Using Copper In The Garden. Fact? Or Myth?

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  • @GardeningInCanada
    @GardeningInCanada  Рік тому +7

    Here is the copper strip for slugs & snails. geni.us/zHZfyfG
    Here is a link to an Etsy shop that sells copper for plants - similar to the images at 3:20 go.magik.ly/ml/21u5f/
    If I find copper spray I will link it. It’s shockingly difficult to find…

    • @VanderlyndenJengold
      @VanderlyndenJengold Рік тому

      Slugs went to town on my greenhouse peppers this year. Finally, I removed the slugs and the peppers grew nicely. I wish I'd removed them earlier!

    • @bradprewitt8534
      @bradprewitt8534 Рік тому +2

      Captain jacks- copper fungicide

    • @anasazirose
      @anasazirose Рік тому +1

      You can make Bordeaux mix with lime and copper sulfate, so why not just use the copper sulfate and make a copper spray?

    • @Onetrueapple
      @Onetrueapple 4 місяці тому

      I know this video isn’t new, but I’m doing some deep dives! That Etsy shop doesn’t list copper spray as of now. What could I look for when looking for copper foliage spray? Or can I use copper fungicide? Or make my own? Thanks Ashley, I’m always digging through your videos and seeing what keeps the plant captives happy!

  • @maplestacker3065
    @maplestacker3065 Рік тому +47

    So im an electrician with tons of scrap copper lying around. I been seeing so much stuff about electroculture since last summer and i decided to go all out and not even have a control group!!!!! I put over 20 antennans and i even bought some copper pipe and wraped copper around that and made antennas at the end of them!!!!! I planted my tomato plants (that were weak and over watered oops) straight in without weathering them 6 weeks ago. I dont know if theres somewhere where i can send you pictures but im 5 foot 9 and my tomoto plants are about 6 feet now!!!!!!!!!!! My cucumbers were almost dead because of crazy 35+ degrees in june. All their leaves fried......now they're all thriving im picking about 5 cucumbers per day off of 8 plants. My peppers my celery cabbage carrots radishes kale onions EVERYTHING is massive. One of my friends is a seasoned grower and she cant believe its my second year doing this!! My results are better then hers!!!!! The only difference is my antennas. We started seedling at the same time and she weathered her stuff and i didnt. Im not using ANYTHING to make this grow and my kids are reaping all the benefits. Electroculture works!!!!!!

    • @kodeyvanhorn8160
      @kodeyvanhorn8160 Рік тому +5

      How far apart are you placing antennas, and how deep? I'm really curious.

    • @maplestacker3065
      @maplestacker3065 Рік тому

      @@kodeyvanhorn8160 i just went ahead and put them about 4-6 feet appart. I went in at least 6 inches deep with the antennas. The summer is winding down now so i picked most of the stuff out but out of 6 green pepper plants i got at least 50 peppers, i picked tomatoes all summer long!!!!! My cucumbers got root rot because of all the rain but i planted new ones and still picking some but got root rot again because of all the damn rain. My green/yellow beans are the size of my forearms and snap peas are huge as well. The celery grew to be 5 feet tall. My carrots are crazy as well. They grew deep and its mostly clay after 4 inches of dirt. I planted stuff way to close. Next summer i think im gonna have better results. O and i never seen SO MUCH wildlife in my backyard. Its been 12 years and the amount of birds, bees, squirrels, skunks have been out of control. Only the last 2 weeks they've all been eating the tomatoes. Nothing went missing before that. And ZERO pesticides or fertilizers!!!! I hope it helps😊

    • @danielscorner
      @danielscorner 8 місяців тому

      Can you send me pictures of it on email?:)

    • @calysagora3615
      @calysagora3615 8 місяців тому

      And your control group? All I hear is anecdotal "evidence".

    • @maplestacker3065
      @maplestacker3065 8 місяців тому

      @@kodeyvanhorn8160 randomly close to all the veggies. I got bamboo sticks, wrapped 7 feet of wire around them and i have about 3or 4 inches in the ground(so that it stays in well enough) and whatever is left at the top i point it straight up in the air

  • @nadinegaudet1870
    @nadinegaudet1870 Рік тому +52

    This year I am experimenting with the copper wire wrapped on bamboo and placed in the soil next to the roots. Did this about 3 weeks ago and my peppers and this is what I have noticed visually this far. The peppers and tomatoes with the stake never get wilty even when it's 33°c. The plants have shot up in height and are taller than their neighbors without the copper stakes. To my surprise the tomatoes and pepper plants with copper have an insane amount of flowers and so far the veggies growing on them are larger too. So that's my observations so far, and I love that you make these videos!! Thanks so much for all your amazing info. ❤

    • @VanderlyndenJengold
      @VanderlyndenJengold Рік тому +4

      Better growing conditions may be the factors that influence your pepper growing more succesfully.
      I know a guy who has begun using copper to germinate seeds and thinks it works. He also argues that the world is flat, so here I am to see what scientists can prove.

    • @shte3
      @shte3 Рік тому +1

      Are we really spinning on a ball 2 different ways while speeding thru the galaxy at a rate so fast yet we feel nothing? Nothing moves…….gravity is so smart it knows how muc an ocean needs as opposed to a butterfly or an aunt. Hum🤔

    • @RonnieMcNutt666
      @RonnieMcNutt666 Рік тому +1

      @@VanderlyndenJengold copper is extremely powerful. 7x energy of water and moves 600x as much energy as water.

    • @andruloni
      @andruloni 11 місяців тому +3

      @@RonnieMcNutt666I water my plants with molten copper

    • @lindahernandez7768
      @lindahernandez7768 10 місяців тому +1

      I made a copper and bamboo coiled stake and placed it at the trunk of a 4 year old almond tree, and my almonds were the size of plumbs.

  • @myretiredhobbiesgainesvill8140

    I started using a copper shield around the base of my pepper plants to keep the slugs away. Before I put it in place the slugs were eating holes in the leaves. After I installed the copper mesh around the base, no more holes in the leaves. It works great and I will be using this every year from now on. Thanks for all your great videos.

    • @VanderlyndenJengold
      @VanderlyndenJengold Рік тому

      I've viewed slugs crossing copper so don't think it's 100% effective. Mind you, if it was just 50% effective I bet I would've used it this year.

    • @kdccmb
      @kdccmb Рік тому

      Crushed eggshells to eliminate slugs & snails. Just sprinkle around plants. Do not get it on leaves as it will burn them.

  • @KatesGarden
    @KatesGarden Рік тому +6

    Copper as a fungicide makes sense to me though I’ve never tried it. Copper is also used in bottom paint for boats in the ocean to help prevent the growth of barnacles etc on the hull (I don’t think they sell it to consumers anymore for environmental reasons but it’s still available to professionals). When you see a big commercial vessel with a red bottom in the water it’s because that paint is laced with copper. (It’s also available in other colours but presumably basic red is cheaper with less added pigment)
    Thanks and Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

  • @VOTE4TAJ
    @VOTE4TAJ Рік тому +3

    I got a 6 inch copper wire from work site and placed on 4 x 4 next to my tomato plant. I don’t know if it’s working or not but the plant itself is very healthy.
    I may make a small wind turbine with copper electric wire

  • @MushroomMagpie
    @MushroomMagpie Рік тому +5

    Trying passive elcroculture on my garden this year and so far the garden is really popping. You can feel heat above the antennas. I have 4 in so fsr and maybe 3 more to go.

    • @mariae6942
      @mariae6942 11 місяців тому

      Wow! Thanks for your comment.

    • @mariae6942
      @mariae6942 11 місяців тому +1

      May I ask, how close are you putting the stakes to your plants?

  • @dreamlovermimi9458
    @dreamlovermimi9458 Рік тому +3

    Liquid copper fungicide truly works for my fungal and bacteria infected plants! Mint Rust is almost impossible to get rid of but the copper does help !

  • @Batchat2352
    @Batchat2352 Рік тому +19

    The world economic forum😳. I doubt they want you to grow more food.

    • @charlesboston1
      @charlesboston1 Рік тому +2

      i know , right , .... but they also want us to eat more plants , so maybe there is something to it ..... and if it works , feed the extra plants to cows :D ;)

    • @Batchat2352
      @Batchat2352 Рік тому

      @@charlesboston1 they want us to be dependent of government. Not be self dependent. They talk about much worst stuff like genocide

    • @theghostofsabertache9049
      @theghostofsabertache9049 Рік тому +10

      They want you to eat the bugs own nothing and be happy.

    • @Batchat2352
      @Batchat2352 Рік тому

      @@theghostofsabertache9049 yep

    • @mariae6942
      @mariae6942 11 місяців тому

      Right!

  • @elnosworld9893
    @elnosworld9893 Рік тому +3

    I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of people out here experimenting with copper to grow their plants and protect them from insects, fungus and bacteria. I’ve seen a few and they’ll show you the difference between the ones they’ve actually used copper on and ones that they haven’t and some of them are pretty technical, so I’m think everybody should try things, but do a little research into the science behind it and find out exactly how to move forward but if you’re really curious and you don’t have the wherewithal to go ahead and do the experimentfollow a few people who are tweaking it and finding positive results and then it’ll save you a lot of trouble in the future and how you wish to move forward if gardening is your thing

  • @sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519

    Where do you buy the copper sheeting from?

  • @brianseybert2189
    @brianseybert2189 Рік тому +1

    My tomatoes get some form of blight or wilt every year, some varieties not so much, some years not so much. A popular UA-cam gardener advocates using a solution of hydrogen peroxide, I am very hesitant to do that (unless you approve). Will try the copper based fungicide.
    Different subject! A friend of mine asked me if allelopathic properties can reduce pest pressure in a garden, have no clue.
    Really enjoy your videos! Stay Well!!!
    Have a video coming out later today that might be of interest.

  • @WylieWiggins
    @WylieWiggins Місяць тому

    I'm planning an indoor garden tent for some of my veggies and the copper has crossed my mind, so here I be.
    I'm not sure what to call my plans, but as the hydroponic fertilized water is being aerated by way of a few short drops, it will be gravity fed through holes in copper strips to its last drop into the hydroponic system's reservoir.
    If nothing else, my thought is the antimicrobial properties of copper couldn't hurt the system, the water or the plants.
    It's a bit of a "convoluted" system, being a Mr. Stacky 5 level on a Lazy Susan 1/2" top fed through a swivel to 1/4" soaker line in each of the pots with coco coir and a 1/3 vermiculite bedding in a 2'x2' section of a 2 in 1 three foot by two foot 72" tall tent.
    A hardening method from my Mufga 18 to coir may take a little trial and error, although I honestly don't know because I have nearly zero experience gardening, so if I fail I'm going big! 🤓

  • @jasonschannel9017
    @jasonschannel9017 9 місяців тому

    Kudos to you for strongly recommending people try electroculture of they want to rather than just taking your word for it.

  • @meganginger3791
    @meganginger3791 Рік тому +2

    Fun topic! Thank you! Your hair is amazing!!I've been wanting to play around with this😊

  • @jenjoy4353
    @jenjoy4353 Рік тому +2

    Would the copper mesh work against rollypollies?

  • @artstamper316
    @artstamper316 Рік тому +2

    Good video with lots of information to help cut through the “bull.” I might try the copper thing some time just for fun. I do have a question about using copper fungicide on my lettuce and tomatoes, though. After spraying it, is the lettuce and tomato safe to eat? After washing, maybe? I’ve been reluctant to use it before now because I’m trying to be organic. Thanks.

  • @staythecourse2927
    @staythecourse2927 Рік тому +2

    TY for this good informative video (as always!). I have copper mesh from LV & it is making a difference for sure...slugs were decimating my garden sorrel. Question: what do you think of copper tape (adhesive on back)? I've see a few UA-cam vids where a narrow band of copper tape is at base of a container (way less than 6" width)... haven't heard anything from them, just noticed the pots in their greenhouses. Thx!

    • @yesterdayseyes
      @yesterdayseyes Рік тому +1

      I tried the tape and it didn't work for me, but the mesh works great!

    • @GardeningInCanada
      @GardeningInCanada  Рік тому +1

      It would need to be a thicker to get rid of pest problems unfortunately

  • @rise4329
    @rise4329 Рік тому +2

    Thank you as always Ashley!❤

  • @Mracelocates
    @Mracelocates 10 місяців тому

    Marker :56. Right off the bat I felt at home. I am medical and grow cannabis for myself. I began as a complete novice and read about this on the cannabis plants. Many myths surround tomatoes and cannabis.

  • @Leanne_N
    @Leanne_N Рік тому +1

    I like mesh to help against slugs for sure but haven’t tried any of the others

  • @anthonyburke5656
    @anthonyburke5656 4 місяці тому +1

    Many years ago, my grandfather showed me a “trick” of threading a very fine copper wire into the stem of tomato seedlings, I do it, because if I don’t I don’t get half as many and those are not as tasty

  • @MLR-jw5em
    @MLR-jw5em 6 місяців тому +2

    Your hair is so pretty

  • @carolstuff
    @carolstuff Рік тому

    I’ve only used copper as a fungicide. What the mixture for a foliar spray? Thanks for sharing this info Ashley!

  • @rmhowell100
    @rmhowell100 Рік тому +1

    Slugs and catepillars are eating my hostas, dahlias, hydrangeas, and sweet potatie vine and other vegetation! I did apply sluggo but got wet and moldy underneath the plants…..still meed to rid the insects, I hope I’m not fighting a loosing battle cause they’re still causing damage! I’m in AL zone 8b

  • @mr.hamilton5393
    @mr.hamilton5393 Рік тому +2

    You teased me with them braided ponytail

  • @wendyburston3132
    @wendyburston3132 Рік тому +2

    What is that copper sheet actually called, I'd love to get it.

  • @JudePowell-b3r
    @JudePowell-b3r 5 місяців тому

    I started using copper wire wound around a bamboo stick a week or so ago. Slugs qere eating my pumpkins and cucamelons. Since i put them in they are growing without any slug damage. It seems to work.

  • @iantalmadge
    @iantalmadge 3 місяці тому

    Throwing a little shade on Chicago there bud! 😂 Honestly great video, thanks for the info!

  • @Sylvie_M
    @Sylvie_M Рік тому +1

    LOL, hey girl! Being from SK myself I understand the wind and you need a windshield for your microphone (since it is never un-windy there). 🤣🤣🤣

    • @GardeningInCanada
      @GardeningInCanada  Рік тому

      The sad part is it had the wind muff 🥲

    • @Sylvie_M
      @Sylvie_M Рік тому

      @@GardeningInCanada maybe just a bigger one and then you will have the muff! 😂

  • @trollforge
    @trollforge Рік тому +1

    You Missed 2 Ashley... Though I haven't heard of either in a very long time, since the 70s & 90s... 1st, (70s) use old copper water pipe as the stake to tie the tomato plant to. 2nd, when setting up a new garden bed, before double digging, grab 6 or 8 feet of old copper household electrical wire, strip and cut into 1/8ish inch pieces, and dig in... IIRC it was supposed to stimulate growth...

    • @GardeningInCanada
      @GardeningInCanada  Рік тому +1

      I thought you were going to say the blue spruce hack when I read the copper pipe comment

    • @trollforge
      @trollforge Рік тому

      @@GardeningInCanada Not familiar with that one.

  • @maggietaskila8606
    @maggietaskila8606 Рік тому

    This thought came to mind while reading a historical article about the Potato Famine in Ireland. Would copper work to stop potato blight?
    Hi! from the Saskatchewan Montana boarder.

  • @fillmorehillmore8239
    @fillmorehillmore8239 Рік тому +1

    Anything on Ozonated water in gardening?

  • @amandam.139
    @amandam.139 Рік тому +3

    I'm fam jam are in foam lake and sheho, just wondering if your from around there

  • @rmhowell100
    @rmhowell100 Рік тому +3

    Copper did get rid og my leafy mold on my crepe myrtle

  • @roncozad4108
    @roncozad4108 9 місяців тому

    Ain't know where as windy as Windy Wyoming!! The trees actually grow sideways cause of the wind blowing so often, I'm pretty sure that's where the wind blown look came fom.

  • @kele1264
    @kele1264 Рік тому

    I bought copper tape a while back, to put around my containers to fight snails climbing up the sides. I don't think it was wide enough (I think it was 2 or 3 inches wide). Wish I had known about this mesh, it seems a lot better and easier to work with. I never would've put copper wire through a plant. I also won't be putting 8-foot copper spirals in my garden. I may consider foliar spray, not sure. Do you use copper for foliar spray? Is the expense justified when compared with other more common methods? Thanks Ashley! I love when you do myth busting.

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke Рік тому +3

    There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy .
    It was relevant to some point in your video, but I misplaced it. LOL Thank you for your efforts!!

  • @quinnkaufman9313
    @quinnkaufman9313 10 місяців тому +1

    Do those electroculture kits work on Amazon? I want to try this out this year but not sure where to start

  • @EvelynKowalski
    @EvelynKowalski 9 місяців тому

    I pierced my tomato plants with copper wire, and left a small piece of copper wire in the bottom of the and I’m having great results, in all honesty I’ve never had such an abundance of huge delicious tomatoes before.

  • @amandam.139
    @amandam.139 Рік тому +4

    I love your channel thank you for all the information

  • @jamesjohnsonjr75
    @jamesjohnsonjr75 11 місяців тому

    So what about the bees will this make it difficult for them also will this work with Flower's

  • @MeowMeowMarshmallow
    @MeowMeowMarshmallow Рік тому

    How about contrary use to kill trees? I've heard copper nails in bottom of trunk kills them in a few months.

  • @Stefdutch
    @Stefdutch 11 місяців тому +1

    Would’ve loved to hear everything you had to say it was very interesting. I’m sure but the wind and the birds. Mostly the wind became very distracting.

  • @tubefluid
    @tubefluid 9 місяців тому

    At the beginning, I thought this was an episode of Wayne's World with their extreme closeup.😁
    Thanks for the info. Very pretty red hair, btw.

  • @amandam.139
    @amandam.139 Рік тому +3

    What do you use for the spray for copper

  • @veronprehay1002
    @veronprehay1002 9 місяців тому

    How much copper coil or antenna per plant

  • @jojow8416
    @jojow8416 Рік тому +1

    As Always, GREAT information.

  • @charlesboston1
    @charlesboston1 Рік тому

    YOUR COPPER FOLIAR SPRAY ..... what are you using ? , how much per gallon ( or liter ) . are you using a wetting agent ?
    would copper sulfate work for this ?

  • @ASSADZMANFILMS
    @ASSADZMANFILMS 8 місяців тому

    I justvwrapped my plum trees and apple tree in copper mesh is that ok?i stapled it in the tree with a staple gun

  • @noneshere
    @noneshere Рік тому

    Yup it works, if you can find real copper pennies.
    The went fake @ 1980.
    My granny kept snails out of pots with pennies.
    The acid in the metal burns they foot.
    You can coil solid copper home electric wire around the plant lightly and that works on snails foot too.
    Wood ash dusting works good to control outdoor pest too.
    It works perfect, just use it very sparingly so the rain washes everything in again.

  • @MyPetZombie84
    @MyPetZombie84 Рік тому

    I have never heard of electroculture before....that's wild and I will not be trying it! :D Some of the comments surprise me - copper is just a well-known fungicide and algecide!
    I use beer to catch and kill slugs, works great.

  • @Sanctuary.Studio.D1
    @Sanctuary.Studio.D1 8 місяців тому

    Thank you.

  • @oreopaksun2512
    @oreopaksun2512 Рік тому +3

    Hmmm, I do have a fair amount of copper wire to train bonsai. It would drive traditionalists bonkers if I extended that wire above the plant to form some weird spirals to channel the ether and spiritual whoohoo to the roots. ROFL

  • @HumanElectroculture
    @HumanElectroculture 7 місяців тому

    Fact. No doubt about it!

  • @sathancat
    @sathancat 9 місяців тому +1

    How can you NOT simply take the WEF and China's word at face value!?
    Seriously though, cool, windy video

  • @nstephens66
    @nstephens66 9 місяців тому

    Lost me at etcetera. Found me, again, at so forth. 😅

  •  Місяць тому

    There are so many videos about electroculture, yet I haven't seen anything conclusive. If anyone would setup two beds like Charles Dowding does (comparing dig & no dig) and had one "electrocultured" and the other not then we could see if there is any real difference. Otherwise it feels just like a clickbait topic to get more views on YT.

  • @macbrewster2392
    @macbrewster2392 7 місяців тому

    Chicago is not windy with wind, they got the name from the fact that politicians from Chicago where known for being long winded i.e. they talked a lot and gave very long speeches and presentations. Hence, the windy city.

  • @flipflat4814
    @flipflat4814 Рік тому +1

    I had a 5 gallon bucket completely full of old copper pennies, and decided to plant a tomato plant in it.
    The bad news is It didn't work out very well the plant died in less than a weeks time🤷.
    The good news is i still had a bucket full of copper pennies 😉.
    The moral of this story is sometimes it doesn't matter how much money you throw at growing a vegetable garden, sometimes the time-tested traditional way is best 🤷😉.

    • @kayci2058
      @kayci2058 6 місяців тому +1

      @flipflat4814-- next time use only a few pennies. You caused copper poisoning

  • @james10739
    @james10739 Рік тому +2

    Im not listening to the world economic forms for anything

  • @Inky-Art
    @Inky-Art 10 місяців тому +1

    Ugh... that wind in your microphone is terribly deterring. ☹️

  • @mraros9332
    @mraros9332 Рік тому

    Plants et cetera and so forth

  • @Couchyrick
    @Couchyrick Рік тому

    im sorry i wanted to like this but the wind is killing me

  • @OneGeronimo
    @OneGeronimo Рік тому +2

    The WEF...?

    • @GardeningInCanada
      @GardeningInCanada  Рік тому

      Completely forgot to link that thank you for reminding me.
      www.org/agenda/2018/10/china-has-made-a-shocking-food-production-discovery-electro-culture/

    • @bernadineheida4512
      @bernadineheida4512 Рік тому

      @@GardeningInCanada the link doesn't work

    • @charlesboston1
      @charlesboston1 Рік тому

      @@GardeningInCanada , DOCUMENT NOT FOUND

  • @shawniedaily7744
    @shawniedaily7744 11 місяців тому +1

    Yes there is proof a lady posted her giant veggies from using the antenna structure

    • @mariae6942
      @mariae6942 11 місяців тому

      Yes! I saw that tik tok video. Her veggies were amazing!

  • @Couchyrick
    @Couchyrick Рік тому

    bruh why you didnt do the video inside

  • @Sourman5000
    @Sourman5000 8 місяців тому

    I have my high value indoor plants grounded to the earth by copper wire.

  • @lightofathousand
    @lightofathousand Місяць тому

    I would definitely trust the Chinese Communist Part and the World Economic Forum on decisions that affect the production of my personal food supply.

  • @EverWool
    @EverWool 11 місяців тому

    Imma call bs on his number of 2-3x 1.25-1.50x is more accurate

  • @kevinhancey1695
    @kevinhancey1695 8 місяців тому

    The wind killed a lot of your audio.😕

  • @jennideans
    @jennideans Рік тому

    Very annoying wind noise

  • @sherrywilson7928
    @sherrywilson7928 10 місяців тому

    Very annoying to watch on a windy day.

  • @grammydayao7581
    @grammydayao7581 8 місяців тому

    Bad day to video tape the wind is making it hard to hear.

  • @supasuprodchinda1350
    @supasuprodchinda1350 Рік тому

    I like redheads.