Frank Barnwell use a humidity dome/generate humidity somehow. Sometimes I wrap plastic wrap around the top of a pot, or use jiffy starter pods. Never have not germinated seeds.
At about 4:05 I found myself yelling "they lie!" at the screen. 🤦🏼 What they're showing in that colander is 100% cilantro purchased from the produce section, IMO.
Yes, it looks rather bundled and just thrown there. If it had actually grown there, the leaves would be oriented in the same direction instead of haphazardly.
They're totally faking all of the "timelapse" stuff too. 12:07 They definitely started with it fully grown and just snipped some leaves off to get the "before" shots. 9:57 They're just taking sprouts they've already grown and putting them in the teabag.
@@Diego-ud3nb don’t mind him he just discovered the word yesterday, unfortunately he doesn’t know the meaning but I do not blame him because he’s probably 12.
8:18 love how you can also see that all the sprouts are coming out in between the corn/corn seeds and not actually coming out the seed itself Just 10/10 blossom
Hello Blossom my old friend I've come to roast you again Because a movie that you posted Is going to be roasted And the gardening ideas that you plant in people's heads Fill me with dread And make me post a counteract. Ehh. I tried.
Honestly I actually like the banana peel trick. I've done it a couple of times and my plants seem to really love it. But what I love the most about it is that it breaks down the peel a bit more so it composts quicker 💪🏻 Edit: you do have to leave it in water for three days, with some air circulation though. Over night in a closed jar is completely useless.
This is actually such a good video because it addresses the misinformation when it comes to gardening which makes garden kind of seem overwhelming to people.
Yup. I planted some seeds in an egg carton and I had to water them several times a day to keep the soil moist. However, I found that putting the carton in a plastic container and pouring about a centimetre of water into the plastic container will keep the carton moist and the soil as well. Looking back, I think I'll just invest into a seedling tray.
@helical codex You'll notice that there's no mycelial growth on those bellas. I've done the same project extracting mycelium from oysters at a store for fun and would also say it "kinda worked" haha
all parts of a mushroom will go back to mycelium if handled correctly, you can clone mushrooms. Its best to take a piece back to the petri dish to start the mycelial growth then expand from there.
@@pitchnewter6925 Yes, but what they did was effectively the opposite of handling it correctly haha. People wouldn't be building flow hoods and working with agar if it was as simple as breaking up a couple mushrooms you've already got and mixing them with the substrate.
@helical codex yes 'I am talking from a great deal of experience. what I like about the vid is that people will get interested when it fails and they grow allot of yeast or mold then that leads to them learning more. its never to late to start a garden and you are never to old to learn something new.
On the mushroom one: Actually, there's a certain amount of truth to both of the things they did. For one, like you mentioned, coffee grounds can, in fact, actually be used as a substrate to develop mycellium in. Not for all types of mushrooms, obviously. Different mushrooms need different nutrients to grow. But, there it is. As for using actual mushrooms for cultivation...Well, it is possible, but they went about it completely the wrong way. First off, you need to use mushrooms that are starting to get a bit old. Not TOO old, or they'll start to develop molds and things that'll be harmful to the developing spores, but if it's turned a little brown and slimy, that's just about right. Secondly, you don't need the stalks at all, only the caps are useful. Thirdly, you need to break them up a heck of a lot more than Blossom did. You throw the caps into a blender/food processor with some distilled water, and blend them up into a fine slurry. You then pour the slurry over a substrate of your choosing as a form of inoculation. For some types of mushroom, if you happen to have a section of soil nearby that you know actually has the right conditions to grow that type of mushroom, you can dilute the slurry with up to three gallons of more distilled water, so you can cover a greater area, and inoculate the soil with it. I even once saw a video of a dude who had a wood shop, and used this kind of slurry to inoculate a pile of sawdust he had no other use for, and grow mushrooms out of the sawdust.
How long will it take to inoculate and make fruiting bodies? I was looking at shiitake but seems like it takes a year. So I'm thinking oyster mushrooms now.
@@chaosgoettin Well, I've seen a time lapse video of a guy using jars of used coffee grounds as his starting substrate to create the mycelium, then transfer the mycelium to a more substantive substrate for the actual mushroom growing. *Shrug.*
The plastic bottle hack works really well for going apple picking, since it's just a one-day activity for most people. We would tape the bottle onto a plastic broom handle every year and it worked great, especially for the short kids to reach the higher apples. But, if you wanted something more permanent/long-lasting for at home or even a full season, it definitely wouldn't last that long without more connection.
I actually love using those strawberry/blueberry containers for seed starting. I put in soil of course but it makes a good short term seed starting tray in early spring
I used an egg carton to put seeds in when I didn’t have a lot of soil, I just cut some holes in the bottom. When I replanted them, the roots were forming a dome shape that was pretty easy to open up.
Mangos grow true to type if they're of the polyembryonic variety, and many of the monoembryonic varieties make good rootstocks. Of course buying a grown tree helps you get fruit a lot faster. If you grow them in a good environment you can sometimes get fruit in less than 7 years from seed.
On mushrooms you don't need spores to grow mushrooms, a tiny bit of mushroom tissue is going to send out mycelium and grow new mushrooms so this would work. It's actually better to grow mushrooms from tissue instead of spores as with spores you get random genetics so different traits, like growing from seed, whereas growing from tissue is like growing from cuttings so like a clone
I really like these because I honestly made the mistake of trying some of them and I more often than not ended up with flies and rot. Sticking to growing mediums always turned out best. Plus I get to play in the dirt!
My expert method: put seed in dirt. For seeds that would go through a bird and would need concentrated acid and the grinding in a gizzard: sandpaper or jeweler's /needle file (got my set at harbor freight for like 5$), soak in water on a seedling g heat mat for 48 hours. Put in dirt. That said, I've never had to do anything special with seeds of commonly sold seeds that would make food.
Good to know! I was excited to hear that he has a video. I have tried to grow them before and it was a massive failure. I'm going to go search for that video now.
Great vid! My first plant ever, tomato, has put off 3 ripe tomatoes so far! Won't put off a ton more but was a great learning experience and I owe the motivation to this channel! :)
While you can grow mushrooms from the tissue of an existing fruit body which is how you clone them, all you would grow with that hack is green mold and cobweb mold. I really like this series
Your comments about how Blossom does corn are hilarious! The way Blossom shows it is so overcomplicated and likely to rot the corn rather than grow it. Especially because corn is SO easy to plant. Like, I composted some dried corn from cobs that didn't fertilize as fully as I prefer last year and used the compost in my garden, and I have, like, 15 corn "weeds" growing when I didn't intend to plant corn this year!
The broom handle/plastic bottle picker thing is one I know works. I saw it being used in S.E. Asia. They do frequently tape the broom handle inside, but I'm positive that one works.
That was funny when you started seeing at the beginning because I have been struggling with my eyesight for several years I had surgery on my only working eye and then spent three-and-a-half months totally blind because of bleeding in that eye. Now that have some of my eyesight back, I find it when I am having a hard time maneuvering a space that I am familiar with, I find it much easier to close my eyes or turn off the lights if I am by the switch and just do it on autopilot because I use entirely different set of senses and way of thinking then having to deal with my partial sight. I say all that to say this yesterday I went into a room and was having a hard time seeing so I shut off the light and started singing that song that you did hello darkness my old friend, gave myself a good chuckle.
I planted some green onion roots this spring from leftovers from dinner. They are still growing 4 months later and are about 1 1/2 inches wide. I pulled one a little over a month ago and it’s totally straight. No bulb. I repotted in a flower pot and it’s still growing.
Pap always used a Clorox gallon jug to make his “pickers”. It’s made from a heavier plastic than a 2L and the mouth of the jug is wider. We always used a long green sapling as the pole part.
You can take grow mushrooms from any tissue sample. You don't need spores. Mushroom growers generally avoid spores because you can isolate particular strains from mycelia tissue cultures.
Haha I loved this video, finally someone reviewing myths that people takes for absolute truth! You should do this on your epic homestead channel the same way you do it for epic mail time. Reviewing video of other gardeners on UA-cam 😊
This year i've used a tray with 20x15 seedling spots. You fill it up with compost or whatever you want to use for starting whatever plants, works with beets, beans, peas, lettuce, onions etc. At the bottom there are holes so i can pop the entire chunk of soil out with minimum damage to the freshly started plant, create perfect spacing and full rows/beds. No need to thin out later and no holes of failed seeds. Don't do it with any type of carrot, paksoj or others that will fail when replanted.
I love these roasts. You try to be so nice about it while you tear them apart, but let's be honest, I can hear your internal screaming from here! Keep these videos coming because we need to stop people from committing these atrocities on plants! ;)
hello from the philippines, kevin. i actually grew my mango tree, the apple mango variety by planting the seed in soil right after i ate it. believe it or not i harvested from it after only 5 years. fruits is palm sized and very sweet although when it's over ripen, the middle part/seed tends to get husky. i planted it 2009 and 2014 it started to bear fruits up to now. love your videos
Every time I have ever tried to growcilantro (from seeds, different brands, different stores, I have tried probably 20 different seeds packets), it ends up being raddish seeds. Never gotten actual cilantro seeds from a packet :/
I grew a 2'x 3' patch of green onions by using two methods! 1: planting my 1/2" green onion end with a few roots from the grocery store in soil, watering it and just seeing what happened. they sprouted! i cut them a bit above soil level when I need some and they grow back! never felt so good in the garden (new to the garden). 2. I was SO FORTUNATE!!! to find a Welsh green onion growing in the back alley (a present from our home previous owner) I transplanted it to my garden and it bolted!! I let the new onions grow about 2 to 3" on the existing mother plant and then directly sewed them in my garden bed. they are just as big as their momma now! The mother plant was a bit tougher... but when cooked still pretty tender and all those babies... how can you not?! That patch is my pride and joy in my garden
The new grow bag garden background fits this format so well, haha! Everything's looking so beautiful, meanwhile you're out here roasting these guys to the ground LOL
My mom does this hack: She dries banana peels in light sunlight till they turn completely black. Then she cuts it into inch size bits and throws them into the soil and the plants flower really well.
Oh man Kevin, you seem like such a fun and awesome dude!! Your reactions are so funny and enjoyable! Love the singing, rice water, egg shells, so many hilarious moments! :)
I'm glad to hear it's not just Photographers that get annoyed with some of the "hacks" posted on TikTok and similar platforms! It's usually a mix of "Yeah, but why _would_ you do it that way when there are so many better alternatives?" and "That's not how that works." I suppose it's nice as a sort of starting-off point, to get people interested in a hobby, or even a career, but as far as actually following the tips...not so much. Glad to hear what an expert had to say on the matter. There's so much misinformation, and partial truths out there, I struggle to find a good place to start with gardening.
As an urban gardener myself, I spend way too much time debunking these types of 'hacks' for friends and colleagues. The most common one is when people leave the banana in water too long and it starts to putrefy. Thanks for the reinforcements!
The method used for propogating succulents actually works really well for me in my home/climate. I have had more success this way vs others. Love your videos! Thanks.
so me and my mom went and cooked some corn. i got a bad end off a corn that i snapped off and washed the rest of the corn. instead of throwing the bad end out i put it in my compost. a while after i was making a mix for my succulents, i went to get a little bit of compost for it since i didnt have any succulent plant food at that time. i found out the piece of corn sprouted! i potted the corn piece a week ago and they came up! so happy!
almost ALL teabags contain plastic, I was SO mad when I found that out - because they didn't decompose in my compost. Now, I cut the teabags open and pour the tea into a stainless steel tea ball and make my tea that way. It's not a big pain and now I can just dump the used tea from the tea ball into my compost and don't have to pick plastic teabags out of my compost. Tea manufacturers should just sell the teas loose, and sell tea balls alongside them, do all of us and the planet a favour. I don't prefer paper tea bags either because it's a waste of trees/wood pulp.
Whenever I buy green onions from the store I put them in a pot of soil as soon as I get home. They grow beautifully with minimal care and I just keep them on my kitchen windowsill.
I told you how my friend was doing all these scrap regrowth. Well,I did the green onion tips into soil. Well, after 9 weeks, I had a 3 inch stem and I pulled one out. Terrific. I had a wad of roots and no new white. So, I think it's a bust. I could have planted onion sets and harvested many times over. There you have it. A real experience.
I look forward to these react videos 😊 It's my mission to watch all videos and expand the nature around me✌ "OooOOoOoOo that's a nice looking sandwich" I was very much thinking that exact same thing 😂
Omg 100%! If you decide to, just start with something small in a place you feel will get enough light. If you enjoy it, then invest in grow lights etc. I was already using grow lights for my orchids, but try a sunny window area if you have one or outside for now. my trays i legit get aluminum ones from dollar tree 😂 you can get micro seeds cheap on a bunch of sites including trueleafmarket (which i use and shipping is free $45 and over, but rareseeds.com and san diego seed co i don't think there is a min). Just get one small package for like $5 that way, if you don't dig growing micros, you're not "eating" a big start up fee 😉
Nicole Hammond oh wow thanks I appreciate the advice! I’m super into trying new plants so I’ll probably just do it lol. I’ve been looking into grow lights and don’t have a clue what I should buy but I at least do have a sunny window! And thanks, sometimes I don’t know where to order seeds from 😊 def will hit up the dollar tree
So we started seeds this year in eggshells just as the little cup to start the seeds in with dirt. When we planted them we simply crushed the eggshell and planted it directly into our garden and all the plants did pretty well. It might not have added much to the plant but it's safe to plant directly into the garden and will break down over time plus with just crushing it in your hand to break it up before planting allows the roots to grow out of the egg shell. Also then you don't have to buy things for that.
so the water tip for succulents tends to actually be a good way to root succulent leaves in dryer climates, and egg cartons although not useful for veggies, work good for starting succulent leaves too!
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You have an amazing voice! You should really explore it!
Frank Barnwell use a humidity dome/generate humidity somehow. Sometimes I wrap plastic wrap around the top of a pot, or use jiffy starter pods. Never have not germinated seeds.
🎵 “......because a vision with crappy germination.....” “......left its seeds while I was sleeping......”🎵
*cough* virtual karaoke sesh on patreon? 🤷🏽♀️ *cough*
Hahaha 8:00 - 8:07
All I heard from him was: "You could. You could do that. But why. Why would you do any of that."
Accurate
Pour river water into your socks! It's easy, it's free!
@@swedneck Can you make a UA-cam channel out of it though ?
🤣😅😂😂😂
Jon Tron?
And that's how you turn mushrooms into mold, 100 out of 100 times!
😂
🤣😂🤣
Yeah, the lack of a sterile environment and no mention of growing temperature range or humidity = mold and fruit flies.
Mushroom mush in 3,2,1
Yeah, rotting mushrooms are not a pretty sight or smell.
Those videos are almost hypnotic. They, like, throw a potato into a box of cereal and then it's filled with potatoes.
So true
"Don't disrespect rice water" 😂😂😂 spoken like a true Filipino
He's filipino???
Truth!
That was hilarious!
Tama!
WE LOVEEEE RICE!
"Soil is a great medium to grow plants in"
-Epic Gardening 2020
HMMMMM
Hydroponics is a thing
@@amys495 hydroponics is better of you have a good system that works. Can grow trees with hydroponics yet though 🙄
@@Permuh what is this english i had a confusing time reading this... Maybe cuz its not my first lang?
@@babypenguin8754 lol, it must be the way I'm typing on my phone where it doesn't always go exactly as I want it, but I also don't notice it 👀
At about 4:05 I found myself yelling "they lie!" at the screen. 🤦🏼 What they're showing in that colander is 100% cilantro purchased from the produce section, IMO.
I'd agree wholeheartedly
Yes, it looks rather bundled and just thrown there. If it had actually grown there, the leaves would be oriented in the same direction instead of haphazardly.
I planted coriander with the right potting mix in a tropical climate but it never looked like that😂😂😂 what a lie!
Definitely!
They're totally faking all of the "timelapse" stuff too. 12:07 They definitely started with it fully grown and just snipped some leaves off to get the "before" shots. 9:57 They're just taking sprouts they've already grown and putting them in the teabag.
I never knew mushrooms had the ability to change coffee grounds into potting soil. It's a Christmas miracle!
I really like these "Blossom roast videos"
I feel like I learn a lot through you explaining why it is wrong/not ideal.
That's my goal!
I am enjoying watch and listen to this gardener
me, watching these videos before i started gardening: “wow 10/10, great ideas”
my god. no. no they were not.
LOL
@@epicgardening simp
@@platinumgio12344 ?! How?!
Wut
@@Diego-ud3nb don’t mind him he just discovered the word yesterday, unfortunately he doesn’t know the meaning but I do not blame him because he’s probably 12.
8:18 love how you can also see that all the sprouts are coming out in between the corn/corn seeds and not actually coming out the seed itself
Just 10/10 blossom
His singing is actually good lol
Right?! I was impressed!
It runs in the blood😉
Yes it is so now I will be expecting him to sing in more videos. 🎶🎤🚜💚
Filipino 💪🏼
It was annoyingly good, like he is already smart and attractive he didnt need to be a good singer
Corn: exists
Blossom: so you've chosen death
LOL
Hello Blossom, My old friend, I came to roast you again 🤣
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😂😂 that had me laugh so hard I forgot my daughter was on Zoom call 🤣
🤣🤣
Hello Blossom my old friend
I've come to roast you again
Because a movie that you posted
Is going to be roasted
And the gardening ideas that you plant in people's heads
Fill me with dread
And make me post a counteract.
Ehh. I tried.
@@TherealDanielleNelson I sing along. Nice job 😎
Never stop making these.
Agreed. lol
Agreed
I like the respectful way you are reviewing this. You aren't being rude or abusive. Just informative.
Honestly I actually like the banana peel trick. I've done it a couple of times and my plants seem to really love it. But what I love the most about it is that it breaks down the peel a bit more so it composts quicker 💪🏻
Edit: you do have to leave it in water for three days, with some air circulation though. Over night in a closed jar is completely useless.
ahhh finally, youre reacting to what my grandma swears by on her facebook
I think all grandma's think the same sometimes 😂
Grandmas are to be cherished...UNTIL THEY SHARE BLOSSOM VIDS
@@epicgardening 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I'm a grandma and Blossom is the dumbest thing I've seen on youtube. LOL
@@epicgardening _
Blossom makes me feel better about myself as an amateur gardener lol
Eric you make gardening so much easier than all the people trying to complicate it. You've save me a lot of wasted time and energy and I thank you.
Had a buddy that grew “magic” mushrooms in his closet in high school many years ago.
Best growing medium was Uncle Bens rice...lol
This is actually such a good video because it addresses the misinformation when it comes to gardening which makes garden kind of seem overwhelming to people.
Yup. I planted some seeds in an egg carton and I had to water them several times a day to keep the soil moist. However, I found that putting the carton in a plastic container and pouring about a centimetre of water into the plastic container will keep the carton moist and the soil as well. Looking back, I think I'll just invest into a seedling tray.
As someone who has done a lot of mushroom growing I can tell you that method with those baby bella mushrooms will not at all work whatsoever hahaha
As suspected!
@helical codex You'll notice that there's no mycelial growth on those bellas. I've done the same project extracting mycelium from oysters at a store for fun and would also say it "kinda worked" haha
all parts of a mushroom will go back to mycelium if handled correctly, you can clone mushrooms. Its best to take a piece back to the petri dish to start the mycelial growth then expand from there.
@@pitchnewter6925 Yes, but what they did was effectively the opposite of handling it correctly haha. People wouldn't be building flow hoods and working with agar if it was as simple as breaking up a couple mushrooms you've already got and mixing them with the substrate.
@helical codex yes 'I am talking from a great deal of experience. what I like about the vid is that people will get interested when it fails and they grow allot of yeast or mold then that leads to them learning more. its never to late to start a garden and you are never to old to learn something new.
On the mushroom one: Actually, there's a certain amount of truth to both of the things they did. For one, like you mentioned, coffee grounds can, in fact, actually be used as a substrate to develop mycellium in. Not for all types of mushrooms, obviously. Different mushrooms need different nutrients to grow. But, there it is.
As for using actual mushrooms for cultivation...Well, it is possible, but they went about it completely the wrong way. First off, you need to use mushrooms that are starting to get a bit old. Not TOO old, or they'll start to develop molds and things that'll be harmful to the developing spores, but if it's turned a little brown and slimy, that's just about right. Secondly, you don't need the stalks at all, only the caps are useful. Thirdly, you need to break them up a heck of a lot more than Blossom did. You throw the caps into a blender/food processor with some distilled water, and blend them up into a fine slurry. You then pour the slurry over a substrate of your choosing as a form of inoculation. For some types of mushroom, if you happen to have a section of soil nearby that you know actually has the right conditions to grow that type of mushroom, you can dilute the slurry with up to three gallons of more distilled water, so you can cover a greater area, and inoculate the soil with it. I even once saw a video of a dude who had a wood shop, and used this kind of slurry to inoculate a pile of sawdust he had no other use for, and grow mushrooms out of the sawdust.
How long will it take to inoculate and make fruiting bodies? I was looking at shiitake but seems like it takes a year. So I'm thinking oyster mushrooms now.
Coffee ground is too sour to grow mushrooms in., at least as the only substrate
@@AkamiChannel Varies from mushroom to mushroom. But it generally takes at least a few weeks.
@@chaosgoettin Well, I've seen a time lapse video of a guy using jars of used coffee grounds as his starting substrate to create the mycelium, then transfer the mycelium to a more substantive substrate for the actual mushroom growing. *Shrug.*
First time in this chanel and never seen a gardener with so much sass I'm obsessed
I especially hate the Blossom video where they cut a capsicum in half, fill it with dirt and cucumber seedlings grow......LOL.
That one's BADDDD
That one was traumatic! Such a waste of capsicum, especially when the individual seeds are so easy to handle and plant to begin with haha
The majority of these "hacks" are way more trouble than just, you know, growing plants normally lol
The plastic bottle hack works really well for going apple picking, since it's just a one-day activity for most people. We would tape the bottle onto a plastic broom handle every year and it worked great, especially for the short kids to reach the higher apples. But, if you wanted something more permanent/long-lasting for at home or even a full season, it definitely wouldn't last that long without more connection.
I legit want to marry this man and just garden together😩
Careful,he will want to do other things too!Suppose he wants to get frisky in the rosebed?
If that was the extent of it, that'd be ok. But that ain't how it works...
simp
I’d love to fertilize the garden with him.
@@arunseigell7361 you guys are hilarious 🤣🤣🤣....get frisky in the rosebed🤣🤣🤣!!
I actually love using those strawberry/blueberry containers for seed starting. I put in soil of course but it makes a good short term seed starting tray in early spring
They are perfect little greenhouses for everything! I grow my microgreens in one!
I used an egg carton to put seeds in when I didn’t have a lot of soil, I just cut some holes in the bottom. When I replanted them, the roots were forming a dome shape that was pretty easy to open up.
Mangos grow true to type if they're of the polyembryonic variety, and many of the monoembryonic varieties make good rootstocks. Of course buying a grown tree helps you get fruit a lot faster. If you grow them in a good environment you can sometimes get fruit in less than 7 years from seed.
On mushrooms you don't need spores to grow mushrooms, a tiny bit of mushroom tissue is going to send out mycelium and grow new mushrooms so this would work. It's actually better to grow mushrooms from tissue instead of spores as with spores you get random genetics so different traits, like growing from seed, whereas growing from tissue is like growing from cuttings so like a clone
I really like you and your videos. You are so down to earth. Old man from Louisiana. There is hope for the younger generation. Thanks young man.
I appreciate that
I really like these because I honestly made the mistake of trying some of them and I more often than not ended up with flies and rot. Sticking to growing mediums always turned out best. Plus I get to play in the dirt!
:P
Around May I saved a lot of carrot tops, grew them, and now the seeds are almost ready to harvest and we've been harvesting greens off them a lot
My expert method: put seed in dirt. For seeds that would go through a bird and would need concentrated acid and the grinding in a gizzard: sandpaper or jeweler's /needle file (got my set at harbor freight for like 5$), soak in water on a seedling g heat mat for 48 hours. Put in dirt. That said, I've never had to do anything special with seeds of commonly sold seeds that would make food.
I thought they will use the rice wash as a fertilizer because that is what we do here in the Philippines.
I bought green onions from the store all spring... I have lots of onions in my garden from the scraps I planted there.
I feel like I react to everything Blossom does with “But why???”
I def recommend Kevin's microgreens videos! I have some killer ones growing super healthy right now, and i owe it to his videos 100%
Good to know! I was excited to hear that he has a video. I have tried to grow them before and it was a massive failure. I'm going to go search for that video now.
@@catherineslater4438 he has a bunch, and they're all great. The master class is awesome and SUPER informative. I'd honestly start there.
@@catherineslater4438 how did it fail before?
@@nikkiniks13 I just watched the 40 minute video and it had a lot of great information. Excited to give it a try and watch his other videos.
That lil giggle at 14:38 was super freakin cute
Great vid! My first plant ever, tomato, has put off 3 ripe tomatoes so far! Won't put off a ton more but was a great learning experience and I owe the motivation to this channel! :)
While you can grow mushrooms from the tissue of an existing fruit body which is how you clone them, all you would grow with that hack is green mold and cobweb mold. I really like this series
“Soil is a great medium to grow plants in.” The fact that you needed to state that 😭😭
This is terrific that you did this, Kevin. Really helpful Give that little meow person an extra hug from me. Thank you so much for the video.
I can’t believe he used the X Doubt meme 😂😂
Your comments about how Blossom does corn are hilarious! The way Blossom shows it is so overcomplicated and likely to rot the corn rather than grow it. Especially because corn is SO easy to plant. Like, I composted some dried corn from cobs that didn't fertilize as fully as I prefer last year and used the compost in my garden, and I have, like, 15 corn "weeds" growing when I didn't intend to plant corn this year!
The broom handle/plastic bottle picker thing is one I know works. I saw it being used in S.E. Asia. They do frequently tape the broom handle inside, but I'm positive that one works.
That was funny when you started seeing at the beginning because I have been struggling with my eyesight for several years I had surgery on my only working eye and then spent three-and-a-half months totally blind because of bleeding in that eye. Now that have some of my eyesight back, I find it when I am having a hard time maneuvering a space that I am familiar with, I find it much easier to close my eyes or turn off the lights if I am by the switch and just do it on autopilot because I use entirely different set of senses and way of thinking then having to deal with my partial sight. I say all that to say this yesterday I went into a room and was having a hard time seeing so I shut off the light and started singing that song that you did hello darkness my old friend, gave myself a good chuckle.
The best reason to regrow carrot tops is what I learned from awesome Misilla from Learn to Grow, and that is to collect the seeds!
I planted some green onion roots this spring from leftovers from dinner. They are still growing 4 months later and are about 1 1/2 inches wide. I pulled one a little over a month ago and it’s totally straight. No bulb. I repotted in a flower pot and it’s still growing.
These garden hack debunks are very entertaining, keep them coming Kevin! Love your work!
Glad you like them!
Pap always used a Clorox gallon jug to make his “pickers”. It’s made from a heavier plastic than a 2L and the mouth of the jug is wider.
We always used a long green sapling as the pole part.
So many of these "food scrap" hacks use whole servings of food. The corn especially. Sweet corn seeds aren't expensive, you could just eat your corn.
You can take grow mushrooms from any tissue sample. You don't need spores. Mushroom growers generally avoid spores because you can isolate particular strains from mycelia tissue cultures.
Haha I loved this video, finally someone reviewing myths that people takes for absolute truth! You should do this on your epic homestead channel the same way you do it for epic mail time. Reviewing video of other gardeners on UA-cam 😊
I don't wanna start any beefs :P
Epic Gardening haha being criticised it’s the best help you could ever get! But I get your point 😊
This year i've used a tray with 20x15 seedling spots. You fill it up with compost or whatever you want to use for starting whatever plants, works with beets, beans, peas, lettuce, onions etc. At the bottom there are holes so i can pop the entire chunk of soil out with minimum damage to the freshly started plant, create perfect spacing and full rows/beds. No need to thin out later and no holes of failed seeds.
Don't do it with any type of carrot, paksoj or others that will fail when replanted.
I love these roasts. You try to be so nice about it while you tear them apart, but let's be honest, I can hear your internal screaming from here! Keep these videos coming because we need to stop people from committing these atrocities on plants! ;)
LOL gotta stay #zen
hello from the philippines, kevin. i actually grew my mango tree, the apple mango variety by planting the seed in soil right after i ate it. believe it or not i harvested from it after only 5 years. fruits is palm sized and very sweet although when it's over ripen, the middle part/seed tends to get husky. i planted it 2009 and 2014 it started to bear fruits up to now. love your videos
Please sing to us again
Maybe!
Please do!!
@@epicgardening Honestly, your voice is really lovely and warm.... excellent pitch ☺ It was a wonderful treat to hear you sing.
Great video and informative! Thanks!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Every time I have ever tried to growcilantro (from seeds, different brands, different stores, I have tried probably 20 different seeds packets), it ends up being raddish seeds. Never gotten actual cilantro seeds from a packet :/
@CLureCo I've tried before, but I'll try again
I have but it bolted heavily. Every time. Hot climate will do that
Mine bolted SUPER fast the one time I tried. XD
I had one that turned out to be some kind of lettuce..I was expecting cilantro for my Pho
Hmm, I’ve only grown them from a tabletop herb kit but sometimes they sell seeds at grocery stores and dollar stores and they work for my mom
Dude that coffee ground & mushroom jar had me dying 🤣
Almost everything in this vid seemed slightly less inane than usual, but that mushroom part made me weep for humanity
I grew a 2'x 3' patch of green onions by using two methods! 1: planting my 1/2" green onion end with a few roots from the grocery store in soil, watering it and just seeing what happened. they sprouted! i cut them a bit above soil level when I need some and they grow back! never felt so good in the garden (new to the garden). 2. I was SO FORTUNATE!!! to find a Welsh green onion growing in the back alley (a present from our home previous owner) I transplanted it to my garden and it bolted!! I let the new onions grow about 2 to 3" on the existing mother plant and then directly sewed them in my garden bed. they are just as big as their momma now! The mother plant was a bit tougher... but when cooked still pretty tender and all those babies... how can you not?! That patch is my pride and joy in my garden
Your cracking me up with your comments epic gardening 😂😂
These are my favorite videos on this channel
Love this channel, so funny, informative, and who knew he could sing like that!?!? 🥰
how lovely your grandpa gardens, too!
The best!
The new grow bag garden background fits this format so well, haha! Everything's looking so beautiful, meanwhile you're out here roasting these guys to the ground LOL
LOL truth
My mom does this hack:
She dries banana peels in light sunlight till they turn completely black. Then she cuts it into inch size bits and throws them into the soil and the plants flower really well.
Oh man Kevin, you seem like such a fun and awesome dude!! Your reactions are so funny and enjoyable! Love the singing, rice water, egg shells, so many hilarious moments! :)
I'm glad to hear it's not just Photographers that get annoyed with some of the "hacks" posted on TikTok and similar platforms! It's usually a mix of "Yeah, but why _would_ you do it that way when there are so many better alternatives?" and "That's not how that works."
I suppose it's nice as a sort of starting-off point, to get people interested in a hobby, or even a career, but as far as actually following the tips...not so much. Glad to hear what an expert had to say on the matter. There's so much misinformation, and partial truths out there, I struggle to find a good place to start with gardening.
Who was shocked Blossom didn't do that bad this time?
As an urban gardener myself, I spend way too much time debunking these types of 'hacks' for friends and colleagues. The most common one is when people leave the banana in water too long and it starts to putrefy. Thanks for the reinforcements!
I fall deeper in love with you with every vid you post! 😍 Roasting the idiots are my fav👏
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The method used for propogating succulents actually works really well for me in my home/climate. I have had more success this way vs others. Love your videos! Thanks.
Your videos should go viral because, not only are you VERY handsome, you are also smart. I like that you really care about the Earth.
The orange flower in the background, really beautiful.
LMAO 😭 I saw this one and it made me wonder when you were gonna do another blossom reaction vid 😂
I'm always scannin'
@@epicgardening lmfao 😂😂
so me and my mom went and cooked some corn. i got a bad end off a corn that i snapped off and washed the rest of the corn. instead of throwing the bad end out i put it in my compost. a while after i was making a mix for my succulents, i went to get a little bit of compost for it since i didnt have any succulent plant food at that time. i found out the piece of corn sprouted! i potted the corn piece a week ago and they came up! so happy!
My mum has a mango tree at our old house for over thirty years and it never bore fruit
you sure it was a mango tree LOL
I am preety sure it's not drafted that why maybe. Mango trees take long time to bare fruits .
That mango tree is a disappointment
almost ALL teabags contain plastic, I was SO mad when I found that out - because they didn't decompose in my compost. Now, I cut the teabags open and pour the tea into a stainless steel tea ball and make my tea that way. It's not a big pain and now I can just dump the used tea from the tea ball into my compost and don't have to pick plastic teabags out of my compost. Tea manufacturers should just sell the teas loose, and sell tea balls alongside them, do all of us and the planet a favour. I don't prefer paper tea bags either because it's a waste of trees/wood pulp.
The intro though 😆😆
Whenever I buy green onions from the store I put them in a pot of soil as soon as I get home. They grow beautifully with minimal care and I just keep them on my kitchen windowsill.
Omg these videos crack me up! 😆 i love these video reviews.
Glad you like them!
I told you how my friend was doing all these scrap regrowth. Well,I did the green onion tips into soil. Well, after 9 weeks, I had a 3 inch stem and I pulled one out. Terrific. I had a wad of roots and no new white. So, I think it's a bust. I could have planted onion sets and harvested many times over. There you have it. A real experience.
"Not terrible" I love it!
lol
I buy cartons just full of egg shells and no eggs. That's a thing, right? I love how much you laughed at yourself this video. Made my night.
I look forward to these react videos 😊 It's my mission to watch all videos and expand the nature around me✌ "OooOOoOoOo that's a nice looking sandwich" I was very much thinking that exact same thing 😂
Honestly they made me hungry
I'm not a gardener but I enjoy watching people tell other people they don't know wtf they're talking about
I’ve never tried micro greens but I guess I’ll just watch your 40 min and decide if it’s worth it 🤷🏻♀️
Spoiler...it is
Totally worth it! Easy, fairly cheap, and quick turn-over rate, which is great here in 6b where i can't grow outside a good portion of the year.
Nicole Hammond I haven’t watched it yet but that is ideal. I’m in Michigan so I feel your pain! Winter is not friendly to crops haha.
Omg 100%! If you decide to, just start with something small in a place you feel will get enough light. If you enjoy it, then invest in grow lights etc. I was already using grow lights for my orchids, but try a sunny window area if you have one or outside for now. my trays i legit get aluminum ones from dollar tree 😂 you can get micro seeds cheap on a bunch of sites including trueleafmarket (which i use and shipping is free $45 and over, but rareseeds.com and san diego seed co i don't think there is a min). Just get one small package for like $5 that way, if you don't dig growing micros, you're not "eating" a big start up fee 😉
Nicole Hammond oh wow thanks I appreciate the advice! I’m super into trying new plants so I’ll probably just do it lol. I’ve been looking into grow lights and don’t have a clue what I should buy but I at least do have a sunny window! And thanks, sometimes I don’t know where to order seeds from 😊 def will hit up the dollar tree
So we started seeds this year in eggshells just as the little cup to start the seeds in with dirt. When we planted them we simply crushed the eggshell and planted it directly into our garden and all the plants did pretty well. It might not have added much to the plant but it's safe to plant directly into the garden and will break down over time plus with just crushing it in your hand to break it up before planting allows the roots to grow out of the egg shell. Also then you don't have to buy things for that.
Next song option - James Taylor's "Blossom." "Blossom smile some sunshine down my way."
so the water tip for succulents tends to actually be a good way to root succulent leaves in dryer climates, and egg cartons although not useful for veggies, work good for starting succulent leaves too!
12:18 same reaction LOL
I could watch you all day.... 🥰🥰🥰
omg i love when u do these!