through the stem of the plant acts as a pesticide, not a fungicide. Did you have any problems with pests such as fruit flies during this growing season while experimenting with copper?

@Selfsufficientme 4 года назад

LOL oh really! Well, thank you for the suggestion! No, we didn't have too many issues at all with pests and especially not fruit fly although I did grow varieties that don't often get stung so this would have helped. Cheers :)

@andyfine 4 года назад

The copper wire you used has a coating on it. You need to scrape that off before using it. It’s an insulation coating that prevents short circuiting when wound together. Try again with raw copper (shellac scraped off)

@grottybt5006 4 года назад

The plant probably heals the hole around the wire after a few days It's not going to ignore damage like that which would leave it open to infection

@K-Fed 4 года назад

This is the primary reason why this method would never work. The plant heals so quickly that even if the copper had an effect, it wouldn't last very long. I nearly severed a branch on one tomato I planted this spring and it was completely healed after 3-5 days, and it had 10x the damage that a thin piece of wire would cause.

@SH-kn7ut 4 года назад

@@K-Fed Yes, however, the tomato plant would not heal inside the stock - where the water and nutrients flow to the rest of the plant tissues and leaves. Assuming the fluids inside the stock of the plant are acidic, it should (in theory) dissolve small quantities of copper as the fluids move up and down the stock of the plant...and it looked like bare copper wire to me... It probably is simply a case of not enough copper circulating through the plant...and/or it's in a form that the plant can't utilize.

@roflstomp8749 4 года назад

Ive also heard of knotting techniques with wire. It causes the scion aka grafting point. to get really fat at the botton if done early. This gives the plant a sort of boost thats said to yeild denser fruit.

@MyThirdUserAccount 4 года назад

If your plants are acting up try doing what I do: 1: Call them lazy and shame them into doing better. 2: Praise other plants in front of them to make them jealous and crave the attention 3: if you're dealing with a particularly ornery plant, you c ould swear at it 4: if none of those things work, try giving it a taste of your middle finger.

@matthewtolle3765 4 года назад

Thats how I raised my boy.

@garretthinshaw431 4 года назад

I heard grunge music works too, but when they tried classical music, it was less effective

@visnuexe Год назад

I liked the way you set up your experiment to find out if the copper wire worked. In a comment made by another reader about growing grapes, one old farmer did this to success. Was his soil deficient in copper or the components the plants used to take up the copper into their leaves, and your soil was not? Or was it something else? That is what makes a farmer a science based grower by trials like the one you did!

@debbydeaker3254 Год назад

2 things - in Australia, you need to wrap counter clockwise and no need to stab your plants just wrap a long branch counter clockwise (southern hemisphere) and stick it in the ground facing north. also use copper, brass or bronze tools - not iron - please try that!! 💐🦋😁

@Yorashy 4 года назад

Even if more copper in the plants system help with disease, that small surface of the wire isnt enough to make sure that the plant gets enough. I say that spraying it on the plant is still a better way, the plants get the treatement wher they need it and not on the base of the stem.

@cazmarsh6395 4 года назад

I love that you did this experiment 🥰 I’d never herd of it, but my tomatoes grow great with contestants trimming of leaves under the fruit steam and when planting put a fresh cracked egg at the bottom of the whole. I love your vlogs thank you for sharing your wealth of information 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@Selfsufficientme 4 года назад

A fresh cracked egg! Wow, I like it... Cheers :)

@robertm4050 4 года назад

@@Selfsufficientme If you want to get anything from it, you need to "plant" the egg the year before. They don't break down enough to feed the plant in the first 6 months to a year. If you grind the dried egg shell to a powder it will become available to the plant much faster(calcium).

@judyhowell7075 4 года назад

I actually bust an egg and a banana peel under soil where I planted my Tomatoes this year and had my greatest harvest

@CaravanFarms Год назад

I find using Epsom salts in water as a foliar spray helps with fruit set and stronger plants. It works best on peppers and Eggplant but even my tomatoes seemed to benefit from it!

@dc6233 Год назад

I believe that adds magnesium...

@flamingfrancis Год назад

That is pure MgSO4 Magnesium Sulphate so you are getting minimal beneficial for tomato fungal issues. The best thing for all is to purchase a good complete chemical fertiliser and to alternate fertilisation with an organic liquid...Carp or seaweed extracts. All soils can benefit from an annual addition of some trace elements too.

@HOMESTEAD_AUS 4 года назад

Our parents used to put copper pennies in the ground for their tomatoes. The garden is looking great.

@heidipucci9078 4 года назад

Homestead Aus,I'm curious, details on the copper pennies. How many and how deep in the soil and how close to the plant? Interesting

@HOMESTEAD_AUS 4 года назад

From memory Dad used to use 2 in the root system.But google it and someone is sure to have a more scientific view on it!👍

@jbeargrr 4 года назад

These days copper pennies have very little copper. But you could bury a small but of copper tubing or wire instead. I wonder if it actually helps. It could, if the plants are able to take up any if the copper. I suspect that spraying with a copper solution would be more effective.

@davidmclaughlin2796 Год назад

Thanks Mark, I think you did a good test. With the price of copper as high as it is I'll stick with pruning and fertilizer. I'm in South Carolina and because of the high humidity I've taken to pruning a lot. I read that the improved air circulation helps to prevent disease and I think it might. I love your channel, thanks a lot. David

@rogaineablar5608 4 года назад

Never heard of this method. I've learned to never water tomatoes from above and to prune the bottom 6-12 inches of leaves.

@jesusknight1 6 месяцев назад

I put an iron nail close to the roots of my tomato plant last year (new to gardening) and it did great. It was still producing throughout the winter and when I thought it would be toast now that it's spring, it's putting out lots of flowering and has at least 10 fruits on it. I did it with my potatoes as well, and they did good. Thanks for this!

@stevesmodelbuilds5473 Год назад

Love your videos, Mark! Especially your no-nonsense -- dare I say down-to-earth -- presentations. Thanks!

@lamprohonx4581 Год назад

previous comment :"hello I just wanted to let you know you used insulated wire, I can tell this by noticing that the copper wire left outside of the plant hasn't bee eaten away by corrosion. it should have a thick dark cyan colour sometimes even black, yours stayed pretty much the same. your experiment was therefore inconclusive at best and should be repeated with proper equipment. since this is a 3yo video if you made a new experiment I hope you will link it in the description of this video and make a disclaimer."

@brewer13210 4 года назад

It's impossible to believe that you could raise the concentration of copper inside the plant high enough to be effective as an anti-fungal, without also killing the plant.

@modslot 4 года назад

The copper wire you used looked like the same used tor rewinding an electric motor, if so that wire has a very thin coating that makes it insulated so no copper to plant contact. Just a thought.

@rickkrockstar 4 года назад

Actually, the copper wire your describing is toxic, clean copper wire allows the plant to grow scales or skin around the wire, while iron wire is acidic and would not allow this, killing the plant.

@dave3657 4 года назад

I think it's coated also seeing as it's not tarnished but shiny. I also wonder if it's an alloy?

@richroc7 Год назад

I was told not to puncture through the stem but to affix antennas made of wood wrapped in copper wire into the ground surrounding the plant.

@philip5940 Год назад

There's a tale about an Irish potato farmer who is said to have had success during time of potato blight when he strung lots of copper wire across his fields to protect crops from lightning. They didn't know the cause of dying crops,he figured lightning was killing the crops. Potatoes and tomatoes happen to be related too.

@brucemurchiedean6348 Год назад

Hey mate I love ya vids. After looking at the comments on this one ya might have to try it again. I'm see a vast majority of comments stating you need to clear off the coating on the wire 1st. I'm also thinking it would be interesting to see if a few copper coils in the soil would eliminate fungus growth or infection

@lorenray9479 4 года назад

Copper wire is coated , so emery cloth stroking should clean, or vinegar to clean should give a true copper dose to the plant. Copper spray or organic spray is probably better.

@theresabettison5458 Год назад

Love your raised beds, I've never heard of using copper in the garden before, learned something new. Thanks

@antonyandrerenaissanceart977 4 года назад

At my age it is hard to find likeable persons on you tube. This Australian is direct, concise, and easy to follow...gives you more than you expect. He offers his personal experiences both good and bad. He will be my go to for working my grocery store vegetables

@HaveYouSeenMyGardens 4 года назад

Antony Andre' / renaissance artist and artisan I think he’s from New Zealand, but I agree!

@bLackmarketRadio 4 года назад

I'm 35, and at my age I find its hard to find likeable people anywhere. People suck these days. Its easy to be awesome when everyone around you fucking sucks.

@Doc1855 Год назад

Thanks Mark, I was curious about that myself. I’m not a big tomato fan myself but my 84 year old dad lives with us and he LOVES tomatoes, so we mainly grow them for him and share with our neighbors.

@sharonwolf5693 Год назад

It's the first I've heard of actually sticking the wire THROUGH a plant. We made antennas of wood wrapped with wire that go into the ground and have a piece of copper sticking up in the air. We've been having fun results. Seems though, the least affected is tomatoes, although there is some help. Try on different areas. Peppers, zucchini and cucumbers are going wild. Flowers as well.

@razim.blakley5651 Год назад

The other idea I have heard from another farmer was not water the leaves of the tomatoes plants and just the base, apparently the moisture on the leaves will add extra humidity for pests and for fungi to attack! You might want to experiment with that Ans let us know 😊

@pureleaf8259 Год назад

Les choux you're never supposed to water the leaves of the tomato only The Roots you should cut a lease a foot of the of the leaves from from the base its to allow more air circulation in and also prevents diseases spreading throughout tomatoes 10 to get Blair and and blight on believes in that can transfer and if you splash in the water that water can transfer to another leaf or to another plant and destroy the tomatoes always water The Roots

@xAndrzej42 Год назад

Here is pro tip. Most of npcs don't belive in it. But they're constantly spraying metals and crap into the atmosphere with planes. I've had many problems with my tomatoes and other plants getting black spots all over them after rains. It's basically heavy metal poisoning not fungus or other crap. Solution was super simple, cover top of my plants so rain wont go on them directly. Now they don't get any spots anymore, even after rain. It's also possible to spray them with water and iodine after rain, to get off that waste off them.

@Carollori Год назад

I agree to water at base not on leaves I put epson salts, ground eggshells and bonemeal when I plant. Great results. No disease on leaves or blossom rot👍🏼👍🏼

@Cut3M3xicana1998 Год назад

What if I rains

@OldSchoolPrepper 4 года назад

Very interesting, thanks for the info! i've heard this myth on and off for 30 or more years...never believed it enough to try it...thanks for doing this for me.

@SW-ii5gg 4 года назад

It would need to be uncoated wire if it was going to work, the wire he used had an insulating coating on it.

@timsheteron7903 4 года назад

For me this year I tried putting used tea grounds around my tomato plants all year and I thought they grew better and bigger tomatoes and more important tasted better than the ones I did not put tea grounds around. But that is just my thought. Cheers!!

@Selfsufficientme 4 года назад

Tea grounds! Very interesting... Cheers :)

@joshuamc96 4 года назад

Chance for bias if that's what you expected. Should have someone else taste test them without knowing which is which. But they probably grew better from the added organic matter adding extra nutrients to the roots and if there was caffeine in the tea it probably helped deter some pests.

@tiloasmussen6609 4 года назад

Tea leaves are very acidic and will lower the pH to some degree. This might be beneficial. They also degrade slowly and in some circumstances act like a slow release organic fertiliser. I have done some field trials in my tropical fish tanks and I am going to do some in the future when using it in hydroponic systems. Watch the space☺️

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

@@Selfsufficientme Please try this again with bare copper wire. The wire you used is coated to prevent conductivity, you really need to scape the coating away as the copper never came into contact with the plant. Try bare copper wire or at the very least completely scrape away the coating, its worth another try as many of the comments are from people who have successfully used this trick. Not to mention, giving it another try is more great/new content.

@deanwells2859 Год назад

I really appreciate your willingness to try different approaches to improve your plant / soils health. You put a lot of effort into what you do and I just want to encourage you to keep up the good work. I am bothered by you needing to do your foliar applications based on how well balanced your overall performance seems to be. I know that it will take some extra money but I wonder what a soil analysis would reveal? Have you also tried planting complimentary plants together to see if that would improve your overall plant health?

@stephenbrilliant6010 4 года назад

During a period of dry season, collect the dried leaves & twists. Put them in a big pot of water and boil for abt 60 mins medium fire. Remove these leaves n twists. Add one big spoon of salt and 3 to 4 big spoon of sugar. The brown water will turn cold the next day. Use this big pot of brown water n pour it to yr plants. U may add some water as well. Yr plants will grow stronger and healthy. You can do it twice per week. No ants or insects would like to drink this water. After one month, you can see all yr plants grow strong n healthy.

@bLackmarketRadio 4 года назад

Lurn two Inglesh.

@ReelSpider 4 года назад

We used to hammer copper nails into trees to kill them, worked on every tree we ever used it on... Northern VA, USA.

@LaughingblueSu 4 года назад

Interesting. If you wanted to kill the tree, why didn't you cut it down for firewood?

@ReelSpider 4 года назад

@@LaughingblueSu That was the end use, but the best firewood comes from dead wood that has not fallen over yet. You decide what trees you are going to fell for firewood, kill those trees in late winter, let them stand all summer, so all the sap and moisture flow to the roots, then they are dry enough to split as soon as you drop them. Most people today just drop a tree and let it dry on the ground, but in the south the tree will rot on the ground.

@jenmae21 4 года назад

William Lansberry, i have a Hackberry in my yard. gonna try this!

@flatroc1 Год назад

Several years ago we where dealing with a inconsiderate neighbours massive unkept apple tree. The fruit was not good quality and the tree was let to grow and shed over our property. Well upon recommendation we drove a copper nail into the trunk of the tree. The following summer it produced very little fruit and the next summer it was dead. So hard to imagine copper is gonna help anything grow. Thanks for the video.

@user-oldblindguyD 4 года назад

I would think that if the wire was bared, it would be nutritionally beneficial to the plants. Another added benefit of using bare copper wire is, that it is effective at repelling slugs. It supposedly affects the slug's body, like tin foil does when it contacts some types of dental fillings.

@hudsonstraight8628 Год назад

Good reason not to trash away accumating insulated copper cables, wait till the Mrs.is away bake them in a ventilated oven, or on a safe fire outside, ( the plastic stinks and is toxic). Put the remains in a gallon of water/ dishwater liquid, then pull thru a dish scrubber. Raid your Mrs.sewing station for wooden reels and wind them up.

@libraryofpangea7018 4 года назад

Wire coating aside, My educated guess is the reason why this didn't work is how the copper is used. Copper does have some anti microbial properties ( Egyptians use to use copper basins for their water for this reason) but its entirely localized to the copper & threading it through the plant isn't going to make it pic up enough trace copper to have any meaningful effect Outside of the contact area. In fact it may have damaged beneficial fungal & bacterial relationships, and could have served to actually stunt the plants immune system. Which may explain why the coppered tomatos didn't fair as well. Now I have heard of experiment's using copper watering systems that help prevent foilage infections when watering. But unfortunately I don't have the source information to give you a reference. Aside from that, personally I use Vermiculture, and I get about a gallon of Worm Tea a day, the worms produce growth hormones and helps train the plants immune system. The worst pest I get is the occasional moth worm or easy to get rid of aphids. I haven't really had to deal with any plant pathogens since using Vermiculture. I also grow mushrooms in my worm bin, which also helps add anti microbials and rich polysaccharids to feed our plants. Worm composting has the benifit of being space efficient and time & labour efficient as well.

@Codefide Год назад

Have you made an experiment using the wire in the soil with part of the wire sticking out like an antenna? To me this makes more sense to test as it will be connected to the roots of the plant

@trex283 4 года назад

It might be interesting to see if spraying colloidal silver would help...

@Fable1Guides 4 года назад

@Guerilla Gurus why you say that?

@Fable1Guides 4 года назад

@Guerilla Gurus haha id rather not lol but i will. Trust me though other types of colloidals work. Colloidal copper cures arthritus colloidal gold increases iq and colloidal silver is antibacterial and improves immunity.

@lelenbates3367 4 года назад

I cured pink eye in 24 hours with colloidal silver. There are a vast array of quality of colloidal silver out there. I don’t think CS is an effective virocide, but is is an effective bactericide and fungicide. And fungus and nematodes are what is being fought in tomatoes so nobody is trying to fight Covid in the garden bed.

@trex283 4 года назад

@@lelenbates3367 Thanks. CS is one of the top natural antiviral substances. As you pointed out it is also antibacterial, and anti-fungal making it a catch all disease treatment/preventative substance. colloidal silver is a bit expensive unless you make it yourself. I would like to see how well it does in the garden. Maybe I will try it out this garden season.

@thesnowyacht3753 4 года назад

Or even silver wire!

@misssiberia69 4 года назад

Sand the wire until shiny copper is exposed. Move that part into the stem.

@rixille 4 года назад

Could it be that the oxidation layer of the wire in the plant never sheds off, thus the plant doesn't get pure copper exposure?

@KaptainKastle 4 года назад

Yes, I think that wire is coated. It looks to me like transformer wire. It may as well have been insulated cable..

@aqaurius18 4 года назад

I think wire is coated for oxydation and it would seem better for productionproces. Maybe they use a coat that let the outside rubber more or less fuse with the coating on the wire. I have seen this in a hydraulic hose factory. The rubber was adjusted to fuse around the nylon wire making it resist pressure better. They used water and a 250 bar pump to push out the plastic thorn inside the hose.

@jeans7393 4 года назад

burn it in a steel 55 gallon drum thats the easiest way to clean wire..thats how my ex used to clean it to sell as scrap douse it with gas burn it then rinse it off & its like brand new uncoated copper

@bryanhempel4764 4 года назад

Agreed that does not look like what copper wire should look like

@kabobz 4 года назад

One thing I tried is using metal shavings mixed with dirt. It produces more tomatoes and healthy flavorful tomatoes. 🍅🍅🍅

@skeetsmcgrew3282 4 года назад

Where did you put the metal-dirt? Did you plant the tomato with it?

@maxnoerenberg6370 4 года назад

I ve heard about that......old rusty iron nails are also an option........the oxidation / rust of the iron does something to the plants

@jeffmills-kw6nv Год назад

One of the other comments mentions the copper wire is covered with some sort of varnish it needs to be bare copp3r wire not coated. You will have to give it another try next season with just a couple of plants. Our growing season has just stated here in the UK I’m certainly going to try it myself with b@re copper 2mm thick, I will get back to you with my results.

@reneedouglas-jj1hp Год назад

The copper wire doesn't go thru the plant... it goes into the ground. Hope that helps u.for next time

@artmckay6704 4 года назад

It looks to like you used magnet wire, which is used for winding motors, solenoid coils, et al. A potential problem with magnet wire is that it is coated with a very thin and very flexible coating that may be quite toxic. You should try pure uncoated copper wire and stay well away from magnetic wire which could be putting nasty poisons into the tomato fruit. Additionally, I would try shorter pieces that only poke out a little on both sides of the hole. Your long pieces, that you wound around the stem, are becoming antennas that could pick up unwanted radio band signals. I'd try again with very short pieces of uncoated pure copper. Good luck! :) PS: 35 year old wire was still likely a coated magnet wire. In the electrical and electronics industries there has never been a demand for UNCOATED copper wire; what would you use it for? You can't wind either motors or coils with uncoated bare copper wire. Alternatively, you could sandpaper off the coating until you get down to bare, shiny copper. Lastly, you should take a sample to an electronics technician or an electrician and get their professional opinion. You just arbitrarily decided it was bare copper wire and you've defended that position. Get a second opinion......

@kg9155 4 года назад

Just as you arbitrarily decided that placing a wire in tomato works, when there is no solid evidence that it does anything.

@artmckay6704 4 года назад

@@kg9155 ah...no, I didn't decide it works but I think you should give it a fair shot instead of going into the experiment expecting it to fail. I don't know if it works or not but, to be fair, you probably should use bare copper and not chemical coated copper. It would be interesting to see - if done right - whether or not it works. :)

@RelentlessHomesteading 5 месяцев назад

Appreciate you testing and dispelling that urban garden legend. Your one of the few gardeners I trust. I'll file that in my mind with the electroculture myth.

@jonathanfisher5423 4 года назад

Have you tested adding small pieces of copper dug to the soil. Rushing nails add iron

@mikeries8549 4 года назад

Wanted: Flux capacitor for tomato time machine.

@hrsniperguy 4 года назад

most copper wire has a coating, remove the coating first.

@mmkucharczyk81 4 года назад

it looks like the copper wire has a coating on it so you need to try wire that dont have any coating on it . no i have not tryed it but just might try next year

@ilian334 4 года назад

Yes, he used enameled wire..

@ClissaT 4 года назад

I was thinking it should have gone black where it went through the stem. So maybe the reason it didn't was because it was coated wire.

@zw5509 4 года назад

That was what I thought also. The enamel would stop the plant from breaking down and using the copper. It would be have to be scrapped or plain copper, uncoated wire. I have heard of burying copper in the form of coins or scrap pipe under plants.

@stoopidbastid6420 Год назад

It has been known for many decades the antibacterial effect of both copper and silver. This is why the US still uses copper plated zinc pennies. There are also silver quarters, 50 cent pieces and silver dollars in circulation.

@fatdad64able 4 года назад

I put a St. Christophorus plaque on my accordion and it never collided with another accordion.

@fatdad64able 4 года назад

@G. Dileonardo The patron of the travelling. Many people have one in their car.

@JohnDoe-pe1em 4 года назад

My Cherokee Indian neighbor used to grow the finest beefsteak tomatoes I've ever seen or tasted you would enter them in the fairgrounds every year and win blue ribbons with them some of them were 7 in in diameter succulent juicy like I've never seen tomatoes before his secret he wouldn't tell me being the old coot but I caught him one day it was sprinkling a ten of gun powder over his tomato plants you smiled and told me that was a secret of his and not to tell anyone about it you're the first I'm 52 now and I was 10 9 and 10 years old when I knew him his name was Paul and he had a green thumb

@clarekuehn4372 4 года назад

Really?

@wolfgang3026 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your sharing of the test. I never heard about that, but I heard about a copper nail in a tree stem will kill that tree slowly.

@kieran5909 4 года назад

I'd really like to see another growing experiment, but using organite. I've heard this could boost growth and plant health. Has anybody else heard about organite growing?

@ianpotoski4377 4 года назад

Love what you are doing, I am very interested in farmers like yourself trying fun methods! Okay, now I want to help. The reason plants come down with fungal diseases is due to a weak immune system in the root system. 80% of all plants need fungal dominate soil to grow really well, white mycelium being one of the most important. The problem isn’t your plant, your plants look incredibly beautiful, I mean my God, man your plants look incredible! The real problem is your soil, it may be severely lacking in the beneficial organisms, known as, micro-organisms. Without them and the proper biology, tomato plants, like all plants, the proteins begin breaking down weakening their immune systems allowing fungal bacteria to pass through the cambium layer, then into the cellular tissues of the plant, this is where the diseases happen. Normally in the roots first, but they can be infected in the stem and leaves, especially if there are aphids, which reminds me, have you seen any aphids eating your leaves? Finally, and this will sound odd, but as mentioned before 80% of all plants need fungal dominate soils, so the very thing that can kill your plant is also the thing you need more of to have a healthier crop. I live in Houston, TX, this year has been a oddly chilly year, I’ve been working with apple, apricot, banana, orange, lemon, and peach trees for my in-laws. Their largest apple tree was 95% bare and about dead, in 1 & 1/2 months I brought back 100% foliage and it was in full bloom! I got it to do that September 26 2019. Apple trees even in Texas don’t bloom in late September-early-October, best part is we didn’t spend a dime to make this happen. This was possible because I created a bad bacterial dominated soil to a fungal dominated soil. This ironically helped greatly reduce the fungal disease too, which it suffered from rust disease, but we strengthened the root’s immune system and the problems started going away. Sorry, for the long explanation, but I REALLY enjoyed your video and absolutely loved your gardens, very beautiful work! Hope this helped!

@chefgiovanni 4 года назад

I give you an A - on your comments ! Get cooking !

@rowdyhoo 4 года назад

I too have come to realize the importance of building healthy soils. Any suggested sources (books, websites) for knowledge on your soil rebuild? Loved your comment!

@jessiejordan2853 4 года назад

Great info!! Can I ask how you went about adding bacteria to the soil?

@davidschmidt270 4 года назад

Wow Ian I enjoyed your explanation, man I would love to pick your brain and ask a gazillion questions.....first obvious one would be how did you know that the apple tree needed "bad" bacteria, and what was your process?

@Freedom4All2Live Год назад

I too was in the PNW in '64. I road it out in Tacoma, WA. I WAS 6 yrs old, late for school and scared I'd be in trouble for the things falling off the wall. From the way back machine.

@tsmith235 4 года назад

Have you tried treating the soil for fungus instead of the leaves

@vickisandoval9759 Год назад

I put my copper wires (unoxidized) into the roots! I also used extra large gauge wires and very small. I got a beautiful looking plant so far but production isn’t massive. I have never had to spray my plants once this season…

@joshuascott8521 4 года назад

I always heard copper driven through a tree could kill it.

@sukikahlon1 4 года назад

Yes copper nails

@westcoaststacker569 4 года назад

Copper is in root killers, also any copper pipe on an aquarium will kill coral etc.. I thought of using copper mesh as a root barrier, I would not think using it thru a stem would be a wise idea.

@bLackmarketRadio 4 года назад

Good thing tomatoes aren't trees.

@exogator 4 года назад

I couldn't really tell but that looks like enamel coated wire, try sanding the wire back and test next season maybe?

@1000hpwnd 4 месяца назад

Hey, don’t know is someone mentioned alredy but copper has a protective layer that needs to be sanded down to have proper connection

@prc1064 4 года назад

Hi, I'm over 50 and I remember my Mum trying this copper wire thing when I was a kid. Same conclusion hence as you found out: does not work. I still enjoyed your trial 👍

@joshhensley4246 4 года назад

I've heard of planting raw eggs underneath the tomato plant for better growth, I am trying that this year on two plants and -think- I notice a difference between those and the others. They are still young so we shall see. Also heard same for planting wood ash underneath the plant but I haven't tried that yet. Have you experimented with spraying your tomatoes with aspirin water?

@hudsonstraight8628 Год назад

How long for a blonde sheila to ask on the comments section " How long for the eggs to hatch"? On a serious note, tom's are from the ' deadly- night-shade' group, cooking them neutralises this poison AND the beneficial 'lycopene' content gets raised. Although it's Vit.C content gets cooked out. Lycopene has anticancer benefits, so slather away with Ketchup.

@janaecastell Год назад

I appreciate the time you took to carry out this experiment! I like the trellises you showed. I will have to try something like that!

@addoblaknovski3709 Год назад

I would use thick copper wire and a grinder to disperse it over the top soil to leech down so the plants can take up the copper naturally through the root system