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Thanks for taking the time to comment, Nigel! Yes, AI definitely can make our jobs easier and quicker especially when it comes to creating those reference images you mention and you're right it is only going to get better! But I was thinking about this again yesterday while going through Pinterest images, and I could see that so many more of the garden images are entirely created with Midjourney. And then looking at the comments, most people don't realise that these images are fake. So these expectations created can only lead to disappointment in the end result, which will in the end, be damaging to our art form.

Thanks Aurora...I'm assuming you're diluting and spraying it on to the plants? Just be careful you don't put too much down, because too much and it will kill all your other plants too. It will also reduce your soils ability to release other nutrients to plants, and start to cause chlorosis.

@@growinggardeners I put it on right out of the box. I try to target only the weeds and use a light dusting - that's all it takes. St. Augustine grass seems to tolerate it pretty well.

Interesting! Thanks for that...I guess if you have very sandy soils too, then any excess salts would leach out of the soils fairly easily.

@@growinggardeners Yes, I should have said that in my comment: I have St. Augustine grass and sandy soil - typical Florida conditions. I enjoyed your thoughtful video and plan to watch more. TY.

Thanks!

Thanks Natalia...I couldn't agree more!

Hi Angelia, my pleasure!

I think it originated in the tropical parts of the Americas, but planting it may be a choice between the rest of your plants and dodder?

Hey Frances, yes it is so frustratingly sticky! I usually try and pick all the bits off our dog before we go back into our yard...

Sorry it wasn't informative enough for you - next time I'll bribe the garden gnomes for better tips!

Hi Barry, yes spekboom works well on a greenroof. It can survive with a very minimal root system. If anything, you may have to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get too big and put too much weight on the roof. But if it is planted in a shallow growing medium, it shouldn't get too big.

Thanks for your comment Elaine...couldn't agree more! We also ran out of time, and will have to go back soon...

Thanks Sean! My pleasure...

Thanks a thousand times! 😁

Thanks Brooke! Yes it is an amazing plant in so many ways. How do you use it, yourself? I'd love the pesto recipe too!

I think generally speaking it's not toxic. But I have read reports of the leaves becoming toxic with Hydrocyanic acid when the plant is under stress and the leaves are wilting. I'm sure this is probably the plant's way of protecting itself from unhealthy stress. But I also believe that animals have an intuitive sense of when something is dangerous or not. It does also have a lot of medicinal properties that your dog may again intuitively sense are present in the leaves?

My pleasure Adreanna! Thanks for taking the time to comment🙏🏼

Hi Mary...thanks so much! I really appreciate that!

Thanks Angela! All good...

Ugh! It is a horrible plant! Just keep an eye out for any re-growth that may recur from any small bits left behind.

Hey! Thanks for the comment...yes we are in Kwazulu Natal in South Africa. Its more of a humid subtropical climate, similar to Florida. What class are you watching the video in?

@@growinggardeners I'm doing a horticulture course with Academy Canada, and our current course content is covering green walls and roofs. Our teacher showed some of your videos in our class today, and we all got side tracked trying to figure out where you are hahaha Thanks for the video tho!

Nice! Hope you're enjoying the course... Ha ha...I guess the accent would have been weird from a Canadian perspective? Good to know that people are finding the information useful!

That's great! Glad it helped...

HI Chris, yes its natural tendency is to climb so it would be ideal to use some sort of trellis as a support. I'm assuming you would be moving it into a greenhouse in winter, so aim for the biggest trellis you can still move. The flowers look best when they are able to hang unimpeded, so try and find a trellis that is slightly wider at the top?

I suppose it depends on what you think a soul is? Is it the immortal part of who we are? Is it the breath of God? Is it the aliveness of a being? I would say that humans are distinct from animals and plants with regard to souls, but I think that God loves every part of His creation deeply. I also think that we are connected to creation in deeper ways than we really understand? What do you think?

Herzlichen Dank für die schöne Antwort. Ich denke auch, dass wir sehr wenig von diesen Dingen verstehen. Ich ahne, dass alle Lebewesen mit Gott verbunden sind und ihre Seele ist vielleicht der Teil, der niemals das Paradies verlassen hat. Der Teil, der in Gott bleibt, auch wenn alles andere seine Herkunft vergessen hat und nur noch schläft und ißt und arbeitet und kämpft….

Danke, das ist eine schone idee...aber mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut, also lass es mich auf Englisch sprechen - yes I think God is longing for us to wake up from our sleep and see the world for how it really is, and be better stewards of it than we are at the moment!

May gardening help us to become more aware of our soul, to care about earth and wake up! A green und blooming Garden may be the nearest picture of paradise.

Hi Hamid...thanks for your comment! You're right, it's always best to avoid using chemicals wherever possible, but sometimes the magnitude of the problem requires an approach to suit it. I agree too that sometimes pulling weeds isn't so bad - it can even be quite therapeutic at times...I can't walk past a weed without pulling it out! There is even an argument to be made for leaving certain weeds, and just cutting them back to make space for other plants to outgrow them. By doing that you are keeping the nutrients in the soil layer. But this approach too, needs to be adjusted for the particular problem plant...

@@growinggardeners you're spot on lol, it's funny how great minds think alike

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Hey Emmah, any particular pot plant? Or just pot plants in general?

Couldn't let it go to waste 😁

Thanks Mitta! Yes we did the general access not the guided tour - I liked the freedom that gave us to be able to explore at our own pace. The staff are all around and were very friendly and happy to share their information. But we did bump into a few guided tours and I was thinking that it would have been nice to have a more in depth run down of the garden that we would have had in a tour. So glad to hear that you're taking your family with! Let me know what you all thought of it!

Hi Eldar, that is quite a question! In simple terms, the plant plays a role as food for bats through their nectar, and the flowers are actually edible and so provide food to other larger herbivores and omnivores. I would imagine there is a whole ecosystem that depends on this plant for life. But really, I believe that everything is connected in nature. Unfortunately though, we tend to look at things in the West, from an individualistic, utilitarian viewpoint, where things have value primarily because of their use. Speaking from this worldview - of the roles we know about, the Jade Vine might provide food for other animals, it might perform a function of transferring nutrients from the soil to other plants, it might sustain specific insects, bacteria or other small organisms. Each of these organisms in turn, play a specific 'role' in nature too, and the connection goes on... For me specifically, it just provides a visible example of beauty and transcendence...but that might just be me? What do you think? Why do you ask the question?

That’s exactly right - we need an organic revolution! I couldn’t have said it better! Preach it! 😜

The water would drain through the soil substrate into the drainage layer, and then out through the roof's drainage pipes. There should be no issues with a continual amount of water. The issue may come in when the amount of water exceeds the existing drain pipes ability to drain away, in which case, the water would begin to overflow over the sides of the roof. But this would occur regardless of whether their was a roof garden in place or not.

Yes, they are a great food source for birds and animals. The younger plant foliage is particularly good for grazing.

Thanks...you're right! That's why we need more people like you - who can see the value in working with nature 👌

Thanks Dan…Yes - I am seeing more and more nurseries closing down lately. I hope it’s a trend that we can turn around…

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Great! Welcome...hope you enjoy!

What part of the world are you in?

@@growinggardeners indonesia

@@sanres It might be tough finding a Nuxia, but look for a Bauhinia acuminata or Plumeria rubra? Both are smallish trees that would do well in your climate and may be more readily available?

@@growinggardeners im looking for melliferous tree for my bee farm. People said forest elder id the best for this purpose in tropical climate.

@@sanres Yes that's true - bees love it! You might be able to get seed here - silverhillseeds.co.za/product/1744/?v=68caa8201064 or were you looking for a sapling?

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Hi Paul, that's a great idea...I know they are making great strides at Pan African farms...I'll plan a video for the near future.

Hey Matthew! Thanks for that...that's so good to hear! I really appreciate it...

Ok! That's an interesting solution? How'd that work?

@@growinggardeners The dodder vines separate themselves from the stems with the application of heat.

@@dgvanz1155 I hadn't heard of that before...What was the dodder growing on? Was the host badly affected by the heat in the process? How long term were the results?

@@growinggardeners I got it out early in the invasion, it was wrapped around the stems of two tomatoes and one weed, maybe it didn't have enough time to fuse. The host was not afected by the heat due to the use of a welding pen whi. It hasn’t been a week yet, but the tomatoes look ok, and there is no sign of a new batch of dodder.

@@dgvanz1155 That's really good to know! Keep us updated...

Hey Aloe77! It sounds like you have the right microclimate to be able to grow it? The only thing that I'd be worried about is that its best when its growing up into a tree canopy or onto a pergola of sorts, and obviously the higher it is, the more exposed it will be to the wind and cold. I would just try and find the most sheltered spot for it, whilst still giving it the most sunlight possible - they do like a lot of sun. I'd probably also do a mulch of compost during the winter months. You might have to give it a bit more water during the dry summers you'll experience. If you don't already have an irrigation system to create some misting, I would look at installing some misters...your other plants would probably also appreciate the humidity too. I'm assuming it'll be in the ground and not in a pot? If you're in a frost zone, you may have to cover it during those times - anything under about 15 degrees is starting to get too cold for it to thrive.

Yes, its definitely worth a visit! Its been on my bucket list for a while now, and I wasn't disappointed!

Sorry to hear you've had such a hard time with it! Its a terrible weed! Sounds like you've had a very frustrating last year?! Did you get any tomatoes in the end?

@@growinggardeners last year was not a banner year as it was, a lot of rain, the sunnier end started late in the season and then the nights cooled. Instead of sunripened beautiful tomatoes, had harder, underdeveloped heirlooms. It happens...weather in New England can be hit ir miss, but the dodder wasn't helping things along, at all. It got all weaved into my Basil as well.

@@DroneEvil1 That sucks! Hopefully this next season will be better...

Pleasure!

Thanks for your comment Donna! I have to say that I am a skeptic when it comes to chemtrails. But even if there is a case to be made for the existence of chemtrails, there are so many other more likely and less nefarious reasons for our beautiful trees dying, that we actually have definitive proof (and control over) - like the wholesale use of herbicides, vehicle pollution, poisoning of groundwater with our waste and as in the case of PSHB, being imported via wooden pallets and other wooden products from their native regions. These poorer regions are often being unsustainably exploited as a source of cheap wood for the richer nations, and PSHB and the resulting damage to our forests is one of the unfortunate results of our greed...just my 2 cents worth...:-)

Ha ha! I got rid of all the evidence…just hope she’s not a subscriber to this channel 😜