Gardening in Hugelpots aka Hugelkultur in a Pot | What Happens After 5 Years Will Shock & Amaze You!
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2023
- Gardening does not have to be difficult or expensive. Hugelpots will help you grow an amazing garden while saving you a bunch of dough. Here's what you could expect to see happen after just 5 years utilizing this all natural free technique. Thanks for watching! Cheers!
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I never would have thought of this. I do a lot of container gardening. Thank you.
I did this In Arizona to conserve water and Lee the plants from drying out as fast. It worked great. After the season I tore the bed apart and the plant’s largest and whitest roots were deep in the log. The logs are a source of water ,micronutrients, and the microorganisms the plants need. I recommend it
Thanks for sharing your results. Sounds great! Cheers!
This is a great idea! I grow chili peppers, scallions, and herbs in pots. I'm going to try these hugelpots in the spring!
I'm not working with much space
But I dug down far as I could - 3 feet sounds not so deep but it is for clay
I built up about a foot of an interwoven core with tons of sticks - puzzled em together to fit as much as possible
Filled in the soil
Later I dug down 2 feet to the old core & added another tight bundle of stick jenga
Got my little scythe & got 4 biiiiiig bundles of dry tall grass - u can pack as much as u can carry into a very small space.
& then I just recently raked 6 inches of soil back to build a third core layer .
Highly reccomend going crazy with cores. U can set aside a bed just for building soil. Stretching & balancing store bought soil out by a lot.
Pop some potatoes or Jerusalem artichokes or ginger or garlic in there in the meantime. Very fun to know thats all getting eaten up by worms.
Only way i know of to really improve drainage - also depending on ur area it would either increase or decrease drainage to your needs
depending on what ur burying
Love the hugelkultur! My neighbor gave me his used IBC tote which he sawed in half for me. I used the halves as raised beds and filled the bottoms with logs, branches, twigs, leaves, etc. It would have cost a fortune to fill them with just conventional bags of potting soil!
might do just to use the IBC frame if you want a tight structure - i've got 5 sitting unused - hmmmmm
keep alert for Christ' healing "hidden manna", now being prepared
I knew about hugekultur, but I always considered to be applicable only on the large raised beds in a big garden... Now I know I can try the hugekultur advantages even in smaller containers and pots. And that makes this method available for my backyard growing, which is great! Thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by. For the backyard gardener I think "contained" or "hidden hugelkultur" might be even better than the traditional mound type. For larger pieces of land the mound hugel makes a lot more sense. All the best with your gardening project. Cheers!
@@emilybh6255 Thanks for your knowledge, I will definitely try that out! Toby Hemenway is the next author I will learn from for sure. I love that this way I will be able to fill my raised beds without buying expensive commercial substrate...
That's so awesome! I always do it but haven't ever disected it before. Thanks for the information!
This is a great video showing the soil.
oh my have you given me ideas of creating a new large hugel bed with all my tree trimmings laying around in my yard which I was either going to cut up or burn for ash in the garden...! I have grown this method both in pots, totes, and planted pumpkins over a rotting tree stump which produced the most pumpkins I've ever gotten so I know this method works wonderfully. But I loved that you dumped the pots out and looked at the compost which I haven't done with my totes that I plan on planting in this season. :) You also gave me inspiration to use the larger branches for borders which I hadn't thought of! thanks for the reminder & for stirring my garden plans up! :) Love your channel.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing
Thanks Dan for the constant quality content!
Thank you very much! Cheers!
I have acres of trees and recently had some of them timbered. I have more than enough downed trees, both fresh and old, for both hugelculture and mushroom cultivation.
Wow! Now maybe hubby wont get so upset with me saving my branches from the fruit trees. Thank you. I'll show this video to him.
Just found and watched your video from 6 years ago addressing the problem with DE. I love DE and will try putting it on my wood chips preventatively. Thanks again for all you do!
Thanks for sharing this info. Very cool, am gonna try it via some of my big pots!
I never thought about placing wood vertically in a hugelculture build. If one or both ends of the wood are touching soil/compost the wood will wick up/take up/absorb water much faster than most horizontal wood. I will begin to incorporate vertical wood into the free spaces of a predominantly horizontal hugel build. I would maybe not ever have considered this without your hugelpot video. Thank you!
Yes, yesssss let the water flow through you! bwahahaha!
What a great $oil saver! We have tons of oak leaves here in FL to layer in as well. It's great to make your own high quality soil. Earthworms love it too!
For years I have been adding wood chips, kitchen scraps, compost, and soil to our pots mainly to reduce the weight of the pots so that I can move them. At the end of the season, I dump them into the compost pile so we have plenty of material for next year.
Fantastic, Dan! Living my best Huglekulture life and you always show the way.
Thanks Shelley! Cheers!
I did the same thing with my big containers . Works great 👍
Dude I love your channel. Thanks for sharing your experience
Thank you very much! I appreciate you stopping by and leaving some feedback. Cheers!
Matilda looked busy.
That's so cool! I love your gardens, ideas... your whole channel is great.
Thank you Robin! That's very kind of you. Cheers!
I have a word of warning for some gardeners. Hugel culture will not work in areas with a high termite count. Our area, in the American desert southwest, is infested with termites. Place a 2x4 on the ground and pick it up 2 months later and the underside and innards are eaten away. Wood buried in the ground will be treated in the same manner. I planted a shrub in my yard once and placed a lot of bagged "soil" in the hole to help it hold water in my sandy soil. Big mistake, The plant lived but seemed very unhappy and got smaller and smaller with branches dying off all the time. I finally dug it up when it was nearly dead and discovered heavy termite activity in and around the root ball. They were attracted to the wood pulp in the bagged "soil" I purchased at the store. The termite activity was the best explanation for the loss of the plant as it received every other conceivable aid to life. We all know that they no longer ship actual soil and that it is mostly shredded wood pulp. The termites loved it. I now use only the compost I make myself that is wood-free. (I told this story once on another channel. I got a comment from some snarky dude, laughing at me and saying he doubted I knew what a termite looked like. My response included the information that (12 years ago now) we discovered massive termite damage in our home and spent several months and $15,000 between our own DIY and some work done by a contractor to replace the nearly non-existent studs in some exterior walls. I've seen more than my share of termites. Yes, I know what they look like.)
I had this happen on a smaller scale. I had termites enter my concrete house and eat my flooring. Will be replacing the floor this year. The garden is only about 15 feet from the house. I still very much believe in hugelkultur so I’m going to create my mound far away from the house until it’s all decomposed. I love the idea of making my own living soil. I’m sorry for what happened at your place. We are all learning 😁
good insight!
If we could lay Biden on your ground for a few months. Would that take care of our problem or would that repulse the termites?? We have termites in Texas. The saying is in Texas that if you don't have them yet, you soon will.
My parents put boxes in a closet to store and encyclopedias in a cabinet. 4 years later half the books were gone and the entire bottom of the boxes were gone and filled with termites. We can thank Louisiana ports for them.
Diatomaceous Earth is a good control for termites and fire ants as well. One has to be diligent w repeat applications after rain or watering. And it is always best to catch them early on. Good luck!! I imported some termites within bagged mulch!! Yikes!!
@@Katydidit it's because 4 million more people are mulching their homes that crossed the border illegally. 2 million more by July. That's where the supply chain problem is. You get the left over crap with termites.
I get loads of woodlice in my garden. I can't use woodchips or this idea. They eat the fruit and some of bulbs and roots of veggies. I'm trying to encourage creatures like amphibians and hedgehogs to get them and the slugs and snails.
Couple more things. I used solid bottom pots and put a hole in the side about 1 in from bottom so the water stays in the pot long enough that it is absorbed into the wood.
But be aware that the wet wood attracts bugs of all types especially termites. So I don’t recommend putting it to close to the house
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Thank you for showing us what it looks like after the wood breaks down in the pot. We're going to do some plants like that this year.
Love this video! A little off subject but what kind of mint do you recommend growing for tea?
Great stuff! I have some big pecan logs covered in moss. Can i use pecan logs or will they hinder growth? I know pecan leaves hinder growth in a lot of plants.
I used the exact same method using plastic totes sitting on garden chairs. I didn't have great success because needed more sunlight. This year I plan to plant things that thrive in more shade. Can't wait for Spring to get here in southern Indiana 😊
Nice job!
I definitely want to do this! Would pine tree logs work? Also in regards to your greenhouse, how is the covering holding up? I live in So. GA and wondering how the top holds up with sun. Thanks so much. Love your channel!
Hi Dan, glad to see you more. What type of soil should I use in a pot for a Goji berry tree? I have awful clay soil and I garden in pots so far. I'm working on a till and burn for in ground but this rain and ice got me a few weeks behind on my plans. Lol. How long would a Goji last in a pot or a tip for in ground hole prep for planting this? I really want one of my own to love. Thank you sir
Hi Dan, really like your channel. I’m new to sw Missouri with a rocky soil. Your raised bed garden ideas are perfect for my location.
There are termites here, I’m wondering if using wood as a filler will attract them. Any thoughts? I have used styrofoam -popcorn for very tall ornamental pots before..
I do that in my pots and buckets, I use wood chips, & mostly RABBIT 💩 to plant into.
I am building up a bed for sweet potatoes. I used logs for a border of a raised bed, about 12" off the ground. Would adding some logs to the bottom work for sweet potatoes or woukd that interfere with the growth of the sweet potatoes?
Can you use invasive dried wood for this? I clear out invasive honeysuckle constantly
What is a good book on the basics of Hugelkultur?
That kind of gardening will keep the pests away. Like rodents and gofers.. Nice.
Thanks for watching! Have a great day!
Hey all ....I have a real problem in my garden ...I've hugaled my intire garden ...the problem is I get no fruit...no oranges no plums ,cherry's or apples ...my nisbro tree only gives half of what I used to get my lemon tree just gave up on me for years ... this year the lemon tree has given me a tree full but nearly all the leaves have fallen off ...
It's been around four years since I had the idea
My garden isn't dieing ...it's very green ...dark green leaves on most tree's
I'm not against hugal beds
I've got well over 75 meters of hugal beds in different area's any ideas please ?
Try using a soil moister/ph meter to test the soil and get back to me. It's a good place to start. Cheers!