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I am so loving this video! I was once professionally an analytical chemist with The Environment Agency, and the whole 'chemicals be BAD' ideology commonly propagated online is utterly infuriating to me. All of LIFE is chemicals - the trick is selecting the correct ones at the correct time in the correct quantity and place. A point that you made exceptionally well. Nature is as good at this (through a whole LOT of trial-and-error and no favouritism) as most people, without a few hundred million years of practice, are bad with it. YES! Science! Chemistry! Facts! Thank You! You can simultaneously both STARVE and TOXIC OVERDOSE your plants with an inappropriate 'beneficial treatment'. (The same goes for people actually, though many refuse to believe it). I am not a pro gardener however, so while I understand a fair bit about general chemistry, what actually happens when you pour it on a specific plant, in a particular garden, at a precise time, is a little out of my field; hence me subscribing to your channel. (If you ever want to know how to (not) totally annihilate an aquatic ecosystem then I am your guy - lol)
Awesome video, thank you so much….. my cucumber is so pathetic I feel like crying. I now have a worm farm…. Recently I used the worm wee( diluted of course)., there was an improvement, but this was so helpful thank you
All really good advice for getting the veggie patch looking tip-top! Foliar feeding is a strategy I use on my veggies, ornamental orchids and flowering natives. Works a treat using a little weakly-mixed liquid compost. A product I discovered a few years ago that I use in my garden all the time is pelletised gypsum: high purity calcium sulfate (CaSO4). Being pelletised, it takes much longer to break down than the powder, so delivers the sulphur and calcium consistently over the growing season without changing the pH of the soil the way dolomite lime can. There's the added benefit of improving heavy soils over time, too. The difference it makes to the leafy greens in particular is remarkable. I found it at my local stock-feed shop.
Hey Ryan, love your videos, thx so much. Just wanted to mention that my kids bought me a 3 tray worm farm for mothers day 2024, this has been a game changer for my garden. I top up my beds with castings mixed with compost about every 2-3 months but I feed my beds worm tea (1:10) every week or so. This season everything has gone totally bonkers, its like a forest in my garden & an abundance of fruits. Now if I could just keep the neighbours cats out of my garden & digging it up, it'd be perfect......any ideas on that. 😀
Thank you for this video. I've been adding compost, mulch and humus religiously, but so much of my garden just isn't responding as I'd hoped (front yard is almost pure sand, back is hard packed clay 😢). I'd started adding fertilisers and soil additives such as rock minerals, but many of the plants seemed immune to improvement. Now I've got some ideas to try out.
Commenting to contribute to algorithm, I started fully time gardening around and same time as you and really proud to see this channel grow. Keep it up
Thanks for this very informative video. Question; currently using seasol mixed with power feed as a foliage spray kind of every temp weeks and on alternative weeks I use searles liquid potash as a spray. Occasionally I use a slow dose plant appropriate osmocote pellet. So which of the products should I purchase to enhance my routine please?
Thanks for another great video. Any thoughts on mulched down straw with chicken poop in it? Can I jusst put it straight on a vegi garden or should I compost it for a few months first?
Can you do a video for us West Australians who are limited on how much (P) can be in our products generally less than 1%, so what can we do to help our plants?
Just curious, when spraying the fertilizer, are you just trying to avoid spraying and fruit or edible leafy veggies, or provided you of course wash your crops, is it more of a fine mist over everything?
Learning so much from you,this video especially,we live over an old goldmine in central vic…i have been feralizing,mulching,worm farm composting etc for 25 yrs with not much success in improving this sandy,shale “dirt”I have bought a number of items from Plant Doctor for insect control but will now buy what you have mentioned,sounds l perfect for me…thank you 👍🇦🇺also the black birds dig up most of what i do get growing 🤬have tried all the natural methods also netting 🤬
This video probably won't do well in the algorithm so please share it with a friend 🌱
Use Code CGARDEN10 with Plant Doctor to get 10% off: www.plantdoctor.com.au
I am so loving this video!
I was once professionally an analytical chemist with The Environment Agency, and the whole 'chemicals be BAD' ideology commonly propagated online is utterly infuriating to me.
All of LIFE is chemicals - the trick is selecting the correct ones at the correct time in the correct quantity and place. A point that you made exceptionally well.
Nature is as good at this (through a whole LOT of trial-and-error and no favouritism) as most people, without a few hundred million years of practice, are bad with it.
YES! Science! Chemistry! Facts! Thank You!
You can simultaneously both STARVE and TOXIC OVERDOSE your plants with an inappropriate 'beneficial treatment'. (The same goes for people actually, though many refuse to believe it).
I am not a pro gardener however, so while I understand a fair bit about general chemistry, what actually happens when you pour it on a specific plant, in a particular garden, at a precise time, is a little out of my field; hence me subscribing to your channel. (If you ever want to know how to (not) totally annihilate an aquatic ecosystem then I am your guy - lol)
Thanks so much for all this great and useful info! 🌺🌾🌱
The best video i have seen regarding fertilisers
I think another number for the labels should be magnesium. That mid season plants blues seems to dissappear with magnesium
Awesome video, thank you so much….. my cucumber is so pathetic I feel like crying. I now have a worm farm…. Recently I used the worm wee( diluted of course)., there was an improvement, but this was so helpful thank you
Great video. Here's a comment for the algorithm!
All really good advice for getting the veggie patch looking tip-top! Foliar feeding is a strategy I use on my veggies, ornamental orchids and flowering natives. Works a treat using a little weakly-mixed liquid compost.
A product I discovered a few years ago that I use in my garden all the time is pelletised gypsum: high purity calcium sulfate (CaSO4). Being pelletised, it takes much longer to break down than the powder, so delivers the sulphur and calcium consistently over the growing season without changing the pH of the soil the way dolomite lime can. There's the added benefit of improving heavy soils over time, too. The difference it makes to the leafy greens in particular is remarkable. I found it at my local stock-feed shop.
great video , i like to use worm wee, seasol, and charlie carp, plus something like dynamic lifter or other manures at the start
I hope you are very successful with your channel. You are so likeable, and super smart. 🐝🍓
Hey Ryan, love your videos, thx so much. Just wanted to mention that my kids bought me a 3 tray worm farm for mothers day 2024, this has been a game changer for my garden. I top up my beds with castings mixed with compost about every 2-3 months but I feed my beds worm tea (1:10) every week or so. This season everything has gone totally bonkers, its like a forest in my garden & an abundance of fruits. Now if I could just keep the neighbours cats out of my garden & digging it up, it'd be perfect......any ideas on that. 😀
Great to watch and learn over the morning's first coffee. :)
Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I've been adding compost, mulch and humus religiously, but so much of my garden just isn't responding as I'd hoped (front yard is almost pure sand, back is hard packed clay 😢). I'd started adding fertilisers and soil additives such as rock minerals, but many of the plants seemed immune to improvement. Now I've got some ideas to try out.
Commenting to contribute to algorithm, I started fully time gardening around and same time as you and really proud to see this channel grow. Keep it up
How does one test their soil? Are those strip's available at the big green box retailer?
Yes they are. Also a battery powered probe device thats you use like a meat thermometer.
I literally just came in from watering my veggies and was thinking… tommorow I’ll give them a good feed.. then this came up! Thank you!
Thanks for this very informative video. Question; currently using seasol mixed with power feed as a foliage spray kind of every temp weeks and on alternative weeks I use searles liquid potash as a spray. Occasionally I use a slow dose plant appropriate osmocote pellet. So which of the products should I purchase to enhance my routine please?
Thanks for another great video. Any thoughts on mulched down straw with chicken poop in it? Can I jusst put it straight on a vegi garden or should I compost it for a few months first?
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Can you do a video for us West Australians who are limited on how much (P) can be in our products generally less than 1%, so what can we do to help our plants?
Woah is that a thing? I'll look into it
Just curious, when spraying the fertilizer, are you just trying to avoid spraying and fruit or edible leafy veggies, or provided you of course wash your crops, is it more of a fine mist over everything?
Learning so much from you,this video especially,we live over an old goldmine in central vic…i have been feralizing,mulching,worm farm composting etc for 25 yrs with not much success in improving this sandy,shale “dirt”I have bought a number of items from Plant Doctor for insect control but will now buy what you have mentioned,sounds l perfect for me…thank you 👍🇦🇺also the black birds dig up most of what i do get growing 🤬have tried all the natural methods also netting 🤬
Would this apply to container gardens as well? Love your work
Yeah absolutely, almost more important for containers
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What about chicken poop?
Well rotted fowl manure is terrific for most plants - pelletised form is the easiest to handle.
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