G'day Everyone, I meant to post this video yesterday but it took longer than expected to edit - no use crying over spilt milk... Plant Dr details in the description above if you are interested. Cheers :)
This is such an amazing idea and so simple really appreciate you my friend! I’ve got four boys myself and just like you….. they consume milk more than a baby calf!! 😂 Thank you and many blessings To you and your family
I really like growing peppers, for the most part THEY grow really well for me, & tomatoes do as well. It's ALL the other veggies that I struggle to GROW...
I've been doing this for over 20 years! I find that having a pot with a handle is very " handy"😁. Leaving the little flap to make mini green houses for the seedlings is an ingenious idea! I'm definitely going to try that on my next pots! Always learn cool stuff from your channel. Thank you 💕😘
Christopher, get yourself some kefir grains and make kefir. It's _wonderful_ for the lactose intolerant and by increasing the versatility of your gut biome will _cure_ your lactose intolerance.
@@rgbabc perhaps we should censor any mention of anything to do with dairy products? Or maybe you should look into alternative means of healing the imbalance in your body, since regular doctors - mechanics - have zero solution for most health issues, just more pills of pills. Take control of your health. Only you can do this.
As an experiment I'm growing two peppers in half gallon pots. One is a thai pepper and the other is jalapenos. What I learned is that pepper varieties with small fruit will perform and do well in small containers but something a bit bigger like jalapenos will considerably lag behind in production. My thai pepper has loads of flowers and peppers while my jalapeno only has three peppers. There's also the fact that smaller containers mean your plants will produce much sooner as well. I have to fertilizer and water these things bit more often due to the container size but it's really a doable method for smaller peppers.
Mark always makes my family and I gasp for air from so much laughter each video he creates. It's impressive how many puns he can fit into a educational video and make it fun to learn at the same time. Thank you Mark for your consistant daggy-dad humour. I watch a lot of Gardeners on UA-cam, and you are truly unique and stand out from the rest of the crop on this platform. Forever a subscriber. 🇦🇺⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
For extra heat protection for the plants add some paper on the inside of the container, as an inside inner layer again the plastic, before putting in the soil. This will keep the soil cooler. Paper absorbs water and it also prevents UV rays from entering the soil, thus reduces stress on plants. Also, Marc, if you have a pallet or two, you can put 2 steel droppers either end of a pallet (on the inside), to help it stand upright, and with long screws attached to the pallet, hang your pots on the pallet. You just need string or even shoe laces to attach to the containers using the handle, and hang over the screws. Been there, done that.
@@momentiummonroe1475 I live in Tenterfield where the ground temperature reaches 60 degrees in summer. The sun steriles the soil and dries out all moisture within days. Using paper, any paper, as a layer near the surface then covered in a layer of dirt then mulch, keeps the soil cool and retains moisture for much longer. Any plants in pots need extra protection from the sun and heat. Milk containers heat up really quickly, making plants suffer even more without addition protection for their roots. Hence the use of paper. Use cardboard deeper in the soil though. You'll be surprised if you try it. All the soil insects will seek shelter under paper as it is cooler.
I really love videos like this. Ive been growing things in various recycled containers for years. I really love repurposing garbage because its not only friendly to the environment, but its also a great way to cut costs down on gardening projects.
Your jokes are cute and I love your enthusiasm for planting I have been planting more watching you thank you have a wonderful day mate from Saint Petersburg Florida🌞🌴
LOL! Mark you are so funny! You had me laughing right from the start with your udderly enjoyable puns! 😝🐄 Those pepper plants are just beautiful, I would grow them just for that! My family is not too keen on super hot and spicy foods, but gosh, those are just so pretty! I'd give them to friends at church and neighbors!
you can grow ornamental peppers. Not for eating but just for their beauty like you mentioned. Though at the same time, you could just as easily grow edible peppers and not eat them.
In American, some folks do something similar called winter sowing where we put out seeds in milk jugs in winter. They germinate when the weather starts to warm up but they are already hardened off, so they can get planted out sooner. I plant mine out when they are still small but they quickly take off. It’s especially great for anything that requires cold stratification.
Those are so cute. I buy water in gallon bottles for sensitive houseplants and humidifier and can do this with lettuce, spinach, and a couple dwarf veggies. I grow Tabasco, cayenne, and sugar rush. I overwintered one indoors and it looks like a decorative tree. They get too big for these containers to stay but a great way to start plants in the cooler months.
Great video Mark!! I’ll definitely take these tips into consideration! I’m a young gardener I’m only 15! And my favorite thing to do is growing my own food! And I document my journey through my channel Ultimate Gardening and showcase the knowledge I know! You’ve inspired me a lot to do great things in the garden! Happy gardening!💚✨🌿 Kindest Regards - Emmanuel Arce / Ultimate Gardener
We do this in the north east US, it's called winter sowing! You can set the jugs out in the snow, and as long as you have drain holes 🕳 the seeds will all emerge at the proper time for that seed! Chile are the one exception since they need the heat to germinate...but love this idea...and allows you to reuse some single use plastics a little more before they go to a landfill ❤️
@@NewOldEBM we do also...but worldwide only about 9% of all recycle actually is recycled... you might have a higher number in Australia, but worldwide most winds up in the trash or the ocean (even when recycled properly)
@@jujube2407 I have heard that, but at woolworths, one of the major 2 grocery stores here the trolleys and benches have "You're pushing 72 recycled milk bottles" or "You're sitting on 120 recycled milk bottles" and the like on them, it's really cool! I hope it's more than 9 damn percent
@@NewOldEBM sadly the worldwide number of recycle is only about 9% if someone puts trash in or an unrecyclable item it rejects the whole load 😞 we need to do better as a society ...
I LOVE WATCHING THIS GUY... PERIOD. been watching since day one and this guy got me started with my mini farm. now that i have 3 hectares. i am still excited to watch and learn about everything you have. keep giving us valuable videos about planting. let us all plant and make this planet green again. MORE POWER MATE!!!
I love the fact you left the flap on the milk jug ! And I liked the plant through the lid! When it gets windy I bet its great support for the plant! Definitely on my list! Thanks Mark
I’m in Canada...this is an interesting variation on the wintersowing technique that is catching on among cold climate growers here. I think I’m going to adapt your technique for my early indoor starts of peppers. Our milk bottles are a bit different, but Lord knows I have a lot of them. Thanks!
Hi Mark! Been a while since I said hi on the channel..just wanted to let you know that us non commenters are still here and loving this channel! Probably the best on UA-cam! It’s absolutely brilliant 😊
G'day Louise and thank you for saying hello! I totally understand people not commenting (I'm the same) we would all love to comment more etc but it's impossible in our time-pressed world. I do see all the thumbs up though which never fails to keep me motivated! All the best :)
@@Selfsufficientme The biggest reason that I don’t comment much is because I don’t want people to feel they have to or need to reply , it’s an endless task. I am totally grateful for the sharing and time you and others put into their passion by posting and as a result we learn so much! Nina is due an appearance though.. love her the most 😂🙈 sorry 😂😂😂
I like mild chillies because you can regulate the heat and they usually have more flavour. If you want more heat add more chili's. That way you won't have a cow if it's too hot.
I just had a friend recommend your channel to me. I've added so many videos to my Watch Later, I'm three videos in, and I'm afraid I won't be getting anything else accomplished today. Or tomorrow. Your videos are amazing and wonderful, and helpful even for a life-time gardener and former-farmer like myself. The dad jokes are -chef's kiss-.
Maybe it does not happen with you, but when I used milk bottles in the garden in the end they started to degrade and the plastic ended up in small pieces in the soil and it was a major bind to pick out each of the pieces of plastic. Perhaps it is sunshine, perhaps frosts. But make sure you catch them before they got brittle and throw them out in one pieces rather than several thousand.
How about Bottom Watering them? Pole your holes, place the cartons in a container and fill the container to whatever level with the water. Might work better in your Climate and reduce the number of water times. I'm in a climate similar to yours but likely a bit colder most Winters and am considering bottom watering some things here due to the heat.
One option that might help once the plants are a bit bigger with deeper roots, is to put the containers into a tray and then fill that tray with water, so it can wick up through the holes you punched in the bottoms. It reminds me of a wicking method I tried a couple years back called the 'rain gutter grow system' that used an auto-filling water trough from a rain barrel, and each plant would wick up what it needed from the bottom. As long as the barrel had water and the roots were deep enough, it could go weeks without any hands-on watering.
When I was a kid, I hated the idea of gardening and didn't understand at all why my dad enjoyed it so much. He taught me a decent amount, but I'm so thankful for all he taught me and totally get the love he has for it. His gardens were always small though. Just enough to feed the family and always the same crops. Potatoes, lettuce, onion, strawberries and grapes, cucumber and squash and a single watermelon plant, and then a couple random plants he'd decide to try. I'm slowly building my garden to a larger scale to feed, my wife and I, along with our 7 goats and 2 pigs, as well as help my mom and dad since he's getting too old to handle a garden like he used to. And I'm TRYING to learn to grow hot peppers in the northwest of America cause I love spicy food. It hasn't gone well so far but I'm gonna figure it out. 🤣
Oh, this is a video that reminds me of all the reasons why I love watching your videos. Great information, puns, honesty, and thorough instructions! I think your grand, cheers to you and your family, from North Carolina.
Thanks for a great video and a great idea. I will definitely try it out with my next lot. I love hot chilies as I make a paste from it which can be used more widely from toasted cheese, to chicken, beef, fish etc dishes. I even mix the chilly paste with mayonnaise and mustard for a nice dipping sauce for deep fried chips or as a salad dressing. By having the paste I can also add just enough for my taste and not overdo it.
I think the recent time forces a lot of people to think in more self sufficient way - growing your own food is actually the answer for a lot of modern problems, not only to simply feed yourself
Mark, still loving the learning via experimentation. Keeping gardening exciting and fun! I'm not an eater of many chilies, but this makes me want to grow a few just for the beautiful display on my patio. The wildlife may thank me for the edibles too... What fun!
Probably best to use a soldering iron to punch holes or something disposable like heating a nail. You don't really want to be heating up screwdrivers and such as excess heat can screw up the tempering of the steel.
Those screwdriver/hex driver things are usually cheap nasty single use throw away tools. normally just steel, not a proper chrome vanadium or tool steel so they don't hold an edge like proper screwdrivers or sockets, resulting in stripped/rounded screws and bolts✌️
@@SuperRandykid If you buy from the $2 shop yeah sure but I have a little bit more self respect than relying on those junk tools or wasting money on disposable garbage
Great Idea! We don't drink store bought milk but we do occasionally get those gallon jugs of Arizona Iced Tea with a handle, and I have thrown them away in the past! I'll be keeping them from now on :)
I live in wet Western Washington State USA and I like the flap idea to keep rain OUT of the container as it normally rains here plenty all spring long.
Always such an absolute joy to watch your videos. You have such a great tone and inflection to your words. Thanks for always adding in a little humor with all of this amazing knowledge!
The pepper plants you grew in milk containers are beautiful! What I like about the idea is that I can put them in different areas because of the gallon’s handle. The other thing is that I don’t need to spend so much money buying pot mix for the plants. We can save money instead of buying pots and reuse containers instead having to dump in the garbage causing more environmental problems for our planet. Thank you sharing your video. I greatly appreciate it.
I was cutting up milk jugs yesterday, so this is timely. Glad I haven't cut all of them because it hadn't occurred to me to leave a flap hatch. Clever idea. I'm wondering too, if I can prop up a tomato the way you did with that one plant. It's worth trying. Always enjoy your show.
*Oh yes my friend, you really remain a great inspiration in the field of gardening, you just gave me an idea for a video, as I usually tell you, do not stop gardening, continue like that, happy gardeniiiiiiing*
This is awesome!! Also this reminds me that every once in a while my mom will fill up a recently emptied milk container with water and give that to her plants, she says the nutrients in the milk help them grow and I think it checks out because her plants are always so happy and radiant. She says the trick is not do it too often and also the milk needs to be very diluted, otherwise it'll stink up your plant 😅
Yeah, milk is a funny thing. When I had this variety of mildew on my strawberry plans once, I looked up how to treat it. I forget the ratio now, but it was some milk mixed with water...then you spray it on. You have to repeat it for a few days, but it worked! Something about the milk kills fungal issues. With edibles like fruits, it's especially important not to use anything toxic, so this was a great remedy that worked for me! Look up the proper ratio and pass it on! Maybe it'll work on other fungal issues as well?
This is a perfect video tutorial for me! I grow chillies in a big tub on my (sadly) well shaded balcony here in Sydney and use the 3l milk bottles to store rainwater that I use on the plants. I add a bit of 8% vinegar to each bottle to stop algae growing and use a seaweed fertiliser to feed the plants. I’ll try this 🌱 idea and hang the bottles on the railing to get more sun. Cheers for the videos, regards Mike
Great idea keeping a flap in the beginning for the greenhouse effect! Love your humor too! Such pretty chillies! Your videos moooove me to get gardening. We are in a deep freeze here in PA, USA so got a few months to go. 😭 🌎💚
Loved all your puns!! I wondered about stripping leaves off and putting it thru the spout, and you answered my question!! We use a lot of distilled water, so I started saving bottles! Thank you.
A hand full of perlite and expanded clay pebbles, will sort any potential of insufficient oxygen and water logging. Great tips, will be using the milk bottles this summer, great for unpredictable Scottish weather
The best puns are those that elicit groans from your listeners...Ann and I were laughing with each one that came along...and when you got to the cow jokes, we just couldn't help ourselves and started to cry. By the way, what do you call milk that you get from a desert cow? ... Evaporated. Great idea using the milk containers, great video a big red (mild) thumbs up.
@@Selfsufficientme I've been meaning to ask about the dehydrator Mark. Is it working well for you? What have you been processing with it? Great videos thumbs up all the way.
You are such a dad!! Also if the bottle is too small I have cut handle off, cut base out and put into main garden area. The plastic side protects from elements and pests to an extent. Thank you always being a sef sufficient dad. Moo!
Great video Mark! Ever since I started watching you videos I find myself doing the hand motion (Let's get into it" without even realizing I'm doing it. My husbands like "What are you doing"? Tried this method last year here in central Florida with great success. People think its hot here year round but it does get down in the thirties and stays in the mid forties and upper fifties at night so the water jug works great if you want to start seeding early. I just started my pepper and a few other vegetables this week. Will keep you updated on my progress. Take care!
Good on ya Paula! I think central Florida would have to be an almost perfect climate for growing something all-year-round as I understand it, the north can get a little cold and the south is more tropical (you have a very diverse state for growing food). Good to hear this bottle method works well for you also. Cheers :)
Luckily found this video the week I'm planning to get my chillis started... might also give this a try for starting bush variety tomato plants and see how they turn out. Great video!
Yep when you mentioned that bag claims to feed for 12 months, I didn't quite believe it either. Never have seen something claiming that long for feeding. I think the plant that went through the hole, was able to redirect energy to growing new leaves and stems, because you had removed the lower ones. That's my guess, but it could definitely use more testing with more stems through the milk bottle hole, to see more data.
Milk jugs are a fantastic way to start your spring veg when the frost is still nasty. I grew up in Minnesota, US (frost well into May) and we would start our veggies a couple weeks early in milk jugs just like this. Putting a few holes in the top of a milk jug with a nail is a great, cheap solution to a watering/liquid fertilizer can too!
Thanks for the great idea with the flap on the milk jug. At my workplace, a school, we are treated to jugged drinks from time to time. Those jugs always get thrown away, unless I get to them first. LOL!! It's a shame that we create so much garbage instead of repurposing those items. I collect the large coffee ground jugs too. I use them for storage and for planting. Be blessed.
I've been saving Cranberry juice containers which are the same size as these milk containers and I was going to try something similar to this but I was trying to figure out which plant would do well with this technique. I'm definately going to try Chillis now that I saw this video.
Your intro always makes me giggle and your videos brighten my day! Thanks for the incredible info, you've inspired me to try gardening for the very first time this year, I'm a total newbie!! Anyway, I appreciate your content so much and how you have such a nurturing, paternal personality. It means a lot for me since I haven't seen or spoken to my dad in over two years (sadly he's not a good guy, but I don't want to get into that) so I dearly miss having a father in my life. Thankful my husband's family truly adopted me as their own, they're wonderful people. 😁 But it's nice to have a garden-guru dad on the net, with epic dad jokes! LOL! Sorry for rambling, hope you and your family have a blessed day!!
Clever idea! Thanks for all your tips, from "up over" -- Texas. I made the mistake of answering your final riddle just before you did, and now my cat is staring at me, waiting for his milk. When I give him a bit, I call him with "I talked to the cow. What does the cow say? 'Mooooo! Here's some milk for you.'" So when I said "Mooooove!" he expected me to bring him milk.
Love your videos, such an inspiration 💓 You could write the name of the plant on the flap. i would forget which is what if I have a lot of containers on the go :)
I love that your videos are educational, informative but also genuinely funny & entertaining ❤ you're probably the only one I can hit the like button before I even watch the video lol
If i had to recommend a really Tangy and Not Hot pepper i'd say the Banana Pepper. I have a bunch of them, they have no heat at all, and they have a very tangy taste that goes amazing with any chicken dish you put it in. the plants I have were putting peppers out genuinely all year and they were some big chonkin' peppers.
A great pepper for people who don't or can't take the heat of peppers. Grow some Mad Hatter Pepper plants. Way better than trying to grow Bell Peppers. Mad Hatter Peppers will produce a bigger harvest for you and is a very mild pepper.
G'day Everyone, I meant to post this video yesterday but it took longer than expected to edit - no use crying over spilt milk... Plant Dr details in the description above if you are interested. Cheers :)
Bonus points for using a verb that ends with T! Very little usage of those in the US but I love them. Other favorites include "whilst" and "ruint."
thank you for these videos. we are in a frozen winterland here in wisconsin and these uploads keep me looking forward to spring/gardening weather.
This is such an amazing idea and so simple really appreciate you my friend! I’ve got four boys myself and just like you….. they consume milk more than a baby calf!! 😂
Thank you and many blessings To you and your family
I really like growing peppers, for the most part THEY grow really well for me, & tomatoes do as well. It's ALL the other veggies that I struggle to GROW...
With all those puns, it must be time for another "Dad's Joke" competition. LOL.
‘Legend dairy’ 🤣🤣🤣 that’s clever
Yes, very corny xD
I've been doing this for over 20 years! I find that having a pot with a handle is very " handy"😁. Leaving the little flap to make mini green houses for the seedlings is an ingenious idea! I'm definitely going to try that on my next pots! Always learn cool stuff from your channel. Thank you 💕😘
Love the "cheesy" dad jokes, Mark! Good idea with the milk jugs. We go through milk faster than water here too. I might try this in the summer.
I'm lactose intolerant, and found that my stomach started hurting after hearing all the dairy jokes...
Christopher, get yourself some kefir grains and make kefir. It's _wonderful_ for the lactose intolerant and by increasing the versatility of your gut biome will _cure_ your lactose intolerance.
@@rgbabc perhaps we should censor any mention of anything to do with dairy products? Or maybe you should look into alternative means of healing the imbalance in your body, since regular doctors - mechanics - have zero solution for most health issues, just more pills of pills. Take control of your health. Only you can do this.
Condensed!!!
Dude. You're on fire!
Thank you for being unapologetically yourself in your videos.
As an experiment I'm growing two peppers in half gallon pots. One is a thai pepper and the other is jalapenos. What I learned is that pepper varieties with small fruit will perform and do well in small containers but something a bit bigger like jalapenos will considerably lag behind in production. My thai pepper has loads of flowers and peppers while my jalapeno only has three peppers. There's also the fact that smaller containers mean your plants will produce much sooner as well. I have to fertilizer and water these things bit more often due to the container size but it's really a doable method for smaller peppers.
Good information! Thanks for mentioning that you've already gone through similar growing conditions for different kinds of peppers.
Love your dad jokes so much that me and my kids (Americans all) call you Australian Dad!
LOL... Cool! Thank you :)
Mark always makes my family and I gasp for air from so much laughter each video he creates. It's impressive how many puns he can fit into a educational video and make it fun to learn at the same time. Thank you Mark for your consistant daggy-dad humour. I watch a lot of Gardeners on UA-cam, and you are truly unique and stand out from the rest of the crop on this platform. Forever a subscriber. 🇦🇺⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I love his charactar I touch the inner child
Mark! You are great. The initial puns and milk jokes are pretty good!
I used to drink a lot of skimmed milk but the cows hated being thrown low across the lake!
Great video. It's nice to see the dog wandering around again.
For extra heat protection for the plants add some paper on the inside of the container, as an inside inner layer again the plastic, before putting in the soil. This will keep the soil cooler. Paper absorbs water and it also prevents UV rays from entering the soil, thus reduces stress on plants. Also, Marc, if you have a pallet or two, you can put 2 steel droppers either end of a pallet (on the inside), to help it stand upright, and with long screws attached to the pallet, hang your pots on the pallet. You just need string or even shoe laces to attach to the containers using the handle, and hang over the screws. Been there, done that.
@In the Field recyclable paper as an inner liner is cleaver.
@@momentiummonroe1475 I live in Tenterfield where the ground temperature reaches 60 degrees in summer. The sun steriles the soil and dries out all moisture within days. Using paper, any paper, as a layer near the surface then covered in a layer of dirt then mulch, keeps the soil cool and retains moisture for much longer. Any plants in pots need extra protection from the sun and heat. Milk containers heat up really quickly, making plants suffer even more without addition protection for their roots. Hence the use of paper. Use cardboard deeper in the soil though. You'll be surprised if you try it. All the soil insects will seek shelter under paper as it is cooler.
Mark is amazing, started watching your tomatoe videos and cant get enough.
Great video Mark👍. I purchased a child's half shell sandpit. I water container plants in it to catch excess runoff. Works great 🙂👍
i use little trays under the pots and use it to water them again
I really love videos like this. Ive been growing things in various recycled containers for years. I really love repurposing garbage because its not only friendly to the environment, but its also a great way to cut costs down on gardening projects.
Thank you Tony! Cheers :)
Your jokes are cute and I love your enthusiasm for planting I have been planting more watching you thank you have a wonderful day mate from Saint Petersburg Florida🌞🌴
Thank you JoAnn! All the best :)
I just started working on a urban farm in Chicago. I find your channel very informative. Keep up the good work
LOL! Mark you are so funny! You had me laughing right from the start with your udderly enjoyable puns! 😝🐄 Those pepper plants are just beautiful, I would grow them just for that! My family is not too keen on super hot and spicy foods, but gosh, those are just so pretty! I'd give them to friends at church and neighbors!
Ahh, I should have held off my comment! I'd like these so long as they are not super hot. I really enjoyed this video!
Thanks Rachal! Yes, some people do grow them just for the ornamental value - why not! All the best :)
you can grow ornamental peppers. Not for eating but just for their beauty like you mentioned.
Though at the same time, you could just as easily grow edible peppers and not eat them.
In American, some folks do something similar called winter sowing where we put out seeds in milk jugs in winter. They germinate when the weather starts to warm up but they are already hardened off, so they can get planted out sooner. I plant mine out when they are still small but they quickly take off. It’s especially great for anything that requires cold stratification.
Everything I grow is in a container so I appreciate hearing container growing success stories.
Those are so cute. I buy water in gallon bottles for sensitive houseplants and humidifier and can do this with lettuce, spinach, and a couple dwarf veggies. I grow Tabasco, cayenne, and sugar rush. I overwintered one indoors and it looks like a decorative tree. They get too big for these containers to stay but a great way to start plants in the cooler months.
Great video Mark!! I’ll definitely take these tips into consideration! I’m a young gardener I’m only 15! And my favorite thing to do is growing my own food! And I document my journey through my channel Ultimate Gardening and showcase the knowledge I know! You’ve inspired me a lot to do great things in the garden! Happy gardening!💚✨🌿
Kindest Regards - Emmanuel Arce / Ultimate Gardener
We do this in the north east US, it's called winter sowing! You can set the jugs out in the snow, and as long as you have drain holes 🕳 the seeds will all emerge at the proper time for that seed! Chile are the one exception since they need the heat to germinate...but love this idea...and allows you to reuse some single use plastics a little more before they go to a landfill ❤️
In Australia we recycle those milk containers, so no worries about the landfill there. All for extra uses of consumables in general though!
@@NewOldEBM we do also...but worldwide only about 9% of all recycle actually is recycled... you might have a higher number in Australia, but worldwide most winds up in the trash or the ocean (even when recycled properly)
@@jujube2407 I have heard that, but at woolworths, one of the major 2 grocery stores here the trolleys and benches have "You're pushing 72 recycled milk bottles" or "You're sitting on 120 recycled milk bottles" and the like on them, it's really cool! I hope it's more than 9 damn percent
@@NewOldEBM sadly the worldwide number of recycle is only about 9% if someone puts trash in or an unrecyclable item it rejects the whole load 😞 we need to do better as a society ...
I LOVE WATCHING THIS GUY... PERIOD.
been watching since day one and this guy got me started with my mini farm.
now that i have 3 hectares. i am still excited to watch and learn about everything you have. keep giving us valuable videos about planting. let us all plant and make this planet green again. MORE POWER MATE!!!
I love my chillies. I've got around 20 chilli plants 🤣 bit excessive for 1 person, but they're so much fun to grow
this guy is a working hard man....keep it up, a good exercise for your health
I love the fact you left the flap on the milk jug ! And I liked the plant through the lid! When it gets windy I bet its great support for the plant! Definitely on my list! Thanks Mark
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I’m in Canada...this is an interesting variation on the wintersowing technique that is catching on among cold climate growers here. I think I’m going to adapt your technique for my early indoor starts of peppers. Our milk bottles are a bit different, but Lord knows I have a lot of them. Thanks!
It isn't in bags?
Glad we have glassbottles as a choice here. Can be reused a lot and after they are unusable you just melt them up and make new ones.
Hi Mark! Been a while since I said hi on the channel..just wanted to let you know that us non commenters are still here and loving this channel! Probably the best on UA-cam! It’s absolutely brilliant 😊
G'day Louise and thank you for saying hello! I totally understand people not commenting (I'm the same) we would all love to comment more etc but it's impossible in our time-pressed world. I do see all the thumbs up though which never fails to keep me motivated! All the best :)
@@Selfsufficientme The biggest reason that I don’t comment much is because I don’t want people to feel they have to or need to reply , it’s an endless task. I am totally grateful for the sharing and time you and others put into their passion by posting and as a result we learn so much! Nina is due an appearance though.. love her the most 😂🙈 sorry 😂😂😂
I like mild chillies because you can regulate the heat and they usually have more flavour. If you want more heat add more chili's. That way you won't have a cow if it's too hot.
I just had a friend recommend your channel to me. I've added so many videos to my Watch Later, I'm three videos in, and I'm afraid I won't be getting anything else accomplished today. Or tomorrow. Your videos are amazing and wonderful, and helpful even for a life-time gardener and former-farmer like myself. The dad jokes are -chef's kiss-.
I love your Dad jokes... they spiced up your chilli story :-)
That was "utterly" enjoyable :)
Maybe it does not happen with you, but when I used milk bottles in the garden in the end they started to degrade and the plastic ended up in small pieces in the soil and it was a major bind to pick out each of the pieces of plastic. Perhaps it is sunshine, perhaps frosts. But make sure you catch them before they got brittle and throw them out in one pieces rather than several thousand.
How about Bottom Watering them? Pole your holes, place the cartons in a container and fill the container to whatever level with the water. Might work better in your Climate and reduce the number of water times. I'm in a climate similar to yours but likely a bit colder most Winters and am considering bottom watering some things here due to the heat.
That's a really good idea and it would be an interesting experiment also! Thanks for sharing :)
One option that might help once the plants are a bit bigger with deeper roots, is to put the containers into a tray and then fill that tray with water, so it can wick up through the holes you punched in the bottoms. It reminds me of a wicking method I tried a couple years back called the 'rain gutter grow system' that used an auto-filling water trough from a rain barrel, and each plant would wick up what it needed from the bottom. As long as the barrel had water and the roots were deep enough, it could go weeks without any hands-on watering.
3 teenage boys here, and LEGEND DAIRY heaps of milk jugs..... What else can I grow in these??? Great video, as always, THANK YOU!!!!
I've grown all sorts of veggies in these milk bottles and I can also recommend strawberries. Cheers :)
When I was a kid, I hated the idea of gardening and didn't understand at all why my dad enjoyed it so much. He taught me a decent amount, but I'm so thankful for all he taught me and totally get the love he has for it.
His gardens were always small though. Just enough to feed the family and always the same crops. Potatoes, lettuce, onion, strawberries and grapes, cucumber and squash and a single watermelon plant, and then a couple random plants he'd decide to try. I'm slowly building my garden to a larger scale to feed, my wife and I, along with our 7 goats and 2 pigs, as well as help my mom and dad since he's getting too old to handle a garden like he used to. And I'm TRYING to learn to grow hot peppers in the northwest of America cause I love spicy food. It hasn't gone well so far but I'm gonna figure it out. 🤣
Oh, this is a video that reminds me of all the reasons why I love watching your videos.
Great information, puns, honesty, and thorough instructions! I think your grand, cheers to you and your family, from North Carolina.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! Best to you and yours also :)
Always looking for ways to keep our plastics out of the waste stream and utilize them in our grow. This is great! Thanks for the idea, Mark.
Thanks for a great video and a great idea. I will definitely try it out with my next lot. I love hot chilies as I make a paste from it which can be used more widely from toasted cheese, to chicken, beef, fish etc dishes. I even mix the chilly paste with mayonnaise and mustard for a nice dipping sauce for deep fried chips or as a salad dressing. By having the paste I can also add just enough for my taste and not overdo it.
I think the recent time forces a lot of people to think in more self sufficient way - growing your own food is actually the answer for a lot of modern problems, not only to simply feed yourself
I loved the video, the puns and dad jokes! I hope your boys reacted suitably with eye rolls and being disdainful 😂 ❤
Mark, still loving the learning via experimentation. Keeping gardening exciting and fun! I'm not an eater of many chilies, but this makes me want to grow a few just for the beautiful display on my patio. The wildlife may thank me for the edibles too... What fun!
Probably best to use a soldering iron to punch holes or something disposable like heating a nail. You don't really want to be heating up screwdrivers and such as excess heat can screw up the tempering of the steel.
Those screwdriver/hex driver things are usually cheap nasty single use throw away tools.
normally just steel, not a proper chrome vanadium or tool steel so they don't hold an edge like proper screwdrivers or sockets, resulting in stripped/rounded screws and bolts✌️
@@SuperRandykid If you buy from the $2 shop yeah sure but I have a little bit more self respect than relying on those junk tools or wasting money on disposable garbage
Great Idea! We don't drink store bought milk but we do occasionally get those gallon jugs of Arizona Iced Tea with a handle, and I have thrown them away in the past! I'll be keeping them from now on :)
It comes across that this is a joy. Love viewing and will try.
My wife calls you the "Chef John" (Food Wishes) of the garden!
I hope you reach as many subscribers. Much appreciate your uploads.
I live in wet Western Washington State USA and I like the flap idea to keep rain OUT of the container as it normally rains here plenty all spring long.
Just started an indoor herb garden in a bunch of milk cartons based on the last video ☺️ I'll definitely be trying this next spring
Always such an absolute joy to watch your videos. You have such a great tone and inflection to your words. Thanks for always adding in a little humor with all of this amazing knowledge!
Lovely idea for people who dont have enough space in their garden
The pepper plants you grew in milk containers are beautiful! What I like about the idea is that I can put them in different areas because of the gallon’s handle. The other thing is that I don’t need to spend so much money buying pot mix for the plants. We can save money instead of buying pots and reuse containers instead having to dump in the garbage causing more environmental problems for our planet. Thank you sharing your video. I greatly appreciate it.
I still like the idea of growing the plant through the hole bc it seems to be quite supportive. Can't hurt!
I was cutting up milk jugs yesterday, so this is timely. Glad I haven't cut all of them because it hadn't occurred to me to leave a flap hatch. Clever idea. I'm wondering too, if I can prop up a tomato the way you did with that one plant. It's worth trying. Always enjoy your show.
Best recycling ever in my opinion,feeding the world not clogging it up
Nice 👌
Thanks Mark. You never disappoint. I appreciate the work that you put in making these videos.
Coming into spring here in SW Florida, I will definitely be doing this! Thanks Mark 👍
Same here!
I'm in northwest GA and about to try it also!
Great idea for growing on my balcony here in Perth. Gonna try my birds eye chillies ☺
Great choice of chilli medium to hot but heaps of flavour! Cheers :)
I do love this channel, I live in the UK never been to Australia nor do I have plans too.. but I always watch these videos!
I have brought hot pepper s in for winter .Kept them alive for years. 👌👋
*Oh yes my friend, you really remain a great inspiration in the field of gardening, you just gave me an idea for a video, as I usually tell you, do not stop gardening, continue like that, happy gardeniiiiiiing*
This is awesome!! Also this reminds me that every once in a while my mom will fill up a recently emptied milk container with water and give that to her plants, she says the nutrients in the milk help them grow and I think it checks out because her plants are always so happy and radiant. She says the trick is not do it too often and also the milk needs to be very diluted, otherwise it'll stink up your plant 😅
Yeah, milk is a funny thing. When I had this variety of mildew on my strawberry plans once, I looked up how to treat it. I forget the ratio now, but it was some milk mixed with water...then you spray it on. You have to repeat it for a few days, but it worked!
Something about the milk kills fungal issues.
With edibles like fruits, it's especially important not to use anything toxic, so this was a great remedy that worked for me!
Look up the proper ratio and pass it on! Maybe it'll work on other fungal issues as well?
@@TheMurlocKeeper Powdered milk is great for calcium. Never sprayed milk on any plants though? Does it have to be whole milk?
This is a perfect video tutorial for me! I grow chillies in a big tub on my (sadly) well shaded balcony here in Sydney and use the 3l milk bottles to store rainwater that I use on the plants. I add a bit of 8% vinegar to each bottle to stop algae growing and use a seaweed fertiliser to feed the plants. I’ll try this 🌱 idea and hang the bottles on the railing to get more sun. Cheers for the videos, regards
Mike
Great idea keeping a flap in the beginning for the greenhouse effect! Love your humor too! Such pretty chillies! Your videos moooove me to get gardening. We are in a deep freeze here in PA, USA so got a few months to go. 😭 🌎💚
Loved all your puns!! I wondered about stripping leaves off and putting it thru the spout, and you answered my question!! We use a lot of distilled water, so I started saving bottles! Thank you.
I started keeping 1/2g jugs but really had no idea what I was going to do with them!! THANKS!!!
A hand full of perlite and expanded clay pebbles, will sort any potential of insufficient oxygen and water logging. Great tips, will be using the milk bottles this summer, great for unpredictable Scottish weather
Thank youuuu so much! I’ve been saving my bottles not knowing what to do with them. 👍🏼 😀
The best puns are those that elicit groans from your listeners...Ann and I were laughing with each one that came along...and when you got to the cow jokes, we just couldn't help ourselves and started to cry. By the way, what do you call milk that you get from a desert cow? ... Evaporated. Great idea using the milk containers, great video a big red (mild) thumbs up.
LOL... Evaporated... I could have used that during my watering explanation! Thank you and all the best :)
@@Selfsufficientme I've been meaning to ask about the dehydrator Mark. Is it working well for you? What have you been processing with it? Great videos thumbs up all the way.
Geez...you never fail to put a smile on my face.
You are such a dad!!
Also if the bottle is too small I have cut handle off, cut base out and put into main garden area. The plastic side protects from elements and pests to an extent.
Thank you always being a sef sufficient dad. Moo!
Great video Mark! Ever since I started watching you videos I find myself doing the hand motion (Let's get into it" without even realizing I'm doing it. My husbands like "What are you doing"? Tried this method last year here in central Florida with great success. People think its hot here year round but it does get down in the thirties and stays in the mid forties and upper fifties at night so the water jug works great if you want to start seeding early. I just started my pepper and a few other vegetables this week. Will keep you updated on my progress. Take care!
Good on ya Paula! I think central Florida would have to be an almost perfect climate for growing something all-year-round as I understand it, the north can get a little cold and the south is more tropical (you have a very diverse state for growing food). Good to hear this bottle method works well for you also. Cheers :)
I’m here for the dad jokes… and the legend dairy gardening tips 😂 😝
Nice to see someone else recycles plastic containers for plants. I punch a few holes in bottom for better drainage.
Well that put the roots/light theory to bed! Thanks mark, that's opened up an new dimension to my garden.
Easy when you’ve got all the space and sunshine
Love to listen to your demonstrations, they are so interesting and humourous. God bless you.
Love your content. The cream always rises to the top on UA-cam!
Luckily found this video the week I'm planning to get my chillis started... might also give this a try for starting bush variety tomato plants and see how they turn out. Great video!
Yep when you mentioned that bag claims to feed for 12 months, I didn't quite believe it either. Never have seen something claiming that long for feeding.
I think the plant that went through the hole, was able to redirect energy to growing new leaves and stems, because you had removed the lower ones. That's my guess, but it could definitely use more testing with more stems through the milk bottle hole, to see more data.
I appreciate all of the information you share in your videos and love your sense of humor! Thank you.
This guy is awesome. Definitely using this idea
Dad jokes for days , I love it 😀 😍
Milk jugs are a fantastic way to start your spring veg when the frost is still nasty. I grew up in Minnesota, US (frost well into May) and we would start our veggies a couple weeks early in milk jugs just like this. Putting a few holes in the top of a milk jug with a nail is a great, cheap solution to a watering/liquid fertilizer can too!
Another legen-dairy video! Thank you for sharing Mark!
Thanks for the great idea with the flap on the milk jug. At my workplace, a school, we are treated to jugged drinks from time to time. Those jugs always get thrown away, unless I get to them first. LOL!! It's a shame that we create so much garbage instead of repurposing those items. I collect the large coffee ground jugs too. I use them for storage and for planting. Be blessed.
I've been saving Cranberry juice containers which are the same size as these milk containers and I was going to try something similar to this but I was trying to figure out which plant would do well with this technique. I'm definately going to try Chillis now that I saw this video.
Your intro always makes me giggle and your videos brighten my day! Thanks for the incredible info, you've inspired me to try gardening for the very first time this year, I'm a total newbie!! Anyway, I appreciate your content so much and how you have such a nurturing, paternal personality. It means a lot for me since I haven't seen or spoken to my dad in over two years (sadly he's not a good guy, but I don't want to get into that) so I dearly miss having a father in my life. Thankful my husband's family truly adopted me as their own, they're wonderful people. 😁 But it's nice to have a garden-guru dad on the net, with epic dad jokes! LOL! Sorry for rambling, hope you and your family have a blessed day!!
I absolutely love this guy’s energy. Absolutely hilarious 🤣 😂
Clever idea! Thanks for all your tips, from "up over" -- Texas. I made the mistake of answering your final riddle just before you did, and now my cat is staring at me, waiting for his milk. When I give him a bit, I call him with "I talked to the cow. What does the cow say? 'Mooooo! Here's some milk for you.'" So when I said "Mooooove!" he expected me to bring him milk.
Love your videos, such an inspiration 💓 You could write the name of the plant on the flap. i would forget which is what if I have a lot of containers on the go :)
I love that your videos are educational, informative but also genuinely funny & entertaining ❤ you're probably the only one I can hit the like button before I even watch the video lol
If i had to recommend a really Tangy and Not Hot pepper i'd say the Banana Pepper. I have a bunch of them, they have no heat at all, and they have a very tangy taste that goes amazing with any chicken dish you put it in. the plants I have were putting peppers out genuinely all year and they were some big chonkin' peppers.
I grew some down in Melbourne in hay bales this year, did ok, but I think I will do this method next season, cheers for the video as always.
A great pepper for people who don't or can't take the heat of peppers. Grow some Mad Hatter Pepper plants. Way better than trying to grow Bell Peppers. Mad Hatter Peppers will produce a bigger harvest for you and is a very mild pepper.
🌽 🧀 🐮.... My grandchildren call ME corny 😂 🤣. Love the video and learning from your experiments! Thanks for another entertaining video!
Love this idea. You should try and overwinter a few and see how they go in a second season.
Yessss!!! Someone please do that!!
Yeah will do - I think they should over-winter well. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme they should. I can overwinter in Melbourne. So can't see why you wouldn't be successful.
😂...condensed milk! lolol Thanks for the tip for the plant tonic to Mark. We like supporting mom & pop shops!