The BIGGEST Gardening Myth: Soil Amendments
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2023
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The system is designed to keep you dumbed down. This way, they can easily manipulate you. Open your eyes, think outside the box and stop believing everything you see, especially if they're trying to sell you something. Gardening is easy, stop over complicating it.
Gracias hasta hoy dejare de gastar mi dinero en todas cosas que veo en home depot.y tantos videos de youtube qye me confunden mas al final nose ni que funciona gracias amigo x gran informacion.saludos
Loke the myth that at dormancy the enemy goes down to the roots .
Well if all the energy goes down to the roots how can a cutting produce roots and leaves without initial roots where all the energy supposively went
Air pruning Air stops or kill roots . Really ? I haven't seen it
Organic material .plowed into the soil cover crops break up clay soil? Well maybe top 2 inches but not five feet down with sunflowers
Hugoculture bury logs and and they retain moisture . Really, ? How is a buried log going to rot
Bury green weeds and a year later dig up green leaves
Why not bury foam rubber to retain moisture
I feel like this is similar to what the government does to us and has especially done to us over the last few years -- lie and tell us we NEED to do certain things or we'll die. Yet those of us who didn't follow their warnings are still alive and well while others who did as they were told are not well. 👍🏻👍🏻
Dude you are hilarious and I absolutely love watching your videos! Keep up the good work man!
Thank you. I have been growing a garden for many years however the amendments have gotten so expensive. This is such a help
I have a huge yard and a small flower farm. I dont use any added amendments anymore. The 1st year I did, but quickly found it very unnecessary and expensive. Great video!
Agree
You’re such a little soil rebel, lol. Thanks for your honesty. I loved it !! I, personally, mostly just use my compost to feed my plants and they all seem happy.
Pragmatic, experience based. Very refreshing in the sea of religiousy green knowledge mantras we hear over and over and ...
I am impressed. Good info. Thank you 🙏🏻
YOU!!! You are so refreshing!!!!!!!🤩 Do not stop!
Good stuff! I Wish I would've seen this video a month ago before I bought all the products you mentioned lol
no big deal, use them up and forget about all that junk.
I love your date palm! Great vid!
Excellent video as always!!!!! Great truth!!!
This is gold!
Love this. I completely agree.
Thank you for sharing such valuable information with us
Great video, thank you for sharing.
Your videos are great and youre so knowledgeable. Essy to follow and listen too. Keep it up.
I seen your property. Been there a few times. I bought my rainbow eucalyptus tree from you. It’s over 30 feet tall now. Thank you for the video.
Shout out to Gary Matsuoka (Gary's Best Gardening on youtube) for banging this drum about soil myths for years and has done many live streams about this going into more scientific detail.
This is why everyone always talks about their grandma having a green thumb yet they kill everything. The big, industrial scale nurseries in the latter half of the 20th century invented a system that works for them, but not for long-term plant care - not for nefarious reasons, but because they are interested in short term care of the plant, until they sell it i.e. usually for a season, and in this case potting the plants in bark/wood chips/compost works and is much, much lighter and easier to work with than real soil which can be unmanageably heavy. The problem is everyone just assumes that because the nurseries are experts this must mean it is the best way to do it long term as well, but it's not. It actually causes problems when the organic material turns to sludge and starts rotting the roots. It has created a whole new problem of over-watering (especially in pots, having to change the 'soil' every year, when this was never done before)... my grandma never even heard of such a thing, she watered all her plants every day without problems. I remember me, when I first got interested in gardening as a teen, getting into disagreements with her about stuff because I, like usual, made sure to watch every guide I could find - I thought I knew it all. We live in an area in Texas which is literally all sand. She grew plants for decades easily by just putting them in the ground or a pot with native soil. She didn't know anything about compost tea or soil pH... She was old school like that. Yet I constantly struggled, especially with potted plants (and more especially with 'over-watering', sheesh..). Even worse the more I 'knew' the more difficult it became, becoming more expensive and requiring more effort. Only once I went back to the old school methods did it get easier and fun again.
So just follow nature... Plants grow in soil, which is sand/silt/clay ie mineral-based, not organic matter - the organic matter goes on top of the soil like when leaves fall and trees die, to form a duff layer.
there is logic to what you say and what alan says in this video, but i think to myself, why does he bother making a special super drainable mix for the stuff he puts in pots? in his other videos he says he sometimes waters 2-3 times a day because the pots dry out! if all you need is clay soil, then why make these potting mixes which cant even hold water more than half a day in the summer? whats the purpose of all these waterings each day if i can just water once every couple days in clay soil (because it can hold on to water much more than the potting mix) and save a lot more water that way?
Your views may absolutely apply to your particular circumstances. But to make a blanket statement that just because it did not work for you means it cannot work for others is simply incorrect. I have seen dirt transformed into beautiful soil dozens of times by the addition of correct amendments. It takes time,, and copious amounts but it DOES work. Cover crops are one of the best and cheapest ways, but be prepared to be in it for the long haul.
blanket statement. My soil is crap to most people's standards. I started from nothing with 0 knowledge and here I am today. Water is the main thing you need when growing any plant. Amending a little hole and expecting a plant to do amazing is just not rational. If you want to throw stuff in the soil, go ahead. Will it harm anything? ofcourse not. Will it help? possibly. Will it make or break your plant? definitely not. Stop buying into the propaganda spewed out there by everyone else.
This is why I always try and tell people "Don't over-weed, or plant some easy ground cover, and make sure to water bare dirt you see too, and when you mow/weed whack, etc - leave the cuttings"... why? Because God knew what he was doing designing nature, and if you keep the soil alive and aerated, the bugs and micro dudes will come do all the rest of the work. Worms , water and food scraps / yard waste is the laziest, most effective, and most balanced way to not only restore but maintain power-packing soil. Thank you so much for sharing the word!!
I planted about 70 fruit trees, 4 died but all were plated the same, 50 50 native soil to compost. After watching others plant with 4 different bags of stuff to add in their soil it made me wonder if I did something wrong...nope. Currently eating apricots off my trees. If a tree needs all that stuff I don't want it. Great video, thank you.
Preaching to the choir my friend! Thank you for the tips and tricks, it's working for us! LOL
I’m amazed 🌺🙏🏽
Great video, but your going to be in trouble for this one!!! 👍
that's ok :)
Love to see the channel grow! I plant everything in sand (its all natural)! But, I have drip irrigation and mulch. Chicken crap! Most everything grows and does great! All the Magic Juice will just wash away once it rains!
The truth is that I kill everything, but somehow the less I do, the better my trees grow! Allen your such a rebel!
reason your plants grow is because they don't rely on you for water (your drip irrigation). That's my secret as well :)
When I started growing stuff I basically did the native soil approach. It did not work well. I was growing potatoes. If you want to get production from a potato plant you will need to add phosphate, if you do not then you will end up with very few and small potatoes. I can tell you that from experience. The plant itself will look great but you don’t grow potato plants for the foliage, not to mention the foliage on a potato plane is toxic so yeah don’t eat that.
Of course since then I have added many things to my gardens, I have not focused much on larger things such as trees and bushes but I have started adding those as well. My bananas have just reached their 1st year anniversary in my yard and I just added two Barbados Cherries in March. Being the beginning of my growing year, I like to use blood meal early, it definitely gets the herbs growing nicely and I like to broadcast a bit around to everything.
I appreciate your truth.. Subscribed. They want us to believe lies, I already know that.. Thank you!
Haha! You are so correct! Water is king!
This is so true!!! And when you put all that compost in it keeps decomposing and it makes your trees unstable and need support. Also the decomposing of rotting wood in the ground steals the nitrogen. The rotting wood mixed with water makes like sewer sludge and deprives oxygen from the plant, doesn’t let it breathe and it will suffer. Compost is meant for the top of the soil not for the plant to be grown in.
Uhm.... You seem to be using the word Compost losely. There's a difference between finished compost and unfinished compost. Once compost is finished it can be mixed in but not too heavily, if it is unfinished it should never be mixed in and only added to the surface. Either way though the worms will come collect and bring the compost down into the soil and mix it in if you have worms in your soil.
@@ziggybender9125 "Finished compost" is a myth. It is rotting organic material, it's "finished" when it is no longer rotting, i.e. is broken down into carbon, water, lignin etc. There is no magical third stage. What some people call finished compost is just organic matter in which the decomposition has slowed, there is more nitrogen available in it, and is generally drier. But it's still rotting, and once you introduce a lot more water, i.e. when you water your plants, it will rot faster. If you have sandy soil and you amend it with compost it probably won't be a big deal as there is a lot of drainage and air access to roots (it's better to put it on top of the soil though), but if your soil is more on the clay side it can kill your plants. This is why "overwatering" has become a problem since people started using organic material as potting soil
@@ziggybender9125 I know the difference between finished and unfinished compost. But “finished compost” is just compost that’s not hot. Compost continues to break down until it disappears. That’s the problem.
@@rebeccaryan6229 No it's not just compost that's no longer hot, you have to sift it first and remove all debree that isn't broken down into fine particles. Once you've done that you can mix that into soil and don't have to only use as mulch. Also disappearing to your human eye isn't the same as disappearing from the soil microbiome. The more stuff you can see under a microscope while looking at your soil the better for the plants, compost adds to this number even after you no longer see it.
I know what compost is and I know about sifting it. A small amount turns to humus but the process to get there is long and brutal on the plant. I have grown hundreds of trees and many many thousands of plants. When I started using a soilless mixture to grow my potted plants, raised beds and not adding compost to the soil when planting trees there was a night and day difference. I added the organic matter to the top only, just as it’s done in nature. Now trees don’t need to be staked, plants never get overwatered, you never have to add more soil to top off pots or beds because it never decomposes, and because the roots can properly breathe they look better and are incredibly healthy. I’ll never go back or be convinced of anything else. The 3 most successful gardeners I know of with amazing gardens use the same practice and can also be found on UA-cam. I make my own compost and now use it to top the plants instead of grow in it. I wouldn’t have believed it myself until I did the research and put it to the test. Not long also I was preaching to add lots of organic matter to the soil when planting. No longer. Replicating nature is best.
Magic juice = water… thank you sir!
i think this is the way of learning journey we all gonna pass through many obstacles we learn
thank man as always
but BAT poop was funny AF🤣🤣 i think i want 2 know what make you use it ?
Great vid ! Thanks for this honesty. This does apply to your dry and cold winters right ?
What about amendments in Mediterranean climate to deal with wet soggy winters with occasional freezes/frost ?
Some amendements for extra drainage with river sand and peat moss in the panting hole to help with root rot ?
Cheers from south east of France.
oh wow all the way from France. That would be another gardening myth. This video will answer your question ua-cam.com/video/cBuRA_Mlp4w/v-deo.html
Keep going
Get’em Alan!
One of the best things I ever did was have you put in my irrigation and do a consult. You have saved me thousands of dollars since meeting you. I was one of those people who bought into the whole amendment needs. Now, I give compost around my plants/trees and do regular fertilization and things are just growing wonderfully.
I was thinking about this today. My grandfather had an amazing, thriving and healthy garden and didn't use any of the stuff we have today. He used newspaper for mulch. Had terrible red clay soil and got it to produce.
Do you hand water this area? If so, how often? I've watched some of your other videos so I know you use the 4 ways to water. Just wondering about the area in this specific video. Not including the overhead spray you showed at the end. Thanks for teaching so much by sharing!
I do notice that you leave the fallen leaves around your plants, great mulch and zero cost ammendment!
Thank you 😊! I'm a member of the crappy nasty native soil club too. Couldn't be happier😀
I don't buy amendments at all, but I do want to improve my soil. My plants have been dealing with nitrogen deficiency, so I pulled some seaweed out of my pond and put it around them, and mulched on top with some grass clippings. Now the soil is filling with life, there's worms and it's getting softer and better as time passes. Don't spend money on amendments, use what you have access to. Gardening should be cheaper than buying food
great advise
When you said rolly Polly poop ,I spit my coffee out laughing so hard
Thank you so much. I’m so guilty of buying whatever sounds fabulous.
Today I planted a peach tree in native soil. Topped with worm castings and mulch.
SE Texas, sandy wet soil.
Blessings to you!
Hello how’s your tree doing ? I’m about to transplant my pomegranate tree same soil you have in Texas as well thanks
@@laninshki it’s doing ok. Not thriving but not dying so I guess it’s ok. Time will tell.
Great video,love the truth of it. Our goal is the plant the water with earthworks and grow soil from native plants and mulch. Can you give any advice on Desert iguanas? They are eating any leaves the can reach.
Desert iguanas are one of Gods creatures. There's a recipe for all of them somewhere.
@@aloeisthestuff9622 lol
One exception might be amendments to alter the soil pH. But I gave up on them and stick with plants suited for my higher pH soil.
changing native soil ph is very hard and takes years. It's best to isolate the plant such as a raised garden bed or container. Much easier to control the ph. Lots of literature about changing soil ph out there. Usually you want to do acres at a time over a period of several years. Has you seen anyone teaching people to do that on youtube?. Nope, just brainwashed people passing down misinformation and recommending spot treatment which does not work long term.
I have Neutral soil but my irrigation is High ph. When we have a lot of rain vs irrigation my Ph is like a roller coaster. I've watched many a plant/tree die from this effect over time.
In Florida if I don’t add some additives to the sand the tree will not grow and die I have had this happen.
In some areas we have sand only . The ones that failed the roots were contained In rootball?
You have crappy soil I have sand the trees that failed were citrus the ones that didn’t were white sapote (citrus) sapodilla lemon catley guava. Did have one sapodilla fail
Are you selling any pitomba right now? I know you had a video on planting a root bound one months ago, is this the same one?
What are your thoughts on so called having (good drainage) in your soil?
I have a video in my channel about this topic, check it out. if it drains within 24 hours or less, you're good.
I dont amend anything for any of my plants except some sand for drainage. But i have to say my blhe berries perfer if i water them with 6ph water cuz my soil is at 7.2ph and i havent ever gotten blue berries
Native soil or dirt and biology is often enough, especially if you feed the biology mulch. There are situations where amendments are the answer though. South Western Australia has some of the oldest, most leached soils on the planet. Also monoculture systems where nutrients are stripped away faster than the biology can mine the native rock. Home gardens and perennials especially are often fine as you say.
I am going to be planting several plants in large (30 gal or so) containers. I wont be using any of my native clay soil. What would you recommend?
big pots don't grow big plants. But any well draining potting mix will work just fine.
man i thought i had crappy soil, pretty neat to see all that growth in that soil👍
still though surely there's value in good organic composting of kitchen scraps and yard waste where its more practical like for smaller herbaceous plants? especially if u do have bad soil like that?
nothing wrong with putting organic matter in the soil.
Allen, do you cover you banana bean tree in the winter?
they're frost sensitive and grow just as fast as a moringa. It takes damage every winter. I will probably never get fruit for that reason. Just one of those trees I have in the ground just to say I have it.
im from Europe, in my country you can buy small piece of land, in kinda "garden colonie" and many people who doesnt own garden and lives in flats do that and as you say put everything in the soil.. 1-2 years and they usually give up and just grow grass and grill there. i live with my mom in a flat too BUT we come from a long long long line of farmers. we own the same size small garden, put basicly nothing in there and for most thing we dont shop for vegetables all year long. Just work with what you got :D
thank you for watching, where in Europe?
Where in Europe???
I LOVE this video! I completely believe what you are saying, and found the same to be true for me taking vitamins. I never felt a stitch of difference.
But, how much water is a big question for me. My mango tree in San Diego I was told it died from too much water. Now, I am in Florida and growing mango trees again, one person said I should only water once a week, a very deep watering so that the roots will reach down for water, other people say that is nonsense, and I should water every other day during this months of April and May that are so dry. When I test with the moisture meter it says the ground is fully saturated, so I figure I should not water them. I just am not sure what to do but they look good even though I am only watering once a week with the deep method. I would just love to know what is the truth because I need to set up irrigation instead of hand watering all the time.
the truth is no one can tell you how often to water your trees unless they know your tree personally, how fast your soil drains water and the environment your tree is in. Mango trees have deep roots and yes deep water is needed once they get "older". Key is to let soil dry in between watering. Mango trees grow like weeds in FLorida. I have videos you can watch in my channel. Also I have never killed a tree from over watering in the ground. It takes months to years with zero drainage for that to happen.
Trees, shrubs and I believe perennials don't need fertilized while grown outdoors to survive. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing and you have a new subscriber.
IV Organics is expensive for what you get.
So what do you recommend for planting in similar soil as yours, but if the soil hasnt been watered consistently for years? Just dig a deep hole & plant a tree in it, & refill with the same soil?
just start watering. Check out my drainage video.
I have been telling everyone around me that if they grow any plant. Just use sand from your yard. But the sand should at least be covered by grass or weeds or something just so that the sand is not completely void of microbial life. I grow every tree from seed and I grow it in just sand and it grows extremely fast and very healthy and they all have strong healthy white root structures. I have a tree grown from seed and in one year of growth it's taller than me. My avacado tree grown from seed after one year is so bushy and tall already. After I put my plant in sand. I just throw a bit of home made compost in top of the sand. That's it. I see so many UA-camrs doing a whole lot of crap just to make people waste there money. I never buy compost..I have so many containers I built to grow many things in like bamboo and different types of fruit trees and they all just have sand it it with a small layer of compost above the soil. Everyone is shocked at how my trees are growing and how healthy they are. I always thought why does youtubers have issues with root rot and so many complications with soil. This guy is the OG. His channel needs to reach all the people who loves gardening and trees. He share real knowledge.. Some people try to use intelligence. We need to look for the people who has wisdom because of there common sense and reasoning capacity. This guy is genuine..Gardening can teach a person so much its amazing. I love the way this guy thinks..sand, water, some organic matter covering the soil. Water and organic matter feeds microbial life and it shelters the microbiology life from the elements. In return the microbial life feeds the tree. You don't need any organic matte and compost in the soil. It just needs to be above the soil. Common sense like you said it. The way it works in a forest
Yeah I have clay dirt in my backyard. My plants grow very slow and I get blossom end rot so I just gave up. One year, I tried to condition the dirt really well and I still hqd slow growth, so this year, I gave up. I'm just going to throw down red mulch and pot some pretty flowers and put them on top. Even the soil I buy from the store does my vegetable plants like this. I just don't have a green thumb unfortunately 😕
treat your plants like you do your kids, pets or whoever you care about. Your thumb will turn green over night. Plants average a minimum of 1 year to root themselves in the ground. Until then, they won't grow. If it suffers during the rooting process, it will take even longer to root itself. Your problem has nothing to do with your soil. I can almost guarantee you it's water related. Watch my other videos to get an idea.
Checking the Ph of all ingredients involved might shed some light on the problem for you. Check your water supply also sky/pipes.
Lol this is gonna sound like an odd suggestion but for your pots I suggest getting your soil mixture info from Marijuana growers, say what you want about them but they have been closely studying their soil recipes for decades and trust me if you can grow top quality Marijuana in their mixtures you can grow. Btw blossom end rot is a scientifically known result of lack of calcium in the soil for the plant to uptake, you could ignore this youtubers negative take on adding things to your soil and solve it quite easily by baking some egg shells on low heat till their brittle enough to smash into powder easily and feed it to your soil. Also if you can find a bag of charged biochar it does great things for clay soil on a scientific level like CEC transfers and stuff. Don't give up just don't try the same things that didn't work.
@@qctropicals Thank you so much
im no expert, but it sounds to me like ur overwatering....whats ur watering mindset like? how do you decide when to water or do you just do it routinely? in my experience the younger the plant the easier it is to overwater; i assume what happens is it breeds too much microbial life & contaminates the soil & plant, and they either get severely stunted or just rot. Im learning to start seeds and im seeing it happen very easily, they need a clean environment to really grow up nice and healthy, and when they get it, they dont waste any time in growing
definitely watch QCT's videos about watering, that cleared up a lot of the mystery of watering to me; they need to DRY out a bit (i believe that's what keeps the environment cleaner, im sure microbes need water to breed)
I'm totally amazed at the BS that gets spread from/for the Pot Heads. You could say drinking mineral spirits makes Pot grow better and some of them would try it.
It makes finding Truth just that much harder.
By the way, the way you come across reminds me of a character from some old movie that I cant seem to remember.
Main reason I started this channel.
This will not work for shallow rooted annual veggies
But only for strong rooted trees and shrubs to break thru hard pan and aerobic water pools
is that a challenge? I didn't even show all my trees in this video. I got all kinds of veggies planted in the ground same crappy soil :). Just plant the stuff in the ground, seriously no need to over complicate stuff.
Yeah, you're right. I think I have 27 fruit trees all planted in hard clay in South Mississippi. I do have about 4 or five inches of decent soil, but it's hard red clay after that, and I added 0 amendments, and they all look great. Seriously
This video is quite the eye opener! Your advice about no soil amendments but providing water is so fascinating. What would you say about growing conditions in North Carolina, zone 7A? Getting moisture is not a problem in this area of the country. However, I planted a Kousa dogwood sapling (Scarlet Fire) last year, in March 2022, and it leafed out fine. This year it has not leafed out, except for some leaves at the graft union near the bottom of the trunk. But those have since died back as well. I have provided 2-3 applications of an organic liquid fertilizer solution, Tree Secret by Dr. JimZ. Maybe you have heard of it. I wonder if I shocked my tree by giving it this at such a young age? I think the tree is still alive, since the branches are pliable (bendable) and the flesh underneath the bark cambium is white. Any advice appreciated.
Probably should prune back.
@@emiliebova I did this about a month ago
@@kso808 keep watering, it will take time. I am in Charlotte, NC. No more fertilizer.
@@emiliebova Thank you!
What do the blue javas taste like are they still gor at least 😬
oh yeah, they're good. Just the hype of it is another gardening myth waiting to be busted. Im just waiting for mine to ripen so I can make a video.
@@qctropicals thanks for the honesty!
What about potted plants?
same bs myth. I have a video on what potting mix I use and why, check it out :)
my friend i think by now i saw maybe 20 of your videos, each one i enjoyed a lot! but one thing i dont completely understand, and that is why do you make a potting mix which you say dries out 2 maybe 3! times a day in the heat of summer? why not make a mix which dries out in 1-2 days? i mean... clay soil has really bad drainage even when comparing with the worst potting mix anyone one sells or makes, and it holds a lot more water, so why is it ok in the ground but not ok in pots? i can never understand that.
in the ground plants can grow roots anywhere they want. If they don't like an area, they will grow roots else where. In containers, they're restricted to that space. About making a potting mix that won't dry as quickly; simple answer "winter". This same potting mix during winter time takes 4-6 days to dry 50%. Anything else that held more water would take even longer which is not good when it's cold and plants are not growing.
what state or zone are you in?
az 9b
@qctropicals ty! I'm asking bcus I live in California and been wanting to plant a mango tree, I guess I can give it a try. becasue I too live in Zone 9B.
That soil looks like it would benefit from 20% biochar by volume. Not trying to sell anything, biochar can easily be made by yourself.
Point of the video is to show how easy growing plants is and you don't need anything special to be successful. Water should be top priority for anyone trying to grow anything because even without it biochar won't do anything for the soil.
@@qctropicals with biochar you can reach up to 40% water savings so it will make a big difference. Especially in Arizona where you guys get monsoon rains as well.
Thank goodness I didn’t go buy discomposed granite and other stuff 😂😂😂 ….. I put my trees in native soil and they are doing well.
Do you use flood irrigation?
yes my property is flood irrigated which comes every 2 weeks. If I relied solely on flood every 2 weeks, most of my trees would be dead. Flood is only good for trees that have deep roots or tap roots. All my trees in ground are watered via drip and about 25% of my trees are not on flood to include the jamun, guavas, several figs, fruit punch mango, lemon guava, surinam cherry, bonanza peaches. several bamboo varieties, bananas, etc.
@@qctropicals do you find that it helps ameliorate the high salt content of our soil and water due to the high volume of water? That seems to be what most of the soil amendments that people use out here are trying to address
@@jeremyhaik1531 clay is technically salt. Only thing that helps clay drain water faster is by using gypsum which has a positive charge. Water in itself will attract living organisms to the soil and they will in turn amend the soil in time. Our desert soil is extremely rich, all it needs is water as long as it drains it. My property is flood irrigated but yet, it took 6 days for the water to drain and most trees were doing poorly at the beginning. The flooding itself didn't do much as the soil and plants needed water more often.
@@jeremyhaik1531 one more thing if you don't mind. What made you think there is a high salt content in our soil and where did you hear the type of salt found in our soil is bad for plants?. Is this something you've tested personally or simply a reason people blame for their plants dying?
@@qctropicals do you recommend adding gypsum if my soil is draining slowly?
Chop and drop
You’re one of the most honest person I’ve ever watched!! Thank you for not only teaching us but making us think outside the box. I would like to ask if this video applies to container gardening?
As far as magical potting mixes, etc yes. But container plants rely on you 100% for food so, you will need to fertilize them. Fertilizers are another big gardening myth so just get something that has a slow release and close to equal N-P-K.
Fuck yeah NATIVE SOIL!
Bro if you get to Vegas I need help with my container orange tree... Lol All these videos aren't doing it for me I need someone to come and show me and dumb it down for me like really dumb and down for me.... I asked for help where I bought it and the lady is so mean and rude doesn't want to help just tells me to put it in potting soil and it should be fine but the thing is dying...
lol buy me a plane ticket and I'll be right over 🤣 or join my patreon, I answer questions there more often.
I tried to send you an email and it came back.
info@queencreektropicals.com
Why pay fir shipping for rock dust . Clay . Roots love ckay the loce clay soil amd wirms love clay soil i wojld think wormes would loke ritted wood in lote soil . No worms love the garsh darn worst soil yo have clay and rocks. Really . Im serious
But where are your greens, beans, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, squash, peppers, berries, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., etc. etc.
I do fruits not veggies. But I've got a quick video coming out later today that will answer your question. Veggies are even easier lol, not sure what you're trying to imply here.
Ill blow your mind even more . If you plsnt drought tolerant edibles you dont even have to water.
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I actually like this channel the guy don’t try to sell or kiss ass on random products
Sounds honest
money taints people, reason why everyone wants to sell you something.
Hello my friend how you doing? I understund and respect your message but if we have the production objective in mind (fruit weight faster) we must replícate the food soil web that works in places with low or none human intervention, adding organic mater, minerals, water and foment microbes in that soil Will acelérate and secure all plants health that Will benefit us, i repeat, what you say is accurate in a lot of cases like is yours! Sorry for my bad english happy new year 🎉
Year after year of investment in your soil Will end with a very rich soil comparable to a vigorous forest
also a lot of grass harvest can improve organic mater minerals and microbes
Everything kind of poop 😂😂😂😂
That swiss cheese plant been in ground for a 1 1/2 & looks like that ?!?
It looks like it hanging on but beautiful....ah no.
Not even close. Doesn't look happy at all in my opinion.
lol check my instagram, just posted a vid about it.