Hey, if you're brand new to gardening and you have no clue where to start, or maybe you've tried to grow in the past and didn't get the results you hoped for, I have a FREE online class just for you. A self-paced, video-based class called my 5 Keys To A Successful Vegetable Garden. Completely free, online video lesson with a fun quiz at the end! Check it out here: courses.theripetomatofarms.ca/courses/5Keys Get growing TODAY!
My father was an organic farmer back in the 60's on a 7 acre farm in the burbs in NJ . Which people came from all around to get veggies and we even had Restaruants buy from us . Bug control was our chickens . Fertilizer was always aged manure and water came from rain barrels that we put bags in to make manure tea to spray in the gardens .We did the picking and planting and in the winter mom and I would make seed pots from newspapers Our equipment was wheelbarrows and rototillers and our hands and backs
@@pajcka Unfortunately nowadays those type of lessons are being taught or passed down to the future residents of this country due to bad policies from people with authorities. That decision will have catastrophic effect for years to come.😕
Try sprinkling some cinnamon on the surface of the soil. I have and found that it works amazingly well. My tomatoes are in full midst of production. My strawberries are in full bloom. I have used cinnamon for the first time. Experiment with one plant and see the results...get ready to become a "believer". No pests of any kind. No fungus gnats or whiteflies. My what a relief it is!
Ants are trying to tell you that the soil around you where they nest is too dry, or aphids attack too much nitrogen fed plants, then the ants come in to use them as farmers, or combo of both. Great video btw, thanks.
Jeff I followed your seed starting mix this year with recommended amenities and everything has germinated and the seedlings are growing great. Thanks your videos. I appreciate it more then you know.
This will be my second year with a big garden, having a small 2x30 garden for years before. I’m growing a lot, trying onions from seeds for the first time, 3 types of kale (red Russia from you), lots of lettuce, beets, carrots, 3 types of cabbages, 2 types of broccoli, 4 types of peppers, and 16 types of tomatoes just germinated. More plants to sow soon. I do enjoy your videos. They help a lot.
At first I was thinking you use a lot more than I do. What I do is mix right in the spray bottle. Maybe 1/3 liter. 1 drop dawn dish soap, 1 drop 33% peroxide, 1 splash vinegar, and a dash of baking soda. So far so good. I'm expecting ripe tomatoes in a week or so.
Hi. I don't comment much. But I want to thank you for teaching me so much. I was clueless before you. You'll aways get a thumbs up from me. Thank you so much. God Bless
Bugün farklı bir videoda, sirke de ekleyin diyordu ve yaptım 🙄 böceklerden acil kurtulmam lazımdı, umarım sirke bitkilerime zarar vermez 🥺 Baking soda'ya olan güvenim sizinle bir kez daha arttı, teşekkürler bu bilgilendirme için 😊
I made the same recipe from guy but his instructions messed up about 6 of my tomatoe plants. I had to spray water on them the next morning so the sun doesn’t killed em more. Great way on explaining the making of the spray. Eres fantástico man
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you! I'm thrilled about ur efficient & inexpensive remedy for the caterpillars on my lemon tree leaves. Keep the good work! 👍🤗
Thanks Jeff! One thing I like about videos is that they are not a one and done thing. I watched a number of your vids more than once. Not necessarily from the lack of retention ither.
Hello, I used sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) for a long time to fight powdery mildew and insects, but after reading that the salt it contained was bad for plants, I stopped and I switched to potassium bicarbonate. It has the same effect, and you use it in the same dosage as baking soda.
@Pierre: I went with your suggestion of using potassium bicarbonate....just came in the mail! I also am leery about salt-on-plant spraying. Thank you to both you & The Ripe Tomato Farms for great information and help! :)
Excellent video as always. I definitely use baking soda with castile peppermint soap along with water.. I just started out my channel but have been gardening over 30 years. I hope my channel becomes somewhat successful. If I help at least one person then I'm happy. Don't know if I'll ever be successful like you are but I enjoy sharing my knowledge to the world.
Just a tip for anyone who does this, find out the perfect time on your garden to spray this. Spray during evening so that your plants have time to absorb it. Also do not overspray, if you do it will cause the leaves to slightly burn, don’t be alarmed it’s not terrible, but just avoid it. Also, this spray does work!!
@@dlspeed1 we use DE (diatomaceous earth) for ants, its organic and you can get 50 pound bags at livestock feed stores way cheaper per pound than the little 5 pounds bags in the fancy organic gardening stores. It's a fine powder, so don't breathe it in and don't let your dogs of cats sniff it as it should not get in the lungs, but it's actually edible. It was once used on a very broad scale to prevent infestation of our grain supply here in the US by placing it directly in the grain (you know, back when the government cared enough to make sure we had at least a 7 year supply on hand in case of emergencies), since then it has fallen out of use, which is sad since its very effective and safe to use. It actually cuts into the bodies of harder bodied pests and cuts open their exoskeletons and causes them to dehydrate and die. We place it around the perimeter of the house and directly on plants. Make sure it's going to stay sunny for a couple of days, since once this is wet it's not effective. Hope this helps :) God bless!
@@deehope9477 DE (diatomaceous earth) does kill ants. it causes cuts to their exoskeletons and they dehydrate and die, we use this a few times each year to keep ants out of the house and garden as needed
Baking soda is your last chance go to cancer treatment. If you got it bad and pound the baking soda and water mix stay away from sugar and you have two chances slim and none instead of what the doctor told you none. I could only find one overdose case on baking soda.
Your channel is one of my favorites on youtube! I have tried dish soap and water to help against pests, but it never really worked for me. I am going to try your recipe! If you had an affiliate link to the castile soap, I would have used it. This will be a first for me LOL! I've never even heard of castile soap before, but I ordered some just now because I trust what you say! I have an aphid issue on my roses recently, so I hope this will help! Also hoping to do some preventative spraying on my strawberries! Anyway, thanks for the content!
I have a similar recipe fir my roses but i use potassium bicarb and neem oil along with the soap. But will try the veggie oil on my veggies since pure neem is so strong.
I love all the handy tips you share , thank you so much. I have been following you for about a year Last year was my best ever in the garden , I had so many beans, tomatoes and lettuce that I was able to Share it with the neighbours, really put a smile on a few faces including my own . Good feelings ❤️
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I am grateful for this video. I do have a question. What about neem oil. I Had powdery mildew problems last summer and bought It but I’m not sure how well it worked. Maybe I don’t understand its function but I would sure love to see a video about it. I will absolutely use the baking soda cocktail because I already use baking soda for so many other household things. Thank you
Hey Troy, great question. Yes, lots of people use neem oil for powdery mildew treatment/prevention with great success. Neem oil isn't allowed in every country though....
Thank you Jeff, it’s great since I’m getting a lot of bugs and fungi on the leaves of my sweet potato and rose bushes. It will help me get rid of them. Excellent video perfect for me starting my plants 🌱 thanks again 👍👍😊
I just found your channel and made the spray but I used neem oil and liquefied some been bar soap because I had these items on hand. Its miraculous thanks so much!
Man, I’m learning so much from you friend. You have a really excellent channel! Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I sure need it as a beginning vegetable gardener.
Class act Jeff, you sure know your onions! The less I do the less I wanna do till I came across your channel now I'm doing more then ever many thanks 😊
Jeff I have an apple tree which was planted last fall. The other two are doing wonderful. They are getting leaves and looking healthy. This one has not one leaf. the branches and the main stalk are alive still. They have color and they bend comfortable. Not dry or brittle. Do you have any ideas what it could be? Do you think it has a fungus or bacteria problem? Will baking soda help?
My first garden in a clay pit, zone 10a. I had to buy compost and other stuff and I make my own fertilizer and first it worked very well but than the mildew came, the tomato miner fly and the flea beetle and I lost 2 squash and maybe I'll lost some of my tomato plants. I guess the soil which I bought is not the best. I'm working now on the zucchinis they look much better than the squash. I try your recommendation and hope it'll help to control it. Thank you!🌷
First off thank you for the nice tip as I am having an outbreak of powdery mildew and also my citrus plants are being attacked by spider mites, so I will use this spray on those plants. Also can you please guide me if I can make a solution of only water and baking soda and water my plants with it to help strengthen their immunity?
@smultanwala. There's no such thing as strengthening a plant's "immunity". Monitor plants & apply spray when needed. Constant watering with a baking soda mixture will put salt in the soil & eventually harm your plants.
Hello from NJ. Love your videos, I'll try this one today as I can see my pepper leaves starting to turn. Wish I knew this trick before my beautiful squash was totally eaten and rotten overnight by insects. Love the idea of using natural products.
@denisesmith9618. Try a fabric cover all season long to stop bugs that don't need to be pollinated by insects. You can hand pollinate things like squash with a small soft artists brush, then cover.
OK, so we established three things (well, maybe four). (1) You know the chemistry and the gardening. (2) Yes, you are a true Canadian, as proven by the baking soda box ...in English et en français (and only a Canadian would be gardening with a tuque on his head). (3) You also have a green baseball cap ...and, wait a minute, what was the fourth thing ...oh, yes, I remember (4) Great tip. Thanks ! :)
No he doesn’t master any chemistry at all, letting alone any biology nor biology-chemistry! Baking soda is just changing the pH of the environment which creates an unfavourable site for fungi to propagate. On insects it ma do nothing except drowning them. There are more than enough scientific reports about the use of baking soda in this respect, but as always on social media: where knowledge fails, imagination is closing the gap!
Great video, thank you for sharing. I suggest to add the links from Amazon. All the products you are using will help. These days people are ordering everything online.. Also will help you..
Trying to find a fix for powdery mildew was driving me nuts last year. Thank you for showing me a way to keep it from getting started in the first place! Love your channel!
Thanks for the information. I have mildew on my gerbera daisy leaves and will definitely try the baking soda solution. I much prefer homemade solutions to those from the store shelves. (BTW, can you lighten up on the uptalk. Not a cricism, just a request. I'll continue to tun in even if you don't).
Hey Kelly, yes, as with all insecticides, its not going to discriminate between good and bad insects. That's why you only apply it to hotspot outbreaks..rather than just broadcasting it everywhere. Cheers! 🙂
Thanks so much for showing soany things. I thought I'd have to put a lot more time and trials towards solving last year's problems in the garden. You're a life saver! I feel so much better about trying cakes and zukes again. Iay try this on potatoes, as they always have a beetle outbreak on them in mid summer, here in NS
@The Ripe Tomato Farms Not much, really. We have an average humidity of 85% all year long, and iy hasn't helped my tomatoes, eggplant or bell peppers. Nevertheless, I have strawberries, raspberries and lettuce throughout the year, and now I'm experimenting with guandú (pigeon pea), but the plants are not mature enough yet. My space is extremely reduced, so I make do with what I have. I really don't know how to send a picture using TH-cam or even if I can, but I hope you get the idea 😉
I used Dr. Bronner's Hemp-Almond castile soap and pure olive oil with the baking soda. I read somewhere that Almond oil /extract can be used for bug control in your home, so I figured that it would work on our plants as well.
Good afternoon Mr. Ripe Tomatoe I would like to ask you a question if you have a ceramic plant pot that does not have any drainage hole can you use River Rocks instead of soil? and would your herbs grow with the rocks? 🪨 without the soil also is it good to use Neem Oil on your herb plants? 🪴 Thank you in advance. Today is Sunday December 4, 2022 at 12:35pm enjoy your day.
You can......I've never had success with it though. Water is meant to completely drain away.....not sit at the bottom under rocks. Eventually, the plants will rot, The stones may buy you some more time though.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Yes, I'm also trying to take care of my garden. Things are not going well. The harsh climate and many pests are causing my plants to not grow well.
I've had powdery mildew all summer and getting ready to plant for fall. How do I treat the soil that is contaminated as well before I plant? I heard you have to wait a few months to plant if we get powdery mildew because the soil is contaminated too.
That was a complete game changer for me . Hey Jeff last year I put in a few raspberries blackberries and blueberries. they did really well. Will you be doing a video on pruning and prep for the new year . I do not know what to do with them. Thanks
Thanks! Yes, definitely more berry videos on the way.....! Pruning of the Blackberries occurs mostly at the end of summer. Blueberry bushes I leave alone completely...only ever removing dead branches. Raspberries get superficially cleaned in the fall, then pruned once new growth starts in the spring and you can see which branches are old.
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You letting him down by not doing it remember why he did it
1 liter of water, 1 tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp Castile soap, 2 tsp of vegetable oil
🙂
Thank you for writing down the “recipe.” ❤️👍
is there any other soaps you can use ??
Can we use natural wash up liquid for dishes?
@@NaginaeHayat yes!
1 liter of water, 1 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp veg oil, 1 tsp castille soap. recipe starts around 3:55
Can you use dawn soap
No, it starts at 4:45. ;)
Thank you!
My father was an organic farmer back in the 60's on a 7 acre farm in the burbs in NJ . Which people came from all around to get veggies and we even had Restaruants buy from us . Bug control was our chickens . Fertilizer was always aged manure and water came from rain barrels that we put bags in to make manure tea to spray in the gardens .We did the picking and planting and in the winter mom and I would make seed pots from newspapers Our equipment was wheelbarrows and rototillers and our hands and backs
You received fantastic lessons from your parents.
Oh do I relate!!
It still is my way of life here in a small village somewhere in the outskirts of Nairobi!! Very satisfying.
What happens to the farm??
@@pajcka Unfortunately nowadays those type of lessons are being taught or passed down to the future residents of this country due to bad policies from people with authorities. That decision will have catastrophic effect for years to come.😕
@@quocjchau I agree. Because people have to eat something, but government don't like people who are independent in that way.
Wow! Thank you so much... My dad passed away and I am here taking care of the garden and trees and have no experience. So thank you, Shasta
Good luck I am that Dad also !!!!
Try sprinkling some cinnamon on the surface of the soil. I have and found that it works amazingly well. My tomatoes are in full midst of production. My strawberries are in full bloom. I have used cinnamon for the first time. Experiment with one plant and see the results...get ready to become a "believer". No pests of any kind. No fungus gnats or whiteflies. My what a relief it is!
Can't hurt to try James! :-)
How much cinnamon did use for m2?
@@landofeagle1023 lightly sprinkle on top of soil around each plant. Lasts a month or so then repeat..
It never fails to amaze me when I find yet another use for Bi-carb. Thanks again.
Right? It really does some amazing stuff around the house!
Ants are trying to tell you that the soil around you where they nest is too dry, or aphids attack too much nitrogen fed plants, then the ants come in to use them as farmers, or combo of both. Great video btw, thanks.
Thanks for making such a instructional video. This is my first time to attempt container gardening
I LIKE you. You EXPLAIN and that helps me to UNDERSTAND rather than just cut and paste. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thanks Patricia! Happy to help!
Jeff I followed your seed starting mix this year with recommended amenities and everything has germinated and the seedlings are growing great. Thanks your videos. I appreciate it more then you know.
Epic David, glad to hear! What you got growing?
This will be my second year with a big garden, having a small 2x30 garden for years before. I’m growing a lot, trying onions from seeds for the first time, 3 types of kale (red Russia from you), lots of lettuce, beets, carrots, 3 types of cabbages, 2 types of broccoli, 4 types of peppers, and 16 types of tomatoes just germinated. More plants to sow soon. I do enjoy your videos. They help a lot.
@@CookieSweet4 So awesome David...you got some massive harvests coming your way! 🙂
At first I was thinking you use a lot more than I do. What I do is mix right in the spray bottle. Maybe 1/3 liter. 1 drop dawn dish soap, 1 drop 33% peroxide, 1 splash vinegar, and a dash of baking soda.
So far so good. I'm expecting ripe tomatoes in a week or so.
Thank you!!
33% Peroxide? Wow that’s rocket fuel!
Looking at that beautiful produce made me hungry. Beautiful garden! Thank you for the tips!
Thanks so much! Yes, walking in the backyard I'm always hungry now, ha ha!
Hi. I don't comment much. But I want to thank you for teaching me so much. I was clueless before you. You'll aways get a thumbs up from me. Thank you so much. God Bless
Thank you for letting me know how to take care.i really like ploughing
Bugün farklı bir videoda, sirke de ekleyin diyordu ve yaptım 🙄 böceklerden acil kurtulmam lazımdı, umarım sirke bitkilerime zarar vermez 🥺
Baking soda'ya olan güvenim sizinle bir kez daha arttı, teşekkürler bu bilgilendirme için 😊
I’ve tried this w/out success, Neem oil works best for me as a spray and also as a systemic application
Gotta keep using what works!
I learn a lot of gardening from you. Lots of blessings from above.
@@GoldineGarises happy to hear that!
This was a very well explained video. Thank you so much. I really do enjoy watching your videos. They make gardening less intimidating 😊 Keep going!
I made the same recipe from guy but his instructions messed up about 6 of my tomatoe plants.
I had to spray water on them the next morning so the sun doesn’t killed em more.
Great way on explaining the making of the spray.
Eres fantástico man
You ALWAYS spray a test leaf first
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you! I'm thrilled about ur efficient & inexpensive remedy for the caterpillars on my lemon tree leaves. Keep the good work! 👍🤗
Thanks Jeff!
One thing I like about videos is that they are not a one and done thing. I watched a number of your vids more than once. Not necessarily from the lack of retention ither.
Every aspect covered in a plainly understandable way, thus very informative and helpful…thank you!
Hello, I used sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) for a long time to fight powdery mildew and insects, but after reading that the salt it contained was bad for plants, I stopped and I switched to potassium bicarbonate. It has the same effect, and you use it in the same dosage as baking soda.
Very cool Pierre, I'll have to try that!!
As a foliar spray it shouldn't be an issue. The issue is when the salts build up in soil around the roots
You can put cinnamon powder into the soils to kill fungus.
Where do you get potassium bicarbonate?
@Pierre: I went with your suggestion of using potassium bicarbonate....just came in the mail! I also am leery about salt-on-plant spraying. Thank you to both you & The Ripe Tomato Farms for great information and help! :)
I appreciated the explanation on how the baking soda works..
Green mold was growing on the dirt of an outdoor potted plant so I put a few pinches of baking soda directly on it and that worked
I will do that for my curry leaf plant. We had so much rain all month in april and into may
In India we use Neem Oil instead of oil , which works very fantastic.
neem leaves horrible taste if done close to harvest!
@@3dp_edc so don't use it close to harvest
@@tubthump thanks tips
@Henry Gonsalves yes it's expensive. A little goes a long way though.
no brands in india sell real neem oil
Jeff I have been gardening for many years(50plus) and I'm still learning,so thanks for all your Information,love your channel!
Thanks so much for checking it out Sonya! Love having vets like you on board!
Excellent video as always. I definitely use baking soda with castile peppermint soap along with water.. I just started out my channel but have been gardening over 30 years. I hope my channel becomes somewhat successful. If I help at least one person then I'm happy. Don't know if I'll ever be successful like you are but I enjoy sharing my knowledge to the world.
That's so awesome, I'll check it out! 🙂
Just a tip for anyone who does this, find out the perfect time on your garden to spray this. Spray during evening so that your plants have time to absorb it. Also do not overspray, if you do it will cause the leaves to slightly burn, don’t be alarmed it’s not terrible, but just avoid it. Also, this spray does work!!
Hi there! Does it work against flea beetle? I got an infestation.
Will it work for yard ants? They are everywhere...
@@dlspeed1 we use DE (diatomaceous earth) for ants, its organic and you can get 50 pound bags at livestock feed stores way cheaper per pound than the little 5 pounds bags in the fancy organic gardening stores. It's a fine powder, so don't breathe it in and don't let your dogs of cats sniff it as it should not get in the lungs, but it's actually edible. It was once used on a very broad scale to prevent infestation of our grain supply here in the US by placing it directly in the grain (you know, back when the government cared enough to make sure we had at least a 7 year supply on hand in case of emergencies), since then it has fallen out of use, which is sad since its very effective and safe to use. It actually cuts into the bodies of harder bodied pests and cuts open their exoskeletons and causes them to dehydrate and die. We place it around the perimeter of the house and directly on plants. Make sure it's going to stay sunny for a couple of days, since once this is wet it's not effective. Hope this helps :) God bless!
Does it work to kill aunts, too? my potato plant is destroyed by a bunch of aunts/insects!! Any suggestion to get rid of it? Pls help! Thanks!😊
@@deehope9477 DE (diatomaceous earth) does kill ants. it causes cuts to their exoskeletons and they dehydrate and die, we use this a few times each year to keep ants out of the house and garden as needed
Hi, thanks for a great video, very informative 😊 Could you please tell me how long does this mixture last for or should you use fresh every time?
I used something like this on powdery mildew and it worked a treat
Awesome! So many uses!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarmshi please can I use it on my roses as they get black spots also fungus ,all the very best to you 😊
Thank you teaching me how to take care of the plants need
Yap. It really works in aphids and bugs.
Best to use it late afternoon. And its cheap
For sure Martin! Cheers. :-)
Thanks! Very effective to get rid of spider mites on my black velvet plant!
Nice! Glad it worked for you Elisa! :-)
Hello from the other end of Canada, PEI. Thank you for your videos
Cant believe the power of baking soda. Cleans,cooks, grease fire fighter, and now pesticide control
Pretty great product with so many uses!
Baking soda is your last chance go to cancer treatment. If you got it bad and pound the baking soda and water mix stay away from sugar and you have two chances slim and none instead of what the doctor told you none. I could only find one overdose case on baking soda.
Your channel is one of my favorites on youtube! I have tried dish soap and water to help against pests, but it never really worked for me. I am going to try your recipe! If you had an affiliate link to the castile soap, I would have used it. This will be a first for me LOL! I've never even heard of castile soap before, but I ordered some just now because I trust what you say! I have an aphid issue on my roses recently, so I hope this will help! Also hoping to do some preventative spraying on my strawberries! Anyway, thanks for the content!
Thanks Ded Head! Hope you can get your pest situations under control! Let us know how it works out! 🙂
I sprinkle baby powder
I have a similar recipe fir my roses but i use potassium bicarb and neem oil along with the soap. But will try the veggie oil on my veggies since pure neem is so strong.
I love all the handy tips you share , thank you so much. I have been following you for about a year
Last year was my best ever in the garden , I had so many beans, tomatoes and lettuce that I was able to
Share it with the neighbours, really put a smile on a few faces including my own . Good feelings ❤️
Hey, that's so awesome to hear! Glad to have you along for the ride, enjoy the weekend! :-)
Where can I buy castel soap.
For fungus on zucchini row milk is also supposed to work if delegated in water by 1/10.
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I am grateful for this video. I do have a question. What about neem oil. I Had powdery mildew problems last summer and bought It but I’m not sure how well it worked. Maybe I don’t understand its function but I would sure love to see a video about it. I will absolutely use the baking soda cocktail because I already use baking soda for so many other household things. Thank you
Hey Troy, great question. Yes, lots of people use neem oil for powdery mildew treatment/prevention with great success. Neem oil isn't allowed in every country though....
Neem oil is king no other solution can match its functions..
It works on almost all problems regarding pests
@@Ultimatefitness360 does neem oil work on those little beetles?
@@michellebarnhill5130 it works on all pest problems but does not harm beneficial insects
How much neem oil would I add to this mixture
Thank you Jeff, it’s great since I’m getting a lot of bugs and fungi on the leaves of my sweet potato and rose bushes. It will help me get rid of them. Excellent video perfect for me starting my plants 🌱 thanks again 👍👍😊
Glad to help Emy and hopefully you can get them under control! :-)
I just found your channel and made the spray but I used neem oil and liquefied some been bar soap because I had these items on hand. Its miraculous thanks so much!
Man, I’m learning so much from you friend. You have a really excellent channel! Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I sure need it as a beginning vegetable gardener.
Right on Brady, happy to have you aboard! Best of luck this year! 🙂
What can we use instead of castile soap.
Thanks and I'm giving it a try on one citrus tree with curly leaf.
I haven't been able to get any castile soap so will use washing up detergent.
This was SO helpful. Every other video I watched talked about sprays that I was not comfortable with. Baking soda for the win 🙌🏽🤎
Class act Jeff, you sure know your onions! The less I do the less I wanna do till I came across your channel now I'm doing more then ever many thanks 😊
Thanks George, that means a lot!! Keep on growing man! :-)
This is quite knowledgeable, balanced and helpful, thanks!. This is quite knowledgeable, balanced and helpful, thanks!.
Jeff I have an apple tree which was planted last fall. The other two are doing wonderful. They are getting leaves and looking healthy. This one has not one leaf. the branches and the main stalk are alive still. They have color and they bend comfortable. Not dry or brittle. Do you have any ideas what it could be? Do you think it has a fungus or bacteria problem? Will baking soda help?
Great idea. First timer and so this vedio will help much thank you jeff.
Thanks Robert, best of luck this season! 🙂
Love love love that you are putting recipe at vids end so I can take a screen shot of it THANKS👍👍👍
Thanks Bobbi, I thought that it would be a good idea! 🙂
My first garden in a clay pit, zone 10a. I had to buy compost and other stuff and I make my own fertilizer and first it worked very well but than the mildew came, the tomato miner fly and the flea beetle and I lost 2 squash and maybe I'll lost some of my tomato plants. I guess the soil which I bought is not the best. I'm working now on the zucchinis they look much better than the squash. I try your recommendation and hope it'll help to control it. Thank you!🌷
First off thank you for the nice tip as I am having an outbreak of powdery mildew and also my citrus plants are being attacked by spider mites, so I will use this spray on those plants.
Also can you please guide me if I can make a solution of only water and baking soda and water my plants with it to help strengthen their immunity?
@smultanwala. There's no such thing as strengthening a plant's "immunity". Monitor plants & apply spray when needed. Constant watering with a baking soda mixture will put salt in the soil & eventually harm your plants.
Hello from NJ. Love your videos, I'll try this one today as I can see my pepper leaves starting to turn. Wish I knew this trick before my beautiful squash was totally eaten and rotten overnight by insects. Love the idea of using natural products.
@denisesmith9618. Try a fabric cover all season long to stop bugs that don't need to be pollinated by insects. You can hand pollinate things like squash with a small soft artists brush, then cover.
OK, so we established three things (well, maybe four). (1) You know the chemistry and the gardening. (2) Yes, you are a true Canadian, as proven by the baking soda box ...in English et en français (and only a Canadian would be gardening with a tuque on his head). (3) You also have a green baseball cap ...and, wait a minute, what was the fourth thing ...oh, yes, I remember (4) Great tip. Thanks ! :)
No he doesn’t master any chemistry at all, letting alone any biology nor biology-chemistry! Baking soda is just changing the pH of the environment which creates an unfavourable site for fungi to propagate. On insects it ma do nothing except drowning them. There are more than enough scientific reports about the use of baking soda in this respect, but as always on social media: where knowledge fails, imagination is closing the gap!
Great video, thank you for sharing.
I suggest to add the links from Amazon. All the products you are using will help. These days people are ordering everything online.. Also will help you..
Thanks, will do, definitely!,
Trying to find a fix for powdery mildew was driving me nuts last year. Thank you for showing me a way to keep it from getting started in the first place! Love your channel!
Hey Corina, best of luck this year! Let's hope we don't get it at all though! 🙂
I heard that ground cinnamon sprinkled on top of the soil works,
@@jennifercooley3313 hi Jennifer, possibly for soil-borne spores... But ones on the leaves and ones coming from the air would circumvent that.
You can also spray the leaves with a milk and water mix directly.
It works great
Thank you for the information on the purpose of the soap and vegetable oil.
Cheers, thanks for watching!
What time of day would you recommend works best? I like your summary at the end because I simply do a "print screen" :)
Hi Virginia, I've always sprayed in the morning on cloudy, non rainy or windy days for best results.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you :)
DITTO 👍
Thanks for the information. I have mildew on my gerbera daisy leaves and will definitely try the baking soda solution. I much prefer homemade solutions to those from the store shelves. (BTW, can you lighten up on the uptalk. Not a cricism, just a request. I'll continue to tun in even if you don't).
Would this repell polinators? Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Kelly, yes, as with all insecticides, its not going to discriminate between good and bad insects. That's why you only apply it to hotspot outbreaks..rather than just broadcasting it everywhere. Cheers! 🙂
Found this so useful in so many things I’ve got to try this , helped my health big time
Possibly helped survive
Happy to hear! :-)
Thanks so much for showing soany things. I thought I'd have to put a lot more time and trials towards solving last year's problems in the garden. You're a life saver! I feel so much better about trying cakes and zukes again. Iay try this on potatoes, as they always have a beetle outbreak on them in mid summer, here in NS
Good call on the potatoes...I see it a lot more on them as well! Best of luck this year J O!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks! I apologize for the new phone autocorrect. And next year is almost always a better year :)
@@JO-zu3mz ha ha always. :-)
Excellent tip!!! Can you prepare it ahead of time? Say, in the morning to apply in the afternoon? Thanks!
For sure Pili, it won't go bad in that amount of time. :-)
Thank you! Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
@@pilibarzuna cheers Pili! Thanks for tuning in! What are you growing this year? Although I guess you can just grow year round down there, ha ha!
@The Ripe Tomato Farms Not much, really. We have an average humidity of 85% all year long, and iy hasn't helped my tomatoes, eggplant or bell peppers. Nevertheless, I have strawberries, raspberries and lettuce throughout the year, and now I'm experimenting with guandú (pigeon pea), but the plants are not mature enough yet. My space is extremely reduced, so I make do with what I have.
I really don't know how to send a picture using TH-cam or even if I can, but I hope you get the idea 😉
@@pilibarzuna that's very cool.... Making the most of the space. Lots of container gardening then?
I used Dr. Bronner's Hemp-Almond castile soap and pure olive oil with the baking soda. I read somewhere that Almond oil /extract can be used for bug control in your home, so I figured that it would work on our plants as well.
Did it work@?
- 1 liter of water
- 1 tea spoon of baking soda
- 1 tea spoon of natural castile soap
- 2 tea spoon of vegetable oil. I recommend canola or neem oil.
:-)
Thanks so much. Hopegfully this will also help for indoor herbs like my basil. This was a very useful video.
THANKS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE, WELL WORTH THE WATCH. QUICK QUESTION... HOW SAFE IS THIS TO BE USED ON PLANTS AROUND A FISH POT\POND?
It'll change the pH.. So while not outright toxic, might not be ideal
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms THANXXX MUCH👌
@@primprim7529 🙂
I have watched your video on baking soda. Nice and informative. You are doing well from
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Pakistan
Thanks so much, appreciate the kind words and support!
Good afternoon Mr. Ripe Tomatoe I would like to ask you a question if you have a ceramic plant pot that does not have any drainage hole can you use River Rocks instead of soil? and would your herbs grow with the rocks? 🪨 without the soil also is it good to use Neem Oil on your herb plants? 🪴 Thank you in advance. Today is Sunday December 4, 2022 at 12:35pm enjoy your day.
You can......I've never had success with it though. Water is meant to completely drain away.....not sit at the bottom under rocks. Eventually, the plants will rot, The stones may buy you some more time though.
Can you use this on all different types of plants from flowering plants to other potted plants
Hey Justin, I've used it on a range of plants, but as always, spray a test leas first.
Spray underneath the leaves too...for preventive, maintenance & an active bug situation.....right?
Yup.... Top and bottom
I have that exact toque, my wife got it for me about 10 years ago 😅 you're rocking it!
Thank you. Well explained. Please do more written instruction so to understand better.
Congratulations on having a perfect garden. I have learned a lot from your videos
Hey thanks! Far from perfect, but that's half the fun!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Yes, I'm also trying to take care of my garden. Things are not going well. The harsh climate and many pests are causing my plants to not grow well.
Can you use peppermint or tea tree Castile soap? Or just the plain no scent?
Ok I bought Castile soap just because you told me to… you should have a link in your bio! I’m spraying tonight 🤷🏻♀️ I made a five liter batch!🙏🏽
This is quite knowledgeable, balanced and helpful, thanks!
Cheers Milton, thanks for watching.
Good morning. Happy gardening
Thanks Jeff for the info. What could I use in place of the castile soap?
Same question
Any liquid dish wash soap .
Wow that's great! It's been so wet in the southeast that fungus and mildew is an issue. Thank you
Yeah, we're just entering our wet and cold season up here Bill..... Even seeing more outbreaks indoors as well
Can I substitute vegetable oil for olive? I have way more olive oil vs vegetable so will anything work? Thanks again for video
Definitely you can Kittie. Exact same results. :-)
Thank you dear with Love and Gratitude in my Heart. I will definitely try this. God Bless🙏❤️🙏
Excellent presentation. Also, I used it to raise the ph on my soil. It obliterated moss in the lawn.
Thanks Diane, appreciated! :-)
Thank you, I'll try this on my azaleas that have blossom blight.
Turmerec mixed into soil near the base of the plant works against fungus.
Excellent baking soda idea!
Thanks Yanni! :-)
I wonder if you should rotate between baking soda and Borax treatments.
Depends on what you're trying to eradicate I suppose...
Can I use dawn for the soap?
You got yourself a new subscriber!! Great video!!!!
I've had powdery mildew all summer and getting ready to plant for fall. How do I treat the soil that is contaminated as well before I plant? I heard you have to wait a few months to plant if we get powdery mildew because the soil is contaminated too.
Thank you for sharing.
I was really looking how to treat aphids. Will try.your suggestion.
Hi, can I replace Castille soap? Any suggestion? Thank you.
Yes, just try to get a natural, clear soap with no perfumes or dyes. 🙂
Thank you for sharing, can l spray my kitchen garden plants with this solution? what can l use to spray the white flies please?
That was a complete game changer for me . Hey Jeff last year I put in a few raspberries blackberries and blueberries. they did really well. Will you be doing a video on pruning and prep for the new year . I do not know what to do with them. Thanks
Thanks! Yes, definitely more berry videos on the way.....! Pruning of the Blackberries occurs mostly at the end of summer. Blueberry bushes I leave alone completely...only ever removing dead branches. Raspberries get superficially cleaned in the fall, then pruned once new growth starts in the spring and you can see which branches are old.
You do know that both raspberry and blackberry bushes are mean, vicious, evil plants that will attack you if you come within 5 feet of it, right?
Yes help me with red raspberries
Can i apply this method to spraying the lawn? will that work for mosquitos and fungus?
Yes, peroxide would work for that as well
Hia, can I check the quantities? The glass of water and spoons looked disproportional in size and volume and volume to your ingredients list. 😁
I always eyeball things anyways! Even in cooking recipes! LOL
Thank you very much for sharing God bless you more
Cheers, thanks for watching!
This was super helpful! Thanks for making this!
Thanks Cheyanne, glad to hear! Hopefully your garden is healthy this year!