Why I Plant Everything TOO CLOSE Together
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- I finally planted out my new raised bed garden with all the fall seedlings I started a month ago! I go through and do a mix of transplanting and direct seeding and talk about why I like to plant everything too close together. This method gives me more food over a longer period of time and makes the most of the space I have.
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I like the idea of devoting a lot of time to one area at a time so you can sufficiently clean it up instead of halfway doing the whole garden at once.
I always plant close together. Helps prevent weeds. Your beans won't germinate if the soil is too cold. I just scatter seeds everywhere now and let things pop up anywhere.
Get an incinerator barrel, once the problem plants dry out, incinerate them and safely add the ash back to your garden.
Great if you have acidic soil!
The arm tap always gets me! 😂🥹🙌🏽
Yes!
I thank the Lord for the opportunity to own a house with land to have a garden. I am having a lot of fun growing some food for my family.
I plant everything very densely because it helps prevent weeds.
We have a building project going on in our backyard and some sand was brought in and some sand was brought in and then left for many months. What a pleasant surprise to find that I have two little areas where spinach has popped up out of the sand. Truly a blessing from Mama Nature!🌻👏🌞🤗
The city of Grand Rapids offers 1yard for $28 for a yard of 100% compost BUT if you are a resident everyone (while supplies lasts) gets one free cubic yards of both compost and woodchips. This was an awesome find in our area. They also do "specialty" soil blends for slightly cheaper.
I gave up on bush beans because they were always sickly and sad. I found purple hull peas and never looked back. These plants are aggressive and prolific in the same spaces I couldn't get beans to do well.
That's cool that you found what works for you. I had lots of green beans for two years. But last super hot summer, they had a hard time and did nothing. Can I ask what altitude/ag zone etc. that you are?
@@Neenerella333 8a/b Louisiana. It hasn't rained on my property since June and has been around 100 since then as well. I used a sprinkler about every 3 or 4 days (raised beds).
I'm in Texas. The green beans I planted a few months ago are still small and sad. Planted them at the same time as my cukes, which are huge now. So I have no idea what's up with them.
That is one I have grow before because I really like black eye peas but green beans are so nice for quick meals that I really want to get them back on the menu!
Purplehull is a cowpea variety and as such much more heat tolerant than bush or pole varieties of common bean.
I learn so much from your videos and as a new veggie gardener, I tend to overthink the planting, so thank you for this video of planting, which is done so freely. Do you have any videos, or will you be making any, on watering the veggies using drip line? I travel, but want to keep my vegetable garden growing. Thank you.
I do want to do a few comprehensive guides on the topic. It is such a meaty topic that I have been sort of delayed in putting it together.
In my raised beds it works also when I start all from seeds, in the no-till garden I try my best...
If his cabbages don’t turn out I hope he says “My cabbages!!” as they did in avatar the last air bender.
Haha, one day his cabbage will be spared!
@jacquesinthegarden 😂 🏆
Yes I liked my own comment.
Love the vids Jacques I started gardening because of your videos!
That green tomato looks just like the Amish Paste tomatoes I grew this year 😊 wish I can grow all year round but gardening season is coming to an end for me very soon
It totally does, which is weird since these were all round/flat tomatoes haha!
The pole beans I planted in spring failed to thrive and appeared to have a mosaic disease, although not a variety known to be vulnerable. I planted bush beans in fabric pots for a fall crop, and they are doing great. Plus, the bunnies that ate bean seedlings previously have shown no interest in the potted beans.
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i grew the isabelle fancy been... they get over 8 feet tall and worked awesome with my trellis in zone 4b northern ontario canada
Buen sistema de sembrar los vegetales.
I found by over-planting my garden that some things thrived while other things were permanently stunted. Nothing planted under my radish bushes made it through spring and summer.
I planted brocolli, cilantro, and radishes this fall. Even with the radishes now out, the rest aren't really growing and the frost is coming any day.
My peppers around kale never made it past 2 inches even though those kale get pruned to almost nothing every 2 weeks.
I think you need to have the optimal soil and light or crowding will really hurt yields. My peppers are the second oldest residents next to my kale. I will be deleting the red russian kale come spring though. I already just tear it up and mulch with it. Turns out, you can remove all the leaves back to the core stem and it will just grow back in a week xD
I use ultra-high density planting in Phoenix. Works really well.
I've tried many varieties of spinach. I love Oceanside but it grows low and flat, which takes a good amount of space. Very bolt resistant for me compared to others.
Spinach is new to me in terms of growing, I just haven't felt the need to do so! But excited to get into it. The other one I want to try is Matador.
@@jacquesinthegardenI love Matador! Got some seedlings sprouted the other day. Still have a second packet to open as well. I think you'll be quite pleased with it.
I grow in containers as well. Love to plant pack plants in but end up with powdery mildew. Alyssum may be a nice companion to the broccoli in the grow bag. Love your videos Jacques.
Love your channel and epic! I'm up with my wife in PQ and we'd love to do local purchase/pickup if possible!
Are you planting these in October in San Diego?
It’s funny to me bc I’ve had success with beans in Tx but nothing else you planted 😅I would love an in depth video of how to start seeds and get them to the one month growth beauties that you had. Mine sprout 🌱 but don’t get far past the seedling leaves or 1-2 adult leaves. They stay tiny and die. I’m growing in 2x2 soil blocks but open to trying other ways
Have you tried planting your beans next to and shade by your tomatoes plants??
Que bonito
Where's the fall grow along bundle?
Excelente
When you start your seeds do you keep them outside or green house
Hay, learn how to make "hot compost"... yeah, it requires active engagement, but it alliws the use of organic matterial youdotherwise send to "landfill", or the cop-out "municipal green waste"
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I also plant close together! It helps with weed pressure and I see it like insurance. I can never really predict what will work out well and what will fail. If I plant closely, if something doesn’t germinate or fails in another way, at least I’m more likely to at least get something.
Its looks like a MASSIVE Brad's Atomic Tomato.
I started using the square foot method 3 years ago, I get more food in less space and they grow great.
Hi Jacques! I’m looking on the Botanical Interest website for the smaller cabbage you started, but I’m not finding it. Could you please tell me the name, as I’m not sure I understood it correctly. Tiara cabbage?
Also, I have had excellent luck germinating spinach seed when I spread the seed in a wet paper towel, then put it in a ziplock bag (or another airtight container if you don’t want to use plastic) and leave it in the refrigerator for a few days to a week. Most refrigerators are around 40•F. I plant the seeds that have started germinating. I have not had luck direct sowing in the garden, but if anyone can do it, I believe that you can!
It is the Tiara cabbage he is growing. I've grown it, and I love the small sweet heads of cabbage they produce, and you can plant them pretty close to each other. I plant mine closer than he did because one year I had some leftover seedlings that I never planted out, and they all grew to beautiful petite heads in the large flat container I seeded them in.
@@domesti-city thanks! I thought that’s what he said! I look on the BI website and didn’t see it, so I thought I misunderstood! Now that’s it’s just my husband and I at home, smaller veggies are preferred!
Hi Amy, I actually got the Tiara cabbage at Johnny's Select seed!
I have a question regarding the spinach. Over the summer I grew spinach in one portion, like a square foot of one of my raised beds. I pulled out all the spinach and planted carrots, right in that same spot. Well… I have spinach again and I don’t understand why because I know I cut all the roots and it didn’t bolt. Well that would be another question does spinach bolt?
Que Genial....
Woah, before I put my glasses on, I thought he was gardening pantsless. No more blind TH-cam for me.
Anyway, I got some belstar broccoli seeds, not realizing they need basically their own football field 🤦🏻 so I went back and bought some broccoli raab seeds. Also, I still have "long day" french shallot seeds, but I live in a short day growing area. Wish I had people I could trade seeds and stuff with. Someone needs to make a legit social thing just for garden nerds, lol.
Haha, no pants gardening might be the next trend. Trading seeds would be fun, a lot of local facebook groups exist across the country that host seed swaps quarterly!
@@jacquesinthegarden October 9th is now officially No-Pants Garden Day. Gotta get those views, right?
Damn...guess I have to break down and make a Facespace, just to find garden nerd friends.
I have only done direct seeding but I’m looking forward to starting a few plants indoors ahead of my spring planting next year.
It is great when your garden isn't thriving with pill bugs haha, hoping the raised beds are still not overrun!
Everything you planted sounds great I planted onions and garlic
Jaques what do you do when you have root knot nematodes. You said you won't plant any more tomatoes but what, can you plant with nematodes still in the beds
I planted a cover crop of 3 mustard seeds last fall n planted only flowers in all my beds (after digging in mustard just as flowering. None looked stunted so goingx4 tomatoes which is what i grew in beds for 5 yrs/seasons. Or u can solarize.
3 Types of mustard seeds.
Going 4 planting tomatoes again in spring but rotating crop types thereafter.
I used marigolds as a cover crop over the summer, I'm in zone 10b S. FL. So too hot for veggies in summer anyway. I will also use them to companion plant. The other thing I'm trying is the crab meal, directly in the planting hole. Which he mentioned he was adding as a nutrient, but it's also supposed to help with RKNs.
I am adopting a few different methods:
- First take a break from planting nightshade/tomatoes
- Planting French Marigolds or Guardian Marigolds (type meant to kill nematodes) and then till them into the soil
- Fertilize with Crab Meal and Neem Seed Cake, both are shown to dramatically decrease nematodes
- Grow brassicas, specifically more on the mustard side, these help fumigate the soil and beat back the nematodes as well.
I am not sure how long I will wait before planting but I may do a test planting next year just to rip out early and inspect!
Someone told me when I planted my bush beans to use inoculate, so I always have. I see you used it for your peas, why not the beans?? If you have time, maybe you would talk a bit about inoculate?? I also had trouble with green beans, someone said that dragon tongue beans did well for them in the heat. I tried them and it has been my first real success with bush beans. They seemed old fashioned, like the beans I had when I was a kid. I’m anxious to see how your beans grow. Love your channel. Thanks.
I can't believe you just threw those seeds randomly into that bed! How can you live with such CHAOS?! 😂
I THRIVE on the chaos haha!
@jacquesinthegarden Chaos seems to be growing on me. (No pun intended!) Your style has rubbed off on me!
That tomato you found looks like a ox heart tomato. We grew them for the first time this year and really liked them. Very dense and meaty.😋
That's what I thought
It does, which is weird since none of them were ox hearts hahaha!
I apologize if this has been mentioned before but what zone do you garden in? It looks like you are able to garden year round. If that’s the case then no wonder you feel like you can’t keep up.
Our garden begins in mid May. By end of September we’re done. Short and intense. I’m in zone 3, which brings its own challenges.
Enjoy your videos, thank you for sharing your garden experience ❤.
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He’s in San Diego, California. So yes year round.
I think he's in zone 10
Zone 10b! The garden LITERALLY never ends, sometimes I wish I had a break haha.
@jacquesinthegarden just pick 3 months of the year where you don't do anything with the garden like we do for winter. Perhaps just keep up on the weeds.
Have you tired soaking bean seeds and using a bean/pea specific inoculant? I used Burpees Booster for peas and beans and have amazing production compaired to the spring snow pea/shelling pea harvest. It might help 🙂
Yes! Try adding Bean/Pea booster (innoculant) at the time of planting!
I have dabbled with inoculants and they seemed to help! I occasionally will use them but haven't found them to solve the bean problem.
When was this filmed ?
In the first week of October!
every time i direct seed, nothing seems to come up or maybe it gets eaten.
did you choose those specific mixes of plants to grow together for a reason or could it have been any mix? like was it a companion planting situation? i'm new to gardening and thinking of what to plant together is intimidating. you mention that some are quick growers and some are slower. what other factors like that did you consider?
I plant pretty much everything way closer together than what the general advice is. It might make things grow smaller, but overall you get a higher yield for the same space.
How did those Long Island Improved brussels sprouts work out for you, Jacques? I have failed with that variety 3 years in a row (zone 9b) as they just wouldn't develop nice, dense sprouts. Instead, all I got was tiny, loose leafy sprouts, after having success with a hybrid variety in my garden before that. I got drawn in by the allure of the word "heirloom." Now I am hearing other growers telling me that with brussels... you need to grow hybrids to ensure good dense sprout development. I am still learning and not sure what to think. Any thoughts on this? I just ordered some hybrid seeds from Botanical Interests for this fall.
maybe high quality soil isn't prefered by beans and peas
I feel like this video had nothing to do with "Why you plant everything too close together" lol
I wonder if green beans really do not like warm zones where it doesn't freeze much. I'm in Northern Virginia, zone 7a with a lot of shade (granted, wildly different from your climate) and green beans are in my top 3 most successful crops along with peppers and tomatoes. I've had great success with pole beans, especially Northeaster, though bush beans are fine here too. I like to plant densely too, it makes weeding almost unnecessary once my crops get rolling.
I like you and how your videos are organized. I'm in Japan where the region is similar to San Diego, so your videos are good inspiration. I wish if you could speak a little bit slower, I don't say like Bob Ross thing. Thank you.
I was expecting the spinach to be planted in the grow bags on the outskirts around the broccoli. Do you think that would have worked? Nice job!
That's so funny. I had 2 different tomato plants, 1 beefsteak and 1 Roma, that grew the same tear drop shape. It's strange, they were on opposite sides of the garden 🤷🏼♀️
Are you sure vermiculite allows light the passage of light? I asked chatgpt and said it doesn't.
I love butter beans for my bush beans
Thank you for your advice.
We have a nasty infestation of nematodes in our soil. What advice do you have to deal with them. Our garden is very small.
fingers crossed on those beans
Wondering where to buy seeds…in Zone 5b,..I’ve heard you mention Johnnys, anyone else out there?
Love these videos, no better teacher then one who lives in the garden. Thanx and Cheers!
Whoops! Tried 2 reply 2 u n it went into general comments.
Territorial seeds.
The company he works for owns Botanical Interests.
High Mowing Seeds is in Vermont. Not sure what zone they are, but they’re in a cooler area like Johnny’s. However, you can definitely purchase seeds from places warmer than you and be successful. Good luck!
Fruition seeds. In the Finger Lakes region
Excelente explicación de jardinería y sembrado.
I am grooving on the Tiara cabbages. I definitely want to try those. It will be next spring though - in 5b, hard freezes are coming soon.
Fun little cabbage!
It's a good idea. I'll take a look. Thank you very much.
why not set up a burn barrel of sorts for plants that you would not compost so you can at least collect the ash and use that?
Que hermoso tener tanta variedad de plantas en este universo donde ya no queda sembrios
Have tried inoculating your beans?
Hi Jacques! Unrelated to this video, but I just watched the pepper reset video on Epic gardening and I was wondering if you succeeded with the February Fire pepper from Small Island seeds you started earlier this year. Just wondering if it's worth trying. Thanks!!
I’m not familiar with the “grow along with you” bundle. That sounds like fun!! To compare my own to yours over time. I might have missed it if you announced you were doing that.
Zone 8a Texas- my beans are actually blooming now.
I always soak my beans overnight and up to 24 hours before sowing. Works really well. I've also sprouted them until the radical is just emerging, but that was less successful.
Thanks for the tip on the Tiara cabbage! Do you know where I can find a type of vining zucchini seed “Black Forest” (not Black Beauty)? I have a small garden and try to use vertical space as much as possible. Thanks in advance for your help!
❤❤❤❤thank you so much very helpful information and inspiring 🌈
I was a little worried to order garlic from you since people had trouble with your seeds. I want to say I am so pleased with the music garlic I received. It is beautiful so I went back to order more but it is sold out. Thank you again for the beautiful garlic.❣️❣️
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We were too hot to grow much this summer so I solarized my raised beds to kill off root knot nematodes. I pulled the plastic and about a week ago planted nemagone mustard. I will be going out of town the end of the month then will chop up the mustard and cover with new soil/ manure/compost and hopefully will have my Florida winter crops like tomatoes, cucumbers and if we get cool enough maybe some broccoli, cauliflower . I bought the nemagone from Walmart and it came from true leaf seeds.
Which cotton hemp twine do you recommend?
French intensive biodynamic ..I'm forced to do that with my couple dozen containers on the back deck, which is even trickier than a garden/ra
Sorry, garden/raised bed which is open-perimeter. For now, I treat my container soil with bone meal, crushed egg shell, pulling old plants for compost & loosening compacted soil...air flow over winter. The pots are then more easily worked in Spring, and earlier than as a hard frozen lump.
I also have a dozen first year strawberry pots (large!) to mulch over winter. My position right next to southern Lk Michigan...(there it is out the window!) puts us in a hydrosphere that has much milder winter conditions than just a few miles inland.
What section of San Diego are you in?? At the 8/15 cross (by the old stadium), beans are great until about now, when they've pretty much given their all and are getting tired. Where i am, at the end of the 8, i can't get beans to grow decently regardless of where or how i grow them, starting Spring through Summer. i can't think that starting a crop now out here would do any better. Or are there varieties that will grow in the cooler, less sunny season/area? Still love your stuff - thanks!
I'm in the East County, and I had some random petite green bush beans sprout about 4 weeks ago, and they are producing prolifically. I usually don't have beans this late, but they are good. I'm actually planting sugar peas about now.
@@domesti-city You get more sun and heat than i do. The marine layer, for some reason, generally sees the 5 as a barrier to moving east. (i'm looking at *low* clouds and fog right now, though i know it'll be hot later.) With this video, i'll try beans again - perhaps atop a table to stay out of any shade. 8)
I agree that usually that is the peak time to grow them here! My in ground soil has consistently killed off my beans no matter where I plant them. The goal here is to simply try and get some in this shoulder season, the daylight hours might limit the potential but I am still trying. I am west of the 15 and south of the 8 so I am prettty much in the marine zone as well. As far as recommendations on varieties I wish I had some to share but like I said my beans always seem to crash out after the first handful.
@@jacquesinthegarden Yep, i understand that! 8) question i've never been able to get actually *answered* are green beans just the named dry beans but immature? or are they a completely different variety altogether? Thanks!
@@elizabethhostetter1946 Green beans are not the same as beans that are grown to be shelled and dried for storage to be cooked later.
This mf knows how to sell a turnip. 😂
Great video thank you! I heard about sowing carrot under tomatoes and/or peppers. Would you recommend that?
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Beautiful garden! Love your new raised beds! Love from Oregon
Kodiak Brown Mustard gets rid of the nematodes according to them over at Hoss Tools / Garden
What is root knot? I have this on some of my tomatoes
The tomato looked like a green zebra i grew some none that big (Thats what she said ) ✌🏻 Try using the spinach in smoothies A handful in a smoothie is actually sweet and adds some good protein and magnesium and fiber
I had beans all summer. I will get a couple more days harvests and then they are done. I did not know you could grow green beans at this time or year.
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Excelente video 😃
Thanks for the info on spinach growing. Great idea to do the Grow Along Seed set! Always appreciate your friendly instruction in the garden! - Rebecca in Lancaster, CA Zone 8b
I’m in Lancaster, PA! Zone 6b/7a
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Buen video 👍
Fresh spinach is a really nice addition to salads.
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Great
Ive had bean problems too😅. They would grow, but they never got pollinated nor woulf pollinate themselves so i never got fruit. I will say that the yard-long bean was the only one that just would do amazingly, but their lifespan is a little short so multiple successions was needed.
Yardlong bean is a completely different species -- it is a cowpea originating in Asia and much more heat tolerant than common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), bush or pole, that were domesticated in the Americas.