If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Why Container Gardening Is Different 1:20 Step #1: Weeding 2:32 Step #2: Refreshing 4:08 Step #3: Fertilizing 7:27 Step #4: Composting & Mulching 11:15 Step #5: Watering 15:41 Adventures With Dale
a) Use your own compost. I did not count how many full loads of compost I got from my heap, but I am still using some today to repot some herbs and flowers. b) Overfertilizing containers is worse than too little, cause it is easy to salt the earth and then your plant will die. Tomato plants show when they got too much food by curling their leaves, other plants are more difficult and we should be very careful with fertilizer. Please warn your viewers! c) Mulch: I mowed my lawn yesterday. Used the grass cuttings as mulch on my vegetables in my gardenbeds. Any high-carbon mulch like you use needs extra nitrogen fertilizer underneath. Again, please warn your viewers. Therefore I am sorry, but no thumbsup today from me.
Hi, this video was very helpful as I have been looking for help with my container garden, especially a fig tree. So to confirm I understand correctly, you also add the compost and mulch every two weeks? If so what do you do with the old? Thanks!
You and James Prigioni are my go to experts… First garden in several years and this time I’m doing research… A lot of it…. I had to narrow it down to a few channels since there’s so many opinions as well as methods . I’m gonna give it my all. Thanks brother..
I think James would agree with me when I say neither of us are experts. At least I certainly am not. I just love doing this and experiment a lot. It’s fun and fulfilling to me. I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel! You don’t need to be an expert to garden. It’s all in the love.
Might want to add Gardener Scott & Next Level Gardening, since they are the only master gardeners I have found. Also, Epic Gardening has some of the best all around content and is the most popular channel for gardening. Last channel I would suggest is Build A Soil, for his amazing knowledge about living soil and indoor growing. I used to watch James, but got bored at his lack of diverse content and this guy I recently subbed to, but is a little more click baity.
I’ve grown container vegetables x 2 Seasons now and have watched many TH-cam “gardeners” for information during that time. This year, I found you here….and let me say you are the best. You are a good presenter: well organized, stay on track, get to the point quickly and give relevant information.
Here, here! You're one of the only garden channels, not in my area, that I watch regularly. Growing food in the hot AZ desert is very different than other climates so I try to ignore any advice unless it's specific to my area, but you're the exception. I always learn a lot from your videos even though you have a lot more natural moisture to work with than I do. Thanks!
Excellent tutorial. ❤❤❤ it. These steps I need to start all my seedlings in containers as idh in ground areas. You solved all my dilemmas. Can’t wait to start. Hi fr CA. Thank you so much. More blessings to you.
I live in Durham, NC. I have followed your gardening instructions to the letter. I have done each and everything you said I should do. The result is a garden of such magnificence that I am humbled. My figs and tomatoes are beautiful and loaded with fruit. Everything is. I am honestly grateful. You do a great job and I am a far better gardener because of you. I want to shake your hand and say thank you. Thank you!
I'm really happy to hear that! I try hard to provide detail, but without being too wordy. Gardens are kind of like children. The more love you invest into them, the more you usually get back. It's work, but the reward is incredible.
I LOVE 💕 how economical you are!! SO many of these garden TH-camrs advise us to buy SO much expensive materials & gadgets that I can’t afford & it gets super discouraging. You make me feel like I can do this!!
I am just starting my gardening journey and was blessed to have found your channel. Now I am obsessed with your videos. I take copious notes from every single video. Sleep is a part of history because of the obsession of watching your videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you for truly teaching us actual step by step process. God bless you 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I always learn so much from you! Thank you for all your educational videos and common sense approach! I’m growing in bags and 2 GreenStalks. I started everything from seed for the first time ever! It got really cool here in central Virginia and everything was stunted……lettuce was only good for micro greens. Things are getting hard to find in the grocery stores so I am planting more beans, tomatoes and other veggies because it’s worrying me that canned items (which I generally hate) aren’t available. I’m learning more from you than the “old time gardeners” and I appreciate all your knowledge! I’m close to 74 years old…..GULP! I’ve never had a successful garden but NOW it’s important to have one!!! I’m growing in 2 GreenStalks and a bunch of bags and praying for plenty to save and store for later. My daughter has NO CLUE about what is going on in the world, and she has 3 kids. So I’m trying to grow enough to feed them too and it’s quite a challenge at my age. Any tips or trips will help me. The recent cool weather in central Virginia stunted all my plants…..didn’t get anything but micro greens from the lettuce. I tore it all out along with the spinach and others. I refuse to give up! Your videos give me hope and that’s what I think we all need now! Thank you…..most sincerely from an old lady in Virginia! I wish I had you as a neighbor! Please keep teaching us! I find your older videos that help me also! God bless you and your family!! ❤
Here in zone 6b It's 90. Had many downpours in the spring washed beets and carrot seeds away. DIY row covers using pvc pipes and an anchor for our garden. Was 10 degrees cooler in there and we used cover on our staked bell pepper in a bucket and had bells into November. We used potato chip clips to keep it closed. Food gone up since the toilet paper pandemic. I've lost 7 people that I know of after shots and then boosters. Trust God and our immune system. Pray for the weather we need in our area.
@@smas3256 God Bless and help us all! He will help us! I have no doubt about it! I’m old and new at gardening and trying my best, but I know God can help us all! It was almost 90 here yesterday and only 65 here today. My plants don’t know what to do! ❤️
I would love for you to do a fig tree/bush transplant. I’m in Waxhaw NC and these figs have been here since 1955. They have sprawled and I’d love to keep them organized and together.
Great video! The one thing I like about container gardening is that sometimes we don't have a choice. I am presently living in an apartment with a lovely sunny balcony. Either I don't garden at all (gasp!) or I use containers. It's really amazing how much produce comes from my 6-foot by 4-foot balcony. I use pots but also placed planters vertically to use every single inch of space available to me.
the one take away I got is I'm way under fertilizing my plants. I'm heading out tomorrow to give em the good stuff. thanks for the tips this is just the video I needed🌱🤠
We are older 70+ and have gone to all containers and raised beds on the black fabric like yours under the containers. Here praying for no weeding....at least in the veggie gardens. Thanks for your vids!
This has been extremely helpful. I moved to a completely different climate a couple years ago, and found despite my plans, that I had to switch to container gardening. Now, I understand why I haven't had much success... I've been starving my plants! I've been treating them like my previous in-ground gardens, without realizing that the same principles do not apply. Especially the reduced microbial activity. Yikes! Thank you so much, for producing this video and making sense of container gardening. It's too late to salvage things like my blueberry harvest for this year, but next year should be much more abundant. I'm so glad I found your channel.
I’m glad it was helpful! Containers are all about resource management. They require more fertilizing, watering and attention, but they seem way less pest prone. I never get the pests in containers I get in my earth beds.
"So many I'm tripping over them." lol😅 I feel that in my bones.... I might not have a container garden, but soon I'll have to start making beds in the front yard as I want to grow every plant!
One thing about setting up drip on containers is that some suck up more water and some suck up less. So the heavy drinkers will either dry up too fast or the slow drinkers will eventually be over watered. I guess you can just close the slow drinkers or hang it outside the pot. Still something that probably should be mentioned for n00bs. I would also suggest to people to add a couple handfuls of worm castings with the fertilizer, to help break down the fertilizer and add microbial life.
Thank you so much for this video. Hopefully, I will move later this year, and my Figs can live in the ground! My hubby loves figs, and I now have a Celeste, Brown Turkey, Chicago Hardy, Olympian, and a Black mission. That should keep him in figs, lol. I appreciate your videos, as you stick to what we need to know, and teach us step by step, without any fluff. I watch a lot of gardening channels, and those that take 30 minutes to tell me what they could have in 15 minutes soon fall off my list, as I don't want to waste my time. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate your content on container gardening. My neighbor's redwood tree roots have invaded all my raised beds (my yard is tiny), so the only way I'm going to get anything to grow is to switch to containers. You provide the BEST content on TH-cam. Thank you!
You can tell you do so much research and prep well to do these talks. Thank you for taking the time to create videos on understanding fertilizing and caring for container gardening.
Do a video on using an electric toothbrush to pollinate the tomato flowers. Also do a comparison of adding Great White mycorhizal powder to one tomato vs no Great White to see which yields more tomatoes.
Question: how often do you add the 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer/ fish emulsion ? And as soon as I see flowers starting I should switch to 10-30-20 / fish emulsion to promote more flower and fruiting for tomato and pepper plants. Thanks
That’s what I got- granular and water soluble every 2weeks. I usually do water soluble every 7-8 days and the granular was every month- guess I’ll try his way and see!
sooooo appreciate this. I had planted violets under my blueberries and they turned yellow. I added iron and it wasn't enough. I never did the obvious math about sharing the nutrients. I never thought about rain washing the nutrients out. Duhhhhh!! So today - the violets are getting relocated and these guys are getting fertilizer and bone meal. I feel your video was a Godsend - as I have been so mourning my blueberry plants. Thank you.
I'm a new subscriber. I just found your channel today and wish I had found it a lot sooner. Great video and information on this subject. Thank you for your hard work that you do.
In buckets. For a bountiful harvest I'll look forward to Thanks. Zone 6b. I had no idea the need for all that fertilizer. Granulated fertilizers, compost, water soluble fertilizer and or liquid fertilizer 2 times a month and after a downpour. Mulch. Weed the bucket and surrounding area up close to the bucket on the ground It's where I'll start. 🐕🦺Who knew? I bet Dale knew. 🐕🦺 ❤❤❤♥♥
As always, thank you for the great info! A big plus to container growing (as a fellow hurricane area grower in the Wilmington area), is the ability to take at least some of the containers into a shed, garage, etc to save them from the high winds. Same concept applies to early or late frosts/freezes.
Yikes. That's essentially distilled water. The plants can't be very happy if that's all you're giving them. Imagine if someone only fed you water. It won't end well. Please, feed them. They'll pay you back.
Thank you so much for sharing the 5 steps. I will be retiring this year and I m looking forward to spending more time in my garden. Dale sure loves his ice cream.
Thank you. I don’t want anyone doing anything unless they can fully explain why. The “why” means more than the “how.” Dale enjoyed that pup cup. His eyes rolled into the back of his head 😂
Great informative video. I didn't think about different mulch for different planting, ground vs. containers, makes sense. I can't lift a 5 gallon bucket repeatedly to liquid fertilize. I use my gallon milk/water jugs, mix several, put on my garden cart, and go around the garden. Thanks again for many different perspectives on growing food. 👍
I saw your drip irrigation in this video and it has me excited that I get to go install mine today. I bought it with your drip depot link and it arrived yesterday. The little time I had yesterday to get started left me impressed with the quality. Thanks for the recomendation.
They're stuff is *really* nice. The first drip items I bought was from a big box store, and my second attempt at it I pieced together online. Since switching to DripDepot, it's like night and day. Everything is so much nicer. It's real quality! Thank you for purchasing through the link.
I learned a lot. This is my 1st season container gardening beyond tomatoes. So glad to see Im not far off what you recommend. You just gained a new subbie. ❤❤❤😂🎉
Absolutely love your advice!!! Finally someone from North Carolina...even if I'm zone 7b Love Dale too!! I used the bone meal and liquid seaweed (my garden is not fenced it so I did not want to attract every cat in the county) boy did my plants jump!! I grow all my vegetables in the Amazon grow pots...love them!!! Should I use blossom fertilizer on squash zucchini and tomato plants??
Thanks this is really helpful Since I'm both direct plant and container gardener But my container once doesn't get much success so very much thanks for the video man
Has this not been the most incredible spring? In the 6 years I've called Wilmington home, I've never been able to keep my windows open into June. It's usually boiling by now. It's been so refreshing.
My ground has a lot of rocks and hard to dig. SO what i did in mine is create a bigger hole at the bottom of the pot so that the roots can make its way to the ground. Im not planting to move the plant so it worked for me. Had a flowering plant in a small pot for years and thriving because the roots made its way to the ground, same goes for my potted cherry and pluot ( plum and apricot ) tree.
I am also surprised your container garden soil does not shrink or breakdown, especially over winter. I now use Gary’s Top Pot soil, it doesn’t shrink and breakdown over time.
I know it seems like a lot, but if you want to grow what's basically a 5-year old mature tree in a little pot, you have to feed it. these trunks are getting pretty thick, and if you don't keep them fed, they won't do well. The nice thing about fertilizing is it does give back. By giving them more, they give you more, so it's a good investment.
A video on pros & cons of different container types would be helpful. I avoid the solid straight wall type in favor of smart pots & air pots. Knowing more about the impact of sun heating up soil in containers would also be helpful.
The best idea I've seen for that would be from Dan at Plant Abundance... he uses a bulk roll of burlap to cover anything plastic to prevent UV light turning it into dust. A MUST if you're using those 5-gallons from Home Depot as used in this video. Also being a lighter brown and breathable it will reflect a lot of heat as well keeping the root zone more comfortable. IMO find free pallets in your area, buy coated decking screws and an impact driver and start making your own large pots out of a free resource. Wood breathes already but if you want air pruning you can cut out sections and cover with wire mesh to dry-prune the roots.
@@jeaninecelayeta3370 from your experience burlap keeps the roots comfortable? Any other tips I can use for my dark pots? I thought about some sorta natural/nontoxic paint maybe on the outside to reflect light better to keep roots comfortable think that would be okay to try??
I really like the no nonsense style of your content You make It interesting and very informative. Thank you for talking the time to share your knowledge
Your knowledge is so appreciated by me. You have picked up such great and logical practices in gardening. The water soluble fertilizer makes perfect sense for container gardening that I implement in 75% of my garden. Plus when plants start flowering and fruiting to switch to higher P and K. Thank you. Mice destroyed my peak cherry tomato harvest of 2-4 dozen per DAY. I bought netting but it deflated the glory of that harvest high. But... never give up. hahaha
Probably 2/3rds of my garden is containers- 18 gallon totes, well over 100 of them. My soil is sort of a hybrid, though, with clay soil mixed with compost and potting soil. I’ve got to get out there and heavily mulch some overlooked areas that are drying out too quickly. Thanks for all the info! Terrific, as always.
If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Why Container Gardening Is Different
1:20 Step #1: Weeding
2:32 Step #2: Refreshing
4:08 Step #3: Fertilizing
7:27 Step #4: Composting & Mulching
11:15 Step #5: Watering
15:41 Adventures With Dale
How do you know if your citrus tree is getting rootbound to the pot?
@@shekharmoona544 You would have to lift it out of the pot and take a look at the rootball.
a) Use your own compost. I did not count how many full loads of compost I got from my heap, but I am still using some today to repot some herbs and flowers.
b) Overfertilizing containers is worse than too little, cause it is easy to salt the earth and then your plant will die. Tomato plants show when they got too much food by curling their leaves, other plants are more difficult and we should be very careful with fertilizer. Please warn your viewers!
c) Mulch: I mowed my lawn yesterday. Used the grass cuttings as mulch on my vegetables in my gardenbeds. Any high-carbon mulch like you use needs extra nitrogen fertilizer underneath. Again, please warn your viewers.
Therefore I am sorry, but no thumbsup today from me.
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Hi, this video was very helpful as I have been looking for help with my container garden, especially a fig tree. So to confirm I understand correctly, you also add the compost and mulch every two weeks? If so what do you do with the old? Thanks!
You and James Prigioni are my go to experts… First garden in several years and this time I’m doing research… A lot of it…. I had to narrow it down to a few channels since there’s so many opinions as well as methods . I’m gonna give it my all. Thanks brother..
I think James would agree with me when I say neither of us are experts. At least I certainly am not. I just love doing this and experiment a lot. It’s fun and fulfilling to me. I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel! You don’t need to be an expert to garden. It’s all in the love.
Same 2 gardeners I follow!
Might want to add Gardener Scott & Next Level Gardening, since they are the only master gardeners I have found. Also, Epic Gardening has some of the best all around content and is the most popular channel for gardening. Last channel I would suggest is Build A Soil, for his amazing knowledge about living soil and indoor growing. I used to watch James, but got bored at his lack of diverse content and this guy I recently subbed to, but is a little more click baity.
LOVE James!!!!
I always get a little scared when James does that jumping what's up thing
I’ve grown container vegetables x 2 Seasons now and have watched many TH-cam “gardeners” for information during that time. This year, I found you here….and let me say you are the best. You are a good presenter: well organized, stay on track, get to the point quickly and give relevant information.
Thank you. I'm an engineer, so I'm allergic to chaos 😆 I'm glad you're enjoying the videos, and I really appreciate knowing they're helping you.
agree
Here, here!
You're one of the only garden channels, not in my area, that I watch regularly. Growing food in the hot AZ desert is very different than other climates so I try to ignore any advice unless it's specific to my area, but you're the exception. I always learn a lot from your videos even though you have a lot more natural moisture to work with than I do. Thanks!
@@TheMillennialGardener yes clear, thorough content presented in a professional delivery. Makes a huge difference.
Excellent tutorial. ❤❤❤ it. These steps I need to start all my seedlings in containers as idh in ground areas. You solved all my dilemmas. Can’t wait to start. Hi fr CA. Thank you so much. More blessings to you.
I live in Durham, NC. I have followed your gardening instructions to the letter. I have done each and everything you said I should do. The result is a garden of such magnificence that I am humbled. My figs and tomatoes are beautiful and loaded with fruit. Everything is. I am honestly grateful. You do a great job and I am a far better gardener because of you. I want to shake your hand and say thank you. Thank you!
I'm really happy to hear that! I try hard to provide detail, but without being too wordy. Gardens are kind of like children. The more love you invest into them, the more you usually get back. It's work, but the reward is incredible.
Oh my goodness, what a polite young boy Dale is!! Those crazy eyes when his dad says "ok" is funny!!
You have easily become my favorite garden TH-cam channel. I appreciate how straight to the point you are!
I LOVE 💕 how economical you are!! SO many of these garden TH-camrs advise us to buy SO much expensive materials & gadgets that I can’t afford & it gets super discouraging. You make me feel like I can do this!!
The best garden channel ive found
Just love how easily and no nonsense he explains everything. The content here is extremely relevant, no fluff. Really appreciate it. 👍
I am just starting my gardening journey and was blessed to have found your channel. Now I am obsessed with your videos. I take copious notes from every single video. Sleep is a part of history because of the obsession of watching your videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you for truly teaching us actual step by step process. God bless you 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I always learn so much from you! Thank you for all your educational videos and common sense approach! I’m growing in bags and 2 GreenStalks. I started everything from seed for the first time ever! It got really cool here in central Virginia and everything was stunted……lettuce was only good for micro greens. Things are getting hard to find in the grocery stores so I am planting more beans, tomatoes and other veggies because it’s worrying me that canned items (which I generally hate) aren’t available. I’m learning more from you than the “old time gardeners” and I appreciate all your knowledge! I’m close to 74 years old…..GULP! I’ve never had a successful garden but NOW it’s important to have one!!! I’m growing in 2 GreenStalks and a bunch of bags and praying for plenty to save and store for later. My daughter has NO CLUE about what is going on in the world, and she has 3 kids. So I’m trying to grow enough to feed them too and it’s quite a challenge at my age. Any tips or trips will help me. The recent cool weather in central Virginia stunted all my plants…..didn’t get anything but micro greens from the lettuce. I tore it all out along with the spinach and others. I refuse to give up! Your videos give me hope and that’s what I think we all need now! Thank you…..most sincerely from an old lady in Virginia! I wish I had you as a neighbor! Please keep teaching us! I find your older videos that help me also! God bless you and your family!! ❤
Here in zone 6b It's 90. Had many downpours in the spring washed beets and carrot seeds away. DIY row covers using pvc pipes and an anchor for our garden. Was 10 degrees cooler in there and we used cover on our staked bell pepper in a bucket and had bells into November. We used potato chip clips to keep it closed.
Food gone up since the toilet paper pandemic.
I've lost 7 people that I know of after shots and then boosters.
Trust God and our immune system. Pray for the weather we need in our area.
@@smas3256 God Bless and help us all! He will help us! I have no doubt about it! I’m old and new at gardening and trying my best, but I know God can help us all! It was almost 90 here yesterday and only 65 here today. My plants don’t know what to do! ❤️
Your fig trees have large healthy trunks 😮
That just amazing to me!! Have a great day. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
It's a labor of love. I just love figs. It's the Italian heritage in me, I think. My blood is part fig jam.
@@TheMillennialGardener
ROFL 🤣 🤣🤣🤣
U and James my fav gardeners
I would love for you to do a fig tree/bush transplant. I’m in Waxhaw NC and these figs have been here since 1955. They have sprawled and I’d love to keep them organized and together.
Great video! The one thing I like about container gardening is that sometimes we don't have a choice. I am presently living in an apartment with a lovely sunny balcony. Either I don't garden at all (gasp!) or I use containers. It's really amazing how much produce comes from my 6-foot by 4-foot balcony. I use pots but also placed planters vertically to use every single inch of space available to me.
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I used to balcony garden. It is amazing what can be grown in that small area. My neighbors were always amazed.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched a gardening video I didn’t appreciate, but it isn’t a good day without sessions with Tuck and Dale!
Dale and I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
🌹🌹BRAVO! I just found you as my "FAVORITE GARDENING TEACHER"!🌹🌹😊
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I'm glad the video was helpful.
the one take away I got is I'm way under fertilizing my plants. I'm heading out tomorrow to give em the good stuff. thanks for the tips this is just the video I needed🌱🤠
Me too. I was afraid I'd burn the roots with too much fertilizer. But my plants are struggling. They'll be happy to get the extra boost!
Add leaf mold and earthworms for added nutrients.
We are older 70+ and have gone to all containers and raised beds on the black fabric like yours under the containers. Here praying for no weeding....at least in the veggie gardens. Thanks for your vids!
You could use a round felted wool mat I'm in NZ
This has been extremely helpful. I moved to a completely different climate a couple years ago, and found despite my plans, that I had to switch to container gardening.
Now, I understand why I haven't had much success... I've been starving my plants! I've been treating them like my previous in-ground gardens, without realizing that the same principles do not apply. Especially the reduced microbial activity.
Yikes!
Thank you so much, for producing this video and making sense of container gardening.
It's too late to salvage things like my blueberry harvest for this year, but next year should be much more abundant.
I'm so glad I found your channel.
Your channel has helped me soooooo much. Thank you for all your hard work to make these videos.😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤
I learn so much more watching your videos than anyone else. Thank you, sincerely!
I always struggle with my containers. This video has been so helpful. I just need to fertilise more often..
I’m glad it was helpful! Containers are all about resource management. They require more fertilizing, watering and attention, but they seem way less pest prone. I never get the pests in containers I get in my earth beds.
Love Dale's face!!
"So many I'm tripping over them." lol😅 I feel that in my bones.... I might not have a container garden, but soon I'll have to start making beds in the front yard as I want to grow every plant!
One thing about setting up drip on containers is that some suck up more water and some suck up less. So the heavy drinkers will either dry up too fast or the slow drinkers will eventually be over watered. I guess you can just close the slow drinkers or hang it outside the pot. Still something that probably should be mentioned for n00bs.
I would also suggest to people to add a couple handfuls of worm castings with the fertilizer, to help break down the fertilizer and add microbial life.
Thank you so much for this video. Hopefully, I will move later this year, and my Figs can live in the ground! My hubby loves figs, and I now have a Celeste, Brown Turkey, Chicago Hardy, Olympian, and a Black mission. That should keep him in figs, lol. I appreciate your videos, as you stick to what we need to know, and teach us step by step, without any fluff. I watch a lot of gardening channels, and those that take 30 minutes to tell me what they could have in 15 minutes soon fall off my list, as I don't want to waste my time. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate your content on container gardening. My neighbor's redwood tree roots have invaded all my raised beds (my yard is tiny), so the only way I'm going to get anything to grow is to switch to containers. You provide the BEST content on TH-cam. Thank you!
Wow, I had no idea! No wonder my veggies aren’t growing very much!
Dale looks like a really sweet dog. I bet he loved that dessert. Thanks for the video.👍
You can tell you do so much research and prep well to do these talks. Thank you for taking the time to create videos on understanding fertilizing and caring for container gardening.
Do a video on using an electric toothbrush to pollinate the tomato flowers. Also do a comparison of adding Great White mycorhizal powder to one tomato vs no Great White to see which yields more tomatoes.
Question: how often do you add the 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer/ fish emulsion ? And as soon as I see flowers starting I should switch to 10-30-20 / fish emulsion to promote more flower and fruiting for tomato and pepper plants. Thanks
Yes, I didn't understand how often do you fertilize each way? Both every two weeks?
Wondering the same.
I was a little confused. It seemed like he was saying to do both the granular and water soluble fertilizers every two weeks?
That’s what I got- granular and water soluble every 2weeks. I usually do water soluble every 7-8 days and the granular was every month- guess I’ll try his way and see!
sooooo appreciate this. I had planted violets under my blueberries and they turned yellow. I added iron and it wasn't enough. I never did the obvious math about sharing the nutrients. I never thought about rain washing the nutrients out. Duhhhhh!! So today - the violets are getting relocated and these guys are getting fertilizer and bone meal. I feel your video was a Godsend - as I have been so mourning my blueberry plants. Thank you.
I just watched videos on growing blueberries in containers- is your soil acidic enough for them?
I'm a new subscriber. I just found your channel today and wish I had found it a lot sooner. Great video and information on this subject. Thank you for your hard work that you do.
In buckets. For a bountiful harvest I'll look forward to Thanks. Zone 6b. I had no idea the need for all that fertilizer. Granulated fertilizers, compost, water soluble fertilizer and or liquid fertilizer 2 times a month and after a downpour. Mulch. Weed the bucket and surrounding area up close to the bucket on the ground It's where I'll start.
🐕🦺Who knew? I bet Dale knew. 🐕🦺
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I'm potting my Beit Alpha cucumbers in grow bags literally tomorrow. Thank you, this video is gold!
Glad it was helpful!
tomatoes are starting to ripen here in Las Vegas!!! Got some 4th of July variety and my favorite Black Cherry tomatoes starting to ripen. YUM!!!
As always, thank you for the great info! A big plus to container growing (as a fellow hurricane area grower in the Wilmington area), is the ability to take at least some of the containers into a shed, garage, etc to save them from the high winds. Same concept applies to early or late frosts/freezes.
I use the water from my de-humidifier (about 10 gal. a week) to water my 10 vegetable containers.
Yikes. That's essentially distilled water. The plants can't be very happy if that's all you're giving them. Imagine if someone only fed you water. It won't end well. Please, feed them. They'll pay you back.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I greatly appreciate this video very much Anthony🙏🦋.
Dale goes into the "zone" when is treat time😂😂😂😂😂🐕💜
Aloha! Great video! What about 8-8-8?
Great info ! I wonder what to do about the mulch I have applied? How do I fertilize the plants once they're mulched with straw ? Cheers
Thank you so much for sharing the 5 steps. I will be retiring this year and I m looking forward to spending more time in my garden. Dale sure loves his ice cream.
Thanks, MG! I love how you explain why we should use each additive to our container plants.👍
Cute Dale with his pup cup!😃
Thank you. I don’t want anyone doing anything unless they can fully explain why. The “why” means more than the “how.” Dale enjoyed that pup cup. His eyes rolled into the back of his head 😂
I am finding your channel extremely helpful thank you!
Thank you for always giving clear advice. Looks like Dale enjoyed the pup cup 😊
Thank you for being so exact, succinct and professional. I learn so much when I come here.
Great informative video. I didn't think about different mulch for different planting, ground vs. containers, makes sense. I can't lift a 5 gallon bucket repeatedly to liquid fertilize. I use my gallon milk/water jugs, mix several, put on my garden cart, and go around the garden. Thanks again for many different perspectives on growing food. 👍
That's a great solution!
I saw your drip irrigation in this video and it has me excited that I get to go install mine today. I bought it with your drip depot link and it arrived yesterday. The little time I had yesterday to get started left me impressed with the quality. Thanks for the recomendation.
They're stuff is *really* nice. The first drip items I bought was from a big box store, and my second attempt at it I pieced together online. Since switching to DripDepot, it's like night and day. Everything is so much nicer. It's real quality! Thank you for purchasing through the link.
Do you reapply the liquid fertilizer at the same time as the organic, if not what’s the frequency?
Thank you MG! You always have the best information to help gardeners! 👍Dale is always the cutest too😊
I really appreciate that! It makes me happy to know these videos are helpful. Agree 100% on Dale 😊
I love your videos. I get so excited when I get a notification of another video. Where's Dale? He's so cute.
Dale is at the end of every video. In the summer, he's not outside as much since it's too hot for him for more than a few minutes.
Thank you. Ilove learning more about gardening it's in my blood. I love it.
You are spending my 💰! Thanks for all that great information
Just found your channel and found out I live in the same area. Small world!
I agree!! U and Prigioni have reminded and taught me a lot!
Excellent! Love Dale too🙏🏼❤️
Dale says hello 🐕
Love your content MG!! Thank you!! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Appreciate your videos.
Wow! Thank you so much for your support and generosity!! I really appreciate it ❤
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New Sub, thanks for the content. I found your video interesting informative and entertaining, and I look forward to watching more from your channel.
Do the same container techniques apply to citrus trees in containers?
I absolutely LOVE your channel.
Your information has helped my garden more than I could ever express.
Thank you!!
WOW!!! Great information, well structured and effectively presented. Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I learned a lot. This is my 1st season container gardening beyond tomatoes. So glad to see Im not far off what you recommend. You just gained a new subbie. ❤❤❤😂🎉
Absolutely love your advice!!! Finally someone from North Carolina...even if I'm zone 7b
Love Dale too!!
I used the bone meal and liquid seaweed (my garden is not fenced it so I did not want to attract every cat in the county) boy did my plants jump!! I grow all my vegetables in the Amazon grow pots...love them!!! Should I use blossom fertilizer on squash zucchini and tomato plants??
I am loving these videos because it is keeping me informed and also using these tips in my garden too. Thank you very much!!
Glad you’re finding them helpful! Thank you for watching!
Great info on how to fertilize container plants!
Thanks this is really helpful
Since I'm both direct plant and container gardener
But my container once doesn't get much success so very much thanks for the video man
Enjoying this while I'm in the garden here in Wilmington
Has this not been the most incredible spring? In the 6 years I've called Wilmington home, I've never been able to keep my windows open into June. It's usually boiling by now. It's been so refreshing.
Never see this type of weather!
My ground has a lot of rocks and hard to dig. SO what i did in mine is create a bigger hole at the bottom of the pot so that the roots can make its way to the ground. Im not planting to move the plant so it worked for me. Had a flowering plant in a small pot for years and thriving because the roots made its way to the ground, same goes for my potted cherry and pluot ( plum and apricot ) tree.
I really needed to get this information. Thanks ❤😊
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I pour out my containers on a tarp and add my fertilizer and such every season.
Awesome video! My garden is getting a turbo boost this weekend!😊
In Phoenix AZ I use only cedar mulch. I will have to look for cypress blend for my figs.
Thank you! I forgot to take into consideration that I will give my pots the ONLY food they'll get. I've got to go buy fertilizer!!!
That was very helpful, and timely
Thank you
Blessings🌞
I am also surprised your container garden soil does not shrink or breakdown, especially over winter. I now use Gary’s Top Pot soil, it doesn’t shrink and breakdown over time.
Dude, you are so right on.
Just came across your video. Amazing info. Point to point. Very helpful. Wish I live in NC.
Do I add fertilizer on top of the mulch or do I have to pull it all back every time I fertilize?
For containers, I typically pull it back and work it into the soil lightly. It takes 5 seconds longer, but that's what you'd want to do.
Thanks for all your helpful advice ❤
Although I find your intros have a lightweight feel, once you get going you do a very good job. It's appreciated
Just used your links to order the Jack's and the fish fertilizer... It's not much, but thank you!!!
Wow that’s a lot of fertilizing. I’m new to gardening and didn’t realize I’m starving my plants. Barely got any harvest last year, no wonder.
I know it seems like a lot, but if you want to grow what's basically a 5-year old mature tree in a little pot, you have to feed it. these trunks are getting pretty thick, and if you don't keep them fed, they won't do well. The nice thing about fertilizing is it does give back. By giving them more, they give you more, so it's a good investment.
I feel like you made this video for me. Thanks
Great video, as always!
Thank you!
I never tried a fresh fig, but I am so in love with dried figs. They are awesome. I never researched what nutrients are in them...I DON'T care. LOLOL
A video on pros & cons of different container types would be helpful. I avoid the solid straight wall type in favor of smart pots & air pots. Knowing more about the impact of sun heating up soil in containers would also be helpful.
The best idea I've seen for that would be from Dan at Plant Abundance... he uses a bulk roll of burlap to cover anything plastic to prevent UV light turning it into dust. A MUST if you're using those 5-gallons from Home Depot as used in this video. Also being a lighter brown and breathable it will reflect a lot of heat as well keeping the root zone more comfortable. IMO find free pallets in your area, buy coated decking screws and an impact driver and start making your own large pots out of a free resource. Wood breathes already but if you want air pruning you can cut out sections and cover with wire mesh to dry-prune the roots.
Covering your black pots with burlap can keep them from heating up too much and extend their lifespan.
@@jeaninecelayeta3370 from your experience burlap keeps the roots comfortable? Any other tips I can use for my dark pots? I thought about some sorta natural/nontoxic paint maybe on the outside to reflect light better to keep roots comfortable think that would be okay to try??
Keep it up, man! Awesome job.
Thank you!
Excellent advice! I have a lot of containers in my yard in Long Beach, CA.
I really like the no nonsense style of your content You make It interesting and very informative. Thank you for talking the time to share your knowledge
Your knowledge is so appreciated by me. You have picked up such great and logical practices in gardening. The water soluble fertilizer makes perfect sense for container gardening that I implement in 75% of my garden. Plus when plants start flowering and fruiting to switch to higher P and K. Thank you. Mice destroyed my peak cherry tomato harvest of 2-4 dozen per DAY. I bought netting but it deflated the glory of that harvest high. But... never give up. hahaha
If you do not have time to feed every week you should try a compost tea on the week off it's less time consuming and super beneficial.
Thank you for information God bless
You are the BEST. I learn so much from you.😊
So glad the videos help 😊 I appreciate you watching!
Probably 2/3rds of my garden is containers- 18 gallon totes, well over 100 of them. My soil is sort of a hybrid, though, with clay soil mixed with compost and potting soil. I’ve got to get out there and heavily mulch some overlooked areas that are drying out too quickly. Thanks for all the info! Terrific, as always.
Thanx. Will give this a try