Gary: It amazes me the amount of money my neighbors spend on 'soil' and 'amendments' for their 'rec' plants.....often exceeding $600/yr. (Fox Farm, kelp, bone meal, blood meal, Myco, fish emulsion, etc.). I have been using your basic sterile mix over and over with little or no fertilizers and expend no money for almost similar results. Misconceptions seem to carry for generations.... growers, like painters, will stick to what they have always used; unwilling to entertain a paradigm shift in thinking. Keep sharing, I''m listening.
"using your basic sterile mix over and over with little or no fertilizers " Are you saying plants are growing with no N, no P or no K , as sterile mix can't provide that for sure ? That will be a first of its kind. Even Gary recommends to use liquid / inorganic fertilizer in such medium , as the sterile medium can't provide the bacteria or fungi to break the organic fertilizer.
Gary you are a gifted speaker and a treasure to all viewers. I can listen to you all day. I enjoy watching your videos over and over because I constantly learn from your wealth of knowledge. I hope you can continue releasing videos for many years to come. All viewers should be appreciative of your time in doing these videos and stop being ungrateful. Pls stop complaining and be thankful.
Thank you for all the information. I have many containers plants. Change my whole worldview on potting mix. Now, I need to go change all of them out as they are all sitting in potting mix I got from the store.
Thank you so much for the interview and teaching us about potting soil. I used your ratios for Top Pot and add about 5% chunky coconut coir. The plants are much happier and healthier. 🐉🐉
The info never seems to get old it's the kind of thing I feel like I need to be told over and over untill I've experienced it to a certainty myself lol
Great to see a video on container gardening!!! Gary, I have great news... After repotting about 100 berry and fruit trees last September and October, I only lost a few very small blackberries!! And we had an extremely cold winter here in north Idaho! All the blueberries are budding out beautifully....they were so unhappy in potting soil! All the plants are so happy to be able to breathe! I will send pictures soon when all the leaves are out. The raspberries were the first to leaf out, and they were very unhappy in the potting soil! Thank you SO much for this valuable information, it saved my garden!
Try the extension Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio for Chrome. If you block ads and use Ears, you can customize the audio according to your preference and you won't get the ads blasting you when you increase the volume.
Greetings from Arizona! we watched the replay. sorry we missed you live! thanks for all the great info. we will definitely try the different techniques with our other potted plants.
Thanks Gary. I have watched a few other videos of yours. Mainly about avocados. Would you recommend removing most of the existing bad soil from 1.5-3 gallon potted avocado trees while repotting? Any tips specifically for repotting avocado trees? What time of year is best?
Looking at the grow bags, have you looked at the Living Soil grow bags, that have the liner down to 4” above the base, which helps with retaining water in our dry climate, but also helps prevent root circling.
I have a question? What about epiphytes like Anthurium that we grow in pots? What soil should I use? I can't imagine sand, pumice, clay would be good for them? Why does it sound like people are talking in the background while you are giving your class?
Sir Gary you are the best! Your nursery is gold. Absolutely the best effortless gardening advice and knowledge on youtube. Vid suggestion if I may. I been having conversations with my pineapple plants, they don’t want to cooperate.
Gary is a businessman and he usually Does videos and chooses topics around what they have in store, which is great. Look on THE webpage, next saturday is around pruning trees I believe. Because they probably have trees in stock. And there's plenty to talk about.
Unfortunately we do not ship. Our distributor only had it available in California...however recently was bought and absorbed by a nation wide distributor called BFG Supply. If you ask your local (if in the U.S.) garden center to request Gary's Best TOP POT from BFG, it may become available throughout the country...eventually.
@@GarysBestGardening thanks for the quick reply. I am actually visiting california next week and I plan to come to your nursery hence I asked so I have an idea. Since you read my post, may I ask how much it costs and what is the weight per bag ? Thanks
@@geriannroth449 Bottomless are difficult to work with. I use the bottom to hold extra water. It's difficult to fully moisten the soil if there is no bottom unless the soil wicks water extremely well.
@@GarysBestGardening I've been doing it with more mature fruit trees in washing machine drums. My natural soil is very rocky so I've given them a headstart in the pots with good rich soil encouraging a more robust fiberous rootball with the root pruning occuring due to the exposure to the numerous holes in the drums so when they get big enough i cut the bottoms off & let them grow into the ground
Gary: It amazes me the amount of money my neighbors spend on 'soil' and 'amendments' for their 'rec' plants.....often exceeding $600/yr. (Fox Farm, kelp, bone meal, blood meal, Myco, fish emulsion, etc.). I have been using your basic sterile mix over and over with little or no fertilizers and expend no money for almost similar results. Misconceptions seem to carry for generations.... growers, like painters, will stick to what they have always used; unwilling to entertain a paradigm shift in thinking. Keep sharing, I''m listening.
"using your basic sterile mix over and over with little or no fertilizers "
Are you saying plants are growing with no N, no P or no K , as sterile mix can't provide that for sure ?
That will be a first of its kind. Even Gary recommends to use liquid / inorganic fertilizer in such medium , as the sterile medium can't provide the bacteria or fungi to break the organic fertilizer.
Gary you are a gifted speaker and a treasure to all viewers. I can listen to you all day. I enjoy watching your videos over and over because I constantly learn from your wealth of knowledge. I hope you can continue releasing videos for many years to come. All viewers should be appreciative of your time in doing these videos and stop being ungrateful. Pls stop complaining and be thankful.
Thank you for all the information. I have many containers plants. Change my whole worldview on potting mix. Now, I need to go change all of them out as they are all sitting in potting mix I got from the store.
Thank you so much for the interview and teaching us about potting soil. I used your ratios for Top Pot and add about 5% chunky coconut coir. The plants are much happier and healthier. 🐉🐉
Love your information about soil - organic vs mix. Changed out all my containers and see a big difference! Brilliant!
The info never seems to get old it's the kind of thing I feel like I need to be told over and over untill I've experienced it to a certainty myself lol
Thanks Gary from Australia. Invaluable advice.
Audio's fine for me
Great presentation as always Gary🙏🏻💕
So happy you’re making vids again - Thank You 😊
Great to see a video on container gardening!!! Gary, I have great news... After repotting about 100 berry and fruit trees last September and October, I only lost a few very small blackberries!! And we had an extremely cold winter here in north Idaho! All the blueberries are budding out beautifully....they were so unhappy in potting soil! All the plants are so happy to be able to breathe! I will send pictures soon when all the leaves are out. The raspberries were the first to leaf out, and they were very unhappy in the potting soil! Thank you SO much for this valuable information, it saved my garden!
I have the volume up and I can barely hear it.
I watching on iPad with headphones and the sound is good.
Try listening with headphones.
Try the extension Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio for Chrome. If you block ads and use Ears, you can customize the audio according to your preference and you won't get the ads blasting you when you increase the volume.
Greetings from Arizona! we watched the replay. sorry we missed you live! thanks for all the great info. we will definitely try the different techniques with our other potted plants.
Thanks Gary. I have watched a few other videos of yours. Mainly about avocados.
Would you recommend removing most of the existing bad soil from 1.5-3 gallon potted avocado trees while repotting?
Any tips specifically for repotting avocado trees?
What time of year is best?
Looking at the grow bags, have you looked at the Living Soil grow bags, that have the liner down to 4” above the base, which helps with retaining water in our dry climate, but also helps prevent root circling.
Does anyone know the recipe for the Acid mix?
I have a question? What about epiphytes like Anthurium that we grow in pots? What soil should I use? I can't imagine sand, pumice, clay would be good for them? Why does it sound like people are talking in the background while you are giving your class?
Sir Gary you are the best! Your nursery is gold.
Absolutely the best effortless gardening advice and knowledge on youtube. Vid suggestion if I may. I been having conversations with my pineapple plants, they don’t want to cooperate.
Gary is a businessman and he usually Does videos and chooses topics around what they have in store, which is great. Look on THE webpage, next saturday is around pruning trees I believe. Because they probably have trees in stock. And there's plenty to talk about.
something wrong with the audio
How can we get your soil in Houston Tx??
Great tutorial. I wonder how much a bag of Top Pot costs ??? I visited tgeir website and there is no price... thanks
Unfortunately we do not ship. Our distributor only had it available in California...however recently was bought and absorbed by a nation wide distributor called BFG Supply. If you ask your local (if in the U.S.) garden center to request Gary's Best TOP POT from BFG, it may become available throughout the country...eventually.
@@GarysBestGardening thanks for the quick reply. I am actually visiting california next week and I plan to come to your nursery hence I asked so I have an idea. Since you read my post, may I ask how much it costs and what is the weight per bag ? Thanks
Why do you say pine bark rots in less than 1 year when people grow blueberries in pine bark for years?
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Probably a great video, too bad I can hardly hear it.
Seems yo be a great vid but the audio is way too low
Sorry. Our audio is much improved since about mid-May.
@@GarysBestGardening famtastic cuz this is a topic i need to know about. What do you think about bottomless containers?
@@geriannroth449 Bottomless
@@geriannroth449 Bottomless are difficult to work with. I use the bottom to hold extra water. It's difficult to fully moisten the soil if there is no bottom unless the soil wicks water extremely well.
@@GarysBestGardening I've been doing it with more mature fruit trees in washing machine drums. My natural soil is very rocky so I've given them a headstart in the pots with good rich soil encouraging a more robust fiberous rootball with the root pruning occuring due to the exposure to the numerous holes in the drums so when they get big enough i cut the bottoms off & let them grow into the ground
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Just like back in school, I fell asleep several times.