Thank you for your presentations. Apart from doing a great thing, your a man who spreads knowledge in a way that not just myself, but many others really do benefit and truely understand. Thank you.
My neighbor orders so much stuff online and pizza so there are so many boxes every week. As I heard only 5% of recycle gets recycled 🤦🏻♀️ Now I will use her boxes too 😁 Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for the aha moment-keeping the soil right temp for the microbes keeps the tomato plants happy…thank you. Just planted a tomato plant…will add the mulch now. Thank you
I was thankful to have my shade cloth handy in a quick pinch! I’m outside Albany NY and it hit 98 degrees. I’m concerned it will be a drought year. Ugh.
Wow that’s hotter than I was here in Texas, we hit 90 degrees. Luckily we have a earlier start on planting and my tomatoes plants are already loaded with green tomatoes. I’m heavily mulched and blight is a constant battle so is rust on beans. Fire ants and squash bugs are never ending
You have to be safe using straw lately. Must test it first for something called Grazon Herbicide, It is a weed kill farmers use to spray they fields of straw. It will kill your garden for years/
Sprinkle some diatomaceous earth under the mulch. Trace amounts of silicate in the DE will increase elasticity of the tomatoes cell wall, reducing drought stress…getting a Silicate specific supplements are not necessary as its $$$$$$, and you need very little amount
@@iamorganicgardening i mulched Roma tomatoes by using bedding straw from livestock dusted with DE, and the patch experienced less Fusarium wilt and held up when temps got so hot the neighbors hens were dying.
Love the simple cardboard
Me too!
Thank you for your presentations. Apart from doing a great thing, your a man who spreads knowledge in a way that not just myself, but many others really do benefit and truely understand. Thank you.
THANK YOU kindly. We all love to garden
I live in south texas we average 103 + in the summer and i use hay in my dirt and on top to help hold water
So proud of the way your garden, Thank you.
My neighbor orders so much stuff online and pizza so there are so many boxes every week. As I heard only 5% of recycle gets recycled 🤦🏻♀️ Now I will use her boxes too 😁 Thank you 🙏🏻
Great to Hear. I even think % is a high number. Very Sad.
@@iamorganicgardening probably 🤦🏻♀️
A thick layer of newspaper does the trick too! Good stuff Mark!
Great Idea, Thanks
Thank you for the aha moment-keeping the soil right temp for the microbes keeps the tomato plants happy…thank you. Just planted a tomato plant…will add the mulch now. Thank you
Great to hear, They will Love you for this. Thanks
Can i use grass clipping in my garden instead of leaves?
Yes, Great mulch also.
Happy gardening Marc 🌴🌾🌻
We've tried both of the mulches, and yes folks the work very well.
Thanks for sharing your results with us all.
I was thankful to have my shade cloth handy in a quick pinch! I’m outside Albany NY and it hit 98 degrees. I’m concerned it will be a drought year. Ugh.
That's Hot, I have the same fear about a drought.
Love this. I’m trying winter rye/ hay as a mulch this year! I used chipped leaves last year and don’t forget about them WOOD chips!
Sounds great! THANK YOU for sharing
great video, thanks. also, don't forget shade cloth on the hottest of days or weeks
Great Idea., THANK YOU kindly.
You're Awesome
Thank you. Happy gardening
Have a great garden day. Thanks
Wow that’s hotter than I was here in Texas, we hit 90 degrees. Luckily we have a earlier start on planting and my tomatoes plants are already loaded with green tomatoes. I’m heavily mulched and blight is a constant battle so is rust on beans. Fire ants and squash bugs are never ending
Thank You for sharing what it is like to garden in your area. I am proud of you do so well.
I have a pond, I've been using a pool skimmer and collecting duckweed as mulch.
That is very interesting. Good idea. Thanks for sharing
What kind of mulch should I use
Thank you soooo much
THANK YOU too.
What's your opinion on Milky Spore?
Must be nice. We've had 90+ fir 3 months already. Afternoon rains have finally began and that helps immensely.
Glad to hear the rain is some good news for you all. Thanks
Can you use straw as mulch
You have to be safe using straw lately. Must test it first for something called Grazon Herbicide, It is a weed kill farmers use to spray they fields of straw. It will kill your garden for years/
I mulch with various materials but I am wondering if grass clippings/ homemade hay would offer adequate protection?.
Yes it will, both of them.
Do you buy the leaf mold or use leaves from your farm?
My town I live in brings in 100s of truck load of Fall leaves for FREE for me.
Kentucky has had rain but not southern Ohio! In a hot and dry spell here.
THANK YOU for sharing that with us all.
@@iamorganicgardening we are in Highland Cty (Greenfield, Oh).
Did you guys have a lot of smoke? I sprinkle grass on the base. Not heavy though.
Yes, Lots of smoke. Thanks
Sprinkle some diatomaceous earth under the mulch. Trace amounts of silicate in the DE will increase elasticity of the tomatoes cell wall, reducing drought stress…getting a Silicate specific supplements are not necessary as its $$$$$$, and you need very little amount
Will look into this. Thanks
@@iamorganicgardening i mulched Roma tomatoes by using bedding straw from livestock dusted with DE, and the patch experienced less Fusarium wilt and held up when temps got so hot the neighbors hens were dying.
Thanks for the tip…just did this today after reading what you wrote
Interesting. If the mulch is from the chicken coop in which DE was used there may be enough still in there