Fabric pots are great also love that they are so portable and easy to store if needed . Every year I say in spring to start fall crops and I don't so much canning and preserving going on .
Thanks for the video!! I'd like to add radishes to the list of what can be grown in September by seed, as my packet says it only takes 45 days to mature. Besides, I've read about (and eaten) radish leaves and they taste great and do great in the cold weather. I just planted a row of them. They take less than a week to germinate.
@@StoneyAcresGardening I hope you will try to plant them. My row is doing very well in northern NH, and it's nice to know at least they will be ready in a few weeks, even if it turns cold - even with a light frost. Another tip for whomever: Don't eat old kale. It's bitter, tough and tasteless. I'm gonna pull all the kale that I planted last spring for hopefully a new fall crop as I've heard they can even withstand hard frost (reasonably).
Just planted: broccoli, lettuce, swiss chard. Will plant this Labor Day weekend, cilantro, thyme, radish, parsley…in the greenhouse. 12 hours and 47 mins of daylight here. Still producing zucchini, cukes, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, watermelon and basil. The sweet potatoes still growing..won’t harvest yet. Expecting 90 degree temps this next week..then 80’s the rest of September. Plants should do well in the near future.
Tomatoes and peppers are actually periannuals, but most people harvest them and treat them like annuals. You could put frost blankets, over hoops, on both species and they should grow for you next spring. You will need to put mulch around the base of each plant and supplement the soil come spring; add compost tea to the tomatoes and fresh soil to the peppers. I personally brought some peppers in the house (last fall) and they were the first plant to produce peppers. ☺️
@@PineGeri I've never cut them back. I don't know what cutting them back would do. 🤷🏼♀️ This will be our first year leaving the plants outside and covering them with frost blankets. We may put plastic over them as well, as we're also in zone 6A, so we don't get a deep freeze. We've only ever tried bringing the plants in and then transplanted them back out to the garden in the spring. I like experimenting with the garden. ☺️ If it does not work, no real harm, as we save seeds. Hope that helps...
This video was really helpful for me! Especially since I just moved to zone 6 late in season - I did get a little green house that holds a couple raised beds. Sadly I haven’t been able to find any starters but I’m happy to plant from seed most of the greens you mentioned! Also - what about winter peas? Can they make it in a greenhouse in zone 6?
This is the best time to evaluate and purchase seeds for next year. Also a perfect time to purchase garden supplies at a steal of a deal price. September is the perfect month to plant trees and shrubs and all types of hardy berries. It's the best month for gathering things for a winter compost pile. If you have a worm farm it's the perfect time to let some of the worms go free into your garden beds and compost piles. Once you clear the garden beds you can check your soil health and add what you need before planting up again. I have a lot of shade on my gardens during the winter months so at least half of my beds get a 6 inch layer of composting materials topped with leaves and then covered with frost cloth to button them up for the winter. The worms turn it to fertilizer while they increase in numbers all winter long (I'm zone 8b so the worms don't usually die form our winter temps.). I know some of these things seem like maintenance but it all provides fertile soil and weed suppression for next seasons start in the garden.
I can't recommend a name brand because most are regional. Blackgold makes a good product and is sold in many areas, but most brands are regional. Just buy a good quality one. If it is cheap, you will get what you pay for. BTW never use garden soil in pots. It won't turn out right. Containers need potting soil.
You start talking about the topic three minutes in. There’s too much blabbing in the start. Please make your videos more concise or at least have chapters so we can skip to where we want. Just leaves us feeling frustrated and annoyed
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Fabric pots are great also love that they are so portable and easy to store if needed . Every year I say in spring to start fall crops and I don't so much canning and preserving going on .
I'm really enjoying the Smart Pots
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Of course!!
Thanks for the video!! I'd like to add radishes to the list of what can be grown in September by seed, as my packet says it only takes 45 days to mature. Besides, I've read about (and eaten) radish leaves and they taste great and do great in the cold weather. I just planted a row of them. They take less than a week to germinate.
That's a great idea!
@@StoneyAcresGardening I hope you will try to plant them. My row is doing very well in northern NH, and it's nice to know at least they will be ready in a few weeks, even if it turns cold - even with a light frost.
Another tip for whomever: Don't eat old kale. It's bitter, tough and tasteless. I'm gonna pull all the kale that I planted last spring for hopefully a new fall crop as I've heard they can even withstand hard frost (reasonably).
Just planted: broccoli, lettuce, swiss chard. Will plant this Labor Day weekend, cilantro, thyme, radish, parsley…in the greenhouse. 12 hours and 47 mins of daylight here. Still producing zucchini, cukes, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, watermelon and basil. The sweet potatoes still growing..won’t harvest yet. Expecting 90 degree temps this next week..then 80’s the rest of September. Plants should do well in the near future.
Sound pretty similar to us. We will still have good production through the end of the month.
@@StoneyAcresGardening nuthn’ like the fresh taste of home grown..and immense self-satisfaction!
Tomatoes and peppers are actually periannuals, but most people harvest them and treat them like annuals. You could put frost blankets, over hoops, on both species and they should grow for you next spring. You will need to put mulch around the base of each plant and supplement the soil come spring; add compost tea to the tomatoes and fresh soil to the peppers. I personally brought some peppers in the house (last fall) and they were the first plant to produce peppers. ☺️
@@lesleykissamericafarm9349 as for tomatoes, once they stop producing should i just cut the stems to soil level then cover? Same with peppers?
@@PineGeri I've never cut them back. I don't know what cutting them back would do. 🤷🏼♀️ This will be our first year leaving the plants outside and covering them with frost blankets. We may put plastic over them as well, as we're also in zone 6A, so we don't get a deep freeze. We've only ever tried bringing the plants in and then transplanted them back out to the garden in the spring. I like experimenting with the garden. ☺️ If it does not work, no real harm, as we save seeds. Hope that helps...
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Thank you for the video. I am goinh to groe my broccoli in several fabric pots this Fall.
Sounds great!
good luck i hope the fabric pots work for you and the broccoli grows well.
This video was really helpful for me! Especially since I just moved to zone 6 late in season - I did get a little green house that holds a couple raised beds. Sadly I haven’t been able to find any starters but I’m happy to plant from seed most of the greens you mentioned!
Also - what about winter peas? Can they make it in a greenhouse in zone 6?
This is the best time to evaluate and purchase seeds for next year. Also a perfect time to purchase garden supplies at a steal of a deal price. September is the perfect month to plant trees and shrubs and all types of hardy berries. It's the best month for gathering things for a winter compost pile. If you have a worm farm it's the perfect time to let some of the worms go free into your garden beds and compost piles. Once you clear the garden beds you can check your soil health and add what you need before planting up again. I have a lot of shade on my gardens during the winter months so at least half of my beds get a 6 inch layer of composting materials topped with leaves and then covered with frost cloth to button them up for the winter. The worms turn it to fertilizer while they increase in numbers all winter long (I'm zone 8b so the worms don't usually die form our winter temps.). I know some of these things seem like maintenance but it all provides fertile soil and weed suppression for next seasons start in the garden.
Thanks for the ideas
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What purchased soil mix would you use to plant these pots for the first time? Don't have "extra" soil to add from garden now. Zone 6a. TIA.
I can't recommend a name brand because most are regional. Blackgold makes a good product and is sold in many areas, but most brands are regional. Just buy a good quality one. If it is cheap, you will get what you pay for.
BTW never use garden soil in pots. It won't turn out right. Containers need potting soil.
@@StoneyAcresGardening thank you for your help.
I use a soil mix I make : compost,potting soil,azomite, perlite,vermiculite, worm castings,and sometimes chicken manure granules in pots
Do you empty your smart pots then refill and amend the soil. How do yo store the soil?
I store them with the soil in them in a shead or protected area of my yard. Then amend the soil in the spring when I'm ready to reuse them.
You should specify which country's zones because not all countries have the same zones.
You start talking about the topic three minutes in. There’s too much blabbing in the start. Please make your videos more concise or at least have chapters so we can skip to where we want. Just leaves us feeling frustrated and annoyed