@@CharlesDowding1nodig You know you are my hero. Lol. I was just finishing your book Organic Gardening while sitting out in my garden. I was just thinking that I wouldn't have started this amazing project without your encouragement. Thank you.!
The garden is so beautiful and peaceful, every day after work taking care of it and showing off your hobbies in the garden is wonderful. Thank you for sharing these wonderful moments with everyone.
Honestly people are sickeningly entitled...do what you want to do Charles it's your channel and you guys are the ones making all the effort to keep putting out this interesting and informative content. Humans are unappreciative and selfish in general, so I wouldn't worry: The subs are fine, and the vids were also fine without them.
Beautiful overhead shot of your garden. Thank you for breaking down what you use in your seed trays and how you sieve it. Your success shows how good it is. 😊 It hailed all day here and will be in the 30’s tonight. Kale and other brassicas will be fine. My growing season is getting shorter. It’s starts later and ends earlier. I’m grateful for what I’m growing though that is cold hardy. 😊
Thanks for the inspiration. This is probably my biggest deficiency, I direct seed nearly everything now but it works for now. I plan to build a small greenhouse this winter but need to scavenge the materials to keep costs low, don't need much room but the results would be a great improvement.
Brilliant huw Richard’s channel bought me here I watch you both best on you tube I have started growing this year late and with both of your help I’ve grown quite a few things thank you ❤
I’ve followed you on TikTok for ages and your advice has helped so much. I did no dig with cardboard and compost around the edges on the front garden and had peas and loads of flowers. I have an allotment now and can’t wait for spring to get things going
As always, lovely to see your garden. Fabulous opening shot. I like to mix worm castings in our seed raising mix but a lot of the time it’s very sticky and difficult to mix. Always a new challenge in the garden. PS An excellent idea having proper subtitles for the deaf.
Me too. I’ve found leaving out a round sieve half full of the worm compost on a bucket in my greenhouse to dry out helps. Give it a daily tap as it dries out and the smaller pieces drop through that I collect to pop into a smaller sifter for the CD tray mix. It’s a setup I find handy. The sieves may as well store wetter compost than sit there empty.
The subtitles are such a non-issue. Valuable content speaks for itself Mr D. Hoping an angel gets me some of your brilliant trays for Crimbo this year 😊😊
Good to see you doing well Mr Dowding. Im having an interesting fall so far here in South Carolina. Im up to my eyeballs in mustard greens and kale, but somehow still selling squash, okra, sunflowers, and peppers. Had a little hurricane damage From Hellene but mostly trees I wanted to eventually replace anyway.
Thanks Charles, inspirational stuff, the drone shot at the beginning was awesome, a little bit of heaven on earth ! My Grandfather worked at Hadspen for the Hobhouse family and my god-mother still lives in Ansford so I know the area well !
Charles, just discovered your channel as I prepare to build my own small green house to support new garden next year. Your growing trays look great. I will have to look for them in the US
The drone shots at the beginning are stunning, beautiful .....you should be very proud of all your work there in what I would call a market garden. (Wonder why the term faded out 🤔). Its a shame that you couldn't find a distributer for your seedling trays here in the UK.😞Thank you for the video.
Wild roquette is a hardy perennial plant here in Germany, they grow everywhere,reseed easily and they have the most abundant edible yellow flowers adored by all sorts of insects❤
I don't mind the subtitles, but just in case you weren't aware, you can actually upload the subtitles as a separate .srt file when uploading the video to UA-cam rather than including them in the raw video file. That gives viewers the option to turn them on/off as they please. Great video as always!
I had no idea the subtitles would cause such concern! It was the idea of the videographer, and I did not realise they could be an issue. Normally we do exactly as you are saying and use uploaded.SRT files in different languages. All my videos have paid for, translated subtitles to 5 languages. I'm thinking I need to make a little video about that because maybe not many people realise. It's expensive for me, so I hope they are used.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes! Subtitles are great and help in loads of situations. It's an extra for the people that don't like them when there is the option to turn them off. But it's great that you pay for that service🙌🏼
I leave subtitles on usually but it can be annoying due to the size. It was a relief to turn of youtube cc and use the less bulky captions. People who dislike the new subtitles can take a hike. You do you Charles.
I am completely sold on no dig gardening. My biggest problem is neglect when I am on vacation. In the USA we have extreme temperatures, 100 degree in the summer and 0 or less in the winter. Still my garden is good in the spring and maybe fall if we get some rain.
Love your videos! Would you make one about the weekly routine of caring for the garden? For example what a week in your summer looks like vs a week in winter? I’m curious about how many days per week are spent doing different tasks and the routine within a day that you find to lead to success. I’ve created a large (6,000 sq ft) garden and in year three now learning how others sort tasks. Cheers from Canada! Heather
My big takeaway from this video is that I have more garden space than I thought. If you have 3000 seedlings ready to plant in early October, that I'm lacking a bit in planning, etc... I would love to hear how you plan your seedlings and make sure that you have space for them, etc... I bet I don't have as much time to dedicate to gardening as you, but can you talk about how you might scale? I was looking at your seed trays recently too, I appreciate the design here will be ordering some soon.
Cracking videography! It seems to have an 'arty' feel to it like the contrast levels have been tweaked. Is it your son behind the camera again and what has he been up to 🙂
Interesting to see and some good tips as ever. I’ve upgraded some modules this year but still finding it tricky to grow good seedlings. Need to look into better compost but think I’m watering badly if you have any advice for that please
That's nice, Carly will be happy. And the compost for these beds was home-made last year. Sometimes I use a little cow manure, or some mushroom compost, and green waste compost
Wow, your garden is STILL looking beautiful Charles! Thanks for all the tips. We haven't yet taken on gardening in the fall and over winter yet. In your latesr no dig book do you take the reader through the entire year?
No matter what I've tried this year, i just can't get anything to grow in my cd60 trays - the seedlings, whether kale, spring onion, lettuce etc. just get to 2-3cm tall and stop growing. It must be the quality of them compost, or the amount I compact it by, however I really want to make sure I've got the knack of it for next year. Seeing your seedlings being perhaps 8-10cm tall gives me hope that is possible but I'm still a bit lost! I get better luck with the cd40 but even then the plants still run out of steam will before i think they should. NPK test doesn't look too bad, so maybe it's drainage/compaction?
That sounds a compost issue and there are not many good ones out there. In the UK it's www.urbanwyrm.co.uk/collections/range/products/urban-wyrm-peat-free-black-gold-organic-all-purpose-compost but I don't know for other countries. Push in firmly always works for me
Thank you Charles. Our seedlings are always leggy. Will be checking your starter trays after checking in with my hubby. Zzzzz. 🛌. Tell me, do you start your tomatoes in those trays? I appreciate your time and the large subtitles because I don't want to miss a word.
I'm sorting Christmas gifts having seen this video Charles! Thank you. Any advice what you would use your deeper modular seedling trays for ? I'm wondering if they are worth getting to transplant or start pole beans ?
@@lksf9820 The distributor in the US charges as much for the shipping as they charge for the trays. I might have to wait for a Home Acres course and buy them in person
Great video & I like watching you,however what does that tell you about peat free compost?well basically I think it’s completely rubbish & so do many on our allotment site,if you mix it with home made it’s ok that’s because home made has nutrients & the peat free just bulks it up,difficult to find a good peat free compost,interesting to know what other people think.
Great points Jackie, much peat-free is not reliable, however this one is from my experience of using it, and seeing the results of others www.urbanwyrm.co.uk/collections/range/products/urban-wyrm-black-gold-organic-all-purpose-compost
A question regarding blight. If blight only survives on living matter (tomato and potato leaves/stems/fruit and tubers) where does it overwinter? If it needs living materials to survive, and tomatoes/potatoes plants are all dead, how does it come back almost every year? How, and where, do the blight spores overwinter?
It's a good question! And it's agreed that you just need a few blighted potatoes which manage to be not totally rotten by the blight which actually goes dormant in cold conditions, and can hibernate in something like a non-destroyed potato.
Hey Charles, I saw in your October video from last year that you were clearing your marigolds in the polytunnel. I still have marigolds as well and still in bloom. Is there a reason you were clearing them?
I plan on buying a few of those trays soon. Would you recommend the 30 if space is limited? Also, do you sow flowers directly or grow in trays to start with? I'm planning on using my daughter's old sand pit as a flower bed. It's basically a raised bed without its liner. I don't like waste. I've used her old baby bath to create a small garden pond. I'm hoping to attract frogs and toads because the snail and slug population in my garden is shocking. After it rains, absolutely everywhere and everything is covered, some even find their way into the porch and kitchen. The only thing that they avoid are onions, especially garlic.
That is so many molluscs, I wonder why. Frogs and toads will help but not solve the excess. Yes, the 30 could work for you and I do raise flowers in them, and use them to take cuttings as well.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I live in a coastal town in Scotland, directly across from the harbour so there's an estuary then the North Sea. My garden lawn is quite large with trees and shrubs, so a lot of hiding places. The strange thing is that we have a high population of species of birds, and the snails and slugs are still in large numbers. I don't use any pesticides, weedkillers etc. I'm completely organic. I know what such chemicals consist of, and it's quite a nasty combination of chemicals. I'll be buying a few trays. The main things I'm growing are vegetables and salads.
I use these and similar plug trays, and they are fantastic, except I find that slugs and snails hide in the gaps underneath.. does anyone else experience this, and if so, what do you do? Thanks!!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks for responding. It may be obvious to you but I’d like to see a short video of what size these crops are when you pot on and what size pots you use please. One for next year👍🏻.
Hello Charles, I'm wondering - about the no-dig - what are the average winter temperatures and snow height (in cm) in your area? You live in oceanic clima, so I suppose it's pretty mild. Doesn't this also affect the effectiveness of the no-dig method? (less compacted soil, after the winter, because of less frost and less/no snow) For context, I live in Czechia and the temperature occasionally goes down even to - 20°C and snow in peaks raises to 30-40cm. Thanks for answer, Michal
Hello Michal Yes, we do not often have snow here and temperatures are no lower than about -8°C. I hear from many gardeners around the world in climates like yours, who are succeeding with no dig, and for example you have Petr in your country, video channel, Czech Republic. Hard soil is not compacted or damaged. Just firm, is good
Is there any way to remove the subtitles ? My English listening is good enough to follow you, but my English reading is not fast enough to follow you. UA-cam has its own subtitles, which can even be automatically translated into different languages. And yes, of course you could ignore the subtitle, but I'm too curious for that
Can I make a request for 2025? Could you make a video showing us how you wash large quantities of vegetables after harvest? I'm asking because I planted a lot of Kale this summer and washing them clean of dust and bugs was a lot more work than expected when large harvest came. I'm sure i'm not alone struggling with this, maybe a video could help us all, poor mortals. Have a nice day!
@@CharlesDowding1nodigyes please this would be very useful, I’m in constant battle with my brassicas and worm slugs. Not sure my kitchen sink can take much more!
I submerge large leaves in a bucket or huge bowel to rinse them all at once and then I run each one under water as I look at the rib of the leaf for cabbage worms. It takes time but that big initial rinse really helps.
I wish the cameraman would pay more attention to focusing on the specific plant/item he's addressing. He's talking about root ball and holding it so we could see but that's hard to see when camera is not focused on it!😢
Love all the videos but could you please tell us when you sow the seeds as we have already missed that by the time we see you planting them out. Thanks.
I'd add a vote against subtitles, I find it quite distracting, and people who need/want them can easily turn them on in the UA-cam player. Also, if they are using another language, that your wonderfully providing, it will be difficult for them to read having the other language on top on English.
@@rashadeemiller6910 You can't turn these off. They're hardcoded. CC option is available for those who need captions so there is no need for hardcoded subs in this day and age. I also find it distracting. Especially when they're ahead of him. I can't turn my brain off from reading them because I watch a lot of Asian dramas and International films so I can no longer ignore them as I used to be able to in the past.
Your large pond has water! 😃 Thank you for another lovely video. And well done outwitting the weather apps to film on a sunny day! 😁🫡 For those who like to safely protect their CD trays indoors when not in use, they’re dishwasher proof, too. Hashtag tried and tested 😃💪🏻👍🏻
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Greenacres’ new rain gauge 😃 And a No Dig evaporation sensor. You could put one of those height/depth max/minimum measurement record sticks in.
Man, that opening scene was awesome!
I am glad you liked it James 🙂
@@CharlesDowding1nodig You know you are my hero. Lol. I was just finishing your book Organic Gardening while sitting out in my garden. I was just thinking that I wouldn't have started this amazing project without your encouragement. Thank you.!
Thank you, very kind and lovely to hear of your success James I look forward to hearing more
You inspired me so much. I live in Houston, Texas, and I plant a few tomatoes, okra, and basil. I love what you do!
Thank you, that is lovely to hear Lidia
The garden is so beautiful and peaceful, every day after work taking care of it and showing off your hobbies in the garden is wonderful. Thank you for sharing these wonderful moments with everyone.
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I like the subtitles
Opening shot was just stunning. Great video
Glad you enjoyed it Samuel
You are an inspiration to all those who listen to your "voice". Thankyou for showing us the "better by far" way of growing our sustenance.❤
So nice of you Connie, thanks
This video quality was next level!!!!! Love it
Lovely to hear, glad you enjoyed it Scotty
Honestly people are sickeningly entitled...do what you want to do Charles it's your channel and you guys are the ones making all the effort to keep putting out this interesting and informative content.
Humans are unappreciative and selfish in general, so I wouldn't worry: The subs are fine, and the vids were also fine without them.
Many thanks 💚!!
Beautiful overhead shot of your garden. Thank you for breaking down what you use in your seed trays and how you sieve it. Your success shows how good it is. 😊 It hailed all day here and will be in the 30’s tonight. Kale and other brassicas will be fine. My growing season is getting shorter. It’s starts later and ends earlier. I’m grateful for what I’m growing though that is cold hardy. 😊
Many thanks.
And your weather sounds difficult, hope winter goes ok
Thanks for the inspiration. This is probably my biggest deficiency, I direct seed nearly everything now but it works for now. I plan to build a small greenhouse this winter but need to scavenge the materials to keep costs low, don't need much room but the results would be a great improvement.
I hope it materialises!
The HDR is amazing. Looked incredible on my TV, compliments to the videographer! I don't know why more content creators don't upload in HDR
Much appreciated
Loved watching this, great video Charles 🧡
Awesome CD and crew! I always appreciate the green house tours and seedling notes. Its such a critical element of success!
Absolutely, and thanks
Brilliant huw Richard’s channel bought me here I watch you both best on you tube I have started growing this year late and with both of your help I’ve grown quite a few things thank you ❤
Great to hear of your success Rachel 🙂
"Amazing content! My garden is thriving thanks to your helpful tips. 🙌🍅🌼"
Lovely to hear of your success and thank you 🙂
I’ve followed you on TikTok for ages and your advice has helped so much. I did no dig with cardboard and compost around the edges on the front garden and had peas and loads of flowers. I have an allotment now and can’t wait for spring to get things going
Thanks, lovely to hear
As always, lovely to see your garden. Fabulous opening shot. I like to mix worm castings in our seed raising mix but a lot of the time it’s very sticky and difficult to mix. Always a new challenge in the garden. PS An excellent idea having proper subtitles for the deaf.
Cheers Ray. Probably it needs to be less moist if sticky for mixing.
Me too. I’ve found leaving out a round sieve half full of the worm compost on a bucket in my greenhouse to dry out helps. Give it a daily tap as it dries out and the smaller pieces drop through that I collect to pop into a smaller sifter for the CD tray mix. It’s a setup I find handy. The sieves may as well store wetter compost than sit there empty.
Genius!
The subtitles are such a non-issue. Valuable content speaks for itself Mr D. Hoping an angel gets me some of your brilliant trays for Crimbo this year 😊😊
Thanks and I hope so too!
Nice new intro :) Top tips for seedlings, thanks Charles!
Glad you like it Lucy 🙂
Good to see you doing well Mr Dowding. Im having an interesting fall so far here in South Carolina. Im up to my eyeballs in mustard greens and kale, but somehow still selling squash, okra, sunflowers, and peppers. Had a little hurricane damage From Hellene but mostly trees I wanted to eventually replace anyway.
Thanks and that sounds great, I'm happy you avoided most damage
Thanks Charles, inspirational stuff, the drone shot at the beginning was awesome, a little bit of heaven on earth ! My Grandfather worked at Hadspen for the Hobhouse family and my god-mother still lives in Ansford so I know the area well !
How amazing, and thanks.
Headsmen is now a huge resort, The Newt
The whole growing area looks amazing for October! I have some of the module trays and enjoyed using them for the first time earlier this year.
Thank you and great to hear Sharon 🙂
Charles, just discovered your channel as I prepare to build my own small green house to support new garden next year. Your growing trays look great. I will have to look for them in the US
Welcome aboard and see this link from Houston allaboutthegarden.com/products/charles-dowding-starter-pack-1
Charles, your trays are super! Im use your trays 2 year, and always good 💚💚💚💚love you, gardening and compost 💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you, great to hear Tom
what a beatiful garden!
Thank you
Always Love the visit. Great video and company
Lovely to hear you enjoyed it Naomi
The drone shots at the beginning are stunning, beautiful .....you should be very proud of all your work there in what I would call a market garden. (Wonder why the term faded out 🤔). Its a shame that you couldn't find a distributer for your seedling trays here in the UK.😞Thank you for the video.
You can buy them from container wise
You can find them here containerwise.co.uk/charles-dowding-propagation-trays/
@@jez-bird Perhaps so but my point was that the main distributer ( who is possibly the manufacturer too) was in the US, not the UK.
Wild roquette is a hardy perennial plant here in Germany, they grow everywhere,reseed easily and they have the most abundant edible yellow flowers adored by all sorts of insects❤
Love the new compost book charles mate, interesting read, and i have been gardening and growing my own food for many years👌
Great to hear Graham. If you or anybody else has time for it, I should appreciate a review on Amazon saying this!
Beautiful!
Thank you
Love your videos very informative even if Florida has a totally different growing season
Ah cool!
nice video charles
I am glad you enjoyed it Steven
Que jardim maravilhoso obrigado ❤
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Simply lovely ❤
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You green house is amazing 😊
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it’s not just for you it’s also for deaf people
I don't mind the subtitles, but just in case you weren't aware, you can actually upload the subtitles as a separate .srt file when uploading the video to UA-cam rather than including them in the raw video file. That gives viewers the option to turn them on/off as they please. Great video as always!
I had no idea the subtitles would cause such concern! It was the idea of the videographer, and I did not realise they could be an issue.
Normally we do exactly as you are saying and use uploaded.SRT files in different languages. All my videos have paid for, translated subtitles to 5 languages. I'm thinking I need to make a little video about that because maybe not many people realise. It's expensive for me, so I hope they are used.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes! Subtitles are great and help in loads of situations. It's an extra for the people that don't like them when there is the option to turn them off. But it's great that you pay for that service🙌🏼
@@CharlesDowding1nodig At the beginning of each video you could put up “subtitles available” text and let the viewer select them if they want.
I leave subtitles on usually but it can be annoying due to the size. It was a relief to turn of youtube cc and use the less bulky captions. People who dislike the new subtitles can take a hike. You do you Charles.
Very soon, UA-cam will be set-up to do automatic voice translation into multiple languages. Should allow you to continue the idea for no outlay 👍
Woooooooooooooooo, that intro
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I am completely sold on no dig gardening. My biggest problem is neglect when I am on vacation. In the USA we have extreme temperatures, 100 degree in the summer and 0 or less in the winter. Still my garden is good in the spring and maybe fall if we get some rain.
I hope so. You would have same issues if digging
Love your videos! Would you make one about the weekly routine of caring for the garden? For example what a week in your summer looks like vs a week in winter? I’m curious about how many days per week are spent doing different tasks and the routine within a day that you find to lead to success.
I’ve created a large (6,000 sq ft) garden and in year three now learning how others sort tasks.
Cheers from Canada!
Heather
Thanks, and it's an interesting request. Got me thinking, hope we can work something.Your seasons will be very different.
New video quality in 4K hdr absolutely pops! Did you get a new camera? HDR really makes the colours of Homeacres and veg look true to life!
Great to hear and this is by Ashley who I have not worked with before
My big takeaway from this video is that I have more garden space than I thought. If you have 3000 seedlings ready to plant in early October, that I'm lacking a bit in planning, etc... I would love to hear how you plan your seedlings and make sure that you have space for them, etc... I bet I don't have as much time to dedicate to gardening as you, but can you talk about how you might scale? I was looking at your seed trays recently too, I appreciate the design here will be ordering some soon.
Nice to hear, shall consider that.
A good rule of thumb is, grow more seedlings than you reckon to need
Hello from in Türkiye. ❤😊😊
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Cracking videography! It seems to have an 'arty' feel to it like the contrast levels have been tweaked. Is it your son behind the camera again and what has he been up to 🙂
Thanks and Edward is now teaching in London. This is Ashley Day, different settings and camera, nice you like it
Interesting to see and some good tips as ever. I’ve upgraded some modules this year but still finding it tricky to grow good seedlings. Need to look into better compost but think I’m watering badly if you have any advice for that please
Thanks, and see this video ua-cam.com/video/hgtbNDlvs5k/v-deo.html
Thank you Charles. Always a joy to watch your videos.
Do I understand that right, you dont use any vermiculite in your cell compost mix?
That is correct, I use none. Except for sowing lettuce in a tray, and basil
This video is unbelievable, very good videographer. What is the name of the compost you use Charles?
That's nice, Carly will be happy. And the compost for these beds was home-made last year. Sometimes I use a little cow manure, or some mushroom compost, and green waste compost
Wow, your garden is STILL looking beautiful Charles! Thanks for all the tips. We haven't yet taken on gardening in the fall and over winter yet. In your latesr no dig book do you take the reader through the entire year?
Thanks so much Carole and yes, each vegetable, if appropriate, has advice for the fall and winter seasons
No matter what I've tried this year, i just can't get anything to grow in my cd60 trays - the seedlings, whether kale, spring onion, lettuce etc. just get to 2-3cm tall and stop growing. It must be the quality of them compost, or the amount I compact it by, however I really want to make sure I've got the knack of it for next year. Seeing your seedlings being perhaps 8-10cm tall gives me hope that is possible but I'm still a bit lost! I get better luck with the cd40 but even then the plants still run out of steam will before i think they should. NPK test doesn't look too bad, so maybe it's drainage/compaction?
That sounds a compost issue and there are not many good ones out there. In the UK it's www.urbanwyrm.co.uk/collections/range/products/urban-wyrm-peat-free-black-gold-organic-all-purpose-compost but I don't know for other countries. Push in firmly always works for me
Thank you Charles. Our seedlings are always leggy. Will be checking your starter trays after checking in with my hubby. Zzzzz. 🛌. Tell me, do you start your tomatoes in those trays? I appreciate your time and the large subtitles because I don't want to miss a word.
Thanks and yes I start tomatoes in these for maybe a month. Legginess is lack of light, maybe trees near where your seedlings are
I'm sorting Christmas gifts having seen this video Charles! Thank you. Any advice what you would use your deeper modular seedling trays for ? I'm wondering if they are worth getting to transplant or start pole beans ?
Thanks Dee.
Yes only pole beans for larger cells
Great video, so fascinating to see. Can you tell me where I can buy the compost please?
Thanks and here www.urbanwyrm.co.uk/collections/range/products/urban-wyrm-black-gold-organic-all-purpose-compost
Still patiently waiting for the trays to be sold in Canada. Please Charles. Maybe a Christmas present? 🎁
I'd like to say we are working on it but unless somebody in Canada steps forward to do this, it cannot happen
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Let me have a word with my people 😉
@@annemcguire7792 Why not just order them from wherever?
@@lksf9820 The distributor in the US charges as much for the shipping as they charge for the trays. I might have to wait for a Home Acres course and buy them in person
You can email Containerwise's Emma Meek
Great video & I like watching you,however what does that tell you about peat free compost?well basically I think it’s completely rubbish & so do many on our allotment site,if you mix it with home made it’s ok that’s because home made has nutrients & the peat free just bulks it up,difficult to find a good peat free compost,interesting to know what other people think.
Great points Jackie, much peat-free is not reliable, however this one is from my experience of using it, and seeing the results of others www.urbanwyrm.co.uk/collections/range/products/urban-wyrm-black-gold-organic-all-purpose-compost
Thanks for considering those that need verified subtitles Charles, some of the automatically generated efforts can be bizarre on other channels
Cheers Russell. I went through these to correct any mistakes before upload
I have a hard time with small seedlings in my fall garden because the transplants go out in hot weather.
I hope you can sow later
Can I ask Charles, how do you water them without drowning or damaging the tiny seedlings? Do you spray them? Thank you
No always with a can, it has a 'rose' that gives fine droplets. Give less water when they are tiny, make a fast pass over the top
What a fantastic video, the captions didn’t affect it at all. Can you link the compost, please?
Thanks and here www.urbanwyrm.co.uk/collections/range/products/urban-wyrm-black-gold-organic-all-purpose-compost
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I have seen this, I’ve heard nothing but positive things. Definitely going to give this a try. Thanks
Great to hear 🙂
A question regarding blight. If blight only survives on living matter (tomato and potato leaves/stems/fruit and tubers) where does it overwinter? If it needs living materials to survive, and tomatoes/potatoes plants are all dead, how does it come back almost every year? How, and where, do the blight spores overwinter?
in the ground
It's a good question! And it's agreed that you just need a few blighted potatoes which manage to be not totally rotten by the blight which actually goes dormant in cold conditions, and can hibernate in something like a non-destroyed potato.
Hey Charles, I saw in your October video from last year that you were clearing your marigolds in the polytunnel. I still have marigolds as well and still in bloom. Is there a reason you were clearing them?
Yes, it's to make space for plants of salads and leaf vegetables for winter
I plan on buying a few of those trays soon. Would you recommend the 30 if space is limited? Also, do you sow flowers directly or grow in trays to start with?
I'm planning on using my daughter's old sand pit as a flower bed. It's basically a raised bed without its liner. I don't like waste. I've used her old baby bath to create a small garden pond. I'm hoping to attract frogs and toads because the snail and slug population in my garden is shocking.
After it rains, absolutely everywhere and everything is covered, some even find their way into the porch and kitchen. The only thing that they avoid are onions, especially garlic.
That is so many molluscs, I wonder why. Frogs and toads will help but not solve the excess. Yes, the 30 could work for you and I do raise flowers in them, and use them to take cuttings as well.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I live in a coastal town in Scotland, directly across from the harbour so there's an estuary then the North Sea.
My garden lawn is quite large with trees and shrubs, so a lot of hiding places. The strange thing is that we have a high population of species of birds, and the snails and slugs are still in large numbers. I don't use any pesticides, weedkillers etc. I'm completely organic. I know what such chemicals consist of, and it's quite a nasty combination of chemicals.
I'll be buying a few trays. The main things I'm growing are vegetables and salads.
Best of luck!
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I use these and similar plug trays, and they are fantastic, except I find that slugs and snails hide in the gaps underneath.. does anyone else experience this, and if so, what do you do? Thanks!!
Yes, I find that can be a problem, and if ever I notice damage, I lift up the tray and find the slug or snail to remove it
i wanted to buy the CD15,30 and 60 but they don't fit any of my 10x20 trays and they don't fit in my grow tent.
Sorry to hear that
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Here in Norway we get 1m snow over. Will the smal one lik that.😢
Already! Not so much I reckon 😮
Not yet thanks God. But it will come,most after New year. Nice to hear end learn from you. GodLukk
Is it wrong to lust for those seedling trays?
Send a Christmas wish 😀
hi Charles. do you pot on any of your crops before planting out or do you go from seed tray to ground for all crops?
A few. I pot on tomatoes, cucumber and squash mainly. Plus leeks and Brussels = if waiting for planting space to be available.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks for responding. It may be obvious to you but I’d like to see a short video of what size these crops are when you pot on and what size pots you use please. One for next year👍🏻.
@@cbscott82 He's got literally dozens of videos showing this
Hello Charles, I'm wondering - about the no-dig - what are the average winter temperatures and snow height (in cm) in your area? You live in oceanic clima, so I suppose it's pretty mild. Doesn't this also affect the effectiveness of the no-dig method? (less compacted soil, after the winter, because of less frost and less/no snow)
For context, I live in Czechia and the temperature occasionally goes down even to - 20°C and snow in peaks raises to 30-40cm.
Thanks for answer, Michal
Hello Michal
Yes, we do not often have snow here and temperatures are no lower than about -8°C.
I hear from many gardeners around the world in climates like yours, who are succeeding with no dig, and for example you have Petr in your country, video channel, Czech Republic. Hard soil is not compacted or damaged. Just firm, is good
Is there any way to remove the subtitles ? My English listening is good enough to follow you, but my English reading is not fast enough to follow you. UA-cam has its own subtitles, which can even be automatically translated into different languages. And yes, of course you could ignore the subtitle, but I'm too curious for that
Sorry our mistake
Charles it's not a mistake for subtitles. Helpful to some & the others can look above them (or just listen in). Don't try to please everyone.
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Urbanwyrm, whats the affiliation fee? is it a discount code as id like to try
None yet
Does anyone know if the seed trays made of UV stable plastic ??
Yes for sure, otherwise they go brittle, the lifespan should be decades
Can I make a request for 2025?
Could you make a video showing us how you wash large quantities of vegetables after harvest? I'm asking because I planted a lot of Kale this summer and washing them clean of dust and bugs was a lot more work than expected when large harvest came. I'm sure i'm not alone struggling with this, maybe a video could help us all, poor mortals.
Have a nice day!
Great suggestion!
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@@CharlesDowding1nodigyes please this would be very useful, I’m in constant battle with my brassicas and worm slugs. Not sure my kitchen sink can take much more!
I submerge large leaves in a bucket or huge bowel to rinse them all at once and then I run each one under water as I look at the rib of the leaf for cabbage worms. It takes time but that big initial rinse really helps.
Do you cover rocket and parsley in the winter?
Usually
Is there someone selling your trays in NZ?
Tasmania is the closet. Company is callled Sow your Seeds
Not yet unless someone says they want to stock and distribute them, message containerwise via their site
I wish the cameraman would pay more attention to focusing on the specific plant/item he's addressing. He's talking about root ball and holding it so we could see but that's hard to see when camera is not focused on it!😢
Thanks, noted
Wow you still got the weather we've never had it no wonder we all fail and you don't 😮
Oh dear. This was 4th October, rare sunshine
Hello Charles
Love your work
I am starting the no dig process so new starting this
How would you start seedlings if no greenhouse?
Windowsill with fluorescent of grolight
Love all the videos but could you please tell us when you sow the seeds as we have already missed that by the time we see you planting them out. Thanks.
Aneasy search into the channel playlist would give you all that.
he has a website with a sowing calendar and all appropriate dates
Thanks all, and see this video ua-cam.com/video/1HtBMfbJ_nY/v-deo.html
Love the 4k video, but it would have been better to use UA-cam's subtitles feature rather than editing them into the raw video, it's distracting!
I find the subtitles distracting. If you use the UA-cam feature viewers can turn them off. Also check spelling.
I'd add a vote against subtitles, I find it quite distracting, and people who need/want them can easily turn them on in the UA-cam player.
Also, if they are using another language, that your wonderfully providing, it will be difficult for them to read having the other language on top on English.
Ugh really hate the captions that i can't turn off. It's very distracting
Thanks for feedback, I've never used embedded captions and had not requested them in fact, so it's lesson learnt
Oh go away you pedantic peasant. They are fine.
Maybe some people are hard of hearing
@@rashadeemiller6910 You can't turn these off. They're hardcoded. CC option is available for those who need captions so there is no need for hardcoded subs in this day and age. I also find it distracting. Especially when they're ahead of him. I can't turn my brain off from reading them because I watch a lot of Asian dramas and International films so I can no longer ignore them as I used to be able to in the past.
People hard of hearing will know how to turn them on if required, so they don't need to be on all the time
I vote against the subtitles.
Bet you’re British and/or under 60.
I don't think there's an election on that matter.
People need subtitles, especially for names of the plants . Thanks to Chatles for subtitles
@@brianfd622 My point exactly
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Your large pond has water! 😃
Thank you for another lovely video. And well done outwitting the weather apps to film on a sunny day! 😁🫡
For those who like to safely protect their CD trays indoors when not in use, they’re dishwasher proof, too. Hashtag tried and tested 😃💪🏻👍🏻
Love this Amandar, and yes the pond is brimful!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Greenacres’ new rain gauge 😃 And a No Dig evaporation sensor.
You could put one of those height/depth max/minimum measurement record sticks in.