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And to think I planted Comfrey to make the tea. Never gave dandelions a thought. I should have known that! I used to check the meadows with my dad in the spring when I was a kid so we would have fresh salad for supper. ( Cow slips too.) But, my great-grandmother's yard was off limits lol, she need the blossoms for her wine. My wife's great-grandmother also made very smooth wine. Whew! Good stuff lol! Those were the days lol! Their taproot would pull a lot of goodness up. Enjoyed as always, take care!
Been working on getting Dandelions to propogate more in some areas of the yard/garden. I actually have Dandelion Greens canned like any green of the type-Spinach, Mustard and so forth. Next year, with some luck I will try making Dandelion Shine.
Awe yay!! My favorite gardener and favorite plant at the same time?! 🌼 🤗 Wow, I didn't know you could use Dandelions for all that...thanks so much for the video! I love Dandelions because my little brothers would bring me handfuls of 'Dande-dales' when they were little...and now my little ones do the same with such great joy on their little faces, it's the best! 😊 My daughter's bearded dragon loves dandelion flowers!
What an awesome tap root that plant had! Yep,I personally love dandelions - for herbal tea,food,liquid fertiliser,medicine,to bring in the insects,as a mulch,to bring up nutrients from the subsoil,to let the roots break up the ground and create tunnels for worms,as a living mulch,in the vegetarian dog food...
Awesome video Jeff. My Father showed me how to find dandelions when I was a youngster. We never got the ones from the yard -always from the edge of woods or fields. They are a little different from the yard dandelions. They have a wider and not as pointed leaf. Also they don't flower. but send up a seed stalk. Some people sauteed them with EVOO and garlic. we ate them as a salad.
@@rebeuhsin6410I'm wondering if they had a mutant strain that just seemingly 'skipped' the flowering part and pollinated itself as it sent up its flower stalk.
I've been collecting rain run-off from pots full of high quality soil. 20% run-off to 80% water and my plants absolutely love it. Putting the washed out nutrients back into them.
Im very new to gardening and my first year touching my little plot I removed one green waste bin of wood chips cause we thought they were ugly and spent Alot of time pulling weeds. Now I know I messed up with the chips and the weeds are my favorite plants now since they don't need help. :3 appreciate your tips.
We have them along the roadsides like crazy but not in my yard. I've asked the neighbors if they mind me picking the flowers and usually they say Please do it. I make a sweet nutritious tea by steeping the petals in boiled water. I can make a nice cup with as few as 4-5 blooms and it has the flavor of mild honey. I do add honey, also. So delicious and so good for me. I WISH I could grow them but we don't have enough sunlight. I know the roots have been dried and powdered for faux coffee and roots pull up deep minerals for the garden to use. I've tried growing from bought seeds three times but they just don't like it in my garden or yard. No poison or fertilizer ever used in this once vacant forest then cow field. Now overgrown with trees, except where the house and yard are, the sun doesn't have a chance to grow them for me. I pick the ones in vacant yards and along old dirt roads where I know they haven't been sprayed but still, I wish I had them. Same with Muilien, just can't tame the wild child. When picking the few I find, I always save a few blossoms for the bees.
Favourite salad from my Nona: dandilion greens, oil, thin sliced red onion soaked in white vinegar, then pour freshly boiled cut-up potatoes over top. The heat of the potatoes wilts the dandilion just perfectly to tenderize and the vinegar sweetens the onion. Dilute vinegar with a touch of water to taste after tossing with salt and pepper.
i dont mind dandelions, i wish people would stop poisoning them and instead just pull them out if they must, bees use them especially when other flowers havent grown/bloomed yet and poisoning them has been killing the bees, i dont think ill be eating them anytime soon lol but i also dont pull them before they are almost to the seed stage
I noticed the last 5 years... Any time my neighbors use a weed and feed for their lawn the bees die all around their house. I'd like to think we humans are smarter than that. They kindly offer to give me their cut grass until I explain to them that their weed and feed practices will poison my food and my soil but thanks for the offer. ;)
Love this video! I have never understood this hate for having dandelions growing among your plants and on the grass.. i even have a big pot on my balcony, with a very happy dandelion that I planted from seed two years ago, to have a plant without toxic weed killer on it, for easy access minor home uses. It's both pretty to look at and attracts bees and butterflies for pollination of my other plants. And great suggestion to make a liquid fertilizer out of them. I make one the same way using nettles, also a missunderstood "weed" imo. But I'm going to be making fertilizer out of dandelions as well :) thank you!
Jeff - put on some gloves while snipping that wad of leaves! Please! I knew about dandelions, but never considered them as the material for a fert tea, THIS is why your channel is at the top of my watch list David
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms A couple months ago I reached down with the shears to snip off an eggplant fruit... and sliced my finger wide open. Im sensitive., my friend - I cringed watching you.
Robbie, from Robbie & Gary , does that liquid feed method all the time but from EVERYTHING...it works for her,works for you...it WILL WORK 4 ME💚💚💚🌱🌱🌱🌼🌼🌼
Just came across this wonderful video! Thank you so much for showing all the advantages to having dandelions. I have often thought to make my lawn just a dandelion patch of yellow flowers. But I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't appreciate that too much. Still I'm tempted to push the boundaries! I've Loved these flowers since I was a child never understood why everyone hated them so much. I think it's wonderful to see a field of dandelions just waving in the breeze.
This is one of the best and informative videos I have seen in a while and I watch a lot of yt. I do drink Dandelion tea but I had no idea it could be such a potent fertilizer for the plants. I bet this would be a great booster to my Bokashi fertlizer. Thank you SO much! 👍🏼🌱
@@janetvazquez-dorta2041 yes sure, you can basically cook it just like carrots and parsnips either whole in water on medium heat or with some sort of fat in a frying pan chopped down. But be aware that even though soft to the touch after a couple minutes the root has a natural bitterness in it, like the rest of the plant and should be cooked at least 15 to 20 minutes. To tone the bitterness down further you can add a bit of white sugar to the dandelion root during the cooking process. Herbs that pair well with it are parsley estragon and lovage. Forgot to add you should peel of the skin for a smoother taste though the most vitamins and nutrients are in that part
Dandelions are very tasty in a salad 😁 While I have yet to make Dandelion Wine, I have been told it’s tastes really good .. Thank you for spreading the good news 👍
Wow I’ll be growing dandelions in my garden to make fertilizer. How rewarding is nature if we let it work for us! Thank you so much for sharing. I wonder how their root taste and how it can be used as food.
I'm lovin' that dandelion tea idea !! It's early Nov. here in southern Ont but I'm sure I can find some dandelion stragglers around. lol I assume Jeff that it would work wonders for houseplants too , right ? ;)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I'll add, I let a lot of "weeds" grow in my yard that others want to eradicate. My motto is, if it flowers and pollinators like it I'll leave it alone. If it has a tap root that helps my soil, I leave it. I will hand remove some grassy weeds but that's about it. Bees and butterflies love the roadside aster I let grow in my yard. I know, I know, "it's a weed". 😆
I like dandelions. I've always just let them come and go as they will. Some years we have a lot of dandelions and some years there's maybe one or two. If the groundskeeper mows the seeds, that seems to slow down the spread. I don't know if the groundskeeper uses chemicals in the yard; but, I know that if I could be sure there were no chemicals, I would gather up the dandelions when they are fresh and give them to my bearded dragon.
Thank you for the info. I'm about to go get some seeds and plant them. I will definitely try the fertilizer. I love organic and am sensitive to alot of chemicals.
My great grandmother, grandma, mom, and myself have made "Dandelion Greens" every spring when the leaves are especially less bitter and tender! Pick and wash thoroughly dandelion leaves and soak in water for a few hours. You can store your clean greens in a gallon ziploc until you accumulate enough and store in the fridge. Chop very clean, picked over and rinsed greens into 1" to 2" lengths, and "wilt" with a hot broth of homemade or a tsp to taste +/- of ham bouillon, add a little water and cider vinegar and either a tsp of stevia or sugar to taste for a bowlful of fresh greens. Pour the hot broth over greens, stir, and serve with the broth over baked white yam with left over ham. Superfood that was often eaten during the Great Depression. Wild dandelion is by far more flavorful than bland, expensive farm raised at the health food stores, btw. Pick greens that you are sure have not been sprayed with pesticides or chemicals. Delicacy!
Great video, thx! Where did you get the great big strainer that fits your 5 gallon bucket? Also, can you please tell me where the link is to those great bins you use for potting plants?
Great video. How often do you apply the dandelion fertilizer? I've been using it every 2-3 weeks at 1:10 dilution, but it sounds like you have success with heavier applications.
Great stuff Jeff, thanks for all the info. I was considering collecting Dandelions and Nettles to dry and grind to a powder, easy to store and less smelly. Also helps you to stockpile for a constant supply. I've been doing it with tea leaves and banana peels for a few years with good results. Do you think it's an option with Dandelions and Nettles?
Hi jeff, how long can I store the dandelion fertilizer? I just filled an entire bucket with them and am planning to fill it with water tomorrow to get some fertilizer. But by the time it's ready, it would be january here, and the real growing season only starts in march, april. Should i keep them as plants and make the fertilizer beginning of next year? Thx
I've used some 2 years later and it was fantastic. You're creating it for the elements and chemical compounds....not living microbes like a compost tea would be. So it doesn't really go bad! :-)
But that is literally what mulch is... Shredded foliage of plants. Within a day its dried up and shrivelled... It won't attract pest insects that feed on living plant tissue
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms yes I have 2 plants thriving. Still observing if their seeds are healthy here. The coolness is thin but at least there is a slight chill here 20 to 25C this month. The plants are in partial shade exposed to 3 hr direct sunlight. That is why the leaves are long and curly. Tender and glossy.
There is a false dandelion so look them both up on line to make sure you get the right plant. Also the Old Farmers Almanac says that the first signs of dandelion flowers in your area means the soil is warm enough to direct seed beets and carrots. 5 dandelion flowers are enough to make a cup of tea.
I'm ok with dandelion plants in my garden paths, etc. But I always pluck off the flower heads so they don't go crazy. But: in the lawn... who cares... I let them go wild!
Jeff, been meaning to ask you: When you use dandelions as a cover crop, do you pull them out when the time comes, or do you leave the root in the soil and just cut the top off? I have seen your other videos on cover crops so I know you leave those in, but like you mentioned in another video: garlic doesnt like companion. So I would assume you pull them out then.
@@He4vyD It's a great question.... If they are young and just everywhere, I'll cover them with cardboard or tons of paper and plant over them. But if they are sparse, but old plants with massive tap roots, I'll pull them out! :-)
Mostly true. But they are a little hard to eat the roots, and keep the dandylion. That picky, but this is not. That thing about the leaves protecting the soil through winter is a super strange opinion. They do not keep their leaves in the winter, the are perennial, accept were they are no low temperatures in the winter.
I'm trying to reserve judgement... there is no way on this earth or the next that I will be using dog pee dandelions for food. Literally would rather starve. I hate them! We have capeweed (arctotheca calendula) which makes a ring of daisy-like flowers. I try to dig them up for compost but honestly I'm losing the war.
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And to think I planted Comfrey to make the tea. Never gave dandelions a thought. I should have known that! I used to check the meadows with my dad in the spring when I was a kid so we would have fresh salad for supper. ( Cow slips too.) But, my great-grandmother's yard was off limits lol, she need the blossoms for her wine. My wife's great-grandmother also made very smooth wine. Whew! Good stuff lol! Those were the days lol! Their taproot would pull a lot of goodness up. Enjoyed as always, take care!
I really need to try this wine Michael!! Thanks for sharing. :-)
The tap root is also used to make a healthy version of coffee. Just roast, grind, brew and vwala.
@@j.reneewhite915 Thanks for the tip!
@@j.reneewhite915 perfect!
Been working on getting Dandelions to propogate more in some areas of the yard/garden. I actually have Dandelion Greens canned like any green of the type-Spinach, Mustard and so forth. Next year, with some luck I will try making Dandelion Shine.
Nice work!
Dandelion shine , like moonshine ? 🤔 share the recipe friend 😅 I wonder if it’s good for the body. I’ve never heard of this.
Awe yay!! My favorite gardener and favorite plant at the same time?! 🌼 🤗
Wow, I didn't know you could use Dandelions for all that...thanks so much for the video!
I love Dandelions because my little brothers would bring me handfuls of 'Dande-dales' when they were little...and now my little ones do the same with such great joy on their little faces, it's the best! 😊
My daughter's bearded dragon loves dandelion flowers!
So awesome JS! Beardies know what's up!
I have always l❤ved this beautiful yellow weed🌻🌻🌻My dad said back in the day they would pick them for SALADS👍👍👍
Same Debie!
What an awesome tap root that plant had! Yep,I personally love dandelions - for herbal tea,food,liquid fertiliser,medicine,to bring in the insects,as a mulch,to bring up nutrients from the subsoil,to let the roots break up the ground and create tunnels for worms,as a living mulch,in the vegetarian dog food...
I pressed save...because this needs to be rewatched again and again!
Thanks so much for the support! :-)
Awesome video Jeff. My Father showed me how to find dandelions when I was a youngster. We never got the ones from the yard -always from the edge of woods or fields. They are a little different from the yard dandelions. They have a wider and not as pointed leaf. Also they don't flower. but send up a seed stalk. Some people sauteed them with EVOO and garlic. we ate them as a salad.
So awesome Carmen! Love it, thanks for sharing!
They all flower, although they do seed without pollen.
@@rebeuhsin6410I'm wondering if they had a mutant strain that just seemingly 'skipped' the flowering part and pollinated itself as it sent up its flower stalk.
I've been collecting rain run-off from pots full of high quality soil. 20% run-off to 80% water and my plants absolutely love it. Putting the washed out nutrients back into them.
Im very new to gardening and my first year touching my little plot I removed one green waste bin of wood chips cause we thought they were ugly and spent Alot of time pulling weeds. Now I know I messed up with the chips and the weeds are my favorite plants now since they don't need help. :3 appreciate your tips.
It's never a true mess up... Always a learning experience!
We have them along the roadsides like crazy but not in my yard. I've asked the neighbors if they mind me picking the flowers and usually they say Please do it. I make a sweet nutritious tea by steeping the petals in boiled water. I can make a nice cup with as few as 4-5 blooms and it has the flavor of mild honey. I do add honey, also. So delicious and so good for me. I WISH I could grow them but we don't have enough sunlight. I know the roots have been dried and powdered for faux coffee and roots pull up deep minerals for the garden to use. I've tried growing from bought seeds three times but they just don't like it in my garden or yard. No poison or fertilizer ever used in this once vacant forest then cow field. Now overgrown with trees, except where the house and yard are, the sun doesn't have a chance to grow them for me. I pick the ones in vacant yards and along old dirt roads where I know they haven't been sprayed but still, I wish I had them. Same with Muilien, just can't tame the wild child. When picking the few I find, I always save a few blossoms for the bees.
Nice win - win situation with your neighbors though mary!
I have lots of dandelions in my yard now...your video is timely. I will make a foliar fertilizer out of them, thanks for the wonderful information.
Right on, best of luck! The fertilizer works great with indoor plants as well! :-)
With the price of fertilizer components going through the roof-, dandelion fertilizer will be a great idea! Good video!
Absolutely agree 💯
You're so right Jeannie. Not only free, but also superior in my opinion! :)
Thanks for linking me with this video and keep up the good work with gardening videos
Cheers Todd, thanks for all the support! :-)
Favourite salad from my Nona: dandilion greens, oil, thin sliced red onion soaked in white vinegar, then pour freshly boiled cut-up potatoes over top. The heat of the potatoes wilts the dandilion just perfectly to tenderize and the vinegar sweetens the onion. Dilute vinegar with a touch of water to taste after tossing with salt and pepper.
Oh wow, sounds delicious!
i dont mind dandelions, i wish people would stop poisoning them and instead just pull them out if they must, bees use them especially when other flowers havent grown/bloomed yet and poisoning them has been killing the bees, i dont think ill be eating them anytime soon lol but i also dont pull them before they are almost to the seed stage
So true Keven... I can't believe herbicides are even allowed to be sold!
I noticed the last 5 years... Any time my neighbors use a weed and feed for their lawn the bees die all around their house. I'd like to think we humans are smarter than that. They kindly offer to give me their cut grass until I explain to them that their weed and feed practices will poison my food and my soil but thanks for the offer. ;)
@@j.reneewhite915 ugghh.... All the too common Renee..... :-(
I actually planted Italian cultivated chicory to have dandelion greens all summer!
Right on Olga! 🙂
I've made dandelion jelly *tastes exactly like a sweet honey; no surprise since dandelions are bees' go-to flower.
So awesome Brandy!
That’s amazing!
Nice way to show us how make organic liquid and compost to use in garden thanks for sharing
For sure! Almost any weed can work too!
Love this video! I have never understood this hate for having dandelions growing among your plants and on the grass.. i even have a big pot on my balcony, with a very happy dandelion that I planted from seed two years ago, to have a plant without toxic weed killer on it, for easy access minor home uses. It's both pretty to look at and attracts bees and butterflies for pollination of my other plants. And great suggestion to make a liquid fertilizer out of them. I make one the same way using nettles, also a missunderstood "weed" imo. But I'm going to be making fertilizer out of dandelions as well :) thank you!
Jeff - put on some gloves while snipping that wad of leaves! Please!
I knew about dandelions, but never considered them as the material for a fert tea,
THIS is why your channel is at the top of my watch list
David
Ha ha I know, watching back and I'm like oh man, be CAREFUL! LOL
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms A couple months ago I reached down with the shears to snip off an eggplant fruit... and sliced my finger wide open.
Im sensitive., my friend - I cringed watching you.
Robbie, from Robbie & Gary , does that liquid feed method all the time but from EVERYTHING...it works for her,works for you...it WILL WORK 4 ME💚💚💚🌱🌱🌱🌼🌼🌼
It literally works for every plant Debie! No plant will turn away a dandelion fertilizer!
I never knew they were related2 daisys & sunflowers..I like them in my garden..my budgie & rabbits loves to eat them too..shared...
For sure Melanie.... Chickens go nuts for them!
I love your passion on this. Dandelions are a True God send. ☀️
I am enjoying your video even though I already have a garden filled with a variety of plants including Dandelions. I agree with you all the way!
Dandelion as a cover crop? That is an interesting idea!
Ha ha not for the faint of heart.. Not many people purposefully spread dandelions everywhere! Lol
Just came across this wonderful video! Thank you so much for showing all the advantages to having dandelions. I have often thought to make my lawn just a dandelion patch of yellow flowers. But I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't appreciate that too much. Still I'm tempted to push the boundaries! I've Loved these flowers since I was a child never understood why everyone hated them so much. I think it's wonderful to see a field of dandelions just waving in the breeze.
This is one of the best and informative videos I have seen in a while and I watch a lot of yt. I do drink Dandelion tea but I had no idea it could be such a potent fertilizer for the plants. I bet this would be a great booster to my Bokashi fertlizer. Thank you SO much! 👍🏼🌱
Hey thanks hc! If you do make the fertilizer, let us know what you think about it and how it works for you!
100% makes sense! I'll try it out, now I have another reason to weed my lawn
Cheers Christian!
Cool video with lots of information, I dig your style. Subscribed!
Hey thanks Lisa, appreciate the support! :-)
what a coincidence this video just popped up as i ate some dandelion root with a few other veggies about an hour ago 😄
Can you please tell me how to cook the root? Thanks in advanced! 🌷
@@janetvazquez-dorta2041 yes sure, you can basically cook it just like carrots and parsnips either whole in water on medium heat or with some sort of fat in a frying pan chopped down. But be aware that even though soft to the touch after a couple minutes the root has a natural bitterness in it, like the rest of the plant and should be cooked at least 15 to 20 minutes. To tone the bitterness down further you can add a bit of white sugar to the dandelion root during the cooking process. Herbs that pair well with it are parsley estragon and lovage.
Forgot to add you should peel of the skin for a smoother taste though the most vitamins and nutrients are in that part
Ha ha google KNOWS!
@@thb6553 nice, thanks for that!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms 😁 i bet
I just rediscovered them and attempted to grow them...wish me luck. 2023
Thanks for sharing.. Now I will pay attention to the plant.. 👍😊
Cheers Pamela, thanks for watching!
Great information.... Thanks for sharing. You're SO positive!!
Thanks LaVonne, and thanks for watching!
Dandelions are very tasty in a salad 😁 While I have yet to make Dandelion Wine, I have been told it’s tastes really good ..
Thank you for spreading the good news 👍
Dandelion wine! One thing I haven't tried yet!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Homework time 😁😂❤️
@@robinfreebird4784 ha ha definitely!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms best wine I ever had!
@@n.brucenelson5920 ok... Now I HAVE to try it!
Great information Jeff!!!
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Thanks Brandy! :-)
Wow I’ll be growing dandelions in my garden to make fertilizer. How rewarding is nature if we let it work for us! Thank you so much for sharing.
I wonder how their root taste and how it can be used as food.
You got it exactly right Veronica...making nature work FOR as.....and WITH us. That's the secret! :-)
I'm lovin' that dandelion tea idea !! It's early Nov. here in southern Ont but I'm sure I can find some dandelion stragglers around. lol I assume Jeff that it would work wonders for houseplants too , right ? ;)
Right you are Mike... Indoor plants, herbs, microgreens, etc! :-)
Thank you, going to make my dandelion fertilizer!
It's the best Naomi!! You're plants will really respond!
Great information as always. Thanks
Thanks Bev, appreciate it as always!
Beautiful sharing 🥰👍
Thanks Anindita!
You rock. Thank you
Hey, thanks for watching!
Love this! Thanks! 🌼🐝
Oh my gosh we finally get another Pup sighting!! thanks for the info on the D plant Sir (Cant even type the word) haha
Ha ha, thanks John! Cheers!
Love dandelions. Helps our heavy clay soils here, they're pretty, fun for kids, great for pollinators, and edible. What's not to like?
Exactly Ash....Dandelions have it all! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I'll add, I let a lot of "weeds" grow in my yard that others want to eradicate. My motto is, if it flowers and pollinators like it I'll leave it alone. If it has a tap root that helps my soil, I leave it. I will hand remove some grassy weeds but that's about it. Bees and butterflies love the roadside aster I let grow in my yard. I know, I know, "it's a weed". 😆
Great information. Thanks
Cheers Jo, thanks for watching! :-)
very helpful and informative, thanks
I like dandelions. I've always just let them come and go as they will. Some years we have a lot of dandelions and some years there's maybe one or two. If the groundskeeper mows the seeds, that seems to slow down the spread. I don't know if the groundskeeper uses chemicals in the yard; but, I know that if I could be sure there were no chemicals, I would gather up the dandelions when they are fresh and give them to my bearded dragon.
That's my motto too Donna.... I don't actively plant them, but I also don't eradicate them either. :-)
Thank you for the info. I'm about to go get some seeds and plant them. I will definitely try the fertilizer. I love organic and am sensitive to alot of chemicals.
Right on Michelle, it's truly the way to go!
I use a small handheld vacuum to suck the seeds off
Brilliant! I need to try that with lettuce!
My great grandmother, grandma, mom, and myself have made "Dandelion Greens" every spring when the leaves are especially less bitter and tender! Pick and wash thoroughly dandelion leaves and soak in water for a few hours. You can store your clean greens in a gallon ziploc until you accumulate enough and store in the fridge. Chop very clean, picked over and rinsed greens into 1" to 2" lengths, and "wilt" with a hot broth of homemade or a tsp to taste +/- of ham bouillon, add a little water and cider vinegar and either a tsp of stevia or sugar to taste for a bowlful of fresh greens. Pour the hot broth over greens, stir, and serve with the broth over baked white yam with left over ham. Superfood that was often eaten during the Great Depression. Wild dandelion is by far more flavorful than bland, expensive farm raised at the health food stores, btw. Pick greens that you are sure have not been sprayed with pesticides or chemicals. Delicacy!
Dandelion tap roots also do a natural aeration of the soil - much needed in my hard clay.
Excellent vedeo
Thank you so much
Cheers Mona, thanks so much for watching!
Now I’m confused. Eat em or feed em ? I’ll try both ways. Once again, good stuff. More please!
Ha ha totally..... Eat as much as you can, but they do get tougher as they get older.
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great video sir. thank you.
Great video, thx! Where did you get the great big strainer that fits your 5 gallon bucket? Also, can you please tell me where the link is to those great bins you use for potting plants?
I put leaves into bottom of my planted pots and use a dandelion garden solution.
Great video. How often do you apply the dandelion fertilizer? I've been using it every 2-3 weeks at 1:10 dilution, but it sounds like you have success with heavier applications.
Thank you! This was helpful!
Cheers Rose, thanks for watching!
Great stuff Jeff, thanks for all the info. I was considering collecting Dandelions and Nettles to dry and grind to a powder, easy to store and less smelly. Also helps you to stockpile for a constant supply. I've been doing it with tea leaves and banana peels for a few years with good results. Do you think it's an option with Dandelions and Nettles?
100% you could do that Shane. For sure.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Cheers Jeff.
Dandelion root tea is used as a liver detox…!
Truly amazing plant!
Great vid!..Im gonna go make me some dandelion fertilizer now :)
Right on buddy, it really does work!
Hi jeff, how long can I store the dandelion fertilizer? I just filled an entire bucket with them and am planning to fill it with water tomorrow to get some fertilizer. But by the time it's ready, it would be january here, and the real growing season only starts in march, april.
Should i keep them as plants and make the fertilizer beginning of next year? Thx
I've used some 2 years later and it was fantastic. You're creating it for the elements and chemical compounds....not living microbes like a compost tea would be. So it doesn't really go bad! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms you rock!! Thank you🙂👍
@@Dragon-wl5ic thanks! :-)
Great video
Thanks Condee, appreciate that!
Will definitely have a go at making dandelion feed and try them as a green. Are there any other “weeds” that are advantageous in the garden?
Hey Sonja, comfrey is the other big one to try!
blanch with old flower pots over plant cut off at ground level and let the plant regrow tastes like endive Murph
#7 If you really really have to get rid of the dandelions they they will help you to keep fit with all the bending and stretching LOL
Thank you for this kind of info :) I love my dandies x
Cheers Suzanne, thanks for watching!
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Can you buy garlic from a grocery store and planet it a garden
Great video! The only thing I would add is I don't think using leaves as a mulch is a good idea.. all those wounded leaves might attract pests.
But that is literally what mulch is... Shredded foliage of plants. Within a day its dried up and shrivelled... It won't attract pest insects that feed on living plant tissue
I wish I knew this information decades ago 😢
Yeah, I know Mariah... Me too... While I never chemically sprayed for them, so much wasted hours and labor
If grown in the tropics above sea levels, they don't spread due to heavy rains.
Interesting! I wondered if they ever grew there at all.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms yes I have 2 plants thriving. Still observing if their seeds are healthy here. The coolness is thin but at least there is a slight chill here 20 to 25C this month. The plants are in partial shade exposed to 3 hr direct sunlight. That is why the leaves are long and curly. Tender and glossy.
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Dandelions make damn good wine and are delicious in a salad
I need to try this wine!
There is a false dandelion so look them both up on line to make sure you get the right plant. Also the Old Farmers Almanac says that the first signs of dandelion flowers in your area means the soil is warm enough to direct seed beets and carrots. 5 dandelion flowers are enough to make a cup of tea.
5 flowers? How should I steep them for Renee?
Or FEED to ur BUNNY🐾🐾🐰
Definitely!
I'm ok with dandelion plants in my garden paths, etc. But I always pluck off the flower heads so they don't go crazy. But: in the lawn... who cares... I let them go wild!
100% buddy! Take away their ability to explode EVERYWHERE! LOL
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms yup, and still let them mine nutrients and loosen the soil!
@@OakKnobFarm totally buddy.
I wish I got those huge dandelions you are getting. I only get small annoying ones. I’d love to benefit from those amazing plants.
Add a bunch of little ones together, lol! :-)
They called them weeds bc big pharma doesn't want US to use natural remedies to HEAL OURSELVES 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I dont think those are daisies, but rather Rudbeckia fulgida (or perennial coneflower)
Yup, coneflowrs, black eyed Susans..... "Denver Daisies"
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Oh ok 🤭 I thought u meant actual daisies. I recognized those coneflowers from my own garden ☺️
@@He4vyD Love the coneflowrs!
Jeff, been meaning to ask you: When you use dandelions as a cover crop, do you pull them out when the time comes, or do you leave the root in the soil and just cut the top off? I have seen your other videos on cover crops so I know you leave those in, but like you mentioned in another video: garlic doesnt like companion. So I would assume you pull them out then.
@@He4vyD It's a great question.... If they are young and just everywhere, I'll cover them with cardboard or tons of paper and plant over them. But if they are sparse, but old plants with massive tap roots, I'll pull them out! :-)
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Mostly true. But they are a little hard to eat the roots, and keep the dandylion. That picky, but this is not.
That thing about the leaves protecting the soil through winter is a super strange opinion. They do not keep their leaves in the winter, the are perennial, accept were they are no low temperatures in the winter.
I'm trying to reserve judgement... there is no way on this earth or the next that I will be using dog pee dandelions for food. Literally would rather starve. I hate them! We have capeweed (arctotheca calendula) which makes a ring of daisy-like flowers. I try to dig them up for compost but honestly I'm losing the war.
Wait dandelion are part sunflower??
They don’t look like sunflowers
They are more like lettuce than sunflowers
No, they are not part sunflowers..
They are in the same family and closely related to them. :-)
Eat it, make Honey, Salad, Medicine!
I hate chemicals in gardens. My mother in law killed outside ants with acid. Can you imagine?
Ugghhh... I hear you. So many horror stories through the years...