Maybe for next year, you could do a live plant-along video so we can plant things at the same time. I’d love to have a go but don’t really know what I’m doing and by the time time your videos come out, I’ve missed the boat on getting things in the ground or in pots 😅 Just an idea - love your videos.
Why don't you place cut off fizzy pop bottles over your pea plants until they get well established ? Just cut the bottoms off unscrew the cap a little and push into the soil over your seedlings
Most relatable quote for so many, "I've done it again: Went and spent all my pocket money at the garden center." Absolutely true for so many of us! And understandable, since you have an urban garden space with limits. Container gardening is a great option!
@@noamjacob1216lol. To me that just shows that he’s underrated, only half a mil out of tens of millions of potential subscribers with his heart warming and educational content!
That's good, but if enough slugs try to cross the copper tape, it will lose its effect. I would do what you're saying, but I'd also make slug traps with beer.
I did some so-called guerilla sowing this year, putting almost 10 sq meters of meadow flowers along a fence line at the corner of our appartement courtyard without asking anyone. It's never been used for anything anyways. For the bees!
It's been a rough spring for the flowers (and the bees) this year in Sweden and I've had to cover them with spruce twigs and such on several occasions to protect them from the cold, but finally by the end of this week the warmer weather arrives
Alex, you are legitimately my favorite UA-camr. I watch a large variety of videos, and none of them are as peaceful and calming as yours. I appreciate your style and look forward to your next video each time! Happy gardening!
This year I've invested in a head torch & go out every night on slug/snail watch. The first few nights I can honestly say there were over a hundred snails/slugs in the garden. Now there may be two or three, so happy 😊 PS: I found that the copper rings are quite good too.
Removing them at night is the only thing that's worked for me. It was impossible to grow anything in our garden because of snails. Now I go out after dark (rainy nights are best) with some sugar tongs and gather up all the ones I can see. I don't want to harm them ideally, so I just put them outside the back gate where they have a tough time getting back into the garden. If you keep doing this for a while, you'll dramatically reduce the population of slugs and snails in your garden!
Great video as always! Im Swedish and the beautiful lupines that grow here are actually very invasive and is not native to the swedish fauna. They actually cause big problems here since nothing else can grow where they grow. At least they're pretty! 😊
I use crushed egg shells to make a parameter around my plants. The slugs stay away because they are sharp. Plus they are good for composting at the end of season. Hello from Washington State, USA Alex!
Alllleeexxxx cant belive u got on allan titchmarsh soooo happy for you my man 😢🎉🎉 to see you on tv just made my day ur heart is pure and and filled with an innocence that just cant be brought omg soooo so happy for you i aint even got words to explain just well done u good lad
If you put a board where the slugs are they will hide underneath during day warm spells and they're in one spot to remove. Re the mould in the grow box you need more air flow, maybe a silent pc fan, if you get a 5v one you could power it of a usb charge plug. If you fet some nasturtium seeds and plant them they can be sacrifical plants for the cabbage butterfly and moth aswell as giving you beauty and edibles. Take care , Mike
Have a wee look into slug killing nematodes, Alex! They're super easy to get hold of, and pretty simple to introduce to your garden. I use fungus gnat nematodes in my houseplants to keep them in check, and it works beautifully!
Get you a small fan to put inside the box for air flow as well as put a vent whole in the box to breathe while closed its should help with the mold (it’s the wooden box it holding in the moisture)
The basil could go in a window box with thyme, chives, rosemary and coriander. It'll make your cooking way more satisfying using your own grown ingredients too. You can get away without drilling holes in the box for drainage if you're careful with watering and avoid overwatering or saturating the soil. Get some cucumbers planted too, homemade pickles are the best!
Man, I’ve gotten super into gardening the past year and a half. I love watching gardening videos and I found your videos a couple months ago and it’s so awesome to watch your adventure and life unfold and learn from you. Thanks Alex!
Lupines are beautiful. In Canada they grow wild in roadside ditches and fields. When they bloom it smells beautiful and looks beautiful. Where I live the common colours are purple, blue (ish) and pink.
If you run a fan to push a slight breeze onto your seedlings, it will help to strengthen the seedlings. It's as if they are outside getting vibrated by the wind. Your seedlings will become stronger. Use diatomaceous earth sprinkled around your plants. It cuts up the slugs and kills them. You are an amazing young man, I hope your friends learn from you!
You might also want to consider companion planting to protect your crops, nasturtium and marigolds are quite popular and they will produce a great amount of seeds for you, to save for the following year.
What I did this year to fend away slugs and snails, I put mulch around everything. Apparently they can walk well and so far we are doing well over here. Hope that helps
Nice work Alex got plenty growing and planted , we have potatoes, carrots, peppers , swiss chard. Grape vines have come to life. Looking forward to seeing your fig tree get fruit on it 😁👋🏻
Yay another Alex video to brighten the day! Thanks for all this free-to-watch funny and interesting content & good fit with your sponsor, I'll check them out.
Alex if you get a shallow container and bury up to the rim then fill with cheap beer and the slugs will go in to drink the beer and drown. The yeast and fermentation smell will draw them in. Copper will also deter the slugs
I find these videos so relaxing to watch. Love that you share your mistakes along the way as well. Always seems like I’m chatting to a friend watching your videos ❤
Try cutting the bottom of 2l plastic pop bottles, use them to cover your seedlings to help protect them from slugs and frost till they get established.
Hey Alex! Big Fan And I Love Your Gardening Content! You Should Maybe Try To Create A Pollenator Garden To Attract Pollenating Insects And Butterflies! Good Luck With Your Gardening!
You've inspired me to film myself as I garden this year! I'm also interpanting with potatoes. I'm growing some lettuce in the same pots as my potatoes, so I hope that I will be ready to harvest my first crop as the potatoes break the surface.
It’s been 3 hours now watching you non-stop giving me pure entertainment ❤️ I‘m doing an exchange year in New Zealand right now but when I‘ll get back in 2 months I‘ll start beekeeping and producing my own beers and spirits aswell, thanks to you. Thank you very much for what you are doing, good luck with all your projects and I wish you all the best ❤️
I was once advised to remove flowers from strawberries if they start producing the flowers early on in the season. This allows them to focus on making more foliage and increase fruit production later in the year. Also trying it out for the first time this year, but in my mind it makes sense 😛
Native Americans did something similar but instead of potatoes they planted corn which grew tall they planted beans which grow up the corn and they were plant squash which would make ground cover and prevent weeds from growing up around the other two plants and they'd make a succotash out of all three corn beans and squash that is a pretty hearty meal too This is when they plant they put dead fish in the ground Who fertilized the plants they put it lace a dead fish bug 2 foot down cover with dirt then put the plants in the seeds and they get corner beans and squash all about the same time near the end of the season.
Good luck with the windowboxes! I started gardening last year, and my Cosmos were huge, like 5ft tall and with a pretty good spread too. So they may take over those windowboxes a little bit. Excited to see how it turns out for you though!
Hi Alex. I’ve used all kind of slug repellent with not a lot of luck. I now use Diatomatious Earth placing it in a ring around the plants. The slugs/ snails hate it. it’s great but you do have to reapply occasionally. And I find that I have to keep it off the plant leaves, it affects them adversely I also use the plank of wood and clear them every day. The birds love them. Perhaps give Diatomatious a try, it’s not cheap but you use it sparingly. Good luck 😊
If it's possible I'd try to install an little ventilator (or maybe two) in the growbox. The benefit is, that because of the air movement the stems of the plants (chilis, tomatos, ...) will get stronger and if you transfer them to the outdoors, they'll have better chances to survive. It also will help against mold.
I love watching your videos and you inspired me to get my own allotment. Thanks to your helpful videos I have started my own gardening adventure this year. Hopefully I can grow some of my own vegetables.
It's such a blast planting in spring! Hope all your veg and flowers do well. By the way, with the slug pellets you only need a light sprinkle, not as heavy as you spread them. Like if you'd only used 1/4 of the box that would've been more than enough, and cheaper!
Hi Alex, love your videos!!!! I was absolutely thrilled to see that you decided to grow a lupin plant! By far my favorite flower to grow, looking forward to get an update on that plant and to see more of them in the future!!🙏🏻
Congratulations on getting a sponsor!! Your tomatoes look so much bigger than mine do (I'm from Estonia and I'll have smaller balcony tomatoes 🍅) and I hope my tomao seedlings will be able to grow in time for the warm weather! ❤❤
You can try cinnamon for the mold problem. I sprinkled some around the base of my plants and it did'nt get any worse. Also a fan will help dry things out and make the stems stronger. It's amazing to see a little seed become a 10 foot tomato vine or a bushy yellow marigold.
Hi Alex!! Have you heard of slug beer traps? That may help with your slug problem, you can use a really cheap beer and there are lots of tutorials on UA-cam about how to do it!
Have you tried the beer trick for slugs? Place a dish in the yard, pore beer in and cover with a pot or something, leave a gap at the bottom so slugs and snails can get in. The slugs and snails drown/die and mostly leave your plants alone
A tip for garden slugs, I often plant fragrant flowers near plants, it works well for more, I also use coffee grounds mixed with salt. Doesn’t always keep them away but has shown me the best results!
A possible solution to the slug problem I saw years ago is placing two metallic strips about a centimeter apart around the plants and connecting like a 9V battery's poles to the strips, as the slugs crawl over the second strip they complete the circuit which gives them small shock that makes them retract
Throw a beer party for your slugs! They will bring all their friends! Use a shallow dish... use the cheapest beer ever... they dont' need much! One and done!
Love your video and how relaxing it makes me feel, I was looking for a gardening zone /weather similar to mind - Washington State is very much like yours and I just planted my peas, I do put crushed eggshell around my peas and the shape edges to help deter them away.
The best thing I learnt this year, is to use levington f1 seed compost. A bit expensive but so worth it. Saves so much time and is just amazing quality. Even used it in 10cm pots with no problems. Also, for any container growing invest in a bag of osmocote preplant, which can be used in all house plants too
Every year, I'm always surprised by how strong my urge is to garden when spring comes. We live in a wooded area, and it gets super hot and humid in the summer (Virginia, USA), so usually come July things are looking pretty dead, but MAN is it so nice in the spring hahaha! I enjoy watching your videos because I can tell how much care you put into making them, and I also have very little idea what I'm doing hahaha! This year, I've transitioned to hydroponic gardening (think Aerogarden and iHarvest) because things tend to die outside, and that has been going well!
In our garden we dig a hole and put a shallow plastic container in it. Pour some cheap beer in. Snails love it. Sadly they’ll drown, but what can you do. It’s pretty effective.
Hi! I’m a huge fan from Slovakia. In our garden we use a beer to keep the snails out of the plants. First you cut a plastic bottle in half, then you dig a hole just deep enough so the surface of your bottle will reach the ground level. Then pour beer into the bottle and the snails will get drawn into the beer and drown. It miht not work for everyone, but it definitely helped us 🙂.
Put Vasaline along the sides of the bed. Apparently slugs won't cross it as its to slidey for them. Iv done it and so far so good. Iv even put it around my hanging baskets so they can't get to them. A couple who have been gardening for centuries ton me about it. Best thing is the rain don't wash it off x
Hey Alex, quick tip for planting in general (there are some exceptions). Don’t pat down the soil too much as it makes it less aireated and easy for the roots to penetrate the soil correctly
I’ve been watching your videos and i’ve been so inspired! Now I have a “small” garden on my balcony here in Sweden! Thank you for making such good videos, I really enjoy your content! 💚
at my allotment I used Strulch for slug protection - it's a bit spenny but in places I've use it, my plants have been untouched by slugs, and it works as a mulch too keeping weeds at bay for a while - love it :D
Crushed egg shells work well as slug and snail deterrent. I use them plus i have some old tubs from chicken beef etc, where i put beer in them as the slugs will go in and drown in them!
I see some people put little metal trash cans with mesh holes over plants until they get big to protect from slugs! They still let water and light in, I think it would work well for you! Most use a few landscaping staples to keep them in place.
I had a terrible slug problem at my allotment. This is my second year and I have now made all my beds no dig with wood chip paths. No weeds anywhere. I have scrolch around all plants and many, many slug traps. I also put copper wire around some pots. I now have the slugs under control.
Hey Alex great channel , really enjoying your adventures into gardening and bee keeping. Top tip for slug problem a slug pub , put beer in a shallow tub in the garden and they will have a very happy ending I promise. Have fun Jon
Hey Alex when you put down the slug pellets put it around on the floor and also around the plants so that they would die before climbing up to your plants😊
Great video Alex! You should look into making a slug electric fence. They're cheap and simple and there are a bunch of tutorials on youtube. It's just two strands of wire hooked up to a small battery, its perfectly safe and won't even harm the slugs, it just gives them a tiny zap to keep them from entering the garden bed.
I have a slug problem in my green house. I’ve put down 3 containers and filled them with super cheap larger. Party time for the slugs. So far so good. It seems to be working a treat.
some advise: Coriander is actually a plant for the cooler season so maybe try to sow them in autumn and they will grow slowly over the winter months. worked well for me, the plant is ready to be harvested for at least 2 months now
last year I planted tomato seeds April 19th 1 month later they were 25cm long and ready to be on balcony permanently. this year I will do early May. (zone 6B Latvia) Didn't use grow lights, just used sunny window.
For the slugs you could try crushed eggshells (large chunks) for a physical barrier. Using beer in shallow containers also works really well as they're drawn to it and drown. However, it's not the best for a small garden where the seating is so near the plants as the smell of the dead slugs baking in beer in the summer heat after a few days is something that makes on want to barf, but it's the most effective thing I've found. Maybe only using it while the plants are juvenile and vulnerable before the heat of summer sets in and people are out in the garden would work.
If you have a lot of slugs, it might be worth setting up a little bird bath to try to attract more birds/frogs to eat them. Additionally, I know England has some types of beetles that like to setup in semi-rotten wood that also opportunistically eat slugs, so if you have the space, a little discard wood pile might also help attract them.
Yes, I also said," Hey Alex!" Made my son laugh out loud! We have rainy and windy and miserable here in Malakwa BC Canada. I have terrible slug problems too. I put crushed egg shells around the peas. I like thst it is free. I make a point of planting my broccoli at the same time as peas. They seem to do fine. We have Lupin that are climatized to our conditions and have become perennials. Maybe they already were, just not for here. They germinate in the cooler dark.
6:08 In my country we use a plastic bottle of Soft drinks, like coke.... Make holes around it, a small one to keep the air coming....just cut the bottom of the bottle and push it to the ground with the plant inside it, the one with the cap place on top....and remove them when you know your plant will survive from the slugs or snails 🐌 attack...😊 That's what we did when we do gardening in our school as part of our agriculture subject...
Oh you are going down the gardening rabbit hole, getting new plants like no tomorrow :) . I normally use the fireplace ash to deal with slugs, it actually kills them by osmosis, but I need to keep the ash from getting moist either by applying on dry days or just covering with something. Thanks for the great video by the way,
Alex, I had a problem with getting sun to an area. I bought a cheap large mirror and bounced the light from the mirror to the areas that needed light. I made it so the mirror was movable & adjustable on a stand.
Hey Alex, for my pea post, I tied garden string from the top of the trellis to a few big rocks I had in my yard to make them more stable until they get settle into the ground.
Hello! You’re one of my favourite UA-camrs, I really like the garden growing because we’re both new gardeners. I did the same thing with those slug pellets, put way too many. A box like that should last many months/many uses.
Your seedlings are absolutely incredible! You and I started learning how to grow vegetables at the same time and your seedlings are so much healthier and stronger (truly, I commend how fast you learn!) I really appreciate your videos so I can see how I can improve my set-up and care of my plant babies. Bless you!
Maybe for next year, you could do a live plant-along video so we can plant things at the same time. I’d love to have a go but don’t really know what I’m doing and by the time time your videos come out, I’ve missed the boat on getting things in the ground or in pots 😅 Just an idea - love your videos.
This sounds like a great idea!
You could watch these videos back next year but plant in time
Sound great
Why don't you place cut off fizzy pop bottles over your pea plants until they get well established ? Just cut the bottoms off unscrew the cap a little and push into the soil over your seedlings
You can still start on a lot of stuff in Central Europe, it’s not too late!
Most relatable quote for so many, "I've done it again: Went and spent all my pocket money at the garden center." Absolutely true for so many of us! And understandable, since you have an urban garden space with limits. Container gardening is a great option!
This is the most wholesome, relaxing, underrated channel I have ever seen ❤
its got half a million subs - he is far from being underrated
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@@noamjacob1216lol. To me that just shows that he’s underrated, only half a mil out of tens of millions of potential subscribers with his heart warming and educational content!
@@noamjacob1216 that's so sad lmao, just begging for attention.
fr i think he’s the only youtuber where i’ve watched every single video from him.
Hi! In Sweden we use copper tape to keep the snails out from eating our crops. We tape the sides of the pot and the snails don't want to cross it :)
...but it doesn't work :(
That's good, but if enough slugs try to cross the copper tape, it will lose its effect. I would do what you're saying, but I'd also make slug traps with beer.
I find copper tapes works fine
Beer traps work well, or a mixture of yeast, sugar and warm water
I’ve heard that you can put a damp wooden board down and then the slugs go to live underneath and you just check it everyday and throw any slugs away!
I did some so-called guerilla sowing this year, putting almost 10 sq meters of meadow flowers along a fence line at the corner of our appartement courtyard without asking anyone. It's never been used for anything anyways. For the bees!
I love this!!
It's been a rough spring for the flowers (and the bees) this year in Sweden and I've had to cover them with spruce twigs and such on several occasions to protect them from the cold, but finally by the end of this week the warmer weather arrives
Alex, you are legitimately my favorite UA-camr. I watch a large variety of videos, and none of them are as peaceful and calming as yours. I appreciate your style and look forward to your next video each time! Happy gardening!
Try putting a flat dish of beer to lure the slugs away from your peas
This year I've invested in a head torch & go out every night on slug/snail watch.
The first few nights I can honestly say there were over a hundred snails/slugs in the garden. Now there may be two or three, so happy 😊
PS: I found that the copper rings are quite good too.
Removing them at night is the only thing that's worked for me. It was impossible to grow anything in our garden because of snails. Now I go out after dark (rainy nights are best) with some sugar tongs and gather up all the ones I can see. I don't want to harm them ideally, so I just put them outside the back gate where they have a tough time getting back into the garden. If you keep doing this for a while, you'll dramatically reduce the population of slugs and snails in your garden!
@@jvh1gcc I take them over the road to open grass & shrub land 😅
Great video as always! Im Swedish and the beautiful lupines that grow here are actually very invasive and is not native to the swedish fauna. They actually cause big problems here since nothing else can grow where they grow. At least they're pretty! 😊
It is fascinating to see he actually became a gardener in a few years like a pro and beekeeper
I can't be the only one who says "hi Alex!" out loud when a new video appears 😂
I know exactly, what you mean ... 😅
Yep
I use crushed egg shells to make a parameter around my plants. The slugs stay away because they are sharp. Plus they are good for composting at the end of season. Hello from Washington State, USA Alex!
Alllleeexxxx cant belive u got on allan titchmarsh soooo happy for you my man 😢🎉🎉 to see you on tv just made my day ur heart is pure and and filled with an innocence that just cant be brought omg soooo so happy for you i aint even got words to explain just well done u good lad
If you put a board where the slugs are they will hide underneath during day warm spells and they're in one spot to remove.
Re the mould in the grow box you need more air flow, maybe a silent pc fan, if you get a 5v one you could power it of a usb charge plug.
If you fet some nasturtium seeds and plant them they can be sacrifical plants for the cabbage butterfly and moth aswell as giving you beauty and edibles.
Take care , Mike
This channel is a breath of fresh air..
Have a wee look into slug killing nematodes, Alex! They're super easy to get hold of, and pretty simple to introduce to your garden.
I use fungus gnat nematodes in my houseplants to keep them in check, and it works beautifully!
Get you a small fan to put inside the box for air flow as well as put a vent whole in the box to breathe while closed its should help with the mold (it’s the wooden box it holding in the moisture)
Ur so right I thought the same hahah
The basil could go in a window box with thyme, chives, rosemary and coriander. It'll make your cooking way more satisfying using your own grown ingredients too. You can get away without drilling holes in the box for drainage if you're careful with watering and avoid overwatering or saturating the soil. Get some cucumbers planted too, homemade pickles are the best!
Man, I’ve gotten super into gardening the past year and a half. I love watching gardening videos and I found your videos a couple months ago and it’s so awesome to watch your adventure and life unfold and learn from you. Thanks Alex!
Thanks!
It's so calming to watch you gardening💜
Amazing to see how all those strawberries you've cut have grown so many new leaves! 😍🍓
Lupines are beautiful. In Canada they grow wild in roadside ditches and fields. When they bloom it smells beautiful and looks beautiful. Where I live the common colours are purple, blue (ish) and pink.
Lupin's are great nitrogen fixing plants, their proliferation in Iceland is a testament on how they can encourage new life.
If you run a fan to push a slight breeze onto your seedlings, it will help to strengthen the seedlings. It's as if they are outside getting vibrated by the wind. Your seedlings will become stronger. Use diatomaceous earth sprinkled around your
plants. It cuts up the slugs and kills them.
You are an amazing young man, I hope your friends learn from you!
You might also want to consider companion planting to protect your crops, nasturtium and marigolds are quite popular and they will produce a great amount of seeds for you, to save for the following year.
What I did this year to fend away slugs and snails, I put mulch around everything. Apparently they can walk well and so far we are doing well over here. Hope that helps
Nice work Alex got plenty growing and planted , we have potatoes, carrots, peppers , swiss chard.
Grape vines have come to life.
Looking forward to seeing your fig tree get fruit on it 😁👋🏻
Yay another Alex video to brighten the day! Thanks for all this free-to-watch funny and interesting content & good fit with your sponsor, I'll check them out.
Alex if you get a shallow container and bury up to the rim then fill with cheap beer and the slugs will go in to drink the beer and drown. The yeast and fermentation smell will draw them in. Copper will also deter the slugs
I seriously gotta say, your video started my day off beautifully. I understand the joy of growing plants, sometimes you feel like their father lol
I find these videos so relaxing to watch. Love that you share your mistakes along the way as well. Always seems like I’m chatting to a friend watching your videos ❤
Egg shells and copper tape will deter slugs.
Try cutting the bottom of 2l plastic pop bottles, use them to cover your seedlings to help protect them from slugs and frost till they get established.
do you leave the lids on?
Nice one, Alex it will be nice when the weather gets better and warmer. it's been more like winter 🥶😁🌞🌞🌞👍🪴
Hey Alex! Big Fan And I Love Your Gardening Content! You Should Maybe Try To Create A Pollenator Garden To Attract Pollenating Insects And Butterflies! Good Luck With Your Gardening!
You've inspired me to film myself as I garden this year! I'm also interpanting with potatoes. I'm growing some lettuce in the same pots as my potatoes, so I hope that I will be ready to harvest my first crop as the potatoes break the surface.
It’s been 3 hours now watching you non-stop giving me pure entertainment ❤️ I‘m doing an exchange year in New Zealand right now but when I‘ll get back in 2 months I‘ll start beekeeping and producing my own beers and spirits aswell, thanks to you. Thank you very much for what you are doing, good luck with all your projects and I wish you all the best ❤️
I was once advised to remove flowers from strawberries if they start producing the flowers early on in the season. This allows them to focus on making more foliage and increase fruit production later in the year. Also trying it out for the first time this year, but in my mind it makes sense 😛
Native Americans did something similar but instead of potatoes they planted corn which grew tall they planted beans which grow up the corn and they were plant squash which would make ground cover and prevent weeds from growing up around the other two plants and they'd make a succotash out of all three corn beans and squash that is a pretty hearty meal too This is when they plant they put dead fish in the ground Who fertilized the plants they put it lace a dead fish bug 2 foot down cover with dirt then put the plants in the seeds and they get corner beans and squash all about the same time near the end of the season.
Good luck with the windowboxes! I started gardening last year, and my Cosmos were huge, like 5ft tall and with a pretty good spread too. So they may take over those windowboxes a little bit. Excited to see how it turns out for you though!
Hi Alex. I’ve used all kind of slug repellent with not a lot of luck. I now use Diatomatious Earth placing it in a ring around the plants. The slugs/ snails hate it. it’s great but you do have to reapply occasionally. And I find that I have to keep it off the plant leaves, it affects them adversely I also use the plank of wood and clear them every day. The birds love them. Perhaps give Diatomatious a try, it’s not cheap but you use it sparingly. Good luck 😊
If it's possible I'd try to install an little ventilator (or maybe two) in the growbox. The benefit is, that because of the air movement the stems of the plants (chilis, tomatos, ...) will get stronger and if you transfer them to the outdoors, they'll have better chances to survive. It also will help against mold.
I love watching your videos and you inspired me to get my own allotment. Thanks to your helpful videos I have started my own gardening adventure this year. Hopefully I can grow some of my own vegetables.
🍀🍀🍀
It's such a blast planting in spring! Hope all your veg and flowers do well. By the way, with the slug pellets you only need a light sprinkle, not as heavy as you spread them. Like if you'd only used 1/4 of the box that would've been more than enough, and cheaper!
Hi Alex, love your videos!!!!
I was absolutely thrilled to see that you decided to grow a lupin plant!
By far my favorite flower to grow, looking forward to get an update on that plant and to see more of them in the future!!🙏🏻
Congratulations on getting a sponsor!!
Your tomatoes look so much bigger than mine do (I'm from Estonia and I'll have smaller balcony tomatoes 🍅) and I hope my tomao seedlings will be able to grow in time for the warm weather! ❤❤
To keep away the slugs my family used egg shells and it worked great
I really miss the old garden from last year, hope you get allotted with the land at the earliest
You can try cinnamon for the mold problem. I sprinkled some around the base of my plants and it did'nt get any worse. Also a fan will help dry things out and make the stems stronger. It's amazing to see a little seed become a 10 foot tomato vine or a bushy yellow marigold.
Hi Alex!! Have you heard of slug beer traps? That may help with your slug problem, you can use a really cheap beer and there are lots of tutorials on UA-cam about how to do it!
Love your enthusiasm and joy shared with your housemates🎉🎉❤
I love how much peace and joy it brings me to watch Alex’s videos. What a paradise Terra would be if it were populated by people like him.
Have you tried the beer trick for slugs?
Place a dish in the yard, pore beer in and cover with a pot or something, leave a gap at the bottom so slugs and snails can get in. The slugs and snails drown/die and mostly leave your plants alone
A tip for garden slugs, I often plant fragrant flowers near plants, it works well for more, I also use coffee grounds mixed with salt. Doesn’t always keep them away but has shown me the best results!
A possible solution to the slug problem I saw years ago is placing two metallic strips about a centimeter apart around the plants and connecting like a 9V battery's poles to the strips, as the slugs crawl over the second strip they complete the circuit which gives them small shock that makes them retract
Throw a beer party for your slugs!
They will bring all their friends!
Use a shallow dish...
use the cheapest beer ever... they dont' need much!
One and done!
"And I've done it again. Spent all my pocket money at the garden center" same Alex, same 🤣🙈
Love your video and how relaxing it makes me feel, I was looking for a gardening zone /weather similar to mind - Washington State is very much like yours and I just planted my peas, I do put crushed eggshell around my peas and the shape edges to help deter them away.
The best thing I learnt this year, is to use levington f1 seed compost. A bit expensive but so worth it. Saves so much time and is just amazing quality. Even used it in 10cm pots with no problems. Also, for any container growing invest in a bag of osmocote preplant, which can be used in all house plants too
Every year, I'm always surprised by how strong my urge is to garden when spring comes. We live in a wooded area, and it gets super hot and humid in the summer (Virginia, USA), so usually come July things are looking pretty dead, but MAN is it so nice in the spring hahaha! I enjoy watching your videos because I can tell how much care you put into making them, and I also have very little idea what I'm doing hahaha! This year, I've transitioned to hydroponic gardening (think Aerogarden and iHarvest) because things tend to die outside, and that has been going well!
In our garden we dig a hole and put a shallow plastic container in it. Pour some cheap beer in. Snails love it. Sadly they’ll drown, but what can you do. It’s pretty effective.
Morning! Perfect 1am video for me 😂😂(I'm on West coast of the US)
5am for me
Hi! I’m a huge fan from Slovakia. In our garden we use a beer to keep the snails out of the plants. First you cut a plastic bottle in half, then you dig a hole just deep enough so the surface of your bottle will reach the ground level. Then pour beer into the bottle and the snails will get drawn into the beer and drown. It miht not work for everyone, but it definitely helped us 🙂.
Put Vasaline along the sides of the bed. Apparently slugs won't cross it as its to slidey for them. Iv done it and so far so good. Iv even put it around my hanging baskets so they can't get to them. A couple who have been gardening for centuries ton me about it. Best thing is the rain don't wash it off x
Alex, you are so adorable, giving the peas a pep talk and all! 🤣
Hey Alex, quick tip for planting in general (there are some exceptions). Don’t pat down the soil too much as it makes it less aireated and easy for the roots to penetrate the soil correctly
I’ve been watching your videos and i’ve been so inspired! Now I have a “small” garden on my balcony here in Sweden! Thank you for making such good videos, I really enjoy your content! 💚
at my allotment I used Strulch for slug protection - it's a bit spenny but in places I've use it, my plants have been untouched by slugs, and it works as a mulch too keeping weeds at bay for a while - love it :D
Crushed egg shells work well as slug and snail deterrent. I use them plus i have some old tubs from chicken beef etc, where i put beer in them as the slugs will go in and drown in them!
I see some people put little metal trash cans with mesh holes over plants until they get big to protect from slugs! They still let water and light in, I think it would work well for you! Most use a few landscaping staples to keep them in place.
Hey @JustAlex suggestion, why dont you make an assortment of chutneys - for example by using he figs, as fig chutney is amazing!!
for that mold problem, add an intake and exhaust fan on the box for air flow and to make the plants a little stronger because you add a little wind
I had problem with slugs in my garden. I tried a lot of things but best that worked for me was wood ash.
I had a terrible slug problem at my allotment. This is my second year and I have now made all my beds no dig with wood chip paths. No weeds anywhere. I have scrolch around all plants and many, many slug traps. I also put copper wire around some pots. I now have the slugs under control.
Hey Alex great channel , really enjoying your adventures into gardening and bee keeping. Top tip for slug problem a slug pub , put beer in a shallow tub in the garden and they will have a very happy ending I promise.
Have fun Jon
Your gardening videos make me happy ☺️
Come on Alex, where's this allotment you said you'd get? I, and probably everyone else here is eager to watch you in your new allotment.
Thanks
I just watched a video that explained how container gardening is great. It prevents slug problems. Try a few containers.
Hey Alex when you put down the slug pellets put it around on the floor and also around the plants so that they would die before climbing up to your plants😊
Great video Alex! You should look into making a slug electric fence. They're cheap and simple and there are a bunch of tutorials on youtube. It's just two strands of wire hooked up to a small battery, its perfectly safe and won't even harm the slugs, it just gives them a tiny zap to keep them from entering the garden bed.
I have a slug problem in my green house. I’ve put down 3 containers and filled them with super cheap larger. Party time for the slugs. So far so good. It seems to be working a treat.
some advise: Coriander is actually a plant for the cooler season so maybe try to sow them in autumn and they will grow slowly over the winter months. worked well for me, the plant is ready to be harvested for at least 2 months now
last year I planted tomato seeds April 19th 1 month later they were 25cm long and ready to be on balcony permanently. this year I will do early May. (zone 6B Latvia)
Didn't use grow lights, just used sunny window.
For the slugs you could try crushed eggshells (large chunks) for a physical barrier. Using beer in shallow containers also works really well as they're drawn to it and drown. However, it's not the best for a small garden where the seating is so near the plants as the smell of the dead slugs baking in beer in the summer heat after a few days is something that makes on want to barf, but it's the most effective thing I've found. Maybe only using it while the plants are juvenile and vulnerable before the heat of summer sets in and people are out in the garden would work.
eggschells work very fine against snails and slugs
If you have a lot of slugs, it might be worth setting up a little bird bath to try to attract more birds/frogs to eat them. Additionally, I know England has some types of beetles that like to setup in semi-rotten wood that also opportunistically eat slugs, so if you have the space, a little discard wood pile might also help attract them.
You just gave an idea of what I can do with the extra space in my potato bed. Thank you
Can’t wait to see how your plants are doing now Alex!!
Yes, I also said," Hey Alex!" Made my son laugh out loud!
We have rainy and windy and miserable here in Malakwa BC Canada.
I have terrible slug problems too. I put crushed egg shells around the peas. I like thst it is free.
I make a point of planting my broccoli at the same time as peas. They seem to do fine.
We have Lupin that are climatized to our conditions and have become perennials. Maybe they already were, just not for here. They germinate in the cooler dark.
6:08 In my country we use a plastic bottle of Soft drinks, like coke.... Make holes around it, a small one to keep the air coming....just cut the bottom of the bottle and push it to the ground with the plant inside it, the one with the cap place on top....and remove them when you know your plant will survive from the slugs or snails 🐌 attack...😊 That's what we did when we do gardening in our school as part of our agriculture subject...
I always put a espresso cup in the soil so it’s level to top and fill with beer, always works for slugs
Oh you are going down the gardening rabbit hole, getting new plants like no tomorrow :) . I normally use the fireplace ash to deal with slugs, it actually kills them by osmosis, but I need to keep the ash from getting moist either by applying on dry days or just covering with something. Thanks for the great video by the way,
Alex, I had a problem with getting sun to an area. I bought a cheap large mirror and bounced the light from the mirror to the areas that needed light. I made it so the mirror was movable & adjustable on a stand.
your vids are so therapeutic I hope you never stop posting
Hey Alex, for my pea post, I tied garden string from the top of the trellis to a few big rocks I had in my yard to make them more stable until they get settle into the ground.
Hello! You’re one of my favourite UA-camrs, I really like the garden growing because we’re both new gardeners. I did the same thing with those slug pellets, put way too many. A box like that should last many months/many uses.
I'm growing herbs indoors. The thyme popped up first, oregano second and basil third. 💚
Rolled oats. Was told by a neighbour who’d been growing veges for years and it worked a treat
Your seedlings are absolutely incredible! You and I started learning how to grow vegetables at the same time and your seedlings are so much healthier and stronger (truly, I commend how fast you learn!) I really appreciate your videos so I can see how I can improve my set-up and care of my plant babies. Bless you!
I read that if you roughly chop up eggshells and put it around the plants, it helps against the snails