Armenian cucumbers ( although they are really a melon) do great in areas overcome by cucumber beetles and the squash vine borders don't bother them either! 😉
I placed my seed order a few days ago through MIgardener. I love the selection and I’m so so excited for spring!!! Thank you for all the ways that you support the gardening community!!♥️ happy new year to you and your family!
You should have touched on potatoes! It wasn't until this past summer I learned they differ much in days to maturity--and if I saw early and late I would have assumed it ment when to plant, haha.
👏👊 Great video brother. You never cease to amaze us, and just in time too so we can think/plan/prepare our gardens accordingly. May father continue to bless you and yours. Shalom.🙏
I grow 2 varieties of broccoli. Both have beautiful full heads. Also with both varieties after the big center heads are harvested the side shoots produce until the plant is killed in the 1st hard freeze. I usually get several bushels of side shoots. Plenty to blanch and freeze-dry
I did notice this year that I left my determinate tomato in the pot this year after harvesting and a couple months after harvesting, it started putting out new shoots and flowers. I was able to bring in an armful of green tomatoes the day before our first frost which ripened over the next two weeks.
I think the peas are the ones I struggle with a little. I grew some for the first time this year and my little boy is obsessed with eating the peas from the pod but I think I grew the wrong variety because the pack said sugar snappy. We still enjoyed them though!
I struggle to remember what ‘snap’ peas are. Lol. I think of them as shelling and podded varieties so when I see snap I always get confused. Then even if I knew which was which once I plant them I’ve forgotten by harvest time so remembering when to harvest which is a challenge. Oh well. 🤪 They always taste great! 😃
@@dustyflats3832 ooooohhhh! Yes, thats why I get confused. So it’s snow peas that are the flat ones for stir frying...I want those. But I need to research carefully the seed varieties I buy, the description on the seed packet doesn’t always use those key words. My husband very much wants shelling peas, I think I got him snap peas. Thanks for clarifying!!
@@dustyflats3832 So crazy but it allll makes sense now! I'm going to look over all my pea seed packets now and re-figure out what all exactly I have or need to buy. The learning never stops when gardening, eh? I love it! Thanks ever so much for sharing your insight!!
I always learn something when I listen to your videos or I am reminded of something I have forgotten. Thank you for all your hard work! Havelock Ontario Canada
The light bulb in my head went on💡... when you explained the determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. For the longest time I couldn't grasp which one was which.
Have you ever thought about making a small space collection of seeds for those who want to grow a variety but don’t have enough space? It would make it easier to start growing for those that don’t have the space yet. It would also take the guesswork out of the equation for the greenie beginners… no pun intended 😎😉😁
I didn't know the difference between spinach types and this will definitely help as I'm planning varieties for this year. I've previously already learned a lot of the other info you covered, but I'll happily refer beginner gardeners to this video in the future.
Love all the videos Luke. Thanks for teaching us so much. I learn something new every time! If you ever need more series ideas, I’d love some garden planning variation videos based on garden size or family size to maximize the produce and impact for a family. For instance, I’ve got a smaller garden, so I don’t have room to have 50 bush bean plants. But, when I only plant 4-5, I never end up with enough ripe beans in a day to be able to serve them as a side at dinner.
I had no idea on the spinach! 😲 I always thought the lobed leaf baby spinach just turned into the spear leafed spinach if you let it “grow up”. Wow, I’ll be making sure I have the lobe leaf seeds planted this season, those are by far my favorite for fresh eating.
This is a very useful video for me who has limited space, so those beans and leafy lettuce and head lettuce I love it! Great ideas and I will start my germination pretty soon zone 9b, I’m getting all my pots ready, still raining here but got all my rain water saved in all my buckets 😂👩🌾😊👍👍♥️love this video so much! Thanks Luke best regards for Ty and your family and staff! 😊👍👍🙏🏻
Thanks Luke! I've always grown both types of tomatoes for the obvious reasons. If I want tomatoes for a burger, salad, or of course a blt, I'll probably find 1 or 2 ready on the indeterminate. In the fall, it's time for canning and the more tomatoes the merrier!🙂 Blessings! 💚
May I add that the yellow tomatoes vs. red are lower in acidity and harder to find in stores. They're sometimes a better choice for those that have digestion issues involving tomato. But I believe if you're going to can with them, lemon juice would need to be added to them. I'm partial to the yellows overall, but I've cut back on growing tomatoes this last year. I'm planning to grow more pole beans and cucmbers and try more cruciferous and lettuces.
Learned most about the cucumbers. Surprised you didn’t put onions in the mix. I am in an intermediate zone so that is hard for me to decide since I can grow both long and short day onions.
I also live in an intermediate zone I think...on the 35.9 latitude. 😂 I only know that because I have been busting my brains trying to figure out onions for the past 2 years. I've been trying with short day since I was told that's what we grow here (central NC, zone 7b). Every information I find, even on the state's extension website, is all on growing onions in eastern NC, which is a zone 8. It freezes too much in my area for onions to overwinter apparently. 🥲🥲🥲🥲 I'll be trying again with short day, but im also trying out intermediate. Wondering if I should try long day....our longest day of the year gets to 14 hrs 30 minutes.
Wow that helped a lot! The few gardens I have put out I just kinda winged it lol. Did have a question about the lobed leaf spinach (sorry if you mentioned it in the video) - is it like leafy lettuce in that you can harvest repeatedly from the same plant, or are they more of a 'one and done' plant? Thanks for sharing! 🤠
Wow. Great information. Now I need to buy more seeds. This info helped me determine that past experiences may have had the outcomes that I did because I had the wrong seed for what I was wanting to grow. Thank you so much.
i am starting my fourth year as a gardener. There is SO MUCH I have yet to learn. The info about broccoli was so useful. I must confess I have planted a bit hap hazzardly in the past - I will definitely do more research on my seed choices this year! I love the pace of your teaching - packed full of info. Thank you.
Thanks Luke for all the great information! I definitely learned quite a bit about what I had done wrong in the past, and what I want to do for this year! Coming to get seeds very soon!
Oh my, talk about more info I never knew I needed... no wonder my husband says I have a black thumb! Thanks for the info & shedding light on seeds aren't all the same to beginner gardeners - well, beginning again after many years left because of frustration. Might just get somewhere this spring even tho I have never grown vertically my space is now limited so another learning curve. Appreciate how much you seem to enjoy sharing your knowledge so thanks again. Blessings to you & your family!
Thanks Luke, great information! I have often bought the wrong seed in the past for my expectation! I now feel like I am better equipped to plan the garden of my dreams and actually see it come to fruition! Happy New Year! ❤️💚😁
Great information for this 3rd year gardener. I knew all that, sort of. But you made it really clear so now I can finish my planning. Can't wait to get things growing here in Washington state. Thanks Luke
Luke, I learn something new every time I listen to you. I’m going to try my first garden ever this year. All raised beds, and I’m doing a bit of everything. Watching all your videos and planning it all out while I research. Funny thing, I’m from Michigan (Brownstown/wood haven) and moved to Tennessee. Love that I’m ordering my stuff from you. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this info, I learned a lot...could you do a video about root plants, carrots, potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes...best way and time to plant and when and how to harvest...
Luke, about planting density, does what you mentioned about planting lettuce 🥬 rows 4 inches apart and seeds close by 0.5 in, work with woody cuttings and even in an orchard setting from seed? 2. About the older video: why exactly transplants behave different than seeds and doesnt work that way for lettuces?
For the shelling beans... since they have to stay on the plant until dry, do you only harvest them once at end of season? I'm wondering if I need to grow those on my cattle panel trellis and leave until fall to pick?
Excellent timing! I'm trying my hand at more veggies this year so the information you provided was great to know. I wonder if you have a video on veggies suitable for containers. I'll have to search that. Thanks again!
I'm using wood chips to enrich my soils? Should I use lime? What kind of plants do well two years after putting the chips in the soils? Should I bank my chips for better drainage or will the chips be a good drainage and soft soil? What about potatoes in chip laden soils?
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your information with us. I have been trying to figure a lot of this out an you just did it. I just got my seeds I ordered thanks now I know how to order for more. 🙏💞from Arkansas
Luke, Now, if you could just explain tho me how I tell if my Brussel's Sprouts are "ripe" & whether I just snap them off by hand or w/ a pruner/knife. 😊
My problem with Bush beans is replanting them in time so I can get a second harvest. I almost got it this past summer, but only had 5 or 6 plants that came up the second harvest...too hot I think.
Can you recommend cucumber and tomato varieties that don't heavily rely on pollinators? I've tried planting flowers to attract pollinators but it hasn't helped in 3 years. I'm in zone 7b with summer temperatures in the high 90s. Albuquerque NM
Thanks! I learned determinate are better for containers, snap peas are what I prefer, now I can search for just that. Spear vs lobe spinach also good. Will grow both but lobe will probably be best in my salads. You make this easy! Blessings to you!
Great information as always Luke. I learned about the greenhouse cucumber; I did not know about the verity. Hope all is going well and look forward to seeing more greenhouse videos. Thank you
Would you please put all edible parts on each seed pack? For example, some of your pea packs say tendrils are edible and other pea packs don't list this. Does that mean some are and others aren't?
I am happy with product either way, but this is something that would be helpful. For example, leaves on beets and radishes. Some people, including myself, might be mistakenly throwing away food.
0:36 beans - shelling, pole, or bush
4:56 lettuce - head or leaf
7:46 peas - snap or shelling
10:37 spinach - lobed leaf or spear leaf
13:12 tomato - determinate or indeterminate
16:21 broccoli - sprouting or heading
19:01 squash - winter or summer
22:32 cucumber - pickling, slicing, or greenhouse/english
Armenian cucumbers ( although they are really a melon) do great in areas overcome by cucumber beetles and the squash vine borders don't bother them either! 😉
If peeled, they make a great refrigerator pickle too!
Good to know, thanks!!
I'd love some videos showing how you use the food you grow after you harvest it!
Usually, insert into mouth and chew :P
Otherwise, cooking channels.
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Very good information I learned about winter squash to not harvest till plant dies never knew that thanks for the great information
Didn’t know about the enzymes in cucumbers… explains why I haven’t really gotten mine too crunchy. Thanks MI gardener:)
wow. You have hit your stride! These days every single post that you upload seems extra relevant and helpful
I would love a updated grow light guide for growing greens and starting seeds.
I placed my seed order a few days ago through MIgardener. I love the selection and I’m so so excited for spring!!! Thank you for all the ways that you support the gardening community!!♥️ happy new year to you and your family!
Look at that wall behind you...AMAZING what your passion has created for you. Bravo❣️👍
I’ve learned a lot by plant and see. I wish I had this info years ago. Thanks
This is awesome information. While it may seem basic to more seasoned gardeners, it was super helpful to this newbie-ish gardener! Thank you!
You should have touched on potatoes! It wasn't until this past summer I learned they differ much in days to maturity--and if I saw early and late I would have assumed it ment when to plant, haha.
👏👊 Great video brother. You never cease to amaze us, and just in time too so we can think/plan/prepare our gardens accordingly. May father continue to bless you and yours. Shalom.🙏
I grow 2 varieties of broccoli. Both have beautiful full heads. Also with both varieties after the big center heads are harvested the side shoots produce until the plant is killed in the 1st hard freeze. I usually get several bushels of side shoots. Plenty to blanch and freeze-dry
Which 2 varieties?
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I have good luck with green majic F1 ohio
I did notice this year that I left my determinate tomato in the pot this year after harvesting and a couple months after harvesting, it started putting out new shoots and flowers. I was able to bring in an armful of green tomatoes the day before our first frost which ripened over the next two weeks.
Been gardening for years, but sure learned some new things from your vlog. Thank you very much!
Great helpful information Luke thank you
I think the peas are the ones I struggle with a little. I grew some for the first time this year and my little boy is obsessed with eating the peas from the pod but I think I grew the wrong variety because the pack said sugar snappy. We still enjoyed them though!
I struggle to remember what ‘snap’ peas are. Lol. I think of them as shelling and podded varieties so when I see snap I always get confused. Then even if I knew which was which once I plant them I’ve forgotten by harvest time so remembering when to harvest which is a challenge. Oh well. 🤪 They always taste great! 😃
@@dustyflats3832 ooooohhhh! Yes, thats why I get confused. So it’s snow peas that are the flat ones for stir frying...I want those. But I need to research carefully the seed varieties I buy, the description on the seed packet doesn’t always use those key words. My husband very much wants shelling peas, I think I got him snap peas. Thanks for clarifying!!
@@dustyflats3832 So crazy but it allll makes sense now! I'm going to look over all my pea seed packets now and re-figure out what all exactly I have or need to buy. The learning never stops when gardening, eh? I love it! Thanks ever so much for sharing your insight!!
Thanks, Luke. I learn something every time.
This is the video I have needed! And you did it all in one video!! Pat yourself on the back… excellent information!!
Wow, this was super helpful for black thumbs like me!
Hi Luke, thank you for all the assistance in growing your own food over the last year.
Wish you a Happy New Year!
I always learn something when I listen to your videos or I am reminded of something I have forgotten. Thank you for all your hard work! Havelock Ontario Canada
The light bulb in my head went on💡... when you explained the determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. For the longest time I couldn't grasp which one was which.
Me too!
Have you ever thought about making a small space collection of seeds for those who want to grow a variety but don’t have enough space? It would make it easier to start growing for those that don’t have the space yet. It would also take the guesswork out of the equation for the greenie beginners… no pun intended 😎😉😁
Great advice. I wish I could give two thumbs up.
Thanks Luke for your wealth of information. I learned the differences of cucumbers that I didn’t know.
I didn't know the difference between spinach types and this will definitely help as I'm planning varieties for this year. I've previously already learned a lot of the other info you covered, but I'll happily refer beginner gardeners to this video in the future.
Love all the videos Luke. Thanks for teaching us so much. I learn something new every time! If you ever need more series ideas, I’d love some garden planning variation videos based on garden size or family size to maximize the produce and impact for a family. For instance, I’ve got a smaller garden, so I don’t have room to have 50 bush bean plants. But, when I only plant 4-5, I never end up with enough ripe beans in a day to be able to serve them as a side at dinner.
I had no idea on the spinach! 😲 I always thought the lobed leaf baby spinach just turned into the spear leafed spinach if you let it “grow up”. Wow, I’ll be making sure I have the lobe leaf seeds planted this season, those are by far my favorite for fresh eating.
I harvested butternut squash in September last year, and they stored perfectly for a good 9 months!
I’ve been doing my own research on this, I’m glad that you’re adding to my knowledge. It’s so wonderful how much you share with us.
❌⭕️♥️Thank you
This is a very useful video for me who has limited space, so those beans and leafy lettuce and head lettuce I love it! Great ideas and I will start my germination pretty soon zone 9b, I’m getting all my pots ready, still raining here but got all my rain water saved in all my buckets 😂👩🌾😊👍👍♥️love this video so much! Thanks Luke best regards for Ty and your family and staff! 😊👍👍🙏🏻
Just ordered my seeds!!! Thanks guys
Thank you. Good info
Great info! Here's to a great new year, I love your channel because you are a grower AND a shower.
Yay! I just ordered seeds. Thanks Luke. 👏🏼💙💛
I knew some of this but the information I didn't know I liked knowing now. The spinach was great information.
Thanks Luke!
I've always grown both types of tomatoes for the obvious reasons. If I want tomatoes for a burger, salad, or of course a blt, I'll probably find 1 or 2 ready on the indeterminate. In the fall, it's time for canning and the more tomatoes the merrier!🙂
Blessings! 💚
May I add that the yellow tomatoes vs. red are lower in acidity and harder to find in stores. They're sometimes a better choice for those that have digestion issues involving tomato. But I believe if you're going to can with them, lemon juice would need to be added to them.
I'm partial to the yellows overall, but I've cut back on growing tomatoes this last year. I'm planning to grow more pole beans and cucmbers and try more cruciferous and lettuces.
Learned most about the cucumbers. Surprised you didn’t put onions in the mix. I am in an intermediate zone so that is hard for me to decide since I can grow both long and short day onions.
I also live in an intermediate zone I think...on the 35.9 latitude. 😂 I only know that because I have been busting my brains trying to figure out onions for the past 2 years. I've been trying with short day since I was told that's what we grow here (central NC, zone 7b). Every information I find, even on the state's extension website, is all on growing onions in eastern NC, which is a zone 8. It freezes too much in my area for onions to overwinter apparently. 🥲🥲🥲🥲
I'll be trying again with short day, but im also trying out intermediate. Wondering if I should try long day....our longest day of the year gets to 14 hrs 30 minutes.
Wow that helped a lot! The few gardens I have put out I just kinda winged it lol. Did have a question about the lobed leaf spinach (sorry if you mentioned it in the video) - is it like leafy lettuce in that you can harvest repeatedly from the same plant, or are they more of a 'one and done' plant? Thanks for sharing! 🤠
Lobed leaf spinach can be clipped from 3-5 times per season. :)
Wow. Great information. Now I need to buy more seeds. This info helped me determine that past experiences may have had the outcomes that I did because I had the wrong seed for what I was wanting to grow. Thank you so much.
Loved this video, really helped organize my thinking of categories to get !
Thank you Luke.
i am starting my fourth year as a gardener. There is SO MUCH I have yet to learn. The info about broccoli was so useful. I must confess I have planted a bit hap hazzardly in the past - I will definitely do more research on my seed choices this year! I love the pace of your teaching - packed full of info. Thank you.
This was such an informative video, thanks!
Thank you! You've saved me oodles of time researching these exact questions!
Great video. I just got on the website and getting my order together. Can’t wait to get planting
Thanks Luke for all the great information! I definitely learned quite a bit about what I had done wrong in the past, and what I want to do for this year! Coming to get seeds very soon!
Great video! Thank you so much
I really needed to watch this video )) thank you!
Awesome ed.
Great video. I’ve been gardening for decades and as usual, I still learned something from you 😊
Looking forward to my sprouting broccoli from the seeds I ordered from you.
Oh my, talk about more info I never knew I needed... no wonder my husband says I have a black thumb! Thanks for the info & shedding light on seeds aren't all the same to beginner gardeners - well, beginning again after many years left because of frustration. Might just get somewhere this spring even tho I have never grown vertically my space is now limited so another learning curve. Appreciate how much you seem to enjoy sharing your knowledge so thanks again. Blessings to you & your family!
That was interesting! Thank You!
I have learned so much from this video, ty so much ! ♡
Thanks Luke, great information! I have often bought the wrong seed in the past for my expectation! I now feel like I am better equipped to plan the garden of my dreams and actually see it come to fruition! Happy New Year! ❤️💚😁
Great information for this 3rd year gardener. I knew all that, sort of. But you made it really clear so now I can finish my planning. Can't wait to get things growing here in Washington state. Thanks Luke
Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. I learned a lot! Happy New Year!
So helpful to hear the details on some of these varieties! Thanks, Luke!
Luke, I learn something new every time I listen to you. I’m going to try my first garden ever this year. All raised beds, and I’m doing a bit of everything. Watching all your videos and planning it all out while I research. Funny thing, I’m from Michigan (Brownstown/wood haven) and moved to Tennessee. Love that I’m ordering my stuff from you. Keep up the good work!
great information. great host. new subscriber. thank you! happy new year!
Thank you for this info, I learned a lot...could you do a video about root plants, carrots, potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes...best way and time to plant and when and how to harvest...
Luke, about planting density, does what you mentioned about planting lettuce 🥬 rows 4 inches apart and seeds close by 0.5 in, work with woody cuttings and even in an orchard setting from seed?
2. About the older video: why exactly transplants behave different than seeds and doesnt work that way for lettuces?
For the shelling beans... since they have to stay on the plant until dry, do you only harvest them once at end of season? I'm wondering if I need to grow those on my cattle panel trellis and leave until fall to pick?
very informative video.
I sure learned a lot. This is just what I needed. Thanks so much.
Love this video
Awesome awesome video thank you very much
Excellent timing! I'm trying my hand at more veggies this year so the information you provided was great to know. I wonder if you have a video on veggies suitable for containers. I'll have to search that. Thanks again!
That was so helpful! Thanks!
I'm using wood chips to enrich my soils? Should I use lime? What kind of plants do well two years after putting the chips in the soils? Should I bank my chips for better drainage or will the chips be a good drainage and soft soil? What about potatoes in chip laden soils?
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your information with us. I have been trying to figure a lot of this out an you just did it. I just got my seeds I ordered thanks now I know how to order for more. 🙏💞from Arkansas
Luke,
Now, if you could just explain tho me how I tell if my Brussel's Sprouts are "ripe" & whether I just snap them off by hand or w/ a pruner/knife. 😊
Great video with great info! Thanks!
Great information. But now I have to rework my very long Seed list. 😂
Thank you for explaining the difference of the two different kinds of broccoli! I’m excited to grow both in my garden this year!
Good info in this vid. Got my order placed on your site. Saved me so much money over what I would've spent with the larger "free catalog" places.
My problem with Bush beans is replanting them in time so I can get a second harvest. I almost got it this past summer, but only had 5 or 6 plants that came up the second harvest...too hot I think.
Can you recommend cucumber and tomato varieties that don't heavily rely on pollinators? I've tried planting flowers to attract pollinators but it hasn't helped in 3 years. I'm in zone 7b with summer temperatures in the high 90s. Albuquerque NM
Excellent video!
Excellent presentation, thank you! As usual, for your videos...I learned new info. 🌻🌻🌻
Thanks for such great information. I need to research the different basils. Your store is where I'll get my seeds this year.
Thank you! I learned a lot! Now I can sift through the seeds I liked on MIGARDENER and choose what's best for our garden.
Thank you for all the helpful advice!!
Thanks! I learned determinate are better for containers, snap peas are what I prefer, now I can search for just that. Spear vs lobe spinach also good. Will grow both but lobe will probably be best in my salads. You make this easy! Blessings to you!
Great information as always Luke. I learned about the greenhouse cucumber; I did not know about the verity. Hope all is going well and look forward to seeing more greenhouse videos. Thank you
I did great with Roma tomatoes and did better in fall for zucchini…no bugs ..loofah also I did great ..🌱🌱I’m Excited for my garden this year 🌱
Thank you for the information. I did have questions about some of the veggies you touched on. Thank you so much
Great vid! I didn’t know that I needed to know so much of this stuff but it explains lots of stuff I didn’t get before! Thanks MIG 😊
You gave great explanations Luke. I didn't know there are two types of spinach, or about the enzyme in cucumbers.
Thanks for the video!
Thank you for this vlog! I have learned quite a bit!!
Glad you enjoyed!
Do you produce your own seeds or buy and resell?
Can Lima beans substitute for Broad beans? Do they have similar growing needs?
What peas do I use for pea shoots?
Would you please put all edible parts on each seed pack? For example, some of your pea packs say tendrils are edible and other pea packs don't list this. Does that mean some are and others aren't?
I am happy with product either way, but this is something that would be helpful. For example, leaves on beets and radishes. Some people, including myself, might be mistakenly throwing away food.