I loved the way he is explaining the use of plant chemicals. Starting out as a new home gardener, it stresses me out what to use and how to use it. I dont like the complicated side of doing things. I like to just go with the flow, and his videos fit my liking... it's less overthinking and less stressful. I check my plants each day and whatever problem I see I try to fix it with stuff like Epsom salts, my own banana peels mixture etc. Thanks for explaining the use of chemicals. I've learnt a lot. And also I appreciate your written cards 👍❤
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Great video!! I have been telling my customers for years that plants can't read the fertilizer labels. Customers often come in with a lab report telling them exactly what the soil needs. Most of the times those ratios aren't even available so I show them the closes thing. Your mixing the different organic fertilizers is a great idea coming up with a ratio that is best for your plants.
I absolutely LOVE this series of videos! Thank you so much. I'm just in the planning stages of my garden and you have inspired me more than you know! I'll be making videos throughout the process...I hope you'll be able to check them out. Wishing you blessings and miracles!
I just want to say how much you are appreciated. I have a full garden and harvested over 1800lbs of tomatoes on 73 pla.ts this year using your methods and tips. Wow!!!! I hated to see the season end. I have built a small double walled 10 x 8 greenhouse for winter heated by a hot water, and electric heater. It is 14f outside right.now.but is 74 inside the greenhouse. I have installed growlights also. I have 9 tomato plants growing, some kale, and lettuce. The tomato plants are producing fruit well and should be ripe by Christmas. HG Tomatoes at Christmas!!! What a treat!! Thanks to you my friend!!!
Wow 73 plants. I am glad I could help. The double wall is key. I have found a 2nd insulator pays huge dividends. And I am jealous of home grown Xmas tomatoes. You should find one of my G+ channels and post some pictures. Good Luck!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I would like to run some trials to see how these type of fertilizers would compare to other organic methods. I prefer to fertilize with worm castings (vermicomposting), used coffee grounds, and ground egg shells.
You have the worms working for you which is great. Like I tried to mention in the video if you are taking care of your garden, you are probably getting all the key nutrients to your plants. I would be interested to see if worm casting carry enough power to feed cukes, squash and pumpkins. I find they tend to need lots of nutrients.
Gary Pilarchik I concur. I have not followed the labels either because it seems that it is way too much. I am taking care of my soil but much of it I have recently trucked in so it will take some time to build through compost. I would use 1 heaping tbs compared to your 3 per hole and that worked fine for most of my plants EXCEPT the cukes and the summer squash. My Trombincino squash went nuts but the summer squash really needed more and I ended up adding more just before the legions of squash bugs descended. They probably felt the strain / lack of nutrients in the squash and teleported from all over the county to my plants.
I love your series on N-P-K and also this one on fertilizer although I don't readily use fertilizers, it was also very interesting. Thanks so much for all the research you've done.
Gary Pilarchik That's great, everyone wants to know what you're talking about for sure. Just got in from spraying my kale with the twist top sprayer and your Neem oil, I LOVE that sprayer head!
Gary Pilarchik It's working great, it killed the little inch worms that thought they could eat my kale. I don't think so! lol, That kale is for me. Thanks again Gary, Happy Thanksgiving.
New at this gardening hobby/passion. l'm looking for a better way to feed my orchids and your channel spreads loads of ideas. Little fert. goes a long way. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
Lots of $$$. I try free to cheap N: diluted piss (10 :1) P: bone meal K: wood ash from fireplace or stove C and Mg : masonry dolomitic lime Trace minerals: sea weed + good nourishing mulch (grass, comfrey, wood chips, sea weed)
Hi Gary. I'm so happy to have found your site, videos, and facebook page. I agree with the less can be more approach to fertilizers. Just doing a simple test with blood meal on smaller plants...a dusting versus a larger amount and you can see how 1) plants can be damaged(burned) by over doing it 2) how a little goes a long way. Thanks for posting
Thanks Gary for a very interesting video. Appreciate the time you put into it. Will be following your principles. All the best Tony Perth Western Australia
Thanks. Let me know if you have questions. I dont remember if I said it in the video but less is always better. You can always add more fertilizer but you cant really remove it.
Very good information Gary. Until now I wasn't aware that Banana skins has so much P and K. Together with the coffee grounds you have introduced many great ideas.
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Gary I like your witches brew. The only think that was missing is the cost per Pound. I am always amazed when you walk around garden centres on the array of fertilizer on offer -it is mind boggling but the problem is that around the world there are products which you cannot find or vice versa. The only thing you did not do is distinguish between slow release fertiliser and liquid fertiliser, as solid fertiliser are generally slow release whilst liquid fertiliser (normally made by dissolve solids in water or bought readily made and diluted) are readily available. The difference is that you can use liquid fertiliser at higher concentration as in-between waterings will wash away any salts residue build-up. Here in the UK we tend to use fish, blood and bone or growmore before planting plants or 2 weeks before planting seeds. Otherwise we tend to use tomato fertiliser as a liquid feed for fruit, vegetable and flowers. Have you every used any osmocote products as it is claimed they can feed plants for six months. Have you tried added mycorrhizal fungi (ie rootgrow) to your planting holes, as this is meant to give excellent results and wondering if you have any experience of this.
I enjoy the mad scientist mixes. Maybe I will do a cost video too because that is important. If you can find the ingredients in bulk you can really save a lot of money. I haven't tried the osmocote as they were a bit more expensive here and I really do like tossing in things now and again. I dont think I could leave my plants alone 6 months. The fungi (that type) was in the faster release version of the 2-5-3 fertilizer in the video. It had 10 fungi and 7 bacteria. I havent noticed a difference. I used it a lot last year. What I cant tell is if good soil already has it in there as in if you have a lot of compost and food for the fungi, bacteria and general microbes... do the flourish naturally.
We have Osmocote in the states. I like using it for potted plants, but I also like throwing in some bone meal for extra calcium and phosphorous. Probably not necessary, but I do it anyway.
I would highly recommend folks have a fertilizer injection system. These low cost items are critical to growing fruit bearing veggies. I add rock dust, fish, kelp, Epsom salts, molasses, and michorrizae through my system and our garden produces hundreds of pounds of food every season without fail and our plant disease loads are minimal.
Gary, I live in Virginia so we are almost neighbors! I've watched pretty much all of your videos and have learned a lot from you and have told a couple of my gardening friends to watch you. I have a question that I really don't see addressed and it has to do with the timing of application of fertilizing materials. I've got a lot of ground up leaves and coffee grounds building up in bags, for example, and wonder if there is an optimal time for incorporation into the soil--does it make sense to put it in in the fall (pretty much spread on top of soil and maybe lightly incorporated into the top 2 or so inches). I've got the same question with fall planted things like garlic and shallots. Does it make sense to fertilize even unplanted areas in the winter so it'll potentially be bioavailable for veggies that will be planted in spring and summer? So, you see, my questions are mostly about timing of fertilizers and amendments and I really haven't seen the timing issue addressed. If you know or know of a source, please let me know. Thanks and I'm hoping you have a great season getting ready for spring. I'll be interested to see what you've got planned and what you are trying next. Thanks again, Gary, for your information and your inspiration.
Country Frau Frau and in Frauline? Yes bioavailable is the key. Water soluble fertilizers will just wash away. But fertilizers that need to breakdown to become readily available can go in now. I do that with bone meal on my garlic. So you can put some in now. Chopped leaves, like 2 inches, on your bed for the winter is fine. You can mix that in come spring. But I woudn't over due it as it has quite a way to go to breakdown. I would compost most of what you have and put that in in the spring. Thanks for the kind words too.
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Gary, when planting you put the fertilizer in the plant hole. Do you then place the plant roots ball on top of that, or a layer of soil between fertilizer and plant roots to prevent burning up the young plant. I have heard of people doing this. What do you suggest? Thanks
Hi Gary; When you show the N-P-K numbers on each package. Would I just add the numbers from each of the packages to get the total N-P-K used? Want to understand, for example... 6-9-7 + 12-0-0 +2-5-3 = 20-14-10? Thank you, Great videos Linden
I dont now 100% as it gets confusing. It is probably accurate if you dont mix the boxes but take measures out of each and use them that way. They all tend to be measured differently and have their own fillers. What I am doing essentially is making a very low NPK mix. And by measuring it with a tablespoon, I know I am not putting in too much but enough for the plants to enjoy. Its like if it says 1 tablespoon blood meal and 1 tablespoon bone meal is how you feed 1 plant. I mix equal parts of blood meal and bonemeal, and use it as 1 tablespoon, it is diluted. In that tablespoon is 1/2 bloodmeal and 1/2 bonemeal. Sort of half strength. Sorry it is confusing.
Linden great question... I’ve been asking the same question and non clear answer yet. I serve my plant as a fertilizer’s “all you can eat buffet” I believe that plants have the capacity of communicate with bacteria and fungi and grab any available nutrient that is needed in a particular priority order...
@@Xbandit27 The fertilizer calculation or NPK assessment can be done in four steps: · Add volumes (ml) together to get overall volume · Divide individual volumes by overall volume · Multiply result to N, P, and K of each corresponding ratio · Add Ns, Ps, and Ks For example, let’s say you are combining two nutrients, 5 ml of 1-2-3 and 10 ml of 3-2-1. First, add their volumes: 5 ml + 10 ml = 15 ml Now that you have the combined volume, divide each volume by the overall volume (These example results have been rounded): 5 ml / 15 ml = 0.3 10 ml / 15 ml = 0.6 Next, multiply these results to their corresponding nutrient’s N-P-K ratio: Nutrient A (1 - 2 - 3) 0.3 [N] 1 x 0.3 = 0.3 [P] 2 x 0.3 = 0 .6 [K] 3 x 0.3 = 0.9 Nutrient B (3 - 2 - 1) 0.6 [N] 3 x 0.6 = 1.8 [P] 2 x 0.6 = 1.2 [K] 1 x 0.6 = 0.6 Now, add the Ns together, the Ps together, and the Ks together [N] 0.3 + 1.8 = 2.1 [P] 0.6 + 1.2 = 1.8 [K] 0.9 + 0.6 = 1.5 The combined N - P - K result is 2.1 - 1.8 - 1.5.
paula deluca I do. If you sprinkle it around the top of the soil, scratch it in an inch or two. Be careful with any plant that might have a lot of surface roots. It is good to get it in the earth so it stays wet and gets interacting with bacteria and microbles. Or toss it on the surface and and put some compost or organic matter over it to keep it moist.
+Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) Hi Gary, I'm going through all your videos and must say I love them. Although I normally have reasonable success with cuttings (just stick them in the ground or a pot) and then it's tough love (if they want to live they will:-), this will be my first year really trying to do seeds, particularly veg seeds for my newly extended garden. I tend to have a problem with "damping off/mould". Do you have a video about this or any suggestions. It's not always me overwatering, by the way:-)
Hi gary! I have a worm bin! So, how often do I put worm castings on my 5 gallon bucket garden? I have some rosemary, tomatoes, basil and other plants. What do you reccomend about that: 1 cup every month or more/less? Thank you!
jose carlos melo You know I havent done casting yet. So I dot know. I would go with every 4 weeks. I dont know how much nutrients in provides. You might ask that question in one of my garden groups. Lots of people would get back to you.
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Would I wait until there is fruit before fertilizing? At this point what type are you using , a liquid or pelleted fertilizer? Thanks for all your help
+Marie Chadaris I put in a mix of fertilizer in the beginning in the planting hole. I will use what I have available and dont over do it. It is granular and mixed in the soil. I will sometimes give them a liquid feed several weeks later to help them grow but it is not needed. At first fruit you can either scatter pelleted or use a liquid or a little of both. My point is dont over do it. Pick a plan you like and take it from there. There are some many variations.
gary does watering your garden with city water versus rain water or water that set out over night. does it effect your organic soil or benifical bacteria. or the breaking down of nutrients
That's too much worry. Use any water and your soil will be perfectly fine. Bacteria are not bothered in any significant way if at all. Check out Alberta Gardener. He did video on water on YoutTube.
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Do you have a favourite "all purpose" slow release? I'm using Blood & Bone with potash, I'm hoping it covers all bases (I add this to standard potting mix / coco coir mixture, and nothing else - 1 cup per 25L + 9L mix). I'll let you know how it goes this season!
+Darkfalz79 I really don't. I buy stuff on sale and use both organic and chemical fertilizers. Each one has different targeted use. I will use bone meal and blood meal for my fall plantings so it slow releases and is ready for spring. I think you mix is very effective.
I only have a small garden. One tub / bag could last me a year! I have several kg of worm castings (and other full tray in the bin), I wonder if it's a good idea to work it into the soil (probably quite a few viable seeds in there, I don't want a repeat of last year where I pulled put 200 pawpaw seedlings) or save it for planting holes. I could also dig it down a bit, and then layer soil back on on top.
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I'm sorry, I don't quit understand your annotation @ 8:53 " You will be under using fertilizer " ? Does this mean the fertilizer mix is very strong or is your existing soil close to optimum so you don't need much ? You never test your soil ? You have said you have multiple raised beds so you don't soil test them. I would think that if you took a sample of all the beds mixed them together and then did a soil test, wouldn't that at least give you some kind of starting point for how TO amend your soil ?
I actually recommend using less than the label. I find you dont need as much and your should never over do it. With regular composting and adding organic matter you can give you plants less. So the mix will be a lower strength in general when I use it.
This video is informative, but the easiest, cheapest way to get NPK is to use any type of manure, ideally from vegetarian animals or chicken (or bats for flowering or fruiting). The whole idea that it needs to be "composted for 3 months" is a crock of shit, quite frankly, the fresh stuff is full of urea, which is a type of nitrogen that can burn but also causes fast growth. Egg shells coffee grounds and banana peels are excellent to compost or add to the top of the soil. Dont use chlorinated water period. Make sure your soil has the right PH for bioavailability of iron and phosphorous. Do not mix in stuff that will tie up nitrogen. If you live near a beach, gather seaweed. I live on long island sound and I get tons of seaweed for trace minerals and slow release NPK but mainly the trace minerals. What I like about this mix is that it will not harm the plants and will probably remineralize (greensand is actually rockdust from a high potassium area)-oh, the best way to give plants potassium is foliar spray liquid seaweed/kelp. works rapidly.
+TheVoiceofReason 1 Yep if you have access to it use it. My fertilizer videos this year start with just compost. But never everyone can make it or has access too it.
Is compost nutritious enough for plants alone? I would think not, but then again, if it attracts worms, it really is just setting up a worm casting deposit around the plants, which is a win win situation. Is that your line of thinking?
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I loved the way he is explaining the use of plant chemicals. Starting out as a new home gardener, it stresses me out what to use and how to use it. I dont like the complicated side of doing things. I like to just go with the flow, and his videos fit my liking... it's less overthinking and less stressful. I check my plants each day and whatever problem I see I try to fix it with stuff like Epsom salts, my own banana peels mixture etc. Thanks for explaining the use of chemicals. I've learnt a lot. And also I appreciate your written cards 👍❤
Very glad to help.
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Great video!!
I have been telling my customers for years that plants can't read the fertilizer labels. Customers often come in with a lab report telling them exactly what the soil needs. Most of the times those ratios aren't even available so I show them the closes thing.
Your mixing the different organic fertilizers is a great idea coming up with a ratio that is best for your plants.
I absolutely LOVE this series of videos! Thank you so much. I'm just in the planning stages of my garden and you have inspired me more than you know! I'll be making videos throughout the process...I hope you'll be able to check them out. Wishing you blessings and miracles!
Roxanne Cox Thanks!. I hope to cover all the nutrients as my garden is idle for winter. Let me new if you have questions.
I just want to say how much you are appreciated. I have a full garden and harvested over 1800lbs of tomatoes on 73 pla.ts this year using your methods and tips. Wow!!!! I hated to see the season end. I have built a small double walled 10 x 8 greenhouse for winter heated by a hot water, and electric heater. It is 14f outside right.now.but is 74 inside the greenhouse. I have installed growlights also. I have 9 tomato plants growing, some kale, and lettuce. The tomato plants are producing fruit well and should be ripe by Christmas. HG Tomatoes at Christmas!!! What a treat!! Thanks to you my friend!!!
Wow 73 plants. I am glad I could help. The double wall is key. I have found a 2nd insulator pays huge dividends. And I am jealous of home grown Xmas tomatoes. You should find one of my G+ channels and post some pictures. Good Luck!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I would like to run some trials to see how these type of fertilizers would compare to other organic methods. I prefer to fertilize with worm castings (vermicomposting), used coffee grounds, and ground egg shells.
You have the worms working for you which is great. Like I tried to mention in the video if you are taking care of your garden, you are probably getting all the key nutrients to your plants. I would be interested to see if worm casting carry enough power to feed cukes, squash and pumpkins. I find they tend to need lots of nutrients.
Gary Pilarchik I concur. I have not followed the labels either because it seems that it is way too much. I am taking care of my soil but much of it I have recently trucked in so it will take some time to build through compost. I would use 1 heaping tbs compared to your 3 per hole and that worked fine for most of my plants EXCEPT the cukes and the summer squash. My Trombincino squash went nuts but the summer squash really needed more and I ended up adding more just before the legions of squash bugs descended. They probably felt the strain / lack of nutrients in the squash and teleported from all over the county to my plants.
Doug Lochart I think the squash probably get the remains of what I cut out on the other plants. They (and cukes) love fertilizer. I agree with you.
I love your series on N-P-K and also this one on fertilizer although I don't readily use fertilizers, it was also very interesting. Thanks so much for all the research you've done.
Thanks! Working on doing a magnesium video today hopefully.
Gary Pilarchik That's great, everyone wants to know what you're talking about for sure. Just got in from spraying my kale with the twist top sprayer and your Neem oil, I LOVE that sprayer head!
***** Those sprayers are great. Is the Neem Oil working. I think it is the best thing I found for the garden.
Gary Pilarchik It's working great, it killed the little inch worms that thought they could eat my kale. I don't think so! lol, That kale is for me. Thanks again Gary, Happy Thanksgiving.
wonderful mix of goodness!
New at this gardening hobby/passion. l'm looking for a better way to feed my orchids and your channel spreads loads of ideas. Little fert. goes a long way. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
Good luck with your orchids.
Lots of $$$. I try free to cheap
N: diluted piss (10 :1)
P: bone meal
K: wood ash from fireplace or stove
C and Mg : masonry dolomitic lime
Trace minerals: sea weed
+ good nourishing mulch (grass, comfrey, wood chips, sea weed)
Hi Gary. I'm so happy to have found your site, videos, and facebook page. I agree with the less can be more approach to fertilizers. Just doing a simple test with blood meal on smaller plants...a dusting versus a larger amount and you can see how 1) plants can be damaged(burned) by over doing it 2) how a little goes a long way. Thanks for posting
Zach Cross Glad to help. And over last two years or so, I changed how I fertilized. Good luck.
Thanks Gary for a very interesting video. Appreciate the time you put into it. Will be following your principles. All the best Tony Perth Western Australia
Thanks. Let me know if you have questions. I dont remember if I said it in the video but less is always better. You can always add more fertilizer but you cant really remove it.
Very good information Gary. Until now I wasn't aware that Banana skins has so
much P and K. Together with the coffee grounds you have introduced many great ideas.
Yep banana peels are great fertilizers
Excellent information Sir.👏👏👍👍👍 Sir could you explain method & timeline for you to make the banana peels so it could be used in garden fertilizer mix?
Just have to fully dry and pulverize them.
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Thanks for sharing, something for me to do this winter
I agree. I look over all my stuff. Grabs stuff on sale at stores and make something for the upcoming year.
Great info. Between bananas and chicken poop going in the compost. I should be covered!
Thats good stuff
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Gary I like your witches brew. The only think that was missing is the cost per Pound. I am always amazed when you walk around garden centres on the array of fertilizer on offer -it is mind boggling but the problem is that around the world there are products which you cannot find or vice versa. The only thing you did not do is distinguish between slow release fertiliser and liquid fertiliser, as solid fertiliser are generally slow release whilst liquid fertiliser (normally made by dissolve solids in water or bought readily made and diluted) are readily available. The difference is that you can use liquid fertiliser at higher concentration as in-between waterings will wash away any salts residue build-up. Here in the UK we tend to use fish, blood and bone or growmore before planting plants or 2 weeks before planting seeds. Otherwise we tend to use tomato fertiliser as a liquid feed for fruit, vegetable and flowers. Have you every used any osmocote products as it is claimed they can feed plants for six months.
Have you tried added mycorrhizal fungi (ie rootgrow) to your planting holes, as this is meant to give excellent results and wondering if you have any experience of this.
I enjoy the mad scientist mixes. Maybe I will do a cost video too because that is important. If you can find the ingredients in bulk you can really save a lot of money. I haven't tried the osmocote as they were a bit more expensive here and I really do like tossing in things now and again. I dont think I could leave my plants alone 6 months.
The fungi (that type) was in the faster release version of the 2-5-3 fertilizer in the video. It had 10 fungi and 7 bacteria. I havent noticed a difference. I used it a lot last year. What I cant tell is if good soil already has it in there as in if you have a lot of compost and food for the fungi, bacteria and general microbes... do the flourish naturally.
We have Osmocote in the states. I like using it for potted plants, but I also like throwing in some bone meal for extra calcium and phosphorous. Probably not necessary, but I do it anyway.
Thanks gary
I would highly recommend folks have a fertilizer injection system. These low cost items are critical to growing fruit bearing veggies. I add rock dust, fish, kelp, Epsom salts, molasses, and michorrizae through my system and our garden produces hundreds of pounds of food every season without fail and our plant disease loads are minimal.
Gary, I live in Virginia so we are almost neighbors! I've watched pretty much all of your videos and have learned a lot from you and have told a couple of my gardening friends to watch you. I have a question that I really don't see addressed and it has to do with the timing of application of fertilizing materials. I've got a lot of ground up leaves and coffee grounds building up in bags, for example, and wonder if there is an optimal time for incorporation into the soil--does it make sense to put it in in the fall (pretty much spread on top of soil and maybe lightly incorporated into the top 2 or so inches). I've got the same question with fall planted things like garlic and shallots. Does it make sense to fertilize even unplanted areas in the winter so it'll potentially be bioavailable for veggies that will be planted in spring and summer? So, you see, my questions are mostly about timing of fertilizers and amendments and I really haven't seen the timing issue addressed. If you know or know of a source, please let me know. Thanks and I'm hoping you have a great season getting ready for spring. I'll be interested to see what you've got planned and what you are trying next. Thanks again, Gary, for your information and your inspiration.
Country Frau Frau and in Frauline? Yes bioavailable is the key. Water soluble fertilizers will just wash away. But fertilizers that need to breakdown to become readily available can go in now. I do that with bone meal on my garlic. So you can put some in now.
Chopped leaves, like 2 inches, on your bed for the winter is fine. You can mix that in come spring. But I woudn't over due it as it has quite a way to go to breakdown. I would compost most of what you have and put that in in the spring.
Thanks for the kind words too.
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Yup, married into a German family so it is Frau. Thanks for the answers, Gary. Good luck with your garden.
good advice and philosophy. Thanks.
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Gary, when planting you put the fertilizer in the plant hole. Do you then place the plant roots ball on top of that, or a layer of soil between fertilizer and plant roots to prevent burning up the young plant. I have heard of people doing this. What do you suggest? Thanks
Mix it in well with soil.
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Hi Gary;
When you show the N-P-K numbers on each package.
Would I just add the numbers from each of the packages to get the total N-P-K used?
Want to understand, for example... 6-9-7 + 12-0-0 +2-5-3 = 20-14-10?
Thank you, Great videos
Linden
I dont now 100% as it gets confusing. It is probably accurate if you dont mix the boxes but take measures out of each and use them that way.
They all tend to be measured differently and have their own fillers. What I am doing essentially is making a very low NPK mix. And by measuring it with a tablespoon, I know I am not putting in too much but enough for the plants to enjoy. Its like if it says 1 tablespoon blood meal and 1 tablespoon bone meal is how you feed 1 plant. I mix equal parts of blood meal and bonemeal, and use it as 1 tablespoon, it is diluted. In that tablespoon is 1/2 bloodmeal and 1/2 bonemeal. Sort of half strength. Sorry it is confusing.
Thank you for the information and fast response.
Have a good day.
Linden
Linden great question... I’ve been asking the same question and non clear answer yet. I serve my plant as a fertilizer’s “all you can eat buffet” I believe that plants have the capacity of communicate with bacteria and fungi and grab any available nutrient that is needed in a particular priority order...
@@Xbandit27 The fertilizer calculation or NPK assessment can be done in four steps:
· Add volumes (ml) together to get overall volume
· Divide individual volumes by overall volume
· Multiply result to N, P, and K of each corresponding ratio
· Add Ns, Ps, and Ks
For example, let’s say you are combining two nutrients, 5 ml of 1-2-3 and 10 ml of 3-2-1. First, add their volumes:
5 ml + 10 ml = 15 ml
Now that you have the combined volume, divide each volume by the overall volume (These example results have been rounded):
5 ml / 15 ml = 0.3
10 ml / 15 ml = 0.6
Next, multiply these results to their corresponding nutrient’s N-P-K ratio:
Nutrient A (1 - 2 - 3) 0.3
[N] 1 x 0.3 = 0.3
[P] 2 x 0.3 = 0 .6
[K] 3 x 0.3 = 0.9
Nutrient B (3 - 2 - 1) 0.6
[N] 3 x 0.6 = 1.8
[P] 2 x 0.6 = 1.2
[K] 1 x 0.6 = 0.6
Now, add the Ns together, the Ps together, and the Ks together
[N] 0.3 + 1.8 = 2.1
[P] 0.6 + 1.2 = 1.8
[K] 0.9 + 0.6 = 1.5
The combined N - P - K result is 2.1 - 1.8 - 1.5.
great video Gary..Do you think its as affective to add on top of the soil, after the garden has been planted?
paula deluca I do. If you sprinkle it around the top of the soil, scratch it in an inch or two. Be careful with any plant that might have a lot of surface roots. It is good to get it in the earth so it stays wet and gets interacting with bacteria and microbles. Or toss it on the surface and and put some compost or organic matter over it to keep it moist.
+Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) Hi Gary, I'm going through all your videos and must say I love them. Although I normally have reasonable success with cuttings (just stick them in the ground or a pot) and then it's tough love (if they want to live they will:-), this will be my first year really trying to do seeds, particularly veg seeds for my newly extended garden. I tend to have a problem with "damping off/mould". Do you have a video about this or any suggestions. It's not always me overwatering, by the way:-)
Hi gary! I have a worm bin! So, how often do I put worm castings on my 5 gallon bucket garden? I have some rosemary, tomatoes, basil and other plants. What do you reccomend about that: 1 cup every month or more/less? Thank you!
jose carlos melo You know I havent done casting yet. So I dot know. I would go with every 4 weeks. I dont know how much nutrients in provides. You might ask that question in one of my garden groups. Lots of people would get back to you.
ok! no problem. Thank's anyway! =D
Thanks!
Yep
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Would I wait until there is fruit before fertilizing? At this point what type are you using , a liquid or pelleted fertilizer? Thanks for all your help
+Marie Chadaris I put in a mix of fertilizer in the beginning in the planting hole. I will use what I have available and dont over do it. It is granular and mixed in the soil. I will sometimes give them a liquid feed several weeks later to help them grow but it is not needed. At first fruit you can either scatter pelleted or use a liquid or a little of both. My point is dont over do it. Pick a plan you like and take it from there. There are some many variations.
Thanks, Gary. Good stuff! Going to check my own inventory soon.
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gary does watering your garden with city water versus rain water or water that set out over night. does it effect your organic soil or benifical bacteria. or the breaking down of nutrients
That's too much worry. Use any water and your soil will be perfectly fine. Bacteria are not bothered in any significant way if at all. Check out Alberta Gardener. He did video on water on YoutTube.
I'm interested to know what you think about Azomite. I'm thinking of adding it to my raised bed, but I'm not sure if it's worth it.
If it is cheap, sure. But most earth has all that.
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Do you have a favourite "all purpose" slow release? I'm using Blood & Bone with potash, I'm hoping it covers all bases (I add this to standard potting mix / coco coir mixture, and nothing else - 1 cup per 25L + 9L mix). I'll let you know how it goes this season!
+Darkfalz79 I really don't. I buy stuff on sale and use both organic and chemical fertilizers. Each one has different targeted use. I will use bone meal and blood meal for my fall plantings so it slow releases and is ready for spring. I think you mix is very effective.
I only have a small garden. One tub / bag could last me a year! I have several kg of worm castings (and other full tray in the bin), I wonder if it's a good idea to work it into the soil (probably quite a few viable seeds in there, I don't want a repeat of last year where I pulled put 200 pawpaw seedlings) or save it for planting holes. I could also dig it down a bit, and then layer soil back on on top.
+Darkfalz79 some guy named Kevin set you up?
QueefJuiceOverflow We just met back on the base.
Experimentation is vital to advance
I agree
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would ground banana peel be fast or long?
Which fertilizer we offer crotons, only leaf garden plant
We don't get green soil here, so what is the alternative solution ❓
How long dose it take for bone meal to break down and be available for your plates.
A little is available at a time. But good year from start to finish.
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Do you have a recipe for compost tea or thought of making a video how to make it.
+Keith dippin 314 I havent really done it yet to teach. Maybe this summer.
Hello great videos
I have a pecan tree that gives me lits of pecans but they are never good they are rotten in side please help. Thank you
Hmmm. I dont know enough to help you in the case of nut trees. Hopefully someone else can chime in. Sorry.
I'm sorry, I don't quit understand your annotation @ 8:53 " You will be under using fertilizer " ? Does this mean the fertilizer mix is very strong or is your existing soil close to optimum so you don't need much ? You never test your soil ? You have said you have multiple raised beds so you don't soil test them. I would think that if you took a sample of all the beds mixed them together and then did a soil test, wouldn't that at least give you some kind of starting point for how TO amend your soil ?
I actually recommend using less than the label. I find you dont need as much and your should never over do it. With regular composting and adding organic matter you can give you plants less.
So the mix will be a lower strength in general when I use it.
Do you fertilize again after the initial planting?
+Marie Chadaris I do and it varies. But most get fed when first fruit develops. I give them regularly feedings if they are in containers.
How often is regular?
+Marie Chadaris About every 2 weeks for containers.
My tomato tone made my dirt white fuss! Trying to figure out what went wrong!
Hmm. It should be fine.
This video is informative, but the easiest, cheapest way to get NPK is to use any type of manure, ideally from vegetarian animals or chicken (or bats for flowering or fruiting). The whole idea that it needs to be "composted for 3 months" is a crock of shit, quite frankly, the fresh stuff is full of urea, which is a type of nitrogen that can burn but also causes fast growth. Egg shells coffee grounds and banana peels are excellent to compost or add to the top of the soil. Dont use chlorinated water period. Make sure your soil has the right PH for bioavailability of iron and phosphorous. Do not mix in stuff that will tie up nitrogen. If you live near a beach, gather seaweed. I live on long island sound and I get tons of seaweed for trace minerals and slow release NPK but mainly the trace minerals. What I like about this mix is that it will not harm the plants and will probably remineralize (greensand is actually rockdust from a high potassium area)-oh, the best way to give plants potassium is foliar spray liquid seaweed/kelp. works rapidly.
+TheVoiceofReason 1 Yep if you have access to it use it. My fertilizer videos this year start with just compost. But never everyone can make it or has access too it.
Is compost nutritious enough for plants alone? I would think not, but then again, if it attracts worms, it really is just setting up a worm casting deposit around the plants, which is a win win situation. Is that your line of thinking?
maybe the spelling "combing" means combining?
Thanks.
What a pain in the ass mixture. Got to be a much easier way.
Yep premade. But a lot of people like making their mixes and fertilizers.