Thanks again Jeff for letting me see where I go wrong most year’s! I plead guilty of not protecting my soils after harvest. Getting towards the end of winter in a month or so, i know what I’ll be doing with my time. Sincere thanks for your channel mate.
Hello! I absolutely LOVE seeing you do something that I have done (for 40 years!!) and believe in SO much......I call it "water in the hole" !!!! The only way to give our transplants the best start is for their roots to be met with a moist planting hole!!! NOT dry, hot dirt!! Even watering after that is not as good as "water in the hole" !!! Wonderful!! Happy gardening and have a wonderful day!!
This is a great video. I did not know really what to do with my soil. I just used to put it in a barrel until next season but you gave me ideas of how to use that soil in the 'off season'. Thank you!
I live in Cape Town, South Africa. This is a Mediterranean climate and I can plant anything at any time. Slower growth in winter and shade cloth in summer. Being winter over here now I use a small paint brush for tomato flowers.
I have planted peas direct after the huge garlic harvest thanks to you if i got something its ok if not then pea plant is going for root rot for worms and compost the foliage!
Jeff, I sincerely appreciate your videos. I have no idea where you find the time! Would you do another vid on compost? I have a dual-canister system. It's not doing anything to decompose the scraps. I don't know if I need to continually add water (as it seems too dry) or if I'm expecting too much too soon. THANKS!
I do agree with most and I know I am part of the "yeah but omgs do this" but if commercial fertilizer is not on hand keep a bucket yard trimmings of grass some food scraps, yes pee in it a bit, rain or better yet if you have a fish pond or aquarium water. Cover it let it ferment and it's very nice and promotes beneficial fungi growth to help out during the sinful summer months
In the UK here, peppers been out in green house now for 4 weeks I believe,and it's been high 20's c here but they only about as big as yours and no flowers on them. I'm guessing they flower and the peppers come from the flower? Never grown them before,never done anything before this year lol all new and doing ok ISH for the fack we had no rain for over 6weeks.... And only about 50L of water since Christmas day!!!! Not usual UK weather here for us at all. Do the flowers need hand pollination or not possible? As there isn't a great deal and definitely not in the green house,so easier to do by hand.
Hopefully you can help me. I followed your advice with the soil amendments. I covered my raised garden beds with lawn clippings consisting of mostly leaves and grass, some weeds and twigs. It’s now getting warm enough here in zone 7a to plant out my brassicas, and here’s my dilemma, when I pulled back the mulch, I discovered thousands of millipedes living on the surface of the soil underneath the moist mulch. We’ve had more rainfall this winter than usual. So my question is, should I worry about direct sowing and my seedlings getting eaten? How would you handle this situation? Thank you for your time and advice. I always learn and enjoy your channel.
Hey Jeff, following a dutch gardner, I usually grow my peppers in groups of 3 plants bunched together, basically creating 1 big pepper bush out of 3 pepper plants. Do you mind giving this a try next year as kind of an experiment, single plant vs groups of 3?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms all the varieties I’ve ever tried it with had no issues with it. But I never had a single plant, so I can’t really say if they’re less prolific. I think it would make for a good video either way.
Ha ha sort of....couple sundried tomato videos and saving seeds....but no salsa or canning ones. I only make videos on stuff that I'm really knowledgeable about...
Hi Jeff. Superb video once again. Can I ask, what is the mulch that you use? I have so much trouble finding one here in the UK. I always end up with hay but it seeds and grows which is a nightmare as you end up with a ton of weeds! Yours looks so much more finer chopped and much drier. Phil in Manchester, UK. 👍❤
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms sorry Jeff dont know why I said Hay, it is straw (golden) that I source and locally but as I said it's always full.of seeds which end up germinating in my beds so I end up with a bed full of grass!! Yours looks like it's been more processed as its cut so small. I will look for the fine stuff but I dont think our suppliers offer it 😢. Keep up the good work pal 👍👍
@@PhilC74 Straw is generally more "clean" than hay, but sometimes it'll come with seeds and stuff. Once you find a good source, then you got it made...
Cover crops and garlic don't overlap in the same beds. Cover crops are used over winter when a bed lies dormant and you want to protect it from the elements. If there's garlic growing in the bed, it doesn't need a cover crop. ;-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms not bad luck - especially good fortune is suggested in your future! "The number 8 is believed to be the luckiest number in China because '8' is associated with wealth. 'Eight' (八) in Chinese is pronounced ba and sounds similar to fa (发, traditional character: 發) as in facai (发财), meaning 'well-off' or 'becoming rich in a short time'." And when the luckiest number is tripled... that's auspicious! 💖
Hi...what about gardens that have had pests? Like cucumbers that succumbed to cucumber beetle or really harsh weather. We had a crazy summer here in SW PA this year (2022) so my peas and cucumbers didn't do as well as past years. What should I do soil with possible pest issues?
I'm shocked! I figured your main point was going to be that you need to feed your soil after such a long season. Instead you didn't even mention it much(if at all). TBH I only watched it once though.
Yup.....I rarely feed at all. If I was going to feed the soil, it would be a carbon/sugar source like blackstrap molasses....get those microbes pumping! :-)
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Thanks again Jeff for letting me see where I go wrong most year’s! I plead guilty of not protecting my soils after harvest. Getting towards the end of winter in a month or so, i know what I’ll be doing with my time. Sincere thanks for your channel mate.
It's so universal Kev.... So much work and effort goes into the growing and harvest.... sometimes we have nothing left in the tank!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I’m sure one day I’ll get it all right. With your help of course. 👍🏻
@@kevdimo6459 ha ha, we all will Kev...!
Once again I’m late. 2000+ viewers ahead of me. Glad I’m not at the supermarket. Another great video. More please!
Ha ha Jim, early attendance isn't mandatory! :-)
Ohk we never stop learning thanks for sharing👍❤️🇿🇦
Definitely! I totally agree!
Hello! I absolutely LOVE seeing you do something that I have done (for 40 years!!) and believe in SO much......I call it "water in the hole" !!!! The only way to give our transplants the best start is for their roots to be met with a moist planting hole!!! NOT dry, hot dirt!! Even watering after that is not as good as "water in the hole" !!! Wonderful!! Happy gardening and have a wonderful day!!
"Water In The Hole"!!! That's the best. If I ever write a transplanting book, that's going to be the title! Cheers Eileen!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Love it 😂 !!!
@@eileenbartnick7202 :-)
You are such a great instructor thanks your videos are so pleasant and very easy to. Understand!
Perfect timing. I'm harvesting my garlic today :-)
Awesome! Best of luck with it!
Man, your straw is so gorgeous looking! Looks like pure gold strands!
Hi Jeff, another great video with plenty of useful information. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
I’m glad I’m not the only one still planting peppers. Granted our zone allows peppers year round, but still lol
Ha ha luckkyyyyyy!
This is a great video. I did not know really what to do with my soil. I just used to put it in a barrel until next season but you gave me ideas of how to use that soil in the 'off season'. Thank you!
Right on Jason, best of luck!
I live in Cape Town, South Africa. This is a Mediterranean climate and I can plant anything at any time. Slower growth in winter and shade cloth in summer. Being winter over here now I use a small paint brush for tomato flowers.
Good gardening
Thanks!
Great thank you.
Thanks Cherie! 🙂
You’re pretty cool man. I like your commitment to gardening👍
Thanks a lot of great info you will be my gipuide to a fruitful green house thankyous#
@@mariabacchin1386 thanks Maria, glad to be of help!
thankyou!😊
Cheers Melanie!
I have planted peas direct after the huge garlic harvest thanks to you if i got something its ok if not then pea plant is going for root rot for worms and compost the foliage!
Peas work BRILLIANTLY after a garlic crop....no question.
Nice Garlic😀🇦🇺
Thanks Rick!
I planted determinate tomato plants after my garlic. As an experiment. They are doing great. I’m hoping for an amazing fall mater harvest.
So awesome Lisa....kinda jealous! Didn't plant nearly enough tomatoes this year...
good practical information- thanks.
Thanks Pamela!
Jeff, I sincerely appreciate your videos. I have no idea where you find the time! Would you do another vid on compost? I have a dual-canister system. It's not doing anything to decompose the scraps. I don't know if I need to continually add water (as it seems too dry) or if I'm expecting too much too soon. THANKS!
Thanks Shiloh! I think that's a great idea for a video!
Another great video Jeff, I was wonder what brand of straw you use. The straw I purchase always has seeds so I'm constantly pulling weeds.
Thanks so much Paula! The brand I use is called "GardenStraw"....I think its only local though.
I buy Mulch Master and it looks the same as his. It is heat treated to kill seeds. I couldn't garden with it.
@@melissac3313 interesting... Is it online?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms no I buy it at my local feed store. $20 a bag but it is worth it.
@@melissac3313 perfect! Supporting local too!
I do agree with most and I know I am part of the "yeah but omgs do this" but if commercial fertilizer is not on hand keep a bucket yard trimmings of grass some food scraps, yes pee in it a bit, rain or better yet if you have a fish pond or aquarium water. Cover it let it ferment and it's very nice and promotes beneficial fungi growth to help out during the sinful summer months
learned a lot. thank you
Cheers Roswita, thanks for watching! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms keep up the good job
@@roswitabulawin6594 thanks, I am sure going to try!
Nice 👍
🙂
In the UK here, peppers been out in green house now for 4 weeks I believe,and it's been high 20's c here but they only about as big as yours and no flowers on them.
I'm guessing they flower and the peppers come from the flower? Never grown them before,never done anything before this year lol all new and doing ok ISH for the fack we had no rain for over 6weeks.... And only about 50L of water since Christmas day!!!! Not usual UK weather here for us at all.
Do the flowers need hand pollination or not possible? As there isn't a great deal and definitely not in the green house,so easier to do by hand.
Hey Cheryl, yes, the peppers are the fruit and they come from the ovary, which is the flower. Peppers do both self and cross pollination.
Hopefully you can help me. I followed your advice with the soil amendments. I covered my raised garden beds with lawn clippings consisting of mostly leaves and grass, some weeds and twigs. It’s now getting warm enough here in zone 7a to plant out my brassicas, and here’s my dilemma, when I pulled back the mulch, I discovered thousands of millipedes living on the surface of the soil underneath the moist mulch. We’ve had more rainfall this winter than usual. So my question is, should I worry about direct sowing and my seedlings getting eaten? How would you handle this situation? Thank you for your time and advice. I always learn and enjoy your channel.
I’m trying to convince my husband to plant a cover crop later this fall, or fall crop.
Suuuuuuuuper easy Linda. I would definitely go for it. Especially if you do no-till growing: th-cam.com/video/aWgyHZFoFNk/w-d-xo.html
Hey Jeff, following a dutch gardner, I usually grow my peppers in groups of 3 plants bunched together, basically creating 1 big pepper bush out of 3 pepper plants. Do you mind giving this a try next year as kind of an experiment, single plant vs groups of 3?
Hey that sounds really cool. Do you know if it works for all varieties?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms all the varieties I’ve ever tried it with had no issues with it. But I never had a single plant, so I can’t really say if they’re less prolific. I think it would make for a good video either way.
@@He4vyD You got that right!.....Grins.....
Great Video! Where are you sourcing your chopped straw?
Thanks Renee! I get the straw mulch from my local feed store
My hot peppers are doing well. But my bells got hit by thrips. Hopefully, they'll bounce back. 🙏
Oh I didn’t even know what this is thank you! I’ve had some peppers have this and like I said I had no idea what it was.
@@chefevilee9566 Me either. Been gardening for years. First time ever having them. Good luck!
I don't know why or what it is but my bell peppers ALWAYS rot on the plant long before they ever reach a size for harvesting let alone turn colour
@@melodymcneil7892 Wow. Never had that issue before. Sending my ❤
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Are you talking about blossom end rot. You’ll get like a big huge round sunburn looking dry spot on your pepper?
Have you done a video on ie "what to do with all those tomatoes you grew"? thanks
Ha ha sort of....couple sundried tomato videos and saving seeds....but no salsa or canning ones. I only make videos on stuff that I'm really knowledgeable about...
Hi Jeff. Superb video once again. Can I ask, what is the mulch that you use? I have so much trouble finding one here in the UK. I always end up with hay but it seeds and grows which is a nightmare as you end up with a ton of weeds! Yours looks so much more finer chopped and much drier.
Phil in Manchester, UK. 👍❤
Hey, thanks Phil! The mulch I use is fine straw. It's best sourced locally if you can...
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms sorry Jeff dont know why I said Hay, it is straw (golden) that I source and locally but as I said it's always full.of seeds which end up germinating in my beds so I end up with a bed full of grass!! Yours looks like it's been more processed as its cut so small. I will look for the fine stuff but I dont think our suppliers offer it 😢.
Keep up the good work pal 👍👍
@@PhilC74 Straw is generally more "clean" than hay, but sometimes it'll come with seeds and stuff. Once you find a good source, then you got it made...
What does the straw mulch do to the soil. Do you remove it when you replant.
Hi from Catalonia! What is your favourite mulch material, please 🤔 ??
Gotta be clean, fine straw!
can i ask what you do with the fall rye come spring time? Im in Calgary so will get alot of snow on top of it.
Crops crops are harvested right before the seeding stage: th-cam.com/video/O9rGyKnRusA/w-d-xo.html
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms awesome. Thanks!
what are your thoughts on wheat vs clover for a cover crop
They can definitely both work. I think when cut down clover and alfalfa add more back to the soil though....
also. how do you replant your garlic in the fall if covered by cover crop?
Cover crops and garlic don't overlap in the same beds. Cover crops are used over winter when a bed lies dormant and you want to protect it from the elements. If there's garlic growing in the bed, it doesn't need a cover crop. ;-)
I'm trying to get cover crops but little scary
Go for it.....looks like you made a deal with the weed devil, but they are really easy to handle!
What is the small straw pieces (that you are using for mulch) called and where do you get it?
At 2.14 check the tomato bite sound xD
Nom nom....! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms awesome
888 likes, auspicious! 😍
ha ha that has to be a bad omen Kerri! -_-
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms not bad luck - especially good fortune is suggested in your future!
"The number 8 is believed to be the luckiest number in China because '8' is associated with wealth. 'Eight' (八) in Chinese is pronounced ba and sounds similar to fa (发, traditional character: 發) as in facai (发财), meaning 'well-off' or 'becoming rich in a short time'."
And when the luckiest number is tripled... that's auspicious!
💖
Hi...what about gardens that have had pests? Like cucumbers that succumbed to cucumber beetle or really harsh weather. We had a crazy summer here in SW PA this year (2022) so my peas and cucumbers didn't do as well as past years. What should I do soil with possible pest issues?
Harsh winters are good, they usually kill most pests. As for existing pests, they really need to be potato specific to be a worry.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms so anything I had an issue with this year will most likely be killed off by winter cold. I don't need to anything
@@lorifitzgibbon3085 really depends on the pest. For sure some can survive the cold
I'm shocked! I figured your main point was going to be that you need to feed your soil after such a long season. Instead you didn't even mention it much(if at all). TBH I only watched it once though.
Yup.....I rarely feed at all. If I was going to feed the soil, it would be a carbon/sugar source like blackstrap molasses....get those microbes pumping! :-)
What is that mulch?
Fine sterilized straw.
I know what dirt is. Get to the after harvest care.
Watch you not using blood.meal and bone as I did was that because your 60 days before frost season
Yeah, I don't mind using that stuff.....I just get better results with the liquid organic stuff lately...
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