i always had people around me that had a green thumb but never me until I started watching you and Kevin. Having a science POV turned on something in me! Now we are growing enough fruits and veggies to supply 2 people for 12 months. Thanks Jacques.
Jacques, you and “Epic Eric” (aka Kevin) are keeping me hoping that I will grow garlic heads bigger than a quarter, I will have egg plants and maybe my fig tree will give figs all happening as I sit and watch you guys! Your videos are informative and charming. You guys have developed into great hosts. I love it when you share your travels. The additions from other parts of the country are a great idea as I am totally jealous of the growing ability in California! Love you guys!🎉
Jacques I love your videos because you are so realistic about how things in the garden don't always go to plan, and THAT IS OKAY!! It's so easy to get discouraged when things don't go as planned or happen in a timely manner, or when pests or disease come in and mess up your beautiful harvest, but you demonstrate that a good gardener can change their plans and actively deal with unintended circumstances.
If I could plan and predict it all I would get terribly bored of my garden. The problems and surprises along the way is what makes me love it so much and it also offers the best opportunities to learn!
I've had terrible issues with powdery mildew for the last two years on my winter squash plants. A month or so ago I saw your potassium bicarbonate and soap tip on an Epic Gardening video and tried it out. What a difference! Thanks for sharing Jacques.
Jacques, I want you to know that Ireally enjoy your videos and I learn so much from you. I follow about 8 gardening channels, but yours are my favorite videos.
I tried the “milk method” for powdery mildew on my zucchini plants this year-couldn’t believe the results! It actually worked…like any other organic type treatment, had to reapply after rain but was actually surprised that it stopped the spread! Thanks as always for sharing your wealth of knowledge and advice for all things garden! 🍅🌿♥️ live your channel!🌝
That is great to hear, I've heard good things about its effectiveness. Something about it makes me think it will stink haha so I haven't bothered trying it. I appreciate you watching!
I appreciate the education you show! I have learned so much from you! We had a hurricane here in Houston a month ago and I lost most of my garden plants. I started some seeds for peppers. I think I will follow your lead and add melons and cucumbers to my garden as well. Thank you for your videos!
So much fun, Jacques! Such good, practical advice and I always learn so much. I can't imagine how much time and effort it takes to video all that you do, but we are sure appreciative of all of your videos!
Since I don’t have a large garden, I tend use old soil in my 4 vermicompost bins. And every few months the wiggles give me great new use compost. Learned a lot from your clips and videos. Thanks for the great homestead work!
I've always wanted to grow a nice table grape. However, I've given up on the notion. My climate is not conducive to growing such cultivars. I won't be without grapes though. We have have wild grapes growing everywhere around here. They are very acidic & not suitable for fresh eating. Yet they are good for jelly & wine production. Our wild grapes, which we call mustang grapes, saved the French wine industry because of their hardiness & disease resistance. The vines are so rampant, I have seen them pull down trees, power poles, buildings & fences. (It takes years & tons of bio mass, but it is quite common to see.) Another wild crop that I intend to make use of is prickly pear cactus. I can harvest the ripe fruit & make a nice jelly or I can harvest the whole plant to make nopalitos. When mother nature gives you lemons, make lemonade!
Nopales is something I could never get that into, it's a texture thing for me. The prickly pear however is quite tasty! I wish I liked muscadine grapes, my partner really likes them but the slightly muskiness really doesn't work for me. Maybe in a jelly I could enjoy it more!
@jacquesinthegarden You could always perform an experiment... Try using them for rootstock. They really do live up to their legend. BTW, mustang grapes are NOT muscadine grapes. They are totally different cultivars. The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the leaves. Mustang grapes have a whitish or silvery underside & are a LOT more acidic than muscadine grapes.
At least you get some grapes, last year I looked out my window at mine and three deer were on their hind legs up under them eating all my grapes! Of course I do have a great pic for my country living …
Jacques, it's like you’re reading my mind-my tomatillos are just starting to show signs of powdery mildew. 😂 Quick tip: Refill a soap dispenser with your Dr. Bronner’s for easy homebrews in the garden.
Our peonies were plagued by powdery mildew several years running until I learned what it was. Somewhere I read to spray them with milk diluted with water. I drenched them with it and made sure to cut and throw away everything in the trash that fall when they died back for the season. Never came back again
My cukes are just coming out of that 3 week vacation and I suddenly have 7 fruits forming. I'm going to try pinching out every other new cuke to see if they even out in production. Thanks! 💚
I also use soil from my containers to top up raised beds in the spring. I do throw used soil into the compost if the container was for houseplants or it seemed like something was weird about it in terms of texture, but I then use compost to top up raised beds, especially in the fall before it snows so it has time to freeze and thaw a couple times. That can speed up breakdown if I've run out of time and space for it in my bins. Sometimes I slightly bury the compost if it's too chunky or appetizing for animals. tl:dr you don't have to pay money to top up your raised beds, I love that you pointed it out!
LABs or Lactic Acid Bacteria could be another one to try for powdery mildew. Basically you ferment rice wash, add to milk and you get LABs plus "farmers cheese" as a bonus to either keep for white saucing or feed to your chickens and it's loaded with LABs that will be beneficial for their gut. Pretty easy to make and great for you and the plants as a drench or foliar and plus compost accelerator 👍🏻
Jacque, you might want to consider wearing a mask when throwing down fertilizer in order to protect your lungs. My peppers need staking as they're 3'-4' tall. Won't yours need staking too? Great reasoning as to why you've changed things. Love my raised beds! Good video!
I agree with you. I have two pepper plants in the back yard under the eaves of my house. One is a jalapeño and the other one is bell pepper and they’re both very green very happy and then I have two overwintered pepper trees on my porch and one of them is bell pepper and the other one is well. I think it is both of our bell pepper at first the peppers were big big big but now I haven’t seen them too big but I am seeding some Big Jim big peppers. Hopefully, I will get them to be good enough to where I can over the winter them as well.,Peppers are my favorite.🌶️🫑
I think the new grow bags are awesome I just feel like if they decompose you could plant everything that doesn’t like to be disturbed right into the ground after it’s matured.
Your vine that was wilted is exactly what ours looks like when there is a vine borer. I’m surprised you can keep grow bags and even raised beds watered enough in your hot dry climate. We have sandy soil and it gets hot, but we have high humidity especially this year with a ton of rain. I’m glad I didn’t mulch heavily because of all the rain. It was a bad year to have plants too crowded as well. Mildew and rust were all issues. We have already met our annual average precipitation. The biggest issue was the tomatoes were stunted and late blight showed up 3 weeks early. Never had issues growing giant tomato plants before. Just hoping to get enough to preserve. It’s impossible to stop blight once it starts.
Hmm I haven't ever seen the borer here but I haven't thought to check. The raised beds hold the water really well but the bags need water everyday or else they suffer. Blight is very unfortunate sorry you have to deal with that 😞
Ooh! The 2025 seed selection is excellent! I'm excited to try to Perpetual Spinach Chard because I am just about out of my bietola seeds. Definitely a top 5 favorite (excluding tomatoes, peppers, and dahlias). And I've been successioning it throughout my garden. But a lot of other flower favorites too! I especially like he fall sowing information on a lot of the flowers. I can't remember if that has always been there, or if its new, but it makes it super easy to see if you can plant before first frost, Thank you!
I actually got grapes this year, too. Thank you for the grape tutorial last year, I think the pruning really helped. I got enough to make 7 half pints of jelly and I have more grapes in the freezer for the next batch. Hmmm, my grapes are shading my bell peppers this year and they are doing better than they have in years.
Great video. Helpful to keep monthly focus. Could you do a video for beginners purchasing and putting together watering system. How and what it looks like to put all the pieces together and moving main hose and timing your watering for multiplying beds.
Jacques the mushrooms won't compete for nutrients they actually will benefit because the are detrivores witch means they break down material and thus feed your plants
hi jacques 🤗 another great video. beautiful garden and many great tips and recommendations. im refreshing my containers, vertical planters and raised beds, amending the soil and choosing seeds to start for my fall garden. its still so hot in socal, so i think i have time to start from seeds. tfs
Love your videos. You present so much good info. I'd like to think you and I garden in a very similar style. I didn't use my shade cloth this year and a lot of my peppers got sun scald. Still have plenty. So much that I feed all my close neighbors.
I am thinking of actually adding some shade cloth because I am also getting scald on my peppers and I'd really like to keep them scald free! I appreciate the comment and thanks for watching!
19:47 on the subject of the grow bag made of natural fiber: how do we feel about using cardboard boxes in lieu of lifespan biodegradable grow bags? I figure since some of us are already using our old Amazon boxes for surface mulch, and they’ll disintegrate after one season… anyone tried it?
Maybe with the really sturdy boxes used for furniture? I used my Amazon and chewy boxes in April/May for my community garden paths with mulch on top. I’m going to add another layer of heavier cardboard this weekend bc the first application has really broken down (making the wire grass super happy. Me? Not so much.) Given that, I think a basic box might not last long enough. I’m in the humid DC metro (7b).
Hello Jaques 😊 I was wondering 🤔 if you will ever show us your folks ? I’d love to see them! You are very fortunate that you have them ♥️♥️ I’m thinking about getting a Plumb tree like yours- I live in zone 10a up the 10 frwy from San Diego . Do you think it will survive & grow ?
That seems to be a tricky one, they tend to attract a lot of beetles and aphids. I don't have any good advice since the plants are so big and cumbersome. For corn ear worms I've done bt (basicillus thurengensis) sprayed on the silks and that has work for me before
Do you have a how to-prune back. I’m in Texas sun zone 9 when I did it my cucumbers and tomatoes dried out but last year when I let them grown wild they had so many fruit
Copper is more effective and sticky as it can hold on the plant for a while. The downside is that copper can build up and cause harm if overused, also it is something I would be more careful with and avoid contact and breathing of.
What volume of water to mix with the 1 Tbsp potassium bicarbonate and 1 tsp Dr Bronner's soap?? Thanks because I too battle powdery mildew in San Diego. Love your gardening guidance.
Love your channel. About to start my garden plot and wondering what side is the most sunny north or east? Might be silly question but want to plant my tall tomatoes on the sunny side to provide shade door my peppers. I'm in SD by the way. Thanks!
Omg love your green house! My purple potato and sweet potato slips are growing wild. When should I harvest them Jacque? First time growing potatoes and I’m clueless 😅
You I want to wait as long as you can basically, I often don't harvest until November. The tops will die in a frost so make sure you do it before frost if you have one to avoid harming the potatoes
I tried the powdery mildew technique on my butternut squash. Everything looked fine when I sprayed - but the next day all the leaves looked like I put them in the deep fat fryer. I'm so sad. I'm hoping the plant will recover, especially because I have fruit setting. I'm in Irvine, CA (about the same zone as you Jacques). I wonder what happened. I did use Dawn for my soap, so maybe not as benign as they say?
@@jacquesinthegarden Jim, at Home Grown Veg is in Northern England, West Coast, facing the Irish Sea. Latitude 55 degrees North. Get this, grow zone 9. His summer solstice is around 17hrs of daylight. Now all of this can't be possible, but it is. Grow zones have nothing to do with frost dates, or annual veg or in this case where, North or South. It only refers to a plant's ability to survive extreme cold soil/air temperatures during dormancy. So, mostly only applies to perennials. That just sounded rather harsh Jacques, sorry, wasn't meant to be. It just makes me nuts when I see people ask, "What's you're grow zone, I want to grow just like you". Actually, it breaks my heart because in many cases, they may fail. Now, if we're talking annuals, there are things I can plant now that he can't, as well as some things you can plant that neither of us can. Now we're talking frost dates, not grow zones. Far too many ways to fail, without creating more. It's good to know your grow zones, and your frost dates, and some cheats. (cloches, blankets, forecasts) However, first we must know the plants we're growing. As Always, TYFS Jacques
I'm wondering just how well those natural fiber grow bags break down. I feel like they'd maybe be good for tree seedlings/air layer clones. I wonder if you can just burry the whole thing and have it break down enough to let the roots spread.
I think you absolutely could have a first year tree in there or air layer that could easily be planted directly in ground. The fabric is loose enough that if buried in positive roots would get through and within a year it will mostly compost in place.
Y'all should interview Tropical Central Valley here on youtube for how to grow tropicals outside of a greenhouse. He's in the central valley of CA like his handle says and has an insane amount of tropicals growing happily!
Quick questions for you Jacques...You have quite the variety of squash plants (melons, summer/winter) growing in close proximity to each other. Are you concerned about cross pollination and creating your own hybrids? I made this mistake last growing season. Did you space out your timing of planting your cantaloupe/watermelon raised bed?
It should have no impact on your harvest only on the seed if you plan on saving seed. The fruit formation is pre determined via the genetics so even if the pollen isn't the same the fruit will remain the same for the current generation
Since it's a foliar surface spray I am not worried about it overly wetting the soil. I would have to really blast the soil to get down deep enough to have any effect. The soil and mulch will block and neutralize most of it before it even reaches the fungal network
Hi Jacques! Really enjoyed the video! Have you had any issues with tomato horn worms? Even with my San Marzano tomatoes planted along side basil and marigolds, I had an infestation. Ew! Have you or Kevin used diatenascious (sp?) earth before to stop catepillar issues?😮
I find that the birds end up eating most of the horn worms! If you don't want to spray anything you can use a UV flashlight at night and the caterpillars will fluoresce. It looks like a bright neon sign on your plant! Otherwise you can use basicillus thurengensis or BT which only kills caterpillars that way the leaves which should only be the hornworms. This is the lowest impact to other life spray you could use.
Hi Jacques! I was wondering, what makes potassium bicarbonate more effective than sodium bicarbonate? I've been using baking soda and it's seeming to be absolutely useless, so I might give your idea a try.
The two things that make it nice are that first it isn't a salt so chances of hurting plants is decreased, and second the potassium apparently messes with the cell walls of fungus in a way that kills them. As far as I can tell sodium won't do the same thing but instead the baking soda I think alters the pH which is less effective.
It's been tricky to find straw without herbicides. Lately I've gone back to using garden straw because I have never had any persistent herbicide issues from it. Ordering online is expensive due to shipping but you can also find organic state online which should be free of herbicides as well
Good Moring Jacques, I have a 40x80 garden to myself for 2 years now, as we move in to winter I'm thing of cutting it down to 40x40 because i feel it have become to much for me. Am i just getting garden fatigue? are should i just keep the 40x80?
I dont think the natural fibre breaking down is a con/downside..i think its great that things are not lasting forever, too many things are out living thier use. Let's bring back things that deteriorate and breakdown completely within our lifetime.
@jacquesinthegarden true, but that's fine. People will always shop. If they can shop with less impact on the environment, that's better than shopping anyway while also creating forever trash.
PLEASE HELP I live in Southern California and my tomatoes have been hit by spider mites . How do I get them out of my garden?! I already hit them with oil and soapy water as well as hard jet water, but they won't leave . SOS
If the plastic containers are made of recycled material, I like the plastic containers more, because it creates demand for recycled raw material. Like it or not, the plastic is already in our system, so keeping them recycled/upcycled is the best we can do for now, so that it doesn't just go into the wastestream, the landfill, or worst, the ocean.
If it's sprouting broccoli then it will always be small, if it's heading broccoli it's probably getting too much heat and forming early. Plenty of cool weather, water, and fertilizer is what makes big heads. I like to grow them in early spring and in the fall into winter
Jacques, you are amazing and make so many hard days better. Had my car broken into this morning, been in shock since, and coming back to your videos to calm me down. Please always keep it up ❤
Sorry to hear that happened to you! It always feels violating to have your personal space invaded like that. I am happy to be able to offer some solace though!
i always had people around me that had a green thumb but never me until I started watching you and Kevin. Having a science POV turned on something in me! Now we are growing enough fruits and veggies to supply 2 people for 12 months. Thanks Jacques.
That's amazing to hear, I love thinking about all the different approaches and finding what works for different people!
I’m curious how much sq footage you needed to feed the two of you?
Thank you
@@Janekgeddis About 400 square feet or so for the 2 of us.
Jacques, you and “Epic Eric” (aka Kevin) are keeping me hoping that I will grow garlic heads bigger than a quarter, I will have egg plants and maybe my fig tree will give figs all happening as I sit and watch you guys! Your videos are informative and charming. You guys have developed into great hosts. I love it when you share your travels. The additions from other parts of the country are a great idea as I am totally jealous of the growing ability in California! Love you guys!🎉
Really appreciate the love in this message and I am just happy we could be part of your gardening journey!
Got the bumper sticker? "WHERE'S ERIC" 😂
The heart throb of epic gardening does it again 🌱
Haha, I'll take it!
Ohhhh don’t let Kevin see this!! 😂😂
Jacques I love your videos because you are so realistic about how things in the garden don't always go to plan, and THAT IS OKAY!! It's so easy to get discouraged when things don't go as planned or happen in a timely manner, or when pests or disease come in and mess up your beautiful harvest, but you demonstrate that a good gardener can change their plans and actively deal with unintended circumstances.
If I could plan and predict it all I would get terribly bored of my garden. The problems and surprises along the way is what makes me love it so much and it also offers the best opportunities to learn!
Hi Jacques I just wanna say thank you to and Kevin for getting me into gardening
I love hearing messages like this and I hope you continue gardening for a long time!
I've had terrible issues with powdery mildew for the last two years on my winter squash plants. A month or so ago I saw your potassium bicarbonate and soap tip on an Epic Gardening video and tried it out. What a difference! Thanks for sharing Jacques.
That's a good idea about using the new soil for containers and "used" soil to top off raised beds
It gets the clutter out of the way as an added bonus!
Here in mid florida along the west coast only thing our heat is letting grow is okra. Sweet potato. And peppers in the shade. And banana trees
Pretty wild environment out there! Is tomato season starting up now?
Jacques, I want you to know that Ireally enjoy your videos and I learn so much from you. I follow about 8 gardening channels, but yours are my favorite videos.
Wow, thank you I'm glad you are here!
I tried the “milk method” for powdery mildew on my zucchini plants this year-couldn’t believe the results! It actually worked…like any other organic type treatment, had to reapply after rain but was actually surprised that it stopped the spread! Thanks as always for sharing your wealth of knowledge and advice for all things garden! 🍅🌿♥️ live your channel!🌝
That is great to hear, I've heard good things about its effectiveness. Something about it makes me think it will stink haha so I haven't bothered trying it. I appreciate you watching!
I'm glad to hear you found milk effective. I'm going to try it today!
I appreciate the education you show! I have learned so much from you!
We had a hurricane here in Houston a month ago and I lost most of my garden plants.
I started some seeds for peppers. I think I will follow your lead and add melons and cucumbers to my garden as well.
Thank you for your videos!
Thanks for reminding me to get my spinach seeds started for fall harvest.
So much fun, Jacques! Such good, practical advice and I always learn so much. I can't imagine how much time and effort it takes to video all that you do, but we are sure appreciative of all of your videos!
Glad you enjoyed it, being able to reach and show people is always so gratifying to make the effort worth it!
This is one of the things to appreciate when someone tells you why...that's excellent.
Since I don’t have a large garden, I tend use old soil in my 4 vermicompost bins. And every few months the wiggles give me great new use compost. Learned a lot from your clips and videos. Thanks for the great homestead work!
I've always wanted to grow a nice table grape. However, I've given up on the notion. My climate is not conducive to growing such cultivars. I won't be without grapes though. We have have wild grapes growing everywhere around here. They are very acidic & not suitable for fresh eating. Yet they are good for jelly & wine production. Our wild grapes, which we call mustang grapes, saved the French wine industry because of their hardiness & disease resistance. The vines are so rampant, I have seen them pull down trees, power poles, buildings & fences. (It takes years & tons of bio mass, but it is quite common to see.)
Another wild crop that I intend to make use of is prickly pear cactus. I can harvest the ripe fruit & make a nice jelly or I can harvest the whole plant to make nopalitos.
When mother nature gives you lemons, make lemonade!
Nopales is something I could never get that into, it's a texture thing for me. The prickly pear however is quite tasty! I wish I liked muscadine grapes, my partner really likes them but the slightly muskiness really doesn't work for me. Maybe in a jelly I could enjoy it more!
@jacquesinthegarden You could always perform an experiment... Try using them for rootstock. They really do live up to their legend. BTW, mustang grapes are NOT muscadine grapes. They are totally different cultivars. The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the leaves. Mustang grapes have a whitish or silvery underside & are a LOT more acidic than muscadine grapes.
At least you get some grapes, last year I looked out my window at mine and three deer were on their hind legs up under them eating all my grapes! Of course I do have a great pic for my country living …
That's pretty wild, I am definitely thankful to not have any deer!
Jacques, it's like you’re reading my mind-my tomatillos are just starting to show signs of powdery mildew. 😂
Quick tip: Refill a soap dispenser with your Dr. Bronner’s for easy homebrews in the garden.
The containers you sell are the BEST!!They will last me a lifetime!
That's awesome to hear! I love them too
I can't wait to hear how the no-plastic grow bags turn out - definitely want to order!
the greenhouse really looks amazing
Our peonies were plagued by powdery mildew several years running until I learned what it was. Somewhere I read to spray them with milk diluted with water. I drenched them with it and made sure to cut and throw away everything in the trash that fall when they died back for the season. Never came back again
My cukes are just coming out of that 3 week vacation and I suddenly have 7 fruits forming. I'm going to try pinching out every other new cuke to see if they even out in production. Thanks! 💚
Hopefully it works for you, it sucks having a bunch and then nothing for a while!
I also use soil from my containers to top up raised beds in the spring. I do throw used soil into the compost if the container was for houseplants or it seemed like something was weird about it in terms of texture, but I then use compost to top up raised beds, especially in the fall before it snows so it has time to freeze and thaw a couple times. That can speed up breakdown if I've run out of time and space for it in my bins. Sometimes I slightly bury the compost if it's too chunky or appetizing for animals.
tl:dr you don't have to pay money to top up your raised beds, I love that you pointed it out!
It's a great option for cycling your soils around. I will generally compost old seeding or over abundance seedling as well.
LABs or Lactic Acid Bacteria could be another one to try for powdery mildew.
Basically you ferment rice wash, add to milk and you get LABs plus "farmers cheese" as a bonus to either keep for white saucing or feed to your chickens and it's loaded with LABs that will be beneficial for their gut.
Pretty easy to make and great for you and the plants as a drench or foliar and plus compost accelerator 👍🏻
I have heard good things about LAB and I have had EM1 but I've never used it to treat powdery mildew. May give it a try
1:20 pm cdt in South-Central Texas and currently my greenhouse is reading 105.8 degrees 😭🥵
Holy S.H.I.T.!
Yeah that's hot!
Jacques, thank you for being so informative and detailed. It makes it very easy to help us beginner growers! 😊
Very happy to get into the details!
Put shade cloth over the top of the green house
That the plan!
Jacque, you might want to consider wearing a mask when throwing down fertilizer in order to protect your lungs. My peppers need staking as they're 3'-4' tall. Won't yours need staking too? Great reasoning as to why you've changed things. Love my raised beds! Good video!
Loving your channel from Ojai especially the cooking ones ❣️
Glad you like them!
Just transplanted my okra! Love from Lakeside CA! Great informational video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Jacques. 😊
I agree with you. I have two pepper plants in the back yard under the eaves of my house. One is a jalapeño and the other one is bell pepper and they’re both very green very happy and then I have two overwintered pepper trees on my porch and one of them is bell pepper and the other one is well. I think it is both of our bell pepper at first the peppers were big big big but now I haven’t seen them too big but I am seeding some Big Jim big peppers. Hopefully, I will get them to be good enough to where I can over the winter them as well.,Peppers are my favorite.🌶️🫑
That's great to hear! I love peppers as well and hope to double down on sweet peppers next year
Love your greenhouse
Thank you!
I think the new grow bags are awesome I just feel like if they decompose you could plant everything that doesn’t like to be disturbed right into the ground after it’s matured.
Absolutely, could be great for a first year tree or perennial
Your vine that was wilted is exactly what ours looks like when there is a vine borer.
I’m surprised you can keep grow bags and even raised beds watered enough in your hot dry climate. We have sandy soil and it gets hot, but we have high humidity especially this year with a ton of rain.
I’m glad I didn’t mulch heavily because of all the rain. It was a bad year to have plants too crowded as well. Mildew and rust were all issues. We have already met our annual average precipitation.
The biggest issue was the tomatoes were stunted and late blight showed up 3 weeks early. Never had issues growing giant tomato plants before. Just hoping to get enough to preserve. It’s impossible to stop blight once it starts.
Hmm I haven't ever seen the borer here but I haven't thought to check. The raised beds hold the water really well but the bags need water everyday or else they suffer. Blight is very unfortunate sorry you have to deal with that 😞
My squash plants look like this (near Atlanta, Ga zone 8b). It’s just been like humid and 95 every day for almost 2 months. I feel their weeping
Ooh! The 2025 seed selection is excellent! I'm excited to try to Perpetual Spinach Chard because I am just about out of my bietola seeds. Definitely a top 5 favorite (excluding tomatoes, peppers, and dahlias). And I've been successioning it throughout my garden. But a lot of other flower favorites too! I especially like he fall sowing information on a lot of the flowers. I can't remember if that has always been there, or if its new, but it makes it super easy to see if you can plant before first frost, Thank you!
I actually got grapes this year, too. Thank you for the grape tutorial last year, I think the pruning really helped. I got enough to make 7 half pints of jelly and I have more grapes in the freezer for the next batch. Hmmm, my grapes are shading my bell peppers this year and they are doing better than they have in years.
That's amazing to hear! The peppers really do prefer some shade which is great to know and utilize
Just came here to brag that I grew garlic as big as my fist this year 💪🏼 I have relatively small fists (size 5 ring) but still!
That is amazing! Love to hear it!
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Thank You! And Kevin for all your great videos. You both have given me a lot of knowledge. Keep up the great work 🙏
Thank you for watching and I'm just glad to hear we were able to teach you along the way!
Great video. Helpful to keep monthly focus. Could you do a video for beginners purchasing and putting together watering system. How and what it looks like to put all the pieces together and moving main hose and timing your watering for multiplying beds.
Absolutely will add that Into the rotation
Can’t wait to try your powdery mildew recipe. My garden has been plagued with PW. Thanks so much.
Just be sure to remove overly diseased leaves to make it more effective!
@@jacquesinthegarden how often do you spray?
Jacques the mushrooms won't compete for nutrients they actually will benefit because the are detrivores witch means they break down material and thus feed your plants
It's more that their network can compete for water is what I meant to say!
I’ve recently planted 8+ trees and shrubs in the middle of summer. Probably should have waited but they seem to be holding up.
Just subscribed, as I love the info and excellent explanation. Greetz from Holland.
hi jacques 🤗
another great video. beautiful garden and many great tips and recommendations.
im refreshing my containers, vertical planters and raised beds, amending the soil and choosing seeds to start for my fall garden. its still so hot in socal, so i think i have time to start from seeds. tfs
You for sure have time for fall! I will be starting my first round in the coming weeks and then will do the rest in September
Amazon boxes make great and free 1-season pots at least in my climate (Maine)
Good move!
Love your videos. You present so much good info. I'd like to think you and I garden in a very similar style. I didn't use my shade cloth this year and a lot of my peppers got sun scald. Still have plenty. So much that I feed all my close neighbors.
I am thinking of actually adding some shade cloth because I am also getting scald on my peppers and I'd really like to keep them scald free! I appreciate the comment and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the cucumber tip. I'm new to gardening and was wondering why my cucumber harvest was so sparse! Them squash bugs are also tearing them up.
The squash bugs are super annoying
thank you for sharing your know;edge,
Super useful episode! Thank you! (Looking forward to when you prune your plum. I just got one earlier this year, and I'm CLUELESS)
That will probably be in my next vlog!
19:47 on the subject of the grow bag made of natural fiber: how do we feel about using cardboard boxes in lieu of lifespan biodegradable grow bags? I figure since some of us are already using our old Amazon boxes for surface mulch, and they’ll disintegrate after one season… anyone tried it?
Maybe with the really sturdy boxes used for furniture? I used my Amazon and chewy boxes in April/May for my community garden paths with mulch on top. I’m going to add another layer of heavier cardboard this weekend bc the first application has really broken down (making the wire grass super happy. Me? Not so much.) Given that, I think a basic box might not last long enough. I’m in the humid DC metro (7b).
You can definitely try it and as long as you don't try to move it they will probably hold up for 4 months or so
Jacques staying busy in this heat!
I have to keep busy!
@@jacquesinthegarden I’m just busy watering 😂. Need to get irrigation setup!
Hello Jaques 😊 I was wondering 🤔 if you will ever show us your folks ? I’d love to see them! You are very fortunate that you have them ♥️♥️ I’m thinking about getting a Plumb tree like yours-
I live in zone 10a up the 10 frwy from San Diego . Do you think it will survive & grow ?
Oh yeah it should do great where you are! I am not sure if I will ever have them on but it's possible
Thanks jaques for great tips. Could you comnent on how to keep corn from covered with bugs, ants. Thanks.
That seems to be a tricky one, they tend to attract a lot of beetles and aphids. I don't have any good advice since the plants are so big and cumbersome. For corn ear worms I've done bt (basicillus thurengensis) sprayed on the silks and that has work for me before
Do you have a how to-prune back. I’m in Texas sun zone 9 when I did it my cucumbers and tomatoes dried out but last year when I let them grown wild they had so many fruit
+1 Dr. Bronners ❤❤❤
You got mangoes 🥭 wow. I have a papaya plant but no fruit yet and I was going to plant it in ground and now I’m concerned. Any advice?
How often do you spray your plants to prevent mildew?
For good prevention it should be every week, in reality I do it every 2 to 3 weeks!
Thanks!
How does the potassium bicarbonate compare to a copper fungicide? Does one work better than the other?
Copper is more effective and sticky as it can hold on the plant for a while. The downside is that copper can build up and cause harm if overused, also it is something I would be more careful with and avoid contact and breathing of.
@@jacquesinthegarden thank you
What volume of water to mix with the 1 Tbsp potassium bicarbonate and 1 tsp Dr Bronner's soap?? Thanks because I too battle powdery mildew in San Diego. Love your gardening guidance.
Love your channel. About to start my garden plot and wondering what side is the most sunny north or east? Might be silly question but want to plant my tall tomatoes on the sunny side to provide shade door my peppers. I'm in SD by the way. Thanks!
North facing is the lowest light, so if you want to peppers to be shaded place your peppers so that they are north of the tomatoes!
Sun loving hen at 2:45 😄
Haha absolutely, someone else thought they were dead!
Omg love your green house! My purple potato and sweet potato slips are growing wild. When should I harvest them Jacque? First time growing potatoes and I’m clueless 😅
You I want to wait as long as you can basically, I often don't harvest until November. The tops will die in a frost so make sure you do it before frost if you have one to avoid harming the potatoes
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You’re the best! I’m in zone 8A I think. Atlanta GA. Still 65 degrees in November
Hi Jacques, would you reapply powder mildew treatment again after rain? So cool you got mangoes 🥭!!!
I am mostly just doing it as needed or weekly if things are bad. I'm not sure I would double up after a rain
I tried the powdery mildew technique on my butternut squash. Everything looked fine when I sprayed - but the next day all the leaves looked like I put them in the deep fat fryer. I'm so sad. I'm hoping the plant will recover, especially because I have fruit setting. I'm in Irvine, CA (about the same zone as you Jacques). I wonder what happened. I did use Dawn for my soap, so maybe not as benign as they say?
Great video
I'm so jealous of your summer time temperatures. I'm two zones lower than you, 8, but the highs here are mid to high 90s
It is weird in a way that I am zone 10b but my highs are in the low 90s, we have had a lot of mid 80s+ weather which for us is hot
@@jacquesinthegarden I'm pretty sure that's because you're coastal.
@@jacquesinthegarden Jim, at Home Grown Veg is in Northern England,
West Coast, facing the Irish Sea. Latitude 55 degrees North. Get this,
grow zone 9. His summer solstice is around 17hrs of daylight. Now all of
this can't be possible, but it is. Grow zones have nothing to do with frost
dates, or annual veg or in this case where, North or South. It only refers to
a plant's ability to survive extreme cold soil/air temperatures during dormancy.
So, mostly only applies to perennials.
That just sounded rather harsh Jacques, sorry, wasn't meant to be. It just
makes me nuts when I see people ask, "What's you're grow zone, I want to grow just like you". Actually, it breaks my heart because in many cases, they may fail.
Now, if we're talking annuals, there are things I can plant now that he can't,
as well as some things you can plant that neither of us can. Now we're
talking frost dates, not grow zones.
Far too many ways to fail, without creating more.
It's good to know your grow zones, and your frost dates, and some cheats.
(cloches, blankets, forecasts) However, first we must know the plants we're
growing.
As Always, TYFS Jacques
I'm wondering just how well those natural fiber grow bags break down. I feel like they'd maybe be good for tree seedlings/air layer clones. I wonder if you can just burry the whole thing and have it break down enough to let the roots spread.
I think you absolutely could have a first year tree in there or air layer that could easily be planted directly in ground. The fabric is loose enough that if buried in positive roots would get through and within a year it will mostly compost in place.
@Jacques where can I get a hat like yours? It rocks!
How far apart have you placed your drip hoses in thst newly planted bed?
Usually I keep it under a foot apart!
how do you wash your lettuce? I can never seem to get rid of all the bugs. There's always something left.
Love your videos 😊
Thank you!!
I forgot what kind of bell peppers I grew but the 1 plant that has 6 peppers on it are purple
The purple bell pepper is a classic, it looks really cool but I personally found the taste underwhelming. Definitely a fun one to try though!
Darn! California is so much different than Washington. I was hoping for some advice on gardening I could do now. 😢
Y'all should interview Tropical Central Valley here on youtube for how to grow tropicals outside of a greenhouse. He's in the central valley of CA like his handle says and has an insane amount of tropicals growing happily!
That sounds very interesting, will check them out
I live in Washington state, coast Ocean Shores, can I grow cucumbers in the late late summer Aug. 17th trough early winter 8b - 9a in my greenhouse?
Quick questions for you Jacques...You have quite the variety of squash plants (melons, summer/winter) growing in close proximity to each other. Are you concerned about cross pollination and creating your own hybrids? I made this mistake last growing season. Did you space out your timing of planting your cantaloupe/watermelon raised bed?
that's only an issue if you're saving seeds to replant next year, it has no impact on the current years crop
It should have no impact on your harvest only on the seed if you plan on saving seed. The fruit formation is pre determined via the genetics so even if the pollen isn't the same the fruit will remain the same for the current generation
Will your spray treatment affect the mycellium growth that you have going on?
Since it's a foliar surface spray I am not worried about it overly wetting the soil. I would have to really blast the soil to get down deep enough to have any effect. The soil and mulch will block and neutralize most of it before it even reaches the fungal network
Hi Jacques! Really enjoyed the video! Have you had any issues with tomato horn worms? Even with my San Marzano tomatoes planted along side basil and marigolds, I had an infestation. Ew! Have you or Kevin used diatenascious (sp?) earth before to stop catepillar issues?😮
I find that the birds end up eating most of the horn worms! If you don't want to spray anything you can use a UV flashlight at night and the caterpillars will fluoresce. It looks like a bright neon sign on your plant! Otherwise you can use basicillus thurengensis or BT which only kills caterpillars that way the leaves which should only be the hornworms. This is the lowest impact to other life spray you could use.
Hi Jacques! I was wondering, what makes potassium bicarbonate more effective than sodium bicarbonate? I've been using baking soda and it's seeming to be absolutely useless, so I might give your idea a try.
The two things that make it nice are that first it isn't a salt so chances of hurting plants is decreased, and second the potassium apparently messes with the cell walls of fungus in a way that kills them. As far as I can tell sodium won't do the same thing but instead the baking soda I think alters the pH which is less effective.
Do you have a video about taming tomatillos? Mine are growing in so many directions. 😂
Haha they are wild! I have done one video on them a while back where I ended up doing the Florida weave
Looking for a good place to get straw mulch- any advice?
It's been tricky to find straw without herbicides. Lately I've gone back to using garden straw because I have never had any persistent herbicide issues from it. Ordering online is expensive due to shipping but you can also find organic state online which should be free of herbicides as well
How often can you spray your solution for powdery mildew?
Once a week with removal of affected leaves in-between for maximum effectiveness.
Good Moring Jacques, I have a 40x80 garden to myself for 2 years now, as we move in to winter I'm thing of cutting it down to 40x40 because i feel it have become to much for me. Am i just getting garden fatigue? are should i just keep the 40x80?
I'm 25x 25 and about to dig another 25x25
I would keep it bigger but dedicate more space to perennial foods, herbs, or staples like garlic/potato/onions/wheat that don't require daily work.
@@jacquesinthegarden OMG, i would have never though of that. thank you.
Talking about irrigation.... How about that video? 👼
Haha I have failed everyone in getting that out on time 😭 will seriously take a crack at it
@@jacquesinthegarden no hurry, no worry 😜
What happened to the peppers that you over winterred
Most of them are mixed in and are roughly twice as prolific and also produces early in the year by a good month to two
I dont think the natural fibre breaking down is a con/downside..i think its great that things are not lasting forever, too many things are out living thier use. Let's bring back things that deteriorate and breakdown completely within our lifetime.
I personally agree and see it as a pro! The downside of course is that you have to buy more everytime!
@jacquesinthegarden true, but that's fine. People will always shop. If they can shop with less impact on the environment, that's better than shopping anyway while also creating forever trash.
Report back on the bags. I'm more than happy to compost bags after a year or two in order to get away from plastic in the garden....
Happy to keep everyone updated
Can we still plant winter squash from seed in the Bay Area northern Cali?
From seed probably not, the cooler weather will soon be on us and the sunlight hours will decrease too much.
I will say, give it a try! Just choose a variety that has the shortest days to maturity.
@@jacquesinthegarden thanks brother 🙏
PLEASE HELP I live in Southern California and my tomatoes have been hit by spider mites . How do I get them out of my garden?! I already hit them with oil and soapy water as well as hard jet water, but they won't leave . SOS
If the plastic containers are made of recycled material, I like the plastic containers more, because it creates demand for recycled raw material. Like it or not, the plastic is already in our system, so keeping them recycled/upcycled is the best we can do for now, so that it doesn't just go into the wastestream, the landfill, or worst, the ocean.
I'm happy with that logic and totally agree! Some people just don't want to interact with plastic and I get that too!
Hey J. How much is a water bill with a garden that size?
Just got my last bill and it is 80 a month for the past 2 months which is amazing for our whole household and the produce we get!
@@jacquesinthegarden wow! How’d u get it so low? All drip irrigation?
Bro Jacques i can't grow broccoli big all of them are just small what could be some reasons?
If it's sprouting broccoli then it will always be small, if it's heading broccoli it's probably getting too much heat and forming early. Plenty of cool weather, water, and fertilizer is what makes big heads. I like to grow them in early spring and in the fall into winter
@@jacquesinthegarden ok great thanks
New subscriber here 😊
Thanks for subbing! Hopefully we can learn some gardening together!
Jacques, you are amazing and make so many hard days better. Had my car broken into this morning, been in shock since, and coming back to your videos to calm me down. Please always keep it up ❤
@@chiaragibbs1693 Jacques is our healthy thinking Doctor. 🤣
Sorry to hear that happened to you! It always feels violating to have your personal space invaded like that. I am happy to be able to offer some solace though!
Chicken around 2:30 okay?
Hennifer is probably dust bathing!
Haha I just noticed it and she does look like she is dead but I assure you she was just dust bathing In a goofy pose
@@jacquesinthegarden Great to hear!
"you could still go in the bottom because they have the bottom hole".. made me chuckle. i am immature.
I have an accidental way with words
@@jacquesinthegarden 😆 🤣 😆
Where’s Eric???? 😂