Glad you found it helpful! Part 2 of the Beginner Gardening class is up also! We also had Kellye Jeansomme join us for that one. Definitely check it out. 😃
I hope you don't mind me putting in my tuppence worth on soil... The potting soil is just the medium, through which the water, nutrients, etc, are transfered to the plant roots to be uptaken and utilised, therefore the necessary components can be _added_ to depleted soil to replenish it, instead of throwing it away, which most folk do at the end of a growing season or year, losing money in the process. It can also be reused for germinating or growing seedlings and for shallow rooting plants, as you can fill the lower 1/3 of a container with depleted soil, before topping up with replenished or new soil. On the subject of projected harvest times, as you pointed out, there are no hard and fast rules. I often part-harvest early on some plants, for example, carrots, lettuce, etc, which the stores label _'baby'_ and are not to be confused with dwarf varieties of produce, such as cherry tomatoes. I know _you_ know these things, but have mentioned them for those recently bitten by the gardening bug. Your Q&A session towards the end threw up the subject of soil pH. Below, two failsafe, homemade methods. *Vinegar or Baking soda with distilled water...* A cup of soil, split between two different containers, is required for the test. If half a cup of vinegar added to one of the containers of soil produces fizzing, then it's likely alkaline, around 7 - 8pH. If half a cup of baking soda, added to the other container of soil and distilled water (use enough to make a wet paste) produces fizzing, then the soil is likely acidic with a pH around 5 - 6. If no reaction is produced with either test, be happy, your soil is fine. *Red cabbage juice...* Chop up some red cabbage (the more the better) and add to boiling water. Bring back to the boil for a couple of minutes, switch off and leave to steep for at least 10 minutes. You may want to mix in blender. Leave to cool, strain off cabbage and the juice can now be used. It will turn red, when acidic (less than 7pH ) soil is introduced and a bluish-green, (greater than 7pH) if the soil is alkaline. You have an easy style of imparting knowledge and are unafraid to admit to previous gardening errors, which helps relax newbies enormously. I enjoyed watching and thanks for uploading!
@@Louisianagardening I taught school children a little about arboriculture, a few decades back. Kids love to see things fizz, in the hopes it will develop into an explosion. 💥😂😂
We'll definitely keep sharing! There will be another Beginner Gardener class on May 26th and we'll post that one also. How's the garden looking so far?
Loved your presentation! Showcasing the products you use, hands on approach, the interactive parts of the seminar was fantastic! Thank you I’m going to be an apartment grower, but you broke down the nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.. growth vs flowering… no one talks about that! Thank you 🙏! Even your mic was awesome, what kind of mic did you use?..I saw breeze blowing the trees but your mic didn’t pick that up..it only sounded muffled because you were demonstrating and bending, etc..that’s fixable but clear sound out side on a breezy day…I need that mic..
@@Louisianagardening thank you so much 😊, for the encouragement, I’m just a Chicago travel nurse moving to Shreveport as my permanent base in a month and I know nothing about gardening! But I want to get ahead of the food shortages to come! Potatoes, onions and tomatoes are my favorite, it’s a whole meal! So I’m going to start there! And you are just changing lives out here with your content, especially mine!I’m going to look for that mic too, I appreciate you sharing the brand! I look forward to binge watching your content!
Hey there! Thanks for reaching out, April! My instagram is @gardenia_gardener. Feel free to DM me there or send an email to gardeniagardenerla@gmail.com and I'll send you my contact info. :)
great info for Lafayette La
Glad you found it helpful, neighbor! How was your garden this year? You growing a fall garden?
Thanks from New Orleans!
Glad you found it helpful! Part 2 of the Beginner Gardening class is up also! We also had Kellye Jeansomme join us for that one. Definitely check it out. 😃
I hope you don't mind me putting in my tuppence worth on soil...
The potting soil is just the medium, through which the water, nutrients, etc, are transfered to the plant roots to be uptaken and utilised, therefore the necessary components can be _added_ to depleted soil to replenish it, instead of throwing it away, which most folk do at the end of a growing season or year, losing money in the process.
It can also be reused for germinating or growing seedlings and for shallow rooting plants, as you can fill the lower 1/3 of a container with depleted soil, before topping up with replenished or new soil.
On the subject of projected harvest times, as you pointed out, there are no hard and fast rules.
I often part-harvest early on some plants, for example, carrots, lettuce, etc, which the stores label _'baby'_ and are not to be confused with dwarf varieties of produce, such as cherry tomatoes.
I know _you_ know these things, but have mentioned them for those recently bitten by the gardening bug.
Your Q&A session towards the end threw up the subject of soil pH.
Below, two failsafe, homemade methods.
*Vinegar or Baking soda with distilled water...*
A cup of soil, split between two different containers, is required for the test.
If half a cup of vinegar added to one of the containers of soil produces fizzing, then it's likely alkaline, around 7 - 8pH.
If half a cup of baking soda, added to the other container of soil and distilled water (use enough to make a wet paste) produces fizzing, then the soil is likely acidic with a pH around 5 - 6.
If no reaction is produced with either test, be happy, your soil is fine.
*Red cabbage juice...*
Chop up some red cabbage (the more the better) and add to boiling water.
Bring back to the boil for a couple of minutes, switch off and leave to steep for at least 10 minutes.
You may want to mix in blender.
Leave to cool, strain off cabbage and the juice can now be used.
It will turn red, when acidic (less than 7pH ) soil is introduced and a bluish-green, (greater than 7pH) if the soil is alkaline.
You have an easy style of imparting knowledge and are unafraid to admit to previous gardening errors, which helps relax newbies enormously.
I enjoyed watching and thanks for uploading!
Thanks so much for the feedback! I appreciate it. I will definitely try these pH tests with my kiddos. Sounds like a great applicable science lesson!
Thank you I needed this!!
@@Louisianagardening
I taught school children a little about arboriculture, a few decades back.
Kids love to see things fizz, in the hopes it will develop into an explosion. 💥😂😂
@@myststyquestance
You're very welcome.
Wealth of knowledge! Please keep giving us everything you know. I love it.
We'll definitely keep sharing! There will be another Beginner Gardener class on May 26th and we'll post that one also. How's the garden looking so far?
Nice
Glad you found it helpful!
I have black jack soil..I hate it. Any information on this stuff. Grow bags yes. ! I didn’t know about those
Very helpful! Thank you 🌱
Thanks for the feedback, Tess! How’s your garden going so far? Any questions we didn’t cover?
Loved your presentation! Showcasing the products you use, hands on approach, the interactive parts of the seminar was fantastic! Thank you I’m going to be an apartment grower, but you broke down the nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.. growth vs flowering… no one talks about that! Thank you 🙏! Even your mic was awesome, what kind of mic did you use?..I saw breeze blowing the trees but your mic didn’t pick that up..it only sounded muffled because you were demonstrating and bending, etc..that’s fixable but clear sound out side on a breezy day…I need that mic..
Thanks for the feedback! It’s a RODE go wireless mic a friend let me use. 😃 you can grow a lot on a balcony with vertical growing!
@@Louisianagardening thank you so much 😊, for the encouragement, I’m just a Chicago travel nurse moving to Shreveport as my permanent base in a month and I know nothing about gardening! But I want to get ahead of the food shortages to come! Potatoes, onions and tomatoes are my favorite, it’s a whole meal! So I’m going to start there! And you are just changing lives out here with your content, especially mine!I’m going to look for that mic too, I appreciate you sharing the brand! I look forward to binge watching your content!
@@myststyquestance you’ll have a good long growing season in Shreveport!
When is your next meeting at the library in June I want to make it if I’m not too late
Tonight! 6 PM at the library in Scott. The next class will be in July on Keeping a Dairy Cow.
Hi! 337 here, super interested in getting involved, please let me know how to contact or if there are other socials. Thanks!
Hey there! Thanks for reaching out, April! My instagram is @gardenia_gardener. Feel free to DM me there or send an email to gardeniagardenerla@gmail.com and I'll send you my contact info. :)
@@Louisianagardening DM sent, thank you ma’am!