Are we poisoning our gardens
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Are we poisoning our gardens?
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Really appreciate this channel and the realistic perspective you bring to gardening. When I was in my 20s and starting out with gardening etc, I totally bought into the all or nothing approach that a lot of social media homesteaders take, and it was so frustrating and defeating. I was trying to garden 100 percent organically, bake all of my own bread, sew my own curtains, the whole bit. It’s just too much for the 24 hours we have in the day.
A decade later after burning out, I’ve finally returned to gardening and taking a much looser approach to life in general. This garden is more productive than ever and a lot more fun, too.
Ben, I'm in your camp! 👍
You're in!
Well said sir! So unfortunate for that person who made that comment. It shows all is not well in their heart and soul! We should all try to be encouraging and supportive. The last thing we all need is gardening gestapo.❤
You're absolutely correct brother. Your garden is not my garden. It's not My place to judge how you grow your garden. We are all here to support each other and and help each other learn. What works for one might not work for another. I use all organic "mostly"... but sometimes organic doesn't always work. Failure is ALWAYS a great and unfortunate way to learn. No green leaves no photosynthesis, no growth. Great video brother!
Thank you!
Agree. There are many ways to do the same thing. Many roads lead to the same town. I like to say how I do things to share and give others ideas. Even if some of what I do is simple common sense, there was a time I didn’t know that and I saw what others did. I have a good productive garden that gives me an abundance, yet I still watch videos from several different creators because I love to see how others do it and get ideas of how I could do it better.
Would be better if instead of saying “don’t poison your garden”, instead say, “this is what I do, you should try it and see if it works for you”.
Respect! I learn so much from you and also the comments of what others do. Everyone has such different factors in their garden. Even budget is a factor. I love to see how all the channels garden, but there are some I cannot afford to copy. However, I gain valuable info from each person I observe. Keep up the good work! I always click right away when I see your videos.
That's awesome. I can't afford half of what I see either. Even if I could afford it I don't think I would do some of it. It's not a sport lol
This is the time of the year where most of my garden dies. We had 108 yesterday in Tucson. Tomatoes aren't long for this world. I could keep them alive, but it's just not worth the water. I'll be down to okree, sweet potatoes, peppers and eggplant. We replant in August. I don't use much in the way of pest control, but I'm going to try corn next spring. I'll probably use some organic pesticide on that corn.
The main function of a plant's leaves is photosynthesis. The second function is to shade the fruit from the sun.
Good morning this is my 2nd season growing so I like watching other people grow in their garden seeing what works for them I don’t know everything so I can’t tell someone they’re poisoning their garden.
I grew up with a Dad who could grow anything. He always had seven dust around and used it when needed. I don't remember him using anything else. We always had a small compost pile someplace. I don't remember bags of fertilizers or any other "garden" products he bought. But he always had a big, beautiful garden.I also know he did companion planting to help reduce pests. That's not what he called it. but he did it. For whatever reason you plant a garden.....nurture it. It is yours. Your creation and hard work, And keep your noses out of your neighbors fields. I so agree with what was said here today.
Thank you
Great video! I love your appreciation for the experience that we all have. Its amazing what wealth of gardening knowledge we can share. I've found it to be a really great community with generally nice people.
I completely agree with you. To play devil's advocate, I've seen a lot of posts in my FB gardening groups in the past months of newbie gardeners showing a picture of a small hole in their plant and asking what they need to spray their plants with. It seems way premature to bust out the pesticides. A little bug damage is acceptable before it will inhibit the plant's growth. (My exception is BT on brassicas. I use it as as soon as see the white moths fluttering around and know for sure their caterpillars are about to munch on all my brassicas.) But there is a kind way to give advice in this situation and telling someone they are poisoning their garden is not it. But if you have a more extreme opinion (absolutely no pesticides in the garden), telling everyone they are poisoning their garden is being a garden zealot. Zealots don't care how they come off as long as they are pushing their message.
Blindly following anyone's advice in gardening is a bad idea. There's a lot to learn so it can be overwhelming for a newbie gardener. My pesticide (or any spray or treatment) philosophy is to be as organic as possible and only treat if the bug/damage is detrimental to the plants. (My definition of organic is more than just a label.) That means I need to understand the plant's need, thr soil's needs, understand the pest/disease and how the treatment work to use it in a more effective way. Probably more work than most people want to do but it has helped me minimize what I spray on my plants dramatically. Most of the time just growing the plant at the right time of year and having healthy, rich soil has eliminated any need to treat most plants.
I am with you on making sure you get a harvest, I don’t want to put all this time into planting only to see plants putter along and die because of growing in not ideal soil or because pests become too much. No matter how you grow it’s way better environmentally and for your health growing at home.
I only use organic fertilizer, make as much compost as I can, try and mulch as much as possible. Fortunately I don’t have a lot of bug issues, mostly aphids and they get hosed off when I see them. On the little green worms from the cabbage white butterflies I hand pick and I get help from the sparrows looking for treats. Did have my first hornworm on the tomatoes this week, hand pick them. I only give advice on what I do if and when I’m asked what should I do about this issue on my plant. Happy Gardening 🧑🌾 from Southern California.
This is my 6th year of gardening. I watch you and a few other gardeners in order to learn things that might work for me, as I've learned some hard lessons since I started. 💯% none of us can judge what others do; we're not in each other's gardens. I actually have multiple environments in my yard, from always shady to almost arid, just within a few feet of each other, so what works and what will grow in one area won't in another area. I have learned so much from you in the past few months, and the information is helping me be more successful, so, thank you! (And, that poor plant will just be trying to survive).
My squash are ALL already dead from the bugs. I'm going to pull everything and replant. I got some neem spray to try.
Good morning beardiful gardener, I love the "my garden so ___off" mentality, I use trifecta+ on every thing in my yard and it kicks ace lol. Migardener was my first "gardentuber".
Agree! The only time I give advice, about anything, is if it's truly asked for. And then, don't judge if they don't use the advice given. Each to their own.
Tiny worms infested everything in my garden. Typically my peas, okra, tomatoes and other plants never have worms like this but my ground cherries may have attracted them because they covered those. So I had to order garden dust. And it`s barely helping. Usually wasps deal with worms but I haven`t seen wasps this year. Maybe the terrible drought and heat last year got them? I always leave the wasp nests unless it`s in a bad place and they`re aggressive. TIP: A black light can be used to find Tomato Horn Worms.
Keep sharing your knowledge friend! Appreciate you.😊
Always!
95 degrees and rising and 62% humidity in Louisiana before 10am.
HOT!
I lesson to different podcasts on gardening primarily yours.hoss and millenial gardener. For a home gardener like myself you all give me the same basic information in different ways. I just love the way you present your info and knowledge,it sure is refreshing and look forward to your videos Thanks so much
Well thank you for watching and listening! 😊
You are spot on sir I always tell anybody that tries to tell me how to do things is that there are only going to put me in that pine box it's not a group project
Amen
Good morning, you definitely nailed it.
I go by price when buying products as i have a lot of growing area to apply fertilizers etc.
I use both synthetic and organic whatever I find a good deal on.
Im going to guess 3 tomatoes on that plant.
Have a great day.
This topic sounds awfully familiar. Oh yes, it was replies to my comments. The University of Auburn Alabama, agriculture department is a prime source for information about what crops to plant, when to plant them, pests and the amount of crop damage they do, and means of pest control, for my area, north central Alabama. I also do a lot of reading. Squarefoot Gardening, and Seed to Seed are two of my best resources. I should have used them when planting my onions.
My onions were a failure, but I learned from the experience, and next year, they will be a success. It took me a while to figure it out. The onions lost their footing because they were planted too shallow. Once they fell over, it was game over for them. I took the advice from a You Tube channel, planting onions shallow to develop larger onions. It cost me the entire crop! It wasn’t your channel, Gary with The Rusted Garden, CaliKim, or James Prigioni. Of that, I am certain.
Normally, fighting powdery mildew and rust with my squash is a lost cause this time or year, and the plants are coming out, and the fungi in the cucumbers is a losing battle. Last year, every plant was pulled up by the beginning of July. This year I’ve been proactive with Immunox, spraying on a ten-day schedule. So far, I’ve had zero issues with fungi.
I lost one crookneck squash to a vine borer, but have plenty of other plants, zucchini, crookneck squash, and lemon squash. I am seeing fewer Japanese beetles, so it is the end of their season. I have beetle traps now, but there are too few of them to deploy the traps. But next season… Regular treatments with Spinosad, on the same ten-day schedule, has resulted in zero pickleworm infested cucumbers, or summer squash. Nor have I seen any hornworms, but I have removed and dealt with a half dozen cut worms.
This year, it is looking like I will have a bumper crop of tomatoes and peppers. Dang tomato plants are monsters, loaded with fruit, and still flowering-even the determinants. I have not been feeding them with growth steroids. My tomato beds just happen to be in a happy space for them, that provides them with shade in the hottest part of the day.
The Thorburn’s Terra-Cotta tomato is as ugly as hell, but has a mild flavor that isn’t acidic, nor does it have a tomato aftertaste. It is of good size, production, pest, and disease resistance. It has earned a permanent place in my garden. The Dad’s Sunset tomatoes are starting to blush, another delicious tomato. I have many others growing to evaluate. Next year, I’ll be growing more determinant varieties and fewer semi-determinant. The Classic Beefsteak, Thorburn’s Terra-Cotta Dad’s Sunset, and Martino’s Roma will return to my garden.
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Try Beit Alpha cucumbers. For some reason they`re unstoppable in Louisiana. Be careful and don`t plant very many.
Try a simple hydro bucket (water, nutrients, three 2 inch grow baskets filled with clay pebbles) and 8 to 10 inch tall max Pinocchio Orange (or yellow) Micro Dwarf Tomatoes outdoors under a shed roof edge in partial sun (out of the rain). Experiment with sunlight level.
Only refill half way after they drink all the water to allow air roots to breathe because a complete refill after air root formation drowns plant. But bucket starts full with solution made from MaxiGro nutrients touching plant roots in baskets. Only use half of max amount of powder or one small end of included scoop in the kilo bag per gallon of water. It contains PH stabilizer or something...so...very easy. No pumps or electric when outside under the edge of an overhang roof or carport/porch.
DIRECTIONS: Start a tomato plant indoors or outdoors in fall or in winter and root cuttings from it in water and transplant into bucket or pots, etc. You can get bucket lids with four 2 inch baskets. These are heirloom determinate (save some seeds) but with a good trimming they produce again and again and continue making cuttings.
Some of my parent plants are over 2 years old. These are decent tasting and this allows you to continue growing tomatoes all year. Try 10w (single plant) or 15w (several in one bucket lid) Sansi bulbs if light is used and 5 to 8 hours of full light for blooms using cheap timer. Experiment. Nobody knows everything.
@@baneverything5580 I am growing both Beit Alapha and Katrina-both parthenocarpic varieties. They aren'g good climbers, I am missing my shady spot under my trellis tunnel. Next year, I may go back to growing Natoinal Pickling or Straight 8.
I finally broke down and sprinkled Sevin dust all around and over the bottom few inches of the stalk of my squash plants. I suddenly (a week my) getting fruit again.!!
I had to use it on some of my peas last year. Wasp were just ruining the crop. I had stings in every pea. Used it and was able to freeze a couple of quarts last year. This year i probably wont wait as long, but i am concerned about the bees. I've had more bees in the garden this year than I ever had. So if anyone has another suggestion I would try it first.
Me 2 this year Do what you got to do my friend.
Your squash plant w/no leaves: I would think-but I could be totally wrong here-that it will continue to produce-as long as you keep the vine borers at bay...and give it more shade? I am dealing with either verticillium wilt or heat stress wilt to a few loaded tomato plants, not sure what I will do now that we have 90 degree temps. Shade cloth is not enough. Maybe spray an organic fungicide in late afternoon and wash off next morning-or just let it go and hope the tomatoes ripen in time. Huge Kudos to you. I love your honest opinions.
Totally agree, I don’t use any fertilizer or pesticides mainly because I don’t have the money for it and I’ve even heard people argue the point that your poising your garden by watering with city water, and to them I say, when my rain barrel is empty, what do you expect me to water my garden with, and then you’ll have people say your putting chemicals on your garden if you collect rain water and have asphalt shingles because supposedly chemicals in the shingles leech off into the rain water 🤷
It seems like you can't win no matter what
I do some chemical,& some organic depends on problem and what works best for plants..and hope for the best
Have you tried “Surround” it is mainly Kaolin clay! Three cups to one gallon of water. Makes the leaves white but it also protects against sun scald as it refracts light too!
I haven't. I usually don't have much issues with sun scald
Good video
Thanks
Since I began growing food, I've endeavored to grow organically; I also thought I'd be a totally No-Dig advocate but as time has gone on I've had to adjust my self-perception: I'm a minimal soil disturbance advocate. Two owners before me were a gardening couple who so intensively fertilized the soil that when I had it tested the lab that did the testing scolded me in a letter accompanying the results, telling me it was over-fertilized and to stop doing that.
Even so, I do use kelp or kelp and fish drenches. Organic, but not correct for this area since I'm nowhere near an ocean. I'll chop and drop, which is a bit more "natural," but away from this garden, and in other parts of my yard I do use human-synthesized brush killer on poison ivy I have yet to eradicate. So, I figure I have no room to blister anybody else's ears about their own gardening practices.
I also figure this way: someone much wiser than I observed that gardening, itself, is an unnatural activity. But even if you go about double-digging beds which makes for some serious (and deep!) disturbance of the soil bio-dome, the soil does eventually recover, and I assume that those folks who've double-dug once don't do that every season (guess how I came to the decision that I'm not going to double-dig any garden bed, any more?)
For the most part, I try to avoid buying or human-synthesized fertilizers or pesticides and I've also tried to follow at least some of the teachings of Masanobu Fukuoka, who maintained that insect pests go after weak plants that won't produce well, anyway, so let them have the ones they take which generally will be those plants with "free" nitrogen which attracts pests to that particular plant. (So once again, we come to the question of soil health, do we not?)
It means I am not spending money I don't have for spending unnecessarily, so I accept some lost plants or fruits---when they occur.
Companion planting has worked well for my garden and I am *so* grateful for that!
And, at about 7:50, is a wonderful garden bench (do you think of it as a bench?) Would you talk a little bit about that, please---as in, is that your woodworking, is there a pattern out there somewhere that I might find and utilize? That bench/seat looks totally great! I've admired it since the very first time I saw it in your video.
Many thanks, and much gardening love from Northeast Ohio! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊
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Jeff from East Tennessee. I will use a fungicide this year. Not much. On my tomatoes. Why garden if everything dies. Use something if you need to. My garden looks great now. I have not used one single thing on my garden YET!! But I will!! Thanks!!!
Exactly
Proverbs 15:1 - A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Not sure how to take that one
Nothing in life is a 1 size fits all.
Amen