Benefits of Raised Gardens, Plants are Just Solar Panels, Seeding Ideas - Garden Question and Answer
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Jim, I'm still on my knees praying to the great garden gods at 70. 😂 Rubber kneeling pads and my rolling scoot n' do both give me occasional relief. 😊
Even when none of the questions apply to me, I still love watching these videos. Learning more, I'll get ideas for other gardening tasks, etc. Thank you!
Your recommendation about ad-free YT viewing is super valuable, Jim. Your opinion is one I trust more than practically ANY. Amazing, but, there it is.
Happy Late Birthday Jim. Ill be 54 in April. Great videos
Love love your videos it’s like JULIA Childs usta say about cooking same applies to gardening…”JUST BE BRAVE” and just plant it!!! Judy in pensacola fl
Your "somebody's deer will eat it" comment literally made me LOL!! 🦌 I purchased the little grow light ratchet straps you mentioned on your channel a while back and they are wonderful. A game changer. Great video as usual!
As a relatively longtime container and raised bed veg gardener, I concur with Jim’s pros and cons. One pro that I would add is that containers do provide a defense against voles.
❤hello everyone, Khun Jim putnam and Stephany beautiful plants. Thank you for plants emformation. Have fun and wonderful day. ❤❤
Hope you’re doing well Ram!
@fattyslim96 hello 👋, thank you so much for said hello, we are loving the same things that is gardening. Yeeeeee. So nice to meet you. Have fun 👍 gardening.
Perfect time of the year for Fort Lauderdale! Three places you may want to see on your way back (if you haven’t been there already)… Morikami gardens (I believe that’s Boca) butterfly world (delray) and wakodahatchee wetlands (delray also.. it’s a natural wetland preserve with a boardwalk to walk through. It’s amazing). Have a fun and safe trip!
One of the reasons so many like this channel is that you aren't a gatekeeper. In so many Facebook groups people get jumped on for how they do something. To each his own! And we can learn from how others do it to improve what we do.
the last thing I want to do is take advice from facebook boomers... I wanna take advice from our youtube boomer jim! (who just happens to have better vibes)
You have such wonderful information and common sense on this channel! I love that you said you are not the "gate-keeper". Whatever works best for each person. I learn so much from you about the what's going on in the earth and relationship with the plants. Great take on raised beds. Ground is best, but if because of age, they work well. Can't wait to hear about your next project!
Thank you HortTube man, another lesson learned 🌳🌳🌳🐕
Thank you so much addressing the raised bed topic. We’re all so heavily influenced these days I almost forgot you could just garden in the bare soil 😂
Jim, I love your channel.
I get my Japanese Maple fix from MrMaple's channel, I get my flowering perennial fix from a few random channels and I get all my other gardening fixes from your channel. Thank you 🙏🏼
Refreshing to hear you say you're no Zuul!
Always look forward to these videos. Question: i live in zone 7b ( VA); last year I noticed an infestation of scale on many crepe myrtle trees in my neighborhood;have you heard of these outbreaks happening in other parts of the states? Thanks.
For those of us in old, dense, city neighborhoods, another reason to grow food in raised beds is to avoid lead and heavy metals in the soil (lead paint/leaded gas exhaust/etc). I’ve read that fruits (like tomatoes) don’t pull as much from the soil, but leafy greens can pull quite a bit.
How's your patio coming? Love to see whats going on for it.
Now I'm curious about what you & Stephany watch that isn't garden-related.
Just curious.
You guys are entitled to your privacy.😊
BUT, I cannot WAIT to hear your big news!!!
Hi Jim! I was just thinking about the term groundcover. I often think that means "low growing (under 2 ft), spreading habit," but I do see plants labeled groundcover that grow upwards of 4+ feet. Does groundcover just mean grows wider than tall?
You didn’t say Fat Albert blue spruce. My local nursery carries it so hope it does well. Zone 8a MS newly planted late fall. Our niece goes to Flagler, love St. Augustine.
Can't wait to hear what the 'future project' is up here in 6B. LOVE your vids AND T shirts (3 and counting...).
Do you have any experience with ollas? Everything I've learned so far makes it appealing to help with watering. What's the catch?
Bamboo is deer resistant- they’ve only eaten just the foliage 4’ off the ground once, and it re grew in spring. Love the channel!
Great info as always. Hope to see videos of your FL trip as I live in the West Palm Beach area. Thanks.
Hey Jim I have a question for next week. Our 17 year old chow/husky mix just passed on this week and we buried him in a clearing in a wooded space behind our home. Filled in his grave with equal parts native red clay soil, pine bark soil conditioner, and compost. We want to plant a japanese camellia there to mark his grave with a permanent fixture. My question is, will there be any issues with putting the camellia in right now? Or should we wait some time for the natural decomposition process to do its thing? The body is about 4 feet down with 3 feet of the dirt mix above him. The camellia is a propagation (I learned from your video) so the roots only go about 6 inches down as of right now. Thanks in advance jim!
UA-cam RED is a must if you watch a fair amount of UA-cam during the week.👍 3:18
What’s UA-cam Red? ❄️🫠💚🙃
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Definitely! It's only like $13 per month and worth every penny. I can't do commercials....too much wasted time especially considering I'm on earbuds 95% of the time.
Hellebores under the oaks at JCRA look like they are happy
Excellent, thanks for your honesty! I’d wondered why raised garden beds were “sprouting up” all over.
Thank you for answering my question. Great to hear that Winterberry hollies would do well in NC!!!
Many of us live where plants brought in due to cold are in for months, otherwise they die.
Plants that stay cold all winter do much better than plants that freeze and thaw and freeze and thaw.
Your perspective on winter cold is very different than those of us who have are below freezing most nights and many days for Dec, Jan and Feb!
Hello Jim 😊 My question- can I throw seeds (wild flowers, poppy , bachelor buttons etc. ) directly on top on the leaves that cover my soil ? Or places with mulch?
Fort Lauderdale traffic is a DREAM compared to what we deal with on Long Island 😂
Hey, you answered my conifer question for Dallas. Super cool. Thanks, Jim!
After being stuck in the house for that freeze and snow, I had to get out to a local nursery. I’m in 7b SETN. I purchased a lemon golden thyme. My question is should I protect it outside? It’s already planted in the ground because the nursery owner said it has been outside since last season. There’s lots of new growth but it’s still quite small. I’ve never grown lemon thyme so I’m not familiar with it or whether it’s different from your average culinary thyme.
I can’t wait to hear your news Jim! Have no clue what it is or what it pertains to but I’m already excited to hear it.
Great background, Jim. I don't think you are afraid of alligators.
I’m the one with the honeybee Mahonia question. Both of my oaks are solid shade (absolutely no sun) and I keep the lower limbs cut at 8’ so my tractors exhaust will clear.
Jim,
On pots, I've often wondered if pots made of high alkaline material--i.e. cement, hypertufa--leach calcareous minerals out into the soil such that you should avoid planting acid-loving plants into them.
Thank you. 😊
Thank you Jim and Stephany! Please could you explain the science behind tip pruning? And whether one can do it on annuals, perennials, shrubs or trees or all?
Traci DeSabato-Aust has a book that goes over many many plants with info on cutting back for increased and/or repeat blooming. Hopefully I spelled her name correctly.
Traci DeSabato-Aust has a book that goes over many many plants with info on cutting back for increased and/or repeat blooming. Hopefully I spelled her name correctly.
Hey Jim. I just wanted to put out there that my deer absolutely love eating oleander 😂
Hey Jim, really looking forward to your big announcement. Also looking forward to your videos here in Florida
Agree. No commercials is worth the price!
Great info Jim. Thanks for the info on bringing plants in. I have two Eugenia’s that I’ll get back outside when it’s not freezing.
Enjoy Florida. It’s cooling off back here in Raleigh!
Thanks!
Raised bed question. About 2 years ago I was able to I moved to a home with land to garden. The soil where gets the most sun for my Vegetables was red clay concrete and full of crabgrass. I knew I wanted to work on the soil however I was a bit impatient especially growing tomatoes and peppers! So I covered a 4ft by 8 ft area with cardboard (after I sprayed) I then layered leaves pine straw twigs etc then covered that with about 2-4 inches of wood chips covered that with 6-8 inches of compost. I made a temporary waddle fence to help hold in the soil. So technically a raised bed but my plants should be able to reach native soil. After all that my question is am I compromising my fruits nutrient? I am hopeful to plant my big garden this year after lots of work on the soil!!! I followed all of your steps and I can finally dig in it! Thank you for all that you do!
Dwarf ornamental grasses (or grass-like plants) for full sun? North Texas 8a
Lots of grasses say "full sun", but they will fry here in full sun.
Jim this is by far my favorite UA-cam channel and I really appreciate all the great advice - I’m a newbie but enthusiastic gardener in NY (zone 7a) and had a question for you - was hoping to relocate a 3-4 ft tall camellia sasanqua (autumn rocket) since it didn’t perform well in its current location and didn’t know if you had any guidance on this, particularly on timing and how to safely transplant. Thanks!
Thanks, Jim, for answering my Soft Caress mahonia question!! Great info. Totally agree about UA-cam Premium. Worth every penny. We faithfully watch you as well as Gardening with Creekside on UA-cam. Visiting Creekside Nursery in NC is a must!!
I've noticed the deer have been eating the English Ivy that has invaded the woods behind my house so that's a Yay! I enjoyed listening to the Hidden Life of Trees which might be annoying for a highly educated person like yourself but I found enjoyable
Please send me those deer!
Jim, and Steph. Thank you for the work that you all put in to these videos!!! One perfect plant question here in 8a NC. What is your recommendation(s) for an evergreen shrub 8-10’ tall and 4-6’ wide that can be in full Sun/pt shade that tolerates standing water frequently?
Hi Jim. Question about composted wood chips. I've been mulching my paths with wood chip for the past 2-3 years. There's a pretty good buildup of broken down woodchip. I grow veg in grow bags. Could I use some of the broken down wood chips to fill my grow bags?
Hey Jim, do you have any videos or any recommendations on plants that can handle wet soil and mostly shade? Also needs to be pet safe for my overly curious Great Dane. I’m considering Itea and wondering if you have any other suggestions? Zone 8b/9 Charleston, SC
There are a lot of carex varieties that should work well in those conditions and would “bounce back” if your curious dog runs through it. Just make sure you select “clumpers vs runners”, depending on what you want. Hope Jim provides suggestion next week, too!
Last fall we overseeded our established yard. Should we put crab grass preventer down this spring or not? Crab grass is a problem and know the preventer will stop any grass seed. Any advice is appreciated . Thanks for all your videos and sharing your gardening knowledge.
Seattle gardener here.i had scale on my newly planted,anted mock orange last summer. Should I treat branches again in the spring? I don’t want to kill the flowers so should I wait?
Hey Jim! Thank you for another amazing and informative Q&A video!
Question: Can I safely pot up young 1-2 gallon Japanese maples using bagged pine bark soil conditioner?
Thanks for answering my question about the amaryllis. Question: will you be visiting the Signature Garden out at Creekside Nursery this year?
If he doesn't this year, I imagine it's just a matter of time until he does!
Hi Jim, thank you for another great video. I have a question. I saw your video about relocating a Holly berry tree. You advised to start in the fall by cutting around the roots, and move it in the spring time. Is it too late to start the process now or is it Going to damage the roots. I am in zone 7B Long Island NY. Your advice is always appreciated. Thank you.
Does Blue Star Lithodoria need to be cut back, just before spring, to maximize growth and blooming? I have not been doing this the last couple of years, and mine have seemed rather stunted, and hardly bloomed at all last year! They get about 5 hrs of sun a day, and I've done my best to keep them watered during the summer heat, but they just don't seem to be thriving. (7B - Southeast TN)
I’d second the recommendation for UA-cam Premium. UA-cam is so much more enjoyable without the advertisements.
I, also, wouldn’t watch YT if not for Premium.
UA-cam advertising has the most phishing and illegal ads I’ve ever seen. Now I’m seeing them with AI celebrities. UA-cam could do better at vetting but the won’t.
Eh.. I had it for years, but it went from 5 or 6.99 to 13.99... and I don't use any of the features but the queue... Which I can make my own playlist for.... I just use an ad blocker if the ads get bad, which depending on the time of day and your device, can be almost unusable. My sister had a smart TV, never seen so many ads on a YT video... Never seen a single one on my laptop, with ZERO add-ons to block anything. 🤔
@@RealBradMillerI had it for a month, I think it was a free promotion. But it was $9.99 a month to continue, so I didn’t.
Me too. I watch a lot of UA-cam so the price is worth it for me.
I love your backdrop. Looks like a garden screen of golden palms. Any tips on using these in a backyard, tips for controlling the spread. How far away from the property line should they be planted?
Question: I have a large sloping yard, zone 6 in West Virginia. I would like to create a flower garden. I have a large pine I can anchor it too. But how to do I create a new garden bed that floating this space. How do I make it not look awkward in the space? How do I prevent erosion I have about a 5-7% grade on the slope. Also, I have heavy deer and rabbit pressure. Thank you!
I'd add Foxglove to the deer resistant list, maybe 🤔 other than systemically poisonous, they'll eat anything!
Super temperature whiplash this week, tough on winter plants. The Hellebores with more moisture are sending flowers, dry ones nothing yet.
I'm blessed with a high porch on the south exposure. Tucked the pots together and put cut greens, small pine trees, over and around. Wonder what February will bring 🤔
I have three winter honeysuckle plants that are about 10 feet tall. How hard can I prune them and what is the best timing for the cut back? Birmingham Alabama
I'm in South Carolina zone 8B. I tried winter sowing last year and it was a bust. The temps here are so sporadic that the seeds germinate early in a warm spell and then are killed by a frost. The things that have sprouted are not viable to plant outside when they do because there's a lot of winter left so you have to transplant and keep inside. It's better just to wait and start them inside.
Try again. I bet if you started later ? just a thought. 7B MS winter sower. It took me a year or 2 to get it figured out.
Hey Jim! I have a Royal Purple Smoke Tree, about 4 years old, that was very unhappy in a former spot (way too hot and too dry in summer, too cold & unprotected in winter). Last March we moved it to a much better spot where it's somewhat protected and it's a lot happier. The issue is, new growth has gone wild on it while the older growth has stayed sort of the same, so it's pretty weird looking & asymmetrical. Do you have a suggestion on how to shape it to have a nicer presentation? Zone 8A Randolph Co NC. Thanks Jim.
what material would you use to start a raised bed vegetable garden? most are 24" high which holds a lot of material, what would the material consist of top soil? compost? pine bark?
Thanks Jim, I always learn something from these videos. So appreciate your effort to help us be better gardeners! I have a cryptomeria that I was given. I don’t know the variety. It’s been in a large pot for 3 years and it’s about 4 ft by 2 ft. I’m thinking it’s going to get large when planted in ground. Do you concur based on these few facts? I’m trying to decide where to plant it. Thanks for any guidance.
What can be the biggest news? You're getting married? You're getting a job at one of the famous gardens? So not fair, we can't handle the suspense for that long! :)
I'm with you on this one!
Hi Jim! As always thank u so much for all the great info. You touched on a question I’ve had for a while. Why does it seem like you can plant throughout the winter but you can’t transplant during winter? I’m in Powhatan Va zone 7a and I have a lot of panicle hydrangea, smooth hydrangea, and roses to move around since I created a new bed. How early can I transplant them without harming them? Thank you!!!
Will spraying an invasive groundcover like English Ivy with glyphosate cause damage to mature trees planted in the same area? It would be easy to keep the spray from getting on the mature tree foliage.
Question: Rolesville, NC - 8a. Starting cutting flowers from seed in a non-heated but insulated garage. Night temps on 30ish degree nights and below get around 50-55 degrees inside. Should I still rely on the germination heating pad to provide any warmth after they have already germinated 1:50 ? The pad is regulated by a thermometer placed in the soil. Also, is starting seed earlier than expected 3:25 bad for the plant in any way if I still plan to transplant during the normal time frame? - Knowing that repotting a few times may be necessary until it's time to begin hardening off.
Can you advise which seeds are the best for winter sowing outside in 7b/8a area? Thanks
I have a ‘Brown Turkey’ fig that has been growing and doing fine in a big (at least 20”) pot…I’m in zone 8b far Northern California…it’s been in the this pot for at least 6 years, gets watered and feed…I rent and can’t put it in the ground and I’m 76 and really can’t manage a bigger pot…should I take it out and maybe do some root pruning or just leave well enough alone?
Just finished watching your February gardening video posted today. Regarding mulch, I can't seem to find any triple shredded hardwood mulch. The best I can find locally and have been using for almost three years is a hardwood mulch that claims (a) made from pure virgin hardwood material, (b) double ground to 1.5" shred, and (c) composted in windrows. (a) and (b) sound good, but I have no idea of the benefit of (c). Any comments about that?
I’m gonna third and fourth getting YT Premium. It’s the only social media I’m on (and the only one I pay for)!
Gardening related question:
I’m in Saint Louis, MO zone 6b (now 7a I guess). My home is at the top of a south facing slope and I have a 6’ privacy fence that goes against the backline of my property. Behind that fence is a bit of a no-man’s land with fairly moist soil and silver maples galore. It then slopes back up to the neighbors house.
In that no-man’s land, I have about 6-8’ of plantable space that I’ve cleared to make a mid-story mixed shrub border. I would consider this area part-shade to full sun (season dependent). I very much want this border to serve as an almost no maintenance backdrop that grows 3’-10’ above my privacy fence so that the neighbor is sufficiently screened.
With sometimes harsh St. Louis winters and scorching summers, any idea of what types of specimens you consider?
I’ve thought of cephalanthus, viburnum dentatum, itea, etc. it would be ideal to try and establish some kind of evergreens into the mix but don’t want a row of arborvitae soldiers.
Open to your thoughts here!
P.S. - we’ve done two consultations together! So excited to show you progress after this season with the lower patio done!
Hello Jim maybe I missed the answer to this question but are you going to offer consultation services in 2024?
Hey Jim, I have a lot of autumn olive in my backwoods area that I plan to cut down. How long must I wait to plant other shrubs there? I heard its roots' toxicity affects neighboring plants, much like black walnut.
My dusty miller doesn’t look half bad here in Fuquay Varina in late January. I expected them to die back to the ground. Should I cut them back anyway? It’s my first year growing dusty millet.
Thanks, Tony A
Question for this week: is it stressful on plants that are heavily budded up to be planted? I know you say to enjoy flowers on the plant while it’s potted but I wasn’t sure if that applied to budded up plants. Asking because I planted a dwarf tibouchina in 9b central FL and it’s been drooping. It seems to respond well to water and I replanted it just in case but I wasn’t sure if this was an unusual reaction for a budded up plant to be stressed after going in the ground. This plant blooms virtually year-round here as well if that matters.
What can I do to keep my Colorado Blue Spruce alive? 8a, North Texas. I've accepted they "can't" grow here. But I saw some at a local box store during Christmas and I had to have one. I've been enjoying it since late November, but I'm 99.9% sure it's going to die in the summer. What can I do to increase my odds of keeping it alive? Same question for all the other zone pushing conifers.
Regarding raised beds, would they still be less beneficial than in-ground, even if the native soil is open to them underneath? Zone 9 Ireland.
Hi Jim! I’m about an hour away from you in the Triad. I have a Forsythia (maybe multiple-I didn’t plant) that is massive and has stopped blooming. I’m guessing it doesn’t bloom bc I just let it go in lieu of trimming. How would you go about tackling it to get it back into shape and blooming? It’s gotten a wisteria somewhere in there now and I need to cut it back and get rid of the wisteria. Thanks!
I need to prune my August Beauty gardenia's by about 50% (here in Raleigh). Will I lose alot of the summer blooms if I prune here in February?
When is the best time to prune Double Play Candy Corn Spirea?
(Zone 8a)
I don’t know if you have answered this question or not, but I bought some amaryllis at Costco and they had wax on them. What is the reason for them having wax? The directions said they don’t need to be watered. I planted them before Christmas and they’re still only like 2 inches tall. I’ve seen other peoples amaryllis blooming by now. Mine seem to be very slow. Are they slower to grow and bloom because of the wax?
Those don't get planted. They bloom as is with wax. Take wax off and plant after they have bloomed if you want to keep them
Is there a HOSTA that i can grow successfully indoors as a houseplant? If so soil and light requirements?
I neglected to plant tulip and crocus bulbs last fall (already purchased): Could I save them to plant in fall 2024 or will they be viable this spring if I plant them soon? Zone 6 in the U.S. Thank you.
Any idea why an edgeworthia with open blooms are not fragrant?
Dangit.
If you are not the garden Gate Keeper...Who is!!?
Thank you for being real, and realistic!
I agree, UA-cam Premium is worth every penny.
Is it possible to harden off seedlings with a shade cloth to protect from sun instead of taking inside every day? Why is your technique?
I would have dropped everything to drive over and see you. The 1 hour drive across alligator alley would have been worth it considering all the other foolishness we drive over for😂
What's up with that random fire extinguisher behind you? Lol
Gateway! Or was it Gate Keeper? Funny either way!
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I agree with the UA-cam red thing. Back in the day you could get away without it but now youtube just shoves ads down your throat (thanks capitalism for making corporations seek infinite profits and therefore making our lives slowly worse over time)
I so agree.
America needs to re-regulate. That's how the greed got out-of-hand in our marvelous nation; remember when we had a healthy, fertile, viable middle class? Post-war?
It wasn't only war -- it was REGULATIONS.
If you hear against all regs, it's a bunch of people either being selfish or short-sighted (not thinking about the long-term effects) or, they are being paid by (self-focused) corporations, companies to push against regulations.
Well-thought-out regulations are the way to have a prosperous society, rather than an obscenely rich teeny crust at the top, only.
Just my thoughts : I don’t think that you have much soil life in raised beds . If you have open bottom raised beds that might be a different story. 🫠❄️💚🙃
I agree completely.