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Christie Cooper - Green Thumbed Reporter
Australia
Приєднався 27 сер 2016
Journalist and TV news gal Christie Cooper, who's on an adventure with her young kids to grow an edible garden from seed.
Every month you'll get a full tour of what's growing in my vegetable garden in Melbourne, Australia, and what I'm planning for the weeks and months ahead. You'll often also get tours of other incredible gardens around Victoria.
Subscribe for fun and easy-to-follow veggie gardening tips, a sneak peak at some of the cool things I come across in my work as a TV news reporter, and a look at some of the best places in Victoria to take kids.
Sometimes I’ll share my favourite Amazon purchases with you - As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Every month you'll get a full tour of what's growing in my vegetable garden in Melbourne, Australia, and what I'm planning for the weeks and months ahead. You'll often also get tours of other incredible gardens around Victoria.
Subscribe for fun and easy-to-follow veggie gardening tips, a sneak peak at some of the cool things I come across in my work as a TV news reporter, and a look at some of the best places in Victoria to take kids.
Sometimes I’ll share my favourite Amazon purchases with you - As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Gardening Tips for November Vegetables Australia || SUMMER Garden prep in Melbourne, Australia 2024
Gardening Tips for November Vegetables Australia - Summer Gardening preparations in Melbourne, Australia 2024.
Time for another garden tour! I'm just loving how everything in my Melbourne November garden is going right now so wanted to give you another tour - all of my Summer tomatoes, capsicums and zucchinis are going great - with just a couple of weeks until Summer officially arrives!
I'll also show you which herb and vegetable seedlings you can be planting right now if you live in Victoria, or anywhere else in Australia, with a similar temperate climate.
Topics covered
- potting up blueberry plants
- pollinating zucchini flowers
- determinate tomato plants
- foodcube wicking beds
- designing my salad bowl
- snack capsicums
- mini cucumbers
- preparing your summer garden
Summer Veggies I've currently got growing in my Melbourne backyard include: Tomatoes, Capsicums, Chillies, Zucchini, yellow zucchini, cucumbers, corn, beans, snow peas, coriander, beetroot, lettuce, fennel, dill, garlic, raspberries, boysenberries, blueberries, strawberries, potatoes and SO MUCH MORE!
LINKS I MENTIONED:
Tomato and bean planter boxes: amzn.to/3O3qyPj
My amazon green house: amzn.to/3T2WO82
Gathera heirloom planters: gathera.com (use the code CHRISTIESUA-cam for a discount)
My favourite gardening tools on Amazon: amzn.to/4dY6HMe
Merry People Gumboots: merry-people-au.pxf.io/jrbP0a
FoodCube self-watering wicking beds: foodcube.com.au/CHRISTIECOOPER Alternatively you can use the code CHRISTIECOOPER at the checkout.
I'm an Amazon Associate and have tracking links with some of the above businesses, I can earn commission if purchases are made using some of the links above - but I promise to only ever recommend products I use and genuinely love!
www.amazon.com.au/shop/christiecooper-greenthumbedreporter/
Watching this in a different month to what’s in the title of this video? You’ll find the right month to match your current growing conditions in my Garden Tours playlist - find it using the playlists tabs or with this link here: ua-cam.com/video/PMquA33zhZc/v-deo.html
INSTAGRAM @ChristieCooper
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Time for another garden tour! I'm just loving how everything in my Melbourne November garden is going right now so wanted to give you another tour - all of my Summer tomatoes, capsicums and zucchinis are going great - with just a couple of weeks until Summer officially arrives!
I'll also show you which herb and vegetable seedlings you can be planting right now if you live in Victoria, or anywhere else in Australia, with a similar temperate climate.
Topics covered
- potting up blueberry plants
- pollinating zucchini flowers
- determinate tomato plants
- foodcube wicking beds
- designing my salad bowl
- snack capsicums
- mini cucumbers
- preparing your summer garden
Summer Veggies I've currently got growing in my Melbourne backyard include: Tomatoes, Capsicums, Chillies, Zucchini, yellow zucchini, cucumbers, corn, beans, snow peas, coriander, beetroot, lettuce, fennel, dill, garlic, raspberries, boysenberries, blueberries, strawberries, potatoes and SO MUCH MORE!
LINKS I MENTIONED:
Tomato and bean planter boxes: amzn.to/3O3qyPj
My amazon green house: amzn.to/3T2WO82
Gathera heirloom planters: gathera.com (use the code CHRISTIESUA-cam for a discount)
My favourite gardening tools on Amazon: amzn.to/4dY6HMe
Merry People Gumboots: merry-people-au.pxf.io/jrbP0a
FoodCube self-watering wicking beds: foodcube.com.au/CHRISTIECOOPER Alternatively you can use the code CHRISTIECOOPER at the checkout.
I'm an Amazon Associate and have tracking links with some of the above businesses, I can earn commission if purchases are made using some of the links above - but I promise to only ever recommend products I use and genuinely love!
www.amazon.com.au/shop/christiecooper-greenthumbedreporter/
Watching this in a different month to what’s in the title of this video? You’ll find the right month to match your current growing conditions in my Garden Tours playlist - find it using the playlists tabs or with this link here: ua-cam.com/video/PMquA33zhZc/v-deo.html
INSTAGRAM @ChristieCooper
Tenderness soundtrack
Music by: bensound.com
License code: P93F8PESJPXVQGGS
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Hi Christie! I have been growing raspberries for many years now and I still get a rush of excitement every year when the raspberries come out of dormancy. We are in central Victoria and are picking them every day. And after a bad few years it’s a good year for tomatoes, I’m growing Black Russian, black cherry, Juan flamme, chocolate Tasmanian and san Marzano, can’t wait till we are eating home grown again 💚
which city are u in ?
She is going to be a real talker, well already is 😂
Those potato plants 7:04 minute , they are not ready, they are just have no water. Need to water more. Soil in the pot is drying too fast and iregularly.
Yep I think you’re spot on, thanks!
beautiful garden! i love the microphone attached to the spade :p
Hi, would like to know what the pots are called that just have water and a nutrient solution, they look great 😊
They’re called “heirloom planters” from Gathera.com. Mine are the small ones but the bigger ones would be more versatile! I used to have a 15% discount code, not sure if it still works but worth a try: CHRISTIESUA-cam
Hi, just wondering will the tap timer be okay when its a rainy day as it's battery operated?
Yep, they’re designed for use outside 😊
Hi Christie, great variety in your garden, not just plants but in growing styles. I grow lots blueberries & I use rose & gardenia potting soil as they have similar ph levels, red pine bark as mulch. Cheers
Might have to find some red pine bark, thanks Christine!
Makes sense all the tomatoes on the plant you cut the leaves off the plant is basically trying to get its seeds out in the world wouldn’t suggest it as usual practice
I’m happy for it to be trying to spread its seeds 😊
Would love to know what seeds to be growing now in the central highlands region please. Will need to put new veggies into a garden bed that currently has brocolli, cabbage (will still be here as not ready to harvest) and cauliflower. Also another one that has snow peas and carrots in it .Our weather is really weird this year and was very cold up until recently and now it’s very hot! Our planting guide has been thrown off completely because of this.
I'll be honest I'm not as familiar with the central highlands region! However most of what I've got in my garden now is hot weather veggies - so tomatoes, beans, capsicums, chillies, cucumbers, corn etc should all go great. This article might help too, it's specific to your region. Good luck! If you grow tomatoes, capsicums or chilli it might be better sourcing some seedlings to give you a head start. thegreenfolly.com.au/spring-gardening-in-the-central-highlands-pt2/
Our tomatoes are growing well, but have some yellowing on the lower leaves. Thanks for the potash tip, I'll get on to that tomorrow!
awwww "and we got it from bunnings" CUTE
Always love a cameo from the kids!
Hi Christie where did you get the square shaped pots that have beans and the tomato growing in them please
amzn.to/3O3qyPj here's the link - the benefit of getting two is you can make them even taller than they come - eg I moved one level of height from my tomato box over to my beans box which I couldn't have done if I just got one.
Thank you
Where did you buy your tomato frame? I think you picked your potatoes far too early. I’m growing my own for the first time. I’ve been told to wait until the leaves die right down before picking them.
I think you're right re potatoes! Here's the tomato frame: amzn.to/3O3qyPj
Thank you! Helpful, beautiful and local, perfect!
Love hearing from you, thanks Chezelle 🌱
Hows the coffee grounds going with the weeds? 😊
Actually really good still! And my more developed plants (trees etc) don’t appear to have been negatively impacted - so I’m putting that in the success pile!
@ChristieCooper awesome! Thanks for sharing I'm going to give it a try! Did you kill weeds first or just chuck the grounds on?
what insect sprays do you use
White oil for the bugs and eco fungicide for the fungal diseases - however both of those can also effect the beneficial bugs to I try not to use them at all unless absolutely necessary! Removing affected leaves before they get the chance to spread has always worked well for me.
My radish looks exactly like your carrots. Yep definitely too much Nitrogen / you pour too much Seasol solution
Shouldn’t have put them next to the garlic as I’ve been giving the garlic a liquid fertiliser which would have been spreading over. Ah well - lessons learnt for next time!
Indeterminate potato and needs added soil?
Probably! And more time I think.
You got a beautiful garden all your vegetables are very healthy❤
So nice of you ☺️
I see commenters have already told you about Sungold being a hybrid. My personal favorite cherry tomato is Black Cherry which is an heirloom variety. Maybe give them a try next time if you haven't already done so. I agree with @Lunasgarden2021 about the potatoes. I get good results from 40cm pots. Rockmelon will grow in Melbourne so long as we get a nice long hot Summer. Your garden is looking great. Mine looks a mess as I've got last year's plants that have gone to seed drying off so I can collect them. Cheers!
Your plants are doing so much better than ours. Our tomatoes have barely grown since we planted them 2 weeks ago. Our capsicum plants have stopped at seedling height…hopefully everything takes off soon. I’m in the eastern suburbs too with a full sun backyard.
Hopefully they take off soon!! Have you been making sure the soil is always damp and have you added lots of compost / manure? I also give mine some liquid fertiliser every couple of weeks which helps. Also capsicums can take a really long time!
@ I think maybe we have been over watering. We have added compost and nutrients to the soil too. Hopefully they take off soon. I think I will try over wintering our Capsicums this year.
Hi Christie, I think it was me that mentioned the sungold tomato seeds from Bunnings a few videos ago, 5 seeds for $5 😂. I also started some traveller or voyager tomatoes that your kids might like. If you leave the potatoes until they die back you should get bigger and more potatoes, that’s what has worked for me. Great video as always
Yes that was you! I’ve since been devastated to learn you can’t save the seeds for next year as they’re a hybrid variety 😂 how are yours going? Thanks for the potato tips too!
@ mine aren’t good, I started them early inside on a heat mat, one day forgot to water them…Grrr, so now I have to start again. I know it’s a pain that they are a hybrid, but no reason why we can’t experiment and see what grows next year.
Good morning Christie. Can you please tell me where you purchased this container for your climbing beans. Thank you Tony
Yes I’d like to know as well please
Hi Tony! Here's the link - amzn.to/3O3qyPj . I extended the beans container by moving over one layer of height from the tomato container to the bean container - so worth getting two as it gives you that flexibility!
amzn.to/3O3qyPj
FYI Sungold are an F1 variety so you can't really save the seeds as they won't grow true. However, there is a stabilised variety called Sungold Select which you can save seeds from. I'm growing both for the first time and really looking forward to trying and comparing. Lovely tour. Everything is looking pretty good! 😊
Learn something new every day - thanks Tasmin! Will have to keep an eye out for Sungold Select 🌱🙌🏼 let me know how they go! Also are there seedlings available anywhere or just seeds? Might be too late for me to try this year
@ChristieCooper I've only found Sungold select seeds at one online seed store, Dave's Seeds in Tassie. I usually grow everything from seed, so not sure about seedling availability, but I'd guess not. There's always next year! 🤣
You can take a cutting off the plant and overwinter it. I also live in Melbourne and I do this in my greenhouse
WOW Ms Christie, I really like how u hand pollinate & that soda bottle in the pot for acidity is really cool/clever. Growing up in Western N.Y. we would plant red radish seed w/good luck. Here in Philippines, we have good luck w/ginger but not so w/okra. Do u plant these 3 things there?? Also, we have bug problem w/aphids/white flies here, u have much insect problems there? T/y for sharing, Lawrence. ☺
I’ve grown radish but haven’t tried okra or ginger yet, definitely keen to try ginger as I love cooking with it! Definitely have a lot of aphids here but I’ve found simply thinning the plants out and letting the beneficial bugs in makes a big difference - once an aphid infestation gets in under a net, they breed like crazy! I’m actually interviewing Dr Paul Horne in a couple of weeks who is an insect specialist, let me know if you’ve got any specific questions and I’ll make sure I ask them for you 😊 hope your Filipino garden is thriving! 🙌🏼
@@ChristieCooper Ms Christie, if u could ask the Doc about treatment for aphids/white flies. I used Neem on my okras to no avail. My landlord says crushing oregano w/lemongrass looking plant w/mortar/pestle & using w/h20 mixture good for this. Maybe Doc knows about this natural remedy but I'm losing hope. Getting into winter season here & I've tried germinating more shade plants like Chinese Kale w/o luck though Ceylon Spinach (Alugbati) doing rather well lately, T/y 🙂
Good luck with those tomatoes. So many flowers! I'm on Phillip Island. I have tomato flowers early this year - all from seeds sprouting on heat mats. I've lived in Melb and southern NSW, but never had tomatoes for Xmas. Hopefully this year! I've already had half a dozen small leb and yellow zucchinis! And strawbs, spinach and Perilla (Shiso). Stuggling to get my chillis and Thai basils and eggplants going - I think I planted them too early - not enough warmth. It's all in pots. Also Nasturtiums, Yarrows, Chamomiles and other things; delphiniums, calendulas etc in flower. Gardening = joy!
That’s early for Zucchinis! How good! Sounds like your garden is flourishing 🌺🪴🎉
@@ChristieCooper As is yours! You inspire me, because our climates are so close! Plenty of garden Tubes but not so many in Melbourne. Thankyou.
I think the sungold tomato is a hybrid variety so the seeds you save from it won't come up true to type. That's why the seeds are so expensive 😅
You learn something every day! Thank you! It might have taken me 12 months to work that out otherwise haha
Yep I’ve just been reading up on them and you’re spot-on!
Nice garden
Thank you!
Surely you could use it for something better than soup . Try squeeze it in 😏
This was a good few months ago, that zucchini is long gone haha
😂 hope you enjoyed it anyway 👍
The potatoes in pots look like they are an indeterminate variety given how tall they are growing. Spuds are generally harvested when the plant flowers/ when the tops start to die back. Bit of Lattitude with harvesting.
I didn't even know there was determinate and indeterminate potatoes! thanks for the intel!
Well, your garden is absolutely beautiful. It looks like it’s just getting started even though it’s November. So interesting how weather and different locations around the world can affect our gardens. I’m so happy for you. You live in a little paradise a little slice of heaven. 💙💚💛💜❤️💜 Liz from California
Thanks Liz, and welcome from the other side of the globe! Things must be seriously cooling down where you are! Appreciate the lovely comments.
I love the "anyone can" garden!!! 💚💚
Me too ;)
Awesome result!!
Thanks Matt!
With the potatoes let the tops die back, and stop watering them to let the soil dry out, dig out your spuds and put them in a dark, cool place to harden the skin. Then you can store them like normal. If you nick the skin, use the potato straight away. Well done lovely.
Thanks for the tips! I tried to harvest them today - you can see the not-so-impressive results in the video I just posted haha.
"Hello everyone, let’s greet each other warmly!
Hello BuiDong TV! It is so fabulous to meet you. I hope you have a glorious day.
Your garden is looking so good Christie! 😍🙌💚🍓
Thanks Jackie! I've been really enjoying it recently!
Every garden and every gardener is different. I enjoy watching your garden exploration and discoveries. CDs, mirrors and such never worked for me in discouraging birds from berries. Berries are so irresistible to birds, they will always find a way. Careful netting is the only thing that has worked for me; careful as in make sure there are NO holes or gaps. Good luck. PS Add a little vermiculite to your potting mix, or to the top of your seed pots to help to keep them moist. 😀
Thanks for the tips! I was checking out a friend's berry set up recently and he tied golfballs to the corners of his nets to make them easy to lift up yet constantly weighted down, I thought that was quite clever!
Get some tulle bags or stockings onto those Berries or the birds will eat them. I’ve grown Blackberries for years and it’s always a battle. Best thing in your garden is that precious baby, so adorable. Great tour. I really enjoy watching a fellow Victorian from same time zone and climate. We call the bugs Harlequin bugs.
Hadn't thought of stockings! Thanks! Have you grown blackberries in the ground or in pots? How long do you think they'll last in that sized pot for? Thanks for the lovely feedback :)
“Definitely my latest impulse purchase… no plan for the blueberries” 😂 I love it!
C'mon Chezelle, give me some ideas and inspiration here! Also we have Conroys in our family, don't suppose you're from South Australian? We might be distant relatives haha.
Tip on thornless blackberry bush. I live in Ballarat. The blackberry grow like crazy on wire trellis and I can’t completely rid of the ‘babies’ that keeps popping up even after 2 plus years of having to get rid of the parent plant as it was blocking sunlight on my lemon tree. Just make sure you plant it away from other plants. By the way, love your garden
This is really helpful thank you Patricia! Any thoughts on how well they grow in pots and whether they'll need to be relocated to something bigger? I'm reluctant to put them into the ground for this exact reason. Also any thoughts on why they might not be fruiting yet? Would it be a soil acidity thing?
@@ChristieCooper Believe me the roots system is so long and goes everywhere that the biggest pot won’t contain it(that’s my humble opinion)and I only had the parent plant in soil for no more than 4 years and it was flourishing like mad. Just cow manure and forget it. Generally, fruit trees takes a year or 2 to fruit once in ground, gardener in nursery told me
Great tour Christie. Your tomatoes are way further on than mine, you lucky thing. I'm growing 4 zucchini plants vertically this year too. Cucumbers work well that way so I'm sure zucchini will. Those carrots do look like too much Nitrogen, although I'm no carrot expert. If you have beets in similar conditions and they are not fattening up - yep too much N. Lovely to see your littlies smiling in the video. I have 3 grand nieces and nephews and it's "Uncle Gerry what's this one? Can we eat it now?" Awesome stuff.😊
Thanks for all the tips Uncle Gerry! It's so much fun seeing the kids enjoy it, isn't it. Where are you based? Best of luck with your Zucchinis!
@@ChristieCooper Just East of Melbourne city, not far from Reground.😊
Plant corn or maize in the parts of the garden where you think you have too much nitrogen they are heavy nitrogen feeders and will pull out nitrogen out of your and into the plant and you grow other plants around the base or cut the corn down before it fruits and plant something else
Thanks Justin, this is a great idea. I have some corn seedlings I might put into that part of the garden. Have you had any problems with birds pulling out your corn seedlings and any tips on how to overcome that?
@ChristieCooper We get thirsty Curawongs that do this all the time with seedlings to drink the water out them, we put some bowls of water and put those XL Bunnings seedlings trays the two foot X one foot upside down over them for a well or twountil they are established, they still get light and water but the birds can't pull them out
My carrots came out just like yours! Never had good luck with them as I feed my soil too well 😅 I've cleared them out now to make way for summer veg! 🍅🌽
Glad I’m not alone! I’ve only ever had success with carrots when I’ve grown them in a pot and given them nothing but water. I think I made a mistake here having them next to garlic as I fertilised the garlic frequently!
I’m in Melbournes East as well. We have a Mulberry tree (which is covered in fruit), Raspberries and Blueberries. Hoping for lots of fruit this year, our trees are looking good so far. Glad to hear Broccoli will still grow now. We planted it too late and are still waiting for it to form.
Any tips you’ve learnt from previous seasons? Do you have them in the ground or in pots? Longer term I’d like to set up a dedicated spot for them!
@ we have the raspberry plants in a separate garden bed as they spread. They are actually along the front of our house as they don’t mind a decent amount of shade. We tried blueberries in the ground but never got fruit, we find pots much better. I read recently that having 2 different blueberries will cause them to get more fruit, it seems to be working so far.
They look like Harlequin beetles- we’ve got them everywhere & they appear every spring. They suck the juice from fruit & are very hard to beat. Gardening Australia had a story about using soap suds as they have a hard outer shell & are impossible to spray. 🤷♀️
I second harlequin bugs
I'll have to try to find that Gardening Australia story, thanks!
7:00 re birds eating fruit, I used the onion bags that come from the supermarket, tied with a little string & they worked well last year.
That’s definitely worth a try! Thanks!
1:00 Well done Lucy! I hope you’re sleeping through the night if you’re reneging on your daytime naps! 😉
Ohh if only 😅
You can make carrot top pesto
Ooh… is that nice? I’ll be honest I can’t imagine it tasting great!
@@ChristieCooperI made carrot pesto last year with the tops as I had the same problem as yours…I didn’t want to waste the tops so I googled how can I used the tops …saw a good recipe and I made it…my children loves it in the pasta that I cooked.😊
I’ll have to give it a go! Thanks!