Hi first of all I would like to thank you for the tips that you give in the video. I am a beginner and i have little knowledge in gardening. I have a few questions. 1. Do you make your own fertilizer and do you have a video about that? 2. Is it okay to fertilize once a week with store bought fertilizer? Or once a week with diy fertilizer? 3. I live on an island where the sun is very hot. How can I still let my strawberry plant produce as much as sweet strawberries while the sun is so hot? P.s the heat of the sun burned some of my plants completely out, now I just leave my plants under the shade. 5. Is it okay if I use only potting mix and perlites? That is all that I have and I'm on a limited budget. 6. Besides watering, what can I give my plants daily to boost growth and fruit production? 7. Do you have like a standard routine that I can follow and stick to on how to do gardening the right way? Thank you for your time and help🙏
Hi Ik hou van pannekoeken! I love your enthusiasm towards gardening. Here are my answers to your questions in the same order that you asked. 1. Yes i make compost and a very easy liquid fertilizer. I also use other free resources to help improve the soil nutrients. Here is the link to a playlist of the videos that i created on this topic: ua-cam.com/play/PLYKK6PMXpI9prjIOpH4o-xYQacjU51XKB.html 2. I do not fertilize any plant that often (weekly). I put more effort in preparing the soil/ potting mix and adding nutrients to it. However if you really want to fertilize every week, use lower concentration of store bought fertilizer, or use natural home made one (i have a video on it, again in the same playlist as mentioned above in point 1). I am really curious though about which plant you want to fertilize every week, and why, what is your thought process behind this weekly routine? 3. I understand this problem. Focus on establishing new plants by providing shade in the afternoon, water them well in the morning so that the plant is ready for the heat, once you feel the plant is established (you will know this by seeing new, healthy growth), gradually remove the shade cloth on one or two plant and observe how they behave. If they are able to take the heat, it means they are ready. For example let one plant get 1 hour of extra sun on 1st day after you think it is ready, notice how it behaves, if it is ok, after two days give it 2 hours of extra sun, and keep repeating this process. 4. Does your print mix say any NPK number on the packet? Most common ones have 3-3-3 or 5-5-5. I dedicated a complete video on how to prepare your own soil even on a budget, here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/FxgWRIU25pE/v-deo.html 5. You don't need to give anything daily. In fact overdoing it my stress out the plant too. You do remind me of myself when i was a beginner gardener :) My advise is to be patient with the garden. Plants are wise in their own ways and know when to grow. Just focus on good soil preparation, regular watering based on how hot it gets in your place and pests. 6. I have discovered my own routine that works best for it. You will discover yours too as you will gain more experience with your garden. One thing that really helped me was to observe the change in my garden almost every other day. I would notice which plants are doing better and which ones are struggling, find possible causes of problem and try to solve them etc. My routine also includes planning my garden every year. As you are a beginner gardener, i would recommend you to watch this playlist that i dedicated to beginner gardeners: ua-cam.com/play/PLYKK6PMXpI9pbDqI6WWroUub7tFedWI25.html I wish you good luck with your garden. My biggest advice would be to not give up. It would take some time to get it right, so stay strong and keep going on.
@@TheGardenTinkersWow, first of all i thought you would not respond back because i think maybe i am asking too many questions 🤷♀️ I sended the same questions to other garderners on youtube hoping anyone would respond to help me out but i had doubt that no one would because of my lengthy comment. I am sooo thankful for you taking your time to read all my questions and giving me broad answers. The pottingmix did not have any number on the package, there was just a picture of fruits and veggies. I feel motivated and uplifted by the support you gave me and i will do my best to make my garden thrive!🤗❤️ Thank you once again! God Bless
As mlee40738 says, online is an option. If you want to go that route, I have had good experience with Stark brother nursery & Raintree Nursery. There are definitely many other nurseries.
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Hi first of all I would like to thank you for the tips that you give in the video. I am a beginner and i have little knowledge in gardening.
I have a few questions.
1. Do you make your own fertilizer and do you have a video about that?
2. Is it okay to fertilize once a week with store bought fertilizer? Or once a week with diy fertilizer?
3. I live on an island where the sun is very hot. How can I still let my strawberry plant produce as much as sweet strawberries while the sun is so hot?
P.s the heat of the sun burned some of my plants completely out, now I just leave my plants under the shade.
5. Is it okay if I use only potting mix and perlites? That is all that I have and I'm on a limited budget.
6. Besides watering, what can I give my plants daily to boost growth and fruit production?
7. Do you have like a standard routine that I can follow and stick to on how to do gardening the right way?
Thank you for your time and help🙏
Hi Ik hou van pannekoeken! I love your enthusiasm towards gardening. Here are my answers to your questions in the same order that you asked.
1. Yes i make compost and a very easy liquid fertilizer. I also use other free resources to help improve the soil nutrients. Here is the link to a playlist of the videos that i created on this topic: ua-cam.com/play/PLYKK6PMXpI9prjIOpH4o-xYQacjU51XKB.html
2. I do not fertilize any plant that often (weekly). I put more effort in preparing the soil/ potting mix and adding nutrients to it. However if you really want to fertilize every week, use lower concentration of store bought fertilizer, or use natural home made one (i have a video on it, again in the same playlist as mentioned above in point 1). I am really curious though about which plant you want to fertilize every week, and why, what is your thought process behind this weekly routine?
3. I understand this problem. Focus on establishing new plants by providing shade in the afternoon, water them well in the morning so that the plant is ready for the heat, once you feel the plant is established (you will know this by seeing new, healthy growth), gradually remove the shade cloth on one or two plant and observe how they behave. If they are able to take the heat, it means they are ready. For example let one plant get 1 hour of extra sun on 1st day after you think it is ready, notice how it behaves, if it is ok, after two days give it 2 hours of extra sun, and keep repeating this process.
4. Does your print mix say any NPK number on the packet? Most common ones have 3-3-3 or 5-5-5. I dedicated a complete video on how to prepare your own soil even on a budget, here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/FxgWRIU25pE/v-deo.html
5. You don't need to give anything daily. In fact overdoing it my stress out the plant too. You do remind me of myself when i was a beginner gardener :) My advise is to be patient with the garden. Plants are wise in their own ways and know when to grow. Just focus on good soil preparation, regular watering based on how hot it gets in your place and pests.
6. I have discovered my own routine that works best for it. You will discover yours too as you will gain more experience with your garden. One thing that really helped me was to observe the change in my garden almost every other day. I would notice which plants are doing better and which ones are struggling, find possible causes of problem and try to solve them etc. My routine also includes planning my garden every year. As you are a beginner gardener, i would recommend you to watch this playlist that i dedicated to beginner gardeners: ua-cam.com/play/PLYKK6PMXpI9pbDqI6WWroUub7tFedWI25.html
I wish you good luck with your garden. My biggest advice would be to not give up. It would take some time to get it right, so stay strong and keep going on.
@@TheGardenTinkersWow, first of all i thought you would not respond back because i think maybe i am asking too many questions 🤷♀️
I sended the same questions to other garderners on youtube hoping anyone would respond to help me out but i had doubt that no one would because of my lengthy comment. I am sooo thankful for you taking your time to read all my questions and giving me broad answers. The pottingmix did not have any number on the package, there was just a picture of fruits and veggies.
I feel motivated and uplifted by the support you gave me and i will do my best to make my garden thrive!🤗❤️
Thank you once again!
God Bless
@@ikhouvanpannekoeken3272 ditto to you as well! Your comment motivates me too :) Glad I could be of some help.
Where did you get the strawberry roots?
I got it from Walmart. You can also find them in HOME depot, Lowes etc.
Or you can order them online
@@TheGardenTinkers Thanks.
As mlee40738 says, online is an option. If you want to go that route, I have had good experience with Stark brother nursery & Raintree Nursery. There are definitely many other nurseries.
Amazon was my hero. 😂😂