Lupine: The AMAZING Nitrogen Fixing Flower | Plus, How To Propagate More Plants By Basal Cutting
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2018
- Grow your own free fertilizer! When actively growing, lupines will use up most of the nitrogen created on the root nodules. However, some of the nitrogen will transfer into the soil helping to feed neighboring plants. When the lupine dies back or is worked back into the soil the majority of the nitrogen is returned to the soil. Considered a "short lived perennial" with a typical life span of 2-5 years, Lupines need to be reestablished from time to time. The easiest, free way to do this is by saving seed and through basal cuttings.
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I love the propagation sandbox idea. I am in love with Lupine. I saw it for the first time this year, this video is very helpful.
I love your propagation station. I have one and call it that. It is a sandbox too. Small world to see someone with the exact same idea and exact same name. Keep it up!
I adore Lupine's. The grow quite well up here in zone 2 as well.
Great plant. I became interested in lupines because they are both nitro-fixing AND can be processed into food for humans or livestock. There were staple food varieties grown in both the ancient Mediterranean and pre-columbian South America.
Good info Clifton. I am familiar with the plants history of usage in culinary and as an animal fodder. I've never given it a try. There's a lot of conflicting info on whether or not it's safe to consume, therefore I decided not to make any suggestions. The beauty and nitrogen fixation are reasons enough for me to proliferate the plant. Keep coming with the great tunes my friend. Cheers!
Of course. No need to shake up a good thing by going around telling people to start eating their lupines.... I've never tried eating them either. It's likely that the common varieties sold in stores etc. are not as edible as the ancient culinary varieties.
I live in France now and in the South cafés will serve them alongside olives with drinks. All the olive vendors sell them at markets. They do need to be cured and cooked, but they make a great snack.
I always like the part you lay down so we can see both you and the plant: friendly, comforting way to gardening.
I love plant and I mean anything that grows. Being a single parent I could not afford a lot so when someone says propagate my ears are all yours. Be Blessed!
Much appreciated your video. I have 4 Huge Lupins in my yard and they all died down but are coming back up this year. I hope they keep flowering. I had great success with saving seed and have many baby plants. I’m in zone 8b Oregon. Thank you!
Aha, Lupine is very useful around the garden. Good tip on cuttings too. Thanks for sharing
the sand box/propagation station is just EPIC!!!!!
I need more abundance like this in my backyard. Great info. Love this channel
Thanks for the great information! We have a few Lupines that are deciduous perennials here in zone 8. I hadn’t thought about taking cuttings. I have a new project to work on!
This is great news. I just bought a house in the Catskills that has wild lupine growing in a section I'm going to work to spread it out next year. Thanks for this info!
Wow i love gardening love plants thats the life
I’m in love 💗 with your propagation station 😍❤️❤️❤️
Please do a video. I feel a project coming on!
Thank you much. It works wonderfully. Here's a more detailed video on the build: ua-cam.com/video/OBJkPekIUos/v-deo.html Cheers!
Thx, I’ll be adding this plant to my new 2018 permaculture garden.
Great info. Got loads in the nursery and had no idea they were a N fixer. Cheers bud.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, keep up the nice work. And God bless you 💕💕💕
I love clonex cloning gel it is amazing!
Beautiful and helpful! Ty For sharing, praise God!
What a great tip🌸
Planted some last spring. I'm hoping they survive this winter and produce some flowers this year.
Great information thank you
Great Info!!! Thank you.
The sandbox man is an awesome idea. I’ve never thought of that.
This is great. I didn’t know that cuttings can be started in just plain sand. I was going to get coir, perlite and vermiculite like some folk advised. As it’s our first year with planting food to be self sufficient, this was good to know. Thanks for the great video.
This is so helpful. Learning so much. Thank you!! 👍
Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Cheers!
Good information 👍👍🙂
Great video, my neighbor's lupine is starting to grow back strong as well as the small lupine plants that grew from the original and are popping up on my side of the fence. So it grows as a perennial in zone 8b as well. Dan, you should look into Tarwi. It's in the lupine family and has edible, nutrient dense seeds that are perfect for soups (or so I've heard). Many blessings friend!
Kia ora koutou, from Auckland, New Zealand…
I live in zone 6a and lupine is growing all over town in gardens and in front of businesses. Big, healthy, huge flowers, everything. It also grows wild out in the dry, sandy central Oregon soil, even though we hardly get any rain here, and the natural soil here is very low on organic matter.
clover and may other cover crops do this as well diversity is key
Hey are so easy to grow from seed and so cute. Mine aren’t even out of the ground yet. Zone 5.
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Planta linda 🌷🌹🍀.
It’s easy to grow lupine from seed 😊
Yes it is. That's how I grew the ones I have now.
Great info as always...tfs
there are lots of australian accacias that are flowering and n fixers :)
Have you done a video on the sandbox? Don’t remember seeing one...
That is a sweet sandbox system! Im curious why the rooting hormone and sand and not just putting them straight into soil? Thank you
Just curious...how did your basal cuttings turn out? Thanks for the video!
Wish more planted them because they are necessary for the life cycle of the endangered blue Karner butterfly in my area. 🦋
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I'm in zone 9b as well, Placer county up here in NorCal. Thanks for posting your video's, I find them so helpful. Coming from SoCal my gardening experience was completely different and I'm still trying to figure it out up here. We have pastures full of lupine right now but also knee high weeds and wildflowers. Still don't know how to manage that, it's both beautiful and unsightly, plus a fire hazard as it starts getting really hot. I thought to get bees going this spring so I let all the pastures grow for the wildflowers but it's out of control now. Any ideas? I hate to mow down the lupines.
Thanks for the video. Will these cuttings flower in the same year/summer or the following year? I subscribed
Hi, could you please help me figure out what type of soil to use for transplanting a bunch of lupine seedlings I am going? I have a raised bed. Any ideas on what to look for?
Hi there, what is a 'sand-box' please? Any specific type of sand? Thank you for showing how easy it is to take a cutting.
Have you ever tried cinnamon or honey as a rooting compound?
Hi there what type of sand did you use, for your propagation and how old does the parent plant need to be,
I have two Lupines (Manhattan Lights) that I got last year, can I propagate them with your method??
Thanks
I grow them in zone 5B, they come back every spring.
Zone 9b and they reeded everywhere and come back every year
Are these the ones you can get lupini beans from?
im in orlando area 9b as well hoping these can take off should these be in the shade? since the shade here in florida is like full sun anywhere else.
If I want to cut to cut the plant itself as a fodder when and how can I do it and expect it to grow again?
how often do you water your "sandbox" propagator?
Hi,I'm from Jordan 🇯🇴, i tried these plants many times but I didn't succeed, i planted seeds again the most germinated in potting soil, unfortunately the most died recently,now I have just 3 seedlings in small pots.
Love your sand box. Is it just pure sand in it? Thx and cheers! Ewa from Pacific Haven QLD Australia :)
A combo of play sand and landscape sand. Either one is fine. Play sand is a little more coarse allowing for better drainage. The main thing is that is says "Washed" on the packaging. You don't want any salt in your sand.
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Can someone help ? i have grown some lupins from seed to about 2" high but the leaves curl under and turn brown, once dead i cut them off and another turns brown, untill the plant dies i feel i am waisting my time
Question was that pure sand for cutting GT information and update thanks for your time 🐞🐦👍👍👍👍
Is their soil under sand
Is it true that lupin seeds do NOT grow true to parent plant, but basal cuttings DO.
Thoughts please.....
How long have flowers?
You know you can do it without doing clonex root gel it will produce roots when you do it without that but still a good way to do it
I was wondering, where have you positioned your rooting sandbox. How many hours of light does that area get? Is it shaded or in full light?
I placed the propagation box partly under a deciduous tree to receive dappled sun in the summer and more sun exposure in the winter. I have since removed that tree from the property. A shade cloth would also suffice. Summer sun and too much heat is the main concern as it can damage and dry out the tender cuttings. In the Winter time it's less of an issue. New cuttings also like some humidity which is one of the reasons I place a large piece of greenhouse plastic over the sandbox most of the time.
Thanks for that, I think I know the exact right spot. Much appreciated.
Didn't know you could root in sand!
I wonder if that Lupine would work in the high desert. We are still building a list of plants that will tolerate the crazy weather that is "up the pass".
DesertPlum Ranch what are some go to flowers for your area?
Lavender, Zinnias, mexican marigold, most calendula flowers.
If not try tangaste not ornamental but a very useful nitrogen fixer and nursery plant
*Is Lupine eddible?* Is it poisonous to any animals?
How is it doing? Isn't this an invasive species ?
They say You may preserve flowers in water. On Wiki. But not a word about what are they good for.
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Thanks for sharing! Do you know anyone who has tried to grow lupine in the tropics? I am planning a food forest where I’m homesteading in the Liberian jungle, so I am assembling a list of nitrogen fixing plants and identifying NF trees to inter-plant. Since I will also have bees, I am thinking I could kill two birds with one stone!
hi we really like your videos! we have a video about lupins on our channel it would be great if you checked it out!