Subscriber Garden Questions - Fertilizing, Speaking Request, Visiting Gardens, Best Butterfly Bush
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- Great Gardening Questions - Fertilizing, Speaking Request, Visiting Gardens, Best Butterfly Bush - In this video I answer gardening questions that were asked in last week's question and answer video.
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Wanted to let you know that I always get excited when I open UA-cam on Sunday mornings because I know there will another garden q&a waiting for me :)
Thank you so much!!
Me too!
It's not a Sunday morning without my coffee and Q&A!
@@Zil_Senczysame here! Our Sunday morning is coffee and Jim’s Q&A. The best way to spend a Sunday morning.
First thing after church I do !
-4 this morning here in Southern Missouri colder than Juneau
Alaska
Thank you for this video even though you aren’t feeling well.❤ Get well soon.
Happy Birthday on Monday.🎂
Happy Birthday, Jim. I hope you have a terrific day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM!!! Hope 1-15-24 is an awesome day for you and your family!
❤hello everyone, Khun Jim putnam and Stephany thank you for what you do. Happy gardening ❤
Happy Birthday, Jim! Thank you for sharing your gardening knowledge and experience! You are helping many people.
Have an amazing day on Monday, Jim! Thank you for the gardening inspiration .
Use a pressure washer to dig around cables. Works in our clay too.
That’s a fabulous idea. I would have never thought of that.
Feel better! And Happy Birthday for Monday!🌿🌿
Happy Birthday! Hoping you are back to feeling 100% soon!
Speedy recovery Jim! 🙏🏻💘
Happy Birthday Jim! I so appreciate all the information I have gained from you over the years. All the top growers, names in the field I have learned from you. You are excellent at this and I feel so much more competent in the garden and in helping others all because of watching and learning from your videos! As for bees and what they like: In my garden, I would not be without African Blue Basil. I now have it in my front yard and in the back yard. But to tell you the truth, I think they like the Bluebeard Caryopsis the best. I do have several small Butterfly Bushes, but do not see as much activity on them from bees. (native bees).
Feel better, and have a happy birthday, Jim!
Thanks for giving us our much anticipated Sunday q&a, even while under the weather, Jim. We so appreciate you! Happy birthday and hope you feel better fast.
Happy Birthday, Jim! I enjoy the Sunday videos and always learn something from them. Thanks so much!
Thanks Jim. Hope you feel better soon and Happy Birthday! 🥶❄️🌲💚🙃
Happy birthday! Thanks for all you do! I watch and listen while I eat breakfast and get ready for church on Sunday mornings. I really appreciate what I learn.
How do you have room for plants? Duh. There is ALWAYS room for plants!!! 😍 Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Jim!
Happy birthday! 🎉- fellow January birth-baby!
Happy Birthday Jim!!!!
Happy birthday 🎉 I hope you have a wonderful day an an amazing upcoming year.
Hope you feel better soon and Happy Early Birthday!
Happy Birthday Jim! Hope you feel better and enjoy your day!
Happy birthday! Hope you feel better soon.
Happy birthday Jim
Happy Birthday Jim. My bday was on the 10th. I knew there was something I liked about you😂. Happy Birthday man!🎉
I got some milkweed this past summer. Swamp and some orange ones, forget the name. I was specifically trying to attract monarchs. I spotted a handful. But, those milkweeds were a magnet for aphids. The kinds that stain your hands orange. I eventually cut it all back, and will try again this year with another spot (i believe the soil is too rich).
I have also observed pollinators seem to love blues/purples best as well!
Happy Birthday Jim!
Regarding perennials in winter, I just noticed today how awesome Midnight Masquerade Penstemon is looking in my Upstate SC garden this January. The foliage is amazing! It has outperformed all of the other Penstemon I have tried; I am definitely adding more this spring (which is why I only tried one of each of several kinds - to see which performed best!).
Happy Birthday Jim🎉 you are great teacher, Thank you for showing us to do right way😊
Happy (Early) Birthday! 🎂
Happy Birthday Jim! You're very much appreciated for all you do for this community 🙏 enjoy your day.
In our area, the underlying soil is a lot of limestone and some clay. Soil pH tends to be a bit alkaline, as is the city's supplied water. While the new house build (2019) put down some top soil and I have been amending it since 2020, starting to build up some good soil over the limestone/clay, I have been using an organic fertilizer that also has an acidifier component. Soil tests have been in the 6.5-7 pH range. That may be as good as it gets for us without using massive amounts of organic sulfur.
You would be okay on western Colorado!😊
Happy Birthday, Jim!!! 🎂🍨🍾
At our old house on a golf course when they were doing some restructuring they hit a main electric line with s digger! The whole neighborhood went out! I guess it was s surprise finding . It was an older built course! Yes, b careful!
PS, nobody was hurt!
Happy birthday to you, Jim. Enjoy your day, and many happy and healthy returns.
Thanks for helping me to become a better gardener.
Happy birthday.
Very appreciative of all the information provided on this channel! Thank you do much. Also, Happy Birthday Jim Putnam. ! Be blessed.
We are all covering our Azaleas and Crape Myrtles in Arkansas...it's extremely cold, but hopefully the snow will also protect them.
feel better and happy birthday
Happy Birthday Jim! ..... I can buy Holly Tone at Costco during early spring much cheaper than I can ever purchase Plant Tone. Would it hurt to use only Holly Tone if my PH is already acidic (not overly)? Thanks for all the good info! You are a gem!
I've done the same and would love to see this answered.
Happy Birthday 🎉 love your channel and appreciate all the practical garden information you share!
Happy Birthday, Jim! Hope you are feeling better and enjoy your day 🎉
Question for you and Mrs steph : what type of houseplants interest you, and I know you touch on houseplants topic ..but seems like it's a super hot trend now.
Oh I know, actually, what mean about underground.. utilities. I worked in landscaping and irrigation..I cut many cable lines..even after being so called located! Lol..try explaining that to a pissed off homeowner...lol.
Thanks your Q&A Sundays
Also Happy Birthday Jim! Hope you have a good one. Also feel better.
Feel better soon, Jim. 🙏
Hi Jim. To deliver the weekly Q&A despite being sick truly shows how devoted you are to your followers & this channel. Hope you feel better… Q: Is it normal to get leaf spots on my Pieris Japonicas? They tend to pop up this time of year & disappear in Spring when new growth appears.
Happy Birthday HortTube man 🎉🎉🎉Hope you had a GREAT day 🌳🌳🌳🐕
Happy early Birthday!!!
Love the channel!!! I’ve learned a lot from you.
I learn so much from your Q&As. Thanks for doing them!
Happy birthday Jim MBTC good health and happiness get well soon thank you for sharing your knowledge to us . 🎂😊🙏❤️
Thank you so much for answering my question about when to visit the Raleigh area botanical gardens and for the Duke garden suggestion!
Feel better my friend. My soil samples are actually going out today. I had dug the array of holes quickly for my two samples before the ground hardened, threw them in a couple buckets and proceeded to immediately forget about them😂.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Hope you get better soon 😊
HORTNERD - new T-shirt!
Please advise on best value organic fertilizer options.
Feel better soon!!!
Hi Jim !Thanks for everything.,but missing the videos on Garden plants with Jim . Are you planning on adding more?😁
Okay, we totally need a manufacturer to partner with Jim and develop Jim's perfect shovel that we can buy
Hi Jim, Happy Birthday~ Take care of yourself and get well soon! I am so nervous about the weather we are getting this coming week. Starting Tuesday the 16th. the predicted low is 22, the 17th is 25, oddly the 18th is 49, 19th and 20th is 24, and Sunday the 21st. is 31. After that, the low temps are predicted to be above freezing. I'm 80 years old with a very painful chronic illness I've had for going on 30 years but I still manage with great difficulty to try to do some gardening. Last winter's arctic blast killed several plants and caused heavy damage on others which required much attention even though I'm careful to buy plants hardy for my zone 9a (was 8b) Gulf coast area. It was difficult to find some of the same plants I needed to replace. This will be a much longer cold spell than we had last winter and I'm afraid that if I lose a lot of plants, I will not be able to continue gardening unless I can find plants I won't have to continue to replace over and over again. Do you think these erratic temperatures will continue to be the pattern? Last summer, it was sweltering hot here and now we are having two winters with extremely cold winter periods.
Good morning! Great Q&A. Speaking of fertilizer I recently got some Dr. Earth all purpose to lightly sprinkle early spring just to switch it up a little..no other reason 🙏🏻🍂🍁
I shred my cardboard boxes to use in my compost pile. Is this a safe practice?
We planted 2 of each type of tree: Peach, Plum, Pear, Apple, Fig, ... 1 Ariadne Japanese Maple (20g was surprised to see this variety in this size; popped up on Latham's Monroe inventory the same day I was ordering for my house, very cool!) Plus planted 20 ornimental shrubs I'll need to find enough sheets to cover all of these with the 15° coming up next weekend. Planting late/fall early winter always makes me nervous those first low lows.
Have you been to Longwood gardens in Pennsylvania? Went for first time this winter and was blown away.
Happy Birthday! 🎉
to limit your liability when digging, call 811 and get your utilities marked before putting in a new garden bed.
Yes, definitely get them marked
Question for the next Q&A: I have 2 rosemary plants that are a fair size, trimmed to about a foot tall. This past summer I noticed they were covered with tiny white bugs. Every time I hit the plants these tiny, white bugs fly. This is a very sunny location facing west and gets lots of afternoon summer sun. I tried spraying them with dilute hydrogen peroxide....it didn't do a thing. So I then tried sevin and sprayed at least 3x....still did nothing. Should I just pull them out or continue the battle? BTW I live in Durham, NC.
Happy early Birthday 🎉 enjoy your special day hope you do something you love
Hope you had a great birthday Jim! I enjoyed your recent video on the unboxing from Mr. Maple and particularly interested in the Zenobia Pulverulenta 'Woodlands Blue' plant. I'm in zone 6b (Boston, MA area) and we've been getting tons of rain this year. So much so, that an area in one of my garden beds that is in a lower corner of the property is staying so wet that I'm going to have to replace a few of the plants. Would 'Woodlands Blue' be a good choice for a more moist part of the garden? The section I'm thinking of gets about 5 hours of afternoon sun a day. Thanks, as always, for your great videos!
Jim, You should write a garden book❤
Happy Birthday 🎉🎉
Happy Birthday!! 🎉🎈🎁 Mine is Tuesday!
Happy Birthday!
? 😊 Happy birthday Jim and I hope you are feeling better with every passing day. Thank you again for another great video. I have a question may be for next week’s Q&A. You talked in this video about the area near a wood line that is very dry and shaded because of tall trees. You mentioned about losing soil every time it rains and potentially mulching the area. That is my situation. My forest is primarily beech, oaks with a few tulip poplar trees. As the beach tree limbs extend out, I am not able to grow grass or really anything underneath of those trees. Is there something I am missing like a shrub or groundcover that would work in that area or should I just mulch it and let the leaves lay and return it to the florest? it is a large area probably 20 x 20‘ square. thank you so much for any advice that you might have. I always enjoy your videos and learn so much. I am in zone 7A in Maryland. Please give Holly a rub for me.😊
Question about covering plants for cold snaps…
How detrimental to the plants is rain soaked material? In my coastal NC zone 8 garden it’s supposed to dip to the lower 20s this week with some rain. I will obviously be covering a couple things before the cold when rain is forecasted so the cover will be laying on the plant while wet.
P.S. Hope you feel better soon!
Happy birthday! 🎂🎁🎉
Happy Birthday 🎉
Happy Birthday, Jim! And thanks for all you do. My question is about insect control. I see in your videos that you tend to let nature balance out the insect population. In my neighborhood near Richmond, VA most of us use a pest control company to spray and/or apply granular insecticide around the perimeter of our homes to keep out unwanted bugs. The most troublesome ones are roaches, ants, spiders, and silverfish. Are these pesticide applications detrimental to the natural balance of insects in the landscape?
At 19:00 I think some pollinator's favor “blue” or purple flowers since pollinators that can see UV wavelength can see them better.
A MANTS exhibitor was showing butterfly candy buddleia, which had two purple flowered varieties. It would be interesting if pollinators favored one, or the plant series. Presumably it’s sterile as it’s 3N?
That was the space I was helping with. Sorry I missed you.
You mentioned that yellow butterfly bush is genetically inferior. I have blue, purple, pink and yellow, and I think maybe I like the yellow best. Lots of blooms and seems like more pollinators than the others. So I was wondering what it is about the yellow ones that makes them inferior.
Thank you for all the great videos.
How much help is covering stuff if it gets to 15°? North Georgia is about to get another dose of weather whiplash 😢 Happy birthday Jim, hope you feel better soon.
Jim it wasn't clear to me in your Wed bulb video if there was any concern that planting much later than normal could be a problem. Did you pre-chill these beforehand or did grower chill before shipping? If not, is it possible they won't come up reliably this first year but then be ok and naturalize in future years? I'm sure some bulbs require very little winter chilling so maybe it's not an issue for those. I'd think tulips and hyacinths would have to be fall planted there to get a full winter chill.
Hey Jim love the channel. I am in zone 6a central Ohio. I have nothing but wet heavy clay soil. I have Been adding mulched leaves in the fall and I have read to add in alfalfa meal or blood meal to help breakdown the leaves to help build better soil. Do you have an opinion on the addition of either of those to help accelerate the breakdown of the leaves?
Happy early birthdayJim! I’m in a high desert zone 8b in CA. I planted a few gardenia august beauty and some are turning yellowish green. Will they always stay this color? Should I be giving them their acid loving fertilizer in the winter?
I’m not familiar with CA 8b, I’m on the east coast but I am pretty familiar with gardenia and whenever someone tells me they have yellow leaves on gardenia my first thought is iron deficiency. You may need to use chelated iron instead of a fertilizer or even a fertilizer for acid loving plants. Do you know if your soil is acidic or alkaline? If I’m not mistaken I think the high desert can be more alkaline and that makes it harder for plants to uptake iron. He mentioned holly tone in the video and I wonder if that’s what you should use.
If it is iron deficiency and you treat it they won’t stay yellow forever. I hope this helps. I love gardenias. I hope yours feel better soon.
@@dia9491 yes you might be right, I need to make sure soil is acidic and there is plenty of iron available
@@mandocool it’s hard to grow gardenia when the soil isn’t acidic. I live in an area that has very acidic soils but there are people who ask me for help with them a lot. I think even in those ranges of acidic soil there are still patches of soil which are akaline. My mom lives just a few miles away and she has to use acidic fertilizer on her hydrangeas and azaleas. That can just show you how different it can be in a rather small area.
Happy Birthday Jim and thank you for all the great info!! I'm planning a project and I have a question for you, please. I live in zone 6b Connecticut. I like to leave as much of the woods as possible while landscaping our property--enhance it rather than rip it all out. Recently, a large oak needed to be cut down. While cutting it, the arborist showed me that it was rotted in the middle. I asked him to leave the stump with the plan that I'd plant in it. My question is, how to prepare this for planting? Treat it like a raised bed or a planter? The stump is 3' H x 4' wide and the hole in the middle is 2' w x 2 1/2' deep. I have an unlimited supply of years old seasoned horse manure to use in it. Should I put anything before putting in the seasoned compost--gravel, rocks? Should I drill holes at the depth of the inner hole to allow for drainage? Line it? --my intent is that it will one day rot away so there is no attempt to save it, just use it till it naturally goes away. Any cautions in regard to the type of plants that might do best in it? Thank you so much! Hope you're feeling better for your birthday!! You're channel is so super helpful!
I know you are doing a video on trees soon. I am interested in the difference in an American Hornbeam and an European Hornbeam. Also is there a Columnar Oak tree? I live in North Alabama ! Thanks and hope you are better soon !
I hope you have a great birthday! I'm in southeast Missouri zone 6b which didn't change with the new zone chart. I'm curious as to how the zones would have changed if the current year's colder temperatures would be taken into account.
Hi Jim, thank you for the information that you provide. My question is what is the difference between a geranium and a pelargonium or is there a difference? Thank you
Could you please create a video talking about acidic potting soil that can be used for blue hydrangeas? And how to make your own acidic potting mix?
Thanks for education and information that you provide. We are in Memphis, TN. Zone 7b/8a.
My son’s wedding will be held in our backyard on May 4th. What can I plant between now and then that will look good then? I am going to over seed the lawn with annual rye. Do you think it will still look good in early May?
Thanks for all the great videos.
Mike
Is it right to add acid loving fertilizer to containers with acid loving shrubs like hydrangeas and camellias? I’ve assumed that potting soil top dressed with compost or organic mulch is not particularly acidic.
I love your videos, but....as a Gardening Addict....I usually just ask Siri!! 😆
Jim, I have an eastern redbud that we cut down last year and it has reseeded itself all along the property line between my house and our neighbors where the tree was. Many little shoots are coming up. I have been pulling these shoots up for several years, but they just keep coming. My second concern is on another property line of another neighbor, an Eastern redbud is sprouted and is about 3 feet tall. This gentleman just recently cut down all of his Leland Cypress along this property line, but he left this little redbud, I’m sure it would be a beautiful tree, but I know what’s in store for my garden that’s going to be right under this red bud. My garden is planted for full sun, and it will be in full shade when this tree is mature. I don’t want little baby redbuds coming up all over my yard. Not sure what to do. I don’t feel comfortable going and asking him to cut it down. I think it would be hard for me to explain to him why I don’t want it. I am sure he doesn’t even know what it is. Any advice?
Do you ever start any perennials (or even just annual ornamentals) from seed, and if so, which ones do you think are worth it?
He starts lots of annuals from seed.
I grow almost everything from seed unless it’s a named cultivar but I don’t use a grow light. I just use the window for sunlight. If you have a grow light you’d probably have better luck than me. I grow sage, thyme, and coneflower are good as well as pincushion flower(scabiosa.), columbine those I start indoors. I’m in 7b if that helps. Outside I seed bachelors buttons, black eyed Susan(perennial), straw flowers, alyssum(royal carpet is my fav and grows all year long here), zinnias(are the best, indoor and outdoor starting) and pansies. I prefer starting seeds outdoors because I don’t have a lot of space for growing flats inside my home.
I’ll tell you what I haven’t had luck with is lobelia indoor or outdoor it just doesn’t grow well for me. I’ve purchased seeds every year for them and have a hard time. So I’ve given up on those as seeds.
Hey Jim, are the Empress of China dogwoods salt tolerant at all? I planted mine a couple months ago here in Florida 9a and it has a lot of yellowing leaves and there dropping off. It is down by the end of my driveway on the corner and noticed yesterday a dog was doing his business on it and I suspect he’s not the only one lol. I know it’s newly planted and it’s going to have somewhat of a trial period, but it doesn’t seem right for being semi evergreen. Thanks a lot and happy birthday man, mine was the 18th. Hope you guys got some dry hiking in while you were down here. Thanks again man
I live in North Florida (9B) and have never used a froth cloth before. I purchased several FL native wildflowers this year and would hate to lose them. Some of them were planted only 2 or 3 weeks ago. Would you bother with the frost cloth? It was a pain to cover the 10 x 30 area and I think it will be a mess if it rains.
Hey Jim, thank you for the Q&A always enjoy it. Is it because of the cold weather that armadillos come out? What can I do about the destroying the garden they only dig not eating the plants. 7b/8a Dallas GA
When looking at the Hardiness Zone range for plants in the ground (not containers), do you factor in wind chill as a consideration? For instance, we're forecast to be 13°F overnight, with a wind chill of 0°F.
Hi! I live in 6B/7A Huntington, WV and I’ve purchased a new home with an extra lot last year. The property has ground mole issues…any advice on how to deal with this? I love your channel!!
Hey Jim. I hope you're feeling better. Over the past couple seasons, I've seen a significant increase in the number of Asian jumping worms in my garden. They are not degrading the soil quality yet, but I worry that they will start to. Any pointers on what to do about them? Any hope that they will reach an equilibrium and not turn my entire lawn into coffee grounds?
Happy Birthday a day early Jim. My question, what is the best type of hoe to use in a gravel area. I have in the middle of my property an AT&T box that they have placed gravel around. I am on my hands and knees pulling weeds out of this space constantly. I want to keep on top of it so weeds don’t migrate to my flower beds. I do not want AT&T to come and spray it with anything that could blow into my beds with the wind and kill my plants. I was thinking a hoe…but what would work best in gravel to get under the gravel and cut the weeds off at the root? Looking forward to your advice.
Hello from snowy zone 5b Iowa. We have snow that has completely buried some rhododendrons. I'm thankful for the insulation the snow provides from the below zero temps, but should I be worried that they will be buried for a couple of weeks? Should I consider digging them out a bit to give them some sunlight?