GET COOP GRO FERTILIZER HERE: lazydogfarm.com/products/coop-gro-fertilizer 0:00 Intro 0:32 Growing McCormack's Blue Giant Corn 1:26 Side Dressing and Hilling Blue Corn 3:28 Will This Be Enough Fertilizer for this Corn? 3:59 Prepping Our Garden for Cover Crop Planting 4:43 The Top 5 Reasons to Grow Cover Crops 7:23 Why We Like Laredo Forage Soybeans 8:55 Our Favorite Warm Season Cover Crops 9:31 Two Cover Crops That We Don't Like 10:26 Inoculating Soybean Seeds Before Planting 11:44 Planting a Laredo Soybean Cover Crop
I'm soooo bad about weeding. I work in the sun all day all week and on the weekend I can't make myself do it. And it's so out of control I'm not even sure what to do. Ready to chop it all down and tarp it I guess. I really need to in order to get ready for fall. Gotta plant my brassicas and alliums. This has been a terrible gardening year in the Florida panhandle. Nothing did half as good as the weeds did this year
I like cover crops because I have too much garden. I like having the option to grow a lot but don't utilize all the beds 100% of the time, so that's where the cover comes in. Right now I'm using daikon radish, which also gives me nice radishes in the fall.
Hey trav I have a 20x30plot that I raised canteloupe in for the first this year and had great production. I do rotate crops but I actually plan to go back with canteloupe in this plot next spring again. What would you recommend using as a cover crop in this plot now that might carry me into winter?
You talking about rain makes me jealous. Here in central Texas it’s been 85 days since we got any measurable rain and about 30 days in a row over 100 degrees. I’ve given up on everything except my okra.
@@dvrmte lol...I don't know if they would work in Minnesota but I would give it a shot. I wouldn't own a purple Vikings bucket...haha. can I say that 😵
@@LazyDogFarm Yeah, but you could bundle it with other stuff like a 25# bag of Coop Grow or X number of fig trees. Stuff where the weight and volume is mostly there already and it's just an outer shell added to the stuff in the box.
I’m the one with the sad end of summer garden 😞 In my defense I’m the only who takes care of it and I found out after I planted my gigantic plot that I’m growing another person. That’ll take it out of you! I’ve realized this is not my season and there’s always next year. And then I’ll have a little garden buddy to keep me company.
You take of yourself and the little one first. Follow that one with a few more. LOL Trust me, as a grandpa, you're going to need all the help you can get.
I haven't for several reasons. It has mustard, forage cabbage, and buckwheat in it which will go to seed too fast down here. It also has sunflowers, which would make it impossible to pull our chicken tractor through the plot. I'm sure it's a good mix, but just not for what we're doing.
Big fan of urea...Not the best for side dressing though. If you have low N use it to get to moderate baseline but after a certain point it doesn't bring yield up like an ammonium or nitrate will and will likely cause bug problems fungus problems at high rates.
Travis….you mentioned climbing cow pea…..are they listed as “climbing”? I have never seen them listed as “climbing” and I have to scurry to get cattle panels up. An example this year was Dixie Butter pea and Cal Green Lima. Both are listed as bush but trellis made an improved harvest.
They might be listed as "vining" or "forage" cowpeas. Red Ripper is a good one that has been grown for hundreds of years across the Deep South, and is extremey "viny". LOL The variety "Iron and Clay" is both bushy and viny and takes up a little less space. I think Red Ripper has better tasting peas.
Cover crops are also feeding your soil biology and keeping them active so that when you plant your veggies, those little hard working microbes are ready to go.
I planted a second round of sweet corn about a month ago and it started putting silks out already. It's only 4-5 feet tall so I think I did something wrong.
Good video. But it’s not fair. Rain every few days. Bless your heart. 🤪 I would have to run the sprinkler for three hours to be able to till. You should’ve run the cultipacker, IE lawn mower, over them seeds. Where can a feller get that inoculant? Is there a correct or incorrect type of inoculant to get? You should try the Edamame soy berms. Put them on drip. Even if you don’t harvest the beans. I did it and it did wonders for my soul. Got 4.5 feet tall.
I get the inoculant from Green Cover Seed when I order my cover crop seeds. There are a couple different inoculants depending on what you're planting, but their website makes it pretty clear.
Ah, Travis. I am forever bewildered by your soil that is endlessly needing all different kinds of fertilization when here I can throw scoops of Espoma whatever around twice a year, toss on compost in the spring, dump piles of fresh seaweed around in the fall, and all is 100% hunky-dory. Soil there must have more sand and less ability to hang on to organic matter? And I had though GA soil had a lot of clay.
Yeah the sandy soil here in SW GA doesn't hold nutrients or organic matter well at all. The clay soils start about 30 mins NW of us, but here it's very sandy.
That'll be good. Those OMRI poop based fertilizers are lower numbered. Alaska 5-1-1 is a OMRI liquid. You have a nice set-up with the drip tape in the middle of the corn. no waste. I did that on my onions, per your suggestions, on HIGH nitrogen until bulbing. I mean you were doing 13-0-0, now wimpy ~3-3-2. Show us the way 'ol Lazy Dog. Pave that way for us to follow. We're counting on you.
Unfortunately we didn't have a choice. We had to just let the garden go this year due to all the rain. We couldn't even walk in it without losing our boots; and still can't because of all the rain .. its the worse mess I've ever seen. I don't know what next year will bring. It's all weeds.
Corn is a heavy feeder. I've never tried growing it without any fertilizer. It might could be done in more fertile soils, but it would be tough in our sandy soils.
Please be careful with the Dogs bucket joke, as there are some folks who will take a joke too seriously, and try to pretend they were harmed by "The lies" and "disinformation". So make sure to put a disclaimer somewheres. :D
Travis...... been watching you for years. Probably every video from Hoss to Lazy dog farm. I had a small Internet radio show on the republic broadcasting network and know well what sort of nuts these things attract. I'm not one (probably). I watched you install the no-dig beds and watched them as they matured and the yields increased. It seems to work but it's all about time. But.... there is a group ... a company called AEA. advancing eco-ag. They developed some innovative in-puts that feed soil and the process begins in the fall. I started spraying my beds at the end of the season last fall and covered them with straw. Things are happening now that don't have any explanation... except their inputs. Gladiolas coming up that were planted so long ago I don't recall doing that. I admit I'm using your dad's seeds but the yields are much larger than normal. I used the fall soil regenerative primer in the fall and again this spring. Did my neighbors beds too. The results are similar there too. These folks have videos out there on youtube and I'll include their 4 minute thumbnail overview. If you find it interesting there more at the UA-cam AEA site. thanks for the shows. rik ua-cam.com/video/ROK2oVLQ5LM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/cItpuQDX_M4/v-deo.html
GET COOP GRO FERTILIZER HERE: lazydogfarm.com/products/coop-gro-fertilizer
0:00 Intro
0:32 Growing McCormack's Blue Giant Corn
1:26 Side Dressing and Hilling Blue Corn
3:28 Will This Be Enough Fertilizer for this Corn?
3:59 Prepping Our Garden for Cover Crop Planting
4:43 The Top 5 Reasons to Grow Cover Crops
7:23 Why We Like Laredo Forage Soybeans
8:55 Our Favorite Warm Season Cover Crops
9:31 Two Cover Crops That We Don't Like
10:26 Inoculating Soybean Seeds Before Planting
11:44 Planting a Laredo Soybean Cover Crop
TK you make any person want to grow a garden. I can’t imagine what you and your family can do with a 100ac !
Hope you make a video when you grind up your blue corn.
Right on
Corn is looking good Travis. I liked all the advice with the exception of the Dog bucket lol. Go Gamecocks!
I'm soooo bad about weeding. I work in the sun all day all week and on the weekend I can't make myself do it. And it's so out of control I'm not even sure what to do. Ready to chop it all down and tarp it I guess. I really need to in order to get ready for fall. Gotta plant my brassicas and alliums. This has been a terrible gardening year in the Florida panhandle. Nothing did half as good as the weeds did this year
I use lawn clippings spread thick as a mulch, helps a lot with the weeds.
In MS we have dog buckets with "m" on them. 😊
I like cover crops because I have too much garden. I like having the option to grow a lot but don't utilize all the beds 100% of the time, so that's where the cover comes in. Right now I'm using daikon radish, which also gives me nice radishes in the fall.
I'm harvesting radish leaves for salad in mid August.
Tough plant.
Hey trav I have a 20x30plot that I raised canteloupe in for the first this year and had great production. I do rotate crops but I actually plan to go back with canteloupe in this plot next spring again. What would you recommend using as a cover crop in this plot now that might carry me into winter?
I'd try sorghum sudangrass if you've never grown it. It makes a great ground cover.
Love your channel, your videos and your family !
Good Evening
You talking about rain makes me jealous. Here in central Texas it’s been 85 days since we got any measurable rain and about 30 days in a row over 100 degrees. I’ve given up on everything except my okra.
It was so brutal.
Thank you very much your a great teacher I’ve learned a lot.
Buckwheat is an EXCELLENT cover crop of you have bee hives! They will make some awesome honey from the pollen.
I gotta get me a Dogs bucket...lol.😂😂❤
Dog buckets don't work up here in upstate South Carolina. Old Timers up here say tiger and gamecock buckets work way better.
@@dvrmte lol...I don't know if they would work in Minnesota but I would give it a shot. I wouldn't own a purple Vikings bucket...haha. can I say that 😵
Travis, you should be selling Dawg's buckets on your site!!!!
I wish! lol Shipping would be a nightmare on just a bucket.
@@LazyDogFarm Yeah, but you could bundle it with other stuff like a 25# bag of Coop Grow or X number of fig trees. Stuff where the weight and volume is mostly there already and it's just an outer shell added to the stuff in the box.
I have been taking your advice on covercrops and it has helped me immensely. Great advice.
I’m the one with the sad end of summer garden 😞 In my defense I’m the only who takes care of it and I found out after I planted my gigantic plot that I’m growing another person. That’ll take it out of you! I’ve realized this is not my season and there’s always next year. And then I’ll have a little garden buddy to keep me company.
You take of yourself and the little one first. Follow that one with a few more. LOL Trust me, as a grandpa, you're going to need all the help you can get.
thats interesting, never earthed up corn before, i will give that a go for next year. I was right the 15 degree cold days killed off my melons :/
I know you tried green covers cool season mix have you tried the summer mix?
I haven't for several reasons. It has mustard, forage cabbage, and buckwheat in it which will go to seed too fast down here. It also has sunflowers, which would make it impossible to pull our chicken tractor through the plot. I'm sure it's a good mix, but just not for what we're doing.
@@LazyDogFarm I liked their cool season blend and their soil conditioner but wondered about the summer because of what was in it.
Travis
Could organic urea be a cheaper alternative?
Big fan of urea...Not the best for side dressing though. If you have low N use it to get to moderate baseline but after a certain point it doesn't bring yield up like an ammonium or nitrate will and will likely cause bug problems fungus problems at high rates.
You tell’em, Travis. Go Dogs!😊
Where can I buy this McCormack blue giant corn seed?
I got my seeds here: www.southernexposure.com/products/mccormack-s-blue-giant-dent-corn/
Travis….you mentioned climbing cow pea…..are they listed as “climbing”? I have never seen them listed as “climbing” and I have to scurry to get cattle panels up. An example this year was Dixie Butter pea and Cal Green Lima. Both are listed as bush but trellis made an improved harvest.
They might be listed as "vining" or "forage" cowpeas. Red Ripper is a good one that has been grown for hundreds of years across the Deep South, and is extremey "viny". LOL The variety "Iron and Clay" is both bushy and viny and takes up a little less space. I think Red Ripper has better tasting peas.
Cover crops are also feeding your soil biology and keeping them active so that when you plant your veggies, those little hard working microbes are ready to go.
I planted a second round of sweet corn about a month ago and it started putting silks out already. It's only 4-5 feet tall so I think I did something wrong.
This is normal for this time of year. Travis made a video about it 2 weeks ago titled 'This is why your garden is struggling right now.'
Yeah short corn is normal during the hottest part of the year.
Looks like a Grove Ridgerunner bucket
Good video. But it’s not fair. Rain every few days. Bless your heart. 🤪 I would have to run the sprinkler for three hours to be able to till. You should’ve run the cultipacker, IE lawn mower, over them seeds. Where can a feller get that inoculant? Is there a correct or incorrect type of inoculant to get? You should try the Edamame soy berms. Put them on drip. Even if you don’t harvest the beans. I did it and it did wonders for my soul. Got 4.5 feet tall.
I get the inoculant from Green Cover Seed when I order my cover crop seeds. There are a couple different inoculants depending on what you're planting, but their website makes it pretty clear.
What is the npk of coop gro
3-3-4
How do I get me a Lazy Dog Farm branded dog bucket?
Ah, Travis. I am forever bewildered by your soil that is endlessly needing all different kinds of fertilization when here I can throw scoops of Espoma whatever around twice a year, toss on compost in the spring, dump piles of fresh seaweed around in the fall, and all is 100% hunky-dory.
Soil there must have more sand and less ability to hang on to organic matter? And I had though GA soil had a lot of clay.
Yeah the sandy soil here in SW GA doesn't hold nutrients or organic matter well at all. The clay soils start about 30 mins NW of us, but here it's very sandy.
Hay Travis. Have you announced the fig jelly winner yet?
We replied to comments on that video and asked for folks address. We didn't announce it, just contacted each winner individually.
@@LazyDogFarm ohh ok I must of missed it. Ok thanks for letting me know
That'll be good. Those OMRI poop based fertilizers are lower numbered. Alaska 5-1-1 is a OMRI liquid. You have a nice set-up with the drip tape in the middle of the corn. no waste. I did that on my onions, per your suggestions, on HIGH nitrogen until bulbing.
I mean you were doing 13-0-0, now wimpy ~3-3-2.
Show us the way 'ol Lazy Dog. Pave that way for us to follow. We're counting on you.
😂😂😂😂 Dogs bucket makes it grow better
I believe it
Maybe they should feed the Giants out of Dogs buckets and see if it helps them play better
Makes sense it works better in dawg bucket it's natural 💩 😊
Unfortunately we didn't have a choice. We had to just let the garden go this year due to all the rain. We couldn't even walk in it without losing our boots; and still can't because of all the rain .. its the worse mess I've ever seen. I don't know what next year will bring. It's all weeds.
Have you ever did any organic corn without any fertilizer or chemicals ? And if so can you tell me how well it did.
Corn is a heavy feeder. I've never tried growing it without any fertilizer. It might could be done in more fertile soils, but it would be tough in our sandy soils.
Please be careful with the Dogs bucket joke, as there are some folks who will take a joke too seriously, and try to pretend they were harmed by "The lies" and "disinformation".
So make sure to put a disclaimer somewheres. :D
Travis...... been watching you for years. Probably every video from Hoss to Lazy dog farm. I had a small Internet radio show on the republic broadcasting network and know well what sort of nuts these things attract. I'm not one (probably). I watched you install the no-dig beds and watched them as they matured and the yields increased. It seems to work but it's all about time. But.... there is a group ... a company called AEA. advancing eco-ag. They developed some innovative in-puts that feed soil and the process begins in the fall. I started spraying my beds at the end of the season last fall and covered them with straw. Things are happening now that don't have any explanation... except their inputs. Gladiolas coming up that were planted so long ago I don't recall doing that. I admit I'm using your dad's seeds but the yields are much larger than normal. I used the fall soil regenerative primer in the fall and again this spring. Did my neighbors beds too. The results are similar there too. These folks have videos out there on youtube and I'll include their 4 minute thumbnail overview. If you find it interesting there more at the UA-cam AEA site. thanks for the shows. rik
ua-cam.com/video/ROK2oVLQ5LM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/cItpuQDX_M4/v-deo.html
Thanks for sharing that info. I'll take a look!